Sea Wall and Beach, Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, Texas, Bathing Scene, Galveston, Tex. Processing pending. Donor: Michel Schadt, 2013. Projects include: Aransas Pass; Bolivar Anchorage; Brazos Island Harbor, Brazos-Santiago Pass; Brazos River, Lock & Dam No. Haney before the football game Friday night. During World War II, the island had an air base where B-17's received their final briefing before leaving for the Pacific. Normally when homeowners install solar panels, the property value of the home rises because future buyers no longer have the need to pay for electricity. [Painting of the 1900 Storm by Frank Cresson Schell, with train and horses], 15 General View Showing Storms Work, Galveston, Texas. Of special interest: portraits, scenic views (location unknown), hunting scene, men seated in cornfield, men standing in front of restaurant, and road grader. REP. 4 Years. The Strand Theatre Photograph Albums contain five albums of photographs of stage productions, performers, and other activities at the Strand Theatre (now Island ETC) from 1994 to 2008. 1895. Brief History of the Strand Theatre (includes loose album page of photos), 2007-2008 Item 1. Now you finally have a choice. C 1946 Industrial Convention, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, Oct. 17, 18, and 19th. Coll. Of special interest: Paul H. Naschke, Della Brison Naschke, Betty Moody, Justus Zahn Photographic Studio (23rd St--418), Paul H. Naschke Photographic Studio (Ave F--1427; later Oak--1411, La Marque), 1905 Model F Ford (scene includes Della Brison Naschke and Bertram Naschke), H. Marwitz residence (22nd St--801), Ave O 1/2--2524, and St. James Methodist Episcopal Church. 200 items. Also included are an American Red Cross Woman's Bureau Surgical Dressings war manual, a Red Cross Motor Corps ID card issued to Marguerite Guldmann, and Christmas cards to the Guldmann family by the Zerbee and Grills families. Of special interest: Association meeting in San Jacinto Park on 19th Street; Walk Against Crime; Leeland Van Derventer, president of the Association. 1920; 89 items. Approx. ANDERSON COUNTY. Published by the Port of Galveston Magazine. The celebration of Juneteenth dates from 1865, when Texas slaves first learned the Civil War was over and they were free. One postcard, two school compositions, and two composition books inscribed "Jennette S. Radford," whom Galveston city directories list, 1921-1958. Of special interest: interior views of unidentified residences and Port of Texas City, Texas. In 1891, the University of Texas Medical Branch was established. 5: house interiors, Clarke & Courts (interiors), fishing fleet, Rosenberg Library (interiors), Grace Episcopal Church, harbor views, Texas Heroes Monument, and children. Of particular interest: U.S. At least one photo for each individual in this collection has been digitized. W. Grahn 1865-68 Darst Creek. Same view as #47 but at a higher angle. : 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. [1921], 88B First Methodist Episcopal Church, South [1915] (Not listed in original inventory), 89 German Evangelical Association Church, 1828 Ave. H [1915] (Number assigned to another photo in original inventory), 94 DeRango Auto Company, 1913 -23rd St. [1923], 100 Port Bolivar Jefferson, one of the Galveston-Bolivar ferries [1925], 101 New ten-room camp apartment at Hawkins Tourist Camp, 15th and Seawall [1924], 102 Hawkins Tourist Camp Ground, 15th and Seawall [1925], 105 Dickinson George Warriner Home, 1600 block of Pine Dr. [1925], 106 Brown Villa near Dickinson on Humble Camp Rd. Storm of 1909, showing Surf Bathhouse (background), Sea Wall, Galveston, Tex. Bathing in the Gulf of Mexico/In the Surf, Showing Murdochs Bath House at Galveston, Texas, New Municipal Free Fishing Pier, Galveston, Texas. Booklet Harbor Defenses of Galveston, Fort Crockett, Texas, ca. Galvestonians listened to the live broadcast returns of the Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier boxing match in Jersey City, New Jersey. Also, a photo of FDRs visit to Galveston in 1937. Slides have been scanned and printed. Rose. Galveston Hand Colored (booklet with color illustrations). Issued by Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco, Cal. Photos of Charles Fowler residence (Ave J--2508). Copyright by Ferdinand Ohlendorf, Galveston, Texas. Caplen moved to La Porte and served as mayor, ca. Two photo albums and one folder of loose photos (b/w and color snapshots); 1970-71, nd. Copy prints of four cartes de visite of Union soldiers captured in the Battle of Galveston, January 1, 1863. City Manager, 1st floor, 8 am . John S. Murphy, pastor of St. Patrick's Church (1931) (see oversize Special Collections drawer). Gareissen 1883-84 1910s-20s, 1915; 26 items. Published in the Interest of the Firemens Relief Fund, May 1906. Illustrations include fire department units, fire stations, firemen, and City of Galveston officials. Transferred from Elissa Project Records. Rough Sea, Galveston, Texas. Coll. A comprehensive index to the postcards is in the online finding aid and kept with the collection. Of special interest: gasworks, gas line and gas main installations, company picnic, snowstorm--1940, hurricane--1932 (includes Rosenberg Library),Virginia Point survey, gas explosion--Ave. M--3821, Oriental Hotel, and many views of Galveston streets and alleys. April 15, 1876. On the 140th anniversary, historical sites in several states are offering a more realistic portrayal of slavery and plantation life. 