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[Ball Family Residence]

Description: Photograph of the front and side of a single-story wooden house with a hipped roof that has extremely large hipped-roof dormer-style extensions on both visible sides that include small, railed balconies. There are a number of decorative elements including rounded rafters that extend below the eaves and caps on the roof ridges. Small trees are planted along the sidewalk and the neighboring house is partially visible at left. Text at the top of the photograph says "Munger T. Ball home 346 Mar… more
Date: [..1930]

[Clayton and Thompson Funeral Car]

Description: Photograph of a man identified as Bill Pearce standing beside a Clayton and Thompson Funeral car. The door of the car is partially open, and the man has one leg propped in the doorway. The car says "Clayton & Thompson[,] Phone 2500" on the side. In the background, there is a garage. Pearce lived in Dallas, Texas in 1981.
Date: 1938

[Clayton and Thompson Funeral Home]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as Clayton and Thompson Funeral Home on 2105 Procter Street. Columns decorate the front of the funeral home, and a canopy covers the walkway from the door to the street. Trees and bushes surround the funeral home. Cars are parked along its curb, and a sign on the corner of the yard says "Clayton & Thompson Funeral Home[,] Phone 2500."
Date: 1936

[Sabine Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a brick building identified as Sabine Hotel on 600 Procter Street. The building is several stories high, and a sign extended from the side says "Hotel Vaughan." Cars are parked are parked along its curb. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "1-30 1930" and "No 1182 1-30-P.AWK." Text below the photograph says "Sabine Hotel." The hotel was built in 1928.
Date: January 30, 1930

[Plaza Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as the Plaza Hotel. The building is three stories high, and the bottom floor is decorated with arches. In the background, there are other buildings; a tall building in the top right corner is identified as Webster Building. In the foreground, there is a view of Pleasure Pier Bridge.
Date: 1930

[Windsor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high and an awning extends from the entrance. Outside the hotel, there is a parked car and a fence that surrounds a yard. Text at the top of the photograph says "torn down 1939," and text at the bottom of the photograph says "Windsor Hotel - Sabine Pass." The hotel had fifty rooms and was built by the Kountze brothers in 1896. It was considered "hotel perfection" at the time, but was l… more
Date: 1939

[Windsor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high, and a fence surrounds it. A car is parked outside the fence. Text below the photograph says "Windsor Hotel Sabine Pass."
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James

[Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe]

Description: Photograph of a group of one woman and four men in Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe on 249 Procter Street. Three of the men behind the bar are identified as John D. Loukas (founder), Fred D. Loukas, and Lawrence Lyons (Cook). One man is sitting at the bar. Text below the photograph says "Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe Circa 1935."
Date: 1935~

[First Port Arthur City Hall]

Description: Photograph of a wooden building identified as the first Port Arthur City Hall on Lakeshore Drive and Dallas Avenue. On the front of the building, there are stairs leading to a door. To the right of the door, there is a larger set of double doors. Pieces of wood are falling off of the building. In the foreground, there is a set of train tracks and debris. Text on the top left of the photograph says "City Hall - 1930," and text on the bottom right says "First Port Arthur City Hall 11-28-30."
Date: November 28, 1930

[Dayton Tires and Shepard Rubber Company]

Description: Photograph of Dayton Tires and Shepard Rubber Company. The building has two garage doors and stacks of tires in front of it. The left side of the building says "Cars Washed and Greased." A sign that spans the width of the top of the building says "Dayton Tires[,] Shepard Rubber Co. Distributors," and has an illustration of a tire on it. In the foreground, there are several men standing amongst cars. In the background, a taller building says "Port Arthur Paint & Paper Co." and "Sun-Proff Pa… more
Date: 1933

[Port Arthur Ice Company]

Description: Photograph of Port Arthur Ice Company on 101 Houston Avenue. A sign on the building says "Port Arthur Ice Co." Three business trucks and two cars are parked in front of the building. The trucks say "Crystal Ice Co." and "Port Arthur Ice Co."
Date: 1933

[Plaza Theatre]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a building identified as Plaza Theatre. Several cars are parked in front of the building. Text on the side of another building says "Yakie Supply Co. Auto Parts and Accessories[,] Phone 144."
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James

[Sabine Canal and Sabine Pass]

Description: Photograph of a group of buildings along Sabine Canal, in Sabine Pass, Texas. The buildings are identified as the home of Doctor Q. T. Adamson (Customs/Marine Doctor), a government administration office, and a government hospital. Text below the photograph says "485."
Date: 1935~

[Sabine Pass Buildings]

Description: Photograph of a group of buildings along a shoreline at Sabine Pass, Texas. The buildings are identified as Doctor Adamson's home, a government life-saving station, a revenue cutter station, and a quarantine station. The United States Navy occupied the facilities after Pearl Harbor, and is still the site for a United States Coast Guard Station.
Date: 1935~

[Armistice Day Celebration]

Description: Photograph of a group of men at the Armistice Day celebration at Pleasure Island. The men are standing in a row, and some are wearing military uniforms, and some men are holding American flags. In the background, there is a metal structure. Text at the bottom-right of the photograph says "'Armistice Day' November 11, 1921."
Date: November 11, 1931

[Toys Repaired by Firemen]

Description: Photograph of a display of toys repaired by firemen. The toys are given to underprivileged children at Christmas. In the background, there is a group of people; several men are standing beside each other, and four women are standing to the right side of the room.
Date: 1930

[Port Arthur Police]

Description: Photograph of the Port Arthur Police Department posing in front of a building. Men are posing in two rows; six men in the back row are wearing uniforms. There is a small boy standing on the back row, and a dog sitting in the front row. One man on the front row is identified as J. C. Enright by an arrow and text written under him. Two other men on the front row are identified by arrows and text, but the handwriting is slightly illegible. A man on the back row is identified as Davis by an ar… more
Date: 1935~

[First City Jail]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a wooden building identified as the first city jail of Port Arthur, Texas. There are two narrow windows with bars over them, and several shingles are missing from the roof. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "First Port Arthur Jail 11-28-30." Text below the photograph says "First City Jail - originally located on corner of Fourth Street and Waco Avenue (where Port Arthur News is now. About 1913 it was moved to back of #2 First Station at Thomas Boule… more
Date: November 28, 1930
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