Dining-room tapestries in the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas, ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally owned by cattle and oil man W.P.H. McFaddin and his wife, Ida, the home was one of a number of grand residences built in t... More
Beaumont, Texas. Women washing a bus at the city transit company
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Beaumont, Texas. Mamie Fairchild and Dorothy Mason working on a bus at...
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Beaumont, Texas. Treated telephone poles stored in the yard at the Int...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Shipyard workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards a...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Treated telephone poles stored in the yard at the Int...
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Beaumont, Texas. Lady who operates block signals for railroad crossing
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
One of several elaborate doorways at Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936, it is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. The building is decorated with reliefs of workers and business pe... More
One of several elaborate doorways at Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Tombstones and other markers at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Tex...
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Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
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Examination room at the combination drug store-medical office the Spin...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More
Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont
420105. District no. 27. Picture no. 75. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Portrait photo of Horace Overstreet, ex-slave, Beaumont
420117. District no. 27. Picture no. 212. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Small stained-glass window in the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally owned by cattle and oil man W.P.H. McFaddin and his wife, Ida, the home was one of a number of grand residences built in t... More
Dangerous work. Charlie McBride (said twelve years old). This twelve y...
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Workers in Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. Dangerous work. Charlie McBride s...
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"Dunno how old I am." One of Beaumont's many little newsboys. Locatio...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards at the cha...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Hulls of cargo vessels under construction at the Penn...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Hulls of cargo vessels under construction at the Penn...
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Beaumont, Texas. Mammie Fairchild and Dorothy Mason lubricating a bus ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Women shipyard workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipy...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Mrs. Dorothy Mason, wife of a soldier. She is a mecha...
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Exhibit that tells the story of the Spindletop gusher at the Gladys Ci...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Exterior. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by Architects Fred C. Stone, and F.W. and D.E... More
The original, still utilized, "a 3-manual, 8-rank" Robert Morton organ...
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Tombstones and other markers at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C.B. McRay, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
420100. District no. 27. Picture no. 67. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Tyrrell Farm, 6245 Fannet Road (Highway 124), Beaumont, Jefferson Coun...
Significance: The two-story portion of the Tyrell tenant farmstead house, barn, and machine shed were constructed for or by an early twentieth-century immigrant from Iowa, and the buildings reflect the cultural... More
Tyrrell Farm, Farmstead House, 6245 Fannet Road (Highway 124), Beaumon...
Additional documentation (drawings) can be found under TX0646 Survey number: HABS TX-3369-A
Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
District no. 27. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Written on back: rejected. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal W... More
Bill McRay, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print
420098. District no. 27. Picture no. 65. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Beaumont, Texas. Passenger boarding a bus driven by Rush Gallagher
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Five p.m. change of shift at the Pennsylvania shipyar...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Bus drivers' room at the city transit company
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Laundry truck driver
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Treated telephone poles stored in the yard at the Int...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936, it is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. The building is decorated with reliefs of workers and business pe... More
Seatrain Ohio, Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Neches River, Beaumont, Jeffers...
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Seatrain Ohio is a welded, steel-hulled cargo ship designed with large, barrier-free holds for the flexible carriage of railcars, vehicles, containers, and general cargo. ... More
Hard work and dangerous. This "river-boy" Lyman Frugia. Poles the heav...
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Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
420080. District no. 27. Picture no. 207. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve ye...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dangerous work. Charlie McBride. Said twelve years old. This twelve ye...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tyrrell Farm, Farmstead House, 6245 Fannet Road (Highway 124), Beaumon...
Additional documentation (drawings) can be found under TX0646 Survey number: HABS TX-3369-A
Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
420230. District no. 27. Picture no. 500. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont
420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 233. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Portrait photo of Abe Livingston, ex-slave, Beaumont
420095. District no. 27. Picture no. 78. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Portrait photo of Betty Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont
420111. District no. 27. Picture no. 213. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Donaville Broussard, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Five year old Sam is up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell papers. Beaumont, l...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"The Awakening" - A James H. Hull production for Beaumont Klan No. 7 -...
Scene from a theatrical production showing cast on stage. J270029 U.S. Copyright Office.
Beaumont, Texas. Hull of vessel under construction at the Pennsylvania...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Hull of a cargo vessel under construction at the Penn...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Cargo vessel under construction at the Pennsylvania s...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Mrs. Ruth Gallagher, a bus driver for the city transi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Lady in a railroad signal tower
Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Hull of a cargo vessel under construction at the Penn...
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Beaumont, Texas. Woman welder at the Pennsylvania shipyards
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
One of several elaborate doorways at Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Room decorations in the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas, now a ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally owned by cattle and oil man W.P.H. McFaddin and his wife, Ida, the home was one of a number of grand residences built in t... More
Exterior architectural detail from the abandoned First National Bank B...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936, it is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. The building is decorated with reliefs of workers and business pe... More
One of several elaborate doorways at Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica,...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Interior detail of the Jefferson Theatre, an elegantly restored theate...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Emile Weil and built in 1927, it is an example of Old Spanish architecture. The theater was built by Jefferson Amusement ... More
Assorted bottles at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-G...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More
Accountant's office at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More
Ornamental details in the Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
One of several "Muffler Men" across America. Some wags have dubbed thi...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Tombstones and other markers at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Tex...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
420080. District no. 27. Picture no. 207. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Portrait photo of Mary Kindred, ex-slave, Beaumont
420048. District no. 27. Picture no. 203. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Beaumont, Texas. Workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards at the cha...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
USNS Potomac, Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Neches River, Beaumont, Jefferso...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Potomac was one of four tankers built for the U.S. Navy in the mid-1950s to transport refined petroleum products to American bases over... More
Portrait photo of Abe Livingston, ex-slave, Beaumont
420095. District no. 27. Picture no. 78. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Beaumont, Texas. Mrs. Elsie McMullen, a laundry truck driver, returnin...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Treated telephone poles stored in the yard at the Int...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Lady in a railroad signal tower
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Welder on the hull of a ship at the Pennsylvania ship...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beaumont, Texas. Cleaning out a vat in which creosote is stored at the...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Shipyard workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards a...
Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont, Texas. Hull of a cargo vessel under construction at the Penn...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
It's unclear who erected the "Haunted Hotel" sign outside this long-sh...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building is more properly known as the Levy Building, named for its original owner. Until the 1950s, the ground floor was home to... More
The grand staircase of the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas, now...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally owned by cattle and oil man W.P.H. McFaddin and his wife, Ida, the home was one of a number of grand residences built in t... More
Relief, carved by Herring Coe, on the facade of the 1937 First Nationa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Constructed in 1903 as the first Catholic Church of Beaumont, Texas, the building has underwent many restorations. On July 11, 2006, ... More
Courtroom doors. The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont, Texas
Public domain photograph of cabinet interior, office, living or dining room, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Auditorium chandelier [Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont, Texas]
Title devised by Library staff based on similarity to other images of the Jefferson Theatre. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congre... More
Darkroom enlargement camera from Edgerton's Photography Studio at the ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More
Tombstones and other markers at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Tex...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Auditorium detail [Jefferson Theatre, Beaumont, Texas]
Title devised by Library staff based on similarity to other images of the Jefferson Theatre. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congre... More
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Utility Boy in Miller & Vidor Saw-mill. 14 years old (he said)...
Public domain photograph of building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Ogee, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print
420109. District no. 27. Picture no. 209. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
La San Mire, ex-slave, near Beaumont
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description