[Golden Jubilee Speedboat Race]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Two photographs of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of 1948 in Port Arthur, TX, pasted back-to-back. The front photograph depicts a large group of people seated on a wooden pier on the left side of the photo. This pier is on Rue de Soldats Drive parallel to the waterway. Several boats are in the water, racing past the group of spectators. The photograph on the back is photographed from a high vantage overlooking the Rue de Soldats Drive with a number of automobiles and people in the foreground. A line of spectators runs diagonally into the background from the right foreground and disappears in the distance. The storm levee and Pleasure Island are visible across the waterway.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79504/
[Port Arthur YMCA]
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Description: Photograph of the YMCA in Port Arthur, TX. The building is large and white. It is surrounded by a large lawn with several short palm trees. Several cars are parked around the YMCA. The Sabine-Neches Canal is in the background.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79502/
[Aerial View of Pleasure Pier Bridge]
Date: 196?
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Pleasure Pier Bridge. The bridge is drawn up, and a ship is sailing through the canal. Smaller boats line the left shore. In the background, there is a view of the city.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79427/
[Sabine Canal and Sabine Pass]
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
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."
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79681/
[Levee System Erosion]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an area of severe erosion along the levee system in Port Arthur, TX. Rose Hill Mansion is on the adjacent hill. The owner has placed sandbags around part of the shore to prevent further erosion. A small dock can be seen in the distance.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79086/
[Sabine-Neches Canal]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, TX. On the shore of the canal is a large railroad depot. Docked by the depot is a large ship. A smaller boat is sailing up the canal.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79020/
[USS Constitution Sailing in Port Arthur]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides," sailing through the Pleasure Pier Bridge in the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, TX. A group of people is lined up on the shore to see the naval frigate. A tugboat is sailing next to the ship, guiding it through the canal.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79077/
[Construction of Martin Luther King Bridge]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the construction of the Martin Luther King Bridge over the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, TX. Large nets are suspended from the bottom of the bridge. A large ship is passing beneath.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79058/
[First Pleasure Pier Bridge]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Pleasure Pier Bridge in Port Arthur, TX. The bridge spans the canal through town. The bridge is partially raised. The neighborhoods bordering the canal on Lakeshore Drive are also visible.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79075/
[Gulf Oil Tanker]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an oil tanker in Port Arthur, TX. It is docked to load crude oil from the Gulf Oil Refinery. The tanker is the "J.M. Guffey." It is a long ship with two masts. It is docked in front of a larger ship.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79037/