The City of Galveston was chartered in 1839. See also oversize Special Collections. This album was separated from MSS #97-0017. The photographs include one group photo of the Ball High School Class of 1936 50th Reunion, held at the Balinese Room on October 25, 1986, featuring Mais's mother Ethel Heuman, and two aerial photos of Galveston circa-1950s. Photo Album #1, 1994 Item 2. Markers prepared by the Texas Historical Survey Committee. 100 items. Of special interest: Triple XXX Thirst Station, beauty contestants, and Morris Lasker playground. Donated by William S. Donaldson in 1997. Portraits of Charles Fowler, Minna Wolfe Fowler, Mary Boothe Fowler, and other family members. Coll. The Great Sea Wall at Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico, near Houston, Texas. M. Shannon 1893-98 General city views taken by Maurer. 87 near High Island 1939 (Aug.), 187 Broadway looking east from 25th St., showing the YWCA Home for Women [1940], 191 Gun battery at Fort Crockett 1941 (Sept.), 192 Anti-aircraft sound locators at Fort Crockett [1941], 193 Night firing of anti-aircraft guns with search lights at Fort Crockett [1941], 195 Ave. C looking west from 22nd St. [1942], 198 Broadway Baptist Church, 35th and Broadway [1942], 200 S. S. Galveston Hotel, 8th and Seawall 1942 (Mar. 1994 (spring), 325 Texas City Looking east on Palmer Hwy. Shelved in oversized drawers. Negatives, proof sheets, and some of the prints of the photos taken by King. GALVESTON, Texas Galveston Mayor Jim Yarbrough has announced he will step down as mayor, effective July 15, because of concerns related to COVID-19. Provides high level oversight for the day to day operation of the . 30 Roy Harm, Houston, Texas, ca. The Great Seawall Protecting Galveston, Texas. Wichita Falls Timeline 1872-1993 City-County History 1786-2004 Mayors of Wichita Falls 1889-2012 Read the almost unbelievable story of the World's Smallest Skyscraper located in Downtown Wichita Falls. Many are duplicates from G-5926. 14 Galveston Tidal Wave. A list of the slides is included at the beginning of the collection. Photographs compiled by Pamela Werner Gann of the Galveston seawall being built, a railroad trestle built during the construction of the Causeway, and houses damaged by an unspecified storm. Harbor view. 13 In the Heart of Galveston after Hurricane, great pools of stagnant water endangered the health of survivors. Evans Grocery Store #10, 5102 Broadway 1950 (May), 240 Finalists in the 1955 Miss National Press Photographer Contest held in conjunction with the annual Splash Day Festivities and sponsored by the Greater Galveston Beach Association 1955, 241 61st St. looking south from Broadway [1955] 245 Aerial view west of 39th St. 1957, 253 La Marque Highlands Elementary School [1960], 254 La Marque Lincoln High School for African Americans [1960], 257 Douglas DC-3 aircraft used by Trans-Texas Airways at the Galveston airport [1961], 264A Whites Department Store, 2420 Winnie, when it opened in the former Lacks Store building 1962 (Sept.), 264B Zion Lutheran Church [1960] (Not listed in original inventory), 267 Galveston Count Courthouse, 722 20th St. [1961] (Item given this number in original inventory not in file), 268 Henry Rosenberg carriage house, northeast corner of 14th St. and Ave. D [1960] (Item given this number in original inventory not in file), 270 League City Main St. (FM 518) looking west at historic St. Marys Catholic Church [1965], 271 Texas City Aerial view of Harbor Village Shopping Center off 9th Ave. N. [1966], 272 The La Marque railroad depot at 1st St. and Hwy. The 1900 Storm typescript and the Dallas Morning News article transcript are copied by Irby Hughes. Donor: L. Tuffly Ellis. #93). Packet #2 includes causeway; floating drydock; Galvez Hotel (includes interior); G & I railroad ferry; Crystal Palace bathhouse (includes swimming pool); Galveston harbor; Murdoch's Bathhouse; Seawall; Hurricane of 1909; Fort Crockett; Bolivar Lighthouse; G & I ferry. A detailed inventory is kept with the collection. (Galveston: H.H. Two years have rolled around already and it's time for another City election. Most images are color drawings, some are photographs. Galveston Mayor Jim Yarbrough is