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[Annual Banquet of the Ex-Students' Association of the College of Industrial Arts] (open access)

[Annual Banquet of the Ex-Students' Association of the College of Industrial Arts]

Annual Banquet of the Ex-Students' Association of the College of Industrial Arts. Honoring the classes of 1907, 1917, 1927, and their "Little Sister" classes. Held at Brackenridge Hall on June 4, 1927. The program contains a menu and order of services for the banquet, as well as the association officers and committee members. The Program was illustrated by Coreen Mary Spellman (who was also on the Decoration Committee) and printed by the CIA Print Shop on cream paper and blue cloth: the cover material being made of cloth. The pamphlet book was then stapled. There are some stains on the inside pages. The illustrations are of women in dressed in fashion from the time period of the graduation classes.
Date: 1927-06-04?
Creator: Ex-Students' Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Making Neighbors of the People of the Dallas and Denton Counties and the Towns of Denton, Garza, Lewisville, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Dallas] (open access)

[Making Neighbors of the People of the Dallas and Denton Counties and the Towns of Denton, Garza, Lewisville, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Dallas]

This pamphlet book contains a brief history of the Dallas-Terrell line and then an explanation of the Dallas-Denton line of the Texas Interurban Railway. This is followed by a two-page spread consisting of a photograph and a brief sketch (each) for Dallas, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Lewisville, Garza, and Denton. Letters of congratulations from Terrell, Forney, and Mesquite, Texas. A small map of the Texas Interurban Railway and the schedule and connections.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Texas Interurban Railway
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanger Community Fair, Sept. 14-19, 1927 (open access)

Sanger Community Fair, Sept. 14-19, 1927

Booklet for the Sanger Community Fair on September 14-17, 1927. The booklet contains several advertisements for Sanford area businesses, a program of parade and fair events, a list of committee members, a photograph and list of members of the Sanger Fire Department, and other information about the fair.
Date: 1927-09-14?
Creator: Sanger Fair Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer for Ku Klux Klan Day] (open access)

[Flyer for Ku Klux Klan Day]

Printed handbill advertising Ku Klux Klan and Klan-related events at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, Texas, dated Wednesday, October 24, [1923]. Reverse side contains application for membership in the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border (open access)

Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border

Essay discussing folklore about predicting weather, gathered from the areas around the Texas-Mexican border.
Date: 1923~
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crazy Hotel:  Formal Opening Menu (open access)

Crazy Hotel: Formal Opening Menu

This photograph shows a SOUVENIR MENU on the occasion of the formal opening of the Crazy Hotel on March 11, 1927. The hotel, now [2008] a retirement hotel, is still located on the corner of N. Oak Avenue and NW 3rd Street, Mineral Wells, Texas. It was closed as a retirement hotel, under a considerable cloud, in 2010.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir At Close of School (open access)

Souvenir At Close of School

Booklet containing poems (including "Bring Back My School Days to Me") and two pages noting the school, teacher, school officers, and pupils. Souvenir is from "Lower Valley School, District No. 33, Cibolo, Guadalupe County, Texas, May 20, 1921."
Date: May 20, 1921
Creator: Lower Valley School
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Catalogue of the Permanent Collection in the Art Gallery at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas (open access)

Official Catalogue of the Permanent Collection in the Art Gallery at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas

Catalog for the permanent collection of the Dallas Art Association, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. Includes: essay, list of artists and artworks, brief biographical information for some artists, selected images.
Date: 1922
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue: Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Dallas Art Association (open access)

Catalogue: Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Dallas Art Association

Catalog from the "Fourth Annual Exhibition of The Dallas Art Association," November 14–28, 1923, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Halaby Galleries, Majestic Theatre Building, 1923 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. Includes: list of artists and artworks, selected images, index.
Date: 1923
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Dallas Art Association [Price List] (open access)

Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Dallas Art Association [Price List]

Price list from the "Fourth Annual Exhibition of The Dallas Art Association," November 14–28, 1923, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Halaby Galleries, Majestic Theatre Building, 1923 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. Provides the price each work could be purchased for.
Date: 1923
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Art Association Presents an Exhibition of Paintings by The Brothers de Zubiaurre (open access)

The Dallas Art Association Presents an Exhibition of Paintings by The Brothers de Zubiaurre

Catalog from the exhibition, "Paintings By The Brothers De Zubiaurre (Ramon & Valentin) at Melrose Court," November 8–14, 1926, held by the Dallas Art Association at Melrose Court. Includes: list of artworks, essay, list of honors, list of museum exhibitions.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Twenty-First Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings (open access)

Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Twenty-First Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings

Catalog from "Twenty-First Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings," October 9 - October 24, 1926, held at the State Fair of Texas and organized by the Art Department. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, foreword, brief artist biographies
Date: 1926
Creator: State Fair of Texas Art Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Leading Living American Artists Under Auspices of Dallas Art Association (open access)

Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Leading Living American Artists Under Auspices of Dallas Art Association

Catalog from the "Exhibition Of Painting and Sculpture by Leading Living American Artists," February 5–25, 1927, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, with objects from the Grand Central Art Galleries, Grand Central Terminal, New York. Includes: foreword, list of artists and artworks, list of committee members, selected images, committee listings
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog: Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County (open access)

Catalog: Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County

Catalog from the "First Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County," April 14–28, 1928, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Fair Park Gallery. Includes: foreword, list of artists and artworks, jurors, and prices.
Date: 1928
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Exhibition of the Art of the American Indians of the Southwest (open access)

An Exhibition of the Art of the American Indians of the Southwest

Catalog from the exhibition, "Art of the American Indians of the Southwest," February 16–26, 1928, held by the Dallas Art Association at Fair Park Gallery. Includes: introduction, list of artists and artworks
Date: 1928
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Art Association Second Intimate Exhibition [Gari Melchers] (open access)

The Dallas Art Association Second Intimate Exhibition [Gari Melchers]

Catalog from the "Second Intimate Exhibit, Gari Melchers, Dallas Art Association," January 13–23, 1928, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Baker Hotel. Includes: essay, list of artworks in the exhibition, selected images, list of honors and awards
Date: 1928
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
The  Dallas Art Association Presents the San Antonio Competitive Exhibition of 1929 (open access)

The Dallas Art Association Presents the San Antonio Competitive Exhibition of 1929

Catalog from the juried "The San Antonio Competitive Exhibition of 1929," March 16–April 28, 1929, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Fair Park Gallery. Includes: list of artists and artworks, list of awards and prizes
Date: 1929
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of the Dallas Art Association (open access)

Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of the Dallas Art Association

Catalog of the collection of the Dallas Public Art Gallery, as assembled by the Dallas Art Association. Includes: foreword, list of artists and artworks
Date: 1929
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Annual Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County (open access)

Second Annual Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County

Catalog from the juried "Second Annual Allied Arts Exhibition of Dallas County," April 18–28, 1929, held by the Dallas Art Association at the Fair Park Gallery. Includes: foreword, rules, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition, list of awards, jury list, prices.
Date: 1929
Creator: Dallas Art Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Eighteenth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings (open access)

Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Eighteenth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings

Catalog from "Eighteenth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings," October 13-28, 1923, held at the State Fair of Texas and organized by the Art Department. Includes: artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images
Date: 1923
Creator: State Fair of Texas Art Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Twentieth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings (open access)

Official Catalogue: Art Department State Fair of Texas: Twentieth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings

Catalog from the "Twentieth Annual Loan Collection of American Paintings," October 10-25, 1925, held at the State Fair of Texas and organized by the Art Department. Includes: foreword, artists and artworks in the exhibition, some entries with brief artist biography
Date: 1925
Creator: State Fair of Texas Art Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Catalogue, 16th Annual Loan Collection:  State Fair of Texas and Mexican National Exhibition (open access)

Official Catalogue, 16th Annual Loan Collection: State Fair of Texas and Mexican National Exhibition

Catalog from the "State Fair of Texas 16th Annual Loan Collection and Mexican Exhibition," October 8-23, 1921. Includes: preface, list of artworks and artists, brief biographical entries for some artists.
Date: 1921
Creator: State Fair of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment (open access)

The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment

This pamphlet contains the reprints of twenty-three articles from The Dallas Morning News regarding the Kessler Plan for the city of Dallas, Texas and the progress that had been made over the fifteen years since its inception. The articles in order are: Article 1--Origin of the Plan; Article 2--Early Efforts at Civic Development; Article 3--Kessler Plan for All of the City; Article 4--The Trinity River Levee Plan; Article 5--Belt Line Railway Proposal; Article 6--Pacific Avenue Track Removal; Article 7--Street Widening and Extension; Article 8--The Supplemental Plan of 1920; Article 9--The Central Avenue Boulevard; Article 10--Lamar Street Trafficway; Article 11--St. Paul Street Improvements; Article 12--The Cadiz-Williams Proposal; Article 13--Downtown Street Extensions; Article 14--Oak Cliff Trafficways; Article 15 -- Beauty to Follow Utility; Article 16--Cooperation in Suburban Development; Article 17--Park and Parkway Plans; Article 18--Large vs. Small Parks; Article 19--Playgrounds Considered; Article 20--Inner and Outer Boulevards; Article 21--The Mill Creek Parkway; Article 22--Outer Parkway and White Rock Plans; Article 23--Financing the Plan.
Date: 1925
Creator: Head, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cowpeas: Culture and Varieties (open access)

Cowpeas: Culture and Varieties

Report discussing the cowpea, a leguminous crop often grown in the Southern United States. Topics discussed include its several varieties, fertilizers, methods of sowing, and diseases.
Date: 1920
Creator: Morse, W. J. (William Joseph), b. 1884
System: The UNT Digital Library