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[Photograph of Ford Building at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Ford Building, a two- or three-story building with no windows, and five double-doors at the front-center. There are two flagpoles, almost as tall as the building, bearing American flags and standing on either side of the entrance, and "Ford" is displayed in large, capital letters above the front doors. There are several people walking in the middle-ground of the photo, towards and to right of the building. There is a circle of grass in front of the building, and a… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Clock Tower and Street in Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a brick and stone clock tower, taken at a 3/4 angle from down the street, to the left. Also visible are shorter buildings along the street beside the tower, cars driving up the street (towards the camera), and a tall skyscraper building in the background. The building visible on the far right has signs for an old post office parking station and "Moler." There are handwritten notes about the photo's location and date on the back, as well as a decorative border around the photo.
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Building Entrance at Texas Fair]

Description: Photograph of an entrance to a light-colored art deco style building at the State Fair of Texas. The entrance itself sticks out from the building, has two tall columns in front of the doors, a short flight of steps leading to the ground, and a tall, narrow window on either side of the opening. In front of the building is a small patch of grass in the middle of a concrete drive, which leads to a road running parallel to the building. There is a small group of people wearing hats and sitting on a… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.776710 -96.760705
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Humble's Hall of Texas History]

Description: Photograph of a multi-colored, two- or three-story art deco building with a facade that gives the impression of layering, and a large, three-dimensional, abstract image in the front-center. Below the abstract image is a sign that reads, "Humble's Hall of Texas History." Small groups (men, women, and children) are walking towards the entrance and up the short flight up steps to the doors. There are two pairs of flagpoles (with American and Texas flags) on either side of the steps, along with shr… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Pan-American Casino at Texas Fair At Night]

Description: Photograph of the Pan-American Casino exhibit at the Texas State Fair grounds (taken at night), a three-story, light-colored building with two domed turrets on either side of the front of the building, and a wide portico with columns at the front. There is a large neon sign between the two turrets with the casino name, a long, narrow, back-lit sign advertising for a show inside below the first sign, and the words, "The True The Good and The Beautiful" on the face of the building below the two s… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.781139 -96.765561
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Texas State Fair's Hall of State]

Description: Photograph of the front of The Hall of State at the Texas State Fair grounds, taken from across the Esplanade fountain. The Hall of State is a long building with columns all along the front, and a tall, concave curved portion in the center. The fountain has a long pool that is perpendicular to the Hall of State, and is lined with flagpoles bearing flags from different countries. On either side of the fountain, two other buildings are just barely visible, and in front of the fountain, there is a… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.781673 -96.764529
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Horticulture Building at State Fair of Texas]

Description: Wide shot photograph of the Horticulture Building (now the Dallas Museum of Natural History) at the State Fair of Texas grounds. The building - a wide, narrow, light-colored, two-story building - is partially obscured by the trees dotting the lawn in front of the building. The building's entrance has tall, narrow windows on either side and above the doors (the only windows on the building). To the left of the building, two people walk along the path that splits and runs through the lawn, and a … more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.777764 -96.762416
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Hall of State Portico Corridor]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Hall of State portico corridor, taken from inside the corridor on the far left side of the building. The building itself is made of stone, with cubic rectangular columns (on the right) supporting the high ceiling above and casting shadows on the stone floor below. There are tall windows all along the wall on the left, with a stone bench below each one. Further down the corridor, where the portico opens up, there are two hanging light fixtures. There are notes about the d… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.781212 -96.761066
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Desmond's Grocery Storefront]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a small, brick strip of storefronts with a rigid shop awning and a sign hung perpendicular to the building face, taken from across an empty street (which runs parallel to the shops). Desmond's Grocery, the larger store on the left, has two glass doors and three large glass windows, one of which has the shop name on it. The other store is W. G. Ray Dry Goods and Notions, which has one glass window with the name on it, and a glass door. There is another, shorter buil… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Hawk, Herbert J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.714814 -96.811407
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photographs of Gulf Oil Radio Studio at Texas Fair]

Description: Photograph of a light-colored, multi-story and multi-level building with a decorative overhang all along the slightly concave-curved front of the building. The "Gulf Oil Products" logo is on the face of a tall facade at the front of the building, and below that, there are 3-D letters that say, "Radio Studios." There is a bus stop sign and another building just to the left of the Radio Studios, and two tall flagpoles in front of the building (An American flag right in front of the center, and a… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Tower Building at Texas Fair At Night]

Description: Photograph (taken at night) of a light-colored, concave-curve building with a tall, V-shaped tower in the center that has been illuminated very brightly. Two tall flagpoles, without flags, stand on either side in front of the building, and there are several plant-beds and skinny trees surrounding the structure. The building has two circular images on the face of the building on either side of the tower. A car is parked on the ohther side of a plant-bed in between the camera and the building. Th… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.779673 -96.762750
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Hall of Negro Life at Texas Fair]

