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[Port Arthur Water Plant]

Photograph of an aerial view of a Port Arthur Water Plant. Water storage pools and buildings are visible. A water tower is visible on the left side of the plant. Text at the bottom-left of the photograph says "City of Port Arthur Water Treatment Plant on 19th Street @ Stilwell Blvd. November 13, 1974."

Date: November 13, 1974

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Railroad Tracks and Grain Elevator]

Photograph of sets of railroad tracks leading to a grain elevator in the background.

Date: 1976-07~

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Red Hussars at Cavoilcade Parade]

Photograph of the Thomas Jefferson High School Drum & Bugle Corps, called the Red Hussars, in the 1974 Port Arthur Cavoilcade Parade. The girls are all dressed in uniforms of white cowboy boots, red skirts, pink shirts, white scarves, and red cowboy hats. Some are playing bugles and others are playing various percussion instruments.

Date: 1974

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Republic of Texas Savings Building]

Photograph of the Republic of Texas Savings in Port Arthur, Texas, located on the corner of two streets. Cars are parked on the street in the foreground, in front of several storefronts for businesses next to the bank. People are standing near the cross-street, visible on the left side of the image.

Date: April 5, 1972

Creator: Watkins Studio

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Seafers - Whigham Home]

Photograph of the Seafers-Whigham home. Preston Seafer's family came to Port Arthur in 1897. The house is two stories high, with columns in the front. Bushes line the front of the house.

Date: 1976-07~

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Snow at Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of snow outside of Gates Memorial Library. There are columns on two of the visible sides of the building. The snow is three inches high.

Date: January 11, 1973

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Snow in Port Arthur]

Photograph of snow on the corner of Waco Avenue and Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas. There are car tracks in the street, and snow on top of the parked cars lining it. Businesses line each side of the street. On the right side, there are signs that say "Hotel Sabine" and "Pool Beer Port Lounge" on the side of a building.

Date: January 11, 1973

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Stilwell Grain Elevator]

Photograph of a Stilwell grain elevator, built in 1900, located adjacent to Texas Company Island. A body of water is on the left side of the elevator. Handwritten text at the top of the photograph says "N-6003 9x [full]" and "[546]."

Date: 1976-07~

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Tugboat Preparing to Pull Tanker]

Photograph of the Texaco tugboat "Havoline" assisting a full Texaco tanker to the sea with its load. The tanker is labeled as the "Wyoming" out of Wilmington, Delaware. One large smokestack on the bow of the ship carries the Texaco logo. An American flag is also flying from a pole on the bow. Another tanker, the "Nautica" out of Monrovia, is docked nearby.

Date: August 9, 1971

Creator: Watkins Studio

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Tugboats Pulling Tanker to Sea]

Photograph of the Texaco tugboats "E. M. Black" and "Havoline" assisting a full Texaco tanker to dock. Various crew members of all three ships are one the decks. The tanker is labeled as the Wyoming out of Wilmington, DE. One large smokestack on the stern of the ship carries the Texaco logo. An American flag is also flying from a pole on the stern.

Date: August 9, 1971

Creator: Watkins Studio

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

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