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[Photograph of a Museum Display of the First Queen of Port Arthur, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a museum display depicting the first queen of Port Arthur, Texas, 1923. A mannequin wearing a tiara and ornate dress stands between a display case to the left and a document display case and chair to the right. Small signs amid the mannequin's feet note the dressmaker, Ida Griffin, and the first queen of Port Arthur, Mary Donaldson. Near the bottom of the photo is a photo of the original queen wearing the dress. To the far right is a sign urging pioneer families to display at leas… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Watkins Photography

[Postcard of a Flooded Street in Port Arthur, Texas, August 1915]

Description: Postcard depicting a group of men standing in a flooded street in Port Arthur, Texas. The waters rise over the knees of the men gathered at the intersection of Austin and 5th Street. Two telephone lines and two buildings loom above either side of the street; the building to the right is the Port Arthur post office. Trees and several other buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: D & H Photo

[Opening Day at Seahawk Stadium]

Description: Photograph of a baseball team and a group of men in suits standing behind B. T. McWhorter, who speaks at a microphone on the field on opening day of Seahawk Stadium in Port Arthur, Texas. The men in suits are identified, from left to right, as Dick Olliver of Port Arthur News, Tom Dennis, Lee Eagleson, Mayor Nick Norris, Tony Durso, an unknown man, and Lyle Vickers. Spectators sit in the stands to the right.
Date: unknown
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