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Public water works

Description: Photograph of a half-dozen cattle and two horses drinking from a watering hole. The horses are harnessed to a buggy loaded with goods; the driver sits beneath an umbrella.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
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Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[Man Made Brook Cutting Through a Field]

Description: Photograph of a man made brook cutting through a field with trees on either side. The brook has been cut into the earth and shored up with stones, allowing water to pass through. A concrete bridge appears in the lower left corner of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dietel, Norman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos

Men on Boat

Description: Photograph of three men, one in a suit, on the deck of a small boat named the Western Star. The boat is docked on the waterfront.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Water Shot

Description: Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Water Shot

Description: Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Plaza Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Plaza Hotel, taken from the United States Army Corps of Engineers' field office on Pleasure Island. The building is three stories high and arches decorate the bottom floor. In the foreground, there are planks of wood, pipes, and a building. A man is standing on a pier behind the wood.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[View from Sabine Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a view the top of Sabine Hotel on Fifth Street. In the foreground, there are buildings and streets. In the background, Sabine Lake and Louisiana are visible.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Lakeview Swimming Pool]

Description: Photograph of Lakeview Swimming Pool in Port Arther, Texas. Several people are in the pool and others are jumping off of diving boards to the left of the photograph. In the foreground, a man is sitting in a lifeguard chair. In the background, there is a brick structure with a white awning attached. An imprint at the bottom-right of the photograph says "Watkins Studio;" handwritten text below the photograph says "Lakeview Swimming Pool - Port Arthur 1978."
Date: 1978
Creator: Watkins Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sabine Pass Docks]

Description: Photograph of a ship at Sabine Pass Docks. The ship is anchored at the dock, and the dock stretches from the front of the ship to the middle. In the foreground, there is land.
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sabine Pass Buildings]

Description: Photograph of a group of buildings along a shoreline at Sabine Pass, Texas. The buildings are identified as Doctor Adamson's home, a government life-saving station, a revenue cutter station, and a quarantine station. The United States Navy occupied the facilities after Pearl Harbor, and is still the site for a United States Coast Guard Station.
Date: 1935~
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Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Three Children Kneeling on a Rocky Bank]

Description: Photograph of three of Oliver Jacobs' grandchildren kneeling by water on a rocky bank. The child on the left has his right hand raised and is holding a toy airplane in his left hand. The young boy in the middle of the group looks over the water. The girl to the right touches a rock.
Date: 1949~
Creator: Wallace, Sally Brittingham
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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