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[Temporary Pumping Equipment at White Rock Lake]

Description: Photograph of some of the temporary pumping equipment going into the old pumping station at White Rock Lake. In the photograph, a cement column rises from the ground. In front of the column, a man is carrying digging equipment. Piles of dirt surround the pumping equipment. The photograph was taken from inside a brick enclosure; the scene is visible through an archway.
Date: 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Texas Surgeon: an Autobiography

Description: This autobiographical account of Dr. Donald Taylor Atkinson tells "the story of the life of a world-renowned doctor who overcame tremendous financial obstacles in order to gain an education" (vii). The author chronicles his family's history, his upbringing in Canada, as well as his journey towards becoming a surgeon in Texas.
Date: 1958
Creator: Atkinson, Donald Taylor
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

[Tornado Destruction]

Description: Photograph of destruction caused by a tornado in Dallas, Texas. A car in the foreground has been partially destroyed, and is covered with rubble from the building behind it. Debris litters the ground.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Tornado Destruction in Dallas, Texas]

Description: Photograph of destruction caused by a tornado in Dallas, Texas. A car is pressed up against a wall on the left. Its roof has been ripped off and it is surrounded by debris. Another car is parked to the right, and appears to have sustained less damage.
Date: April 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

United States Post Office

Description: Photograph of the Grand Opening of the United States Post Office on the corner of College and Crockett in Cleveland, Texas. The man at the podium was the area's congressman at the time, U.S. Representative Jack Brooks
Date: November 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[United States Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the mail sorting area of the new Cleveland Post office in 1955. There are packages wrapped in paper on a shelf. There are clothes on a table to the left of the shelf, and a man stands in front of several other shelves full of books on the far side of the room.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[United States Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the Grand Opening of the United States Post Office on the corner of College and Crockett in Cleveland, Texas. The man at the podium was the area's congressman at the time, U.S. Representative Jack Brooks. There is a window behind him is hung with striped banners with stars on them.
Date: 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[United States Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the Grand Opening of Cleveland Post Office Building. An unidentified man, Frank Roark, Jr. Postmaster, Cleveland Mayor N. A. Walker, Farmer's State Bank President O. A. Witherspoon and an unidentified man stand by the double front doors Mayor N. A. Walker holds a ribbon that has been strung across the door, and another man is visible through the glass of the door inside the building.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[A.W. Cullum & Co. Loading Dock]

Description: Photograph of the A.W. Cullum & Co. loading dock in Dallas, Texas. In the photograph, a number of vehicles are parked near the dock. The loading dock is shaded by an awning, under which white cases are situated. "A. W. Cullom & Co." is painted onto the side of the building. A railroad crossing sign and railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Date: July 28, 1959
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Water Main at White Rock Purification Plant]

Description: Photograph of water main at White Rock Purification Plant. In the photograph, a crane is parked near the water main. Dirt has been dug up around the water main. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Dragline covering sect. of newly laid 30" main near aerators - at old White Rock purif. plant 11/17/52."
Date: November 17, 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[White Rock Lake]

Description: Photograph taken at White Rock Lake. In the photograph, the lake has dried up. A man is seated where a dock might otherwise be. A house is visible in the background.
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Workers Sitting on Crates]

Description: Photograph of workers sitting on crates at a loading dock for the Dallas Farmer's Market. Crates are stacked up in an open space in the wall and nearly touch the ceiling of the enclosure.
Date: July 28, 1959
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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