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[Photograph of Riverside Street During the 1953 Flood]

A boy plays in a water-filled street as a bus passes by during a 1953 flood.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Filling Sandbags During Flood]

Photograph of groups of men filling sandbags during a 1953 flood. Several of them are wearing sailor's hats and army uniforms.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caution - Bad Bridge]

Photograph of a sign reading, "Caution Bad Bridge 1000ft. Drive Slow" The sign is standing in water from the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Flooded Roadway]

Photograph of a flooded roadway in Orange, Texas after the flood of 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Utility Pole and Billboard in Deep Water]

Photograph of a utility pole and a Humble Oil billboard in deep water after the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Utility Pole in Deep Water]

Photograph of a utility pole in deep water after the Sabine River flooded in 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of people walking and sitting on the sandbags along the flooded Sabine River in 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of people sitting on sandbags along the Sabine River after the flood of 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of the railroad bridge that crosses the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana at Orange, Texas. In this photo the river is flooded and runs just under the bridge.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of the railroad bridge that crosses the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana at Orange, Texas. In this photo the river is flooded and runs just under the bridge.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]

Photograph of flooding along the East side of the Sabine River. A camper is submerged in the water. There is a lot of mud outside of the Show Boat landing.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Wooden Building on the River]

Photograph of a building that flooded along the Sabine River in Orange, Texas. It is a long wooden building, most likely a business. Two automobiles are parked in shallow water near a side entrance to the building.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]

Photograph of the 1953 flood in Orange, Texas. This photo shows a couple of billboards advertising beer on Green Avenue. The signs are standing in water.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Flooded Street]

Photograph of flooding at Green Avenue and Front Street. Men are standing in knee-deep water in an empty lot surrounded by sandbags. Behind them is a Sinclair Filling Station.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vesper Services Camp Wildurr]

Photograph of the young campers of Camp Wildurr.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas Caroling Party 1953]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Christmas Caroling Party in 1953. Many carolers are standing in front of two parked buses singing. Janis Joplin, who became a noted rock star in the music world in the late 1960's, is standing on the steps of the bus in a white sweatshirt.
Date: 1953
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chuck Wagon Youth Dinner]

Photograph of the Chuck Wagon Youth Dinner at the First Christian Church. A large number of men, women, teenagers, and children are spread out on a yard in a residential area. Some people are standing but most are sitting on the grass.
Date: October 25, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Texas Zephyr" dining car]

Interior view of the dining car in the consist of Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr" which made the run between Dallas and Denver in about seventeen hours, a rail distance of 834 miles.
Date: 1953~
Creator: Plummer, R.S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marie Burkhalter sitting at a table with a group of people

Marie Burkhalter sitting with a group of people dining table.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marie Burkhalter among a group of people

Marie Burkhalter stands with a group of people in an unknown room. Three of them wear mariachi outfits.
Date: February 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Three women and three members of a mariachi band

Marie Burkhalter stands third from the left in a group of people standing in front of a door in an unidentified room. Two of the women and the man are dressed as mariachi musicians.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Four men and a woman

Four men and a woman standing together in formal attire in an unidentified room. The four men are all wearing matching suits.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Zale's Jewelry Company

Interior view of Zale's Jewelers at 619 Congress. Showcases and counters.
Date: May 28, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol National Bank Building

Exterior view of The Capitol National Bank Building at 114 W. 7th Street, taken from across the street at the corner of 7th and Colorado, looking northeast. Cars are parked along the streets and there are two unidentified people waiting to cross Colorado Street opposite the bank.
Date: August 13, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History