A typical scene near the sea wall

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Accession Number: G-17713FF9.1-4
Date: Aug 1915
Description: "A typical scene near the sea wall. These houses simply sank in the sand. All that this whole island needs is water to make it a quicksand. The soldiers are the guards to prevent looting. At the R is the sea wall." Verso stamped: Morris-Carter Photo Supply Co., Galveston, Tex.
Format: B/w photograph; 5.2 x 10.0 cm

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04-0028 John Focke Papers
04-0070 W. A. Palmer Papers
04-0071 Galveston Independent School District Records
05-0007 Red Cross Records
22-0045 Anonymous Letter
22-0046 New York (City) Board of Education Papers
22-0051 Charles Henry McMaster Papers
22-0052 Charles Henry McMaster Papers
24-0147 Galveston School Building Repair Fund Records
24-0148 E. N. Ketchum Papers
24-0149-01 Galveston Central Relief Committee Records
24-0150 William A. McVitie Papers
24-0151 C.H. Dorsey Papers
24-0151A C.A. Holt, Jr., Papers
25-0586 Sarah Helen Littlejohn Papers
25-0587 Galveston Central Relief Committee Records
28-0175 J. L. Monagon Papers
29-0028 B. C. Stuart Papers
34-0020 Red Cross. Galveston Relief Committee Records
46-0006 John D. Blagden Papers
67-0006 J. Focke Papers
67-0042 J. H. Hawley Papers
68-0008 G. A. Kohut Papers
68-0009 Martin Nicholson Papers
68-0039 Thomas H. Nolan Papers
68-0143 James Oakley Papers
68-0144 Mrs. A. Nindi Papers
68-0145 P. J. Willis Papers
68-0146 Galveston Fire Department Records
68-0147 Galveston Public Labor Committee Records
69-0260 James E. Thompson Papers
73-0344 Alice Block Papers
74-0007 Souvenir Booklet
75-0002 Galveston - Texas City Pilots Logbooks
76-0002 Butler & Alger Papers
76-0004 World's Fair Bulletin
76-0016 Minot Family Papers
76-0026 Fred Napp Papers
79-0023 Geneva Dibrell Scholes Papers
80-0019 Baltimore. Committee in Aid of the Galveston Sufferers Concert Program
80-0021 Lloyd R. Fayling Papers
83-0017 Ida S. Austin Papers
85-0013 James Brown/Winnifred B. Clamp Letters
89-0016 Gonzales Family Papers
89-0018 Walter W. Davis Papers
89-0020 Galveston Placards Collection
91-0012 1900 Storm Letter
93-0004 1900 Storm Benefit Concert Program
93-0025 1900 Storm Notice
93-0026 1900 Storm Letter
95-0002 U.S. National Weather Service Records
95-0023 Focke 1900 Storm Telegrams
98-0017 Storm Relief Indexes
98-0052 J. H. Parker Papers
98-0053 Walter C. Jones Papers
99-0003 George Paschal McNeir Papers
99-0004 Bertie Dinkelaker Papers
99-0005 The Texas Cyclone
99-0006 Margaret Sealy Burton Papers
2000-0034 Mrs. Alex "Mamie" Easton 1900 Storm Letter
Oral History Interview of Emma Beal (1889-1972)
Oral History Interview of Emma Beal (1889-1972)
Oral History Interview of Henry J. Bettencourt and Margaret Rowan Bettencourt
Oral History Interview of Hyman Block
Oral History Interview of William Mason Bristol
Oral History Interview of Wilbur Goodman
Oral History Interview of Rosa Tod Hamner
Oral History Interview of John W. Harris
Oral History Interview of Louise Hopkins
Oral History Interview of Ellen Edwards Nilson
Oral History Interview of Katharine Vedder Pauls (Mrs. Cortes)
Map of the 1900 Storm Damage
List of Recorded Deaths
Storm FAQs
Descendant-supplied Victims
G-5925.1FF1-1 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." "LAYING THE FOUNDATION - 3 ROWS OF 50 FT. PILING, AND 1 ROW SHEET PILING.
G-5925.1FF1-3 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." " LAYING THE FOUNDATION - 3 ROWS OF 50 FT. PILING, AND 1 ROW SHEET PILING.
G-5925.1FF1-5 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. Showing three rows of 50-ft. piling and one row of 30-ft. sheet piling for foundation and breakwater below the wall.
G-5925.1FF1-6 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. LAYING THE FOUNDATION - 3 ROWS OF 50 FT. PILING, AND 1 ROW SHEET PILING.
G-5925.1FF1-7 GALVESTON SEAWALL. PILE DRIVER AT WORK.
G-5925.1FF1-8 DRIVER PLACING 40 FT. ROUND PILING
G-5925.1FF1-9 Workman standing to one side of pile driver on beach
G-5925.1FF1-10 Driver Placing 24 Ft. Sheet Piling
G-5925.1FF1-11 Driving piles along beach
G-5925.1FF1-12 Driving piles along beach
G-5925.1FF1-13 Workmen driving piles along beach
G-5925.1FF1-14 Driving Piling for Sea Wall foundation
G-5925.1FF1-13a Concrete 'Mixer' laying foundation of Sea Wall
G-5925.1FF1-15 Showing Gulf & Bay with construction equipment at east end
G-5925.1FF2-2 Steam mixer laying foundation for Seawall
G-5925.1FF2-3 C[o]nstr[u]ct[in]g Galv Seawall. Sheet Piling & 4 rows of round piling for foundation.
