Photograph of automobiles parked in a line in front of store fronts along Main Street in Irving, Texas.

Photograph of an engineer's house at Lake Dallas. The small house is surrounded by trees. A man and two children stand on the front porch.

Photograph of the General Headquarters and Mess Hall in a Transient Camp at Lake Dallas.

Photograph of two women, and one man standing on un-mortared brick surface. A fourth person is partially visible and there is corrugated metal, possibly a silo, visible in right background.

Photograph of people in two rows in front of a building. Those in the front row are, from left to right, L. H. Lucky, Preston Sneed, and L. G. Thomspon. Those in the back row are D. W. Canton, Bill Long, William G. Fuller, Mrs. Preston Sneed, and Mike Rewell.

Photograph of the Hilton (Plaza) Hotel (located at 1933 Main) in Dallas, Texas.

Mrs. White's third grade class, c. 1930s. The Irving Independent School District was established in 1909. The building in this photograph was a three-story red brick building that was constructed in 1913.

Barbershop interior, left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols. 1 sink, ceiling fan, several electric lights, 2 barber chairs. Flag bunting draped above mirror. Additional information: Left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols - Dallas Morning News 8/22/1984. Thomas Newton Harris, 30 Oct 1870 - 29 Jun 1952.

Photograph of T&P train #191 in Dallas, Texas. Written beneath the image are "Dallas, Texas 1930's" and "R.H.Carlson."

Photograph of Patricia McWhorter standing in front of the Holley family home in South Bryan Street in Mesquite, Texas.

Photograph of a group of twenty-four men, women, and children standing in the grass lawn outside a light-colored, one-story house with wood-siding, and a small porch on the right half of the front. The people are almost all wearing winter coats, and most of them are wearing hats. There is a tall tree beside the house on the left, the branches of which are seen at the top of the photo, and ivy growing up the right side. On the back, there are handwritten notes about the photo.

Photograph of a pump house in a transient camp at Lake Dallas. The pump house is small and close to the lake. A tree is visible in the foreground.

Photograph of the quarters in a transient camp at Lake Dallas. Foliage is planted in front of a tent. A truck is parked in front of the quarters.

Photograph of quarters for transients at Lake Dallas. The quarters are covered by canopies. Grass is visible in the foreground.

Photograph of Roland Stewart's residence at Lake Dallas. The building is surrounded by trees. People stand on the front porch of the home.

Photograph of a standpipe for a transient camp at Lake Dallas. The standpipe is approximately as tall as the trees surrounding it.

Photograph of the storerooms and Supply house in a transient camp at Lake Dallas. A standpipe is visible behind them.

Photograph of a young woman standing on a curb at the Texas State Fair. Text painted on the curb reads: "State Court of Honor."

A group of citizens from northwest Dallas County banded together in 1931 to form the Northwest Dallas County Civic Association. Its purpose was to promote the development of the northwest section of Dallas County. They presented the interests of Irving and the surrounding area to county and state governments. They were particularly concerned with road improvment in this area of the county. The group is standing in front of Irving's first city hall. From left to right, starting with the man in the hat, are: Lewis Hancock; the boy is F. M. Gilbert, Jr.; his father, Dr. F. M. Gilbert, Sr.; W. B. Gilbert; Frank Haley; C. P. Caldwell; W. P. Gandy; T. A. Jasper; R. E. Fulton; James Poppelwell; Albert Farine; J. E. Van Horn, Sr.; and R. J. (Leo) Byrd. The photograph in the Bates Collection from which this was scanned was missing part of the left and right sides. The original photograph also included Tom Peters on the far left (to the left of Lewis Hancock), Bob Stewart, second from the right (he is partially visible behind R. J. Byrd), and C. P Schulze on the far right.

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.

Photograph of Lewis Alonzo Yancey and William G. Fuller standing in front of an airplane, the Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro "Miss Champion," NC11609, while on 1931 Ford National Air Tour for Champion Spark Plug Company.

Photograph of train engine #907 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "907" is visible on the front of the engine and side of the car. Additional tracks lay to the left and right. Buildings stand in the background on the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Dallas Texas Jun 13th 1931 'Sunshine Special.'"

Copy photo of T&P train #20 in Dallas, Texas. There is a building in the background. Below the image are written "Dallas, Texas Aug 6th 1931" and "William Monypeny."

Photograph of T&P train #460 in Dallas, Texas with a building in the background. Written below the image are "Dallas, Texas Aug 6th 1931" and "William Monypeny."