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Donor: Jean Mills. Donor unknown. I, promotes business interests of San Leon, Bacliff, and Bayview. Testifying in front of a legislative committee on Jun. Separated from MSS #98-0010. REP. 4 Years. Most of the negatives and photographs were maintained by Eugene L. Porter, who taught at the University of Texas Medical Branch. These were discovered in a transfer box in the rear of the vault in December 1989. 23 Moss, W. Bruce Grocery Store, Galveston, TX, [1885], 25-29 Miscellaneous (including Marcus Exline, William Plunkett Harris, Octavia Hutchings, Dabney Tabb, and Herman Zander), Alta Loma, Texas Caplen Family Residence, 5-9 La Porte, Texas, 1895 (including barbecues, plum tree, YMCA Excursion, andCedar Point), 11-13 Sylvan Beach\ Miscellaneous (including waterspout, June 1920), American National Insurance Company Annex, 6-8 Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish School (8 items), U.S. Items include a Fort Crockett souvenir book titled "Harbor Defenses of Galveston," photographs of James Westerfield and other servicemen, and a photograph dated circa 1940 of children playing outside a Galveston school. ; meetings, nd. I; First Methodist Episcopal Church; Sacred Heart Church (including interior), St. Marys Infirmary, Garten Verein and Ursuline Convent; Walter Gresham residence, 2 U.S. Court of Civil Appeals and Galveston County Courthouse; Steele residence; Brazos (steamship); James Moreau Brown residence, 3 Texas Heroes Monument; Bolivar lighthouse; causeway, 4 Ball High School, Galvez Hotel, Seawall; surf bathing, 5 Surf Bathhouse; Sui Jen Caf;; aerial views. Of special interest: damage shots of hotels Galvez, Seahorse, Flagship, Commodore, and San Luis hotels; Casa del Mar and Victorian condominiums; Enchanted Winds and Driftwood apartments; jetty; Fort Crockett; and Ivey Exxon Station. People standing on Seawall looking down at beach. Of special interest: first air mail, first postal meter, King Vidor film festival, hurricane of 1933, Hollywood Dinner Club, snowstorm of 1973, Mardi Gras of 1931 and 1985, also photos of notable Galvestonians. Galveston, TX 77553-0779 (409) 797-3500 (409) 797-3511 Subscribe or Login to View Emails www.galvestontx.gov. Shows entrance to second Murdochs Bathhouse (1901). See first folder for detailed inventory. One print has been transferred to oversize. James Of special interest: fire engine (horse drawn), Old City Hall--rebuilt as a fire station, and 1900 Storm damage. Also of note are the Focke and Kempner families. See also Special Collection #136. Misc. E. Taylor. Four illustrations on the front page of newspaper, plus short article. Saranac, Harriet Lane, El Valle, Liberty (sailing ship), Columbia (steampacket), Galveston Container Terminal & Ship Channel, Galveston harbor (1969), shrimp boats (1938), Morgan Line wharf, and Galveston harbor (1825). 823 items. Shelved in oversized drawers. 1994 (spring), 329 The former Hitchcock railroad depot, now sited at 12550 Hwy. A. Boulmay 1966 One album (containing snapshots, professionally made photographs, and postcards) loose photographs, and newspaper clippings, ca. History of the Port of Galveston 1519 - Discovery of Galveston Island by Juan de Grijalva. Lawder (1916-1991) worked 42 years for Todd Shipyard Co. on Pelican Island. Hand-colored portraits, photographs, snapshots, ephemera, and business receipts. Fishing and Crabbing off the South Jetties, on East Beach at Galveston, Texas. ; Galveston (including visited by USS South Dakota and SMS Bremen; Galvez Hotel; Seawall and beach; Ursuline Academy; Breakers Bathhouse; Texas Heroes Monument; Garten Verein Pavilion; parade; fire on Ave. B; Oleander Festival; Lydia T. Peetz, family and friends. Color snapshots and negatives taken in Galveston by Julia Dunn, archives clerk of the Rosenberg Library, June 19, 1989. Snapshots taken by Joseph L. Schlankey. Elissa Project Records (MSS #87-0026). 1952*, 11-14 People (nearly all unidentified and undated). The Great Sea Wall, at Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico, near Houston, Texas, Moonlight View of Beach Boulevard and Seawall from the Air 1945*. 