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[Portrait of the Frank S. Schreck Family]

Description: Photograph of a family in an interior room. The room has a large rug, a piano, and multiple paintings. The group is facing the camera, with the exception of the woman in the center who seems to be playing the piano. The four boys on the right side of the photograph are each holding instruments, as well as the man standing next to them. There is an elderly man on the left side of the photograph, who is seated next to two small girls. There is a card on the back of the photograph that reads, "Theā€¦ more
Date: 1900~
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Shrimping Boats at Docks]

Description: Photograph of a fleet of shrimping boats at the docks. There are clusters of boats on the left and right side of the photograph. A lighthouse is visible in the distant background. There is a sticker on the back of the photograph that identifies the photographer as James Everett from Groves, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Train on Tracks]

Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Southern Train at a station in Port Arthur. There are two men walking towards the camera, and a large group of people on the platform behind them. There is a small white building at the station. A sticker on the back of the photograph identifies the photographer as James Everett, from Groves, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Grave of Arthur Stilwell Smith]

Description: Photograph of a grave surrounded by a small picket fence. The tombstone identifies the grave as Arthur Stilwell Smith's and reads, "Born May 1896; Died May 1896; First Birth, First Death in Port Arthur." A sticker on the back of the photograph identifies the photographer as James Everett from Groves, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group Posing in Front of Depot Building]

Description: Photograph of a small group of people standing in front of a building. They are posing by steps and facing towards the camera. The caption reads, "Depot Sabine, Tx." The back of the photograph is a postcard with a handwritten note that has been stamped and mailed.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Men Standing in Front of Train]

Description: Photograph of four men standing in front of Southern Pacific train engine. The man on the left is facing sideways, the two men in the middle are standing on the tracks and holding their hats in their hands, and the man on the right has his arms crossed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Business Men's Studio
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Men and Small Boat]

Description: Photograph of two men standing in the water next to a small boat. They are both wearing hats and posing with their hands on their hips. The boat is loaded with cargo of some kind.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group in Bathing Suits and Dresses]

Description: Postcard of a group of men and women wearing bathing suits and dresses. Four people are seated on the ground, and five people are standing behind them. There is a pier in the background. The back of the postcard is blank.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Women Posing on Pier]

Description: Photograph of four women posing on a pier. The two women wearing black outfits are standing up on a ledge, and the two wearing white outfits are seated. There are three other women to the left seated on the pier. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Women and Man Fishing]

Description: Photograph of two women and one man sitting on a pier eating and fishing. The man and the woman behind him are holding up their drinks and smiling; they are both wearing hats. The other woman is wearing a white bonnet and dotted blouse. More people are visible further down the pier in the background. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group Posing in Front of Car]

Description: Photograph of a group of eight people standing in front of a car. One man and one woman are seated in the front, and the rest are posing behind them. The back of the photograph reads, "Note: newspapers wrapped around lady's legs in center and left."
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group with Large Fish]

Description: Photograph of a group of people and a child with large fish. Two women on the right side of the photograph are holding a fish up by its gills. There are other people beside them holding smaller fish. A man wearing a hat stands in the center of the image and looks towards the camera with his hands on his hips. A young boy wearing a hat has his hands in his pockets and faces the camera. There are two cars in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group of Bathers with Fish]

Description: Photograph of a group of bathers with fish. They are standing in a circle around two people holding up a large fish by its gills. Two small children wearing hats are standing on the left side of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Man with Motorcycle and Old Automobile]

Description: Photograph of a man seated on a motorcycle, with an old automobile behind him. He is wearing a hat and tie and looking towards the camera. The photographer's shadow can be seen in the bottom center. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Group with Motorcycle and Old Automobiles]

Description: Photograph of a group of people between two automobiles and a motorcycle. They are standing beneath a cover stretched across the automobiles and facing towards the camera. One man off to the right of the group is leaning on the wheel of an automobile. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Football Player on Field]

Description: Photograph of a young man in a football uniform on a field, identified as J. C. Abshire, a Thomas Jefferson High graduate. He is standing with his hands behind his back and looking towards the camera. There are buildings and a water tower visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Men in Front of Eastern Texas Electric Company]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing in front of Eastern Texas Electric Company. They are all wearing worker's clothes and hats. There is a car with a ladder on it directly behind them, and buildings in the background. Writing on the back of the photograph identifies the men from left to right (starting in the back row): Glenn Jernigan, Kick McMillan, Jack Jones, CLyde McMillan, P.W. Hyatt, Ed Ward, Ernest "Bully" Rauschenberg, Claud Lively, L. Hyatt, unknown, unknown. Schley Wilkes, A.D. McMiā€¦ more
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Funeral Procession]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd at a funeral procession, held for 29 people that were killed in the Gulf Tanker "Venezuela" explosion. The view is from above, and shows crowds of people on both sides of the street that the procession is going down. There are parked automobiles in the foreground, and hearses and medical cars driving in the procession. The bottom right corner has a stamp from Trost Studio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trost Studio
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Portrait of Mary Page]

Description: Photograph of the first school teacher of Port Arthur, identified as Mary Page. She is wearing glasses and a white shirt. Her hair is pulled back and she is looking into the camera.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Ship Passing Under Drawbridge]

Description: Photograph of the C. B. Watson Ship passing through a drawbridge. There is dark smoke coming out of the ship's smokestack and a few of the crew members are visible on board. "C. B. Watson" is written in the bottom left corner of the photograph, and a sticker on the back identifies the photographer as Phil Richards.
Date: unknown
Creator: Richards, Phil
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Cargo Boat in Canal]

Description: Photograph of a large cargo boat in a canal with smaller boats at its side. There are different types of flags flying from its masts. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "One of the first cargo boats to go down canal."
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Boat With Flags at Dock]

Description: Photograph of a boat beside a dock and a building. It has tall masts with flags hanging across them, and a large American flag on the front mast. A few people are visible near the front of the boat. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies it as the first cutter boat to come to Port Arthur.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Canal Dredge]

Description: Photograph of a dredge on the water. It has a small smokestack and two flags on tall poles. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies it as the dredge used to dredge the first canal in Port Arthur, and there is also a Port Arthur News stamp.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Grain Elevator Being Constructed]

Description: Photograph of a grain elevator being constructed. There is wood scaffolding on the right side of the photograph, where a large group of men in black suits are standing. There is a tall building with a smokestack in front of it in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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