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[Early Harbor City Dray Line]

Description: Photograph of an early Port Arthur business. The sign identifies it as, "Harbor City Dray Line, Hauling and Moving." A group of people is outside. Two men and a young boy are atop an empty cart hitched to two mules. To the left, man dressed in dark clothes is holding two more mules. Three young children are standing to the left of the mules.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Farm Royale]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as Farm Royale on 2701 Memorial Boulevard. The front of the building features cut-outs of a cartoon cow, chicken, and pig. Signs along the width of the restaurant say "Coca-Cola," "Fried Chicken," "Farm Royale," and "Barbecue Chicken." A sign running vertical on the roof of the building says "Farm Royale." In the background, there are houses.
Date: 1987
Creator: Everett, James

[First Methodist Group]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women posing outside of First Methodist Church. The people are identified as (first row, left to right) Mrs. O. B. Morris, Mrs. Bushong, Beth Palmer, Mrs. A. A. Miles, Mrs. Chester McDonald, (second row, left to right) The Reverend O. B. Morris, Mrs. W. H. Achey, Mrs. Francis Bushong Hoffpauir, Mrs. C. V. Palmer, Helen Gunn, Mrs. Cora Cann, (third row, left to right) J. H. Stevens, C. P. Gunn, C.V. Palmer, George Carter, Merle David, and N. J. Ader.
Date: May 6, 1917
Creator: Everett, James

[Fournet's Men's Apparel Store]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Fournet's, a men's apparel store. Two signs on the building, one facing the sideways and one above the entrance, say "Fournet's." Text at the top of the building says "Zenos Bldg." There are other businesses on each side of the building.
Date: 1952
Creator: Everett, James

[Golden Arrow Drive - In]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as Golden Arrow Drive-In on Seventh Street. Signs on the side of the building say "Townsend's Ice Cream" and "Hot Fudge Sunday 30 [cents]." One man and one woman are standing in a doorway. The top of the front of the building says "Golden Arrow." A man is in a phone booth and two cars are parked outside the building.
Date: 1960
Creator: Everett, James

[Golden Arrow Drive - In Staff]

Description: Photograph of nine women standing in a row, identified as the Golden Arrow Drive-In service staff on 248 Seventh Street. They are all wearing uniform skirts, bolero jackets, blouses, and change purses. They are standing in front of a window of the restaurant.
Date: 1946
Creator: Everett, James

[Goodrich Silvertown Tire Company]

Description: Photograph of Goodrich Silvertown Tire Company on 801 Procter Street. Text above the entrance and display windows says "B. F. Goodrich." Text at the top of the building says "19 Drunagel Building." A sign hanging from the corner of the building says "B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Tires." In the background, there are buildings and cars.
Date: 1952
Creator: Everett, James

[Group at Longhorn Cafe]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women standing in two rows outside of The Longhorn Cafe on 3825 Sixteenth Street. The two men on the ends of the first row are identified as Leo and Willie Herbert, owners of the restaurant. In the background, there are neon signs on the front of the building that says "[St]eaks Lunches Chicken" and "Leo The Longhorn Cafe Willie."
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Gulf Oil Refinery Office Building]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as an old Gulf Oil Refinery office building, on west Seventh Street at Gulf Docks. The building is several stories high, and a sign near the building says "Chevron Port Arthur Refinery." In front of the building, there is a truck and a fence.
Date: December 8, 1993
Creator: Everett, James

[Gulf Service Station]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a Gulf Service Station on Seventh Street and Savannah Avenue. There are gas pumps underneath an awning stretching out from the front of the building. Signs in front of the building say "Vulcanizing Recapping," "Gulf," and "Flats Fixed." In the background, there is another business with cars parked outside of it. The front of the building says "Viator Auto Service - Gen'l Repairing."
Date: 1944
Creator: Everett, James

[Hampton's Furniture Store]

