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[5-Month-Old Charles James Steinbach]

Description: Photograph of 5-month-old Charles James Steinbach in 1903. The infant sits on a dark chair covered in a blanket with a floral pattern along it. He wears a white dress and no shoes. He looks to the left, smiling slightly with a toothless smile. The photograph is wrapped in an onion skin sleeve.
Date: 1903~
Creator: Maurer, Joseph M.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

601 Kipp

Description: Photograph of a house at 601 Kipp in Kemah, Texas. The wooden house is constructed with stilts in preparation for high tidal waters. Some flowers are planted to the right of a walkway leading to the porch entrance. A shed is partially visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

[1400 North Mechanic Street from 14th Street]

Description: Photograph of the front of several houses along a block of Mechanic Street with part of an empty, grassy lot on the corner at the far right of the image and a station wagon parked on the curb near the intersection. The front of the first few houses are visible, including a blue house with white trim that has a steep staircase to the front porch with signs posted and flowering bushed in the yard; toward the center of the image, a neighboring two-story white house with a side-gabled roof is visi… more
Date: 1994
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1600 North Avenue M 1/2 from 17th Street]

Description: Photograph of a Seventh Day Adventist church on the north corner of 17th Street and Avenue M 1/2, looking east. The building has two vaulted gable ends set at a right angle, with the entrance on the interior corner surrounded by a porch and topped by a square tower with a striped, pointed roof. Homes are visible along the north side of Avenue M 1/2 in the background, and cars are parked along the side of the road.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1600 South Avenue L from 17th Street]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the 1600 block of Avenue L, looking east from 17th Street. Most of the houses are blocked from view by trees, but the house on the southeast corner is partially visible at right. It has a raised main floor with decorative stone below and garage doors opening on both sides of the home; the house is painted white with maroon shutters and a square brick column is visible on the corner of the house, supporting the porch. Utility poles are visible along the south s… more
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1600 South Avenue M from 16th Street]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the 1600 block of Avenue M, looking west from 16th Street. A two-story home is partially visible on the southwest corner, behind a large tree; it has wooden siding with boarded windows and the gable end facing 16th Street has decorative eave returns. Other homes are visible along the street to the right and several cars are parked in the driveways and along the curb.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1700 South Avenue K from 18th Street]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the 1700 block of Avenue K, looking east from 18th Street. The homes are almost entirely obscured by white fencing and trees growing in yards and along the edge of the street. Cars are parked along the curb and a neighborhood watch sign is posted near the corner; a stop sign is visible at the far end of the street.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1800 North Avenue K from 19th Street]

Description: Photograph of the 1800 block of Avenue K, looking northeast from the corner at 19th Street. Most of the block is obscured by large trees on either side of the street, but there are two multi-story homes near the corner that are partially visible. There is a stop sign on the corner and cars parked along the curbs.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1800 North Avenue L from 18th Street]

Description: Photograph of the north side of the 1800 block of Avenue L, looking west from 18th Street. There is a two-story brick building on the right side of the image, which appears to be boarded up and a "Crime Watch" sign on the northwest corner of the intersection. Several roofs are visible at left, but the houses are largely obscured by trees and bushes. Cars are parked along both sides of the street and utility poles are visible on the south side of the block.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1800 South Avenue K from 19th Street]

Description: Photograph taken from the west of the south side of the 1800 block of Avenue K, which has several cars parked along the curb and a large number of trees obscuring the houses. At the corner, a signpost with the street names is in front of a two-story gray building with cut-out corners and a hipped roof with a gabled extension; a sign on the building at the far right says "Apartm[ents] for Re[nt]."
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1800 South Avenue L from 18th Street]

Description: Photograph of the south side of the 1800 block of Avenue L looking west from the corner of 18th Street. There is a two-story brick building on the southwest corner that has a sign over the corner entrance, "Mayps Grocery Food Producers;" to the left of the grocery entrance there is a pay phone and an ice cooler. Another multi-story building is visible on the left, but most of the homes on Avenue L, at right, are obscured by trees. Cars are parked along the curb and there are utility poles al… more
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1800 South Avenue L from 18th Street]

Description: Photograph of the 1800 block of Avenue L looking west from 18th Street, facing slightly south. There is a two-story brick building on the southwest corner that has a sign over the corner entrance, "Mayps Grocery Food Producers" and there is a stop sign and a utility pole on the corner near the building. Most of the homes on Avenue L, at right, are obscured by trees and there are cars parked on both sides of the street.
Date: 1993
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[1894 Grand Opera House Photograph #2]

Description: Photograph of the partial ruins of the 1894 Grand Opera House, in Galveston, Texas after it was destroyed in a hurricane. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston County, View of east wall after 1900 storm showing destruction of stage and seating areas." The photo is taken from a raised vantage point and the top of another building is visible in the lower-right corner, as well as a utility pole in the center of the image.
Date: 1900-23~
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[1894 Grand Opera House Photograph #3]

Description: Close-up photograph of damage to the 1894 Grand Opera House, in Galveston, Texas, following the hurricane in 1900. Text on the back says "Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston County, Damage from 1900 storm. View shows one box still in place on south wall (on the left)." The brick walls are partially intact around the edges of the image, with broken wooden beams in the center of the building and other debris on the ground around the walls.
Date: 1900-23~
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[1894 Grand Opera House Photograph #4]

Description: Photograph of the front and side of the 1894 Grand Opera House, in Galveston, Texas, with cars parked on the street in front. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston County, Front and east side shows back wall of stage area (right). Shows restoration of entire structure."
Date: unknown
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[1894 Grand Opera House Photograph #6]

Description: Photograph of the box office of the 1894 Grand Opera House, in Galveston, Texas. Wooden plaques between the windows say "Box Office" and "Open Mon.-Sat. 9-5, Sunday Noon-5." A handwritten note and drawing on the front of the photo indicates the proposed location of the historical marker plaque. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston County, Box Office. Proposed location of plaque."
Date: unknown
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[1894 Grand Opera House Photograph #7]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the 1894 Grand Opera House, in Galveston, Texas. The photo is taken facing the stage, with box seats on the walls and several rows of seats visible leading up to the stage and orchestra area. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston County, Fully restored interior showing stage, curtains, boxes and part of orchestra seating."
Date: unknown
Partner: Texas Historical Commission
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