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Melody Maids of Beaumont

Description: Text for an article published in the November 2005 issue of Texas Highways magazine about the Melody Maids, a World War II-era choral group in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Mallory, Randy
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[WWH: Pig Stand]

Description: Text about the Pig Stand, a drive-in restaurant chain established in 1921, that was published in the "When..." section of a September 1997 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1997-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bridge to Pleasure Island]

Description: Photograph of a group of people walking across a bridge in Port Arthur, TX towards Pleasure Island. The bridge is framed by large, steel girders. The people are all on a foot path on the right-hand side.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

Description: This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vick… more
Date: 1952/1959
Duration: 32 minutes 35 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.759574 -96.792968
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Pleasure Island Dance Hall]

Description: Photograph of the Pleasure Pier dance hall in Port Arthur, TX. The dance hall is a long, two-story building. A tall, black lamp post is in front of the building. Numerous people are standing on the building's porches and on the ground in front.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Pleasure Island Dance Hall]

Description: Photograph of the Pleasure Pier dance hall in Port Arthur, TX. The dance hall is on a pier. A large group of people is standing under an awning next to the hall. Several boats and canoes are in the water around the hall.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Pleasure Pier]

Description: Photograph of the Pleasure Pier dance hall on in Port Arthur, TX. Several vehicles are parked near the pier and there are people standing under the awning of the hall. A large sign outside the dance hall reads, "Re-elect W.W. Bill Richardson, Sheriff."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur Trolley Tracks]

Description: Photograph of the trolley tracks leading from downtown Port Arthur, TX to Pleasure Island. Beside the tracks is the US Army Corps of Engineers weather station. The Pleasure Island roller coaster and dance hall are visible in the distance.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Red Hussars at Cavoilcade Parade]

Description: Photograph of the Thomas Jefferson High School Drum & Bugle Corps, called the Red Hussars, in the 1974 Port Arthur Cavoilcade Parade. The girls are all dressed in uniforms of white cowboy boots, red skirts, pink shirts, white scarves, and red cowboy hats. Some are playing bugles and others are playing various percussion instruments.
Date: 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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