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[A City Plan for Dallas]

Description: Report of the Park Board in Dallas, Texas, including the text of the proposed city plan, called the "Kessler Plan." The plan describes suggested changes to the city including building levees; creating a belt railroad; building a union station; creating freight terminals; organizing a civic center; eliminating railroad grade crossings in downtown districts; extending roads in downtown areas; building parks, parkways, and boulevards; and adding playgrounds throughout the city. The text includes… more
Date: 1911
Creator: Kessler, George E.

Dallas City Park Board Annual Report: 1914-1915

Description: Annual report for 1914-1915 compiled by the Park Board regarding the park system in Dallas, Texas. The report includes overarching reviews of the system's status and future plans as well as commentaries on each individual park. Near the end of the report, there are financial statistics showing the amounts spent by the park funds on maintenance for each of the parks as well as sketched maps of selected parks. There are also facts about "Dallas, the City of the Hour."
Date: 1915
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Board.

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Zoo Commission Minutes, Park Budgets]

Description: Dallas Park Board Minutes Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business from May 5, 1914 to January 31, 1936.  Zoo Commission minutes 1921-1924. Also included are the Park Board Fund Budget (Fiscal Year 1931-1932), Park Budget Salaries and Wagers (Fiscal Year 1931-1932), Municipal Golf Budget (Fiscal Year 1931-1932), and Park Board Reservoir Improvement Fund Budges (Fiscal Year 1931-1932).
Date: 1914/1936
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.

[Drawing of the Dallas Golf and Country Club]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a boat on Exall Lake in front of the Dallas Golf and Country Club building in Highland Park, Texas. The country club was created in 1900 along the banks of Turtle Creek but moved to Exall Lake in Highland Park in 1912. This Tudor-style clubhouse, designed by C.D. Hill, was built on the Exall Lake location. The building was demolished in 1956.
Date: 1919
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