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Newspaper Ad

Description: Copy negative of a newspaper ad from J.D. Moore Transfer and Storage in Abilene, Texas. The advertisement addresses the Hilton Hotel and the moving service provided by the company. There is a drawing of a J. D. Moore Storage truck and an image of a hotel.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Pensacola Ship Building Co. Yard]

Description: Photo taken at the Pensacola Ship Building Co. yard of unknown persons present at the launching of S. S. "City of Weatherford." Photo taken on May 22, 1929: Pensacola, Florida.
Date: May 22, 1929
Partner: Weatherford College

[Photograph of the Boat, Heinrich Schulte, at Dock]

Description: Photograph of a boat named the Heinrich Schulte at dock. The vessel is pulled up alongside a pier that has several grain elevators raised along the left side of the photo. To the right of the Heinrich Schulte is another boat with no visible name.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett Photographic Service
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Boats at Dock]

Description: Photograph of several boats at dock. The Slade Brown to the left and the boats behind it are being worked upon. There are two arches built over the pier that contain pulleys, both with a vessel sitting underneath. The reverse side of the photo has been written with the words "Gulf Port?"
Date: unknown
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Anchor from the Steamboat Ruthven]

Description: Photograph of an anchor from the steamboat Ruthven after she sank, exhibited on the lawn of the Young Men's Business League (later the Chamber of Commerce) in Palestine, Texas. Storefronts are visible lining the opposite side of a street in the background and a horse-drawn carriage is stopped in the street behind the anchor.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Photograph of the Japonica, Run Aground]

Description: Photograph of the Japonica sitting on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas around the time of a hurricane in 1919.
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Photograph of the Japonica, Run Aground]

Description: Photograph of a boat, the Japonica, after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscription on the back of the photo, "The old Japonica where it was washed up near the bluff by the storm. They are trying to fix it up and get it back into the bay."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[The Crazy Water Crystal Factory]

Description: Shown here is an interior view of the Crazy Crystals Plant. "Crazy Water" was evaporated, and the dissolved solids precipitated as crystals which were then packaged and shipped all over the United States, Canada, England and Australia. By dissolving the Crazy Water crystals in water, the purchaser was able to reconstitute "mineral water" and secure the benefits of one of the earliest "instant" beverages without the added cost of the supplying company's shipping water.
Date: 1940?
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[YO Fuel Oil Barge]

Description: Photograph of a YO Fuel oil barge that is self-propelled at a dock in Orange, Texas. It is part of the mothball, or reserve, fleet.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Floating Derrick]

Description: Photograph of a non-propelled floating derrick on the Sabine River in Orange, Texas. It is a barge with a crane on it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Launching Platform]

Description: Photograph of seven women and two men on a launching platform that is decorated with flags. A large ship is behind them.
Date: 1917
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Possibly building a ship. Location unknown.]

Description: Photograph of an incomplete structure that appears to be a ship surrounded by scaffolding near a water tower. The structure is visible behind a berm covered in brush and water in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Historical Society
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