Map of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas ...
Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract. Scale ca. 1:2,002,000. LC Railroad maps, 551 Description derived from published bibl... More
Bird's-eye view of Galveston, Texas
Photo-engraving copyrighted by Ward Brothers, in Souvenir of Galveston, Texas. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; Tex. G- 1888; Publ. Ind.; Geogr.; Shelf.
An opened passageway in the debris, North on 19th Street, Galveston, T...
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![[Man standing on portion of seawall built after the hurricane and flood of 1900, Galveston, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbWFuLXN0YW5kaW5nLW9uLXBvcnRpb24tb2Ytc2Vhd2FsbC1idWlsdC1hZnRlci10aGUtaHVycmljYW5lLWFuZC1mbG9vZC1vZi0xOTAwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Man standing on portion of seawall built after the hurricane and flood of 1900, Galveston, Texas]")
[Man standing on portion of seawall built after the hurricane and floo...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Sea-walls; Texas Galveston; Shelf.
Panorama of Galveston power house /
From Edison films catalog: This building and machinery supplied the electric power and electric light for the entire city of Galveston, including the car system. The building, which is of solid masonry, is a co... More
Galveston disaster - Lucas Terrace where fifty lives were lost, lookin...
Copyright by Griffith & Griffith. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Mardi Gras, New Orleans, U.S.S. Galveston with Rex]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbWFyZGktZ3Jhcy1uZXctb3JsZWFucy11c3MtZ2FsdmVzdG9uLXdpdGgtcmV4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "[Mardi Gras, New Orleans, U.S.S. Galveston with Rex]")
[Mardi Gras, New Orleans, U.S.S. Galveston with Rex]
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In ruined Galveston--ready to consign a storm victim to the flames
Men carrying body of victim of hurricane and flood for burning to large open fire, Galveston, Texas. D21860 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 620-C.
Galveston Disaster, Texas: a slightly twisted house
D19940 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Storms Hurricanes; Texas G-; Floods 1900; Shelf.
![[Girl with flowers on hat standing at gate and holding flowers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvZ2lybC13aXRoLWZsb3dlcnMtb24taGF0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWF0LWdhdGUtYW5kLWhvbGRpbmctZmxvd2Vycy02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[Girl with flowers on hat standing at gate and holding flowers]")
[Girl with flowers on hat standing at gate and holding flowers]
Girl with flowers on hat standing at gate and holding flowers. H 21267 DLC Photo copyrighted by J. Maurer, Galveston, Texas. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: P... More
Troops on transport, Galveston - Public domain ocean liner image
Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. R.L. Wilson, Galveston quarantine
Photograph shows Dr. Robert L. Wilson who was in charge of the Galveston Quarantine Station, Galveston, Texas. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
![["Miss Universe" and a bevy of other beauties]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvbWlzcy11bml2ZXJzZS1hbmQtYS1iZXZ5LW9mLW90aGVyLWJlYXV0aWVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[\"Miss Universe\" and a bevy of other beauties]")
["Miss Universe" and a bevy of other beauties]
Photograph shows Miss Universe, center wearing crown, standing on steps with nine other beauty contestants, (Miss Pittsburgh, Miss New York, Miss Detroit, Miss Russia, Miss Roumania, Miss New Jersey, Miss Kentu... More
Ashton Villa, built in 1858-59, was the first of Galveston's Broadway...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The artistic and eccentric Bettie Brown was mistress of the manor, and her life-size paintings still adorn the showy Go... More
Dusk shot of the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, an amusement...
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
Henry Rosenberg House, 1306 Market Street, Galveston, Galveston County...
Significance: Henry Rosenberg was a leading merchant and philanthropist of Galveston, a man of great civic enterprise and a great benefactor to the city. His home is representative of the transition from the Gr... More
John C. Trube House, 1621-27 Sealy Avenue, Galveston, Galveston County...
Significance: The house is representative of the Romantic Revival style in vogue at the end of the 19th century. Alfred Muller, the architect, was proficient in this German eclectic style and designed two other... More
Strand Historic District, Leon & H. Blum Building, 2310-2328 Mechanic ...
Survey number: HABS TX-3296-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000748
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston...
Significance: This reinforced concrete viaduct spans more than two miles between Galveston Island and the Texas mainland. Its original twenty-eight concrete arches and steel draw span were the first Galveston ... More
Wilbur F. Cherry House, 1602 Church Street, Galveston, Galveston Count...
Significance: This house represents the typical Greek Revival residence of the early days of Galveston. Cherry, the original owner of the dwelling, founded what is today the oldest newspaper in Texas. Survey n... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
Strand Historic District, Greenleve, Block & Company Building, 2310-23...