G-5925.1FF2-4 5 ROWS OF PILING OVER WHICH BASE IS CAST
G-5925.1FF2-5 CASTING 2ND LAYER OF BASE
G-5925.1FF2-6 Workmen pouring and spreading concrete for foundation
G-5925.1FF2-7 CASTING FIRST LAYER OF CONCRETE OVER PILING TOPS
G-5925.1FF2-8 The 'little mixer' laying the foundation - back of St Marys Infirmary, 6 & Market
G-5925.1FF2-9 COMPLETED FOUNDATION AND RIP RAP
G-5925.1FF2-11 Derrick laying riprap along foundation of Seawall
G-5925.1FF2-12 Steam mixer laying foundation for Seawall
G-5925.1FF2-14 Steam mixer pouring concrete for foundation
G-5925.1FF3-1 Placing riprap
G-5925.1FF3-2 The riprap machine
G-5925.1FF3-3 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." "DERRICK LAYING RIPRAP. A1500 LB. ROCK IN MIDAIR.
G-5925.1FF3-4 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." "DERRICK LAYING RIPRAP. A 1500 LB. ROCK IN MIDAIR.
G-5925.1FF3-5 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." "SCENE SHOWING RIPRAP AND FOUNDATION OF SEAWALL.
G-5925.1FF3-6 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. SCENE SHOWING RIPRAP AND FOUNDATION OF SEAWALL.
G-5925.1FF3-9 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL." "SCENE SHOWING RIPRAP AND FOUNDATION OF SEAWALL.
G-5925.1FF3-10 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. DERRICK LAYING RIPRAP. A 1500 LB. ROCK IN MIDAIR.
G-5925.1FF3-11 Placing rock for apron on Gulf side of Seawall before wall is constructed
G-5925.1FF3-12 Riprap
G-5925.1FF3-13 Derrick laying riprap along foundation of Seawall
G-5925.1FF3-14 Dragline excavating beach for Seawall foundation
G-5925.2FF1-2 Worker standing atop section of Seawall under construction
G-5925.2FF1-3 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. THE BIG MIXER MIXING CONCRETE.
G-5925.2FF1-4 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. THE BIG MIXER MIXING CONCRETE.
G-5925.2FF1-7 Steam mixer operating along Seawall
G-5925.2FF1-8 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. ABOUT 10,000 FEET COMPLETED.
G-5925.2FF1-10 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. ABOUT 4000 FEET COMPLETED.
G-5925.2FF1-12 Man standing next to completed section of Seawall
G-5925.2FF1-13 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. THE FIRST SECTION COMPLETED.
G-5925.2FF1-15 Man standing on first completed section of Seawall
G-5925.2FF2-1 Filling the cement boxing
G-5925.2FF2-2 The 'big mixer' building the wall proper - from behind the wall. 6th & Broadway, where the Terrace 'used to be.
G-5925.2FF2-3 Completed & uncompleted sections
G-5925.2FF2-4 Mixer pouring concrete into wood caisson
G-5925.2FF2-5 Workmen standing atop and next to completed section of Seawall
G-5925.2FF2-6 Worker and dog seated on riprap.
G-5925.2FF2-7 Workmen standing inside wood caisson
G-5925.2FF2-8 Concrete mixer traveling next to completed section of Seawall
G-5925.2FF2-9 The 'Big Mixer
G-5925.2FF2-10 Big Mixer at Work
G-5925.2FF2-11 Steam mixer pouring concrete into wood caissons along beach
G-5925.2FF2-12 Big Mixer and Mould for Wall
G-5925.2FF2-13 Section of Seawall now known as University Blvd (6th St.).
G-5925.2FF2-14 Steam mixer operating along railroad tracks behind wood caissons
G-5925.2FF2-15 Workmen pouring concrete from steam mixer into wood caisson
G-5925.2FF3-1 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. A VIEW FROM THE BEACH.
G-5925.2FF3-2 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. THE SECTIONS ARE COMPLETED ALTERNATELY.
G-5925.2FF3-3 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. Showing the first few sections built to break the waves and frame work required to shape same.
G-5925.2FF3-5 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. A FILLED SECTION BEFORE CAISSON IS REMOVED.
G-5925.2FF3-8 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. The big steam mixer that does the mixing of sand, granite and cement.
G-5925.2FF3-11 THE GALVESTON SEAWALL. MIXING THE CONCRETE.
G-5925.2FF3-12 Foundation of wall with 'Rip rap' protection in place
G-5925.2FF3-13 Great Mixer at work filling sea wall 'Form' with concrete
G-5925.2FF3-14 A solid block of finished wall
G-5925.2FF4-1 Showing the Construction of the Seawall
G-5925.2FF4-2 Workers pouring concrete into wood caissons
G-5925.2FF4-3 Newly completed section of Seawall
G-5925.2FF4-4 Building the Sea Wall, Galveston, Tex.
G-5925.2FF4-6 Building the Sea Wall
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G-5925.3FF1-1 Looking east at people standing behind Seawall
G-5925.3FF1-3 Two men walking on top of Seawall
G-5925.3FF1-4 From riprap looking west from foot of 7th Street
G-5925.3FF1-5 Looking square at it from beach
G-5925.3FF1-6 At the curve - foot of 9th st.
