Photographs, black-and-white

Abstract Carol S. Frederick was born in Ohio on August 13, 1944. Her father and mother, Thomas H. and Ethel Frederick, moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when she was about five years old. Soon after, the family relocated to Beaumont, Texas. Carol graduated from Beaumont High School in 1962 and later married Nicholas P. Marino in Beaumont on July 8, 1967. The Carol Marino Collection comprises mostly family records and artifacts from her maternal side of the family that was made up of Aspinwall,...

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John C. Hooper, Jr., was a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He lived in Beaumont for 73 years and was the owner of Hooper Graphic Arts and also was employed as a freelance photographer for the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper. This collection includes photographs of landmark structures around the City of Beaumont, landscapes, industrial, and portrait photographs that date back to the early 1900’s.

Abstract The Mildred Building was built in 1929 and 1930 by Miles Frank Yount, local oilman, and The Austin Company of Texas as a luxury apartment building (complete with electric lighting and a garage) and commercial retail space. It was named after Yount's daughter, Mildred, and it is still in use today. This collection consists of a leather-bound scrapbook of large black-and-white photographs of the building's exterior and interior, as well as a photocopy of the specifications for the garage and...