resigning from his position effective July 15, saying he believes the city needs a leader that can be there in person through the rest of the year. Mayors and Postmasters of Galveston, Texas, Mayors of Galveston, 1856-1955 (may be incomplete!) This wonderful piece of Galveston's . Nichols residence, 5000 Park Ave. [1910], 41 Gill Building, southeast corner of 21st St. and Ave. D [1910], 46 The Crossroads (store) at 61st Street and Stewart Rd. 40 items, some stored in oversized. In oversized drawers. Collection, ca 1895-1901; approx. E. Taylor. Four illustrations on the front page of newspaper, plus short article. Broadway Beauties (re: James Moreau Brown, Walter Gresham, Michel B. Seawall and Beach, Galveston, Texas. Approx. Collection, early 1880s; 24 stereopticon slides. Donor: Margaret Schlankey. Donor: Don Mize, Postcard album, 1912; one box and one folder (approx. Photographs taken of the interior features of the Buccaneer Hotel before being demolished in 1999. Collection of aerial negatives; approx. Glass negatives. Galveston Hand Colored (booklet with color illustrations). 12th St. and Broadway. Coll. The images appear to have belonged to Edward W. Hildebrand (1888-1974), who worked in the insurance business, and his wife Elsie Hildebrand (1890-1957). Photographs, snapshots, negatives, and postcards separated from MSS #89-0017, Anne Ammons Brindley & Walter E. Grover Papers. Fortunes were made in cotton, mercantile house, banks, publishing and printing, flour and grain mills, railroads, land development, and shipping. The collection also includes photo-postcards of U.S. Battleships Florida and Utah in Galveston. Of special interest: Association meeting in San Jacinto Park on 19th Street; Walk Against Crime; Leeland Van Derventer, president of the Association. Of special interest: Album #1: aerial views, city officials, typical Japanese food; Album #2: Niigata in winter, festivals and celebrations, detailed map of the city; Album #3: dramatic photos of Niigata following the June 16, 1964 earthquake, and the city after reconstruction; Album #4: various school activities (Niigata High School?). Mint condition. The Clark Family at 1409 Market Street files contain photographs of Alice Brown Sweeney and Fannie Kempner Adoue. 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. Galveston Photographic Subject Files (G-Files), Galveston Photographic Subject Files (G-Files) Inventory, Photo Albums & Special Collections Inventory, Search the Archives Catalog to find photographs and manuscript collections. Of special interest: Jane Long. 7 Railroad tracks running next to Galveston causeway. Janice Coggeshall is the Mayor of Galveston. Donor: Lou Cecelia Stubbs Frost, 2006. Packet #1 includes Municipal Building & Auditorium; Rosenberg Library; Texas State Medical College; Galveston County Courthouse; oleanders; Scottish Rite Cathedral; Morris Lasker playground; John Sealy Hospital; Union Station; City Park; U. S. Customs; Galvez. Commemorating the Port of Galveston's 150th anniversary. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast, and a fitness center. Arthur L. Davis (1875-1915) was married to Agnes Trube Davis, with daughter Drusilla. Sea Wall and Surf, Galveston, Texas. Images of Galveston's businesses, homes, beaches, monuments, and events may be found among the postcards. Collection, 1984, 1986; approx. Collection, 1908-1947, n.d.; ca. D Industrial Agents Convention, Buccaneer Hotel, Galveston, Texas, Sept. 25, 26 and 27, 1947. Photographs, snapshots, and negatives separated from Robert A. Nesbitt Papers, 88-0021. This collection has been transferred into the general slide boxes into appropriate G-files, and Name files. Topics include: U.S.S. The Gulf of Mexico at Night, Sea Wall Showing Rip Rap, Galvetson, Texas 1910, Bathing in the Surf, Greater Galveston, Texas 1913. Just over 12 percent of the mayors in Texas are women. The remaining groupings are artificial collections developed by library staff. James Of special interest: Lasker residence, League residence, Seeligson family, and children. Mayor Mayor Mayor Dedrick Johnson, Sr. 6; Union Depot (verso), 10 View of Jetties, Galveston; Battle ship Texas (verso), City Hall (old) Fire Chiefs Office: 25, Fire stations: 31, 51, 63, 75, 83, 91, 99, Brush Electric Light and Power Company: 44 (including equipment), Galveston Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade: 28 (interior), 30, Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railway: 41, Miller & Vidor Lumber Company: 48 (interiors), Ott (Charles) Monument Works: 80 (interior), Palace Billiard and Pool Room: 34 (interiors), Schram (Dave) Clothing Company: 38 (interior). Shows Murdochs and Breakers. Of special interest: Ashbel Smith Building. 