past mayors of galveston, tx

GALVESTON, Texas Galveston Mayor Jim Yarbrough has announced he will step down as mayor, effective July 15, because of concerns related to COVID-19. Removed from the Name File. 1900 Storm Collection; 9 items (36 photographs). Donated by Mr. Paul Verkin, Jr., grandson of the photographer, 1999. Album #1: Meetings at La Porte, Calvert, and Seabrook, 1902-1912. Approx. James F. Smith of Arkansas took these photographs during his visit to Galveston during July 1937. 1905-1908, used in correspondence to Bronwood, Texas. 1880s-1930; ca. Locations include Galveston, Texas City,and Houston. Misc. Library and retains his full copyright to these prints and negatives. Company business meeting held in the Grecian Room, [Shamrock Hotel, Houston, Texas]. Pages in category "Mayors of Galveston, Texas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. Available prints are highlighted. The collection is arranged in five series: Events, People, Galveston Sites, Subjects, and Travels. Most photos published by M. H. Zahner and sold by Griffith & Griffith. The 1900 Storm typescript and the Dallas Morning News article transcript are copied by Irby Hughes. Shows Seawall railing. The Galveston and Texas History Center contains of over 100,000 photographs, prints, and postcards that date from the 1850s to the 2000s. 1905), 61 Broadway looking east from 24th St. (shows James Moreau Brown residence), 62 Greetings from Galveston, Texas Broadway and 15th St. looking east (1907). Listing for: Midtown Motor Co. Full Time position. T. Clark 1872-74 Booklet Harbor Defenses of Galveston, Fort Crockett, Texas, ca. Mary Batterson: Wife of William J. Batterson of Galveston (1870 federal census). Terminal building (right). Waves striking beach and riprap. Nicolini was an Italian immigrant who worked as the Italian Consul in Galveston for over 30 years and a very prolific businessman. Many of the images are also in G-1771. Horse-and-buggy driving along beach below Seawall. Showing New $1,500 Recreation Pier. These photographs include images of Stella as a young man, the Galveston Municipal Band in summer concerts at Menard Park band shell and snapshots of Stella in his home. Approx.100 items. Four prints by Don E. Davis of Jennie Sealy Hospital, Sealy & Smith Professional Building; R. Waverly Memorial Pavilion, and John W. McCullough Outpatient Clinic. Phone: 409-643-5902 Term expires: May 2024 Email the Mayor About the Mayor Mayor Dedrick D. Johnson, Sr. was elected to the City Commission of the City of Texas City in 2000. Two portraits by John E. Palmer, black Galveston photographic studio proprietor. Coll. Many are duplicates from G-5926. In oversized drawers. Quick Links Public Meetings and Agendas GC Watch Live Extreme Weather & Disaster Outreach Careers. Travels: Locations she visited depicted in this series include Europe, Africa, and the United States. Donated by Mr. Bowerman and Mr. Lanham, 2001. David Mason (78%). Oliver The Street Files contain photographs of commercial and residential street scenes. 26 Galveston & Interstate ferry bringing train across bay from Bolivar to Galveston. 174 Calder RD. Galveston Photographic Subject Files (G-Files), Galveston Photographic Subject Files (G-Files) Inventory, Photo Albums & Special Collections Inventory, Search the Archives Catalog to find photographs and manuscript collections. Donated by Fay Sappington. 1860s through 1930s. Images are made available in the Archives Catalog as they are digitized. A. Photograph postcards of European royalty from the Reymershoffer family. Prints and information concerning the fire in the Ufford Building, southwest corner of 23rd Street and Mechanic, in 1977. Mint condition. Publication note: Published for the Benefit of the Firemens Relief Fund. We can't make these things up. Photographs of Raymond Rapp, Jr., and his associates have been placed in the Name File. Saranac, E. H. Thornton, Jr., Doctor Lykes, and shrimp boats. Of special interest: Mayer family residences at 3414 Ave M and 1404 39th Street; Red Cross Galveston branch campaign and workers; camp life at Fort Crockett; wharf activities during World War I; aboard USS Tacoma. Approx. Large collection of photographs and negatives separated from the Porter Family papers (MS# 2016-0028). General city views. Photos of grade raising, as well as general city views. Texas (battleship) in Bolivar Roads). Glass negatives. 