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[End of School Play]

Description: Photograph of students posing outside the teacherage building at Lower Valley School during the end-of-school play. The back porch of this building was used as a stage. In the top row are Mrs. Watts, Naomi Faye Snoddy, Viola May Katt, Roland Mueller, Cleven Englehardt and Harvey Seiler. Kneeling are unknown, unknown, Vernell Schmoekel, Frias (fist name not given) and Andrew Friesenhahn. Sitting are unknown, Linda Carr, unknown, Steve Carr and Clayton Stolte.
Date: May 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Lower Valley School Baseball Team]

Description: Photograph of the Lower Valley School baseball team posing outside the school building in front of two automobiles. In the back row are Alfred Siler, Jr., Oliver Grobe, Jr., Roland Mueller, Dorothy Katt, Frances Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Naomi Faye Snoddy and Vernell Schmoekel. In the front row are an unknown boy, Harvey Siler, Margie Katt, Sylvia Katt and Verna Lee Gerth. To the right, at the door to the building with her back to the camera, is Mrs. Watts.
Date: May 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Students In Front of School]

Description: Photograph of Lower Valley School students sitting on the steps of the school, possibly in May of 1950 in preparation for the end of school play. In the back row, from left to right, are Vernell Schmoekel, Mr. Watts, Francis Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Harvey Siler, Robert Rankin, Rankin (first name not given) and Roland Mueller. In the front row are Marilyn Friesenhahn, Niomi Faye Snoddy, Verna Lee Gerth, Sylvia Katt, Margie Katt, Dorothy Katt, Cleven Englehardt, Oliver Grobe, Jr. and Alfred S… more
Date: 1950-05?
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[End of Year School Picnic]

Description: Photograph of several students from Lower Valley School during an end-of-the-year picnic at Cibolo Creek. A teacher, Luttrell Watts, is kneeling in the foreground. There are several male students around him. They are holding sticks. The female students are standing in the background.
Date: April 28, 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[School Picnic at Cibolo Creek]

Description: Photograph of sixth through tenth grade students of Lower Valley School at an end-of-the-year picnic at Cibolo Creek. In the back row are Marilyn Friesenhahn, Niomi Faye Snoddy, Dorothy Katt, Frances Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Robert Rankin, Alfred Siler, Jr., Roland Mueller and Cleven Englehardt. In the front row are Vernell Schmoekel, Verna Lee Berth, Margie Katt, Oliver Grobe, Jr., Sylvia Katt, Rankin (no first name given) and Harvey Seiler.
Date: April 28, 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[School Picnic]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Attkisson and Roland Mueller during a school picnic. Mueller is standing and holding a plate of food. Attkisson is sitting and taking food from the plate. There are other students in the background.
Date: April 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Easter Picnic]

Description: Photograph of Lower Valley School students with Mr. Watts during an Easter picnic. The students are posed in three rows. The younger students are in the front row. Mr. Watts is standing to the left.
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[End of School Play]

Description: Photograph of Lower Valley School students posing in two rows on the porch of the teacherage building during an end-of-year play. This porch served as a stage for school plays. In the back row, from left to right, are Lutrell Watts, teacher and director of the play, Frances (Stapper) Rheinlander, Roland Mueller, Naomi Faye (Snoddy) Blacklock, Alfred Seiler, Jr. and Sylvia (Katt) Seiler. In the front row, from left to right, are Oliver Grabe, Jr., Margie (Katt) McCoy, Dorothy (Katt) Attkisson, V… more
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[End Of Year Play]

Description: Photograph of Frances Stapper, Sylvia Katt and Naomi Faye Snoddy in costume for Lower Valley School's end-of-year play. They are on the back porch of the teacherage. The women are wearing light-colored dresses and veils and are holding bouquets.
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Four Women in Swim Suits]

Description: Photograph of five women posing in swim suits at a park, possibly Land Park. The woman in the middle is Frances Stapper, and the woman on the far left is Dorothy Katt. There are other swimmers in the background.
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Garbage Dump on Pleasure Island]

Description: Photograph of a garbage truck at a garbage dump on Pleasure Island. The truck is dumping garbage into a larger pile of garbage. The side of the truck says "City of Port Arthur Garbage Dept." In the background, there is a field of garbage.
Date: 1950~
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Lower Valley School Baseball Team]

Description: Photograph of a Lower Valley School baseball team. They are posed in two rows in front of Mr. and Mrs. Watts' house. Immediately behind them is a dark-colored automobile. In the back row, from left to right, are unknown, Alfred Seiler, Oliver Grobe, Jr., Roland Mueller, Dorothy Katt, Francis Stapper, Marlene Schmoekel, Naomi Faye Snoddy and Vernell Schmoekel. In the front row are unknown, Harvey Seiler, Margie Katt, Sylvia Katt and Verna Lee Gerth.
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Opening Game of Port Arthur Sea Hawks]

Description: Photograph of the opening game of the Port Arthur Sea Hawks baseball team against the Beaumont Exporters. The stadium is located on the southwest corner of Orange Highway (Sixteenth Street) and Stadium Road. Baseball players are on the field. The stadium bleachers are filled with spectators; about 2,500 people attended.
Date: 1950
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Parade in Downtown]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people watching a parade. This section of the parade consists of men in military uniforms walking. There are parked cars behind the crowd of people. In the background, there is a row of businesses; signs in front of the businesses say "Central Hotel," "Walgreen Drugs," and "Strand." A banner hung across the road says "Baseball 8 P.M."
Date: 1950~
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Red Hussars]

Description: Photograph of the all-girl honor organization, known as the Red Hussars of Thomas Jefferson High School. They are marching down Procter Street in a parade. People are gathered on both sides of the street to watch. Businesses also line the street. In the top-left of the photograph, text says "Port Arthur Telephone Directory September, 1961." The corps was best known for its quick "double time" step of 360 steps per minute. Members were selected and invited into the corps after passing five t… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Students in School Yard]

Description: Photograph of Lower Valley School students playing in the school yard. They are playing either Dare Base or Stealing Base. The school building is visible in the background. There are three women sitting on a bench on the porch of the building.
Date: 1950
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Townsend Quality Milk]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Townsend Quality Milk on 2545 Procter Street. A decorative glass panel on the corner of the building says "Townsend" at the top. Townsend Quality Milk was the home of the famous Roscoe Bar, a vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate on a stick. About one in five bars would have the word "Free" printed on the stick. This treat was popular with grade school children.
Date: 1950
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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