[Map of Hitchcock, 1962]

Map of Hitchcock, Texas, 1962. Distributed by the Chamber of Commerce.
Date: 1962
Creator: Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Burns Addition, Hitchcock]

Map of the Burns Addition, Hitchcock. Grant E. Davis, surveyor
Date: July 30, 1946
Creator: Davis, Grant E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Just arrived - waiting orders, Texas City, Texas

A group of 24 soldiers, 4 adult males in civilian clothing and 6 boys are sitting or standing in front of a building. A soldier on the far right stands astride a bicycle. Wording on photo front "Just arrived waiting orders Texas City Texas" The inscription "Higby photo No. 1310" is written on the bottom right corner. The building is probably the train depot.
Date: [1913..1915]
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lt. T.D. Milling and Lt. Sherman landing at Texas City, Tex.

Pilot and co-pilot are seated in a biplane on an airfield. Large tents are visible in distance on right. Wording on front of image reads "Lt T.D. Milling and Lt Sherman landing at Texas City Tex. after breaking American duration and distance record. Left T.C. Fri March 28th 2:15 pm arrived San Antonio 5:37 pm landed at 630 left S.A. Mon 1:15 pm arr T.C. 512 pm [copyright symbol] by Higby photo no. 1." Year is 1913, known from other sources.
Date: 1913
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Storm Damage at Texas City]

Photograph of remains of a wooden structure with only a portion of two walls still standing appears in the photo foreground. The structure is surrounded by wooden debris. Two other long wooden structures stand behind this structure, one of which is heavily damaged. In the background are four one-story houses and two power poles. Only one partially collapsed wall of the left-most house is visible. Four soldiers are standing amid the wreckage and debris. Flooded fields are visible in the distance. Wording on photo front "Storm at Texas City Aug 16th, 1915 Higby photo."
Date: August 16, 1915
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Storm Damage at Texas City, Tex.]

Photograph of two automobiles with passengers driving along a flooded roadway. Heavily damaged buildings are surrounded by debris and flooding. Wording on photo front "Storm at Texas City Tex. Aug 16th 1915. Photo by Higby."
Date: August 16, 1915
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Storm Damage at Texas City, Tex.]

Photograph of a residential area is shown with scattered debris in the foreground. On the left is a large pile of debris from a destroyed wooden structure. Beyond that is a one story house leaning precariously to the right, braced up at the right rear corner by a board wedged in between the roof and the ground at a sharp angle. Two people are sitting on the porch of the house holding children on their laps. An animal, probably a dog, is standing to the right of the house. Two other buildings are visible behind and on the right of the damaged house, with one other building on the left. Wooden boards in the foreground have been placed as walkways over watery areas. Wording on photo front "Storm at Texas City Tex. Aug. 16th, 1915. Photo by Higby."
Date: August 16, 1915
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Suttle Building After Storm]

Photograph of a two-story brick building with heavy structural damage visible to the front of the second story and the windows. Building debris is piled in front of the building and on the front of the second floor. A telephone pole still stands in the center of the picture, and a soldier faces the building at the front far-left corner. Written on the photo is the caption "Suttle Bld. after the storm at Texas City Tex. Aug 16/15. Photo by Higby."
Date: August 16, 1915
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Twenty-sixth Infantry Band now at Texas City

Twenty three soldiers in uniform stand in two rows in a semicircle holding brass and woodwind musical instruments. Metal music stands are arranged in front of the soldiers. Another soldier stands facing the camera in front of a music stand while holding a musical conductor's baton in one hand. Wording on photo front :"26t Inf. Band. Texas City Higby Photo."
Date: [1913..1915]
Creator: Higby
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aviation field and machines First Aero Squadron Texas

An airplane with pilot and co-pilot in helmets are sitting at controls of the biplane. Eight other ground crew in uniform and hats are posing for photograph standing in front of airplane. Large tents are seen in the background. People in distance on right are standing or sitting on a wall with advertising on it. "Wright C, SC-14 with 1/Lts. Roy Kirtland pilot and Hugh Kelly student, Texas City, Texas March 1913. Lt. Kelly would be killed in SC-14 with pilot Lt. E.L. Ellington in San Diego, California, 24 November 1913"--p. 123 1st Aero Squadron in Texas City, Texas / by Douglas E. Edwards in Over the Front : Journal of the League of World War I Aviation Historians, v. 13, no. 2, Summer 1998. "Aviation field and machines First Aero Squadron Texas, Maurer (?) photo copy ger (?)"--label on image. USAF Museum photo.
Date: March 1913
Creator: Maurer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

4th Field Artillery & Engineers Camp, Texas City, Texas, 1914

Panoramic view of army camp with many large tents and some wooden buildings. A water tower and other buildings and residences are visible in the distance. Printing on front of image is "4th Field Artillery & Engineers Camp, Texas City, Texas, 1914."
Date: 1914
Creator: Medley & Blandford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of Dellanera Subdivision, Hitchcock 1954]