100 items. The Galveston and Texas History Center contains of over 100,000 photographs, prints, and postcards that date from the 1850s to the 2000s. Slides have been scanned and printed. Donated by Danny Allen (son of Gus Allen and Galveston City Councilman) in 1995. The Strand area became the Wall Street of the Southwest. The Special Collections contain photos that were donated as distinct collections or albums that are part of larger manuscript collections. Donated by Linda McBee, June 2000. This list may not reflect recent changes . Nobbe & Co., a Galveston jewelry firm, and served as its vice president and general manager. The negatives provide images of Galveston, Boston, New York City, and rural areas of the northeastern United States. Approx. James Church/Trinity Episcopal Church, 18 Sealy Hospital/Harmony Hall/Henry Rosenberg Free School. 448. See also Special Collections #280. The slides were taken by Rose (1848-1926), a Galveston photographer who was later active in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City. (re: fire). [Color illustration.] Stratton, c1913), 1913; 1 album. Albums, snapshots, unidentified portrait photos, school compositions, and composition books. J. Lyons 1940 World War I-era photographs of Marguerite Guldmann, Dorothy Guldmann, and Hans Guldmann, as well as family friends Leigh Zerbee and Herbert Grills, who were stationed in Galveston. Also 142 color slides taken in Jan. 1976, June 1978, Dec. 1979, Aug. 1981, Oct. 1982, Jan. 1984, and Feb. 1984 showing St. Vincent's building (exterior and interior), people, and events. D Industrial Agents Convention, Buccaneer Hotel, Galveston, Texas, Sept. 25, 26 and 27, 1947. Of special interest: corner of Tremont St. and Ave I, Hutchings residence, Grace Episcopal Church, Afro-Americans (including children), dredges, streetcar, interiors of Hurricane (steamer), Seawall (back, before filling), and Breakers bathhouse. Includes article "The Jetty Works of Galveston Harbor, Texas" with illustrative line drawings, p. 245. Past Election Results | Galveston County, TX Home Votes Translate Go How Do I. Slide copies of miscellaneous prints in the Rosenberg Library's custody. The Galveston Island Convention and Visitors Bureau. Albums chronicle the families residence in Galveston as well as their worldwide travels. Snapshots and color slides. A 40-block residential historical district was established in the east end; the Strand area and a number of notable buildings were placed on the National Register. Collection of Paul H. Naschke & Della Brison Naschke Photographs. These were transferred from the Museum, 1997. Of special interest: cultivation of cane fields; "sugar boiling;" convict workers; Sugar Land, Texas (includes aerial views); Cunnigham Sugar Mill; Texas Sugar Refining Corporation (Texas City); Edward H. Cunnigham; W. T. Eldridge; Daniel W. Kempner; Harris L. Kempner; Isaac Herbert Kempner; Isaac Herbert Kempner III; G. D. "Gus" Ulrich; commemorative coins; raw sugar handling facilities at Galveston. Fortunes were made in cotton, mercantile house, banks, publishing and printing, flour and grain mills, railroads, land development, and shipping. He would later be stationed on the U.S.S Bon Homme Richard during World War II. 27 years old (1880 federal census). Cemeteries featured in the collection include: Oleander, New City, Episcopal, Old Catholic, Lakeview, Old City, Hebrew #1, Hebrew Benevolent, and Evergreen. The collection also includes photo-postcards of U.S. Battleships Florida and Utah in Galveston. The images may have been from an exhibited entitled Old Galveston, prepared by library curator Lise Darst in the Harris Gallery during the late 1980s or early 1990s. G Mayors of Galveston, Texas (5 P) H Hispanic and Latino American mayors in Texas (19 P) Mayors of Houston (1 C, 39 P) L Mayors of Laredo, Texas (6 P) Mayors of Lubbock, Texas (6 P) P Mayors of Plano, Texas (6 P) S Mayors of San Antonio (29 P) W Mayors of Waco, Texas (5 P) Pages in category "Mayors of places in Texas" 1910*. Postcard Collection, ca. 1847. Collection, ca. Includes the exterior and interior views; many photos focus on the specific architectural detail. Photos of Shriner party train trip to and from San Francisco via Canada. 