Resource Type

[Woman With Texaco Products]

Photograph of a woman wearing a white shirt advertising Texaco products. She is standing behind a table that has multiple cans of different varieties of motor oil, capella oil, havoline, and other gasoline products.
Date: July 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1018.0328]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Baseball--Beaumont Exporters"
Date: September 26, 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[First Christian Church Youth Choir 1954]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Youth Choir. Janis Joplin, a Rock Star in the 1960's, is on the second row, second from the left. She is 14 in the photo and her birthday is January 19, 1940, so she was almost 15. First row - left to right: Marilyn Harbert, Martha Oliver, Delmer Fussell, Dennis Trahan, Terry Trahan, Roy Murphy III, Tommy Stansbury. Second row - left to right: Sandra Logan, Janis Joplin, Elva Buroker, Harriett Axtell, Mary Jane Budwine, Janet Addcox, Linda Douglas, Cynthia "Cookie" Swearingen, Sylvia Swearingen, Carol Quinn, Betty Ann Murphy, Shirley Logan. Third row - left to right: Alline Dawson, Ila Mae Prafka, Jane Catanach, George Fussell, Paul B. Bertrand, Phillip Foote, Robert Kettrick, Arthur Catanach, Darrell Evans, Doris Cannon, Peggy McIntosh, Gladys Rigsby, Charlotte Pittman, not known. Austine Mills was the pianist and A.E. Catanach was the Director but they are not in the photograph.
Date: December 26, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Youth Round Up Parade]

Photograph of the Youth Round Up Parade in Port Arthur, Texas. The parade is being led by a car pulling a wagon, three cars are following the first car. The parade is being led down a busy streets with a lot of stores and eateries.
Date: June 26, 1954
Creator: Beryl Crist Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Christian Church Fellowship Hall]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Left to right is Mrs. John H. McDonald, a charter member, explaining the church history to two young members, Mark Huber and his cousin, Pete Huber.
Date: August 26, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Christian Church High School Seniors]

Photograph of graduating seniors from the high schools local to the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, Texas. They are wearing graduation caps and gowns, standing together in three rows inside the church. They are, from left to right: Front row: Mary Scott, Port Neches-Groves High School; Sandy Ellis, Thomas Jefferson High School; Elizabeth Anne Sutherlin, Thomas Jefferson High School; Patricia Trahan, Thomas Jefferson High School. Middle row: Sandra Reeder, Port Neches-Groves High School; Kay Houck, Nederland High School; Susan Davis, Thomas Jefferson High School; Patti Farley, Thomas Jefferson High School; Patricia Gayle Snider, Thomas Jefferson. Back row: Pete Huber, Thomas Jefferson High School; Ronnie Musgrove, Thomas Jefferson High School; Marc Huber, Thomas Jefferson High School; Dr. James R. Wright, Jr., Minister; Tommy Tuttle, Nederland High School; James R. Wright, III, Thomas Jefferson High School. Seniors not present when picture was taken were: Mike Harmon and Dianne Petry from Thomas Jefferson High School.
Date: May 26, 1968
Creator: Watkins Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bookie's Service Station]

Photograph of a building identified as Bookie's Service Station on 2500 Procter Street. Several gas pumps are under an awning extending from the front of the building. Automotive repair supplies are scattered underneath the awning. Several men are working around the building. A sign in front of the building says "Texaco" above a "T" and star logo. In the background, a carport says "Bookie's Motor-Tune-Up-Brake Service." In the bottom right of the photograph, text says "25850 9-26-41."
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of the princess float for the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of a girl, a boy, and a woman wearing a gown, tiara, and sash sitting on a white ramp. They are sitting in front of a structure made of columns with a gold crown shape on the front. In the background, two car floats are following, and there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of a float at the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of four older boys wearing yellow shirts and black cowboy hats, sitting around a red and yellow bee mascot in the back of a yellow Chevrolet truck. The truck is decorated with red and gold streamers. In the background, there are people watching the float.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade]

Photograph of the princesses float for the CavOILcade Parade. One woman is sitting under an arch at the top of the float, and nineteen other women are sitting on the edges of the float. Other parades floats are behind the princesses float. In the background, there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden]

Photograph of Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden. There are several sections of rose bushes. A hat is sitting on the ground of an aisle. In the background, there are houses. Text on the photograph says "Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden 12-26-30."
Date: December 26, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lincoln High School Cheerleaders]

Photograph of a parade float consisting of a group of Lincoln High School cheerleaders sitting on top of a car at the CavOILcade parade. The girls are wearing yellow cheerleader uniforms, and some have yellow and purple ribbons tied in their hair. The girls are also holding yellow and purple pom-poms in their laps. A small child is standing up through the window of the car. In the background, there is a man dressed as a clown, and a crowd watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Viewing Career Day Chemistry Display]

Photograph of a chemistry display being viewed by students at a Career Day event at Lamar University. Only the students' lower halves are visible, as the camera is aimed toward the table. The table is packed with various glassware and other scientific equipment. Several paper cups sit on the edge of the table.
Date: February 26, 1971
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chemistry Display at Lamar University Career Day]

Photograph of a chemistry display for career day at Lamar University (then Lamar State College of Technology). A sign on the table reads "Atomic Punch" and features a simple illustration of an atom. Various chemistry equipment is set up on the table, along with a plastic model of a molecule.
Date: February 26, 1971
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chemistry Display at Lamar University Career Day]

Photograph of the chemistry display for Career Day at Lamar University (then Lamar State College of Technology). David Lewis stands behind the table holding the display, blurred by motion as he reaches toward the display.
Date: February 26, 1971
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History