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Trinity River Sanitary Survey

This river survey is a report about the the health and sanitation of various portions of the Trinity River in Texas. The report includes accompanying photographs, diagrams, and graphs as well as statistical readings from the monitoring stations along the river. There is a table of contents following the title page and letter of transmittal.

Date: June 1925

Creator: Texas. State Dept. of Health.

Item Type: Book

[Letter from Chief of Police E. M. Flattery to W. F. Rhinow, Superintendent of the St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation - 02/29/1928]

Letter from Chief of Police E. M. Flattery to W. F. Rhinow, Superintendent of the St. Paul, Minnesota Bureau of Investigation providing information on Harvey J. Bailey and his known associate, Scholberg.

Date: February 29, 1928

Creator: Flattery, E. M.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Harvey J. Bailey FBI Criminal Record]

FBI Criminal Record for Harvey J. Bailey. It dates from his first arrest in 1920 to his last wanted notice in 1933

Date: February 29, 1928

Creator: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Item Type: Legal Document

[Girls' Volleyball Teams]

Photograph of the three top citywide girls' volleyball teams including the champions from Exall Park (front row), the runners-up from Winnetka (middle row), and the third-place team from Trinity Play Park (back row). In the image, the girls are seated in three rows outside a brick building and looking to the right of the photograph. On the back of the photograph, there are notes and identifications, though some of the information has been cut off by a missing section of the photograph.

Date: 1929

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Park and Playground System, Dallas, Texas, 1921-1923 [Annual Report]

Annual Report from the Dallas Park Department for the years 1921 to 1923. The report includes a sketch of the park and playground system.

Date: 1923

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Item Type: Report

[Cedar Creek Main Sewer Line Entering Trinity River]

Photograph of the, "Cedar Creek main sewer line entering the Trinity River," as notes a handwritten note on reverse.

Date: March 1929

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

[Filter Control Table]

Photograph of a filter control table at White Rock Purification Plant. Handwritten note on reverse reads, "Filter control table, White Rock Purif. Plant, 1924."

Date: 1924

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

[Seven Views of White Rock Construction]

Seven photographs of construction at White Rock Lake. Each photo is identified by a handwritten caption, including sedimentation, manifold systems, mixing channels, and pipe galleries.

Date: 1926

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment

This pamphlet contains the reprints of twenty-three articles from The Dallas Morning News regarding the Kessler Plan for the city of Dallas, Texas and the progress that had been made over the fifteen years since its inception. The articles in order are: Article 1--Origin of the Plan; Article 2--Early Efforts at Civic Development; Article 3--Kessler Plan for All of the City; Article 4--The Trinity River Levee Plan; Article 5--Belt Line Railway Proposal; Article 6--Pacific Avenue Track Rem… more

Date: 1925

Creator: Head, Louis P.

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Letter from the Kessler Plan Association, January 19, 1926]

Letter from John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association to members of the Advertising League regarding ways that the special committee could help to promote the Kessler Plan Association's city plan for Dallas, Texas. The original letter included copies of maps and literature about the Kessler Plan.

Date: January 19, 1926

Creator: Kessler Plan Association

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from McCarty Moore to John E. Surratt, December 31, 1925]

Letter from W. McCarty Moore to John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association congratulating the Association on the success of the Kessler Plan. The letter included a check for $50 for a membership subscription.

Date: December 31, 1925

Creator: Moore, W. McCarty

Item Type: Letter

Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay

Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.

Date: 1926~

Item Type: Text

[Photograph of Tractors and Trucks]

Photograph of many tractors, trucks, and other machinery parked in a yard behind a building. Some of the machines have "Avery Power Machinery Co. Peoria, Ill." painted on them, and some also say "City of Dallas."

Date: 1928~

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Freight Yard]

Photograph of a freight yard with several buildings, tankers, and a large white tank with "Danger, keep away" painted on its end.

Date: 1928~

Item Type: Photograph

[Riprap and Roadway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 334) is of a rock barrier on the left side of a road, with a guard rail on the other side. The second image (numbered 335) is of a rock barrier beginning on the left side of a road and continuing down a slope to a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap and Roadway North from Sta. 78" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 38 Riprap and Upstream … more

Date: 1927