urn:taro:utexas.cah.00510 Verkin Photo Company Collection, 1900-1945 The Center for American History
Austin, Texas
August 2006 Finding aid encoded by Laurie Thompson in EAD version 2.0 August 2006 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Verkin Photo Company Verkin Photo Company Collection 1900-1945 Materials are in English. 411 Silver Gelatin Prints, 196 Glass Plate Negatives, 69 Safety Negatives. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Consists of photographs taken by the Verkin Photo Company in Galveston, Texas. Use Restrictions:

Prints are Unrestricted. Negatives are Restricted.

 Preferred Citation:

Verkin Photo Company Collection, the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Creator Sketch:

The Verkin Photo Company was located in the city of Galveston, Texas, but also conducted business in the surrounding area including Texas City, and parts of East Texas. Photographers included Paul Verkin (1862-ca.1928) and his three sons: Paul Roland Verkin (1891-1958), Mulvin V. Verkin (1887-ca. 1946), and Louis M. Verkin (1893-ca. 1950). Paul Verkin senior was originally from Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1876 at the age of fourteen. It is unclear what precise date Paul Verkin senior began his photography company. Paul Roland Verkin, the middle son, had a few clerical jobs before joining his father in the photography business in 1913. He served as an office boy for Dr. A. A. Dyer from 1906-1907, was a clerk in the second vice-president’s office of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway from 1908-1909 and also served as a clerk in the railroad’s passenger depot from 1909-1910. By 1913, he had joined the family business. It is unclear when the two other sons, Louis and Mulvin, became photographers, but they had both left the business and pursued other occupations by 1923.

 Scope and Contents:

The Verkin Photo Company Collection includes a number of black and white prints as well as several glass plate and safety film negatives spanning the years 1900-1945. The majority of photographs in this collection represent daily life in Galveston throughout the first half of the 20th century as well as its more famous events such as the 1900 and 1915 hurricanes. The first of these hurricanes caused massive destruction and prompted the city of Galveston to construct a seawall and raise the level of the island for protection against future storms. Despite this vulnerability, Galveston continued to be a well-populated city with growing businesses and industry including shipping and fishing, the cotton industry, railroads, and tourism. By 1915, it was considered an important immigration port of entry and played a role in the housing and training of troops during WWI.

Significant images in the collection document these and other events in Galveston’s history and the surrounding area, namely, Texas City. They include the aftermath of the 1900 and 1915 hurricanes; the raising of the level of Galveston Island; local businesses and industry; the laying of telephone cable in Galveston Bay; aerial views of Galveston Island; views of schools, residences, and churches; unidentified oil field scenes (possibly from Goose Creek); photos of the aviation maverick, Douglas Corrigan; the 1947 Texas City disaster; views of the U.S. Immigration Station on Pelican Island; and soldiers camped at Texas City and Fort Crockett, Texas.

A 3,000-image collection of maritime photographs taken by the Verkins is housed at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. The Rosenberg Library in Galveston also has a small Verkin collection.

 Arrangement:

Items are arranged by broad subject headings.

 Archivist's Note:

Descriptions of prints and negatives are those of the previous archivist done during initial processing of the collection. The current archivist has made a few additions to those descriptions. Five glass negatives remain formally unidentified, but most likely depict the aftermath of the 1900 or 1915 hurricanes. An asterisk [*] identifies prints and negatives that are associated with each other with location information bracketed. Any other extra information including prints that have copy negative numbers [CN], color transparency numbers [CT], duplicates, and additions to descriptions, are also located within brackets. This collection was donated to the Center for American History in 1957; there is no record of an accession number. Using the online finding aid, patrons may click the highlighted links next to the entries in the archive to view images scanned from that entry. To make an appointment to view other images from the archive, please contact the Photographs Archivist at peterson@mail.utexas.edu or (512) 495-4468.

Donated by Eric Steinfeldt.