G-5925.3FF1-7 18 hours before the crest of the storm
G-5925.3FF1-8 Galveston Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF1-9 The Sea Wall at Galveston as It Appeared Shortly after It Was Built Following Their Recovery from the Flood
G-5925.3FF1-10 The Great Sea Wall, Galveston
G-5925.3FF1-12 North Boulevard (now University Boulevard)
G-5925.3FF2-1 Oh You Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF2-2 Rough Sea, Galveston, Texas
G-5925.3FF2-4 Rough Beach at Galveston, Texas
G-5925.3FF2-5 As the Surf Looked, Aug. 27th 09, Galveston Tex.
G-5925.3FF2-7 ROUGH SEA AT GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-5925.3FF2-8 Looking up from riprap toward Seawall
G-5925.3FF2-9 SEA WALL, GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-5925.3FF2-10 Rough Sea, Galveston, Tex.
G-5925.3FF2-11 Looking up from riprap toward Seawall
G-5925.3FF2-12 Man standing on riprap in front of Seawall
G-5925.3FF2-13 Looking along riprap toward Seawall
G-5925.3FF2-14 Man standing on buggy and holding reins to horse behind Seawall
G-5925.3FF3-1 Greeting from Galveston
G-5925.3FF3-2 SEA WALL, GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-5925.3FF3-3 Seawall, Galveston, Texas
G-5925.3FF3-5 Galveston's Great Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF3-6 The East End of Galveston Seawall When Completed.
G-5925.3FF3-7 THE EAST END OF GALVESTON SEAWALL WHEN COMPLETED
G-5925.3FF3-8 SEA WALL, CITY, GREATER GALVESTON, TEX.
G-5925.3FF3-9 Galveston, Texas. East End of Sea Wall.
G-5925.3FF3-10 SEA WALL, GALVESTON, TEX.
G-5925.3FF3-11 Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas
G-5925.3FF3-12 The Galveston SeaWall When Completed
G-5925.3FF3-13 Seawall
G-5925.3FF3-14 Painting by J. Stockfleth of Galveston of Engineers' Plan of Seawall in East End
G-5925.3FF3-15 Gulf side at about 18th street
G-5925.3FF4-1 Sea Wall Galveston Tex.
G-5925.3FF4-2 SEA WALL APPROACH GALVESTON, TEX.
G-5925.3FF4-3 Beach Approach to Sea Wall, Galveston, Texas
G-5925.3FF4-4 Sea Wall Galveston Texas
G-5925.3FF4-6 BEACH & SEAWALL GALVESTON, TEX.
G-5925.3FF4-7 Rough Sea Galveston Tex Aug 27 09
G-5925.3FF4-8 Enjoying the Sea Breeze, Galveston, Tex.
G-5925.3FF4-9 Sitting on Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF4-10 Sea Wall and Boulevard, Galveston
G-5925.3FF4-12 People seated on riprap and standing on top of Seawall and along beach
G-5925.3FF4-13 Man standing on top of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-1 END OF SEAWALL AT 53RD ST.
G-5925.3FF5-2 Western End Seawall at 53rd St & Beach
G-5925.3FF5-3 Looking west along top of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-4 Looking east along top of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-5 Looking east along Seawall toward curve at 6th Street
G-5925.3FF5-6 Section showing 3 units of solid masonry of seawall 16 feet base, 17 feet high above foundation
G-5925.3FF5-7 People standing atop Seawall, showing South Jetty (background), looking east
G-5925.3FF5-8 Looking east along Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-9 Back View of Completed Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-10 VIEW OF INSIDE OF SEAWALL BEFORE GRADE RAISING
G-5925.3FF5-11 Looking west along top of curved portion of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-14 Looking east at people standing and walking along top of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-15 Strollers walking along top of curved portion of Seawall
G-5925.3FF5-12 Looking west along top of curved portion of Seawall.
G-5925.3FF6-1 Greeting from Galveston, Texas. The Sea Wall.
G-5925.3FF6-2 Beach and Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF6-3 Row of completed sections of Seawall. Steam mixer in distance.
G-5925.3FF6-4 Looking down riprap at base of Seawall
G-5925.3FF6-5 Looking up from riprap toward Seawall
G-5925.3FF6-6 Two men standing on riprap at base of Seawall
G-5925.3 FF6-7 Waves crashing against riprap, strewn with wood from caissons no longer in use
G-5925.3FF6-8 People standing and watching waves crash against riprap at base of Seawall
G-5925.3FF6-9 Waves crashing against riprap along base of Seawall
G-5925.3FF6-10 Man standing on riprap
G-5925.3FF6-11 Man posed standing on riprap along base of Seawall
G-5925.3FF6-12 THE GALVESTON SEA WALL - 4.37 MILES LONG, COST $2,000,000.00.
