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[Mother & Daughter in Camp Fire Costumes]
Photograph of Catherine Elizabeth Brown Griggs (daughter) and Nacy Grace Griggs (Mother) in Camp Fire Girls' Native American costumes. They are bent down in a pose.
[Oil Flowing from Humble Well]
Photographic postcard picturing oil flowing out of a well. Written on the card, "Giant Humble well yields 428,000 bbls [barrels] oil in 42 days. Humble Well, Orange, Texas 3=788=731212" The oil flows from a pipe into a trough.
[P.B. Curry, Sr. Residence]
Photograph of the P.B. Curry, Sr. residence on Fourth Street in Orange, Texas.
[Photograph of Steamboat Harry Lee]
Photograph of the Steamboat Harry Lee - later to be the Showboat - docked across the Sabine River on old Highway 90. Used as a gambling establishment in the late 1920s.
[Samuel W. Levingston Home]
Photograph of the Samuel W. Levingston home at 920 W. Pine Street in the 1920s. The house has a turret on the left and a wrap around porch.
[Three Men in Orangefield, Texas]
Three men who worked in the oil fields in Orangefield around 1920.
[Truck Carrying Metal Pipe]
Truck with wooden spokes carrying a load of metal pipe in Orangefield, Texas.
E.W. Bancroft and Dog
Photograph of E.W. Bancroft wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and hat. He is bending over with his hands on a dog. In the background is a leafy tree, fence, and house.
[Woman Standing by an Oil Derrick]
Photograph of a woman standing by an oil derrick. She wears a hat and carries a bag.
[Young Woman from Orangefield in 1920s]
Photograph of a young woman standing in front of the Orangefield oil field in the 1920s.
[Tugboat Baddacock]
Photograph of the tugboat, Baddacock, at the dock of National Shipbuilding in Orange, Texas.
[Frenzel Cafe in Orangefield]
Photograph of the Frenzel Cafe in Orangefield, Texas. In front of the cafe are Eddie Frenzel Jr., Eddie Frenzel, Sr. and Ruby. The picture is from the early 1920s.
[Gas Blowout at Orangefield, Texas]
Photograph of a derrick with steam shooting up from it. Description on the photo reads, "Gas blowout, July 29, 1921, Orange, Texas, Tremendous fog of gas, sand, rock, and oil. Could be seen and heard for ten miles. Hogan"
Methodist church at Terry, Texas
Photograph of the congregation outside of the Methodist Church at Terry, Texas in the 1920s.
[Orange Ice Light Water and Refrigeration Co.]
Photograph of the Orange Ice Light Water & Refrigeration Co. located on Front Street. There are railroad tracks and cars in front of the facility.
[Orangefield During the Boom Days, 1922]
Photograph of the oil derricks at Orangefield during the boom days in 1922. A fire is burning in the background creating much pollution.
[Three Men Working on an Oil Derrick]
Photograph of three men working on an oil derrick in Orangefield, Texas.
[Debris after a 1922 Blowout in Orange Oil Field]
Photograph men standing on debris, mostly lumber, after a blowout in an Orange, Texas oil field on August 5, 1922.
[Debris after a 1922 Blowout in Orange Oil Field]
Photograph men standing on debris, mostly lumber, after a blowout in an Orange, Texas oil field on August 5, 1922.
[Deer Hunting in Tyler County]
Photograph of five people in a buckboard wagon pulled by two horses through some trees. Writing on the back indicates this is a deer hunting expedition in Tyler County in 1926.
[Edward Ward and Bob Bowman]
Photograph of Bob Bowman and Edward Ward in their ROTC uniforms in 1926.
[Edward Ward in his ROTC Uniform]
Photograph of Edward Ward in his ROTC uniform in 1926. He stands outdoors next to a wooden building.
Orangefield Oil Field in 1927
Photograph of the Orangefield Oil Field. In the foreground are pipes with wheel cranks and a wooden bridge on the top of two tanks with a large tank behind that. On the ground on the right side of the frame are many fat and skinny pipes lined up. In the background are numerous spindletops.
[Log Cabin Gas Station]
Photograph of a log cabin filling station and sandwich shop at the east end of Green Avenue near the Sabine River.
Robert Turpin
Robert Turpin wearing a suit in an unknown room.
[Automobile Parked outside of Post Office]
Photograph of Ellison Crew and an automobile outside of the Post Office in Orange, Texas. The vehicle is loaded with bags of mail.
[Orange High School, Senior Class of 1932 -1933]
Photograph of the Senior Class of 1932 -1933 at Orange High School in Orange, Texas. The students wear their caps & gowns before a backdrop of a wooded landscape.
[Women at Stark House]
Photograph of five women standing in the front yard of the Stark House in Orange, Texas. The women are L-R: Mrs. W.H. Stark, Mrs. E.W. Bancroft (age 91), Mrs. Jerry Stark, Mrs. Cheatham, and Mrs. Howe.