 Index Terms Persons: Corrigan, Douglas Egert, John Places: Fort Crockett, Texas Galveston, Texas Galveston Bay, Texas Galveston Island, Texas Pelican Island, Texas Texas City, Texas Subjects: Aerial Views Airplanes Automobiles Banks and Banking Bathhouses Beaches Bathing Suits Boats Brewing Industry Business and Commerce Carriages Children Churches Cityscapes Construction Cotton Cotton Industry Courthouses Causeways Docks Floods Gardens Government Facilities Grain Elevators Halloween Harbors Hotels Houses and Housing Hunting and Fishing Hurricanes Immigrants Industry Monuments and Memorials Merchants Musical Instruments Oil Fields Parades Parks Petroleum Industry Piers and Wharves Railroads Railroad Switching Residences Schools Seawalls Ships and Shipping Soldiers Stores and Shops Streets Telephone Cables Texas City Disaster Trucks U.S. Army U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service U.S. Navy University of Texas Medical Branch Verkin Photo Co. Warehouses Yachts Detailed Description of the Records Prints 3Y472 East Texas Oil Fields. 3Y472 *Damaged derrick, ca. 1920. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y475] 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Aerial Views, Industry, Residences, Seawall. 3Y472 Aerial view of Galveston Island, undated. [2] 3Y472 Aerial view of Galveston Island, undated. 3Y472 Aerial view of Galveston Island, undated. 3Y472 Aerial view of downtown and wharves, undated. 3Y472 Seawall Boulevard area, 1936. 3Y472 [CN 10511] 3Y472 Seawall Boulevard area looking east, 1936. 3Y472 Seawall Boulevard area looking east, 1936. 3Y472 *Seawall Boulevard [with automobiles], 1915. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 *Residential street scene, ca. 1915. [2] 3Y472 [CT 0181] [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 *View toward gulf, residential area, Hotel Galvez, Ball High School, courthouse, Masonic Temple, and St. Mary’s Cathedral, undated. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 Business district, ca. 1920. 3Y472 Industrial area, GWC Material Yard, Southern Pacific Lines, and grain elevator, undated. 3Y472 Railroad yard and industrial area, undated. 3Y472 Industrial area near port, undated. 3Y472 Residential area, ca. 1900. 3Y472 Industrial area, ca. 1900. 3Y472 *Railroad yards and industrial commercial area, ca. 1940. 3Y472 [Safety neg. in Box 3Y485] 3Y472 *Seawall Blvd. and Crystal Palace, ca. 1920. 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y477] [CN 04666] 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Government Facilities, Industry, Residences, Seawall. 3Y472 *Residential boulevard scene [Model Laundry Service truck in foreground], ca. 1910. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 *Commercial buildings, American National Insurance building, ca. 1915. 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 Ball High School, Armistice Day? Nov. 11, 1918. 3Y472 Commercial building, Leon H. Blum building, ca. 1920. 3Y472 *Seawall Boulevard and Breakers Bathhouse, ca.1915. [2] 3Y472 [CN 04667] [Glass neg. in Box 3Y476] 3Y472 Raising level of Central Christian Church [by John Egert & Company], ca. 1906. [2]

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 3Y472 *City Hall [with horse and carriages], ca. 1900. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y477] 3Y472 Cotton Concentration Company, aerial view, ca. 1925. 3Y472 *City Electric Garage, ca.1910. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y477] 3Y472 *Electric Park [view of Beach Roller Rink and children on ponies], undated. 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y477] [CN 07066] 3Y472 Commercial building, Flood and Calvert Ships and Handlers, ca. 1930. 3Y472 *Commercial building, Focke Wholesale Grocer, ca. 1915. 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y477] 3Y472 Galveston County Courthouse, ca. 1900. 3Y472 [CN 04422] 3Y472 Galveston News Building, ca. 1940.

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 3Y472 Pelican Island, U. S. Immigration station interior, undated. 3Y472 [CN 06618] 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Churches, UT Medical Branch. 3Y472 Hotel Galvez [Orpheum stage, ferris wheel, and merry-go-round in foreground], ca. 1920s.

