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West Texas Oil Refinery

Photograph of the West Texas Refinery. The photograph is from the air and shows the railroad with tanker cars stopped next to the refinery.
Date: 1922
Creator: Newsom Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Class Photograph]

Photograph of the Lower Valley School students posing for a class picture. They are arranged in three rows with the teacher and girls seated on a bench in the middle row and the boys standing behind or sitting on the ground in the front. They are posed outside, in front of a building. The young girl with the dark curls, sitting next to the teacher (center of the photograph) is identified as Laura Kopplin.
Date: May 20, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir At Close of School (open access)

Souvenir At Close of School

Booklet containing poems (including "Bring Back My School Days to Me") and two pages noting the school, teacher, school officers, and pupils. Souvenir is from "Lower Valley School, District No. 33, Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, May 20, 1921."
Date: May 20, 1921
Creator: Lower Valley School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Car on Trail

Photograph of a car driving on a rocky, off-road trail at Antelope Circle, near Amarillo, Texas.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of the Gates Memorial Library Children's Reading Room. There are groups of children sitting at three tables in the room. Each table has a lamp on it. In the background, five children are facing bookshelves. Text below the photograph says "Memorial Library Port Arthur, Texas. Children's Reading Room [-] Shelf Reading and Arrangement Cared for by the Library Science Class."
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of a three unidentified women at Gates Memorial Library. Two women are sitting at a desk and one woman is standing beside them. The wall behind the desk is decorated with prints of paintings and photographs.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of a close-up of the exterior of Gates Memorial Library. A side of a wall and a bush are visible.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Students]

Photograph of Amalia Kuhn Dippel's class at Lower Valley School. In the top row, from left to right, are Erma Prochnow, unknown, Willie Kopplin, Hilda Zuercher, Mrs. Amalia Kuhn Dippel, Lora Pfannstiel, Bruno Haecker and Elton Zuercher. In the middle row are Laura Kopplin, Linda Haecker, Anita Pfannstiel, Herrena Klug, Vivian Vardenbaum, Edna Schulz, Tasca Reiley, Irene Stolte and Louise Vardenbaum. In the front row are Herman Haecker, unknown, Elmont Bornemann, Elber Grobe, George Krueger, Oscar Schulz and Raymond Klug.
Date: 1921~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Students]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students with teacher Eulalia E. Dippel. The students are sitting and standing in three rows outside the school building. Most students are not wearing shoes.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Masonic Home for the Aged, 1921

Postcard of the Masonic Home for the Aged in Arlington in 1921. The front of the postcard features a photograph of the building and garden in front with the sky hand colored blue.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur Gas Company]

Photograph of an exterior view of Port Arthur Gas Company on west Nineteenth Street and Terminal Road, adjacent to Texas Company Refinery. There is a tank beside a building with smoke stacks rising from it. Text below the photograph says "Port Arthur Gas Co." and "Located - West Port Arthur ... or 19th St." Accompanying material gives additional information about the company.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fly-By]

Photograph of seven DH-4 (De Havilland) airplanes flying over Fort Bliss, Texas. Below the planes, soldiers can be seen walking, riding, and standing as they watch the planes fly by. Military buildings and vehicles are seen scattered below on the ground. The Franklin Mountains are in the background. Information on the back of the photo states that the "Fly-By" over Fort Bliss was done in honor of General John J. Pershing's return to Fort Bliss after his service in World War I. The photo was taken from below the Officer's Club on February 2, 1920.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Scout Troop]

Photograph of six boy scouts wearing uniforms and standing in a row; they are identified as Troop Five. In the background, there are two houses. Text below the photograph says "[Port] Arthur, Tex Troop #5 [,] 1920;" a block of text below that says "0193.01 MGC."
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brinkman Automotive Supply Company]

Photograph of an exterior view of Brinkman Automotive Supply Company. Seven unidentified men are standing in a row outside of the building, and one man is leaning on one of its brick columns. Several cars are parked within the building. Signs on the top of the building say "Brinkman Auto Supply Co." and "Seiberling All-Treads."
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cafe and Gambling Hall]

Photograph of a street corner. An arched entrance on the corner is labeled 'Tivoli Bar and Cafe.' A building visible to the right of the entrance is labeled 'Tivoli Hotel.' A man is walking across the street to meet another man sitting on the sidewalk next to a partially visible automobile.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cattle in a Pen]

Photograph of a barbed wire fence with cattle gathered in the distance.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Martin Company]

Photograph of a group of three men standing and one woman sitting in a Charles Martin Company office at Realty Building. They are identified as W. J. Burch (oil inspector), C. E. Booz (senior manager), Elda LaPoint (secretary), and DeWitt Cudd (clerk). Charles Martin Company consisted of deep oil inspection and a steamship agency. The group is surrounded by desks with papers and typewriters on them. There is a set of filing cabinets to the left of the group, and a clock hanging on the wall towards the right. Text below the photograph says "Pictured left to right are: W. J. Burch, C. E. Booz, Senior Manager, Elda LaPoint, and DeWitt Cudd."
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Portrait]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students. The students and their teacher, Mr. Dippel, are sitting and standing outside the school building. They are arranged in three rows.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys Playing Badminton]

Photograph of a four cowboys playing badminton. Two men stand on either side of a net erected in a clearing on range land.
Date: 1920
Creator: Wiseman Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elks Theatre]

Photograph of an exterior view of the Elks Theatre building at 400 Fourth Street, near Austin Avenue. Several movie posters are set up under an awning in the front. It is owned and operated by the Elks Club.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Port Arthur Fire Department Truck]

Photograph of two men sitting in a fire truck. The truck is a 1915 Cadillac chemical truck, and says "Port Arthur Fire Dept." on the front. The truck was donated by Assistant Chief George Stearns, in memory of his wife. The truck was named "Belle Stearns," and was the first piece of motorized fire equipment for the Department.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Girls on Porch]

Photograph of five young girls sitting on the porch of a building.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five People on Horseback in a Field]

Photograph of five people on horseback in a field with tall grass.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Young Women in White Dresses]

Photograph of four young women wearing white dresses and headbands. They are standing outdoors in front of trees and passing people.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History