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[Three Women at Clear Creek Bridge]

Description: Photograph of three women, each wearing Victorian-style attire, sitting together in a small row boat at Clear Creek Bridge which once stood at the end of Kansas Street in League City. The bridge, part of which is visible in the background, was the main road between Houston and Galveston until its demolition before Highway 3 was built.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Man Fishing at Clear Creek]

Description: Photograph of Chester Knight, father of Zonnie Knight Kilgore, fishing in a row boat on the banks of Clear Creek in League City. The bridge in the background is Clear Creek Bridge; it was once the connection between Galveston County to Harris County. It was demolished upon construction of Highway 3.
Date: August 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[A Sailboat on the Water]

Description: Copy negative of a small sailboat on an unidentified body of water. It is passing a dock where a few buildings are situated just offshore. The building closest to the water has signage text that says, "S.D. Kelly" on one side; the other side is mostly illegible except for the word, "FORT."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[A Sailboat on the Water]

Description: Copy negative of a small sailboat on an unidentified body of water. It is passing a dock where a few buildings are situated just offshore. The building closest to the water has signage text that says, "S.D. Kelly" on one side; the other side is mostly illegible except for the word, "FORT."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Photograph of Fink]

Description: Photograph of the welcome sign to Fink, Texas. Behind the welcome sign is another sign with an advertisement for boats. On the right side of the photograph is a two story motel with several pairs of doors lining the wall.
Date: [2011-12..2012-03]
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.800183 -96.677924
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Postcard of Sailboat on Sea]

Description: Postcard of three sailboats on a rocky sea, one far closer than the other two. The message on the front of the postcard reads, "Big dance at the club Wednesday, wish you were here so we could dance our old stand by "Chili and Beans." H. H." The message on the back continues with "For the life of me, I can't guess "Who's Jack." H. H. 10-16-11." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington D. C. Gunston Hall."
Date: October 16, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of House Near Coast With Three Boats]

Description: Postcard of a white house with a red roof and steaming chimney with a woman carrying a basket outside. Three boats are near the coast of the body of water. The back of the postcard contains a note, "With Love, Sig." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave. Huntington, W. Va."
Date: August 12, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Torpedo Boat Destroyers on Neches River]

Description: Postcard of three armored steamboats docked and full of passengers, described as "Three U. S. Torpedo Boat Destroyers on Neches River, Beaumont, Texas." On the back, the letter reads, "Be sure and don't forget to tell me the big joke. You did tell me whether you would tell me who "Jack" was when you came home Xmas. Please make up your mind to tell me, won't you "Fady?" H. H." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington, D. C. 1906 Florida Ave."
Date: October 26, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Three Men Stand on a Boat]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified man standing on top of a long, flat, wooden boat on the water. Behind it, another boat that has a small cabin lined with windows is visible. The three men stand with their arms crossed. The two on the left wear light-colored shirts with dark slacks, while the man on the right wears a light-colored shirt with light-colored slacks. The water is calm, but the sky above is cloudy.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Boat in the Water #2]

Description: Photograph of heavy damage on a boat in water. The deck has been split and rests at two different levels in the water. Splintered wood spills down into the water below. A light-colored lifeboat rests next to the damage. Several ropes extend from the deck down into the water. The photographer's fingers obscure the top and bottom right-hand corners.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Man with Crossed Arms Standing by a Dock]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified older man in a straw hat with a dark band, a light-colored collared shirt, a bowtie, suspenders, and dark, baggy pants crossing his arms on a dock strewn with miscellaneous objects. Behind him, water stretches off into the horizon. The sky above is filled with clouds. On the right side of the photograph, a portion of a boat with large panels on its side is visible.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Woman Sitting on a Boat on the Water]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a light-colored knee-length dress with short, puffy sleeves and matching light-colored heels. Her face is largely obscured by an imperfection in the photograph. She is sitting on top of an object that has been covered in a tarp in front of the boat's railing. The water below is visible behind her.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Woman and Man Posing by Cannons]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman posing near cannons front of a stone wall that overlooks a large body of water. The woman is sitting on a low stone wall and wearing a large pillbox hat and a light-colored knee-length dress with white heels. The man is standing and wearing a light-colored button-down shirt with matching pants and a captain's hat. In the distance, there is a boat on the water.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Woman Standing by Ship's Railing]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman standing by the railing of a ship holding a camera in her hands. She is facing the right side of the frame and squinting in the light. She is wearing a striped halter top tucked into dark, high-waisted pants. She wears a bracelet on her right wrist. To the right, several deck chairs lie empty. In the background, mountains tower over the water below.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Woman Sitting on a Boat]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a large pillbox hat and a light-colored knee-length dress sitting on the side of a boat. She is wearing a bracelet on each wrist and light-colored heels. Behind her, there is a large hill with a stone wall lining the crest.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Damaged Boat in the Water #1]

Description: Photograph of a damaged boat in the water with a lifeboat by its side. The boat has heavy damage down the middle which has caused the deck to rest at two different levels. A man in a plaid-patterned cap in the bottom-right corner of the frame turns to look back at the camera. Above him, several men in suits and hats stand facing away from the camera. Various equipment fills the ship's deck. No crewmen are visible on deck.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
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