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 3Y472 [CN 08348] 3Y472 Hotel Galvez and beach, aerial view, ca. 1920s. 3Y472 *Hotel Galvez, seawall, and beach, ca. 1920s. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y478] 3Y472 *UT Medical Branch, “Old Red,” ca. 1920. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y478] 3Y472 *G. Meschi Grocery, ca. 1910. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y478] 3Y472 *Nicolini and Viaiani Liquor Importers, ca. 1920. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y478] 3Y472 *St. Patrick’s Church being raised, ca. 1906. [3]

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 3Y472 [CN08154] [Glass neg. in box 3Y478] 3Y472 Southern Pacific grain elevator, ca. 1940. 3Y472 Southern Pacific grain elevator, ca. 1940. 3Y472 Southern Pacific grain elevator, undated. 3Y472 Southern Pacific grain elevator [W.A. Building Materials truck in foreground], undated. 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Churches, Residences. 3Y472 Tremont Hotel, ca. 1925. 3Y472 Trinity Episcopal Church, undated. 3Y472 U. S. Coast Guard station construction, ca. 1940. 3Y472 Witherspoon Drugstore, ca. 1930. [2] 3Y472 Witherspoon Drugstore, ca. 1930. 3Y472 *John Egert & Company raising level of unidentified residence, ca. 1906. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y479] 3Y472 Unidentified residence [on corner of Ave. M], ca. 1943. [2] 3Y472 Unidentified residence [obscured by palm trees], undated. 3Y472 Unidentified commercial building construction, [workers posing on top of building and in front], ca. 1900. 3Y472 *Unidentified commercial building, undated.[2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y479] 3Y472 Unidentified commercial building, ca. 1900. 3Y472 Interior of unidentified hardware store, ca. 1930s. 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Monuments, Pier and Wharf Construction, U.S. Immigration. 3Y472 *Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Central Park, ca. 1910. 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y480] 3Y472 Hi-Y Vacation Camp [panoramic view], undated. 3Y472 Causeway overpass construction, Austin Bridge and Construction Company, Oct.26, 1938. 3Y472 Causeway and train, 1934. 3Y472 [CN 4421] 3Y472 Seawall construction, site of groin #1, J.W. Zempler Contracting Company, ca. June 29, 1930s? 3Y472 Construction of Recreation Pier, Kansas City Bridge Company, Nov. 1, 1941. 3Y472 *Fishing pier, ca.1915. [2] 3Y472 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y481] 3Y472 Pelican Island, U.S. Immigration station, view from water, after 1911. 3Y472 [CN06017] 3Y472 Water front wharf construction, Aug. 8, 1930. 3Y472 Ships being loaded at wharf [auto in foreground], ca. 1940. 3Y472 Wharf construction? Undated. 3Y472 Wharf construction? Undated. 3Y472 Pier and warehouse, undated. 3Y472 Pier construction, Apr. 27, 1938. 3Y472 Damaged pier? ca. 1940. 3Y472 Damaged pier? ca. 1940. 3Y472 Damaged pier? ca. 1940. 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Galveston Wharf Company, Piers. 3Y472 Waterfront warehouse, Pier 9, ca. 1930s. [2] 3Y472 Raising level of unidentified building? ca. 1906. 3Y472 Moving or raising of unidentified building, undated. 3Y472 Repairing a pier? Undated. 3Y472 Moving or raising level of unidentified building, undated. [3] 3Y472 Warehouse storing fencing, undated. 3Y472 Seawall construction? ca. 1920. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, pier 11 & 12 construction, Texas-Gulf Construction Company, 1940. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, grain elevator B, ca. 1925. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction by grain elevator B, E.A. Whitney & Son, Incorporated, Oct. 18, 1929. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company construction, grain elevator B, Jan. 14, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, E.A. Whitney & Son, Incorporated, elevator B, undated. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, ca. Feb. 14, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, ca. Feb. 20, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, Feb. 29, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Mar. 5, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Mar. 7, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Mar. 14, 1930. [3] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Mar. 21, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, Apr. 4, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Apr. 11, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, Apr. 18, 1930. [2] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, May 16, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, July 11, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, July 18, 1930. [7] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, ca. Aug. 1, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction, Sept. 5, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, Sept. 12, 1930. [3] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Company, construction near grain elevator B, Sept. 27, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston, Texas: Galveston Wharf Company. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction near grain elevator B, Oct. 1, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Oct. 6, 1930. [6] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Oct. 10, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Oct. 17, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Oct. 29, 1930. [3] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Nov. 17, 1930. [11] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Dec. 3, 1930. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Jan. 7, 1931. [2] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Jan. 14, 1931. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Jan. 28, 1931. [2] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Feb. 12, 1931. [2] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, Oct. 10, 1931. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction grain elevator B interior? Undated. [3] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. [4] 3Y472 [CN 08157] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. 3Y472 [CN 08156] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. [2] 3Y472 [CN 08158] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. [2] 3Y472 [CN 08155] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. 3Y472 [CN 08159] 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., construction, grain elevator B interior? Undated. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., display sent to Japan-cotton processing tables, 1937. 3Y472 Galveston Wharf Co., pier scene, Apr. 8, 1944? 3Y473 Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Cotton Industry. 3Y473 Cotton warehouse interior, undated. 3Y473 Cotton warehouse interior with bales, undated. 3Y473 *Cotton warehouse interior, undated.[2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y481] 3Y473 Cotton warehouse interior, [unidentified businessman posing with cotton bales], undated. 3Y473 Cotton bales in warehouse, undated. 3Y473 Cotton bales in warehouse, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Cotton bales in warehouse, undated. 3Y473 Pier 9 Shed, cotton bales on trailer, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Cotton bales on trailers at cotton warehouse, ca. 1925. 3Y473 First cotton bale of 1929-1930 season, Cotton Concentration Company, [four unidentified businessmen posing with placard].

