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[Armistice Day Parade]

Description: Photograph of a parade float for an Armistice Day celebration. The float consists of a truck decorated with star and stripe printed banners, a cannon on the truck bed, and a banner on the side with text that says "This is the Old Girl that Roared Out for Joy and Shattered our 'Panes' on Armistice Day. Nov. 11. 1918." In the background, there are trees and a building. Accompanying material gives information about the cannon.
Date: July 4, 1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Dr. Hudson and Men]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing around a seated man. The seated man, Dr. Samuel E. Hudson, is holding a clock. Around him are, left to right: L. E. Moursund, chief clerk to the superintendent; J. W. Morrey, round-house foreman; L. c. Nass, conductor; and O. T. Olson, president of the employees service club. All worked for Southern Pacific.
Date: June 4, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Four Girls at a Microphone During Graduation]

Description: Photograph of four teenage girls wearing white dresses and singing into a microphone during a high school graduation ceremony. Students wearing caps and gowns, elder adults, and a podium bearing the seal of the presidency are sitting on a curtained stage behind these girls. The heads of audience members are in the lower left corner of the photo.
Date: June 4, 1964
Creator: Dietel, Norman
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Partner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos

Governor John Connally speaking to a crowd at Randolph Air Force Base

Description: Photograph of Texas Governor John Connally addressing a crowd at Randolph AFB during the arrival of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Seated behind Governor Connally are President Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, Walter W. McAllister (Mayor of San Antonio), and several other unidentified people. President Johnson visited San Antonio, Texas, on this day to take part in HemisFair '68 celebrations and festivities.
Date: July 4, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.532059 -98.280996
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[July Fourth Celebration]

Description: Three photographs an Independence Day Celebration. The first photograph features a crowd of people walking amongst rows of buildings. A horse-drawn wagon is in the center of the crowd. Text below the photograph says "July 4th, 1902 Celebration." The second photograph features an exterior view of Port Arthur Cycle Works. Four men are standing under an awning; two men are holding bicycles. Signs on the front of the building say "Port Arthur Cycle Works" and "Bicycles[,] We Buy in Large Qu… more
Date: July 4, 1902
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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