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. Also filed with this collection is one copy of Galveston, The Sea Wall City. 1913), Seahorse Motel (shows swimming pool) (1959), 12 Seahorse Motel on Seawall (shows swimming pool) (1958), 16 Three women seated or standing at Mermaid Bar, 22 Exhibit of pilot boat Ima Hogg, Cotton Palace, 1909, 23 Flying High in Galveston (shows tourist in hot air balloon), 24 Miss Cleburne, beauty pageant (postcard from Spain), 25 Galveston Regatta June 3 to 10th 1905. Four prints by Don E. Davis of Jennie Sealy Hospital, Sealy & Smith Professional Building; R. Waverly Memorial Pavilion, and John W. McCullough Outpatient Clinic. Donated by Jeanne Whittington, who worked in public relations at Sea-Arama. Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas. There is also a portrait photograph of George E. Korst, proprietor of both hotels. 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 . This collection has been fully digitized and is available in the Archives Catalog, arranged by subject or creator. See first folder in the collection for a complete inventory. Of special interest: San Antonio River; St. Mary's Church, Ursuline Convent, Concepcion Mission, military plaza, military headquarters, Alamo, arsenal, and Mexican-Americans. 100 images. Four albums with color and b/w photos from the city of Niigata, Japan, one of Galvestons sister cities. Includes photos of Admiral Stephen Walter; meetings, banquets, and other events; ships (including several views of USS Texas) and pleasure boats owned by Walter and other members. Oliver Nicolini was an Italian immigrant who worked as the Italian Consul in Galveston for over 30 years and a very prolific businessman. The following books are excellent sources of historic photographs. Copies of photographs owned by Robert Clarke. Houston Division See #217, oversized (photo album), 9-11 Visitors (including Harry and Gini Brown, and Jan Coggeshall), 12 Hurricane 1915 (plus U.S.S. Donor: John Bradley. 2010-0014. Separated from MSS #89-0001, Camp Hughes Records. Msgr. Many of the images are also in G-1771. Photographs, circa 1870-1913; 68 photographs, 2 postcards, 1 memorial card. See also Spec. In 1914, the Houston Ship Channel was deepened, which took much of Galveston's trade. See the black notebooks with survey sheets to view each photo. General city views. on February 24, 2023 at 8:04 am said: Florida Student Knocks Out, Pounds Unconscious Teacher Into Floor Over Nintendo Switch (Video) A 17-year-old student at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida was arrested Tuesday after he shoved a teacher's aide so hard she flew in the air several feet. There are also several photographs of the donors mother, Mabel Estell Holman Williamson. 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. [Martin Weinzophoel]. Of special interest: wagon bridge, (including construction), La Porte drawbridge causeway construction, completed causeway (including interurban trains), Galvez Hotel, and beach activities. Hundred of bodies being cremated. On beach\, 1. Demolished freight cars, 29th & A. Showing in background smoke w[h]ere cremating the dead., 2. Sea Wall in 1910, Galveston, Texas. All are copies of photos in the Rosenberg Library's custody, mainly in the Naschke Album, #14. 9978 Collection, 1991-92; 73 items. After Tuesday's runoff election, Brown is mayor-elect. Album 2 (A2) has duplicates of several Galveston-related images found in Album 1 (A1). Custom House, Postoffice & Courthouse, Sacred Heart Church, residence, W. L. Moody, Jr., residence, Jones (Anson) residence, Valery Austin residence, Frosh residence (later Conklin residence), George Flood residence, Henry Rosenberg residence, Chambers residence, Sappington residence, Dyer residence, Walter Gresham residence, St. Mary's Cathedral, Michel B. Menard residence, and Lafitte's Grove. Taken and donated by Mary Moody Northen, Inc. Donated by Sanders Cazedessus. . Photographs taken by The Maurers photograph studio, Houston, Texas. Significant individuals include Truman Graves Blocker, Cartier Bresson, Herbert Y. Cartwright, Jr., E. Burke Evans, M.D., Chauncey D. Leake, Thomas Geale Rice, and Mollie M. Rosenberg. Separated from MSS# 98-0013. Enjoying the Bathing in the Gulf of Mexico, at Galveston, Texas/Come on in, the Water is Fine. Murdochs Bathhouse and beach. 