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 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, undated. [2] 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, filling Kegs, ca. 1930s. [2] 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, aging storage tanks, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, vat, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Galveston-Houston Breweries Incorporated, WC, ca. 1930s. 3Y473 Kane Boiler Works, interior, Aug. 19, 1940 3Y473 Kane Boiler Works, interior, undated. 3Y473 Kane Boiler Works, interior, ca. 1920. 3Y473 Mexican Petroleum Corporation, storage tanks and railroad tank cars, undated. 3Y473 Texas Fisheries, box of shrimp, ad photo? Nov. 7, 1939. 3Y473 Texas Fisheries, box of shrimp, ad photo? Nov. 7, 1939. 3Y473 Texas Fisheries, box of shrimp, ad photo? Undated. 3Y473 Galveston-Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, undated. 3Y473 Galveston, Texas: Laying Telephone Cable in Galveston Bay. 3Y473 Spools of cable, undated. [5] 3Y473 Cable being moved by crane, undated. [5] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. [4] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. [4] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. [4] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. [5] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. [2] 3Y473 Transferring cable to boat, undated. 3Y473 Damaged crane, undated. [2] 3Y473 Damaged crane, undated. [3] 3Y473 Cable spools on boat, undated. [3] 3Y473 Crew and cable spools, undated. [6] 3Y473 Laying cable in bay, undated.[3] 3Y473 Laying cable in bay, undated. 3Y473 Laying cable in bay, undated. 3Y473 Laying cable in bay, undated. [2] 3Y473 Laying cable in bay, undated. [4] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [3] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [3] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [4] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [5] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [6] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [4] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [5]

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 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [5] 3Y473 Crew splicing cable, undated. [4] 3Y473 Finished splice of cable, undated. [4]

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 3Y473 Unidentified men drinking on pier, causeway in background, ca. 1915. 3Y473 Galveston, Texas: Ships 3Y473 Tugboat Chas-Clarke, alongside steamship in bay, undated. 3Y473 Ferry Galvez of Galveston, undated. 3Y473 [CN 03723] 3Y473 Launching the ship Seven Sisters, ca. 1930s. [2] 3Y473 Launching the ship Seven Sisters, ca. 1930s.

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 3Y473 Crew of the U.S.S. Wickes on Todd’s Drydock, Sept. 20, 1940. 3Y473 U.S. Army Y-180 gasoline tanker [and Kane Shipbuilding Corporation], ca. 1944. 3Y473 Unidentified dredge, used in raising level of city? Undated. 3Y473 *Barge in drydock, ca. 1940s. 3Y473 [Safety neg. in Box 3Y485] 3Y473 Repairing Ship in drydock, undated. 3Y473 Repairing Ship in drydock, undated. 3Y473 Crane on barge loading rail-road equipment, undated. 3Y473 Crane on barge loading or unloading, Murray Company Boiler, [ship Ruth Lykes in background], ca. 1940s. 3Y473 Boats at Pier, ca. 1940. 3Y473 Speed Boat Race, ca.1925. 3Y473 Galveston, Texas: Hurricane Aftermath (1900, 1915), Raising City Level. 3Y473 Raising level of city? ca. 1900. 3Y473 Grade raising, railroad and street-car tracks 19th St. and Ave. U, 1904. 3Y473 [CN 08161] 3Y473 Raising level of city, sand being pumped, [children playing], ca. 1905.

