[Lot Located at 1727 Avenue K]

Photograph of an empty lot enclosed by a white wooden fence at the southeast corner of 18th Street and Avenue K. The lot is obscured by trees growing around the edges of the street and in the lot, including one growing through the corner of the fence.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southeast Corner of Kempner St. & The Strand]

Photograph of the south 2100 block of The Strand, looking east from the intersection at Kempner Street. There are several multi-story commercial buildings along both streets, most of which are dark-colored brick with lighter stone accents and decorative elements; a taller skyscraper is also visible above the buildings in the background. Cars are parked along the side of the street and people are crossing at the intersection.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Sealy Residence]

Postcard of George Sealy's mansion taken from outside the front gate. Text Text on the upper left-hand margin reads: "*Where Mr Joe Wren lives." Text toward the bottom of the photograph reads "Sealy Residence, 25th & Broadway. Galveston." Text on the bottom margin reads "Please take note that there is a 'sidewalk' here, not steps. Many thanks for the postals." Text on the right margin reads "Give my best to tall. S.C.F. 11-30-08." Text on the back of the card reads "It's 'a good thing,' I was not in Waco when 'my friend' was 'put out of the way,' what a time there would have been!" This text is accompanied by a drawing of an older woman with glasses, a tight bun and a long dark dress. The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard.
Date: November 30, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1921 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1921

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1921
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1924-1925 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1924-1925

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County an City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address. Also a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1924/1925
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1923 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1923

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County, and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide, and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address. Also a complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1923
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tall Ship “Elissa”]

Photograph of the three (3) mast tall ship, the “Elissa” docked at the Galveston Historical Seaport in Galveston, Texas. Near the prow of the ship are three (3) individuals near the prow of the tall ship. Two (2) of these individuals standing next to each other with one wearing a green shirt and a baseball cap while the other is wearing a red shirt with white shorts. The third individual is wearing a white tee-shirt with a white baseball cap. The background of this photograph features various marine warehouses partially obscuring the base of a multi-story building with large windows.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in Front of Old Strand Emporium]

Photograph of the buildings lining the south side of Avenue B ("The Strand") in Galveston, taken near a building with a sign for the Old Strand Emporium. On the right side of the photograph people are walking under a blue canopy in front of the Emporium building. Cars are parked on either side of the street and a bus decorated to look like a trolley is passing on the street.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Cargo Ships]

Photograph of three (3) cargo ships floating docked near industrial warehouses. The closest of these ships features a stark white bridge with two (2) black, white, red, and yellow smokestacks. The second cargo vessel features three (3) large single arm cranes. The third cargo vessel features a gray coloring with large container cranes build into the ships hull. The background of the photograph features short waterfront warehouses.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Docked Ocean Ship]

Photograph of the prow view of a deep-sea ocean ship moored to the docks of a large industrial warehouse. Automobiles are parked on the dock in between the ship and the warehouse. The left side of the photograph features a white multi-story building with large windows. Behind the ocean ship are additional ocean shipping vessels of unknown origin. In the far background of the photograph there is a large bridge that spans the shipping lane.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lewis Sisters Playing with Battleship Guns]

Photograph of David Lewis's sisters looking at the guns of the Battleship Texas in La Marque, Texas.
Date: August 21, 1971
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Electric Park at Night]

Postcard of Electric Park lit up a night. Several rides, including the carousel, are visible. Text on the left side of the front of the card reads "The Scene of that 'Eventful" (?) night. Do you remember it?" The card is addressed to Miss Josephine Forsgard of Houston, Texas. Text on the bottom right of the card reads "Galveston Trube Photo"
Date: September 20, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston]

Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston. Two cars and a horse and buggy are parked alongside the church's front and right side. Text written in the bottom and left-hand margin reads "I actually saw the inside of one of these kind of buildings while in Houston- Sunday- was I awake? S.C.F." The card is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Harbor at Galveston]

Postcard of a harbor in Galveston where two boats are moored. Debris litters the concrete on the edge of the harbor, and several large industrial structures rise up in the distance. Handwritten print on the front of the postcard reads "this is not snow— just shell. Not egg shell either." Cursive handwriting at the bottom reads "Just a little different from the fleet of Waco." The card is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: November 2, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Breakers Bath House]

