Xmas [Christmas] recipe; L.H. McClure, phone 385; ca. 1950s

The Texas Eastern photo collection documents the corporate life of Texas Eastern and the lives of its workers.This photo collection offers images of pipeline construction, routine operations, mug shots of staff, portraits of executives and board members, and photos of workers featured in the Texas Eastern internal publications. The collection images ranges from industrial or corporate shots, including images such as welders working in deep mud or secretaries typing letters, to employees working on hobbies, playing sports or attending company picnics. The bulk of the photos are from the 1950s to the 1960s with the entire collection spanning the years from 1947 to the 1980s.

The photos are organized in the same manner in which they were originally stored. Original file numbering has been incorporated into the folder titles. The collection processor preserved segments of the original envelopes containing useful information or containing handwriting that was not legible. Most of the photographs have been inventoried on an item level.