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[Portrait of Tiny Moore]

Description: Photograph of Tiny Moore,visible from the chest up, posing with a violin. Moore is wearing a patterned shirt with bolo tie, a jacket, and a straw cowboy hat. He has the violin under his right arm and angled across his body, and has his bow in his right hand. Text printed under the photograph includes his name and the address and phone number for an unidentified company in Sacramento, California.
Date: unknown

[Postcard of Crowd During Parade, 1923]

Description: Postcard with view of a crowd on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas, during a parade in 1923. People wearing predominantly straw hats gather on both sides of the street, with many watching from the second story windows of the shops along the way. A float shaped like a sailing vessel can be seen followed by a brass band.
Date: unknown

[Postcard of Crowd During Parade, 1923]

Description: Postcard with view of a crowd on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas, during a parade in 1923. People wearing predominantly straw hats gather on both sides of the street, with many watching from the second story windows of the shops along the way. A float shaped like a sailing vessel can be seen followed by a brass band.
Date: unknown

[Postcard of Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, Texas]

Description: Postcard of an aerial view of Pleasure Island in Port Arthur, Texas. Pleasure Island is near the bottom of the photo, featuring a roller coaster and several buildings along the waterway. A boulevard stretches from the Pier towards Port Arthur, wherein several buildings are visible. Along the background, oil refiners and tanks are visible. The reverse side of the postcard has a description on the upper left, the words "Jumbo Post Card" to the right, and a three cent stamp bearing the profile of… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Jumbo Post-Card Company

[Postcard of the Plaza Hotel]

Description: Postcard featuring a view of the Plaza Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas. The hotel, right, is a three story structure with grounds that have been landscaped with palm trees. It is standing along a car lined intersection, down which one can see several buildings along either side and a streetcar making a turn. A smudged circular red mark is in the upper right corner. On the reverse side is a description of the scene and the area.
Date: unknown

[Professional Portrait of a Man, Two Women, and Young Girl]

Description: Professional photograph of an elderly woman, a man, a woman, and a young girl. The elderly woman is seated on the right side of the photograph, and has light hair pulled back and is wearing a dark dress with white lace detail at the neck. The man is wearing a suit and has a mustache, and is standing behind the young girl. The woman has dark hair pulled back in a bun, and is wearing a dark dress. The young girl is in the center of the photograph, wearing a dress with white sleeves and a large bo… more
Date: unknown

[Professional Portrait of Baby Gathier A. McConnell]

Description: Professional photograph of a baby identified as Garthier A. McConnell. She is seated on a floral fabric and is wearing a long white dress. The photograph has a rectangular frame and there is black writing on the bottom-left corner. There is hand-writing on the back of the photograph that reads, "Garthier A. McConnell age 3 months 8 days."
Date: unknown

[Professional Portrait of Elderly Man and Woman]

Description: Professional photograph of an elderly man woman. The man has white hair and a large beard, is wearing a black suit, and is looking towards the camera. The woman has dark hair pulled back into a bun, is wearing glasses, and is looking towards the left side of the photograph. The photograph has an oval frame with a black decorative border.
Date: unknown

[Professional portrait of man in suit]

Description: Professional hand colored portrait of a man in a suit, from the chest up. He has short, brushed back hair and is sitting up straight and looking into the camera with a neutral expression. His face has been colored a flesh tone, his hair and eyes brown, and his suit black and white with one gold button.
Date: unknown

[Rotary-Type Filler]

Description: Photograph of five men standing around a rotary-type filler with tins of inside what appears to be a warehouse. Three of the men are holding carts up to the rotary, and two men in the background are watching. There is another large type of machine on the left. An accompanying card (with the Texaco logo on the bottom) labels the photograph: "Rotary-type filler used before World War I to fill 5-gallon tins of kerosine [sic] & gasoline."
Date: unknown
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