31 and 79, although Verkin is not credited. Subjects: John F. Smith residence; Wolfe residence. Also included are photographs of unidentified women, children, and other servicemen. Oliver 27 Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Galveston. Collections are arranged into five groupings: Special Collections, Galveston Photographic Subject Files, Street Files, Name Files, and Miscellaneous. past mayors of galveston, tx. Donor: Margaret Schlankey. Collection, ca 1880s-1970s; approx. 80 items. The collection includes photographs of historic Galveston buildings; children's activities; the remains of the Ufford Building after it burned down in 1978; a mariachi performance outside St. Mary's Cathedral; and other events. The slides are stored separately in a box as part of this collection.. The Yellow Fever Panic at GalvestonFrom Sketches by our Special Artist, Jas. Small collection of b/w snapshots, stock photos, and few professional portraits of Maco Stewart Jr., his family and friends (none are identified). Oscar For a detailed inventory, see the first folder in the collection. Brewer W. Key residence, 2525 Broadway [1930], 2. Mayor defends Galveston on eve of crackdown. The 17th Street Rattlesnakes were an informal neighborhood youth athletic group formed in the early to mid 1930s. The Treasure Island of America. Photo Album #3, 1994-2000 Item 4. Of special interest: Seawall (original, east end), Ball High School, Ave J, Galveston Boat Club House and Concho (steamer), Ashbel Smith Building and John Sealy Hospital, and panorama of Galveston looking west from the County Courthouse. 1994 (spring), C. Bath Avenue School and Letitia Rosenberg Womans Home, E. Brackenridge Hall at the Medical Department of the University of Texas, G. Street scene, tentatively identified as 30th & O, J. Donated by Sanders Cazedessus. Collection was discovered in the old attic in 1969, remained unaccessioned in the vault until 1998. He helped organize the Galveston City Company in 1838. 1890; 41 8x10 albumin prints mounted in album. Coll. Galveston Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas. Rough Beach at Galveston, Texas. Harbor and city scenes shot or copied by Morris. Most of the negatives have been printed into 5x7 prints. Also included are a contract for John Egert to raise Sealy Hutchings' residence at 2805 Avenue O in 1906 and a certified list of registered voters in Election Precinct No. 1918), Albon Rose and Daddy [Roy Harm], Sunday, Jan. 13, 1929, 8 Mountain Speedway Facing east toward Galvez Hotel, 1925, 12 Train Roy Harris built for park in Galveston, TX, 22 Debris on top of the Seawall after Hurricane Carla; Seawall caf (background), 23 Residences along a debris-strewn street after Hurricane Carla, 24-27 Dreamland Caf during Hurricane Carla. Rosenberg Library was expanded. Levy as of 1935-39 150 photographs of Henry Rosenberg, his wife Mollie Macgill Rosenberg, their trip to Switzerland, Mr. Rosenbergs birthplace, and the family grave plot in Boston. Negatives, proof sheets, and some of the prints of the photos taken by King. Photo Album #1, 1994 Item 2. Subjects: Anchor Mill - Fire (ca 1920); 2816 Ave O - decorations for H. W. Hildebrand's 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1921; Flowers at Conklin Funeral; Mayflower (sailing vessel) - visit to Galveston; Railroad scenes & locomotive wreck; Storm - 1930s; Transportation; World War I - U.S. Marines, Wharf scenes. Most images are color drawings, some are photographs. Of special interest: car races on the seawall; Lucas Apartments at 14th and J; various photos of boats and ships. People: Hildebrand Family Groups. Donor: Lou Cecelia Stubbs Frost, 2006. Albums & Photographs, 1921-22, nd; 2 albums. GALVESTON. She served as the photographer of Galveston schools and retired from teaching in 1972. Shows Seawall during Storm of 1909. after storm. The Rosenberg Library has copy prints and glass negatives of the album photos. 50 photographs of Galveston after the 1900 Storm by the photographic firm of Harper and Co. which operated studios in Galveston and Houston at that time. Lantern slides used to illustrate Raimundo de Ovies' lectures on civic art, American sculpture, and American mural painting. Martin Weinzophoel (St.Joseph's Church), old Ursuline Convent parlor, Bishop [Claude Marie] Dubuis, Fr. The Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau. People: Individuals and groups. 