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Sixty Years of SE Texas Phtography
Thomas Jefferson HS Graduates
Bart (Class of 66) and Wayne (Class of 60) were both graduates of Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur! Hear their stories about taking photographing the people, places, and events of Southeast Texas on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
Frank Cricchio
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
Frank Cricchio was a photography legend in Southeast Texas, and he was a mentor to both Wayne and Bart in their early career. Hear Wayne and Bart talk about Museum of the Gulf Coach Hall of Fame photographer Frank Cricchio on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
friday night lights!
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
Bart and Frank Cricchio would don specially mongrammed jump suits, and take pictures at Port Arthur home football games on Friday nights. Hear Bart and Wayne talk about working with photography legend Frank Cricchio on Down Trails of V ictory podcast!
pioneer with color newsprint
Wayne, Frank Cricchio, and bart
pioneer with color newsprint
Frank Cricchio was a pioneer in incorporating color photography into newspapers. Hear Bart and Wayne talk about about working with Frank Cricchio on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (Frank Cricchio photo published in the Port Arthur News, January 9, 1972)
Covers and Weddings
Album Covers
bridal portraits
magazine covers
Album covers were part of these Southeast Texas photographers' portfolio. Hear the story from the men behind the camera, right here, on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (this album cover of the Gospel Echoes featuring Dottie Rambo was taken by Wayne Rogers)
magazine covers
bridal portraits
magazine covers
Magazine covers are important--they draw attention to a magazine's content, they provide advertisers with an audience of readers, and the set the tone for the publication. Hear about wedding photography from the masters themselves, right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (cover photo by Wayne Rogers)
bridal portraits
bridal portraits
bridal portraits
A bride is only a first-time bride once in a lifetime, and Bart and Wayne were two of Southeast Texas' wedding bridal photographers. Hear them tell about their experiences, right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture taken by Wayne Rogers)
Personalities and Events
1964 presidential campaign
miss texas pageant--beaumont, texas 1961
miss texas pageant--beaumont, texas 1961
Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater came to Beaumont on a campaign swing through Texas in 1964. Bart and Wayne each covered the event, which also featured US Senator John Tower of Texas. Hear their story on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
miss texas pageant--beaumont, texas 1961
miss texas pageant--beaumont, texas 1961
miss texas pageant--beaumont, texas 1961
Wayne Rogers covered the Miss Texas pageant of 1961, which was held at the Beaumont City Auditorium. Hear him talk about covering that week-long event, and about taking the iconic picture of the crowning of the winner--Linda Loftis of Fort Worth--on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Wayne Rogers)
bob hope and port arthur connections
bob hope and port arthur connections
bob hope and port arthur connections
World renowned entertainer Bob Hope had Southeast Texas connections. Hear about Hope's support for Port Arthur's school for students with disabilities--Hughen School--on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
claude brown and bob hope
bob hope and port arthur connections
bob hope and port arthur connections
Port Arthur realtor Claude Brown served as the impetus to connect Bob Hope with Port Arthur's Hughen School, which later became known as the Bob Hope School. Hear about the origins of the Bob Hope School on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
Bob hope and bum phillips
PN-G connections at U of H
Bob hope and bum phillips
Both Bob Hope and Bum Phillips lended their name and presence to an annual golf tournament to raise money for the Hughen Center's Bob Hope School. Hear about these legends' charitable endeavor, right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
wade and bum phillips
PN-G connections at U of H
Bob hope and bum phillips
Hear Bart talk about his relationship with and respect for Southeast Texas legends Bum and Wade Phillips, on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
PN-G connections at U of H
PN-G connections at U of H
jimmy carter and jack brooks
PN-G connections at the University of Houston in the 1960s--(L to R) Bum Phillips, Mike Simpson, George Caraway, and Wade Phillips. Hear the story about those connections on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
jimmy carter and jack brooks
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
jimmy carter and jack brooks
Jimmy Carter came to Southeast Texas on a campaign stop in 1980 aboard Air Force One, where he was greeted by longtime US Representative Jack Brooks. Hear about President Carter's visit to SE Texas, on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
Bill Clinton visited Port Arthur as a presidential candidate in 1992, to participate in a Museum of the Gulf Coast fundraising roast of Texas governor Ann Richards. Hear about his, and other celebrity visits to Southeast Texas, on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
bill clinton and bart--2012
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
bill clinton adn ann richards--1988
Hear about Bill Clinton's 2012 return visit to Southeast Texas for a Nick Lampson fundraiser, right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
leon jaworski
todd dodge, lew ford, dr. jessee delee
leon jaworski
Waco native Leon Jaworski was the lead prosecutor against President Richard Nixon in connection to the Watergate proceedings, which eventually led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Hear the story behind this portrait of Jaworski, on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
don rickles
todd dodge, lew ford, dr. jessee delee
leon jaworski
Popular comedian Don Rickles visited Southeast Texas in 1991 at a Museum of the Gulf Coast fundraising roast for Walter Umphrey. Hear the story behind the man nicknamed "Mr. Warmth," right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
todd dodge, lew ford, dr. jessee delee
todd dodge, lew ford, dr. jessee delee
todd dodge, lew ford, dr. jessee delee
Bart was the photographer at a 2022 Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring (L to R) football legend Todd Dodge, baseball great Lew Ford, orthopedic surgeon Jesse DeLee, and the late William Seale. Hear photographers Bart Bragg and Wayne Rogers talk about their careers on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (picture by Bart Bragg)
Connection to Hisotry
november 22, 1963--dallas, texas
november 22, 1963--dallas, texas
november 22, 1963--dallas, texas
One of the most famous photographs of the 20th century has a Southeast Texas connection. On November 22, 1963, tragedy struck when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. That same evening, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States. What was the Southeast Texas connection to this famous photo taken by Cecil Stoughton? Find out right here, on Down Trails of Victory podcast!
Lee harvey oswald and jack ruby
november 22, 1963--dallas, texas
november 22, 1963--dallas, texas
Two days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was himself murdered by Jack Ruby while being trransferred to the county jail from the Dallas police station. Hear Bart talk about his conversation with Dallas police detective James Leavelle--the man in the white hat--who is forever linked to history because of these graphic images. Hear the story, right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast! (the photo on the right was taken by Robert H. Jackson, and won a Pulitzer Prize. The photo on the left was taken by Jack Beers, and was taken six-tenths of a second before Jackson's)