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[Pleasure Pier Bridge]

Description: Photograph of Pleasure Pier Bridge, north of Pleasure Island. The bridge is drawn up. In the foreground, there is a body of water. In the background, there are buildings. To the right of the bridge is the new Fire Drill Tower.
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[John W. Gates Plaza Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a building identified as John W. Gates Plaza Hotel at 500 Lakeshore Drive. Trees line the streets outside the hotel. There are tents set up on the block in front of the hotel. A road leads to a canal bridge to Pleasure Island. In the background, there is a view of the city.
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Ocean-going Oil Tanker]

Description: Photograph of an oil tanker sailing down the Sabine Neches Canal through Port Arthur, TX towards the ocean. The tanker is passing through a double-leaf bascule bridge by downtown Port Arthur. The tanker is named as the "Contreras."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Bridge to Pleasure Island]

Description: Photograph of a group of people walking across a bridge in Port Arthur, TX towards Pleasure Island. The bridge is framed by large, steel girders. The people are all on a foot path on the right-hand side.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Pleasure Pier Boardwalk]

Description: Photograph of the boardwalk leading to Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, Texas. At the end of the boardwalk is the Plaza Hotel. Other buildings of Port Arthur are around the hotel. A breakwater is on the left of the boardwalk. The boards seem to be in bad disrepair.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge in Port Arthur, TX. The bridge was completed in August 1970 at a cost of $8,750,882. The roadway is 5,032 feet long and 138 feet above the canal. The bridge spans the Sabine-Neches Canal. A ship is sailing about to sail underneath it. In the background is the town of Port Arthur. Beyond that are the oil refineries and fields.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[USS Constitution Sailing in Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of the USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides," sailing through the Pleasure Pier Bridge in the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, TX. A group of people is lined up on the shore to see the naval frigate. A tugboat is sailing next to the ship, guiding it through the canal.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[USS Constitution Sailing in Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of the Rainbow Bridge crossing the Neches River between Jefferson and Orange Counties, TX. A ship is crossing beneath the bridge. According to accompanying information, at the time the photograph was taken, the bridge was the tallest in the south. The bridge was completed in 1938.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Aerial Photograph of Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of Port Arthur, TX taken from the Navy aircraft "Dirigible Akron." Most of the city, canal, and lake are visible. A train is traveling through the rail yards. A tanker is sailing through the canal towards the raised Pleasure Pier Bridge. Pleasure Island and a majority of the coast of Sabine Lake can be seen.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[County Courthouse and Pleasure Pier]

Description: Photograph of the Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse and Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, TX. The Pleasure Pier bridge, which spans the Sabine-Neches Canal from the courthouse to the amusement park, is raised. Pleasure Pier can be seen in the distance on the shore of Sabine Lake. The roller coaster is the tallest structure on the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Tug Boat Passing Through Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the tugboat named South America sailing through the Pleasure Pier Bridge in Port Arthur, TX. The boat has two masts, one forward and one aft. It is steam powered with one smokestack in the center. The Texaco Star logo is painted on the smokestack.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Fox Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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