Significance: This large commercial structure was designed by one of Texas' most prominent architects for Greenleve and Block, one of the three largest wholesale dry-goods firms in Galveston. Survey number: HA... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud...
Significance: Designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston district between 1933-36 in conjunction with the construction of the Louisiana-Texas (LA-TEX) intracoastal waterway project, the H... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud...
Significance: Designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston district between 1933-36 in conjunction with the construction of the Louisiana-Texas (LA-TEX) intracoastal waterway project, the H... More
Allen Lewis House, 2328 Avenue G (moved from Avenue J & Twenty-fifth S...
Survey number: HABS TX-256 Building/structure dates: after 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1870
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
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
Panoramic view of Tremont Hotel, Galveston /
From Edison films catalog: This picture shows several buildings which were wrecked and also shows a rear view of this hotel, which is on the highest point of land in Galveston, and in which several thousand peo... More
Looking North from Ursuline Academy, showing wrecked Negro High School...
D19854 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo by Keystone View Co., copyrighted by B.L. Singley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I. (2); Floods 1900; Storms Hur... More
Galveston Disaster, Texas: body in the ruins on wharf
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. Lucas Terrace, under ruins 80 bodies were found after this photogr...
Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Floods Tex. Galveston 1900; Geogr.; Disasters; Shelf.
Loading McCLELLAN, Galveston, Apr. 1914
Public domain photograph of people boarding on a ship, ocean liner deck, port, steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Water front #2, Galveston, Texas, Panoramic Photograph
J140015 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
Stern of "Dacia" at Galveston - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Camp of 2nd Prov. Regt., Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex.
J155952 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; July 29, 1911. No. 1.
Galveston Storm, 1915 -- Wrecked bath houses on Boulevard.
Photograph shows aftermath of the 1915 Galveston Hurricane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Dr. Alvin Sweeney, Galveston quarantine
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
SEAWAY boarding launch, Galveston quarantine
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Texas, Galveston--Quarantine no. 2
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by Bain News Service. No. 3773-10.
George Sealy Carriage House, 2424 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Count...
Survey number: HABS TX-298-A Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Strand Historic District, Thomas Jefferson League Building, 2301-2307 ...
Significance: The Renaissance Revival style structure represents one of many building types erected in the second half of the nineteenth century which used iron arcades on the first floor. Unprocessed Field no... More
Neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Carol M. Highsmith - Tall ship Elissa, Galveston, Texas
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
The Moody Mansion, a restored, four-story structure originally complet...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Home of William Lewis Moody, Jr., an American financier and entrepreneur. The house, made of limestone and brick, was ... More
Light fixture at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Courtroom at U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
Ships in an inlet of Galveston Bay, above Galveston Island in Texas
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
![[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3MtY2hhbmNlbC13aW5kb3ctZm9yLWZpcnN0LWV2YW5nZWxpY2FsLWx1dGhlcmFuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Texas]")
[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3MtY2hhbmNlbC13aW5kb3ctZm9yLWZpcnN0LWV2YW5nZWxpY2FsLWx1dGhlcmFuLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Texas]")
[Design drawing for stained glass Chancel window for First Evangelical...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Review at Galveston, Texas](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvZmlyc3QtaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC1wYWdlYW50LW9mLXB1bGNocml0dWRlLWFuZC1zZXZlbnRoLWFubnVhbC1iYXRoaW5nLWdpcmwtN2I1YmQzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing Girl Review at Galveston, Texas")
First Internation[al] Pageant of Pulchritude & Seventh Annual Bathing ...
May be a beauty contest. J283038 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Cecil Thomson Studios; May 20, 1926. Copyright claimant's address: Houston, Texas.
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Michel B. Menard House, 1603 Thirty-third Street, Galveston, Galveston...
Significance: Michel Menard was an early Texas pioneer, an important statesman of the Republic and the founder and developed of Galveston city, the leading commercial center for all of Texas throughout the nine... More
Hendley Building, 2000-2016 Strand, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: "Hendley's Block," consisting of four adjoining buildings, is the oldest surviving commercial structure on the Strand, the heart of old Galveston commercial quarter (See Strand Historic District -... More
M. L. Moody House, Avenue M & Twenty-third Street, Galveston, Galvesto...
Survey number: HABS TX-254 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
U. S. Custom House, Twentieth & Post Office Streets, Galveston, Galves...
Significance: The Custom House building, an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style, is architecturally distinguished and important historically. Galveston was the leading seaport and commercial city... More
First Presbyterian Church, Church & Nineteenth Streets, Galveston, Gal...