Description: Photograph of a multi-story, windowless building with two dark, open entrances at the front center of the building and a lard concrete driving leading to a street. A circular symbol or image lays on the face of the building, below 3-D letters that say "Hall of Negro Life." There are benches scattered around the edge of the drive, and a tall flagpole bearing the American Flag. There are two pairs of men and women walking towards the entrances from the street that runs diagonal to the building. A… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of GM Building at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of the GM building at Texas State Fair grounds, a three-story, light-colored building with two domed turrets on either side of the front of the building, and a wide portico with columns at the front. On the face of the building are the letters 'GM', and, below the edge of the portico's sloped roof, the words "The True The Good and The Beautiful." In front of the building are a short flight of steps, a flagpole that is just taller than the building itself with an American Flag, and a … more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.781054 -96.765666
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of the Dallas Skyline From Oak Cliff]

Description: Photograph of the Dallas skyline from Oak Cliff between the Houston Street viaduct (on the left) and the Jefferson Boulevard viaduct (on the right).There is a long grassy area between the two viaducts, and there are flowers just visible at the bottom of the photo. On the back of the photo are handwritten notes about the location and date.
Date: 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.767481 -96.810209
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Cowboy Sculpture in Front of Museum]

Description: Photograph of a sculpture in front of the entrance of a large, light-colored stone building with two cubic columns and text over the entrance that reads, "Dallas Museum of Fine Arts." The sculpture is a cowboy pulling on the reins of a horse and lifting a rifle above his head with one hand, as he looks back over his left shoulder. There are small trees in the area to the left of the entrance, a man and woman walking behind the sculpture, a person sitting in a chair on the left side of the entra… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Church Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a three-story church made of brick and light-colored dressings around the windows and corners of the bell tower, with steps leading up to the front doors. The photo is taken from across the street and to the left of the church, and there are two cars parked in front of another building just barely visible at the left of the photo. There is another, two-story building behind and to the right of the church, partially obscured by trees. Two large trees obscure the bac… more
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.745039 -96.823750
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of China Exhibit Building at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph (taken at an angle from the left) of a two- or three-story building with East Asian hip-and-gable roofs that turn up at the corners and four open entryways (two hexagon-shaped and two circular), partially hidden by a large tree. The building has several parts to it, of varying heights and shapes, including a short portion with a covered balcony and a tall tower with a double-tiered roof. Along the street that runs in front of the building, there are two cars parked facing away from t… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of the Old Jail at Abilene, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the front of the old jail in Abilene, Texas, as well as the street in front of the multi-story building. There are trees and an overgrown grass lawn immediately in front of the building, which is made of dark-colored stone with a tower in the center. There is a decorative border around the photo. On the back is information about the photo, and a printer's stamp.
Date: September 2, 1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Clock Tower in Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a brick and stone clock tower, taken at a 3/4 angle from down the street, to the left. Also visible are shorter buildings along the street beside the tower, and a tall skyscraper building in the background. The building visible on the far right has signs for an old post office parking station and "Moler." There are handwritten notes about the photo's location and date on the back.
Date: 193X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Centennial Hall at State Fair of Texas]

Description: Photograph of the middle and right entrances to the Centennial Hall at the State Fair of Texas, taken from across a wide, narrow fountain pool, at an angle from the left. The art-deco style building has four columns and an alcove in the front-center of each entrance, is surrounded by small shrubs and trees, and has five flags on flagpoles between the building and fountain. There are large light boxes lining the far side of the fountain. The sky beyond the building is clear. There is a handwritt… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.781396 -96.764038
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph Union Terminal with Fountain in Front]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Dallas Union Station - a large, white stone, five-story building with three pairs of columns from the second floor to the fourth. There are four cars parked on the street (parallel to the station) in front of the building and one car driving by. There are several people walking in front of the left side of the building, and an adult and a child standing in front of the wide fountain on the closest side of the street. Two trees stand in front of the building, and a… more
Date: September 9, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.776353 -96.806400
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Young Street Station Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Young Street Station United States Post Office in Dallas, Texas, a two-story brick building with open windows all along each floor. The name of the building is is set in stone above the center of the second floor. The street is visible in front of the building. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo.
Date: September 9, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of the Old Red Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the Old Red Courthouse in Dallas, taken from the street at a 3/4 angle. The courthouse is a four-story, sandstone building with turrets on each corner, and lines of windows along the first three floor. There are cars parked parallel along the two streets surrounding the courthouse, and a long, rectangle fountain channel in the foreground. Another multi-story building is visible in the foreground, and there are more buildings in the background (including one with a "Hotel Jefferson… more
Date: September 9, 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.779090 -96.808089
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Jefferson Tower with Christmas Lights]

Description: Street view photograph of the front of Jefferson Tower, a tall multi-story stone building with Christmas lights arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree on the face of the building. There are Christmas lights draped along the top and ground floors, and two cars parked in front. On the ground floor, there is a gift shop and the entrance to the Medical and Dental Building. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo.
Date: 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.743121 -96.827365
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell
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