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[Photograph of Chuck Foster's Orchestra at the Pleasure Pier]

Description: Photograph of Chuck Foster and his orchestra performing at the Port Arthur, Texas, Pleasure Pier. Five men with saxophones are standing at podiums in the foreground, with a man and woman in evening wear sitting on the right. Behind the front row to the left are two men sitting at a piano, and other musicians to the right are obscured by the standing men. A banner printed with "Chuck Foster" and "Merry Christmas" are hung above an image of Santa Claus' head, all of which hangs over the band. Pla… more
Date: December 18, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph Featuring Janis Joplin at Tyrell Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of the Tyrell Elementary School' 1952 Christmas Program. Children are arranged onstage in a raked pyramid in front of a curtain. Each child is wearing a white top and holding a microphone. The girl sitting to the far right of the bottom row is Janis Joplin. An adult woman is sitting before the stage in a wooden chair, and other people can be seen sitting behind her.
Date: December 1952
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[News Script: Dowdy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 23, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[With Mother This Christmas]

Description: Eulogy for Edgar Brown Sutherlin, expressing joy that this Christmas he will be with his mother, who had died when Sutherlin was three.
Date: 1960
Creator: McElroy, Theodore Edgar, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[First National Bank Employee Photograph]

Description: Photograph of the employees of the First National Bank around Christmas 1930. There are two rows of men, all dressed in suits. The front row is seated and the back row is standing. A large Christmas tree is to the left of the group. The upper floor of the two story building is decorated with evergreen garlands.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur Christmas Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Christmas Parade in Port Arthur, TX. A large crowd of people is lining the street. A float is coming down the street that has Santa on a sleight with two reindeer. He is waving to the crowds as he passes. The stores lining the street are decorated in garland and signs all around are promoting charitable giving.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur Downtown Christmas Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Christmas Parade in downtown Port Arthur, TX. A large crowd is lining either side of the street. A number of cars are also on either side. Several groups of young children are seated atop the cars. Many stores are also visible including a theater, super market, and paint store, among others.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Downtown Decorated for Christmas]

Description: Photograph of downtown Port Arthur, TX decorated for the Christmas holiday. Long strands of pine garland stretch across the intersections and along the fronts of the downtown buildings. Large wreaths are dispersed along the garland. In the wreaths are stars and bells. Several downtown customers are walking up and down the car-lined street.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Christmas Decorations at Night]

Description: Photograph of downtown Port Arthur at night with Christmas decorations. The buildings on both sides of the street are well-lit. Strands of pine garland are run across the fronts of all the buildings and are hung across the street. Wreaths are hung from the strands of garland. The area appears very busy with most parking spaces along the street occupied with cars. A sleigh with Santa and eight reindeer is silhouetted against the moon.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[First National Bank]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a building identified as the First National Bank. Two floors of the bank are visible, and columns extend to the ceiling. There are tables and a Christmas tree on the first floor. Garland hangs from the fences around the second floor, and a United States flag also hangs above a door on the first floor. The ceiling is intricately carved, and has a chandelier hanging from it.
Date: 193X
Creator: Trost Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Photograph of Jeannine Villemez]

Description: Photograph of Jeannine Villemez at the First National Bank in Port Arthur, TX. Jeannine is a teller at the bank. The decorations around her appear to be Christmas oriented. She is standing next to a poinsettia and is holding a platter of cookies in her hands.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Beaumont Fire Engine in Christmas Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Beaumont Fire Department engine decorated for the Christmas parade. There are several firefighters in uniform on and around the engine with a man dressed as Santa Claus sitting on the top of the fire engine. The back of the photo reads "1922 or 23, Eng 1, Stutz Pumper."
Date: [1922,1923]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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