Photograph of a filter control table at White Rock Purification Plant. Handwritten note on reverse reads, "Filter control table, White Rock Purif. Plant, 1924."

Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. Image is of a field with smoke coming from several different areas. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Blasting Stumps from Base of Dam," taken on 10-21-24

Irving High School football team, district champs, 1924. Back row: Vernon Thompkens, Lynn Harkey, Coach Fred Nance, Noel Toney, and Edwin Metker. Front row: Marshall “Bobby” Anderson, Harland Cunningham, Julius Toney, Eugene Grider, Ralph Plumber, J. L. Crosby, John Britain, and W. S. Fields, with water boy John Steele

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 61) is of a man drilling a boulder in a pit, with a wagon in the background. The second image (numbered 89) is of large rocks in a pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Drilling Boulders in Spillway Excavation" and "Garza Dam Drilling Irregular Rock Layers in Spillway Exc." taken on 12-08-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 73) is of a large wooden frame with men working on it. The second image (numbered 74) is of a metal structure with a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Dredge Hull," both taken on 11-24-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 54) is of a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 55) is of a shallow pit with buildings on the far side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Excavation Looking North" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shops and Upstream Edge of Spillway Exc." both taken on 11-10-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 44) is of men constructing a dredge from wood and steel. The second image (numbered 45) is of men placing a wooden beam in a wood and steel frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Interior of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-06-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 66) is of a metal frame with wooden supports. The second image (numbered 65) is of men working on a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Side View of Dredge Hull" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 11-17-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 51) is of a shop building with lumber in front of it. The second image (numbered 52) is of a dirt pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Shops and Building Grounds for Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Launching Pit for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 11-11-24

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 79) is of a wooden hull. The second image (numbered 80) is of a tiered wooden hull. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 12-04-24.

The sixth grade class of the Irving Schools, 1923-24. Charles Schulze is on top row, second from left. Charles Schulze was the nephew of Irving's co-founder J. O. Schulze. The Schulze family ran Irving Lumber Company for many decades. Charles Schulze was a member of the city commission and worked to make Irving a home rule city in the early 1950s.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 77) is of a crane placing a metal frame into a pile of dirt by a river. The second image (numbered 95) is of a trench in front of a dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Setting Gate for 48" Pipe Through Temporary Dam" taken on 11-26-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam to store water for Dredging Operations" taken on 12-15-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 23) is of lumber on the ground with a fenced area in the background. The second image (numbered 34) is of men working with lumber in a yard. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Starting Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 10-17-24 and 10-24-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 47) is of a wooden structure being built. The second image (numbered 48) is of a wooden structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge, taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hull for 20" Suction Dredge Looking S.E." taken on 11-07-24.

Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image is of railroad tracks in a field with a small building in the distance. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam RR Spur Shop & Material Yard in Distance," taken on 10-17-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 56) is of a wagon and crane excavating a small trench. The second photo (numbered 57) is of men standing in a small trench with a horse-drawn wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Conduits Excavation Looking Upstream" taken 11-10-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Conduit Excavation Looking Downstream" taken on 11-11-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 67) is of piles of dirt beside a river. The second image is of a crane piling dirt near a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Starting Temporary Dam across River" taken on 11-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Closing River Channel with Temporary Dam" taken on 11-23-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 29) is of a dragline being erected with a crane in the middle of a field. The second image (numbered 30) is a closer view of the dragline. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 48 Erecting Dragline at Sta. 44" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," both taken on 10-22-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 27) is of workers with a wagon removing large rocks from a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 53) is of a pit with large rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Removing Rock from Spillway Exc." taken on 10-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erie Shovel in S.E. Corner of Spillway Exc." taken on 11-10-24.

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.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 38) is of a steel structure with men working on it; steel sheets are on the ground in front of the structure. The second image (numbered 40) is of a steel structure with a long attachment. Handwritten text on the images identifies them both as "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-30-24 and (bottom) 11-01-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 41) is of a crane unloading steel tresses from a train car. The second image (numbered 42) is of a wooden structure being constructed. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Trusses for Dredge Hull" taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-04-24.

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 37) is of a field of stumps, and the second image (numbered 60) is of trees that have been chopped down, along with brush and stumps left in the field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as (top) "Garza Dam Clearing North End of Damsite" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Clearing and Grubbing Damsite, North End," both taken on 10-17-24

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 98) is of a dredge being launched into a lake. The second image (numbered 100) is of a railroad track and steel rods in the foreground, with a dredge in water in the background. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Launching 20" Suction Dredge Hull 115'x43'x11'" taken on 12-23-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Starting Hydraulic Fill" taken on 01-22-25.