7 Railroad tracks running next to Galveston causeway. Postmarked 1914. School activities, parties for students and teachers, including a birthday party for Principal Wilson. Shows Murdochs and Breakers. Photos of grade raising, as well as general city views. H. Sinclair 1889-93 Photographs of Galveston, circa 1991-2009. The Sea Wall. I) & 17th Street looking east, 68 Avenue I and 16th Street, looking East, 71 Esplanade on Broadway and 24th St./Greeting from Galveston, 72 Broadway West from 24th Street (pm 1908), 74 Residence View (16th St. and Broadway, looking north Flood residence (right), 75 Broadway east from 16th St. (1500 block of Ave. J looking east Isaac Herbert Kempner residence on right (1908), 76 View on 24th and Broadway (showing James Moreau Brown residence at left) (1910), 77 Scene on Broadway (23rd & J looking east) (pm 1914), 79 Galveston, Texas A Difference in Architecture, 84 Galveston Medical Center (aerial view), 85 State Medical College (Ashbel Smith Building), 86 Ambulance 23rd St. & Market (showing M.W. The collection includes various local events and events. Donor unidentified. Stored in oversized drawers. (Oversize), Collection, 1864-1950s; 210 photographs + 1 photograph album. after storm. Mayor Turner has referred to the petition and other statements made by 4 Families representatives as a "smear . - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. Calle de Juan Perez Zuniga, 20, Madrid, Madrid, 28027. 13 Seawall Monument, 23rd St. and Seawall Blvd. He would later be stationed on the U.S.S Bon Homme Richard during World War II. F Business meeting. Photographer: Joseph M. Maurer. Loose oversized sheets with printed photographs and illustrations (with captions) that appeared in two of Galveston's newspapers. William Its president was Stanley E. Kempner. _____ Schaumba- (St. Mary's Cathedral), Sr. Gregoria Scholasticus, Fr. Donor: Adrian Sinclair Balch, 2005. Donated by Admiral John Thiel in 1995. These items were separated from MSS #97-0014, Wechsler Family Papers.Three albums: Album of b/w snapshots ca 1910s-1920s. Greeting from Galveston, Texas. Most are copies of photos belonging to the Rosenberg Library. Topics include: Contains 19 pages with rotogravures. Edmund Kathleen McCumber. In a statement late Tuesday, Cuba's foreign ministry said it had summoned Washington's charge d'affaires in Havana to communicate Cuba's "protest" to the asylum granted to the Cuban pilot, arguing he violated . Of special interest: Lasker residence, League residence, Seeligson family, and children. Of special interest: Construction of island and mainland sections; Virginia Point; Texas Heroes Monument; First Baptist Church. Clemente Nicolini, his family, friends, businesses, and home. Oscar Seawall, Beach and Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, Sea Wall by Moonlight,Galveston, Texas 1906*, Sea Wall, Galveston, Tex. Harbor scenes and sailing vessels. These photographs concern activities of the U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Committee, Galveston, which Darst headed. Collections are arranged into five groupings: Special Collections, Galveston Photographic Subject Files, Street Files, Name Files, and Miscellaneous. 1900-1970; 165 items. [1] The recall effort failed to collect enough signatures to force a recall election. Donor: Don Mize, Postcard album, 1912; one box and one folder (approx. See also Spec. Chicago Transparency Co.. 4 [Hotel Galvez interior view, showing main lobby]. Vessels: U.S. dredges, including Galveston. Album #3: 1970s-1980s: numerous family and friends photos, house and garden on Avenue H. Slides (two boxes) include scenes in Galveston from 1968-1975, including Festival on the Strand in 1975. 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. Photograph Collection. Mayor Mayor Mayor Dedrick Johnson, Sr. A comprehensive index to the postcards is in the online finding aid.Album containing 149 nitrate negatives, ca. Collection of color and black and white snapshots showing people and activities of the St. Vincent's Episcopal House and its director Alfreda Houston. The Rosenberg Library Museum displayed a miniature portrait of the first Mayor of Galveston John Melville Allen as the November 2011 Treasure of the Month. 1994 (spring), 353 La Marque The Mainland Service Center of the County Daily News at 3000 FM 1764 near Interstate 45. See detailed inventory in the first folder in the collection. 