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[Inside Irvine Furniture Store]

Description: Photograph of five men in suits standing inside the Irvine Furniture Store on Houston Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas. Wicker chairs are lined up in the middle of the room, and wooden cabinets are pushed against the walls.
Date: 1913

[People Standing in Flood Waters]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing in knee-high water in front of a building after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. An overturned tree is visible to the left in front of the building, and there are several other buildings in the background.
Date: August 1915

[Photograph of John W. Gates]

Description: Photograph of John W. Gates sitting at a desk with one hand on the papers in front of him and the other holding a pen.
Date: 1912

[Men on Wells Fargo Wagon]

Description: Photograph of two men standing with a Wells Fargo wagon pulled by two horses on a road in Port Arthur, Texas. One man sits in the driver's seat, and the other, identified as Earl Gautreaux, stands on the tailgate. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1914

[The Cumberland Telephone Company]

Description: Photograph of several women sitting at a switch board at the Cumberland Telephone Company in Port Arthur, Texas. The women at the switch board are identified, from left to right, as Daisy Neal, an unidentified woman, Lillian Frost, and Flora Tucker. The woman at the desk to the left is Mrs. Stanley, and the man standing in the background is Mr. Toples.
Date: 1914
Location: 29.871418 -93.934525

[Buildings During Flood]

Description: Photograph of high waters at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: August 18, 1915
Location: 29.875789 -93.935425

[Boat in Hotel Lobby]

Description: Photograph of several boys sitting in a boat in the side lobby of the Lake View Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas after a flood.
Date: August 18, 1915

[People in Street After Flood]

Description: Photograph of people standing in high waters in the street after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. There are several horse-drawn wagons in the street, and people stand on the balconies of some of the buildings in the background.
Date: August 18, 1915

[Interior of Store]

Description: Photograph of several employees standing between shelves inside a store in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: 1913~

[Flooding Outside Post Office]

Description: Photograph of people pushing boats and standing in high flood waters in front of the post office in Port Arthur, Texas. Several people sit in a horse-drawn wagon to the right, and a large group of people stand on the post office's steps.
Date: August 18, 1915

[Men Standing Around Whale]

Description: Photograph of several men standing around a dead sperm whale laid on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. A wooden fence is visible to the right, and there is a coil of rope on the boards in the foreground.
Date: March 18, 1910

[Men and Children by Whale]

Description: Photograph of two men standing by the jaws of a dead sperm whale on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. Another man and two small children stand to the right, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: March 18, 1910

[Group in Front of Jefferson Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a group of men, women, and children standing in high waters after a flood, in front of the Jefferson Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas. Trees and other buildings are visible to the right.
Date: [1915-08-16..1915-08-17]

[Refugees Leaving T. T. Co. Plant]

Description: Photograph of several people wading through high waters after a flood to leave the T. T. Co. plant in Port Arthur, Texas. A man drives a wagon pulled by two horses through the water, and a boat follows behind him. There is a train to the right, and buildings in the background.
Date: August 20, 1915

[Company of Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of a company of soldiers standing at attention in a lawn in Port Arthur, Texas. Railroad tracks are visible in the background.
Date: April 7, 1915

[Two Women in Carriage]

Description: Photograph of two women, identified as Mrs. Hightower and Mrs. Williams, sitting in a buggy pulled by a horse in front of two houses in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: 1914

[Group at Port Arthur Country Club]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people posing in front of several trees with drooping limbs at the country club in Port Arthur, Texas. The first man kneeling on the left is Jimmy Carrell, the ninth kneeling from the left is Henry Benz, and an arrow on the photograph points to John E. Alexander.
Date: 1919~

[Turning Sod for Country Club]

Description: Photograph of a group of people turning dirt for the first country club building in Port Arthur, Texas. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: October 1916
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