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 3Y473 [CN 08160] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, [unidentified men posing in flooded streets of business area]. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y486] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, flooded streets downtown. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y486] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath [group of people posing in flooded street]. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y486] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of Rosenberg Ave. Public School. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y482] 3Y473 Galveston, Texas: Hurricane Aftermath (1900, 1915). 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of St. John’s Methodist Church. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y482] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of Trinity Episcopal Church. 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y482] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction with Rosenberg Public School in distance. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y482] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction.[2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y482] 3Y473 1900 hurricane destruction, warehouse or factory.

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 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of natural gas storage tank. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, causeway. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction. 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction. [2] 3Y473 [CN 03946] [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction with clean-up crew. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction with clean-up crew. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction.[2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y486] 3Y473 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew, Ursuline Academy in background. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew. [2] 3Y473 [Glass neg. in Box 3Y483] 3Y473 1915 hurricane, [panoramic view of seawall and waves]. [2] 3Y473 Postcard, Galveston 1915 hurricane aftermath, burned freight cars. 3Y473 Postcard, Galveston 1915 hurricane aftermath, railroad destruction, Aug. 16, 1915. 3Y473 Galveston, Texas City, Fort Crockett: Airplanes, Businesses, Railroads, Soldiers. 3Y473 Texas City Junction, railroad engine at switch table, ca.1940. 3Y473 Texas City Junction, railroad wreck, ca. 1920s. 3Y473 Douglas biplane [location unknown], undated. 3Y473 *Texas City, Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Company, May 16, 1944. 3Y473 [Safety neg. in Box 3Y485] 3Y473 Crowd of people in park by river [location unknown], 1936. 3Y473 Unidentified warehouse under construction [location unknown], undated. 3Y473 Galveston, aerial view of bay piers, undated. 3Y473 Texas City, soldiers camping, ca. 1913. 3Y473 Texas City, soldiers camping, ca. 1913. 3Y473 Fort Crockett, soldiers in camp, ca.1915. 3Y473 Fort Crockett? Soldiers [with covered wagons], ca. 1915.

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 3Y473 [CN 09654] 3Y473 Fort Crockett? Soldiers [caption written on back: “Waiting to go to Mexico”], ca.1915.

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 3Y473 [CN 09655] 3Y473 Galveston? Refugees on boat from Mexico, ca. 1915. 3Y473 Ft. Crockett? Soldiers marching [with musical instruments], ca. 1915.

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 3Y473 [CN 09653] 3Y473 Pilot’s Association Banquet [location unknown], ca.1935.

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 3Y473 *Truck on damaged bridge [location unknown], Feb. 18, 1941. 3Y473 [Safety neg. in Box 3Y485] 3Y473 Unidentified canal and bridge [location unknown], ca. 1940s. 3Y473 Photo of flowers, undated. 3Y473 Postcard addressed to P.R. Verkin, 1909. Negatives [Restricted] 3Y475 Glass Plate Negatives of East Texas Oil Fields, ca. 1915. 3Y475 Oil derrick. 3Y475 Oil derrick. 3Y475 Oil derrick and other equipment. 3Y475 Oil derrick and mules. 3Y475 Oil derrick, pool, and trees. 3Y475 Base of oil derrick. 3Y475 Base of oil derrick. 3Y475 Base of oil derrick and pool. 3Y475 *Damaged oil derrick. 3Y475 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y475 Damaged oil derrick. 3Y475 Oil derricks in field. 3Y475 Oil derricks in field. 3Y475 Oil derricks in field. 3Y475 Oil derricks and building. 3Y475 Oil derricks and machinery. 3Y475 Oil derricks, storage tanks, and pool. 3Y475 Pool with people standing on edge [photographer with group]. 3Y475 Pool. 3Y475 Pool and storage tanks [photographer standing on edge of pool]. 3Y476 Glass Plate Negatives of East Texas Oil Fields and Galveston, Texas. 3Y476 East Texas oil fields, pool, and storage tanks, ca. 1915. 3Y476 East Texas oil fields, oil storage tank fire? ca. 1915. 3Y476 *Galveston, Seawall Boulevard [with automobiles], ca. 1915.

