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Year book of the Dallas Architectural Club and catalogue of its first annual exhibition : held at the Jefferson Hotel, Dallas, February eleventh to eighteenth, 1922

Description: The Yearbook of the Dallas Architectural Club and a catalogue of its first annual exhibition, held at the Jefferson Hotel, Dallas. Includes lists of the club's members, and many photos and illustrations of buildings designed by the members.
Date: 1922
Creator: Dallas Architectural Club.
Partner: UNT Libraries

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas Report 3: Past and Probable Future Population

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing Dallas' population history and expected growth up until approximately 1970; the report looks at factors that could effect the distribution of population, where the future growth may occur, etc.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empiric… more
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use

Description: Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing current and future land use as well as current and future zoning districts. According to an "Errata" insert, tables 1, 2, and 3, were made using the "wrong acreage for the Dallas parks...use the revised tables in studying this report."
Date: October 1944
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

The Loving Family in Texas (1843 - 1953)

Description: Biographical sketches and accounts related to the history of the Loving family, as well as genealogical lists. It is separated into three parts: James and Margaret Morgan Loving, Dallas County; Oliver and Susan Morgan Loving, Parker and Palo Pinto Counties; Abraham and Susannah Pipkin Loving, Grayson County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cullar, W. Clytes Anderson (Willie Clytes Anderson), 1920-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas

Description: This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Date: 1890
Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Cabaña Motor Hotel]

Description: Postcard of the Cabaña Motor Hotel on Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, Texas. Cars are parked in the lot to the right. The typed text on the back reads: "Remember * * * * * * * * * * Phi Delta Theta Annual Alumni Chili Dinner and Stag - This Thursday, October 12, 1967. Dinner: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Games & Entertainment: 7:30 - 12:30. Tariff: Only $4.50 for 67 dues payers and slightly higher for those who didn't come across. Don't miss this memorable occasion! (The biggest and best stag ever)".
Date: 1967
Partner: Old City Park

[Postcard of a Water Slide]

Description: Postcard of a large water slide in Dallas, Texas. A man stands to the left, and there are trees in the background. The text to the right reads: "Beautiful Lake Cliff. The Southwest's Greatest Playground - Dallas, Texas".
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Postcard of a Toy Department]

Description: Postcard of toys on display in the Rodgers-Thomas Sales Co. in Dallas, Texas. The text to the right reads: "Our Toy Department. Offers you unexcelled service and a big saving in prices. We sell directly for sixty of the best selected American factories".
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Postcard of a Roller Skating Rink]

Description: Postcard of a large roller skating rink in Dallas, Texas. The text to the right reads: "Beautiful Lake Cliff. The Southwest's Greatest Playground - Dallas, Texas", and the text below the picture reads: "The World's Largest Roller Skating Rink (capacity 2000 couples)".
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of Tourists in Dallas]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of an old man and woman wearing tourist clothes, hats, and sunglasses, surrounded by well-dressed people. The text above the drawing reads "Hello from Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Wonder how they knew we were tourists?"
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of Cowboy Shooting a Man's Feet]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a cowboy standing in front of the doors of a saloon and shooting at the feet of a man wearing stereotypically tourist clothes. The text above the drawing reads "Howdy From Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "I'm Learning a New Dance Called 'The Texas Twist'!!"
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Postcard of a Man Riding a Fish]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a man riding a large fish in front of two men sitting on a dock with fishing rods. The text above the drawing reads, "Hello From Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Don't pay any attention to him - you know how those Texans exaggerate!"
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park
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