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[Beaumont Citizen Recycling Glass Bottles]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified individual filling a barrel with glass bottles for recycling in Beaumont, Texas. The subject holds a paper bag over a barrel already filled with bottles, obscuring their face as they lean over to reach into a barrel on their right.
Date: January 23, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Black Student Union Meeting in the Setzer Center]

Description: Photograph of several African-American students gathered for a Black Student Union meeting in the Setzer Center of Lamar University. The students are gathered around a desk with a poster attached to the front. A sign reading "Here Black Student [. . .]N along with an illustration of a closed fist hangs on the wall behind them.
Date: February 15, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Cardboard Recycling Pile in Beaumont]

Description: Photograph of a large pile of cardboard and other assorted paper products collected for recycling in a room with paneled walls. A sign reading "Cardboard" hangs over the door to another room that is also filled with materials for recycling.
Date: January 23, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Demolished Building in Downtown Beaumont]

Description: Photograph of the rubble of a demolished building on Pearl Street in downtown Beaumont. The rubble is largely contained in the footprint of the demolished building. There are several piles of lumber and brick strewn across the ground. The exterior wall of a building next door has been revealed by the demolition. It has several boarded up windows and an advertisement for "The New Owl Cigar" painted on it.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Entrance to the South Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to the 1972 South Texas State Fair in Beaumont, Texas. Several stands are set up outside of the main entrance and advertise items and activities like corn dogs, corn on the cob, hamburgers, twirl painting, and more.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Evelyn Barrilleaux and Inez Schommer]

Description: Photograph of Evelyn Barrilleaux and Inez Schommer posing together in front of the cradle of a dry dock at B and B Shipyard. The two women pose with their hands clasped in front of them. The woman on the left wears a collared dress with a floral pattern. The woman on the right wears a sleeveless dress with a paisley pattern.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Exterior of the Pleasure Island Marina]

Description: Photograph of the Pleasure Island Marina in Port Arthur, Texas. On the right side of the frame, there is a sign advertising the Pleasure Island Marina and Coca-Cola. Two motorbikes are parked in front of the building in an otherwise empty parking lot. On the left side of the frame there is a telephone box next to a Sparkle-Ice icebox.
Date: August 3, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Kansas City Southern Train Engine]

Description: Photograph of a Kansas City Southern Railway train engine on the tracks. A sign, turned away from the photographer, leans toward the center of the frame from the right side. A small patch of brush occupies the foreground.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Lamar Students Playing Chess in the Setzer Center]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified students playing chess at a table in the Setzer Center at Lamar University. Both students clasp their hands in concentration, looking down at the board. A potted palm is visible in the background on the right side of the frame. An empty, round table surrounded by rolling chairs occupies the background on the left side of the frame.
Date: March 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Mardi Gras Celebrations at Lamar University]

Description: Photograph of a Mardi Gras carnival hosted by Lamar University. Several carnival rides occupy a parking lot, including a Ferris wheel. On the right side of the frame, a large group of people is gathered on on a patch of grass next to the parking lot.
Date: February 15, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Olin Chemical Company at Night]

Description: Photograph of Olin Chemical Company lit up at night. The chemical plant is located near Lamar University. A large plume of smoke rises from wide smokestacks on the left side of the frame. A tank car on a railroad track is visible on the right side of the frame.
Date: January 23, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of a Lamar Librarian]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified librarian at Lamar University. She wears a knitted shawl with fringe at the bottom and leans over a table with three books and a bag on it. She stands in a room with walls lined by bookshelves. She stands with her hands loosely clasped around a pencil.
Date: March 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Jefferson Shell Company]

Description: Photograph of Jefferson Shell Company. The photographer is positioned on a line of train tracks that run parallel to an industrial yard surrounded by chain-link fence. There is a dump truck parked next to several large piles of gravel behind the fence.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Two Unidentified Lamar Students]

Description: Photograph of two African-American students at Lamar University smiling and posing for a picture. The woman on the left wears glasses with large, round frames and a turtleneck tank top with a large necklace. The woman on the right wears large, plastic sunglasses with a formal dress and pearl earrings.
Date: February 15, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Lamar University
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