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 3Y476 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y476 Galveston, split negative: a. business district scene b. residential street scene, undated. 3Y476 *Galveston, residential street scene, ca. 1915. 3Y476 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y476 Galveston, split negative: business district street scenes, ca.1915. 3Y476 *Galveston, view toward gulf, residential area, Hotel Galvez, Ball High School, courthouse, Masonic Temple, and St. Mary’s Cathedral, undated.

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 3Y476 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y476 Galveston, business district parade, ca.1920.

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 3Y476 Galveston, business district parade, ca.1920. 3Y476 Galveston, railroad yard, ca.1914. 3Y476 Galveston, railroad tracks and buildings, ca. 1914. 3Y476 Galveston, railroad yard, undated. 3Y476 Galveston, industrial/residential street scene near railroad tracks, ca. 1910. 3Y476 Galveston, U.S. Customs, Post Office, and courthouse building, Oct. 1917. 3Y476 Galveston, residential street with Ursuline Academy in background, undated. 3Y476 *Galveston, residential boulevard. scene [Model Laundry Service truck in foreground], ca. 1910. 3Y476 [2 prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y476 *Galveston, American National Insurance building, and other commercial buildings, ca. 1915. 3Y476 [One print in Box 3Y472] 3Y476 *Galveston, Seawall Boulevard. and Breakers Bathhouse, ca. 1915.

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 3Y476 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y477 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Residences, Businesses, Government Facilities, Churches. 3Y477 J.M. Brown residence [later became El Mina Shrine Temple], undated. 3Y477 J.M. Brown residence, undated.

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 3Y477 Commercial building, cistern shop, undated. 3Y477 *City Hall [with horse and carriages], ca. 1900.

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 3Y477 [2 prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y477 Cotton Exchange building, ca. 1920. 3Y477 *Seawall Boulevard and Crystal Palace, ca. 1920.

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 3Y477 [One Print in Box 3Y472] 3Y477 Raising level of Downey Hotel, ca. 1906. 3Y477 *City Electric Garage, ca.1910.

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 3Y477 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y477 *Electric Park, [view of Beach Roller Rink and children on ponies], undated.

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 3Y477 [One Print in Box 3Y472] 3Y477 First Baptist Church, undated. 3Y477 *Commercial building, Focke Wholesale Grocer, ca.1915.

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 3Y477 [One Print in Box 3Y 472] 3Y477 Commercial building, Focke Wholesale Grocer, ca.1915. 3Y477 Galveston Brewing Company, undated. 3Y477 City Electric Garage, ca.1910. 3Y477 Raising level of Grace Episcopal Church, ca. 1906. 3Y477 Gresham House, undated. 3Y477 Hotel Galvez, undated. 3Y477 Hotel Galvez, grand opening? ca. 1912.

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 3Y478 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Churches, Univesity of Texas Medical Branch. 3Y478 Hotel Galvez, ca. 1915. 3Y478 Hotel Galvez, ca. 1915. 3Y478 *Hotel Galvez, seawall, and beach, ca. 1920s

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 3Y478 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y478 Hotel Galvez and beach, ca. 1940. 3Y478 Hotel Galvez, interior dining room decorated for Halloween, undated.

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 3Y478 Hotel Galvez, interior hall decorated for Halloween, undated.

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 3Y478 University of Texas Medical Branch, ca. 1920s. 3Y478 UT Medical Branch Building, ca. 1920. 3Y478 *UT Medical Branch,“Old Red,” ca. 1920.

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 3Y478 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y478 *G. Meschi Grocery, ca. 1910.

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 3Y478 [One Print in Box 3Y472] 3Y478 *Nicolini and Vaiani Liquor Importers, ca. 1920.

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 3Y478 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y478 Sacred Heart Convent, undated. 3Y478 St. Mary’s Cathedral, undated.

