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[Photograph of Goods Drying Outside Furniture Store]

Photograph of businesses in downtown Corpus Christi after the 1919 hurricane. Clothing is hung on lines to dry in front of the furniture store. Horses and wagons stand in the street beside the businesses, Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Sept 1919 - East side of Chap. just north of Lichenstein's (old store) - goods hung out to dry."

Date: September 1919

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Downtown Corpus Christi after the flood]

Photograph of downtown Corpus Christi after the hurricane of 1919. Debris is being cleared in front of the Nueses Hotel, a furniture company and Lichtenstein's store. Inscribed on the back of the photo, " Clearing away wreckage down-town on Chapaeral St. Lichtenstein's have their things out trying to dry them. X is the Nueces Hotel. This is where the water was up in the lobby."

Date: 1919

Creator: Shirkey, Marie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

Store Furniture

Patent for a piece of furniture that can hold rolls wrapping paper of various size. The rolls are contained in a device that rotates and allows the user to select and easily pull paper from roll.

Date: October 21, 1919

Creator: Nicks, John H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department