Resource Type

[View of Ship Passing Through Drawbridge]

Photograph of a town on the edge of a river with a ship passing through a bridge, identified as Pleasure Pier drawbridge. Cars are waiting for the ship to pass on either side of the bridge. There is what appears to be a factory in the distance with multiple smokestacks. A stamp on the back of the photograph identifies the photographer as J. C. Watkins.
Date: November 19, 1952
Creator: Watkins, J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ship at Grain Elevator]

Photograph of a large boat at a grain elevator. The elevator is connected to a building that is on the left side of the photograph. There is another boat in the background and a water tower in the distance. A stamp on the back of the photograph identifies the photographer as J. C. Watkins.
Date: July 19, 1956
Creator: Watkins, J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[U.S. Engineers field office at Port Arthur, Texas.]

Oct 19-1914. View across the Sabine-Neches Canal showing the U.S. Engineers field office at Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: October 19, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H.C. Weiss House]

Photograph of the H.C. Weiss House in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: May 19, 1985
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H.C. Weiss House, (side entrance (north) from port cochere)]

Photograph of the H.C. Weiss House in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: July 19, 1991
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: Canal

Canal
Date: February 19, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: Canal

Canal
Date: February 19, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: Canal

canal
Date: February 19, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: Canal

Canal
Date: February 19, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine-Neches: Canal

Canal
Date: February 19, 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smith - May Motor Company]

Photograph of three men identified as the owners, Leslie Cloar, Howard Smith, and Roy Cloar, standing in front of a row of cars at Smith-May Motor Company on 949 Procter Street. Behind the cars, there are buildings with signs on them that say "Smith-May Motor Co. Buick Pontiace GMC Trucks," "Serviing Port Arthur Motorists for more than a third of a Century," and "Better Used Cars."
Date: November 19, 1948
Creator: Everett, James
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pressurized Refilling Equipment]

Photograph of a large piece of equipment that appears to be for refilling pressurized canisters. There are two gauges, an engine, and several hoses attached to the apparatus. Behind the equipment are large cylindrical containers. The back of the photo reads "Oct. 19 1971 Beaumont J.P. Traylor."
Date: October 19, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History