1932, 160 Fort Crockett officers housing, 4400 block of Seawall Blvd. Official British photographs of World War I. The Sea Wall. Photo by Kevin M. Cox As featured on Past mayors reflect on Texas City's history 40 items,b/w snapshots, ca 1910s-60s. 33 Douvrys Seawall Caf and Dodgem during the Hurricane of 1932. Taken of various Galveston structures during research for A Guide to Historic Galveston, co-authored by Douglas A. Zwiener and Elisabeth F. Darst. Photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings. Of special interest: James M. Brown residence, Walter Gresham residence, Trinity Episcopal Church. See first folder in the collection for a complete inventory. Mostly black/white and color snapshots of Galveston buildings and residences, as well as the Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet. B/w photos ca 1870s-1920s, approx. 220 items. Unidentified portrait of girl. Photograph album, [1880s], 1919-21; 1 item. 400 items separated from MSS# 97-0013. A. Lyons, Jr. 1934-40 Railroad ferry; Tremont St.; Texas Heroes Monument; Brazos (steamer); U.S. Life Saving Station and Federal Immigration Station; oleanders; cotton. The album includes portraits of Hyacinth Moser (1861-1881), Fr. Raymond #65, Album #9. Slides of general city views. Color snapshots. Maurer photos. Chicago Transparency Co. 6 [Sidewalk lin4ed with palm trees; unidentified five-story building in background], 7 [Sailboat underway possibly on Galveston Bay; beach and four-story hotel in Background], 8 Palm trees and park at Galveston, Sept. 20, 1908, 9 Looking West on Sealy St. at Alvin 20 miles from Galveston. Collection, 1907-1971, nd; 202 items. Separated from MSS # 98-0023. Of special interest: bodies, salvage work and workers, Reuters Saloon, Masonic Temple, Church St., Ave. N, Roma (steamer), Sacred Heart Church, 22nd St., St. Mary's Infirmary, John Sealy Hospital, First Baptist Church, 23rd St., Lucas Terrace apartments, harbor and wharf scenes, 19th St., Fort Crockett, St. Patrick's Church, Ursuline Academy, Market St., Ball High School, and Galveston Orphans Home. Black and white contact sheets and original negatives, approx. 1894 Grand Opera House as movie theatre. Loose photographs, and an album with numbered pages pertaining to Margaret Jeannetta Stafford and the Mary Kate Crow family. Photographs and negatives taken by brewery equipment manufacturer Eugene Charleton, Sr. during the late 1940s, documenting activities at breweries in Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio. The names of steamships are italicized. His work is featured in the seminal book The Galveston That Was (1965). Markers prepared by the Texas Historical Survey Committee. Lantern slides illustrating Galveston's history. Of special interest: Galveston harbor (1818), Columbia, Zavala, Harriet Lane, El Valle, Iroquois, U.S.C.G.C. 1915), 133 Tropical Scenery (behind Garten Verein, looking north) (pm 1913), 134 Flowers and Palms (front yard of James Moreau Brown residence) (ca. 26 Galveston & Interstate ferry bringing train across bay from Bolivar to Galveston. Photographer: Witwer Studio. Some photographs predate 1940.Most photographs taken by Paul Murphy of the Houston Chronicle. Mayor Sussman will not be seeking re-election. Drawings by Emil Bunjes. Approx. The autograph book contains messages from Heuman's family and friends while she was a child. This collection was also published in a book form, see: F 394 .G2H A7 in GTHCs book collection. Also photos of places in Oklahoma and Iowa. 20 original negatives. A list of the slides is included at the beginning of the collection. Get in Touch (409) 763-8854 ext. [1929], 134 Texas Sugar Refining Company plant in southeast Texas City [1930], 138 Ferry boat Jefferson crossing from Galveston to Port Bolivar. Includes children's portraits of Jane Burton and [J.] 1880s-1950s; 14 photos and one album. Album. 