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[Conduit Gate Preparation]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 320) is of a crew clearing mud out of a conduit. The second image (numbered 322) is of large valves being lowered by crane into a conduit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Cleaning out North Conduit to Place Gates" taken on 07-12-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Assembling Conduit Gate Valves" taken on 08-01-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blanket and Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 306) is of a dirt slope with trees at its base. The first image (numbered 307) is of a trench with some shallow pools of water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 13 Pumping Blanket on Down. Slope" taken on 03-22-27 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 25 Hydraulic Fill" taken on 04-21-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Upstream Slope and Blanket Pumping]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 317) is of a dirt plateau with a dredge in a lake in the background. The second image (numbered 318) is of a dirt slope with a forest at the bottom, and a car at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope of Dam from Sta. 14 South" taken on 06-28-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pumping Blanket on downstream Slope Sta. 31" taken on 07-08-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downstream Slope and Borrow Pits]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 337) is of a shallow river at the base of a small dirt dam. The second image (numbered 338) is of a dirt plateau. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Downstream Slope South from Sta. 6" and (bottom) "Garza Dam South across Team Borrow Pits from 1000' W. Sta. 0," both taken on 12-29-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clay Puddling and Wagon Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 315) is of men fixing large cracks in a dirt surface. The second image is of a man with three horses and a wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Puddling Clay into Cracks after Slide" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Wagon Fill at Elev. 530 Sta. 18 North," both taken on 06-28-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spillway Bridge]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 339) is of a bridge at the top of a spillway. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Spillway and Bridge North from Upstream Side" taken on 12-29-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garza Dam]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 308) is of a car on a dirt road next to railroad tracks on the shore of a lake. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Looking South Showing slide Sta. 25 & 28" taken on 04-21-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catchbasin]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 340) is of a concrete catchbasin in a shallow trench. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as: "Garza Dam Type of Catchbasins Used on Berms" taken on 12-29-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gatehouse and Conduit]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 325) is of a gatehouse being constructed at the top of a dam near railroad tracks. The second image (numbered 328) is of conduits at the base of a dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Gatehouse Construction" taken on 08-18-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream End of Outlet Conduits" taken on 10-03-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garza Dam Slide]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 313) is of a crack in a dirt road. The second image (numbered 314) is of a car on a dirt road near a large crack in the dirt. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Slide after 10 hrs Movement, North from Sta. 28" taken on 06-10-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Slide Sta. 28 North one day later" taken on 06-11-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gatehouse]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image is of a brick gatehouse next to railroad tracks near a lake. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Gate House" taken on 10-03-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eula Holley McWhorter and Babies]
Photograph of Eula Holley McWhorter sitting on the front porch of her home with two young children, Sarah Beth Shands (left) and Patricia Ann McWhorter (right).
Date:
1927~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alto Fair and Flower Show
Brochure for Alto Fair and Flower Show in Alto, Texas. The fair took place in Alto, Texas on November 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1927. The brochure includes a preface, program, and advertisements.
Date:
November 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Arnold's Drug Store]
Photograph of the interior of Arnold's Drug Store in Gatesville, Texas. The left side of the store features a display case with jewelry, the right side has a soda fountain and a display case with tobacco goods, and the back area has a refrigerator with cold goods. A portly, balding man leans on a counter to the left. A man wearing a suit, hat, and eyeglasses sits on a stool behind a woman named Vera. Two men wearing white shirts and striped ties stand behind the soda fountain on the right. The men are identified as Mr. Arnold, Doctor John T. Brown, and Howard Franks.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Annie Sharpe Beside a Tomb]
Photograph of Annie Sharpe standing beside the tomb of her great uncle, Bishop William McKendree, in Sumner County, Tennessee. She is wearing a cloche hat, jacket, and skirt. The tomb sits on a low pedestal and has barely visible writing along its side.
Date:
1927~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, May 12, 1927]
Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date:
May 12, 1927
Creator:
Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 2, 1927
Creator:
Martin, W. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 4, 1927
Creator:
Martin, W. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 16, 1927
Creator:
Martin, W. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 11, 1927
Creator:
Martin, W. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 24, 1927
Creator:
Whitmore, R. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 12, 1927
Creator:
Whitmore, R. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 25, 1927
Creator:
Whitmore, R. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 15, 1927
Creator:
Whitmore, R. J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History