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The Specifics

  • A few years ago Hurricane Ike flooded thousands of Galveston Homes destroying tens of thousands of historic Galveston photos in the process. GHF's Preservation Outreach Committee is dedicated to ensuring this won't happen again. GalveScan is a project to digitize and preserve as many historical photographs of Galveston Texas as possible.
  • Update: 1050 photos scanned as of 5-4-2011
    Posted May 3, 2011 10:10 PM by Thomas Green
  • How does it work? We are now doing GalveScan on an "as needed" basis. Contact us via the form below. We will come by your place at your convenience to pickup your photos/negatives ...
    Posted Apr 16, 2011 8:55 PM by Thomas Green
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Spotlight

  • Grade raising The storm of 1900 was the deadliest natural disaster in US history (by far). Between 6,000 and 8,000 people perished on The Island in one evening, with a ...
    Posted Aug 15, 2011 7:48 PM by Thomas Green
  • UTMB UTMB was founded in 1891 and is the oldest continuously operating medical school west of the Mississippi. The Sealy family was instrumental in bringing the medical school to The Island ...
    Posted Jul 29, 2011 9:03 PM by Thomas Green
  • 1977 Parade From the Culpepper collection, here are some pictures of a parade that may have been part of the Strand Festival of 1977. At least part of the parade was on ...
    Posted Jul 11, 2011 8:40 PM by Thomas Green
  • The Galvez The Galvez was the first super-hotel in Galveston. It was built on the seawall shortly after the grade was raised to 17ft above sea level. It was built in ...
    Posted Jul 5, 2011 7:31 PM by Thomas Green
  • 23rd and Seawall Back before the Civil War, 23rd street was the most desired place to live (not until James Brown built Ashton Villa on Broadway did Broadway become the new prestige street ...
    Posted Jun 17, 2011 4:37 PM by Thomas Green
  • McKinney/McDonald house This is the McKinney/McDonald house. This house was once one of the most incredible houses in the east end. Pictures of this house can be found in the the ...
    Posted Jun 7, 2011 9:02 PM by Thomas Green
  • Alfred Muller Everyone agrees that Nicholas Clayton was the number one architect in Galveston. The only architect to seriously challenge Clayton was Alfred Muller. According to the Coppersmith Inn B&B (1914 ...
    Posted May 26, 2011 7:25 PM by Thomas Green
  • Miss Historic Building Beauty The Culpepper Collection includes more than a dozen photos of one of the most unique beauty contests ever imagined. This is the Miss Historic Building Beauty contest of the 6th ...
    Posted May 16, 2011 8:56 PM by Thomas Green
  • Ursuline Academy The first three photos are souvenir slides from Ursuline Academy. This building was one of Nicholas Clayton's best. This was built (1895) within a few years of the Gresham ...
    Posted May 12, 2011 8:25 PM by Thomas Green
  • Hurricane Alicia In 1983 Hurricane Alicia made landfall over the far western side of The Island. The following pics were scanned from slides taken in the wake of Alicia.
    Posted May 1, 2011 7:50 PM by Thomas Green
  • Nicholas Clayton Nicholas Clayton was the undisputed number one architect in Galveston for over 20 years. The postcards on this page represent the pinnacle of Clayton's career.
    Posted Apr 24, 2011 6:59 PM by Thomas Green
  • Galveston News Bldg The picture to the left is from 1977. The building was one of the ugliest buildings in town. Perhaps the owners thought hanging a large banner on the front of ...
    Posted May 21, 2011 10:42 PM by Thomas Green
  • A Great Pic Now this is the kind of picture we love. At first, this might not look like much--there aren't any famous people, crazy antics or artistic genius in this ...
    Posted Apr 20, 2011 10:45 PM by Thomas Green
  • Artemis, not Elissa When Mike and Adrienne (owners of Nautical Antiques and Decor) gave me these negatives I assumed these pictures were of Elissa (GHF's flagship and the official Tall Ship of ...
    Posted Apr 3, 2011 11:23 PM by Thomas Green
  • Sacred Heart This postcard shows Sacred Heart church as it appeared in 1906. This is the second Sacred Heart church to be built here. The original church was designed by Nicholas Clayton ...
    Posted Mar 9, 2011 6:30 PM by Thomas Green
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GalveScan 2011 Slideshow


Above are pictures from GalveScan 2011. New pictures will be uploaded weekly, so check back!

And please...spread the word!!!!

News

  • Galveston Google Earth Like looking at historic pictures of Galveston? Check out Galveston GE. This is a collection of historic photos of Galveston in 9 different projects. Each picture is indexed in Google ...
    Posted Apr 20, 2011 10:24 PM by Thomas Green
  • Tax Break? Need a tax break? The IRS allows deductions for charitable donations. The rules state that fair market value of donated items can be claimed as a deduction on your taxes ...
    Posted Feb 22, 2011 6:18 PM by Thomas Green
  • Ike damaged photos? Did hurricane Ike damage your historic photos? We can give you information for services that can recover some photos. If you think your historic photos are beyond repair, donate them ...
    Posted Mar 9, 2011 6:26 PM by Thomas Green
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The "Best Picture" Contest

GalveScan 2011 is a project to document and electronically preserve as many historic Galveston photographs as possible. To generate excitement and help spread the word, the Galveston Historical Foundation is offering a prize for the most historically informative photograph. What do we mean by "the most historically informative photograph"? We are looking for the photos that teach us something new about Galveston. To be clear, the winner will not be the the most beautiful photo, but the photo that teaches us the most about Galveston. Likely subjects could be pictures with significant architecture in the foreground or background, historic events or famous people in Galveston. Historic documents are also encouraged. We should stress: we want to document all historic photographs and documents we can get, even if you don't think they will win the contest. Our goal is to document as much history as possible.

What is the prize? We'll give you a ride on GHF's tall ship Elissa!!!

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