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[Erecting Bucyrus Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 33) is of men working with steel sheets and a crane. The second image (numbered 36) is of a steel structure with gears, and men working on it. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-24-24 and (bottom) 10-27-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Concrete Mixing Plant and Test Cylinders]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 161) is of a large wood and steel structure with a car parked in front of it. The second image (numbered 177) is of two men measuring a pile of dirt. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Gravel Screening and Concrete Mixing Plant" taken on 05-18-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Measuring Slump before Moulding Test Cylinders" taken on 06-04-26.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Pile Driver and I-Beam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 78) is of a steel structure suspended in a trench, with men standing to the side and smoke coming from the structure. The second image (numbered 88) is of men moving an I-beam that supports a steel structure in a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking S. at Pile Driver," taken on 11-28-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Moving Extra I-Beam ahead, at Sta. 4… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Small Bridge on West Side of Lake Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a small bridge on the upstream side, west of Lake Dallas. In the photograph, a man stands underneath a small wooden bridge. Rocks and wild foliage are visible where water would otherwise be. Trees are visible behind the man, who wears a hat and suit. Handwritten text underneath the photograph reads: "Small bridge up stream side, West side of Lake Dallas, 1936."
Date: 1936
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[People at Exhibit Reception]

Description: Photograph of Tisha Crear, visible from the waist up, facing people seated at a table to the right. She is wearing a dark-colored short-sleeved shirt with a plaid shirt tied around her waist and a patterned scarf tied on her head. They appear to be in a reception area, with people seated around several round tables in front of an exhibit, where artworks are hung on the wall and a piano is visible in the background at right. Handwritten on back: "Tisha Crear artist SDCC Education Coordinato… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[J&J Group Performing Near Tables]

Description: Photograph of a musical theater performance by the J&J Group at the South Dallas Cultural Center on a stage area that includes three small round tables, each with two chairs and various items on the tables. Several male cast members are standing in a line near the center of the stage and two female cast members are seated at tables near the center and right, with additional cast members standing at the back. Musicians are partially visible on a raised platform behind the performers, including… more
Date: [1998-06-19..1998-06-20]
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Roger Boykin Playing with Ensemble #1]

Description: Photograph of Roger Boykin seated at a piano that has a folder of sheet music laying on top, facing the left side of the image. Several other musicians are partially visible behind him, playing a guitar at left, a drum set, and an upright string bass. Handwritten on back: "Black Music."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[David Newman and Clarence Clay]

Description: Photograph of David "Fathead" Newman (center) with a man standing at the right side of the image who is wearing a name tag identifying him as Clarence Clay. Newman is wearing a teal shirt and colorful skullcap with a saxophone on a cord around his neck and is looking toward a woman who is outside the frame, wearing a red jacket and putting her left hand on his shoulder. Clay is wearing a white shirt with thin horizontal stripes in various shades and a baseball cap for the [...] Washington Bul… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Roger Boykin Playing Soprano Saxophone]

Description: Photograph of Roger Boykin playing a soprano saxophone, viewed from the opposite side of a grand piano. He is facing the left side of the image and two unidentified musicians are with him on the stage, partially visible at right, including a man who appears to be holding a horn and a woman holding a guitar. Handwritten on back: "Black Music."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Roger Boykin and John Handy at South Dallas Cultural Center]

Description: Photograph of Roger Boykin (left) and saxophonist John Handy seated in a room at South Dallas Cultural Center. Handy is only partially visible at right, facing Boykin who is looking down at papers in his lap. Images are partially visible on the wall behind them. Handwritten on back: "Black Music Month."
Date: 2002
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[John Handy Conversing with Victoria Meek]

Description: Photograph of saxophonist John Handy (right) standing with Victoria Meek in a room at the South Dallas Cultural Center. They are turned toward one another and double doors are visible behind them; a hallway is partially visible at left and there are several signs on the walls. Handwritten on back: "Black Music Month."
Date: 2002
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Musicians at Jazz Legends Festival]

Description: Photograph of six musicians performing on a stage at the Jazz Legends Festival, including Poncho Sanchez who is seated near the right side of the image, playing a series of barrel drums. At left, a man near the front of the stage is holding a shekere and a musician behind him is playing an upright stringed instrument; in the center, a man is playing a drum set and there are two men at the far right, in the back, playing a saxophone and a horn. Handwritten on back: "Black Music."
Date: June 2001
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Poncho Sanchez with Drums]

Description: Photograph of Poncho Sanchez seated on stage behind a series of drums, speaking or singing into a microphone at the Jazz Legends Festival. Several microphones are attached directly to the drums and two other musicians are partially visible behind him, a man seated behind a drum set at left and a man holding a saxophone at right. Handwritten on back: "Black Music Month."
Date: June 2001
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Interview Near Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a dark-colored suit facing a woman wearing casual clothing and holding up a microphone, standing in front of an abstract artwork on the wall. A man holding a video camera is partially visible on the left side of the image, facing away from the camera. Handwritten on back: "Art."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Attendees at Art Event]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing in a loose line in the middle of an art exhibit at South Dallas Cultural Center. They are looking toward the left side of the image and appear to be listening to a presentation. Sculptures are visible in the lower-left corner of the photo and also behind the attendees, near several white walls arranged to create right angles that have framed artworks hung near eye level. Handwritten on back: "Art."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Men in DeGoyler Estate Interior]

Description: Photograph of three men in a library at the DeGoyler Estate; two of the men are seated and a third man is standing to the left, facing them. Books on shelves are visible in the background, and a bouquet on a low table is visible at the very front of the image.
Date: 19XX
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Group Discussion]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified people seated in a circle in front of a white wall with a brightly-colored artwork partially visible on the left side of the image. Four people are visible near the wall, including a man wearing dark clothing with a blue necktie near the center, two young men seated on the right and a woman at left; the top of another person's head is visible at the bottom of the image. Handwritten on back: "Black Cinematheque"
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Arthello Beck and Unidentified Men at Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of Arthello Beck (right) facing two unidentified men who are standing together during an art exhibit at the South Dallas Cultural Center. The men are visible from the waist up and the man in the center is facing the camera while the man on the far left is facing away. An artwork appears to be partially visible behind them. Handwritten on back: "Art."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Seated Participants at Event]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified persons seated in a circle during an unidentified event at South Dallas Cultural Center, including the partial back of one person at the far left, a woman seated at left, and three in the center and to the right. A sculpture is visible on a shelf behind them at left and there is an entrance area near the center of the background with steps on either side of a stone column leading to a corridor. Handwritten on back: "Art."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[C. Sidle, A. Beck, and Unidentified Man at Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of three men standing in a line, including Arthello Beck (right) and an unidentified man (left), who are both holding their hands behind their backs and turned slightly toward Carl Sidle in the center. Sidle is wearing all black and has a messenger bag on his back; he appears to be gesturing with his hands and holding a baseball cap in his right hand. A white wall with several hung photographs or artworks is partially visible behind them and another room is in the background at rig… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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