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[Beaumont Police Department Day Shift]

Description: 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

[Billboard for Safe Driving]

Description: Photograph of Police Officer/Captain Tommy Baxter in front of a billboard for safe driving. He is looking at the billboard with another man in a suit, who is pointing towards it. The billboard reads, "Smart drivers light up at dusk." Writing on the back of the photograph describes the scene and dates it 1961. There is also a stamp that identifies the photographer as J. C. Watkins.
Date: 1961
Creator: Watkins, J. C.

[Birds Over Field]

Description: Photograph of birds flying over a field in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown

[Board of Directors 1931 Texaco Welfare League]

Description: Photograph of the Board of Directors for the Texaco Welfare League in 1931. Fifteen men wearing suits and ties are standing on the steps of a building between two light posts.
Date: March 23, 1931

[Boat Advertising Whale]

Description: Photograph of several men standing on the deck of a ship at a dock in Port Arthur, Texas. Banners hanging from the top of the boat advertise a 78 foot long sperm whale on display, calling it a "monster of the briny deep".
Date: unknown

[Boat by the Docks]

Description: Photograph of two large ships in the ocean by a wooden dock in Port Arthur, Texas. There are two people in a smaller boat to the left.
Date: unknown

[Boat in a Parade]

Description: Photograph of a boat shaped float in a W. O. W. Parade. It is driving through the middle of a street, and children on the right side of the photograph are watching it pass in front of them. Other bystanders can be seen in the background.
Date: August 10, 1916

[Boat in a River]

Description: Photograph of two men in a rowing boat on a river in Port Arthur, Texas. Another man sits on a tree trunk to the right, and there are trees with long branches bending over the river.
Date: unknown

[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

[Boat in the Canal]

Description: Photograph of a boat going through a canal. Two smaller boats can be seen in the background behind it. There are men on a dock observing on the right side of the photograph.
Date: unknown

[Boat on Ocean]

Description: Photograph of several people in a sailboat on the Gulf of Mexico near Port Arthur, Texas. A bird flies directly above the boat.
Date: unknown

[Boat With Flags at Dock]

Description: Photograph of a boat beside a dock and a building. It has tall masts with flags hanging across them, and a large American flag on the front mast. A few people are visible near the front of the boat. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies it as the first cutter boat to come to Port Arthur.
Date: unknown

[Boats on a River]

Description: Photograph of several rowing boats on a river beneath a bridge in Port Arthur, Texas. Trees are visible on the opposite river bank.
Date: unknown

[Boats on Ocean]

Description: Photograph of a large boat in the water just off the coast of Port Arthur, Texas. A smaller boat is visible to the left.
Date: unknown

[Boats on the Water]

Description: Photograph of three boats with flags flying from their rigging on the water off the Port Arthur shore. People are visible on the boat to the far right.
Date: unknown

[Boy in a Suit]

Description: Photograph of a boy posing in a suit with a sprig of flowers in the pocket.
Date: unknown

[Boy Leaning Against Pole]

Description: Photograph of a young boy leaning against a wooden pole on the beach, looking out at a lighthouse across the Gulf of Mexico in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown

[Boy Scout Group]

Description: Photograph of a Boy Scout Camporee outdoors. There are parked cars on the road and what appears to be a buffet table with Boy Scouts lined up near it. There is writing on the back of the photograph that reads, "Boy Scout Camporee, 1937, near St. Mary's Hostpital. Port Arthur, Texas."
Date: 1937

[Boy Scout Troop]

Description: Photograph of young boys in an African American Boy Scouts Troop. The six boys are wearing uniforms and hats, and standing in a line with their hands at their sides. There are houses and telephone poles in the background. The writing at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Port Arthur, Tex. Troop #5 1920."
Date: 1920

[Boy Sitting on a Log]

Description: Photograph of a young boy sitting on a log on a beach looking out at a lighthouse across the Gulf of Mexico in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown

[Boys and Teachers With Homemade Kits]

Description: Photograph of a group of teachers and boys from Carver Elementary School with homemade kites. Four boys are kneeling in the grass with their kites and four are standing. The teachers stand lined up next to the boys.
Date: unknown

[Boys in Canoe During Flood]

Description: Photograph of two boys on the back of a canoe during the 1915 flood in Port Arthur. Water from the flood is about knee-deep, and there are groups of people in the background around a building. The caption on the bottom dates the scene August 18th, 1915. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: August 15, 1915

[Bridge Damaged by Being Struck by Ship]

Description: Photograph of a bridge damaged by being struck by the S.S. Splendor. The bridge is upright in the air, and four men are on the dock in front of it. There is handwriting on the back of the photograph that describes the scene and dates it April 26, 1916.
Date: April 16, 1916

[Building Under Construction]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people sitting next to a building under construction in Port Arthur, Texas. Several horse-drawn wagons are visible to the right.
Date: unknown
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