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 3Y478 *St. Patrick’s Church being raised, ca. 1906. 3Y478 [3 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y478 Cotton Factory & Warehouse Company, ca. 1905. 3Y478 Texas National Bank, ca. 1920. 3Y478 Tremont Hotel, ca. 1920. 3Y478 Trinity Episcopal Church, undated. 3Y479 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Government Facilities, Residences. 3Y479 U.S. Customs and Post Office buildings, ca. 1915. 3Y479 U.S. Customs, Post Office, and courthouse, Oct. 1917. 3Y479 Old Customs building and Post Office, undated. 3Y479 Y.M.C.A. building, ca. 1910. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 John Egert & Company raising level of unidentified residence, ca. 1906. 3Y479 [CN 08349] 3Y479 Unidentified residence, ca. 1900. 3Y479 *John Egert & Company raising level of unidentified residence, ca.1906. 3Y479 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y479 John Egert & Company raising level of unidentified residence, ca.1906. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 Unidentified residence, undated. 3Y479 *Unidentified commercial building, undated. 3Y479 [One Print in Box 3Y472] 3Y479 Griffin S. Gearing? Dyeing and repairing, ca. 1910. 3Y479 Pool hall in unidentified building, undated. 3Y480 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Businesses, Causeway, Gardens, Monuments, Seawall. 3Y480 Interior of unidentified dry goods store, ca. 1915. 3Y480 Office interior of unidentified commercial building, ca. 1914? 3Y480 Unidentified commercial or public building, ca. 1920. 3Y480 Heroes Monument and trolley, ca. 1910. 3Y480 *Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Central Park, ca. 1910.

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 3Y480 [One Print in Box 3Y472] 3Y480 Garden with wrought iron gate and fence, undated. 3Y480 Tropical garden and path, undated. 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge, undated. 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge [unidentified man in photo], ca. 1915. 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge, undated. 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge [with horse drawn carriages], undated.

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 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge [locomotive and autos, boat in foreground], ca. 1915. 3Y480 Causeway drawbridge, undated. 3Y480 Causeway opening and parade with trolley, ca. 1915.

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 3Y480 Seawall construction, ca. 1910.

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 3Y480 Seawall construction, ca. 1905-1906. 3Y480 Seawall construction, ca. 1905-1906. 3Y480 Seawall and Seawall Boulevard, ca. 1920. 3Y481 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston and Pelican Island, Texas: Businesses, Industry, Piers, Docks, Seawall, U.S. Immigration. 3Y481 Galveston, seawall and Seawall Boulevard, ca. 1920. 3Y481 *Galveston, fishing pier, ca. 1915. 3Y481 [2 Prints in Box 3Y472] 3Y481 Pelican Island, U.S. Immigration Station, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, drydock construction on Pelican Spit, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, drydock construction, ca. 1914. 3Y481 Galveston, warehouse, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton concentration sheds, undated. 3Y481 *Galveston, cotton warehouse interior, undated. 3Y481 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bales in warehouse, ca. 1910. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bales in warehouse, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bales in wagon at warehouse, ca. 1910. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bales on truck at warehouse [Moody Press in background], ca. 1915. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bales on truck at warehouse, ca. 1910. 3Y481 Galveston, cotton bale, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, John Egert & Company moving oil storage tank, ca. 1906. 3Y481 Galveston, Kane Boiler Works, undated. 3Y481 Galveston, construction of unidentified building, undated. 3Y482 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Hurricane Destruction, Industry, Raising City Level. 3Y482 Unidentified metal factory, undated. 3Y482 Raising level of city, channel to city, 1906. 3Y482 Raising level of city, pumping out road section? 1906. 3Y482 Raising level of city, dredge pipes discharging fill, ca. 1905. 3Y482 [CN 08173] 3Y482 Raising level of city, fill pouring out of pipe, 1906. 3Y482 Raising level of city, filling in behind seawall? 1906. 3Y482 Raising level of city, filling in behind seawall? 1906. 3Y482 [CN08174] 3Y482 Raising level of city, dredge Triton at work, ca. 1906. 3Y482 Raising level of city, filling in street? ca. 1906. 3Y482 *1900 hurricane aftermath, Rosenberg Avenue Public School. 3Y482 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y482 *1900 hurricane aftermath, St. John’s Methodist Church.

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 3Y482 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y482 1900 hurricane aftermath, St. Patrick’s Church. 3Y482 1900 hurricane aftermath, St. Patrick’s Church. 3Y482 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of Trinity Episcopal Church. 3Y482 [One Print in Box 3Y473] 3Y482 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction with Rosenberg Public School in background. 3Y482 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y482 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction.

