[Two banner signs in Dallas]

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Photograph of two signs that read "The City of Dallas Spent $500,000 Filling This Hole" and "The City of Dallas Spent $55,000 on AIDS."

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1 photograph : col. ; 4 x 6 in.

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Creator: Unknown. 198X.

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Photograph of two signs that read "The City of Dallas Spent $500,000 Filling This Hole" and "The City of Dallas Spent $55,000 on AIDS."

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1 photograph : col. ; 4 x 6 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: John Thomas Papers (The Dallas Way) (AR0889), University of North Texas Special Collections

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The John Thomas Collection contains the papers of John Thomas prior to, during, and after his time as the first Executive Director of the AIDS Resource Center.

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[Two banner signs in Dallas], photograph, 198X; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1954948/: accessed July 7, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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