32 folders with snapshots and two albums of color slides all taken by John Glowczski of UTMB in 1991. Photographs of Leona Lucille Mellen (1896-1994), owner and teacher of the Mellen School of Dance; her students in various recitals and perfomances; her physical fitness students at the Ursuline Academy. Harbor scenes and sailing vessels. Of special interest: corner of Tremont St. and Ave I, Hutchings residence, Grace Episcopal Church, Afro-Americans (including children), dredges, streetcar, interiors of Hurricane (steamer), Seawall (back, before filling), and Breakers bathhouse. Includes two photographs of Forman and two group images of the First Annual Safety Conference, Galveston Engineers District, District Boat Yard, 1940. Album. Published by W.W. Dexter, [Galveston: Galveston Tribune, 1900]. An audio-visual program prepared for the U.S. I [1910] (Number assigned to another photo in original inventory), 88A Crowd gathered outside the Galveston Daily News building. No one has been identified. Approx. His mother died in 1823, and his father left him in the care of friends and relatives. Of special interest: Lasker Home for Children; Jones (John M.) residence (Ave M--1725); Davis (James N.) residence (24th St--1315). Artificial collection. Collection of Paul H. Naschke & Della Brison Naschke Photographs. 1994 (spring), C. Bath Avenue School and Letitia Rosenberg Womans Home, E. Brackenridge Hall at the Medical Department of the University of Texas, G. Street scene, tentatively identified as 30th & O, J. They were separated from his papers (see MSS # 88-0006). Parish Publishing Co. in 1894. 1910. The images appear to have belonged to Edward W. Hildebrand (1888-1974), who worked in the insurance business, and his wife Elsie Hildebrand (1890-1957). Collection, 1949-55, 1964-69; approximately 2000 items, Prints and negatives of various persons, groups, events, and subjects connected with the Galveston Wharves. Glass negatives of various city scenes. Building Inspection, 2nd floor, 7:30 am - 5:30 p 972-516-6420, permits@wylietexas.gov. : 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. More than 3,600 homes were destroyed on Galveston Island and the added toll on commercial structures created a monetary loss of $30 million, about $700 million in today's dollars. B/w stock photos of Galvestons grade raising ca 1904; 5 folders. Pettus, a GTHC volunteer who died in 2005, donated this artificial collection. (showing Murdochs Bathhouse), 38 Balinese Room, 21st and Blvd. Loose items in front include brochure of Texas Prudential Insurance Co., a Christmas card, and an unidentified portrait. The last American Indian group on Clear Creek was the Akokisa (or Orcoquiza) who occupied the region from Galveston Bay north to present-day Conroe, Texas. The images show hotels, restaurants, streets, beach, and wharf scenes. The Miscellaneous files contain photographs of Ida Zahn, Alice Brown Sweeney, the John W. Focke residence, and photographs possibly of Evergreen Cemetery and Lafitte's Grove.Photograph album #1 contains photographs of actor Robert Taylor arriving in Galveston and Governor James Allred playing baseball. U.S. National Bank building (2 views), 12. Includes many Trube and Edworthy postcard photos. 63 Greeting from Galveston, Texas Broadway looking east from 26th St. 64 El Mina Shrine Temple ((formerly James Moreau Brown residence), 65 Broadway (showing plantings) (pm 1911), 66 View on Broadway and 17th St. (showing plantings) (1908), 67 Greetings from Galveston, Texas Ave. J (hand corrected as Ave. Looking down from Hotel Galvez. Of special interest: Hurricane--1943; Ave. G--919 (residence of John and Anna Tolex, his grandparents); Frank E. Simmen (captain of the Port of Galveston). Publisher: Galveston Tribune. Projects include: Aransas Pass; Bolivar Anchorage; Brazos Island Harbor, Brazos-Santiago Pass; Brazos River, Lock & Dam No. Men, women and children posed, ca early 1900s, none are identified. Donor: Jimmy Kessler. Also included are an American Red Cross Woman's Bureau Surgical Dressings war manual, a Red Cross Motor Corps ID card issued to Marguerite Guldmann, and Christmas cards to the Guldmann family by the Zerbee and Grills families. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County is seeking your opinion about a major transportation project. Sheet of individual portraits of attorneys, judges, and court clerks. #65, Album #9. Albums & Photographs, 1921-22, nd; 2 albums. Black and white mounted photographs showing the aftermath of the 1900 storm, including downtown and residential vies, Texas Star Flour Mill, St. Marys Church, barge carrying bodies into Gulf of Mexico, survivors on board the boat Shadow looking for debris. Color photographs taken by the Museum Curator Lise Darst for the exhibit of the same name in the Harris Gallery of the Rosenberg Library; spring 1994; approx. Mostly unidentified photos. They have been separated from the Committees Research Index (MSS #2002-0039). Miscellaneous: These include unidentified photographs. The council-manager form of government was adopted in 1961. The booklet includes photographs of Galveston businesses and residences. 