Descriptive Summary
Galveston (Texas) WPA Guide
Galveston (Texas) WPA Guide
Illustrations,
1940
122 gelatin silver
prints; 29 pen and ink drawings
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
English.
Scope and Contents
122 photographs and 29 pen-and-ink drawings of Galveston buildings and
scenes. Produced by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) for the
Galveston City Guide of the American Guide Series.
Two of the photographs were produced by P. Verkin Studios. Arrangement is by
format: Photographs and drawings, and then by subject category.
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History also holds a version of
the text for the publication in a collection netitled Galveston City Guide, WPA
American Guide Series, Typescript, 1941-1942. More photographs by P. Verkin
Studios can be found in the
Verkin Photo Company Collection at the Center for American
History
Unrestricted access.
Preferred Citation Galveston (Texas) WPA Guide
Illustrations, 1940, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at
Austin.
Index Terms
Subjects
Aerial
photographs
Art and artists
Beaches
Church
buildings--Texas--Galveston--Photographs.
Cityscapes
Convents and
monasteries
El Mina Shrine Temple
(Galveston, Texas)
Fort Crockett
Fraternal
societies
Galveston
(Tex.)--History--Pictorial works.
Government
buildings
Harbors
Historic
buildings--Texas--Galveston--Photographs.
Hospitals
Hotels
Houses and
housing
Hunting and
fishing
Lighthouses
Monuments and
memorials
Saint Mary's Church
(Galveston, Texas)
Schools
Shipping--Texas--Galveston--Pictorial works.
Street scenes
Trinity Episcopal Church
(Galveston, Texas)
United States. Work
Projects Administration
University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston
Ursuline Convent
(Galveston)
Places
Galveston,
Texas
Inventory
3S6
Photographs and drawings
3S203
Oversized Photographs