Resource Type

[Administration Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Administration Building taken during Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Arch of building has a statue, Spirit of the Centennial, in center. In front of the statue is a water fountain surrounded by three flags. An American flag is flying in the left of the photo; there is a tree on right.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Agriculture Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Agriculture Building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Multi-story brick building with entrance that faces east. Entrance has four square columns that lead to the front doors. Sign to far left reads: BUS STOP.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Amphitheatre, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Amphitheatre taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. The theatre is a huge dome shaped cement stage. Two people are standing toward front of stage (left) and may be singers with a seated orchestra in the background. Rows of seating can be seen in foreground.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aquarium, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Aquarium taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. White, one story brick building with three sets of double doors at the entrance. To far left of photo, is an arch with two people wearing hats walking under it. People can be seen on and in front of the cement steps leading to the entrance of the Aquarium. Trees on the far left. A street is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The bronze statue "Robert E. Lee on Traveller"]

Photograph of the bronze statue "Robert E. Lee on Traveller" depicting two men on horseback, on a stone pedestal with the name "Robert E. Lee" engraved on the front end. The statue is at the top of a short flight of stairs in Turtle Creek Park and there are trees and a partial structure visible in the background.
Date: [1936..2015]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cotton Bowl, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Cotton Bowl from the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Stadium filled with people. People standing in row formations on the field. There is also a stage area set up behind them with red, white, and blue banners. Large building in background.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Installation: Japanese Gallery [Photograph DMA_90001-19]

Photograph of the installation of the Japanese Gallery at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in 1972.
Date: [1936..1983]
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Esplanade and State Building]

Photograph of the esplanade and the State Building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Center of photo shows a long, narrow body of water. Two women are sitting on a bench in right foreground. Flags flying in background. Buildings on right and left.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Esplanade at night, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Esplanade at night taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Lights to and around buildings. Spotlights shining in the sky in background.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Esplanade Exhibit buildings]

Photograph of the Esplanade and the Exhibit buildings taken during Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Foreground shows several boxed in areas of landscaping. Background shows tops of several tall buildings.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Federal Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Federal Building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Brick building has a tall rectangular shaped tower on the north of the building. American flags on right and left of tower. Flag in right background (may be Texas).
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ford Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Ford Building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Ford Building has a huge sign proclaiming it "FORD" directly above the five sets of double doors at the front entrance. Multi-story brick building, has two American flags flying on tall flagpoles on either side of the front entrance. Tree on far right of building.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Motors Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the General Motors Building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. White stucco building with five arches that lead to the front entrances of the building. Above building entrance is a large "GM". American flag to the left of the front entrances and partial view of another American flag on far left of photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ike Hudson and John Willis, Sr. in Dallas]

Photograph of John T. Willis, Sr., right, and Isaac "Ike" Hudson, walking down the street in Dallas. This photo was taken during Dallas's Texas Centennial celebrations in 1936.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Law West of the Pecos]

Photograph of the "Law West of the Pecos" building taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. One-story wooden building with covered porch that extends the entire length of the building. Top of the roof has a sign that reads: Judge Roy Bean, Notary Public. Signs on left under covered porch "The Jersey Lilly" and on right "Justice of the Peace". Wooden fence on right of photo. Wooden building to left of photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Museum of Domestic Arts, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Museum of Domestic Arts taken during the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Museum is a multi-story brick building with a covered entrance with three round cement columns. Two sets of steps lead to the building. There is a shrub on either side of the covered entrance. Shrubs are in front of the cement platform that leads to the second set of steps.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #613]

Photograph of T&P train #613 moving in Dallas, Texas. A second train's cars are visible to the right of the first. Written underneath the image are "T&P #613 Dallas, Texas 1936" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: 1936
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #900 in Dallas, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #900. There is a long train of cars behind the engine reaching into the distance. Text below the image says "T&P #900 Dallas, Texas 1936" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: 1936
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of the main entrance of the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas]

Photograph of the main entrance to the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. People in foreground. Flags next to building on right. Tall square cement structure with a star toward the top in center of photo. Flag to the right of the tall structure. Trees in background.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of the midway at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas]

Photograph from the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936 of the midway. To the left of the photo is the Ripley Believeland Building. To right, is a display that claims to have a "28 ft. monster- alive 205 years".
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of the midway at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas]

Photograph of the midway from the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. To the left of the photo is the Ripley Believeland Building. To right, is a display that claims to have a "28 ft. monster- alive 205 years".
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Art Deco Building at Texas State Fair]

Photograph of an art deco building at the Texas State Fair grounds, taken at an angle from across the Esplanade fountain (a long, narrow pool of water arranged parallel to the building). There are two portico entrances sticking out from the building - one in the center, and one on the left - each of which has two rectangular columns and an alcove in the center of the front wall of the portico. In front of the building are small shrubs, flags lined up along the fountain, a tall pillar in between the two entrances, and a woman walking out of shot on the right. 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 Black Forest Exhibit at Texas State Fair]

Photograph of long strip of multi-story, gable-roof buildings, each one in a different architectural style. The left-center building has a large, cubic clock tower coming out of the apex of the roof, while the building in the right-center of the strip is solely a tower, connected to its neighbor on the left by an enclosed bridge. A sign above the opening created by the bridge reads "Black Forest," and is flanked on either side by hanging flags. On the ground in front of the building are two guardhouses, a snowman statue, and two men walking towards the building. There is a note about the location and date, handwritten on the back of the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Building Entrance at Texas Fair]

Photograph of an entrance to a light-colored art deco style building at the State Fair of Texas. The entrance itself sticks out from the building, has two tall columns in front of the doors, a short flight of steps leading to the ground, and a tall, narrow window on either side of the opening. In front of the building is a small patch of grass in the middle of a concrete drive, which leads to a road running parallel to the building. There is a small group of people wearing hats and sitting on a bench facing the building, three people walking past the building heading right, and a man descending the entrance steps. There is a decorative border around the edge of the photo, and on the back, there are handwritten notes about the location and date.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History