19 Galveston Disaster. The donor of these negatives is unknown, and the prints were made by the library. 1984 (May), 318 Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May) Parade down Broadway 1986 (May), 319 Aerial view of one of west Galveston Islands beach pocket parks during Spring Break [1990], 324 Aerial view of 61st St. from the Seawall north to Stewart Rd. The public workforce system in the 13-county Houston-Galveston region of Texas. 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. Mayor Lyndell Brenton will not be seeking re-election. Also, photos from ceremonies, featuring local dignitaries. Its president was Stanley E. Kempner. Photos taken by Morris of causeway-related scenes. Wharf and harbor scenes shot by Verkin. 36 Roy Harm standing at the corner of 22nd and Seawall Boulevard. All are copies of photos in the Rosenberg Library's custody, mainly in the Naschke Album, #14. 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. Photos of storm damage. 1 Ave. D; 25th St. and Ave. J; 19th St. and Ave. Painting by Julius Stockfleth. Of special interest: Stanley E. Kempner; Henrietta Blum Kempner; Isaac H. Kempner; Adrian F. Levy. (409) 763-8854 ext. 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. 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. Views of palm trees and residences along Broadway. The Galveston Island Convention and Visitors Bureau. Miscellaneous: These include unidentified photographs. Transferred from Gonzales Family Papers,MSS # 87-0035 + oversize. Photograph Albums, 1941-1969; three albums. James Church/Trinity Episcopal Church, 18 Sealy Hospital/Harmony Hall/Henry Rosenberg Free School. Julius Stockfleth painting. Collection, 1867, ca 1870-1950; one album and approx. Sea Wall and Beach, Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, Texas, Bathing Scene, Galveston, Tex. This collection was transferred into general slide. Stubbs 1960, Events and Candidates (may be incomplete! [1930], 140 St. Johns Lutheran Church [1930], 144 Market St. looking west from 20th St. before the sidewalks were narrowed to widen the street in the spring of 1930 [1920s], 145A Market St. looking east from 25th St. after the sidewalks were narrowed in order to widen the street in the spring of 1930 [1930s], 145B Purdys Book Store, 2717 Ave. D [1925] (Not listed in original inventory), 146 Drays loaded with cotton at Pier 39 [1930], 147 Fishermans Wharf Market early 1930s, 148 Texas Star Flour & Corn Mills, 2028 Ave. A [1931], 150 The new United States Public Health Service Hospital, 4400 Ave. N 1932 (fall), 154 The new Galveston Municipal Airport. See a detailed inventory to the collection in the first folder. Stereoptican photos of storm damage. Four folders of loose family photos, most are unidentified and taken in Europe at the turn of the century. Donors: Galveston Playground Association and Knights of Columbus. (? Staff separated the items from MSS #2004-0006, a research collection compiled by Virginia E. Eisenhour, a Galveston author, for a possible book on Menard. Mayor & City Council. Stereo Card Collection, 1900, 1909; 35 cards (includes duplicates). Collection, ca. See also Spec. The photographs include Schornstein in U.S. Army uniform, surf bathing, the Central High School fire in Houston, and staff members of the Texas Company in Port Neches. B/w photos ca 1870s-1920s, approx. Album donated by the Rice University Fondren Research Center, Sept. 2000. Albums, snapshots, unidentified portrait photos, school compositions, and composition books. Galveston, United States Costa Maya, Mexico Cozumel, Mexico Galveston, United States Itinerary details 84% off $1,889 $289 inside cabin per traveler 4 night Caribbean Royal Caribbean Intl Voyager of the Seas Aug 31, 2023 Sep 4, 2023 Galveston, United States Cozumel, Mexico Galveston, United States Itinerary details $290 Although mostly boys, at least two girls belonged to the organization. For a detailed inventory, see the first folder in the collection. Projects: Various projects performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, along the Texas coast. 