Description: Photograph of a furniture company in Port Arthur, TX. The store front is all windows. An awning extends out over the sidewalk. A man in a suit and hat is standing, looking at the displays in the window. A small sign above the front door reads, "Hampton's."
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Harbor City Dray Line]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posing outside of Harbor City Dray Line. One man, two boys, and one baby are standing beside two mules; to the right, two men and one boy are sitting on a mule-drawn wagon. In the background, there is a building with a sign attached to it that says "Harbor City Dray Line. Hauling & Moving. J. Imhoff Mgr. Phone. 37." Text below the photograph says "1898."
Date: 1898
Creator: Everett, James

[Inman Used Car Lot]

Description: Photograph of a used car lot in Port Arthur, TX. Several people are walking around the lot browsing for vehicles. A small building in the center of the lot bears the name of the lot and the company that owns it. Several lights are placed around the lot. In the background is a larger brick building for a Chevrolet Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[J. B. Jameson Groceries]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of J. B. Jameson Groceries on Orange Highway and Stadium Road. Text on the building says "Drink Coca-Cola" and "J. B. Jameson Groceries Beer." Two gas pumps are under an awning in the front of the building.
Date: 1944
Creator: Everett, James

[Kansas City Southern Passenger Train]

Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Southern Railroad Passenger Station in Port Arthur, TX. The depot is located to the left of the railroad tracks. On the tracks is a Kansas City Southern Lines train waiting for passengers. A large group of passengers is on the platform next to the train. Two people are walking towards the engine.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Laundromat in downtown Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of a laundromat in downtown Port Arthur, TX. The building is a two-story brick structure. A sign at the top of the building reads, "The Home Laundry." Several trucks and cars are parked around the laundromat. It is located on the 700 block of Procter Street which runs in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Lyndon Johnson]

Description: Photograph of a man piloting a helicopter that says "Lyndon Johnson for U. S. Senator" on the side. The helicopter is hovering above a field of grass. In the background, there is a crowd of people standing in front of Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse.
Date: 1948
Creator: Everett, James

[Mandel Furniture Store]

Description: Photograph of Mandel Furniture Company in downtown Port Arthur, TX. A mailbox is on the sidewalk to the store's right. Several parking meters are on the street in front of the store. Hall's Clothing is to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Men Waiting to Unload Train]

Description: Photograph of a group of men identified as local grocers waiting to unload food from a train car. Some men are leaning on cars, and other men are standing in the doorway of a train car. In the background, a train car says "Plessala Bros. Complete Food Stores Port Arthur, Texas" on the side.
Date: 1946
Creator: Everett, James

[Mid-County Taxi Stand]

Description: Photograph of a taxi stand in Port Neches, TX. There is a Western Union sign hanging from a pole above the building. A large newspaper rack is in front of the building. Another Western Union sign is hanging in the front window.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Mothers Going to Parent Teacher Association Conference]

Description: Photograph of a group of eight women, all members of the Parent Teacher Association, standing in front of an airplane. Five of the women are standing on stairs in front of the door. A seal on the side of the stairway says "The Great Silver Fleet Eastern Airlines," and has a symbol of a bird in the middle. The side of the plane says "Great Silver Fleet Eastern Airlines Silverline."
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[Municipal Building]

Description: Photograph of the Municipal Building on Lakeshore Drive. The building is three stories high, and a flight of stairs leads to the entrance. An awning above the entrance says "Municipal Building" on it. In front of the building, there are trees and shrubs. The Municipal Building was formerly the Mary Gates Memorial Hospital.
Date: 194?
Creator: Everett, James

[Owner of Fred Miller Bicycle Company]

Description: Photograph of a man identified as Fred Miller, the owner of Fred Miller Bicycle Company on 526 Austin Avenue. The man is wearing a suit and hat, and is standing in front of a truck that says "Fred Miller Bicycles Hardware & Pets[,] 526 Austin Ave. Dial 5519." Behind the man and truck, there is another truck with cargo on the back of it. In the background, there is a train car with a sign on the side that says "Burlington Route."
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James

[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
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