Postcard of the Breakers bath house in Galveston taken from Seawall Boulevard. Text towards the bottom of the photograph reads "This is not "Bates Specialty." with an arrow pointing toward a car parked along the boulevard. Text on the bottom margin of the front of the card reads "This is where I took Uncle Gus to see the seawall. -Shirley" Text on the right margin reads "love to all." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lot Located at 1723 Avenue M 1/2]

Photograph of a narrow empty, grassy lot on Avenue M 1/2, located between a multi-story building at right and a single-story building at left. The yard at the right side of the image is encloses by a chain-link fence and there is a sidewalk running along the front of the lot. A parked car is partially visible at the left side of the image and another home is visible in the background, on the next street.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lot Located at 1921 Avenue M]

Photograph of an empty, grassy lot on Avenue M, located between two multi-story buildings, partially hidden by trees. The lot is partially enclosed with a fence covered in vines and a white pick-up truck is parked on the street in front of it. The photo was taken from the opposite side of the street looking southeast and the roof of a car on the near side of the street is visible at the bottom of the image; another home is partially visible on the street in the background.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1716 Avenue K, Southwest Corner]

Photograph of the front of a two-story white home with a hipped roof that extends over a full-length front balcony and porch, largely obscured by threes and bushes planted along the edge of the house and in the yard. The porch and balcony both have plain railings and columns with Ionic capitals and soffits are visible along the underside of the extended eaves. The yard is enclosed by a short metal fence and the gable end of a neighboring house is visible at the right side of the image. A four-door red car parked at the cub is visible on the left.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1613 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front of a single-story white side-gabled house with mansard-style extensions along the edge of the roof and a front-facing dormer window with a hipped roof that has extended eaves and exposed rafters. There is a partial-width raised front porch extended out from the center of the building, with square brick pillars topped by multiple columns on the front corners. The yard is enclosed by a low chain-link fence and there are plants growing along the fence as well as trees planted at the edge of the street. Neighboring houses are partially visible on either side of the image.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building at 1614 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front of a two-story stucco building with a flat roof that has decorative arched crowns with keystones over the windows on the upper floor and the entrances below. There is a front entrance on the left side of the first floor, with a garage door in the center. A dark-colored red four-door car is parked in the driveway near the entrance and a neighboring house is partially visible on the right side of the image.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1624 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front of a two-story house with a hipped roof painted white with blue trim, largely obscured by bushes and trees planted in the yard. It has a partial-width raised front porch below an open second-story balcony, both with plain railings. There are two dark, four-door cars parked at the curb and a neighboring house is partially visible on the right side of the image.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1628 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front and west side of a two-story white house with a hipped roof, on the northeast corner of Avenue K and 17th Street. The main floor is raised and the lower part of the house is covered by boards painted green; a short flight of stairs on the right side of the building leads to the porch, which has decorative brackets at the top of the posts, below an open second-floor balcony. There is a cut-out bay window extension to the left of the entrance with a pedimented roof. Palm trees are planted along the edges of both streets and there are cars parked in the yard on the left side of the image, and at the curb on the right.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1711 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front of a single-story white house with black trim that has a hipped roof with two front-facing gable extensions and a third on the left side of the house. The front-facing gable end at left is over the entrance porch, which has square brick pillars on either side; the gable ends each have extended eaves and decorative brackets. The yard is enclosed by a low chain-link fence and there are small bushes on either side of the porch steps. The front of a red car parked by the curb is visible on the right side of the image, with part of a neighboring house behind it.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1716 Avenue K, Front]

Photograph of the front of a two-story white home with a hipped roof that extends over a full-length front balcony and porch, largely obscured by threes and bushes planted along the edge of the house and in the yard. There are several steps on the left side of the porch, leading to the front entrance, and the porch and balcony both have plain railings and columns with Ionic capitals. The yard is enclosed by a short metal fence and the back part of a red car is visible at the left side of the image.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History