Five Loving Cups on a Table Outside
Photograph of five trophies on top of a small table outside. The trophies are called "Loving Cups". Behind the table is a large lawn and in the background a row of trees and houses.
[Mr. Lutcher Stark]
Photograph of Mr. Lutcher Stark taken from the 1937 annual, the Orange Peel.
[R.B. Goree and employees]
Photograph of R.B. Goree standing in his drug store with his employees in 1938. L-R, Fred Condry, R.B. Goree, Lucele Moore, Nelson. Counters and glass cases that are filled with items surround them.
Dr. Phillip's Residence
Photograph of Dr. Phillip's residence. The residence is a two-story Victorian style home. There is a porch with a stoop and a balcony. Surrounding the house is mowed lawn and trees.
Bengal Guards on Train to Chicago
Photograph of the Bengal Guard on a train to Chicago. There are at least eleven women wearing light-colored coveralls with the words, "Bengal Guard, Orange, Tex." printed on the back. In the center is Lewis Gay, a man in a cowboy hat, boots, western shirt and tie leaning over another man with a small girl on his lap. Lewis Gay was the Drill Master of the Bengal Guards in the late 1930s. Another girl sits on the lap of a woman on the right side of the frame. Some of the women wear head scarves, jewelry, or glasses. In the lower left corner is an open magazine. Behind the group are open wooden blinds and a lamp is on the wall. Everybody is smiling.
[C.H. Meriwether]
Photograph of C.H. Meriwether around 1940.
City buses parked on both sides of a town street
Photograph shows city buses and cars parked on both sides of a town street in front of various stores such as J.P. Penny Company, Green's and Williams Drugs Prescriptions.
[Fifth Street Looking North]
Photograph of Fifth Street in Orange, Texas, looking north. Cars and businesses line the street.
[Holland Hotel]
Photograph of the Holland hotel. There is a car parked in front of the hotel and a cable coming from the side of the building. There is an "Orange Chamber of Commerce" sign on the right of the image.
[Orange County Court House]
Photograph of the Orange County Court House. It is a three-story brick building.
[Sunset Grove Country Club in the 1940s]
Photograph of the Sunset Grove Country Club club house with a green in the foreground during the 1940s.
[Swimming pool construction]
Aerial photograph of the Sunset Grove Country Club under construction.
[Joe Molly's "The Whang Doodle"]
Photograph of a young woman standing in front of Joe Molly's "The Whang Doodle" a soda fountain in Orange, Texas. There are venetian blinds in the windows and a double screen door on the entrance. A neon sign above the door reads, "Home of the Whang Doodle, 5 cents, Fountain Service" The woman is wearing a dark dress with a white collar and cuffs.
[Rhodes White Way Sandwich Shop]
Photograph of Rhodes White Way Sandwich Shop in 1941. The owners, waitresses and staff stand in front of this well-known eating place.
[Hillard Building]
Photograph of a brick building in the 1940s with glass tiles on a curved corner with the name "Hilliard" on it.
Several People in Goree Drug Store
Photograph of eight men and one woman standing in the Goree Drug Store. Six of the men are wearing suits and ties, and one man is wearing cowboy boots. The woman is wearing a dark skirt and white blouse. Two of the men in front of the group are handing off a piece of paper. The man on the left side of the frame has a cigar in his mouth. The group is surrounded by glass cabinets filled with goods. On a shelf in the background are framed certificates and on the wall above them is an American flag. Hanging from the ceiling is a ceiling fan and a fluorescent light.
[Company D, Texas State Guard]
Photograph of Company D. 43rd Bn. Texas State Guard, Riot Duty - Beaumont, Tex. June 16th - 20th 1943. The soldiers stand in their uniforms outside a building in Beaumont. Front Row L-R, kneeling: Bill Stringer, H.S. Peterson, Scotty Jackson, Forrest Bass, Dick Terry, John Norwood, Douglas Peterson, Leroy Boehme, Frank Holloran, Dexter Shelly. Rear L-R, standing: Lawrence W. Hustmyre (company captain), Dr. Frank Hubert, Cecil Cole (postmaster), "Jiggs" Cormier, unknown, unknown, W.J. Mullins, unknown, Fred Mullins, E.D. Short, Henry Lee Woodworth.
[Launch Party at Weaver Shipyards]
Photograph of the launching party at Weaver Shipyards in Orange, Texas on June, 24, 1943. Seventeen men, women, and children stand at the bow of a new ship, designated YMS252. The women all wear corsages and hats.
[Orange National Bank]
Photograph of Orange National Bank on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. This is a two-story building with Corinthian columns on the front of it. Automobiles are in the streets outside the building.
[Recreation at the Riverside Housing Development in Riverside]
Photograph of some kids playing baseball at the Riverside housing development in the 1940s.
[Ships Being Repaired in Orange, Texas]
Photograph of two ships tied up to a dock at the shipyard in Orange, Texas. These ships were being repaired.
[Elridge Hubert, 1945]
Portrait photograph of Elridge Hubert in his military uniform in 1945. The name "Elridge" is inscribed below the matted photo.
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