G-5925.3FF6-13 Early View of Seawall including Riptrap and Shoreline
G-5925.3FF6-14 Seawall, Blvd. & Beach
G-5925.3FF7-4 53rd & Beach
G-5925.3FF7-5 53rd & Beach
G-5925.3FF7-6 From top of wall looking west, from foot of 6th street
G-5925.3FF7-9 Cross Section View Galveston's Completed Sea Wall
G-5925.3FF7-11 Seawall after 1910 storm in gulf
G-59262FF1-1 N.W. Corner Woman's Home Showing Grade Mark before Filling
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G-59262FF2-1 Leviathan Discharging at 25th & P 1/2
G-59262FF4-4 Looking West from Top of Bath Ave. School, Showing 25th St
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G-59262FF3-3 Raising Grace Church
G-59262FF2-8 Dredge Leviathan in Canal, Galveston, Texas
G-59262FF2-9 Leviathan Entering Canal - Dredge Holm in Distance
G-59262FF2-10 Entrance to Canal from the Bay near Sealy Hospital, Draw Bridge & North End of Sea Wall
G-59262FF2-3 Holm near Sealy Hospital Beginning the Excavation for Grade Raising Canal
G-59262FF2-4 Holm Excavating Canal Near Sealy Hospital
G-59262FF2-5 Dredge Boat Holm, dredging the Galveston Grade raising canal
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G-59262FF3-5 St. Patrick's Church
G-59262FF3-6 St. Patrick's Church
G-59262FF3-4 Grace Church P.E., Galveston, Texas
G-59262FF1-8 South Side of Home, Leviathan Discharging from Main Pipe
G-59262FF1-9 Leviathan's Discharge Pipe South Side of Woman's Home
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G-59262FF4-3 Filling Front Yard of Convent
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G-59262FF1-3 Discharging south side of Woman's Home
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G-59262FF4-2 South View of Convent after Grade Raising
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G-59263FF7-10 Dredge 'George Sealy' dredging turning basin, 13th to 15th streets
G-59263FF7-7 Dredge 'Galveston' in canal at 15th St. turning basin
G-59263FF7-2 Dredge, 'George Sealy,' Dredging Grade Raising Canal, at 22nd. St.
G-59263FF2-6 GRADE RAISING CANAL LOOKING EAST FROM TREMONT ST
G-59263FF3-2 Leviathan Discharging at 23rd St Sta.
G-59263FF3-8 Holm and Leviathan at Stations, 24 & 23d St's
G-59263FF3-12 Dredges at Discharging Stations, 23rd & 24th Sts.
G-59263FF5-15 Three Dutch sand hopper Dredges, discharging fill ay a turn-around basin, in the heart of the City of Galveston near 23rd Street and Avenue P
G-59263FF7-3 Leviathan after it has unloaded at the Tremont St. Station
G-59263FF7-11 View of canal front between 23rd & 25th streets - Holm & Leviathan
G-59263FF7-13 Grade raising canal between 23d & 25th st's showing Leviathan and Holm unloading at their discharge stations
G-59263FF7-14 View of canal looking north, between 23d & 25th St's.
G-59263FF1-1 Dredges in Call, East from 25th St.
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G-59263FF7-15 Dredge Leviathan discharging at 25th St. station
G-59263FF7-1 Dredge 'Triton,' discharging, at 26th St. Station
G-59263FF8-6 Grade Raising Canal Turning Basin Between 31st & 33rd Sts.
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G-59263FF5-14 A cutter dredge digging a canal thru the City of Galveston, generally along Avenue P
G-59263FF6-3 Platte Home before Fill
G-59263FF6-4 Platte Home after Fill
G-59263FF6-5 Platte Home
G-59263FF2-2 View of grade-raising canal taken from roof of four-story Seaside Hotel, looking northwest
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G-59263FF7-4 Driving piling for a discharge station
G-59263FF2-9 Dredge Boat
G-59263FF3-5 Leviathan Discharging from 25th Street Station
G-59263FF7-12 Dredge 'Leviathan' at 25th Street station
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G-59263FF8-4 Holm connected from a 'hopper' to a straight dredge - First work after her arrival at Galveston
G-59263FF8-5 Holm dredging channel from Galveston Bay through Santa Fe property to entrance of canal
G-59263FF2-4 Dredge Boat Holm, dredging the Galveston Grade Raising Canal
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G-59263FF1-15 Dredge boat Holm
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G-59263FF2-3 View of grade-raising canal taken from roof four-story Seaside Hotel; looking east
G-59263FF2-5 Grade Raising Dredge in Canal
G-59263FF2-7 "HOLM", IN GRADE RAISING CANAL, GALVESTON, TEX.
G-59263FF2-8 SEAWALL, DREDGE AND CANAL, GALVESTON, TEX.
G-59263FF2-10 Dredge Boat
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G-59263FF3-3 Near John Sealy Hospital
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G-59263FF3-9 "Nereus II" Refilling Grade Raising Canal
G-59263FF3-10 Dredge Nerius in Turning Basin. Now space is all homes & shelled streets.
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G-59263FF3-13 Pontoon Pipe Line, Dredge Sealy
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G-59263FF5-6 Ships anchored at Galveston
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G-59263FF5-11 Leviathan at Discharge Station Unloading
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G-59263FF6-1 Four Dutch sand hopper dredges in turning basin discharging sand fill
G-59263FF7-5 Dredge No. 6 taking out first cut turning basin 13th to 15th St's
G-59263FF7-8 Holm after unloading at discharge station
G-59263FF8-1 One of the dredges used for grade raising. Medical buildings in background
G-59263FF8-2 Suction pipe of Holm after converting from hopper dredge to a straight dredge
G-59263FF8-3 Initial work of Holm as a straight dredge - Dredging channel through G.C.&S. Fe Property to Entrance of Grade Raising canal.
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G-59263FF5-10 Dredge 'Triton' on Marine Ways
G-59263FF6-2 Detail of operating rods down to the dumping gates in the sand hopper bottoms on the Dutch dredge Holm
G-59263FF1-2 Leviathan Loading in Bay
G-59263FF1-3 Leviathan, Loading Completed
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G-59263FF5-1 Dredge 'Texas,' Lost at Sea Dec. 24, 1904
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G-5926FF3-2 Leviathan Discharging on 21st Near Canal
G-5926FF3-3 Leviathan Discharging on 21st Near Canal
G-5926FF2-15 Ave J Near 22nd St.
G-5926FF2-6 23rd St - near beachfront
G-5926FF2-8 Ave. J East from 23d St.
