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[People Standing in Flood Waters]

Photograph of a group of people standing in flood waters. The water level reaches mid-calf, and resulted from a hurricane. In the background, there is a doorway to a building. Two men wearing uniforms and holding guns are standing beside the door.

Date: August 15, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[People Standing in Flooded Street]

Photograph of a group of people standing in a flooded street. The water level reaches their upper thighs, and resulted from a hurricane. In the background, there are houses, trees, and utility poles.

Date: August 15, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[People Standing in Flooded Street]

Photograph of a child, woman, and man standing in a flooded street. The water level is waist deep on the child, hip level on the woman, and reaches the bottom of the man's shirt. In the background, there are people riding on horse-drawn wagons and several houses.

Date: August 15, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur Businesses]

Negative of two businesses on the corner of Seventh Street and Austin Avenue. A sign on the left building says "Hotel Nash" above a balcony. The building on the right is taller. In the background, there are other buildings. Text below the image says "Port Arthur Buildings - Corner Seventh St. and Austin. Ave.

Date: 1912~

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur College Flooded]

Photograph of flood waters at Port Arthur College. A group of people are standing under the awning of a building; a circular sign on the top of the building says "1909." In the foreground, a man is standing in the water; it reaches his upper legs, and resulted from a hurricane.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur College Students]

Photograph of a group of Port Arthur College students standing in front of the Administration Building on 1500 Procter Street. The students are posing in seven rows on the front steps of the building. In the background, there are two columns and a doorway. Partially visible handwritten text on the bottom of the photograph says "[P. A. College 1919]."

Date: 1919

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur Water Plant]

Photograph of the first Port Arthur Water Plant, located at Houston Avenue and Lakeshore. The building is two stories high, and there are two smoke stacks protruding from it. In the background, there are other buildings and a water tower. Text below the photograph says "Water Plant."

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

[Procter Street Flooding]

Photograph of flooding on the corner of Shreveport Avenue and Procter Street, as a result of a hurricane. A group of four men are standing chest deep in the water; two men are smoking cigarettes. In the background, there are buildings, one says "[L]one [Star] B[a]kery on the side. Text handwritten on the right side of the photograph says "Pt. Arthur, Texas" and Procter St Shreveport Ave."

Date: August 1915

Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

[Proposed Plaza Theatre]

Photograph of an artist's rending of the proposed Plaza Theatre, which became Elks Theatre. At the top of the front and side of the building, there are busts of elk's heads. A balcony on the front has text on it that says "19 Plaza Theatre 10." Text at the top-left of the photograph says "Plaza Theatre, Cor. Austin Ave. and 4th St. Port Arthur, Texas."

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

[Sabine Pass After Hurricane]

Photograph of Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, Texas, after a hurricane. Large puddles of water fill the streets. In the foreground, several metal chairs are sitting in a puddle. In the background, there are people walking in the street in front of business buildings. A sign on one business says "Hardware." In the far background, the building is identified as a school built in 1914.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph