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[Bascule Bridge in Port Arthur]

Photograph of a bascule bridge drawn up to allow a boat to pass, in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

[Cars Crossing Rainbow Bridge]

Photograph of several cars driving across the Highway 87 Rainbow Bridge crossing the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.968575 -93.873831

[Children Reading in Classroom]

Photograph of a small group of children reading in a classroom. Some of the children are seated in a semicircle, two of which are raising their hands. One child is writing on the chalkboard. The teacher is seated on the right side of the photograph, holding a book.

Date: [1940..1950]

Creator: Briscoe

Item Type: Photograph

[Crowd at a Dance]

Photograph of a large crowd of men and women in a room at a dance in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: [1940..1949]

Item Type: Photograph

[Elementary School Classroom]

Photograph of a classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and smiling towards the camera. There is a table with miniature buildings on it at the back of the room. The teacher is standing in the opposite corner of the room, behind the children.

Date: [1940..1950]

Creator: Briscoe

Item Type: Photograph

[Elementary School Performance]

Photograph of a school performance at Carver Elementary School. There are children seated on a stage with various instruments. The background of the stage is painted with a landscape mural.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[Elementary School Program]

Photograph of a school program at Carver Elementary School. Children are seated on the stage with instruments, and a man in a black suit is standing in front of them conducting. There is a hand-painted mural in the background. The audience is partially visible in the bottom of the photograph.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur Downtown Aerial View]

Photograph of aerial view of downtown Port Arthur, Texas with Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: "1940, Downtown, Port Arthur, Looking East"

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Dorothy Ingram Wearing Dress]

Portrait photograph of Dorothy Ingram. She is wearing a black, ruffled top and a star necklace. Her hair is short and pulled back. She is looking towards the camera with a neutral expression. The back of the photograph is a postcard.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

[Second Grade Classroom]

Photograph of a second grade class at Carter Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing towards the front of the classroom. The teacher is standing in the back corner of the room and looking towards the camera.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[Second Grade Elementary School Class]

Photograph of a second grade classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing the camera. The teacher is standing at the back of the room.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[St. Mary's Hospital]

Photograph of the exterior of St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. There are several cars in the semicircular driveway, and plants are visible in front of the building.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.910209 -93.923806

[Third Grade Class at Carver Elementary]

Photograph of a third grade class at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and smiling towards the camera. The teacher is standing at the back of the classroom behind the students.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[Third Grade Classroom]

Photograph of a third grade class at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing towards the camera. The teacher is standing on the opposite side of the classroom with her hands on the back of two students' chairs.

Date: [1940..1950]

Item Type: Photograph

[Church Interior During Service]

Photograph of the interior of St. James Catholic Church during a service. The audience is standing in the pews, and two lines are leading up to the altar. Writing on the back of the photograph identifies the service as the first Holy Communion Class, in 1941.

Date: 1941

Creator: Trost Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Hampton Furniture and Appliance Dealer with Speed Queen Wringer Washers]

Photograph of interior of an appliance store showing a line of seven Speed Queen wringer washing machines. Sitting on the wash machines and on a table beside them is "Rinso" brand tub washing soap. In the background is a row of six Philco refrigerators with an advertising display for them. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: "Hampton Furniture"

Date: 1941

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Officer on Motorcycle]

Photograph of an officer, identified as Tommy Baxter, on his motorcycle. He is wearing a full uniform and sunglasses, and driving towards the camera. Writing on the back of the photograph reads, "Seawall 1942-1949."

Date: [1942..1949]

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur Civilian Defense Card]

Card certifying A. J. Krohn as an air raid warden in Port Arthur, Texas. A head shot of Krohn and his fingerprint are visible on the front of the card. The text on the back of the card reads: "Port Arthur Civilian Defense Air Raid. This is to certify that A. J. Krohn has been duly appointed an air raid warden. This is his authority to carry out the duties given wardens by the chief air raid warden."

Date: January 10, 1942

Item Type: Text

[Beaumont Police Department]

Photograph of the Beaumont Police Department. There are ten men posing in front of the building, three are seated on motorcycles and the rest are standing. The officer on the left is identified as Tommy Baxter by writing on the back of the photograph, which also dates it 1943.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Beaumont Police Department Day Shift]

Photograph of the Beaumont Police Department's day shift. There are ten men standing in front of the building, with three motorcycles in between them.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[House During Flood]

Photograph of a house during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. The tops of trees stick out of the water, and another house is visible in the background.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Flooded House, 1943]

Photograph of a flooded house in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1943. The gabled clapboard house with four shuttered windows and a central door is flooded up to the walkway. A partially covered shrub can be seen in the foreground.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Man and Dog in Flood Waters]

Photograph of a man and a dog standing in high waters after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Cars and buildings are visible in the background.

Date: July 28, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Coastal Coaches Bus to Port Arthur]

Photograph of "Coastal Coaches, Inc." white bus displaying "Pt. Arthur" as the destination. The bus is parked on the street in a residential neighborhood in front of small clapboard sided house with a front porch.

Date: 1944

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

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[Bascule Bridge in Port Arthur]

[Cars Crossing Rainbow Bridge]

[Children Reading in Classroom]

[Crowd at a Dance]

[Elementary School Classroom]

[Elementary School Performance]

[Elementary School Program]

[Port Arthur Downtown Aerial View]

[Portrait of Dorothy Ingram Wearing Dress]

[Second Grade Classroom]

[Second Grade Elementary School Class]

[St. Mary's Hospital]

[Third Grade Class at Carver Elementary]

[Third Grade Classroom]

[Church Interior During Service]

[Hampton Furniture and Appliance Dealer with Speed Queen Wringer Washers]

[Officer on Motorcycle]

[Port Arthur Civilian Defense Card]

[Beaumont Police Department]

[Beaumont Police Department Day Shift]

[House During Flood]

[Photograph of Flooded House, 1943]

[Man and Dog in Flood Waters]

[Coastal Coaches Bus to Port Arthur]