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[Franklin Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of a drawing of Franklin Elementary School. The building is two stories high, and a street runs in front of it. In the foreground, there are drawings of trees and people. The proposed cost of the school was $225,00, and was constructed in 1916. It was the first school to have a full-sized swimming pool (because the School Board believe all children living on the Gulf Coast should know how to swim), auditorium, home economics, art classes, library, and outside playground with swin… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Payne, Harry D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.879446 -93.937367
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Thomas Edison Junior High]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Thomas Edison Junior High on 3400 Tenth Street. The building is surrounded by fields. In the foreground and background, there are houses. Thomas Edison Junior High was built in 1929, and later changed to Thomas Jefferson High School in 1933. A new high school was built on Jefferson Drive in 1959, so it was changed back to Thomas Edison Junior High.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.903671 -93.919704
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Thomas Jefferson High School]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Thomas Jefferson High School on Jefferson Drive. In the foreground, there are tennis courts and a football field, with a parking lot separating the two. In the background, there are buildings. Thomas Jefferson High School was opened in 1959.
Date: September 10, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Thomas Jefferson High School]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as Thomas Jefferson High School. Trees and bushes surround the building. Text below the photograph says "abt 1948 Thomas Jefferson High School."
Date: 1948
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur College Flooded]

Description: Photograph of flood waters at Port Arthur College. A group of people are standing under the awning of a building; a circular sign on the top of the building says "1909." In the foreground, a man is standing in the water; it reaches his upper legs, and resulted from a hurricane.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur College Administration Building]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Port Arthur College administration building on 1500 Procter Street. There are four columns on the front of the building that extend to the roof. A sign says "Port Arthur College" on it. In the foreground, there are palm trees. The building was constructed by John W. Gates in 1909. It was torn down in 1967, and the property is now part of Lamar State College- Port Arthur campus.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Lamar State College]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Lamar State College theatre facilities. In front of the building, there are groups of people standing and walking on sidewalks. On the building above a set of doors, text says "Lamar Theater."
Date: 2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Madison Monroe Educational Building]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Madison Monroe Educational Building at Lamar State College - Port Arthur. In front of the building, there are shrubs, trees, and a brick sign that says "Lamar State College Port Arthur." The building has glass panes that extend the height of the building. Text at the top of the building says "Madison Monroe Educational Building."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Arthur Macroni Radio Tower]

Description: Photograph of Arthur Marconi Radio Tower at Lamar State College. On each side of the tower, there are cut out shapes in the form of "LS." Buildings and trees surround the tower; one building is identified as the Ruby Ruth Fuller Building. Guglielmo Marconi patented wireless telegraphy, and was a close friend of John W. Gates. Marconi personally built and installed the fifty feet tall antenna mounted on top of the 130 feet tall tower. The tower is part of the National Register of Historic P… more
Date: 2009
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Aerial View of Port Arthur College]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Port Arthur College campus. In the background, a further view of the town is visible. On the left margin of the photograph, text says "Stilwell Blvd.," and an arrow points to a street running horizontally. On the bottom margin, text says "Lakeshore Drive" and an arrow points to a street running vertically. Also on the bottom margin, text says "Procter," and a second arrow points to a street running vertically.
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur College Building]

Description: Photograph of a group of three women and two men posing outside of a building at Port Arthur College on 1500 Procter Street. One woman is sitting down on the front steps, and the other people are standing by the doorway. The building has four columns extending two stories high; a sign on the top of the building says "Port Arthur College."
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sabine-Neches Canal Erosion]

Description: Photograph of severe erosion area along a Sabine-Neches Canal levee in Port Arthur, TX. Along the left bank is the back of the Port Arthur High School. The canal water level also appears to be several feet low from the water line on the shore. Text on the photograph notes it is, "showing condition of Canal bank, back of High School. 10/1/29."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Aerial of Sabine-Neches Shoreline]

Description: Photograph of the shore of the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, TX. In the center of the photograph is Woodrow Wilson Junior High School on the shore. Pleasure Island is behind the school, across the canal. Much of downtown and residential Port Arthur is below the school. Also visible in the picture are Gates Library and Port Arthur College.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Aerial of Downtown Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of downtown Port Arthur, TX. At the bottom of the photograph is the Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse in the middle of a large courthouse square. It is surrounded by tall downtown buildings. In the distance, the petroleum storage tanks can be seen near the chemical plants.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Webster School]

Description: Photograph of a building identified as a Port Arthur Independent School District administration office. Several men are working on top of the roof. A sign on the front of the building says "School Administration School Taxes." In the foreground, there are trees and a street. The number "1947" is handwritten at the top of the photograph. This building was built in 1900 with a $15,000 bond. It was formerly an elementary school, and since students found it hard to use the stairs, it became t… more
Date: 1947
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Farm School]

Description: Photograph of a wooden farm school. There are two chimney stacks protruding out from the roof towards the entrance. This school was built in 1914 in Griffing Park, and Tyrell Elementary was built in 1925 to replace it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cricchio Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur High School]

Description: Photograph of several brick buildings identified as Port Arthur High School. In the foreground, there is a field with young trees in it. The center building was built in 1906, and additions on each side of it were constructed in 1922. Buildings are connected by covered walkways.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[McLaughlin School]

Description: Photograph of a wooden building identified as McLaughlin School on 700 Procter Street. The building has two windows on each visible side. In the foreground, planks of wood are laying on the ground. Text below the photograph says "The first school, built, painted and furnished in one day." It was constructed on March 1, 1897, and was the first school building in Port Arthur.
Date: unknown
Creator: Artie Herbert Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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