G-5926FF2-1 Fire Plug after Grade Raised, 25th & Q 1/2
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G-5926FF1-6 Beachfront
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G-5926FF5-10 Method of Saving Top Soil for Surfacing
G-5926FF1-2 Grading after refilling canal
G-5926FF3-1 Grade Raising Canal
G-5926FF3-4 North Side Convent - Triton Discharging
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G-5926FF4-14 Holm' Filling County Seawall 100' Part of Right of Way with Sand Dredged in Making Canal
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G-5926FF2-13 Leviathan Discharging on 21st Near Canal
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G-5926FF3-7 Leviathan's Pipe Line, 43 3/10 Inches
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G-5926FF1-9 In the grade raising district
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Reports on Grade Raising
Documents and Minutes of Grade Raising Board
Documents and Correspondence
Reports
Logbook 1903-04
Logbook 1904-05
Logbook 1905-07
Logbook 1907-10
Scrapbook 1903-04
Scrapbook 1904-05
Scrapbook 1905-06
Scrapbook 1906-07
Scrapbook 1907-09
Scrapbook 1909-11
G-59261FF4-4 9th & Ave. L crossing of City R.R. and the Susie track
G-59261FF4-3 Dike at 12th & Broadway
G-59261FF9-7 View from Leviathan between 13th & 15th Sts.
G-59261FF6-8 14th & Ave M looking South
G-59261FF10-1 Near 17 & K
G-59261FF10-7 17 & K S E Corner
G-59261FF10-8 17 & K S E Corner
G-59261FF10-5 18th & Ave K Looking S E
G-59261FF8-13 Scene on Ave J, Looking East from 19th Street
G-59261FF1-8 Discharging Filling from Pipeline
G-59261FF8-3 Ave. J Between 22d & 23d Streets Looking East
G-59261FF8-10 South Side Broadway Bet 22 & 23d Sts Showing Discharge and one of two Branch pipe lines
G-59261FF9-9 22d St. & Ave. J Looking North
G-59261FF1-14 Ave. J near 23d St.
G-59261FF1-15 Pontoon Bridge Crossing Canal at Tremont St.
G-59261FF2-1 Leviathan Discharging on Tremont St.
G-59261FF2-2 Bridge across Canal at 23d St.
G-59261FF3-11 Residence N.W. Corner of 23d & O 1/2
G-59261FF3-15 Residence after Fill NW Corner 23d & O 1/2
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G-59261FF7-5 23d St. Looking South from N 1/2 - Leviathan discharging at Ave. O
G-59261FF8-9 Leviathan Discharging on Tremont St. between P & P 1/2
G-59261FF9-8 Ave. J near 23d St.
G-59261FF4-13 24th & K
G-59261FF6-5 Twenty-fourth St. bet. M & N
G-59261FF9-3 Looking North down 24th St at Ave. N
G-59261FF9-4 24th St.
G-59261FF9-10 West Side 24th St. between M &N
G-59261FF9-12 24th Street at Avenue M 1/2
G-59261FF9-5 1609 24th & M
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G-59261FF2-10 Ave. J between 25th & 26th
G-59261FF2-13 Leviathan Discharging at 25th & Ave. J
G-59261FF6-11 Looking North-west from top of Bath Ave School showing 25th St drainage ditch, convent
G-59261FF11-7 Before Fill, Ave P between 25th & 26th
G-59261FF11-8 After Fill, between 25th & 26th
G-59261FF12-1 Leviathan Discharging at 25th & Ave. J
G-59261FF2-4 Ave. J Near 27th St.
G-59261FF2-11 Discharge from Dredge Sealy While Excavating Canal Near 27th St., Near Auditorium
G-59261FF1-9 Discharging Filling through Pipeline
G-59261FF11-9 Showing Completed Fill and Area Not Yet Filled
G-59261FF11-10 After Entire Area Filled, 28th & Ave P
G-59261FF2-8 This house is on the SW corner of 33rd & Broadway.
G-59261FF6-2 Corner of Mrs. Goff's home 33 and Avenue L
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G-59261FF6-4 33rd Street and Avenue K
G-59261FF6-7 33 Ave K
G-59261FF12-3 SW corner of 33d & Ave J
G-59261FF2-3 Filling on 35th & Ave. J
G-59261FF2-5 S E Corner of 35th & Ave J
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G-59261FF7-10 Harry Langben residence
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G-59261FF1-13 Filling on Ave. J
G-59261FF2-12 [Ave.] J Near 27th St.
G-59261FF7-2 The picture illustrates how every dwelling in the City of Galveston, South of Broadway, had to be raised by jacks, to the correct h[e]ight of fill.
G-59261FF9-2 Broadway
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G-59261FF10-2 1721 Ave. K
G-59261FF10-12 Ave K in Front of 1721 - K Looking East
G-59261FF4-2 East Ave. L
G-59261FF10-5 18th & Ave K Looking S E
G-59261FF4-5 East Ave. L
G-59261FF5-9 3515 Ave M
G-59261FF8-2 On Avenue O After Filling, Note Absence of trees
G-59261FF8-5 Scene on Avenue O Just before filling, Galveston Grade Raising
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G-59261FF3-2 Hutchings House - 28th & O
G-59261FF3-3 Hutchings House
G-59261FF3-12 Ave P during grade raising
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G-59261FF7-3 The canal w[h]ich had to be made and is now refilled, and Residences built thereon.