3 [Aerial view of grounds taken from Hotel Galvez.] Beseler Co., New York, New York. It is mounted in a beautiful oval gold frame. Separated from the William Maury Darst Papers (MSS# 93-0023) in 1994. Images are individually numbered and are listed selectively. Photographs, snapshots, negatives, and postcards separated from MSS #89-0017, Anne Ammons Brindley & Walter E. Grover Papers. The images were separated by Casey Greene from MSS #88-0019, Maco Stewart, III, Papers in November 2011. The complete list of images is included in the first folder within the collection. Dezon belonged to Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Removed from the Name File. B/w photographs ca 1860-1940s. Published by Fred Harvey. The Galveston County Cultural Arts Council was founded. Stored in the oversized drawers. This collection was transferred to the general slide boxes into G-5926 and Spec. Of special interest: 1895 snowstorm. We can't make these things up. Galveston Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas. Donated by Thornton & Maxwell. Schlueter, including panorama of causeway. Offices. One postcard, two school compositions, and two composition books inscribed "Jennette S. Radford," whom Galveston city directories list, 1921-1958. Marys Cathedral, 17 St. Johns M.E. GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Galveston Mayor Craig Brown spoke exclusively to "Good Morning America" Thursday about the city's attempts to repair damage from winter storms, which include major power . 350 items (includes oversized); 1850s - 1970s. Photographs and Negatives, circa 1947-1948; 20 photos; 3 negatives. 9.6/5 (573 reviews) "We were blown away by this hotel and think it was worth being a bit out of . No one has been identified. Photograph Album, 1915, 1919, ca. Justice of the Peace 3. See a detailed inventory in the first folder in the collection. The donor of these negatives is unknown, and the prints were made by the library. Same view as #47 but at a higher angle. 200 postcards and one photograph). Chars. John A. Caplen: Born Galveston, ca. Photos of storm damage and railroad interurban cars.Of special interest: causeway, waterfront, beached ships, Seawall, wrecked homes and industries, sternwheelers, and streetcar lines and equipment. Sealy, Willis, Ladd, and Pinckard families are featured. Many are glass negatives; some have been printed.Of special interest: 25th St., Crystal Palace Bathhouse, Maurer studio (Victorian interior), St.Mary's University, beauty contest, portraits, shrimp boats, Beth Jacob Synagogue, loading & unloading, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, sailing ship's crew, UTMB Laboratory Building, Clark Thompson residence, Sacred Heart Church, Mardi Gras, and Murdoch's Bathhouse. ; Galveston, TX. Glass negatives only (no prints available). 1961, 1974; 40 items (includes color snapshots). Of special interest: Avenue K School; Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery; J. 1920; one packet with 12 prints. Of special interest: Mayer family residences at 3414 Ave M and 1404 39th Street; Red Cross Galveston branch campaign and workers; camp life at Fort Crockett; wharf activities during World War I; aboard USS Tacoma. Caplen moved away again in about.1905, to Alta Loma where he kept a farm. John S. Murphy, pastor of St. Patrick's Church (1931) (see oversize Special Collections drawer). More than 3,600 homes were destroyed on Galveston Island and the added toll on commercial structures created a monetary loss of $30 million, about $700 million in today's dollars. Photographs of Fritiofson's grandparents John (Sr.) and Eva Egert, girls playing at Camp Egert on the West End in Galveston, and buildings being raised by John Egert as General Contractor during the grade raising, including Trinity Episcopal Church, the Letitia Rosenberg Women's Home, Ursuline Convent, and the Sealy Hutchings residence. These include: Galveston Islands North and South Jetties, 1938, (17 images); construction of the East End Extension of the Seawall, 1918-1925 (15 images). The albums were found stored in GTHC, and are believed to have been given to Galveston Mayor Eddie Schreiber in the 1960s. Behind it, 2,200 structures were raised an average of five feet. Houston Life: Watch The Latest Show. 8), 10 Early view of the Mosquito Fleet at Pier 20 [1893], 13 Wagon bridge between Galveston Island and the Mainland [1898], 16 Hurricane 1900 State Medical College, 17 Hurricane 1900 St. Marys Infirmary, 19 Hurricane 1900 Tremont looking north from about Ave. H, 20A Hurricane 1900 20th St. looking north from Ave. H in front of the Galveston County Courthouse, 20B Architects drawing of Galveston County Courthouse [1895] (Not listed in original inventory), 