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 3Y482 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Hurricane Destruction, Yachts. 3Y483 *1900 hurricane aftermath, destruction of natural gas storage tank. 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 1900 hurricane aftermath, destroyed railroad yard. 3Y483 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, causeway. 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction. 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction. 3Y483 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction.

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 3Y483 [One Print in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1900 or 1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction with unidentified persons.

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 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew. 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew.

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 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1900 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew; Ursuline Academy in background.

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 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 *1915 hurricane aftermath, residential destruction and clean-up crew. 3Y483 [2 Prints in Box 3Y473] 3Y483 1915 hurricane aftermath, causeway destruction. 3Y483 Main cabin of the Zeeland, yacht of William Rice, undated. 3Y483 Main cabin of the Zeeland, yacht of William Rice, undated. 3Y483 Main cabin of the Zeeland, yacht of William Rice, undated. 3Y483 Galley of the Zeeland, yacht of William Rice, undated. 3Y484 Glass Plate Negatives of Galveston, Texas: Hurricane Destruction, Piers Railroads, Seawall, Ships. 3Y484 Stateroom of unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Dining area of unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Stateroom of unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Stateroom of unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Stateroom and lavatory of unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Cabin dining area in unidentified ship, undated. 3Y484 Merchants Electric Transfer Company, ca. 1910. 3Y484 Wagon pulled by team along seawall, undated. 3Y484 Railroad car ‘676,’ undated. 3Y484 Railroad tracks approaching grain elevator, undated. 3Y484 Unidentified body of water, levee, and farm, undated. 3Y484 Unidentified group on warship, ca. 1905. 3Y484 Unidentified men on pier with fish ‘catch,’ ca. 1910. 3Y484 Five unidentified negatives. 3Y485 Safety Negatives of Galveston and Texas City: Businesses, Docks, Industry, Piers, Railroads, Texas City Disaster, U.S. Coast Guard. 3Y485 Galveston, industrial area, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, railroad yard and industrial area, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, railroad yard and industrial area, undated. 3Y485 *Galveston, railroad yard and industrial commercial area, ca.1940. 3Y485 [One print in box 3Y472] 3Y485 Galveston, Cotton Concentration Company, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, Cotton Exchange building, 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, Cotton Exchange building, 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, Cotton Exchange building, Dec. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, commercial building, Firestone store, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, Hotel Galvez and beach, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, Phi Chi Medical Frat House, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Seawall Café, #2, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Stirling Hotel, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Stirling Hotel, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, U.S. Coast Guard Station, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, unidentified industrial building, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, ca. Dec. 1941. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, ca. Dec. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, July 1942. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, ca. Aug. 1942. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, May 18, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, May 18, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, ca. May 18, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront construction of Pleasure Pier, ca. 1941. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront pier construction, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, waterfront pier construction, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company, grain elevator B construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company grain elevator B construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company grain elevator B construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company grain elevator B construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company grain elevator B construction, ca. Oct. 1931. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company boxcars, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company boxcars, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Galveston Wharf Company boxcars, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, Gulf Marine Ways damage, Aug. 21, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, Gulf Marine Ways damage, Aug. 21, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, Gulf Marine Ways damage, Aug. 21, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, Gulf Marine Ways damage, Aug. 21, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, Gulf Marine Ways damage, Aug. 21, 1943. 3Y485 Galveston, W.A. Kelso Building Material Company, material yard, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, unidentified construction, ca. 1940. 3Y485 Galveston? Crew of the U.S.S.Wickes on Todd’s Drydock, Sept. 20, 1940.

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 3Y485 *Galveston, barge in drydock, ca. 1940s. 3Y485 [One Print in Box 3Y473] 3Y485 Galveston, boat in drydock, undated. 3Y485 Galveston, boat or barge in drydock, undated. 3Y485 Galveston? Railway engine at switch table, undated. 3Y485 Galveston? Railway engine at switch table, undated. 3Y485 *Texas City, Southwest Sugar and Molasses Company, May 16, 1944. 3Y485 [One Print in Box 3Y473] 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of smoke], April 16, 1947. 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of smoke], April 16, 1947 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of people in cars watching smoke rise], April 16, 1947. 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of storage tanks with smoke behind them], April 16, 1947. 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of storage tanks with smoke behind them], April 16, 1947.

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 3Y485 Texas City Disaster [view of refinery with smoke],