2 17th Street Fishing Pier. Also included are photographs of unidentified women, children, and other servicemen. Of special interest: Electric Park; several shots of the grade raising; Galveston Boat & Yacht Club; several interesting shots of boats and ships. standing next to streetcar track; sand drifts on both sides of track, 57 Men standing or seated; demolished buildings (background), 58 Wrecked freight cars (foreground); grounded steamship (background)/Destroyed railroad track and derailed interurban car, 62 Group of men and women standing in the middle of debris-strewn intersection, 65 Work train with pile drive at work atop of temporary trestle, 66 Bystanders seated and standing, some of them observing a heavily damaged Crab Pavilion along Seawall Boulevard (background), 67 Wreckage/Overturned residence and other damaged houses, 69 Same structures as in #68 but viewed from a different angle, 70 Wrecked buggies in a pile in the middle of flooded 24th Street (showing Alba Hotel, 420 24th Street, and signs for Malloys and C.S. For detailed inventory, see the first folder in the collection. The print is of 3324 Avenue L (demolished). Photographic postcards received by members of the James Moreau Brown family. Zion Lutheran Church was founded as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1892. These visual collections include images of Galvestons buildings, citizens, social life, and environment. The Great Sea Wall at Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico, near Houston, Texas. Get in Touch (409) 763-8854 ext. 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*. One album of stock photographs of Galveston before and after the 1900 Storm. Available prints are highlighted. Workforce Solutions helps employers meet their human resource needs, and individuals build careers, so both can . (re: fire). [1911], 51 Gulf Lumber Company, 32nd St. and Ave. C [1915], 68A Federal Courthouse at 20th and Post Office; northeast view 1917 (Oct. 31), 70 St. Josephs School, 2208 Ave. K [1918], 73 Texas City Artesian Ice & Cold Storage Company, 912 11th Ave. N. [1919], 75 Looking north on 22nd St. from Ave. E [1920], 77 Old and new Santa Fe Railroad depots at 25th St. and Strand [1921], 78 Original Mount Olive Baptist Church, 3600 block of Ave. From the snow-white tips of gleaming glaciers, to the cobalt blue, crystal-clear seas; only on an Alaskan cruise holiday can you see so much natural beauty. Donor: Michael Helfert. 12002 State Hwy 6 | PO Box 950 | Santa Fe, Texas | (409) 925-6412 Dec 24, 2022 - Entire home for $470. A list of the negatives is included in the first folder. Albums chronicle the families residence in Galveston as well as their worldwide travels. 1952*, 11-14 People (nearly all unidentified and undated). Frank Of special interest: officers, training, gun placements, range-finding equipment. Donated by Robert L. Browning, March 1996. Collection, ca. Thirty-two views, mostly cyanotypes, of street and harbor scenes in Europe. 1894 Grand Opera House as movie theatre. See first folder for detailed inventory. Approx. 37 Roy Harm standing ay the base of the Mountain Speedway, 38 Bernice and Roy Harm at Galveston, 1925, 39 Waves flowing over the Seawall during a storm, 40 Postcards (including one of Mountain Speedway), Harm, Roy: 1, 7, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, Hurricane1961 Carla: 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Mountain Speedway: 1, 8, 9, 10, 30, 37, 40, Seawall Blvd. 16 After the Flood, Galveston, Texas. Large collection of photographs and negatives separated from the Porter Family papers (MS# 2016-0028). North Jetties. Drawings by Emil Bunjes. Shows entrance to second Murdochs Bathhouse (1901). See also Special Collection #28. Negatives have been retained with the contact sheets. His collection includes drawings of proposed and existing structures in Galveston, other parts of Texas, and other states. Hand-colored portraits, photographs, snapshots, ephemera, and business receipts. Album owned by Charles Fowler. 1949-1959; 29 photographs. Taken in France; show camp and combat scenes; war hospitals; parades and Allied dignitaries including Gen. Jack Pershing. These were transferred from the Museum, 1997. 1935], 175 Rosenberg Elementary School 1939 (Feb.), 176 Hawkins Tourist Cottages, 15th St. and Seawall 1939 (Aug.), 177 Texas City Coleman Armstrong residence, 10th Ave. N. and 5th St. N. 1939 (Aug.), 178 Texas City Harold M. Tarpey residence, 10th Ave. N. and 4th St. N. 1939 (Aug.), 180 The fork-in-the road on State Hwy. Images are made available in the Archives Catalog as they are digitized. Stoller (1915-2004) is recognized as the leading American architectural photographer of the twentieth century. Photographs used in the Rosenberg Library's black history exhibit (displayed ca 1980) and various prints relating to black history. Darst was Curator or the Rosenberg Library Museum, 1978-2004. Also Katy used to be mostly rice fields before the homes were built. There are also negatives and proof sheets, a Grand Opera House booklet, and a small amount of correspondence. Collection, ca. Collection ca 1921 to late 1930s. Crystal Palace Building (background). Also, nine views of Paris, France, and Paris Exposition of 1867. Driving down Broadway Avenue, one can see the splendors of Galveston's past in the enormous Victorian homes that once housed the commercial magnates who transformed this small island into the largest city in Texas. Hurricane Alicia aftermath. Emil Bunjes (1902-1974) was a Galveston artist. 