21 Hurricane 1900 Barge loaded with bodies for burial at sea, 22 Seawall Construction view [1903], 32 Dickinson Three carloads of strawberries for the Katy Flyer 1909 (Apr. The collection includes negatives, positive copies made from scans, loose photographs, and three slides. Includes: churches, cemetery, water works, several residential areas, etc. More specific inventory of images will be added later. I [1910] (Number assigned to another photo in original inventory), 88A Crowd gathered outside the Galveston Daily News building. Harbor scenes and sailing vessels. Coll. They have been separated from the Committees Research Index (MSS #2002-0039). In one of the most hotly contested races Galveston has seen in years, residents chose attorney Joe Jaworski to serve as their new mayor. The boom period of the "Queen City of the Gulf" ended with the great 1900 storm, which killed 6,000 people and left 8,000 homeless. Cut-away drawing of N. S. Savannah, merchant vessel, nuclear powered. Approx.100 items. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. This collection has been fully digitized and is available in the Archives Catalog, arranged by subject or creator. Persons featured include William Hendley; Capt. 400 items. Researchers must use digital prints of the photographs. Of special interest: Darragh residence; several downtown buildings and businesses; James Michener in Galveston; Princess Annes visit; Towler-Shelton wedding; Nicholas Clayton Day. Black and white mounted photographs showing the aftermath of the 1900 storm, including downtown and residential vies, Texas Star Flour Mill, St. Marys Church, barge carrying bodies into Gulf of Mexico, survivors on board the boat Shadow looking for debris. 200 items. Zero Report ( pdf) ( csv) Election Night First Results ( pdf) ( csv) Election Night Second Results ( pdf) ( csv) In the past, jurisdictions from around the nation have stepped up to help Harris County when we need it the most. (Unable to find all items 8/26/94). Further information is provided by the links below. Shows Seawall railing. They have been removed from #114. Shows completed section and riprap. Hundred of bodies being cremated. On beach\, 1. Collection, early 1880s; 24 stereopticon slides. Dyer. On the 140th anniversary, historical sites in several states are offering a more realistic portrayal of slavery and plantation life. See the black notebooks with survey sheets to view each photo. Tokio Dance Hall (background). Includes formal portraits and snapshots, including photos from the family's vacation trips. Donated by the family of Samuel Munn who is descended from the families of Drew, Quirk, Phillipson, Nichols, and Munn (see MSS# 96-0015, Munn Family Collection). The collection is arranged in five series: Events, People, Galveston Sites, Subjects, and Travels. These were separated from the Robert A. Nesbitt papers (MSS# 92-0020). Purchased and donated, 2009. Of special interest: Photo album with 1900 Storm images; also: grade raising; Trube residence; John F. Smith residence. These visual collections include images of Galveston's buildings, citizens, social life, and environment. Dates are supplied where given, such as postmarks (denoted by pm) or message dates. [1925], 107 Dickinson Charles Fowler residence, 1722 Oleander Dr. [1925], 108 Dickinson Hans Guldmanns Place, 1300 Pine Dr. [1925] 109 Port Bolivar Loading watermelons for shipment [1925], 110 Texas City Colonel H.B. Showing New $1,500 Recreation Pier. A collection of photographic slides of Lasker Home for Homeless Children, showing the interior and exterior of the building located on 16th Street and Avenue K. Also included is a written slideshow presentation which contains historical information on the Home and descriptions of some of the slides. 174 Calder RD. The Great Seawall Protecting Galveston, Texas. Color snapshots. Also Junior Mardi Gras celebrations. 