[Aerial View of Colonial Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Colonial Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits on a square subdivision in the center of the picture with a building and swimming pool. It is surrounded by similarly shaped subdivisions with small buildings and houses.
Date: 1955
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Craddock Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Craddock Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The triangular park is located directly above Lemmon Avenue and to the right of Hawthorne Avenue. Apartment buildings are visible above the park, across what is now the Dallas North Tollway, and some more medium-sized buildings are visible below the park.
Date: 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Crawford Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Crawford Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains a portion of Prairie Creek, sits directly below Elam Road and Freddie Street and to the right of what appears to be a railroad. Subdivisions containing houses are visible along the top of the photograph.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Crawford Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Crawford Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains a portion of Prairie Creek, sits below Freddie Street and Elam Road, and to the right of what appears to be a railroad. Subdivisions containing houses are visible along the top of the picture.
Date: December 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Crown Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Crown Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The square park sits between two horizontal roads. Empty land sits to both sides of the park, and some small buildings, which appear to be houses, are visible near each corner of the picture.
Date: 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Crown Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Crown Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The square park sits to the left of a road and is surrounded by mostly empty subdivisions containing some scattered small buildings, which appear to be homes.
Date: 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Danieldale Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Danieldale Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which is outlined in red marker, sits directly under Ricketts Branch and to the left of a vertical road, which is now W Wheatland Road.
Date: May 15, 1958
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Dealey Plaza and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Dealey Plaza and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The plaza, which is split by Main Street, sits directly under the intersection of S Houston Street and Commerce Street. The intersection of N Houston Street and Elm Street is located to the plaza's left side, and a railyard is visible to the right side. Subdivisions containing medium- to large-sized buildings are visible above and to the left of the park.
Date: 1954
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Deerpath Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Deerpath Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which sits directly under an elementary school, is outlined by Deer Path Drive and Garrison Street on its left and bottom sides respectively. Residential suburbs are visible below and to the left of the park as well as along the top portion of the picture.
Date: 1954?
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Deerpath Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Deerpath Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park is outlined by Deer Path Drive and Garrison Street on its bottom and right sides respectively. Across these streets, residential suburbs are visible.
Date: 1954?
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Downtown Richardson

Photograph of an aerial view of downtown Richardson, Texas. Streets intersecting in the foreground are Main Street and Greenville Avenue. The City Hall complex can be seen in the bottom-right corner of the image. Other buildings and cars are visible.
Date: 1950~/1960~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
AIGA Announces Winners in Fifty Books of the Year, the 1953 Exhibition [Press Release] (open access)

AIGA Announces Winners in Fifty Books of the Year, the 1953 Exhibition [Press Release]

Press release from the exhibition, "50 Books of the Year," May 17–31, 1953, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: 1953
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Albert D. Lasker Collection [Exhibition Photographs]

Photographs of the exhibition "Albert D. Lasker Collection," March 6-29, 1953, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Photographs documenting this exhibition include eleven gallery installation views.
Date: 1953
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Collection
System: The Portal to Texas History
"American Craftsmen" Catalogue List (open access)

"American Craftsmen" Catalogue List

Checklist of artists and artworks in the exhibition, "American Craftsman," February 19–March 11, 1956, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes sales prices.
Date: 1956
Creator: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas

A preliminary purpose of this study in the area of business communications was that of determining the status of correspondence improvement in stock life insurance companies in Dallas. However, the major purpose, which stemmed from the preliminary one, was to study intensively the approach used in Great American.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Brock, Luther A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of Characteristics of Sixth- and Seventh-Grade Boys who were Non-Participants in Playground Activities of the Trinity Heights Elementary School, Dallas, Texas, with Implications for the Modification of the Playground Program to Meet the Needs of Such Boys (open access)

An Analytical Study of Characteristics of Sixth- and Seventh-Grade Boys who were Non-Participants in Playground Activities of the Trinity Heights Elementary School, Dallas, Texas, with Implications for the Modification of the Playground Program to Meet the Needs of Such Boys

The investigator undertook to make an analytical study of boys in the sixth and seventh grades in the Trinity Heights Elementary School of Dallas, Texas, who tend to be non-participants in playground activities and, on the basis of the study, to draw implications for the future guidance of such boys in group participation in such activities.
Date: 1950
Creator: Redden, Mary Jo
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of the Instructional Procedures Utilized by the Coaching Staff at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas, in the Teaching of the T-Wing Football Formation (open access)

An Analytical Study of the Instructional Procedures Utilized by the Coaching Staff at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas, in the Teaching of the T-Wing Football Formation

The purposes of this study may be stated as follows: 1. To analyze the instructional procedures utilized by the coaching staff in the development of the T-wing football formation at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas. 2. To gain a better understanding of the functions of the T-wing football formation as it is taught at the Grand Prairie High School. 3. To make recommendations and to propose further developments for the instructional procedures used in coaching the T-wing football formation at the Grand Prairie High School.
Date: 1953
Creator: Pruett, Tom
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of the Recreation Program of the Dallas County Juvenile Home Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analytical Study of the Recreation Program of the Dallas County Juvenile Home Dallas, Texas

"It has been the purpose of this study to make an analysis of the recreational program at the Dallas County Juvenile Home...certain conclusions concerning the recreational program have been reached. 1. The principles upon which the recreational program is based are in line with the recommendations of the National Recreation Association. 2. In practice, recreation in the Dallas County Juvenile Home has not reached maximum efficiency. 3. The program is built largely to fill the needs of the majority of the boys who are detained at the home. 4. The program has been modified in some cases to meet the needs of the individual groups. 5. The recreation program serves as a means for the boys to express themselves; therefore, the supervisors and the case workers are able to establish better rapport with each boy. 5. The better rapport with each boy enables the case worker to determine the proper placement of the boy. 7. Through the efforts of recreation many personality adjustments have been made. 8. The study shows that the majority or 51 percent of the boys chose yard play as a first choice of activities offered at the home. 9. Because of the maintained interest of the …
Date: August 1953
Creator: Taylor, Ralph R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
And Horns on the Toads (open access)

And Horns on the Toads

Volume of folk stories and tall tales about the horned toad and other Texas folklore. The index begins on page 235.
Date: 1959
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andrew Dasburg (open access)

Andrew Dasburg

Catalog from the exhibition "Andrew Dasburg," March 3–April 21, 1957, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: essays, images, artist statement, artworks in the exhibition
Date: 1957
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association] (open access)

[The annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association]

Document of the annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association that was called by the president, Jerome Crossman. The meeting discussed the topics regarding the formal opening ceremony of Hamilton Park and the plans to add more homes, which are under construction. The aspect that concluded the meeting was the election of the board of directors for the next three years.
Date: October 22, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association regarding the status of Hamilton Park] (open access)

[The annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association regarding the status of Hamilton Park]

Document of the summary of the annual membership meeting of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association. The meeting discussed the topics of the development status of Hamilton Park as well as the end of the terms for the board of directors. Unanimous reelections were made during the meeting in order to replace the five previous directors from the last three years.
Date: October 24, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Anson Holley and Raymond Holley on Horseback]

Photograph of Anson Holley and Raymond Holley on horseback at the Holley family farm.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Application for Texas Driver's License] (open access)

[Application for Texas Driver's License]

Photocopy of an application for a Texas driver's license, filed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History