G-59261FF7-6 Scraper teams removing top Surface of Building embankments
G-59261FF8-1 The grade raising canal entrance at East End of City of Galveston
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G-59261FF8-6 Leviathan Discharging at Tremont St. between Canal & C. Rodewall Byrne Residence
G-59261FF8-8 East End
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G-59261FF7-1 The Dredge's discharge pipe end, showing the sand filling of property and street, the residences
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G-59261FF11-5 Before Grade Raising
G-59261FF11-6 After Grade Raising
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G-59261FF12-5 25th St.
G-1822-1 All that was left of the costly county bridge that was the longest in the world
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G-1822-3 Old Galveston Bay Bridge (Vehicular Mud Bridge)
G-1822-4 Wagon bridge, Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF2.1-1 Gen View of Arches
G-18221FF2.1-2 Gen View of Arches
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G-18221FF2.1-4b Old Trestle Bridge Galveston Causeway, Photo by Verkin
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G-18221FF2-1 Greater Galveston Causeway. Pile Yard.
G-18221FF2-2 Greater Galveston Causeway. Driving steel interlocking sheeting forming a crib for one of the piers of the arch portion of Causeway.
G-18221FF2-3 Greater Galveston Causeway. Interior View of Crib formed of interlocking steel piles...
G-18221FF2-4 Greater Galveston Causeway. Pile Yard.
G-18221FF2-5 Greater Galveston Causeway. Row of concrete piles in place after driving.
G-18221FF2-6 Greater Galveston Causeway. Row of concrete piles in place after driving.
G-18221FF2-8 Causeway nearly completed
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G-18221FF2-10 Galveston Causeway under Construction, over Two Miles Long, Costing $1,500,000 Showing Concrete Arches, Looking West
G-18221FF2-11 Galveston Causeway, under Construction, 2 Miles Long, Costing $1,500,000
G-18221FF2-12 Galveston Causeway under Construction
G-18221FF2-13 Galveston Causeway, under Construction, 2 Miles Long, Costing $1,500,000
G-18221FF2-14 Causeway Under Construction
G-18221FF2-15
G-18221FF1.1-1 THE CAUSEWAY AND LIFT BRIDGE
G-18221FF1.1-3 GREATER GALVESTON CAUSEWAY
G-18221FF1.1-5 ARCH AND LIFT BRIDGE, GALVESTON, TEXAS. GREATER GALVESTON CAUSEWAY
G-18221FF1.1-7 Causeway, Galveston, Tex.
G-18221FF1.1-8 The Old Way/The New Way
G-18221FF1-1 Greater Galveston Causeway
G-18221FF1-2 Causeway Entering Galveston from Houston, Texas
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G-18221FF1-4 Proposed Causeway connect[in]g Galveston I[s]land with the Mainland
G-18221FF1-6 A working model, of the proposed, first causeway, between Galveston Island and the Mainland, by E. Feste
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G-18221FF1-8 Greater Galveston Causeway
G-18221FF1-10 Greater Galveston Causeway
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G-18221FF3-1 ...the first automobile to cross the Causeway December 3, 1911
G-18221FF3-1a Before the Unveiling of the Tablets 'Causeway' May 25th 1912
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G-18221FF3-2 Governor Colquitt Unveiled the Tablets. Causeway May 25th 1912.
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G-18221FF3-4 Gov. Colquitt Unveiling Tablets of the Causeway Celebration May 25th 1912
G-18221FF3-6 Governor Colquitt Opening the Causeway May 25th 1912
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G-18221FF3-9 Section of Causeway, Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF3-10 City Commissioners at Opening of First Causeway
G-18221FF3-11 Auto traffic on old bridge
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G-18221FF4-1 AUTO AND FOOTPATH ON THE CAUSEWAY, GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-18221FF4-11 TOP OF CAUSEWAY GALVESTON TEXAS
G-18221FF4-14 TOP OF CAUSEWAY GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-18221FF4-6 GALVESTON'S GREAT CAUSEWAY 2 MILES LONG COST OVER $2,000,000
G-18221FF4.1-3 Great Causeway, 4 Miles Long, Galveston, Texas...
G-18221FF4.1-4 Great Causeway, Galveston, Texas, 4 miles long...
G-18221FF4.1-10 Top of Causeway, Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF4-2 THE GREAT CAUSEWAY, GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-18221FF4-3 CAUSEWAY, 2 MILES LONG, COST $2,000,000 GALVESTON, TEXAS
G-18221FF4.1-5 The Galveston Causeway, Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF4.1-11 LIFT BRIDGE ON GALVESTON'S GREAT CAUSEWAY 2 MILES LONG COST OVER $2,000,000
G-18221FF4.1-13 Lift Bridge on Galveston's $2,000,000 Causeway, Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF4-4 Greater Galveston Causeway
G-18221FF4-5 Greater Galveston Causeway
G-18221FF4-8 GALVESTON'S GREAT CAUSEWAY 2 MILES LONG COST OVER $2,000,000
G-18221FF4-9 "GALVESTON'S GREAT CAUSEWAY 2 MILES LONG COST OVER $2,000,000"
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G-18221FF4.1-1 Causeway Connecting the Mainland with Galveston, Texas
G-18221FF4.1-6 Galveston's Great Causeway, 3 Miles Long, Cost Over $3,000,000, Galveston, Tex.
G-18221FF4.1-7 Galveston's Great Causeway, 3 Miles Long, Cost over $3,000,000, Galveston, Tex.
