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[Aerial View of Beverly Hills Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Beverley Hills Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is located at the lower center of the picture and is outlined by Sheldon Avenue and N Frances Street on its upper and right sides respectively. Residential suburbs are visible above the park.

Date: June 29, 1947

Creator: Haskins, Squire

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of Bluff View and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Bluff View Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park is located in the center of the picture along Pomona Road. Residential suburbs are visible in the upper portion of the picture as well as approximately five houses below the park.

Date: July 20, 1947

Creator: Haskins, Squire

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of Casa Linda Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Casa Linda Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains a baseball park, sits near the middle of the picture, just below San Saba Drive and above a railroad. Houses are visible above the park.

Date: July 20, 1947

Creator: Haskins, Squire

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of City Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of City Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits near the center of the picture, directly above Gano Street. The park is surrounded by subdivisions with many trees and buildings of varying sizes.

Date: 1948

Creator: Barnes Aerial Surveys

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of Cole Park]

Photograph of Cole Park and its immediate surroundings in Dallas, Texas. The rectangular park, which contains tennis courts and a small building, is outlined by Cole Avenue, Elizabeth Street, and McKinney Avenue on its left, top, and right sides respectively. Some small buildings are visible on the top and right edges of the photograph.

Date: July 1947

Creator: Haskins, Squire

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of Deerpath Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Deerpath Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which is outlined and labeled in red, sits above where a school, which is also labeled, currently sits and to the left of what is now Deer Path Drive. An area covered in trees is visible to the park's left side, and residential suburbs are visible to the right side.

Date: August 2, 1949

Creator: Haskins, Squire

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

City of Dallas, Texas Water Consumption 1907-1946

Line graph showing the amount of water consumed in billion gallons per year from 1907-1946; the trend of the graph is positive, meaning the city is consuming more and more water per year.

Date: 1946~

Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co.

Item Type: Image

Dallas Origin and Destination Survey

Survey created by the Texas Highway Department in conjunction with the "City and County of Dallas" concerning the "major external routes of vehicular travel radiating from Dallas." The survey asked drivers where their trip began, which roads they traveled on, and their destination. This report includes tables and maps showing the compiled data and the various traffic movements around the city.

Date: January 10, 1945

Creator: Texas. Highway Department.

Item Type: Report

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 11]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business. Indexes start after page 600.

Date: 1946/1953

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.

Item Type: Book

[Fingerprint Card for Jack Ruby]

Fingerprint card of Jack Ruby's fingerprints. The fingerprints were taken when Ruby applied to be a dance hall supervisor.

Date: June 22, 1949

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.

Item Type: Text

[Fingerprints of Jack Ruby from Application]

Photocopy of Jack Ruby's fingerprints from an application made in June of 1949. The application was for dance hall supervisor.

Date: June 22, 1949

Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.

Item Type: Text

[Kidd Springs Park & Pool]

Photograph of Kidd Springs Park focused on the pond near the center of the park. Trees line the edges of the man-made pond partially obscuring the walking path that winds the perimeter of the pond. Unknown buildings and buildings amid construction are scattered throughout the park. Streets separates Kidd Springs Park from the surrounding residential suburban area.

Date: 1947

Creator: Squire Haskins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Lake Cliff Park & Pool]

Photograph of an aerial view of the large rectangular with a permanent pavilion in the Lake Cliff pool. People line the edges of the swimming pool in various forms of relaxation enjoying the August weather. A kayak is visible in the middle of the pool paddling around. Trees obscure the edges of the pool's boundary giving shade to sprawled out pool goers. A small parking lot with 1945 era cars are visible in the bottom right of the photograph. In the background of the photograph a baseball diamo… more

Date: August 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Lake Cliff Pool]

Photograph of an aerial view of the Lake Cliff pool with red marker identifying the surrounding buildings and structures. People line the edges of the swimming pool in various forms of relaxation enjoying the August weather. Trees obscure the edges of the pool's boundary giving shade to sprawled out pool goers.

Date: June 1947

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Lake Cliff Pool Partially Filled In]

Photograph of the aerial view centered around the Lake Cliff pool and the surrounding park. People are scattered throughout the pool grounds in various forms of relaxation and play. The North end of the pool has been filled in with dirt to create additional grass space. Additional key features of the photograph include an empty baseball field, the parking lot filled with automobiles, and Lake Cliff proper.

Date: August 2, 1949

Creator: Squire Haskins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Lake Cliff Pool Under Construction]

Photograph of the Lake Cliff pool with a portion of the pool having been blocked off and partially drained leaving behind dark black water. The other portion of the pool features people swimming through clear blue water. At the top of the photograph trees line the edges of the lake proper obscuring the boundaries of the lake and the surrounding park.

Date: Summer 1948

Creator: Squire Haskins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Letter from L. B. Houston to M. R. Tillotson, November 9, 1942]

Letter from L. B. Houston, Director of Parks in Dallas, to M. R. Tillotson, the Regional Director of National Park Service, describing work that the park service had completed at White Rock Lake and other points in the Dallas area.

Date: November 9, 1942

Creator: Houston, L. B.

Item Type: Letter

Location: 32.830878 -96.715923

[Lindsley Park]

Photograph of an aerial view of a basic dirt baseball field and an open field covered in clusters of trees. The background of the photograph features residential structures with paved asphalt streets that transition into dirt roads.

Date: July 20, 1947

Creator: Squire Haskins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

[Map of White Rock Lake]

Hand-drawn map of White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas showing the location of park entrances and buildings with print numbers for corresponding photographs. Some roads and railroad tracks are also noted.

Date: November 5, 1942

Item Type: Map

Location: None

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

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