1860-1935; ca. The Rosenberg Library has copy prints and glass negatives of the album photos. Of special interest: Gaido's Restaurant and Moody Compress fire (1930). See also MS# 83-0036, Betty Hartman Papers. 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?). [Shows beached boat.] Photographs of Capt. Quick Links Public Meetings and Agendas GC Watch Live Extreme Weather & Disaster Outreach Careers. Showing Seawall. See first folder for detailed inventory. Three teachers are unidentified. 200 items. Miscellaneous Subjects Album: 1915 Storm, trip to Austin, Rice Institute, Texas Heroes Monument, a battleship, and Cotton Carnival. Photograph Album, 1915, 1919, ca. Collection, 1984, 1986; approx. Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas. Fifty five images are of the destruction following the 1900 Storm, the other five show the city probably shortly before or after the storm. 448. Fortunes were made in cotton, mercantile house, banks, publishing and printing, flour and grain mills, railroads, land development, and shipping. Most of the negatives have not been developed; the more specific inventory is included in the first folder in the collection. See detailed inventory in the first folder within the collection. Special Collection #276, the Clark and McLemore families photographs, contains photographs of Jeff McLemore, his wife May Clark McLemore, their daughter May McLemore Matthews, as well as photographs of the Clark family and friends of May McLemore Matthews. Houston; trip to Pinehurst, N.C.; aboard boat Kingfisher, ship Uddeholm; many family snapshots, none of the individuals are identified. Galveston Postcard Collection, 1874-1929. Galveston Wharf Company. One print has been transferred to oversize. Travels: Locations she visited depicted in this series include Europe, Africa, and the United States. The Treasure Island of America. Collection, 1925-1939, [1961]; 41 items + negatives. Collection, 1861--1865, 16 items, 1 empty album. Theodore The Texas Maritime Academy, Galveston College, and the Marine Biomedical Institute were established. Of special interest: Sampson-Maurer residence (24th St--1021); Ursuline Convent; St. Joseph's Church; St. Mary's Cathedral; Hurricane Carla damage. Photos and maps prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Many family photos are not identified. Five wagons with dead to load on barges, 22nd & Wharf., 3. Photographer: Susan Shaw. Railroad ferry; Tremont St.; Texas Heroes Monument; Brazos (steamer); U.S. Life Saving Station and Federal Immigration Station; oleanders; cotton. Of special interest: FDRs visit to Galveston; 50th anniversary of Buccaneer Hotel; Todd Shipbuilding Corp.; Douglas Corrigans visit to Galveston. The most prominent individual depicted, Edward Bennett Holman, served as County Judge of Galveston County, 1920-1942. Proclamations; State of the City Address 2020; State of the City Address 2019; . General city views. incomplete!) Donor: Jimmy Kessler. 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. 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. Donor: Harry Wayne Brown, Jr. Brown (1927-2007) served as a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard Reserves. Collection, ca 1895-1901; approx. Young men met to play baseball, football, basketball, hockey, stickball and marbles. Photographs document destruction around Galveston. People: Hildebrand Family Groups. J. Lyons 1940 Of special interest: commercial, churches, hospitals, hotels, residences, monuments, recreation, and transportation in Galveston. They were separated from his papers (see MSS # 88-0006). Two asterisks denote a portfolio of prints donated by Rebecca Snow of Moore Memorial Public Library in Texas City. Mounted prints of excellent quality. In the 1960s and early 1970s, there were forward looking innovations in Galveston. Felix Stella was director of the Galveston Municipal Band as well as its fore-runner, The Galveston Melody Orchestra. All Past; All; Event Date/Time Agenda; Bolivar Heavy Trash Day: 03/03/2023 - 03/04/2023: Not Included: Other: Bolivar Trash Day 2023 : Good Friday: . 1960-1962; 18 prints made from 17 color slides and one black/white negative. The images are cross-referenced in the records. Most of these collections have not yet been digitized or cataloged online. This collection is arranged in four series: People, Projects, Vessels, and Miscellaneous. Mary See the first folder within the collection for the detailed inventory of photos. 40 items, some stored in oversized. 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