[Aerial view of refinery structures near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]
Date: 1947-04-16
Creator: unknown
Description: An aerial view of refinery structures at the port after the explosions and fires. The Seatrain loading crane is visible in the lower left corner. White and black smoke still rise from burning areas.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11738/
Tugboat Heading Toward Bank
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a tugboat outside Orange, Texas heading towards the bank of the river. On the boat are several wires, lifeboats and hoses. In the background is the bank with several houses and trees.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37938/
Tugboat 189
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Tugboat 189 on a body of water. There is a flag on top of the mast and a large gun at the end of the boat.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37940/
Freeport, Texas 1912
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the harbor at Freeport, Texas. There is a body of water running through the ground with two boats docked at the bank. On the right side of the frame is a long ware-house like building and across the water is a water tower.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38533/
"Galveston in Texas"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh.; Eigenthum d. Verleger.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31595/
[A "Schooner" in the Galveston bay.]
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph (not the original) of a "Schooner" in the Galveston bay, 20 miles from port, taken from mail boat "Eva" as written at the bottom of photo. The schooner has three sails and is loaded with cargo. Schooner is pulling a smaller wooden boat behind it.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth503/
[Damaged two-story building]
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Description: Photograph of a heavily-damaged two-story brick and concrete building. Inscription on the back of the photo, "You can see how close this is to the bay - just across a paved street - and see how bare it is all around. This was full of buildings, notice the thick brick walls covered with a concrete layer. This is just across the street south of the Nueces Hotel."
Holding Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29020/
[Group of Men and Women on the Beach]
Date: unknown
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Description: Group of unidentified men and women standing on the beach by the Gulf of Mexico. Many of them are wearing hats.
Holding Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29033/
[Two girls at the beach]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Two girls walking on the beach, probably near Port Isabel.
Holding Partner: The University of Texas-Pan American
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15123/
[Passenger pier in Texas City]
Date: 1912 - 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: A long wooden pier, wide enough to hold automobile traffic, runs out into the bay. At the end of the pier, a structure of some kind can be seen. Electric poles line the left side of the pier. Three women dressed in long dresses and hats stand looking over the rail. Farther down the pier, an automobile and a single pedestrian share the pier.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15188/