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 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 a flooded street in Port Arthur, Texas. There are buildings and trees visible on both sides of the road.

Photograph of a large group of men and Dr. Winter with a rescue boat in front of his office, during the Port Arthur flood of 1915. They are standing around the boat in water that is almost waist deep. Writing in the bottom left corner reads, "Rescue boat, Port Arthur Flood, Aug 19-17, 1915." The bottom right corner says D&H Photo.

Photograph of a man sitting on a chair in a flooded store in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of a man standing on a flooded porch during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. The water is up to his knees and he is standing with his hands on his hips. Writing on the back of the photograph identifies the house to be at the corner of Stilwell and Seventh Street.

Photograph of a large group of people during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. Some of the people are inside a rescue boat, and the others are standing in water that is almost waist deep. The First National Bank building can be seen on the right side of the photograph.

Photograph of a large group of people with a canoe during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. They are in front of Pearce Theater, standing in water that is almost waist deep. The back of the photograph is a postcard. The caption at the bottom reads, "Pearce Theatre P.A. flood Aug. 16-17, 1915. D&H Photo."

Photograph of several people standing in high flood waters in front of the post office in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of four people on a boat in high waters after a storm in front of a two-story building in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of a group of people standing in high flood waters at the corner of Procter Street and Austin Avenue in front a shoe store in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of flooded houses and the Congressional Church in Port Arthur, Texas, 1915. The waters have risen almost to the windows in the visible buildings. There are people standing in the water up to their chests. The other side of the photo identifies the date as 1915, the church as the Congressional Church, and the intersection as Mobile and Sixth.

Photograph of a man and two women in a boat atop the flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas. Houses flooded up to the windows can be seen behind them. The other side of the picture identifies the area as the 900 block of Seventh Street.

Photograph of two rows of houses during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of a train on the tracks with a group of people walking alongside to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that it is a Texaco picnic, and dates the event July 22, 1915.

Postcard of the town of Sabine after a flood. There is a man in the foreground leaning down to pick up a chair out of the water. The street is covered with large puddles, and buildings and stores in the background have been damaged. The writing on the front of the photograph dates it September 16-17, 1915. The back of the postcard has a handwritten note about the flood, addressed to Port Arthur, Texas.