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AW-1 Northeast from the Water Works Stand Pipe
AW-2 U.S. Post Office and Custom House
AW-3(b) Residence of Hon. Walter Gresham
AW-3(t) Residence of Mr. Alphonse Kenison
AW-4 Clarke Courts Building
AW-5(b) Residence of Mr. Geo Sealy
AW-5(t) Residence of Mr. P. J. Willis
AW-6 Ball High School
AW-7(b) "Scenes in Garten Verein " (2 views)
AW-7(t) "Scenes in Garten Verein" (2 views)
AW-8 The Strand, east from Twenty-Second Street
AW-9 Wharf dredge boats at work
AW-10 City Hall
AW-11 Cotton Exchange and News buildings
AW-12(b) Scene on Avenue G"
AW-12(t) Scene on Avenue I
AW-13 City Park
AW-14(b) Residence of Mr. W. S. Davis
AW-14(t) Residence of Chas. Fowler
AW-15 Mechanic Street, east from 24th Street
AW-16(b) North Jetty
AW-16(t) South Jetty
AW-17 Scene in Garten Verein
AW-18 Cotton and Woolen Mills
AW-20(b) Scene on Tremont
AW-20(t) Scene on Market St, west from 26th St
AW-20 Galveston County Courthouse
AW-21 Kauffman & Runge building
AW-22 Market Street, west from 20th Street
AW-23(b) Residence of Wm. R. Johnson
AW-23(t) Scene on Postoffice Street
AW-24 Where the oyster boats come in
AW-25(b) Residence of John Focke
AW-25(t) Residence of H. Wilkens
AW-26 Looking east on Strand from Bath Ave
AW-27(b) Water Works
AW-27(t) Galveston County Jail
AW-28 First Baptist Church
AW-29 John Sealy Hospital
AW-30 Wagon Bridge Across the Bay
AW-31 Moody Building
AW-32(b) Oleander trees on Avenue I
AW-32(t) Dickinson Bayou at the Nichols homestead
AW-33 St. Mary's Infirmary
AW-34 Market Street, east from Bath Ave
AW-35(b) Residence of W. F. Ladd
AW-35(t) Residence of Mrs. R. Sealy
AW-36 Harmony Hall
AW-37 View on Dickinson Bayou
AW-38 Medical Dept. of the University of Texas (Old Red)
AW-39(b) Residence of Dr. E. Randall
AW-39(t) Residence of J. C. Trube
AW-40 Market Street, west from 22nd Street
AW-41 Scene at the Wharves
AW-42 Dickinson Bayou, from the I&GN Bridge
AW-43 Interior of the West Yard of the Taylor Compress Co.
AW-44 Beach Hotel
AW-45(l) St. John's Church
AW-45(r) Bolivar Point Light House
AW-46 Scene at the foot of 16th Street
AW-47(b) Central High School
AW-47(t) Bath Avenue School
AW-48 Looking southeast from the Water Works Stand Pipe
AW-49 Scene on Tremont St, south from Market Street
AW-50(t) Congregation B'nai Israel synagogue
AW-50(b) Trinity Episcopal Church
AW-51 At the beach
AW-52 Rosenberg School
AW-53(b) Residence of Leo N. Levi
AW-53(t) Residence of Mrs. Hallie Ballinger
AW-54 Adoue and Lobit building
AW-55 Interior of the First Presbyterian Church
AW-56 Southeast corner Market & 21st Street
AW-57 Dickinson Bayou at the Dr. Haden homestead
AW-58 Tremont Hotel
AW-59(b) West Broadway School
AW-59(t) Avenue K School
AW-60 Scene at the Elevator
AW-61 Ursuline Convent
AW-62 Tremont Street, north from Market Street
AW-63 Masonic Temple
AW-64(b) Residence of H. C. Lange
AW-64(t) Residence of M. Lasker
AW-65 First Presbyterian Church
AW-66 Scene along the wharves
AW-67(b) At the beach (Pagoda Bathhouse)
AW-67(t) Cathedral School
AW-68 Scene on 22nd Street
AW-69 An avenue in Mr. Stringfellows pear orchard at Hitchcock
AW-70 Marx and Blum building
AW-i Wharf Scene
G-25.4FF1.6 A scene of typical slate-covered, residential roof-top.
G-25.4FF1.7 Galveston scene taken about 16th & Broadway?
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G-25.4FF1.2 Northwest From Broadway And Eighteenth
G-25.4 FF 1-8 Galveston's downtown, looking from Postoffice and 22nd Streets, Eastward
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G-25.4FF1-1 Part of Broadway, Court house to the right, back
G-17712-1 After Storm of 1909
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G-17712-3 As the Surf Looked Aug. 27th 09, Galveston, Tex.
July 15, 1909
July 16, 1909
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July 22, 1909
G-17713FF3.1-11 Causeway showing damaged 16 in Watermain; water is carried 150 miles from Alta Loma.
G-17713FF3.2-12 A pile-driver at work
G-17713FF3.2-4 First Train Across Trestle
G-17713FF3.2-5 Temporary railroad trestle
G-17713FF3.2-6 Derailed passenger cars on wrecked causeway
G-17713FF3.2-11 Debris from wrecked causeway
Residential
G-17713FF3.2-14 Causeway after Storm, Aug. 16 - 1915
G-17713FF3.2-15 Construction of temporary trestle
G-17713FF3.2-16 Construction of temporary trestle
G-17713FF3.3-1 "Building a trestle to take the place temporarily of the ruined causeway"
G-17713FF3.1-3 Wrecked causeway
G-17713FF3.1-6 "The causeway"
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G-17713FF3.1-15 "Causeway"
G-17713FF3.2-2 Causeway Galveston, Texas
G-17713FF3.2-3 Causeway span
G-17713FF3.2-8 The ruined causeway...looking toward Galveston
G-17713FF3.2-10 Looking down approach to wrecked causeway
G-17713FF3.3-3 Greater Galveston Causeway. Looking toward Virginia Point from Railroads and Interurban Tracks.