1890(? Similar to Album #3. Naval Radio Station; loading & unloading; beach; wharf area; Chas/ Clarke (tugboat); Galveston Wharf Company locomotive; Mar de Irland (steamship); Eloise (boat); YMCA building; Galvez Hotel; streetcars; downtown views; Avenue J esplanade; warship; Texas Heroes Monument. Bathing in the Gulf of Mexico/In the Surf, Showing Murdochs Bath House at Galveston, Texas, New Municipal Free Fishing Pier, Galveston, Texas. Shows Seawall during Storm of 1909. With all the hoopla about the Presidential primary, it's hard to remember that all six of Galveston Island's City Council seats plus the Mayor's office are up for election this coming May 7th. Dated approx. H. Leonard 1879 Donor: Adrian Sinclair Balch, 2005. Photographer: Zeva B. Edworty. Locations include Galveston, Texas City,and Houston. 2000 items. Staff removed the booklets from the Rosenberg Wing Attic Cage in 2010. Explorar nuestros itinerarios de crucero y elegir entre una variedad de habitaciones segn sus necesidades y presupuesto. Photographs and Negatives, circa 1947-1948; 20 photos; 3 negatives. The images are filed in order by number assigned to them in the original inventory. Thomas Loose items in front include brochure of Texas Prudential Insurance Co., a Christmas card, and an unidentified portrait. Of special interest: Gaido's Restaurant and Moody Compress fire (1930). Album. Of special interest: Heidenheimer Castle, Ursuline Convent, Darragh home. Handcolored postcards include: Rosenberg Library; Seawall, oleanders, Garten Verein, Galveston County Courthouse, City Park, Ball High School, Texas Heroes Monument, Ave. The mid 1870s to the mid 1890s was the apex of Galveston's prosperity. Photographs of Capt. 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). Lubben), Nobbe (M.O.) William Drawings by Emil Bunjes. ), 201 The Strand at 24th St. 1942 (June), 207 Interior view of City Auditorium [1944], 208 St. Marys Cathedral School [1949] (Item given this number in original inventory not in file) 211 Mary Patrick Negro Young Womens Christian Association Home, 2823 Ave. K [1940s], 220 Aerial view of the Texas City Disasters aftermath with acres of scorched earth 1947 (Apr. Title: Souvenir of the Galveston Fire Department 1897. Of special interest: Darragh residence; several downtown buildings and businesses; James Michener in Galveston; Princess Annes visit; Towler-Shelton wedding; Nicholas Clayton Day. 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. (Unable to find all items 8/26/94). Purchased and donated by Edward T. Cotham, 2009. 8 Mosquito Fleet; Grasso & Son, Inc. (background). Where Commerce and Pleasure Meet. City Manager, 1st floor, 8 am . Mayors and Postmasters of Galveston, Texas Mayors of Galveston, 1856-1955 (may be incomplete!) past mayors of galveston, tx. Also included are a color postcard dated July 19, 1913 and addressed to Miss Tillie Hess of Galveston and a memorial card announcing the death of Mr. Anton Hess on November 9, 1904. These photographs were published in Discovering Galveston Countys Past, written by Harrold K. Henck, Jr., and published by The Galveston County Daily News. 6 1980 (Feb.), 311 Texas City Frank Davison residence, 109 3rd Ave. N [1980], 314 St. Pauls Methodist Church, 1425 Broadway [1980], 315 La Marque Pauls Union Church, 1709 Oak St. [1982], 316 Reedy Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church [1984], 317 Holiday Innl, 5002 Seawall Blvd. Of special interest: Trinity Episcopal Church; portraits of the Kempner family and the Moody family; portraits of prominent Galvestonians. Stratton, c1913), 1913; 1 album. Luna Park (background). Staff separated these images from the Bert Carson Armstead Papers (MSS #89-0019). Packet, ca. Most of these collections have not yet been digitized or cataloged online. Of special