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Building in Port O'Connor, Texas

Description: Photograph of construction work in Port O'Connor,Texas, located in southern Calhoun County. The town was established in 1909 on land formerly owned by Thomas M. O'Connor.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[Letter from D. E. Walsh, Dallas Bureau of Identification Superintendent to Denver, Colorado Bureau of Identification Superintendent - 08/25/1933]

Description: Letter from D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification to the Superintendent of the Denver, Colorado Bureau of Identification informing him of the enclosed fingerprint card and two photographs of Harvey J. Bailey.
Date: August 25, 1933
Creator: Walsh, D. E.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Letter from Deputy Inspector Edward A. Parker to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/25/1933]

Description: Letter from Edward A. Parker, Deputy Inspector and Superintendent of the Bureau of Identification in Memphis, Tennessee to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of Bureau of Identification in Dallas, Texas informing him of a set of pictures he sent to D. E. Walsh's department.
Date: October 25, 1933
Creator: Parker, Edward A.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[New Business Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of construction of a building for a new business in downtown Port Arthur, Texas. Two men are standing on a wooden platform and are hammering a board. Another man is standing inside the structure. Text below the photograph says "11/25/11."
Date: November 25, 1911
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

Oldest house in Port O'Connor

Description: Photograph of a house identified as the oldest house in Port O'Connor, Texas. The house is a small wooden, unpainted structure with an unpainted picket fence surrounding it.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

Public water works

Description: Photograph of a half-dozen cattle and two horses drinking from a watering hole. The horses are harnessed to a buggy loaded with goods; the driver sits beneath an umbrella.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[Watt Matthews and John Bennett Sitting at a Table]

Description: Photograph of Watt Matthews and John Bennet sitting at a table laden with Coke bottles and pitchers. Signs sit behind the table advertising percentages off of a jumbo product. The Matthews is holding a Coke brand paper cut. John Bennett holds a crumpled bit of aluminum foil with his left hand and points with his right.
Date: December 25, 1951
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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