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[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

Photograph of three boys playing football in Exline Park. The youngest of the boys has missed catching the ball. A swing-set is in the background.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

Photograph of three boys playing football in Exline Park. The boy on the far right has the ball, the boy in the middle is running beside him, and the boy in the foreground is trying to get the ball.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

Photograph of three boys playing football in Exline Park. The boy on the right is holding the ball close to their chest, and the boy in the middle is trying to steal it. The boy on the left is running towards the left.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Children Playing with a Phylon Swing in Exline Park]

Photograph of five children playing with a phylon swing in Exline Park. A pile of school bags are in the foreground.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the DeGolyer Estate Driveway]

Photograph of the driveway and gardens leading to the DeGolyer Estate. The front of the house is shown. A handwritten description of the image and date are on the back.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the DeGolyer Estate View of White Rock Lake]

Photograph of the stairway to White Rock Lake from the DeGolyer Estate. Stones in the grass lead to the stairway made of light-colored rocks. Along the lake shore are small trees. A description of the image is handwritten on the back.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Winfrey Point Building Interior]

Photograph of an interior room at Winfrey Point Building in White Rock Lake Park. The image shows a wood-paneled wall in the room; there are built-in shelves in the center of the wall surrounded below and on both sides by built-in cabinets. The photograph is attached to a page labeled "14"; text under the image says "White Rock Lake Park, Winfrey Point Building, Interior view of north room."

Date: 1940~

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

[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

[Photograph of a Bowling Game in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of young children bowling on the ground in Reverchon Park. They are playing with milk bottles and baseballs instead of the traditional bowling pins and balls. A baseball game is being played in the background behind a fence.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a Bowling Game in Reverchon Park]

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a Croquet Game in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of two croquet games being played in Reverchon Park. A group of children are seated watching the players.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a Girl Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of a young girl playing softball in Reverchon Park. She is getting ready to catch the ball using a mitt. People are playing other games in the background.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Girls Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of two young girls playing softball in Reverchon Park. The girl on the left is trying to catch the ball, and the girl on the right is running the bases. Many people are in the background watching the games.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Girls Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of two young girls playing softball in Reverchon Park. The girl on the left is swinging the bat, and the girl on the right is watching the game. People are sitting on park benches in the background.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Your Dallas of Tomorrow: A Master Plan for a Greater Dallas

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. It is presented in two parts: the character of the city (background information on the history, geography, economy, employment, zoning, etc.) and the scope of the city plan, which has specific details for a plan to improve land use, water supplies, transportation, recreational facilities, and other aspects of city administration.

Date: September 1943

Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Item Type: Report

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

Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Item Type: Report

[Photograph of a Boys Orchestra]

Photograph of a boys orchestra playing outside. According to the inscription on the back of the image, the boys played for dances during the summer of 1944.

Date: 1944

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Bus at 6th and Marsalis in Dallas]

Photograph of a bus at the corner of 6th and Marsalis Streets in Dallas, Texas. The route posted on the bus is "22 - Beckley."

Date: February 17, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.753801 -96.815644

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 6: Transportation Facilities, Rail-Air-Highways-Water

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report is broken up into four sections: "Railroad Transportation; Air Transportation; Highway Transportation; Water Transportation," and discusses the existing conditions of each, and proposed plans to improve the transportation system. Also included are maps and a table showing transportation facilities and the "[v]olume and Direction of Passenger and Freight Train … more

Date: July 1944

Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Item Type: Report

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

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

Item Type: Report

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

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes maps and tables showing the existing land uses in Dallas as well as descriptions for each type of land use; one of the maps shows the buildings erected from 1935 to 1939, the other map shows buildings erected from 1940 to 1943. Other sections discuss the existing zone ordinance and the requirements of future land use.

Date: October 1944

Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Item Type: Report

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes findings on the existing housing in Dallas, the minimum standards for the housing, and a "Proposed Comprehensive Housing Plan for Dallas." Also included are maps and tables exhibiting the housing areas and population statistics in certain housing areas.

Date: December 1944

Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Item Type: Report

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

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[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

[Photograph of Boys Playing Football in Exline Park]

[Photograph of Children Playing with a Phylon Swing in Exline Park]

[Photograph of the DeGolyer Estate Driveway]

[Photograph of the DeGolyer Estate View of White Rock Lake]

[Photograph of Winfrey Point Building Interior]

[Map of White Rock Lake]

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

[Photograph of a Bowling Game in Reverchon Park]

[Photograph of a Bowling Game in Reverchon Park]

[Photograph of a Croquet Game in Reverchon Park]

[Photograph of a Girl Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

[Photograph of Girls Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

[Photograph of Girls Playing Softball in Reverchon Park]

Your Dallas of Tomorrow: A Master Plan for a Greater Dallas

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

[Photograph of a Boys Orchestra]

[Photograph of Bus at 6th and Marsalis in Dallas]

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 6: Transportation Facilities, Rail-Air-Highways-Water

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

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

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 10: Housing

Dallas Origin and Destination Survey