interest: 20th St looking from Ave P; looking northwest from 12th St and Broadway; Elevator A; 14th St and Ave K; 15th St and beach; Grand Opera House; Sol Bromberg residence (2509 Ave I; three duplicate views). A sign posted on the driver-side door emphasizes his identity. Photo Album #5, undated. Photographs and stereoptican cards originally kept at M & M Bar, 603 24th Street. #111. At least one photo for each individual in this collection has been digitized. Gareissen 1883-84 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. The photographs were removed from a plastic binder, The Hendleys of Galveston: Texas Traders, Blockade Runners and Commission Merchants/A Collection of Antique Family Photographs. Collection also includes family trees, biographical information, and material on the Hendley Building in Galveston, Henry Sears, and Middlesex County, Connecticut. This collection has been fully digitized. 8. Of special interest: Portraits of Fr.[M.] Slides of general city views. Of special interest: Oleander Festivals and parades, churches, Catholic priests and nuns, nurses, downtown parades, various larger buildings (Ball High, County Courthouse, Ursuline Academy, etc. CEO, Texas A&M University Galveston Mayor Craig Brown Mayor, City of Galveston Brian Maxwell City Manager, City of Galveston Jay Carnes Chair, Chamber of Commerce Rodger Rees Director, Port of Galveston Gina Spagnola President, Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce GEDP Team Keith Gray Interim Executive Director Organizational Leadership Bergen was a Galveston photographer. Hotel Galvez (background). ], 11 The Hurricanes Wide Swath in the Residence Section, 12 Scene in the West End where many bodies were found. "Moreau B. Sweeney, 244 Bdway, Galveston, Texas" is written inside the album. 1 Italian Vault ceremony, Calvary Cemetery, Oct.11, 1992. Twenty nine color slides, ca 1960s-1973. Photographer: Witwer Studio. Several views of the Medical School, the beach, Ball High School, Broadway, ships, and public parks. Photographs taken circa 1930 of the Galveston Seawall, a swimming pool, a pier, and an unidentified building. 63 Greeting from Galveston, Texas Broadway looking east from 26th St. 64 El Mina Shrine Temple ((formerly James Moreau Brown residence), 65 Broadway (showing plantings) (pm 1911), 66 View on Broadway and 17th St. (showing plantings) (1908), 67 Greetings from Galveston, Texas Ave. J (hand corrected as Ave. The three quarter color bust of Allen in his uniform is two and a half inches tall by two inches wide. Rough Beach at Galveston, Texas. Photograph Collection, ca. 5 Ave. D. facing 25th St.; Vics Jewelry & Loans (left). 1905-1908, used in correspondence to Bronwood, Texas. A. Griffin 1898-1914 Mayor Pankonin did not seek re-election. Robert Glass plate negatives discovered after Hurricane Alicia, 1983; owner and photographer unknown. 1915 Storm Album: Photos of storm damage and construction of trestle bridge.Of special interest: Ribston (steamer), causeway, Seawall, railroads, Pier A, interurban railways, Virginia Point, Texas City, Seabrook, Sylvan Beach Park, and Pasadena. Calle de Juan Perez Zuniga, 20, Madrid, Madrid, 28027. These were separated from the Robert A. Nesbitt papers (MS #92-0020). One print has been transferred to oversize. Photographic Collection, undated, 1937, 1957; 5 items. Principal economic support is provided by the Port of Galveston and related interest, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and other health institutions, financial institutions, tourism, shrimping, and fishing. The photographs reflect the council's activities. These were discovered in a transfer box in the rear of the vault in December 1989. The category Miscellaneous Projects includes several sites in Galveston and views of construction. F Business meeting. (The collection includes a number of images of La Porte from 1895.) 150 items, and approx. 