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[Galveston Skyline]

Description: Photograph of the Galveston skyline taken from a high vantage point. The ocean is visible beyond the city; in the distance, the Hotel Galvez towers over nearby buildings. A wide city street with pedestrians and cars leads from the foreground all the way to the water's edge. Densely-packed buildings with snow-covered roofs occupy the majority of the landscape.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[American National Insurance Building Under Construction #4]

Description: Photograph of the American National Insurance Building under construction circa 1913. A large, multistory building with a partially complete brick and stone edifice looms over a street lined with businesses and strewn with construction materials. A small building to the left of the frame advertises hot and cold baths. Toward the center, another small building has a car parked in front of it.
Date: [..1913]
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Woman Sitting on a Log at the Beach]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting and posing for a photograph on a log amongst piles of rocks on a beach. A seawall takes up most of the background, though the spire of a building is visible in the upper right corner. The woman is wearing a light-colored collared dress with a tightly cinched waist and a long skirt. A striped parasol leans against a rock in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Three People In Swimsuits at the Beach]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified people in swimsuits standing in front of each other with the tallest being the furthest from the camera and the shortest being the closest. They stand in the center of the frame on a beach with a seawall in the background. They are squinting in the light and an open, dark-colored parasol lies behind them.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Photograph of Galveston Island Hurricane]

Description: Photograph of the Galveston Island hurricane. The Ursuline Convent and Ursuline School, built by Nicholas Clayton in Galveston, can be seen with wreckage in the foreground. It stood on the block bounded by 25th Street and 27th Streets, between Avenue's N and O.
Date: 1900
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[American National Insurance Building Under Construction #3]

Description: Photograph of the American National Insurance Building under construction circa 1913. A large, multistory building with a partially complete brick and stone edifice looms over a street lined with businesses and strewn with construction materials. A small building to the left of the frame advertises hot and cold baths. Another small building has a car parked in front of it.
Date: [..1913]
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

Galveston Texas, Galveston Co.

Description: Map shows street names, block numbers [in red ink, corrected in pencil], channels, and beacons; vectors in red and black ink with additional lines and notes in pencil. Appears to be engineering plan for placement of a jetty or roadway. Scale [ca. 1:3600].
Date: [1869..1889]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Coast chart no. 204 : Galveston Bay, Texas.

Description: Map shows coastline and navigational details for Galveston Bay and vicinity. Includes notes and tables on lights, buoys, tides, soundings, and weather signal stations. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints. Scale [1:80,000].
Date: 1890
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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