Aerial photograph of the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. The streets are covered in water, and houses can be seen into the distance. The caption on the photograph reads, "Looking west from wireless tower at college. August 16-17 Flood, 1915."

Photograph of an aerial view of flood waters surrounding houses. The flooding spans the entire photograph.

Photograph of an aerial view of a flooded neighborhood near downtown Port Arthur, Texas. Flooding resulted from a hurricane, and spans the entire photograph.

Photograph of an aerial view of flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas. Flooding resulted from a hurricane, and spans the entire photograph.

Photograph of an aerial view of a flooded neighborhood. Flooding resulted from a hurricane, and spans the entire photograph.

Photograph of an aerial view of Port Arthur after a flood. Trees and buildings are visible to the right and in the background.

Photograph of a bank building during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. There are men standing in the street in knee-deep water. The back of the photograph is a postcard.

Photograph of the members of the Beaumont Fire Department from 1915-1918. The men are wearing several different uniforms, including firefighter's uniforms and various military uniforms, and a few men are wearing suits. They are posed in front of a brick building. The text, "Thelma Smith, 995 Legion, 833-2709" is handwritten on the back of the photo.

Photograph of several boys sitting in a boat in the side lobby of the Lake View Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas after a flood.

Photograph of two boys on the back of a canoe during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. Water from the flood is about knee-deep, and there are groups of people in the background around a building. The caption on the bottom dates the scene August 18th, 1915. The back of the photograph is a postcard.

Photograph of high waters at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.

Patent for a capping machine. The object is to provide a machine of the character specified, designed for placing friction caps or covers of cans containing canned materials and for sealing the covers or caps in place on the cans, and arranged to be capable of use with cans of varying size.

Photograph of a group of five children sitting on a truck. One boy is holding a cup in one hand, and holding the steering wheel in the other. Four of the children are not wearing shoes; one child's feet are not visible.

Photograph of a company of soldiers standing at attention in a lawn in Port Arthur, Texas. Railroad tracks are visible in the background.

Photograph of a large crowd of people standing in high waters during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. A man stands on a lamp post in the middle of the street.

Patent for an improved detector for wireless telegraph machine through the use of minerals such as copper, sulfur, and zinc.

Photograph of a Port Arthur College dormitory room. In the foreground, there is a desk with two chairs. In the background, there is a dresser with an oval mirror attached the top and a bed to its right. Text below the photograph says "Port Arthur College Dorm Room." Port Arthur College was located on the south 1500 block of Procter Street.

Patent for expanding device for can bumping presses including the illustrations.

Patent for a feed-cooler "relates to driers, and more especially to those having vertical shafts; and the object of the same is to produce a machine for cooling and drying molasses feed, hot grain or any granular feed substance or material containing heat or moisture or both" (lines 12-18).

Patent for combination safe or revolving file cabinet to provide a safe operable means for compartments of batches of papers. Illustration is provided.

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered around the Wilson Hardware store during a fire in Beaumont, Texas. Several streams of water are aimed at the fire.

Photograph of the new church building dedication for the First Christian Church. The Reverend Claude F. Pierce (dressed in white shirt and pants with dark jacket in front with his hands on his hips) was the minister here 1911-1915.

Photograph of three uprooted trees laying in flood waters. In the background, there are several houses.

Photograph of a flooded area between Lake Sabine and the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas. Several buildings, including the Plaza Hotel, are visible in the background.