Significance: An outstanding example of the Norman phase of the Romanesque Revival style, prevalent in this country in the second half of the nineteenth century, the building is architecturally distinguished bo... More
George Ball House, 1405 Twenty-fourth Street, Galveston, Galveston Cou...
Significance: George Ball was a prominent Galveston business man, financier and philanthropist. The original house was redone in the early 1880s and represents the interpretation of the late Greek Revival style... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More
Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galvest...
Significance: The Trinity Church represents one of Galveston's earliest surviving buildings, dating from 1855, and is a notable example of the English Gothic style parish church. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Colonel Walter Gresham House, 1402 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston Coun...
Significance: This building was erected for Walter Gresham, a prominent historical figure of Galveston, a noted lawyer, Texas legislator and representative of the 53rd Congress. The building itself is architect... More
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, State Highway 124 Crossing of Mud...
Significance: Designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston district between 1933-36 in conjunction with the construction of the Louisiana-Texas (LA-TEX) intracoastal waterway project, the H... More
James Mareau Brown House, 2328 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, ...
Significance: Brown established the largest wholesale hardware business in the southwest. He was also engaged in other significant business ventures in Galveston. His house is believed to have been erected in 1... More
Looking toward the gulf, showing space swept clean by the tornado's mi...
Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 10998. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tex. G- 1900; Storms Tornadoes Tex. 1900; Photog. I.; Geog... More
The dead left by the receding flood, 33d St. and Avenue M, Galveston, ...
Two dead bodies lie in the debris following a violent hurricane which devastated most of Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives.
General A.L. Mills at Galveston - Public domain photograph, glass nega...
Photo shows General Albert Leopold Mills (1854-1916). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Loading transports, Galveston, Apr. 1914
Public domain photograph of people boarding on a ship, ocean liner deck, port, steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Galveston Storm, 1915 -- Pier 19 (No. 2)
Photograph shows aftermath of the 1915 Galveston Hurricane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
A black and white photo of two people on bicycles. Office of War Infor...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Built in 1937 in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building is significant as a representation of the federal government in Galveston for over 60 years. Photographed as part of an assignment for the Gener... More
The Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Galveston, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
An old, or at least old-style, drug store sign in Galveston, Texas
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
Two white-faced Saki monkeys, who roam freely in the Rainforest Pyrami...
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
Dusk view, taken from the adjacent Gulf of Mexico shore, of the Galves...
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
Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This is probably one of the oldest residences in Galveston. It is thought to have been erected in 1847 by John S. Sydnor, an early Galveston mayor and auction merchant, and is a good example of th... More
Powhatan Hotel, 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This is probably one of the oldest residences in Galveston. It is thought to have been erected in 1847 by John S. Sydnor, an early Galveston mayor and auction merchant, and is a good example of th... More
Turner Hall, 2015 Avenue I, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-21 Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work
High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...
Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More
George Sealy House, 2424 Broadway, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: The builder of the house, George Sealy, was an outstanding Galveston businessman in the second half of the 19th century. He accumulated considerable wealth and was associated with numerous Galvest... More
Trueheart-Adriance Building, 212 Twenty-second Street, Galveston, Galv...
Significance: The H. M. Trueheart Company was one of the oldest and largest real estate firms in Texas during the nineteenth century and the building is architecturally significant as an excellent work of desig... More
![[Galveston Bathing Review, 1926], Panoramic Photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZ2FsdmVzdG9uLWJhdGhpbmctcmV2aWV3LTE5MjYtMDEwZjliLTEwMjQuanBn/40/8/webp "[Galveston Bathing Review, 1926], Panoramic Photograph")
[Galveston Bathing Review, 1926], Panoramic Photograph
May be a beauty contest. J291137 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Cecil Thomson Studios; July 16, 1927. Title derived from copyright deposit records.
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Carrying out bodies just removed from the wreckage, Galveston
Men carrying bodies on stretcher, surrounded by wreckage of the hurricane and flood, Galveston, Texas. D21854 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 617-C. Copyright by C.L. Wasson.
George Ball House, 1405 Twenty-fourth Street, Galveston, Galveston Cou...
Significance: George Ball was a prominent Galveston business man, financier and philanthropist. The original house was redone in the early 1880s and represents the interpretation of the late Greek Revival style... More
Fort Point District Boat Yard, Pattern Warehouse, 2000 Fort Point Road...
Significance: Designed by the U.S. Engineer Office of Galveston, Texas in 1943 and constructed the following year by the Esslinger-Misch Company of Texas City, Texas for approximately $100,500, the Fort Point D... More