G-17713FF3.3-5 Greater Galveston Causeway Where Arch Section and Protected Roadway were broken Of
G-17713FF3.1-14 Wrecked cars on causeway storm of Aug 16/15
G-17713FF3.2-7 Derailed interurban
G-17713FF3.1-1 Group of four men standing on riprap at base of causeway
G-17713FF3.1-5 Collapsed causeway span
G-17713FF3.1-10 Man walking on top of guardrail of damaged causeway
G-17713FF3.2-1 Wrecked causeway after the storm
G-17713FF3.1-4 Looking down causeway toward collapsed middle portion
G-17713FF4.1-1 Ruins of business.
G-17713FF4.1-2 23rd St. & Ave. C
G-17713FF4.1-3 The gray dawn of the morning after
G-17713FF4.1-5 Wagon passing through flooded Avenue E.
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G-17713FF4.1-7 Pedestrians and automobile proceeding through flooded downtown street.
G-17713FF4.1-8 Market & 22.
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G-17713FF4.1-10 Market St looking North at 4 PM. on Aug 16th prior to the Gulf coming over
G-17713FF4.1-12 Market St & 22 looking East. Feldmans Corner: 4 PM. Aug 16th
G-17713FF4.1-13 Market St & 22 looking East. Feldmans Corner: 4 PM. Aug 16th
G-17713FF4.2-1 Galveston Texas 22nd & Market Aug 17, 15 11 AM
G-17713FF5.1-1 60 Inch Marine Search-Light Ft Crockett - Galveston
G-17713FF5.1-2 Flooding around tents at Fort Crockett
G-17713FF5.1-3 Wrecked buildings at Fort Crockett
G-17713FF5.1-4 Tents and barracks at Fort Crockett
G-17713FF5.1-5 Soldiers drying out personal belongings at Fort Crockett
G-17713FF7.1-1 Morgan's Point after 1915 Storm
G-17713FF7.1-2 Morgan's Point after 1915 Storm
G-17713FF7.1-3 Morgan's Point after 1915 Storm
G-17713FF7.2-1 Part of camp after storm at Texas City Tex Aug 16/15
G-17713FF7.2-2 Storm at Texas City Tex Aug 16 1915
G-17713FF7.2-3 Storm at Texas City Tex - Aug. 16th 1915
G-17713FF9.1-1 Wrecked houses
G-17713FF9.1-2 House turned over on its roof.
G-17713FF9.1-3 The Vogel home, from the sea wall, looking over the hole the water dug back of the wall.
G-17713FF9.1-4 A typical scene near the sea wall
G-17713FF9.1-5 Wrecked houses along Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.1-6 Wrecked two-story frame house on Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.1-8 Wrecked houses along Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.1-9 Man and woman standing in front of wrecked house partially submerged in sand.
G-17713FF9.1-10 Wrecked houses
G-17713FF9.1-11 Row of wrecked houses probably along Seawall Boulevard.
G-17713FF9.1-12 Frame buildings fronting on the Plaza
G-17713FF9.1-13 The Plaza, from Boulevard near 21st Street
G-17713FF9.1-14 Houses at 29 & Boulevard
G-17713FF9.1-15 East End
G-17713FF9.2-1 12 St.
G-17713FF9.2-2 Houses at 14 & Boulevard
G-17713FF9.2-3 17th & Boulevard
G-17713FF9.2-4 Christensen's home on the beach
G-17713FF9.2-5 Boulevard and 10 Sts.
G-17713FF9.2-6 Demolished apartment building on Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.2-7 Another view of a beautiful home
G-17713FF9.2-8 Wrecked two-story frame house viewed behind pile of bricks
G-17713FF9.2-9 Wrecked houses along Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.2-10 Man and woman sitting in front of wrecked frame house
G-17713FF9.2-11 Debris from wrecked houses
G-17713FF9.2-12 Mrs. Klineke home on 19th & Boulevard, carried 50 ft from own lot
G-17713FF9.2-13 Wrecked and toppled houses partially submerged in sand
G-17713FF9.2-14 Looking w. From 21st str. and B[roa]d[wa]y
G-17713FF9.2-15 Wrecked houses and street railway track.
G-17713FF9.2-16 Wrecked houses and street railway track.
G-17713FF9.3-1 Wrecked houses
G-17713FF9.3-3 Galveston 1915 storm.
G-17713FF9.3-4 Wrecked apartment building on Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.3-5 Boulevard & 8th St Galveston - Aug 16
G-17713FF9.3-6 New apartment Broadway Boulevard or Sea Wall
G-17713FF9.3-7 Wreckage of sailing vessel Alison Doura, swept over Seawall
G-17713FF9.3-8 Workers standing amid wrecked houses
G-17713FF9.3-9 Row of wrecked houses partially submerged in sand.
G-17713FF9.3-11 Wrecked house standing behind Seawall
G-17713FF9.3-13 Wreckage in Galveston Storm 1915
G-17713FF9.3-14 Wrecked apartment building on Seawall Boulevard
G-17713FF9.4-1 Looking directly at damaged houses lining 23rd Street (?) at Seawall Boulevard.
G-17713FF9.4-2 Wrecked house and debris along Seawall Boulevard

A typical scene near the sea wall

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