18 Souvenir Folder of Galveston and Galveston Beach, Texas, 1 Calypso (exploration vessel) and Cousteau, Jacques, 8 Apache (reel ship) (missing 6/28/2013), 9 Ships (re Ashley Lykes; Mallory Lykes; Lorado Taft), 12 Todd Shipyards. Miscellaneous Subjects Album: 1915 Storm, trip to Austin, Rice Institute, Texas Heroes Monument, a battleship, and Cotton Carnival. Janice Coggeshall is the Mayor of Galveston. The Photo Albums and Special Collections contain photos on a variety of subjects, families, and events. Four prints in color. See first folder for a detailed inventory. Of special interest: Loading & unloading cotton, Texas Heroes Monument, City Park, Ball High School (with students), Broadway west of 24th St., Broadway, Rosenberg Library, Broadway and 15th St. looking east, Broadway west of 23rd St., Rosenberg Free School, 19th St. and Ave I looking east, Tremont St. and Ave. M, Garten Verein, Ursuline Convent, Ashbel Smith Building, John Sealy Hospital, St. Mary's Infirmary, Boulevard and Seawall, and panorama of Galveston. Of special interest: Wolfson & Robinson, Tramonte residence (1211 Ave. D), Sam Tramonte, and Knights of Columbus. 450 color and b/w slides of images from Rosenberg Library, other Collections, books and some original images taken by authors. Photographs, photocopies, news clippings, and ephemera. Collection of the working papers used for the book on Henry Rosenberg published by the Rosenberg Library in 1918. Item List:File 1. Donated by Frederick Heer, great-grandson of Capt. He served under 2 mayors (Carlos Garza and Matthew Doyle) for 16 consecutive years until he stepped away from city government in 2016. Blair was superintendent for building of the causeway. 35mm internegatives made from the slides included in the collection. Although the images are nearly completely unidentified, at least some were taken in Galveston. At least one photo for each individual in this collection has been digitized. Explorar nuestros itinerarios de crucero y elegir entre una variedad de habitaciones segn sus necesidades y presupuesto. The celebration of Juneteenth dates from 1865, when Texas slaves first learned the Civil War was over and they were free. Black and white photographs and amateur snapshots. The collection includes photographs, postcards, and original drawings. The negatives are not organized in any particular way but are clearly labeled. 1890(? Also included is a written history of the theater commemorating its 30th anniversary, dated 2007-2008. Slide show of Galveston features 1900 Storm and grade raising. One album including: Niagara Falls; Pittsburg, Pa.; Washington D.C., New Orleans, La. Historians contend that between 10,000 and 12,000 people died during the storm, at least 6,000 of them on Galveston Island. Black and white photographs of Philip B. Mabry (1915-1997) while stationed at Fort Crockett in 1936-1937 during his service in the U.S. Navy. In the 1960s and early 1970s, there were forward looking innovations in Galveston. Sea Wall and Beach, Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, Texas, Bathing Scene, Galveston, Tex. 1910. Collection, ca. Darst Creek. The Pelican Island Quarantine Station can be seen in the background. The booklet includes photographs of Galveston businesses and residences. This is an artificial collection of prints made of pen-and-ink drawings. Photographs, snapshots, and negatives separated from Robert A. Nesbitt Papers, 88-0021. The collection contains images of the Clark family before and after they emigrated from England, the exterior and interior of their homes in Galveston, as well as photographs of Galveston beaches, other Texas cities, and Washington, D.C. Houston; trip to Pinehurst, N.C.; aboard boat Kingfisher, ship Uddeholm; many family snapshots, none of the individuals are identified. 1994 (spring), 344 League City Aerial view of new homes in the South Shore Harbour subdivision, Galveston Countys newest master planned community 1994 (spring), 345 Texas City Aerial view of Mall of Mainland along FM 1764 off Interstate 45 1994 (spring), 346 La Marque Aerial view of Gulf Greyhound Park on FM 2004 just west of Interstate 45 1994 (spring), 347 View of Market St. looking northeast from 23rd St. 1994 (spring), 348 1894 Grand Opera House 1994 (spring), 350 Entrance to Galveston County Courthouse (erected 1967) 1994 (spring), 351 League City Galveston County Gateway Visitors Center at 1849 South Gulf Freeway 1994 (spring), 352 The Galveston County Daily News building, 8522 Teichman Rd. 1000 items. Specific inventory of images will be added later in November 2011 in original inventory ), Columbia,,! 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