Photograph of Barbara Lewis standing outside and holding up a Maine Coon cat to demonstrate its size. She looks down toward the cat, while the cat looks toward the camera. The cat rests across her hands with with its front paws tucked below its body. The fur of its belly hangs down below her hands.

Photograph of Morris Barrilleaux and Leo Babel discussing plans for their business, B and B Shipyard, in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of Lois Parker, a librarian at Lamar University and a Big Thicket expert, at work in the library. Parker was the author of a bibliography of the Big Thicket which was over 200 pages in length. She worked with Maxine Johnston to create the genesis of Special Collections at Lamar University.

Photograph of an awning outside of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) over various construction materials gathered on the ground.

Photograph of Joe Cavanaugh, first Director (front),, Mildred Walker, first Curator (back center), and members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Collectors' Club on a tour of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) during renovations.

Photograph of Joe Cavanaugh (second from right), first Director, and members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Collectors' Club during a tour of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum).

Photograph of members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Collectors' Club during a tour of renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum).

Photograph of members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Collectors' Club during a tour of renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum).

Photograph of members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Club and Wilton Lanning (left), co-founder and founding board president of the Museum posing together outside of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling building (Dr Pepper Museum) as renovations are underway.

Photograph of members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Club posing together outside of the west corner of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling building (Dr Pepper Museum) as renovations are underway. The group includes the first director, Joe Cavanaugh (second from left), and the first curator, Mildred Walker (left). Red scaffolding is erected around the front and side of the building and debris is visible near the foundation of the building.

Photograph of Joe Cavanaugh, first Director, on a tour of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) standing next to a wall of wooden studs during renovations to the building.

Photograph of Joe Cavanaugh (center), first Director, Mildred Walker (back left), first curator, and members of the 10-2-4 Dr Pepper Collectors' Club during a tour of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum).