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Ranch Cook Oliver Jacobs
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Capturing Wild Turkeys Above Clear Fork River
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Cow Work
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Jack Newcomb Feeding Cattle
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Johnson City Photos
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Mexican President Mateos' Visit at LBJ Ranch, w/ Harry Truman, Sam Rayburn
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Negatives - Eclipse and Tornado
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Arthur Quill, Christmas 1891
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[Restored Stone Ranch]
Photograph of ranch buildings in a field. A small building with a chimney is sitting to the left of a larger building that has a chimney on either side, two windows, and a door.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Parks, David
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CavOILcade Parade]
Photograph of eight women sitting on a parade float for the CavOILcade Parade. Two women are identified as Mrs. Merle Murphy (standing far right) and Mrs. George (Martha) Gray (front row, far right). All but one of the women are wearing historical dresses. There is an embroidery hoop to the left of the women, one woman is holding a parasol, and another woman is holding a quilt. A sign on the front of the float says "Civic Club."
Date:
1984
Creator:
J. C. Watkins Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd Seated for an Event at a Stele]
Photograph of a crowd of people seated before a large rock. The crowd, left, is made up of various ages and races of people, with some standing along the edge of the mass. To the right, a group of people are situated in a line to the sides of a rock that is half again the size of a person. The rock is broad and thin and has a hide on its front. A man in a pink shirt (Bob Green) leans against the rock to the right, while another man (Joe Blanton)stands in front of it. Cars can be seen parked in the background.
Date:
1984~
Creator:
Doss, Keller
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Elders in a Field]
Photograph of four elderly people in a field. Three elderly sisters (Sallie, Lucile, and Ethel) are seated in the field with the elderly Watt Matthews standing behind them with his hands on the first and third lady. A prickly pear cactus grows to the right of the group.
Date:
1984~
Creator:
Doss, Keller
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of People outside of a Ranch House]
Photograph of over twenty people at various stages in their adult lives who are gathered in front of a stone ranch house. Three elderly sisters (Sallie, Lucile, and Ethel) sit in chairs in front of the group.
Date:
1984~
Creator:
Doss, Keller
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stone Building Under Construction]
Photograph of a stone building under construction. Stone blocks are scattered among the foreground in front of the partially built wall. A group of people stand near a doorway that is being propped up with lumber.
Date:
1983~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stone Wall Under Construction]
Photograph of a stone wall under construction. Stones are scattered in front of the wall near a indention that is being held up with lumber. Wooden poles protrude upward from the wall.
Date:
1983~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Laura Wilson, Richard Avedon, and Watt Matthews in the Cookshack]
Photograph of (left to right) Laura Wilson, Richard Avedon, and Watt Reynolds Matthews sitting in the cookshack at Matthews Ranch headquarters. Wilson is holding a notepad, and she and Avedon appear to be listening to Matthews as he talks. Avedon is wearing a cowboy hat given to him by Matthews. In the background are two picnic tables with checkered table cloths.
Date:
1981~
Creator:
Casey, Watt Matthews, Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photo-postcard to Watt Matthews]
Postcard sent to Watt Matthews by photographer Richard Avedon and writer/photographer Laura Wilson. Image on the postcard is of Wilson and Avedon in a hay field. Wilson is lying on top of a bale of hay. To her left, Avedon is jumping with a cowboy hat in his hand. Message on the back reads: "Still on the road. Still grateful." Signed: "Laura and 'Old' Dick."
Date:
1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee County College Drawing
Print of a Bee County College in Beeville, Texas. The print depicts a quadrangle on the college campus surrounded by buildings and lined with trees. The original watercolor was created by Richard Lewis. In 1965 the voters of Bee County named the entire county as a college district and issued bonds in the amount of $1,500,000 for a junior college. One hundred acres of land was donated for the college campus by the widow of A.C. Jones, Mrs. W.M. Thompson, W.W. Jones II, and Mrs. H.B. Hause. In the fall of 1967 the first classes of Bee County College were held. Today the college is named Coastal Bend College and includes campuses in Beeville, Alice, Kingsville, and Pleasanton.
Date:
1980
Creator:
Lewis, Richard
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Richard Avedon in the Reynolds Bend Schoolhouse]
Photograph of Richard Avedon inside the Reynolds Bend schoolhouse. He stands to the right of a wooden desk with one hand resting on the desk. On the wall behind him are two chalkboards positioned between wooden shelves. There are chalk drawings of buffalo skulls and animals by Bill Cauble on the left chalkboard. "Bryant" is written next to a heart on the right chalkboard. In the foreground is a pipe stove. The room has wood floors and wood benches on either side.
Date:
June 1979
Creator:
Casey, Watt Matthews, Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ethel Casey, Watt Matthews, and Lucile Brittingham]
Photograph of three elderly Matthews siblings: (left to right) Ethel Matthews Casey, Watt Reynolds Matthews, and Lucile Matthews Brittingham. The two women are standing on either side of Watt Matthews with their arms linked through his.
Date:
1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Groundbreaking for Bob Hope High School]
Photograph of a man identified as Bob Hope holding a framed certificate at the Bob Hope High School for Hughen School groundbreaking. He is standing wearing a suit with a crawfish pin on his jacket lapel, and is standing at a microphone. Legible text on the certificate says "The Bob Hope High School for Crippled Children Diploma to Bob Hope." A crowd of people is in the background. Legible text below the photograph says "[P]2E91 4 Col N-2A."
Date:
1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Richard Avedon, Watt Matthews, Ethel Casey, and Lucile Brittingham]
Photograph of (left to right) photographer Richard Avedon, Watt Reynolds Matthews, Ethel Matthews Casey, and Lucile Matthews Brittingham in front of a brick wall and a window. Ethel Matthews Casey is sitting in a chair while the others stand. To their right is Avedon's 8"x10" Deardorff large format camera on a tripod. Avedon is wearing a hat given to him as a gift by Watt Matthews.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Casey, Watt Matthews, Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Watt Casey, Jr. Photographing the Matthews Family]
Photograph of Watt Casey, Jr. photographing (left to right) Richard Avedon, Watt Reynolds Matthews, Ethel Matthews Casey, and Lucile Matthews Brittingham. Laura Wilson is standing next to Watt Casey, Jr. in the foreground.
Date:
1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Watt Matthews with Photographer Richard Avedon]
Photograph of Watt Reynolds Matthews and photographer Richard Avedon. Avedon is holding an envelope under his left arm.
Date:
1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fielder House
Photograph of the back entrance of the Fielder house. The house has two levels with a balcony. It is surrounded by trees.
Date:
October 1978
Creator:
West, Carolyn
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Port Arthur City Hall]
Photograph of the exterior of a building identified as Port Arthur City Hall at 444 Fourth Street. The building is several stories high. There is an awning extending over a driveway on one side with a car underneath it. In the foreground, there is a yard with trees, shrubs, and park lights. In the bottom right corner of the photograph, "Watkins Studio" is embossed.
Date:
July 15, 1978
Creator:
Watkins Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
HemisFair -- 1978
Speech commemorating the 10th anniversary of HemisFair '68.
Date:
February 17, 1978
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jefferson County Sub - Courthouse Fishpond]
Photograph of a fishpond outside of Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse. In the center of the pond, there is a sculpture, entitled "Music of the Sea," consisting of a child holding a shell to their ear. It was given to the city by Edith Smith Norton in memory of her father, Charles Eugene Norton, the first mayor of Port Arthur. In the background, there is a view of Port Arthur City Hall.
Date:
1978
Creator:
Watkins Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lakeview Swimming Pool]
Photograph of Lakeview Swimming Pool in Port Arther, Texas. Several people are in the pool and others are jumping off of diving boards to the left of the photograph. In the foreground, a man is sitting in a lifeguard chair. In the background, there is a brick structure with a white awning attached. An imprint at the bottom-right of the photograph says "Watkins Studio;" handwritten text below the photograph says "Lakeview Swimming Pool - Port Arthur 1978."
Date:
1978
Creator:
Watkins Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Murals in Downtown Port Arthur]
Photograph of a historic mural on the side of Verna's Cafe in downtown Port Arthur, Texas. The mural consists of two couples dancing beside a river. On the opposite side of the river, there is a row boat and fish net. Above the net, there is a building that says "Verna's" on the roof; a dock attached to the building stretches into the river. The mural was painted by local artists. On the actual Verna's Cafe, there are signs that say "Verna's Cafe," "7-Up," and "Cafe." A sign on the sidewalk says "Cafe Plate Lunches Gumbo Steaks Beer."
Date:
1977
Creator:
Nicar, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Tracks and Grain Elevator]
Photograph of sets of railroad tracks leading to a grain elevator in the background.
Date:
1976-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Seafers - Whigham Home]
Photograph of the Seafers-Whigham home. Preston Seafer's family came to Port Arthur in 1897. The house is two stories high, with columns in the front. Bushes line the front of the house.
Date:
1976-07~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History