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[Boaters at the Texas City Dike in 1929]

[Boaters at the Texas City Dike in 1929]
Description:

Two children sit in a wooden boat near the edge of the bay. In the background, around the bay inlet are other boats pulled up onshore, an open-air, but covered pavilion, some smaller wooden buildings, and a pier.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1929-09
Partner(s):
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection(s):
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1929-09
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
From 1929-09-01 to 1929-09-08
Description:

Two children sit in a wooden boat near the edge of the bay. In the background, around the bay inlet are other boats pulled up onshore, an open-air, but covered pavilion, some smaller wooden buildings, and a pier.

Note:

[This photograph was also published on page 33 in Texas City : Images of the Twentieth Century by Collier A. Campbell and Susie M. Moncla, published by The Donning Company Publishers in 1999. The caption there is listed as "Dike scene, Labor Day, 1929."]

Physical Description:

1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

Language: No Language
Subject(s):
Partner:
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection:
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: TCIM-14
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth15193
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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