Monthly newspaper from Lamar College in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.

Monthly newspaper from Lamar College in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted on the living conditions of Port Arthur, Texas elementary school student who resided in Port Acres.

Photograph of the personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department in 1940. The individual portraits of the firefighters are arranged in seven rows with the department and year, "Beaumont Fire Dep't. 1940," at the center. There are five larger portraits of the officers are arranged around the department name. The firefighters are identified on the attached sheet, listed by row from left to right.

Photograph of a bascule bridge drawn up to allow a boat to pass, in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.

Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated.

Photograph of businesses at Four Corners in Sabine Pass, Texas. Signs on the front of a building facing to the front say "Grand Prize," "The Jetties Sea Food Inn," "Sea Food Dinners 50 [cents] 75 [cents] $1.00," and "Entrance." Signs on a building facing to the right side say "The Jetties Seafood Inn" and "Coca-Cola." A row of cars are parked outside the buildings.

Photograph of several cars driving across the Highway 87 Rainbow Bridge crossing the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of a small group of children reading in a classroom. Some of the children are seated in a semicircle, two of which are raising their hands. One child is writing on the chalkboard. The teacher is seated on the right side of the photograph, holding a book.

Photograph of a large crowd of men and women in a room at a dance in Port Arthur, Texas.

Postcard of the Port of Beaumont on the Neches River with downtown Beaumont in the background. In the foreground, written in the grass, is "Port of Beaumont." At least five ships and a tugboat are visible at the port. The Kansas City Southern Lift Bridge is visible on the right side of the photograph and in the background downtown Beaumont buildings can be seen including the Jefferson County Courthouse. On the back of the postcard is printed the following: "The City of Beaumont is one of the Nation's most fascinating. It offers a wonderful climate and the warmest of Texas hospitality, blended with the salt tang of a major sea port and the brisk air of a mushrooming metropolis." The following companies are credited on the back of the postcard: "Color by Business Men's Studio" "The Edwards News Co., Beaumont, Texas" and "Plastichrome by Colourplate, Boston, Mass."

Photograph of a classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and smiling towards the camera. There is a table with miniature buildings on it at the back of the room. The teacher is standing in the opposite corner of the room, behind the children.

Photograph of a school performance at Carver Elementary School. There are children seated on a stage with various instruments. The background of the stage is painted with a landscape mural.

Photograph of a school program at Carver Elementary School. Children are seated on the stage with instruments, and a man in a black suit is standing in front of them conducting. There is a hand-painted mural in the background. The audience is partially visible in the bottom of the photograph.

Photograph of the First Christian Church parsonage in Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of an exterior view of First National bank on Port Neches Avenue in Port Neches, Texas. An awning hangs over the entrance, and there are bars over the windows. A sign on the top of the building says "First National Bank." In the background, a person is leaning against the building. Text below the photograph says "Bldg. Constructed in 1923."

Draft summer school course schedule for Lamar College in 1940 organized in a table, listing rooms and professors at the top with rows labeled by time of day, with class names marked within the grid. Text at the bottom of the page lists information about credits and fees.

Photograph of abandoned oil field equipment at the Lucas Gusher site, with oil derricks in the distance.

Photograph of "Herring Coe" bas-relief decoration on an exterior wall of Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of aerial view of downtown Port Arthur, Texas with Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: "1940, Downtown, Port Arthur, Looking East"

Portrait photograph of Dorothy Ingram. She is wearing a black, ruffled top and a star necklace. Her hair is short and pulled back. She is looking towards the camera with a neutral expression. The back of the photograph is a postcard.

Photograph of a ship at Sabine Pass Docks. The ship is anchored at the dock, and the dock stretches from the front of the ship to the middle. In the foreground, there is land.

Photograph of a second grade class at Carter Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing towards the front of the classroom. The teacher is standing in the back corner of the room and looking towards the camera.

Photograph of a second grade classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing the camera. The teacher is standing at the back of the room.