Resource Type

[Photograph of Man Standing Against Backdrop with Bicycle]

Photograph of a man standing with a bicycle in front of a novelty Wild West backdrop. The man is wearing a hat, a button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, loose slacks held up by a belt, and shoes with laces. He is holding an open book and has a long, straight tube under his arm. The bike is leaning against his right hip. On the back of the photograph are markings making the photo usable as a postcard, a photographer's stamp, and handwritten notes about the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: Jones Photographic Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Family Walking Down Sidewalk]

Photograph of a woman, boy, and man walking down the sidewalk, towards the camera, with the street to their left. The woman is wearing a light-colored suit jacket and skirt with a checked blouse; the boy is wearing a long-sleeved dress shirt, striped tie, and dark slacks; and the man is wearing a light-colored suit and hat. Behind them, a woman in a patterned dress and a hat is walking the other way. There are cars driving on the street, in the opposite direction, and tall buildings visible in the background. On the back, there are notes about who the people are and when the photo was taken.
Date: September 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Texas Queen Show Boat at Texas State Fair]

Photograph of a light-colored, three-story building with a river showboat-style facade, an open entrance on the first story, and the words "Show Boat Texas Queen" in letters above the second story. The facade includes smoke stacks, fake balconies with painted wooden railing, fake wooden posts. On the first story, two signs advertise a "Murder In The Old Red Barn," while other signs advertise food. The building is part of a strip of buildings including one made of brick (on the right, partially obscured by a person just inside the frame) and one obscured by a large pole. On the back of the photo, there are handwritten notes about the location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

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 small grassy area with dying flowers and bushes. On the back of the photo, there are notes about the location and date at which the photo was taken.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Globe Theatre Exhibit at Texas State Fair]

Photograph of an octagonal building that is three or four stories high, with a small tower coming out of the center of the closest side. On the side of the building are the words "Globe Theatre" in script. The building is connected on all sides to smaller structures in a similar architectural style. A man in a suit and hat stands facing to the right, on the street curb in front of the building, while two women in hats and ankle-length dresses walk ahead of him. There is a decorative border around the edges of the photo, and a handwritten note about the date and location on the back.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Room]

Photograph of the inside of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church sanctuary, taken from between two rows of curved, wooden pews near the front of the sanctuary. From left to right, there is a piano (with a stack of books on the top) and stool, a chair in front of a small platform, and a pulpit on the platform at the front of the room. There are two tall, narrow windows in the walls on either side of the narrow room, patterned carpet on the floor, and a door in the center of the back wall. There are handwritten notes about the location and date on the back of the photo.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horticulture Building at State Fair of Texas]

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 Coca Cola sign is just visible behind the building. There are notes about the name of the building and date the photo was taken, handwritten on the back.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Hall of State Portico Corridor]

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 date and exact location of the photo written on the back.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Pump House Near Union Station in Dallas]

Aerial photograph of a pump house in Dallas, with the Union Station railroad in the background. The photo was taken at night, and there are three buildings visible: the pump house building, a long two-story building, and a large building that is mostly hidden by darkness. There is a road between the large building and the other two buildings, and the lights of the city of Dallas can be seen in the distant background. There are handwritten notes about the photograph on the back.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of Gulf Oil Radio Studio at Texas Fair]

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 Texas flag to the right of the front). Small groups of people are walking directly in front of the entrance to the building, as well as in the street in front. A dark discoloration obscures a small portion of the left edge of the photograph. There is a decorative border around the edge of the photo, and on the back there is a note about the location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Tower Building at Texas Fair At Night]

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. There is a decorative border around the edge of the photo, and on the back, there are notes about the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Pond and Fountain at State Fair of Texas]

Photograph of a wide view of a pond with a large fountain in the middle. On the banks of the pond are small trees, and on the right bank, there are three flagpoles (without flags). On the left are four flagpoles with two American flags and two Texas flags, and in the background are some State Fair of Texas buildings, of various sizes and shapes. There is a handwritten note about the location and date on the back of the photo, as well as a decorative border around the edge of the front.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Four Women Outside Movie Theater]

Photograph of four young women standing and smiling for the camera, outside a movie theater. Other people are emerging from the shadowed theater overhang. Each woman is wearing a dress and coat or jacket, and the two women to the far left and right are holding books in their arms. The sign on the theater is just barely visible, reading "3 Smart Girls." There is a decorative border around the photo, and on the back, there are notes about the photo.
Date: 1936~/1937~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Texas Theatre Front]

Street view photograph of the front of the Texas Theatre in Dallas at night. The movie theater has a multi-story facade, and is part of a strip of shorter buildings with cars parked in front of them. The theater has a long neon sign that says "Texas" with a star at the top, an illuminated over-hang, and a billboard poster for the movie "Wife, Doctor and Nurse" on the side of the building. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Sculpture in Front of Building]

Photograph of a sculpture of 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 is a light-colored stone building and shrubs in the background, a man and woman walking behind the sculpture, and a person sitting in a chair in the entrance to the building. There are handwritten notes about the location and date on the back of the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Hall of Negro Life at Texas Fair]

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 decorative border runs around the edge of the photo, and on the back, there are notes about the building, including one that says the building was later torn down.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of GM Building at Texas State Fair]

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 group of people spread out on the front steps. There is also a large, circular area bordered by a short hedge in front of the building, with a large, dark, winged statue in the center (covering the base of the left turret). There is a decorative border around the photo, and on the back, there is a note about the location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Dallas Skyline From Oak Cliff]

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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Diorama with Vaqueros and Horses]

Photograph of a diorama that includes two vaqueros in chaps, sombreros, and vests, a campfire, a horse with a saddle and lasso on its back, and a mule with a pack on its back. There are also twigs, meant to represent trees and brambles, stuck into the diorama's base. The model rests on a dark, smooth surface, and is set against s a light-colored, blank backdrop. There is a note about the location and date written on the back of the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Sculpture in Front of Museum]

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 entrance, and a man and woman walking in the entrance on the right. There are handwritten notes about the location and date on the back of the photo, as well as a decorative border around the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Goodyear Tires Blimp in the Air]

Photograph of a Goodyear Tires blimp flying over the dry, grassy Trinity River bottom. In the background, a bridge and billboard signs are visible, and at the right of the photo, cars are just barely visible. The sky is covered in clouds and there are trees to the right. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of China Exhibit Building at Texas State Fair]

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 the camera and a curved street-lamp with light fixtures all along the curve, and a small, rectangular trash can. There are shrubs and potted plants in front of the light-colored building, as well as a bench in front of a hexagon-shaped, open entryway on the left. On the back, there is a note about the photo's location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Centennial Hall at State Fair of Texas]

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 handwritten note on the back about the location and date on the back of the photo, as well as a decorative borders around the edge of the front.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Illuminated Hall of State at Texas Fair]

Photograph of the Hall of State at the Texas State Fair grounds, taken from across a long pool of water with buildings on either side of it. The Hall of State is lit very brightly, so that the building itself (a long building with a short tower rising from the center) is barely visible and there are rays of light shining out in the night sky above it. On either side of the pool of water are buildings with the entrances standing out from the building, portico-style, and slightly illuminated by ground lights. Flagpoles line both sides of the pool, and, nearer to the Hall of State, the shadows of small trees are visible. There is a decorative border around the edge of the photo, and, on the back, a note about the location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History