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The Whangdoodle Cafe]

Photograph of a woman standing outside of the Wangdoodle Cafe. There is a neon sign above the door.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Riverside Street During the 1953 Flood]

A boy plays in a water-filled street as a bus passes by during a 1953 flood.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Men Filling Sandbags During Flood]

Photograph of groups of men filling sandbags during a 1953 flood. Several of them are wearing sailor's hats and army uniforms.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Caution - Bad Bridge]

Photograph of a sign reading, "Caution Bad Bridge 1000ft. Drive Slow" The sign is standing in water from the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flooded Roadway]

Photograph of a flooded roadway in Orange, Texas after the flood of 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Utility Pole and Billboard in Deep Water]

Photograph of a utility pole and a Humble Oil billboard in deep water after the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Utility Pole in Deep Water]

Photograph of a utility pole in deep water after the Sabine River flooded in 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of people walking and sitting on the sandbags along the flooded Sabine River in 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of people sitting on sandbags along the Sabine River after the flood of 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of the railroad bridge that crosses the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana at Orange, Texas. In this photo the river is flooded and runs just under the bridge.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

Photograph of the railroad bridge that crosses the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana at Orange, Texas. In this photo the river is flooded and runs just under the bridge.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]

Photograph of flooding along the East side of the Sabine River. A camper is submerged in the water. There is a lot of mud outside of the Show Boat landing.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Wooden Building on the River]

Photograph of a building that flooded along the Sabine River in Orange, Texas. It is a long wooden building, most likely a business. Two automobiles are parked in shallow water near a side entrance to the building.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]

Photograph of the 1953 flood in Orange, Texas. This photo shows a couple of billboards advertising beer on Green Avenue. The signs are standing in water.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flooded Street]

Photograph of flooding at Green Avenue and Front Street. Men are standing in knee-deep water in an empty lot surrounded by sandbags. Behind them is a Sinclair Filling Station.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[E.W. Brown Home after the Fire]

Photograph of the E.W. Brown III home after the fire in the early 1950s. It was on the corner of Elm and Ninth Street. It had been the Levingston residence earlier.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[IOOF Hall in Orange, Texas]

Photograph of the IOOF Hall the corner of Main and Fourth Streets. Beneath the club is a Toyland store. Automobiles are parked on the curbs.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Police Chief Raymond Sanders]

Photograph of Orange Police Chief, Raymond Sanders.

Date: 1955~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Opening of I-10 Bridge]

Henry Jacob Lutcher Stark shakes hands with John Simmons at the opening of the I-10 bridge in Orange, Texas. Nelda Stark stands beside them.

Date: 1955~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

Bridge Between Port Arthur and Orange, Texas

Photographic postcard of the cantilever bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas. It connects Port Arthur with Bridge City in Orange County. It is the highest bridge in Texas and is now known as the Rainbow Bridge. The card was mailed Dec 10, 1950 from Orange, Texas.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Entrance ot DuPont Sabine River Works - Orange, Texas

Photographic postcard picturing the entrance to the DuPont Sabine River Works, a power and chemical plant in Orange, Texas. Outside the entrance is a tall flag pole and a landscaped parking area full of automobiles.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Lenore Gasow's Graduation Luncheon]

Photograph of Lenore Gasow's graduation luncheon. Eleven friends stand outdoors under an awning and behind a flower garden in this group portrait. The women all wear dresses, hats and gloves.

Date: June 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

Orange Leader Editor Cullen Browning in a small office

Cullen Browning, editor of the The Orange Leader sits in a small make-shift office at 503-505 Front Ave. Another worker named Ken Freuden can be seen in the back of the room. This was around 1950, when the original office was undergoing renovation.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Remodeling Job at 503 Front Street]

Photograph of a remodeling job at 503 Front Street in 1950. A man is standing on a desk, lifting a board, while a woman types at a desk next to him. They both wear hardhats. The man wears a nail bag with '"Harding & Lawler Building Materials" written on it.

Date: 1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

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The Whangdoodle Cafe]

[Photograph of Riverside Street During the 1953 Flood]

[Photograph of Men Filling Sandbags During Flood]

[Caution - Bad Bridge]

[Photograph of Flooded Roadway]

[Photograph of Utility Pole and Billboard in Deep Water]

[Photograph of Utility Pole in Deep Water]

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

[Photograph of Sandbags Along the Flooded Sabine River]

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

[Photograph of Railroad Bridge Crossing Flooded Sabine River]

[Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]

[Photograph of Wooden Building on the River]

[Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]

[Photograph of Flooded Street]

[E.W. Brown Home after the Fire]

[IOOF Hall in Orange, Texas]

[Police Chief Raymond Sanders]

[Opening of I-10 Bridge]

Bridge Between Port Arthur and Orange, Texas

[Entrance ot DuPont Sabine River Works - Orange, Texas

[Lenore Gasow's Graduation Luncheon]

Orange Leader Editor Cullen Browning in a small office

[Remodeling Job at 503 Front Street]