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. Walter incomplete!) A. Yeager 1962-63 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. A photo of a Julius Stockfleth painting of the 1900 Storm has been transferred to the Galveston Subject Files in G-1771. Of special interest: Galveston harbor and views of various boats and ships; people on the beach; Texas Heroes Monument; Murdoch's Bathhouse; Gulf View Hotel; residences along Ave J; cactus growing in Texas City. The Joseph Stanley Clark files contain photographs of damage in Aransas Pass, Texas after the 1919 hurricane. Avenue L Baptist Church is one of Galvestons oldest churches (1840), as well as a distinguished African American religious institution. late 1800s-1990; 16 photographs. Office Office Holder (409) Phone / Fax; Mayor: Craig Brown (409) 797-3510: Council Member: Michael "Mikey" Bouvier (409) 797-3510 . Fisher 1909-17 Glass negatives. Photographer: Joseph M. Maurer. 1903*. See also Special Collection #136. For more information contact the Public Information Office at 940.761.7401 Also included are photographs showing the aftermath of the Texas City Disaster (April 16, 1947). Black and white snapshots mounted on three loose album pages (both sides); dated 1910; 24 images. General city views. 200 items. 500 items. The Galveston County Cultural Arts Council was founded. 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. Photos of an experiment using woven cane to construct jetties for the harbor entrance. Get in Touch (409) 763-8854 ext. Alexander ); Prince, Gen. Henry; Rhodes, Gen. Rufus R. This collection was transferred to the general slide boxes into G-5926 and Spec. Of special interest:Pleasure Pier; Jack Tar Court Hotel; Herbert Y. Cartwright, Jr.; Orvon; Gene Autry-Galveston visit, 1948 (photographs); Texas City State Relief Fund benefit dinner (menu). In 1891, the University of Texas Medical Branch was established. 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. He is a board member Texas Governor James Allred, then Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, and Galveston Mayor Adrian Levy led a large reception committee to properly welcome the president to the Oleander City. A. Yeager 1963-65 B. Root 1860-65 Shows Seawall railing. Of special interest: Jean Laffite, harbor views, Galveston Bagging & Cordage Company, streetcars, Magnolia Ice & Cold Storage Company, Texas Star Flour Mills, John Sealy hospital, Ball High School, waterworks, causeway, Galvez Hotel, a radio station (interior), Broadway esplanade, and wharf scenes. Albums & Photographs, 1921-22, nd; 2 albums. 142* Hurricane Carla, September 1961 (Galveston scenes), 143 Somebody is waiting for you in Galveston/Theres a Reason, 144 Souvenir postcard Shell; surf bathing scene (inset), 145 Cotton Scene (cotton bales being loaded onto railroad cars), 147 Wreck of US Aeroplane No.11 at mobilization camp, Texas City, Texas (1913), 148 Galveston Flood Exhibition at Coney Island (1906), 150 Interurban-Queen Cigar and News Stand, birthplace of Douglas Corrigan, 21st St. and D Street (with inset of his infant photograph), 151 Galveston (scenes): John Sealy Hospital, Scene on the Wharves, and City Hall (old), 152 Greetings from Galveston (scenes) Residence of Mrs. H. Rosenberg, Texas Heroes Monument, Rosenberg Free School, and YMCA Building (gift of the late H. Rosenberg) (1899), 153-157 Acknowledgement cards from Texas banks received by S. Heidenheimer Bros., Galveston, (1879), Msgr. Of special interest: San Antonio River; St. Mary's Church, Ursuline Convent, Concepcion Mission, military plaza, military headquarters, Alamo, arsenal, and Mexican-Americans. Heading names were taken from the envelopes in which the negatives were housed. This collection was also published in a book form, see: F 394 .G2H A7 in GTHCs book collection. Mankey served as publicity director of the Galveston Beach Association. Photographer unknown (although work similar to that of J. Maurer). Henry Brown as of 1856-57 The following books are excellent sources of historic photographs. Exterior and interior views of the hotel shortly after construction. Also Katy used to be mostly rice fields before the homes were built. Collection, 1920s, 1935-1969, nd; approx.125 items. 1926. Approx. In the index, dates of photographs are recorded in parentheses. Workforce Solutions helps employers meet their human resource needs, and individuals build careers, so both can . Of special interest: James M. 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