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1½ Miles to "Neches"
Photograph of a railroad (bottom) and vehicles (left). People and utility poles can also be seen in the background. Back of photo reads, "W.L. Straughn Gulf States Utilities Co. Neches Power Station Beaumont, Texas".
Date:
June 1, 1929
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement Setup #1]
Photograph of an advertisement setup featuring a stove and refrigerator among other things. There is a lamp at the top, brick wall behind the setup, and signs with pictures in the front. The prominent word in the picture is "Crawford." Back of photo reads, "Dismukes Plumbing Co."
Date:
1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement Setup #2]
Photograph of an advertisement setup featuring cartoon women and kitchen appliances. The floor is checkered. Also visible are lamps on the top and the words, "Crawford Radio", "This style range to be given away at Men's Cooking School by Port Arthur Electric Cookery Council", "buy now", and "Member of Port Arthur Electric Cookery Council". Back of photo reads, "Electric Specialty Co".
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement Setup #3]
Photograph of an advertisement setup featuring an oven and furniture. There are also various signs visible as well as a cylindrical metal container.
Date:
1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement Setup #4]
Photograph of an advertisement setup featuring an oven. Various signs are also visible as well as a chair. Back of photo reads, "Crowell & Gilford".
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement Setup #5]
Photograph of an advertisement setup featuring an oven and refrigerator.
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View City and Waterways]
Photograph of aerial view of Port Arthur with boat in the waterway and Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "Urban Renewal" "Tenth St., Look East, 7-28-20"
Date:
July 28, 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Refinery and City]
Photograph of aerial view of refinery and city. There are several cylindrical structures. Back of photo reads, "Texas Co. Refinery and city of Port Arthur in background."
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"After" Road Back at Lakeside Power Station
Photograph of a dirt road with some buildings in the background in Port Arthur, Beaumont. One of the buildings has two smoke stack like features on top of it.
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Armistice Day Parade]
Photograph of a parade float for an Armistice Day celebration. The float consists of a truck decorated with star and stripe printed banners, a cannon on the truck bed, and a banner on the side with text that says "This is the Old Girl that Roared Out for Joy and Shattered our 'Panes' on Armistice Day. Nov. 11. 1918." In the background, there are trees and a building. Accompanying material gives information about the cannon.
Date:
July 4, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Target.
Patent for a target device for pistols and rifles which allows for the motion of the target being hit to move another target into view.
Date:
August 3, 1920
Creator:
Briggs, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[E. B. Sutherlin Envelope]
Envelope for E. B. Sutherlin's jewelry store, with notes written by him. The envelope reads: "Name: Mrs. O. R. Williams, 719 - Procter St. No.: 6-8-27. Charges $--. E. B. Sutherlin, Jewelry & Watchmaker, 436 Procter St., Port Arthur, Texas. Instructions: don't string too tight."
Date:
June 8, 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Lakeside Power Station "Before"
Photograph of dirt ground and buildings, one of which has two smoke stack like features on top of it. In the front is a wheelbarrow full of dirt and also visible are small piles of darker colored dirt on the ground. On the top, two doors can be seen open on the second story of the building on the right.
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back of Lakeside Power Station "After"
Photograph of building on the right with other buildings in background. The ground is comprised mostly of dirt.
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back of Lakeside Power Station "Before"
Photograph of a building, wagon, construction material (including two half cylindrical objects), railroad tracks, and a man with a pickax.
Date:
1926~/1931~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Basketball Team]
Photograph of boys in basketball uniforms in two rows in front of a building in Port Arthur. Four of them sit on a bench with a basketball between the middle two boys, and four more boys and their coach stand behind the bench. The logos on the boys' uniforms and the text on the basketball have been colored yellow.
Date:
1922
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 8
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 11
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 35
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 51
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 52
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 69
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 81
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont 1923 Sheet 95
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beaumont in Jefferson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History