1954 Plat of the Dellanera subdivision of Hitchcock, Texas. Signatures on plat include: Paul A. Milligan, Surveyor; G. Dellanera; Juila Dellanera; Dorothy B. Ranson, public notary; D. V. De Pasquale, County Engineer; R. W. Poliner, County Commissioner; Irwin P. Dantino, County Judge; Jack W. Callahan, County Attorney; John R. Platte, County Clerk; Gertrude McKenna.
Date: 1954
Creator: Milligan, Paul A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore looking toward the left. Mrs. Moore is seated in an upholstered chair with arms. She holds an open book in her hand, and wears a single strand of pearls, a brooch and a bar pin, over a pleated skirt ensemble. She is wearing a short hairstyle, pinned back on the sides. From other photographs and the style of the clothes Mrs. Moore is wearing, it appears that this portrait was taken during the period of her service with the Texas Legislature (1928-1936).
Date: unknown
Creator: Naschke
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Highway #58, Deed Record #464]

Deed record #464, Galveston County, Map of Highway #58, a James R. Pace Survey.
Date: March 1930
Creator: Pace, James R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Re-Survey of Dart Tract in the W.H. Jack League, Galveston Co. Texas, 1914.

Re-Survey of Dart Tract in the W.H. Jack League, July 1914. West Hitchcock subdivision. Points of interests include: A. H. Henck land, Highland Bayou, A. Calagui land, Sante Fe Rail Road. "Filed for record Sept. 10th 1917 at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Recorded September 19th, 1917 at 4 o'clock P.M. Geo F. Burgess, Clerk by J. F. Johnston Deputy."
Date: July 1914
Creator: Sias, R. M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

23rd Infantry Camp D Texas City, Tex.

Several groups of soldiers in full uniform are gathered in a field. Wording on photo front: "23rd Inf. Camp D Texas City, Tex." The symbol "B4." appears in the lower right-hand corner of the image.
Date: 1913/1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

23rd Infantry just arriving at Texas City, Texas

A large group of soldiers in full uniform including greatcoats and weapons stands in three rough lines facing the camera. Wording on photo front:" 23rd Inf. just arriving at Texas City Texas." The symbol "B5." is written in the lower right-hand corner.
Date: 1913/1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4th Artillery Camp]

Soldiers gather between two rows of large tents busy with a variety of tasks. In the center foreground two soldiers sit on chairs near a table. Equipment and gear including a wheel and a strapped bundle are scattered in a rough circle in front of the table. Smoke is blowing from beyond that table to the left. In the right rear, approximately twenty soldiers are standing in a rough line moving toward soldiers at another table. In the middle rear, soldiers gather near another table in front of another large tent. Wording on photo back "Texas City, Tx Aug 16, 1915 4th Art. Camp." Based on other photographs taken on Aug. 16, 1915, the day a hurricane struck and decimated the camp, it is most likely that this particular photo was taken before the date on the photo back or well after.
Date: [1913..1915]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

4th Artillery Headquarters after the hurricane, Texas City

A group of soldiers sit and stand on a pile of wooden debris in a pathway between two rows of wooden Army buildings. The building on the left has no roof, but the roof beams remain. Soldiers have rolled-up sleeves, unbuttoned tunics and one soldier is hatless. Wording on phot front "4th Art. Hdqs. after the hurricane, Texas City." Wording in pencil on photo back "Aug. 16, 1915." The number "10." is written in the right hand corner.
Date: August 16, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

6th Troop Group Band, Camp Wallace

Camp Wallace military band, the 6th Tr. Group. 1st Lieutenant R. M. King Band Commander; Technical Sergeant J. A. Messier, Asst. Band Leader; Sergeant William I. Wyrick, Drum Major.
Date: [1940..1946]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Across from the Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A view of the dock area and shorelines across from the Seatrain loading crane after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. Clouds of white smoke cover the horizon, and smoke still rises from the debris. The Seatrain loading crane is visible on the far right. Directly across the water from it, unseen firefighters direct a stream of water toward burning debris near shore. The area in the foreground is covered with debris of all kinds including metal and wooden pieces, wire cabling, and an unknown product in fabric bags.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Administration Building, Hitchcock Naval Air Station]

Photo in front of the administration building at Hitchcock Naval Air Station. A. H. Horn is identified. Sailors and officers in navy uniforms.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial view from the railroad yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A elevated shot from the rail yards toward the port. View is from above a line of freight cars in the rail yard. Debris lies piled along the line of cars to the far right of the picture. Several men stand on top of one of the cars, while several more stand amid the metal debris below. Another line of rail cars loaded with uniform loads of large forms stands on a parallel set of tracks. In the distance is the grain elevator, a smokestack, two large water towers and the loading structures at the port. Heavy smoke clouds blowing left to right can be seen coming from the port area. The number "#3" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An aerial view near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Clouds of very heavy black smoke cover the port area of Texas City after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. An aerial view of some of the residences near the port can be seen in the lower right hand portion of the photograph. On the reverse side is written "Texas City a few hours after the Grandcamp exploded."
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History