1956; three items. I, promotes business interests of San Leon, Bacliff, and Bayview. Of special interest: Darragh residence; several downtown buildings and businesses; James Michener in Galveston; Princess Annes visit; Towler-Shelton wedding; Nicholas Clayton Day. The original is an album still in family custody. Alaska Cruises. Photos of Charles Fowler residence (Ave J--2508). The autograph book contains messages from Heuman's family and friends while she was a child. Photos taken by Morris of causeway-related scenes. Photographer: Zeva B. Edworty. Includes: churches, cemetery, water works, several residential areas, etc. 25, 1951, the mayor of Texas' "sin city" defended his much-maligned constituents with the curious logic, "The people of Galveston ought to be commended for not being hypocrites!". Of special interest: portraits of Philip Crosby Tucker,Sr., Mary Catherine Millens McCloskey, Philip Crosby Tucker, Jr., Mary Cecilia Labadie, Philip Crosby Tucker III, Cecilia Tucker, Anna Tucker, Antoinette Tucker, Mary Cecelia Tucker, Anna Labadie Tucker, Archibald Tucker, Louis O. Tucker, Baldwin Tucker, Joseph Tucker, Sue Tucker, Mary C. Tucker, and unidentified, Williams-Tucker residence, and Freemasons. See first folder for detailed inventory. A. Boulmay 1966 Photo by Kevin M. Cox As featured on Past mayors reflect on Texas City's history Photos of storm damage and railroad interurban cars.Of special interest: causeway, waterfront, beached ships, Seawall, wrecked homes and industries, sternwheelers, and streetcar lines and equipment. 250 color slides dated 1960s to 1995, many depicting buildings demolished since then. or (L.); Johnston, Albert Sidney; Johnston, Joseph E. (3); Lee, Robert E. (Gen.) & Staff; Polk, Rev. These were discovered in a transfer box in the rear of the vault in December 1989. Store on Postoffice Street both at its opening in 1947 and after the store's remodeling in 1955. Donor: Don Mize, Postcard album, 1912; one box and one folder (approx. General city views. 87 near High Island 1939 (Aug.), 187 Broadway looking east from 25th St., showing the YWCA Home for Women [1940], 191 Gun battery at Fort Crockett 1941 (Sept.), 192 Anti-aircraft sound locators at Fort Crockett [1941], 193 Night firing of anti-aircraft guns with search lights at Fort Crockett [1941], 195 Ave. C looking west from 22nd St. [1942], 198 Broadway Baptist Church, 35th and Broadway [1942], 200 S. S. Galveston Hotel, 8th and Seawall 1942 (Mar. General city views. Activities commemorating the Library's 75th anniversary. H. Sinclair 1889-93 Isaac Locations include the Letitia Rosenberg Womans Home, Galveston Golf and Country Club, Fort Crockett, bathhouses, wharves, the Texas Heroes monument, Hotel Galvez, and John Sealy Hospital. Kept in Mary Moody Northen Maritime History Collection on the 2nd floor. Clara Marie Simmons or Mrs. S. Flowers, 21 Part of a ship on West Beach (showing Mrs. A.T. Simmons), 25 West End (showing Stephen P. Flowers), 29 Southeast corner of 19th and Ave. D, 36 Looking south on 21st St. to Ave. E (showing flooded street), 37 23rd and Blvd. Texas Governor James Allred, then Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, and Galveston Mayor Adrian Levy led a large reception committee to properly welcome the president to the Oleander City. Mayor Mayor Mayor Dedrick Johnson, Sr. Photographs by G. Sommer (Napoli) portraying Swiss scenery. after storm. The companys main office was in Galveston. In the 1960s and early 1970s, there were forward looking innovations in Galveston. I, and Ave. J. Donor: Phyllis S. Aumen. Transferred from Elissa Project Records. General city views. The couple moved to Galveston, where he began practicing real estate in 1889. Photograph Collection, ca. Photograph Collection. 28 Roy Harm at Galveston, ca.1925. The earliest views of Galveston in the library's collection. Subjects: Anchor Mill - Fire (ca 1920); 2816 Ave O - decorations for H. W. Hildebrand's 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1921; Flowers at Conklin Funeral; Mayflower (sailing vessel) - visit to Galveston; Railroad scenes & locomotive wreck; Storm - 1930s; Transportation; World War I - U.S. Marines, Wharf scenes. 448. Stubbs 1960, Events and Candidates (may be incomplete! Color snapshots. Donor: Margaret Schlankey. This collection features various Galveston buildings and scenes. Frank 150 items. See first folder for detailed inventory. Donor: Michael Helfert. Approx. Of special interest: steam tug. 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