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West Dallas Urban Area Survey

Description: Report documenting the findings of a survey in the West Dallas Urban Area to determine what steps should be taken for improvement: "This survey of the West Dallas Urban Area was undertaken primarily to make an inventory o existing housing and other structures, and of existing utilities and public facilities, or the lack of them, in order that problems could be appraised and a program developed for the area's renewal" (p. 1).
Date: January 1959
Creator: De Leuw, Cather & Company
Location: None

[McCree Park]

Description: Photograph of an aerial overview of McCree Park and the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Key features of the park includes a baseball field with stadium lights, a swimming pool with park swimmers, and a tennis court.
Date: [1959,1961]
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Martin Weiss, 1957]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Martin Weiss taken from the North. Paved streets line the perimeter of the park spreading out through the residential community. Key features of the park include bare trees, a dirt baseball field with a set of bleachers, and a swimming pool beside a network of walking paths.
Date: 1957
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Martin Weiss Park, 1954]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Martin Weiss taken from the North. Paved streets line the perimeter of the park spreading out through the residential community. Key features of the park include bare trees, a dirt baseball field with a set of bleachers, and a swimming pool beside a network of walking paths.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Northern View of Weiss Park]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Martin Weiss taken from the North. Paved streets line the perimeter of the park spreading out through the residential community. Key features of the park include bare trees, a dirt baseball field with a set of bleachers, and a swimming pool beside a network of walking paths.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Maria Luna Park]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Maria Luna neighborhood park and the surrounding residential/commercial buildings. Key features of the park includes a baseball field with bleachers, playground equipment, and a basketball court.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Lizzie Oliver Park, October 10, 1956]

Description: Photograph of the four (4) acre neighborhood park of Lizzie Oliver Park covered in a thick canopy of thick green trees. A open dirt field separates the park from the the neighboring Clara Oliver elementary school. A uniform suburban community comprised of single story homes has been constructed to the right of the park.
Date: October 10, 1956
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Lindsley Park, 1956]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of a dirt baseball field in the middle of Lindsley park surrounded by single family suburban homes. On the left edge of the park is a railroad track that gently sweeps from the bottom of the photograph to the left in a convex manner.
Date: 1956
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #2]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #3]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[South Lawn of Turtle Creek Park]

Description: Photograph of the aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee Park. The photograph focuses on the southern edges of the park at the intersection of Turtle Creek Blvd and N. Hall Street. A bronze statue of Robert E. Lee. riding horse is atop a stone plinth and concrete stage. Sidewalk connects the area around the statue to a multi-use single story building with steps leading up to a five (5) column entrance. Large green trees partially obscure the grounds of the park and the… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #1]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Lawnview Park, 1954]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Lawnview park and the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The park features a large open fields with a small patchy dirt circle, various playground equipment, and dirt paths that lead from the park towards the paved streets that line the perimeter of the park. Bare trees partially obscure the portions of the surrounding suburban neighborhood houses. Highway 352 runs parallel to a railroad that stretches towards additional residential neighborhoods and beyond t… more
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Lakewood Park, July 1959]

Description: Photograph of the aerial overview of the Lakewood area of open fields bordered by a set of railroad tracks and a stretch of thick trees. A suburban housing community has been established in the top right of the photograph.
Date: July 1959
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography

[Crumbling Retaining Wall]

Description: Photograph of a stone and mortar retaining wall that has peeled away from the earth and crumbled into the water of Lake Cliff. The metal railing that rests atop the stone retaining wall has been bent and mangled after the collapse of the retaining wall.
Date: August 18, 1955
Location: None
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