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[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[North Shore of Ship Canal]

Description: Photograph of the north shore of a ship canal. In the foreground, four people are walking nears the shoreline. In the background, there are several buildings. Text written on the top of the photograph says "Port Arthur History;" "Port Arthur History Gates Memorial [Library]" is stamped at the top, also. Text written over a plot of land says "Lake Shore Park." On the left, a building is identified as Mary Gates hospital, and has an arrow drawn above it and erased text. Below the photograph… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Speedboat Race]

Description: Photograph of three speedboats racing. One man is in each boat. The boat in the foreground says "Eight Ball III" on the side, the center boat says "Winkie," and the boat furthest says "gray goose 4th." In the background, there is an eroding shoreline.
Date: September 3, 1945
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Port Arthur Water Plant]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of a Port Arthur Water Plant. Water storage pools and buildings are visible. A water tower is visible on the left side of the plant. Text at the bottom-left of the photograph says "City of Port Arthur Water Treatment Plant on 19th Street @ Stilwell Blvd. November 13, 1974."
Date: November 13, 1974
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[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

[City of Port Arthur Public Works Employees]

Description: Photograph of a group of City of Port Arthur Public Works employees posing in front of spools of electrical cable. The cable will be placed underwater to Pleasure Island. Five of the six men on the back row are identified as (left to right) Leo Langham, Doc Marsh, Roger Berthlot, P. R. Hollier, and Toby Duncan; the two men on the bottom row are identified as Pete Petite (of U. S. Corps of Engineers, diver) and David Petite (son of Pete Petite). In the background, there are two men standing b… more
Date: August 1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Aerial View of Port Arthur]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of buildings and streets in Port Arthur. In the foreground, there is a view of Kansas City Southern Railway. On the right side of the photograph, there is a body of water.
Date: 1952~
Creator: Everett, James
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

[Aerial of National Guard Armory]

Description: Photograph of the shoreline of Port Arthur, TX. Most of the downtown area is to the right. In the distant background are the chemical plants and petroleum storage tanks. The National Guard Armory is in the lower middle. A storm levee surrounds the building and the coastline.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Stilwell Grain Elevator]

Description: Photograph of a Stilwell grain elevator, built in 1900, located adjacent to Texas Company Island. A body of water is on the left side of the elevator. Handwritten text at the top of the photograph says "N-6003 9x [full]" and "[546]."
Date: 1976-07~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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