Photograph of firemen dressed in dark coats with helmets scaling a brick wall to survey the smoking damage.

Photograph of firemen scaling a burning brick building's roof from an adjoining roof.

Design for an 1840s ladies dress. Sketch depicts female in full length front and left side views with sleeve view in upper left corner and back bodice view in upper right corner. Measurements/descriptions typewritten in German at bottom center.

Photograph of firemen scaling two ladders to survey the rooftop damage on the other side of a brick wall.

Photograph is of two men in baseball uniforms sitting on a bench. one is leaning his arm on the shoulder of the other and showing him a baseball. Caption: "You're hitting that thing pretty good," Dallas manger Charlie Grimm, left, tells outfielder Grant Dunlap."

Catalog from the exhibition "21st Annual Exhibition of Dallas Painting, Sculpture, Photography," April 30–May 28, 1950, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: list of artists and artworks, images

Catalog from the juried "3rd Southwestern Exhibition of Prints And Drawings," January 22–February 12, 1950, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: list of prizes and awards, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition, selected images.

Catalog from the exhibition "5000 Years of Egyptian Art And Civilization," March 5–April, 1950, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: essay, some images

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.

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.

Photograph of Anson Holley and Raymond Holley on horseback at the Holley family farm.

Catalog from the exhibition "Architecture–1950," March 19–April, 1950, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas sponsored by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Includes: juror's comments, floor plans, photographs

This home movie documents the Mesquite High School Marching band performing and posing for the camera.

This home movie documents the Greenhaw family and others celebrating Easter in Mesquite, Texas.

"...the writer undertook in this studyan evaluation of the seven major art museums of Texas and their contribution to public-school education. Chapter I served as an introduction to the study. Chapter II traced the development of the art museum in American, dating back to the period of colonial settlements in New England. It also presented the history of the art museums in the five key cities of Texas: the Elisabet Ney Museum of Austin, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, the Fort Worth Art Association, the Children's Museum of Forth Worth, the Witte Memorial Museum of San Antonio and the Contemporary Arts Association of Houston. In addition, the general policies and programs of the Texas museums were discussed. Chapter III evaluated the programs of the seven majoy art museums according to the standards set up by the Texas Art Education Association...Chapter IV will present the writer's conclusions and recommendations." -- leaves 35-36.

Photograph of a baby leaning on a chair in a living room. The child rests their hands on the seat of the chair while staring at the viewer. Additional pieces of furniture sit along the edges of a carpet covering the floor.

Photograph of a baby sitting in a living room. The child sits between two chairs on a carpeted floor while two women stand in the background.

Photograph of a baby sitting in a living room. The child sits between two chairs on a carpeted floor while an adult stands in the background.

Bagonghi style handbag of navy blue fabric decorated on the front and back in blue soprarizzo velvet pocket designs with white velvet belt buckles; front right “pocket” has gold-tone signature “R” in belt form. Rectangular inverted frame covered in fabric matching body of bag. Gold-tone plunger-style closure. Bound handle of matching fabric with gold-tone clips and chain links. Inner compartment of blue leather has zippered pocket and two patch pockets. One pocket contains plastic tortoiseshell framed mirror stamped “Neiman-Marcus” and card printed “Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sterne Jacobus, Jr.” Stamped:"Roberta di Camerino / Italy / Neiman-Marcus / Leather Lined"

Design for ballgown. Colored sketch of ballgown with shirred sweetheart neckline with gathered accent at center front. Long sleeves with floral accents. Shirred asymmetric hips trimmed with large floral bouquet down left side. Gathered, full length A-line skirt.

Design for ballgown. Color sketch of front and back views of gown with A-line skirt heavily trimmed with oversized applied floral accents. Off the shoulder neckline trimmed to match skirt. Back view illustrates four leaf petal inspired panels trailing from waistline. Handwritten note at far left of sketch: "The one she didn't like / The design would swallow you up and be too heavy / We thought it was odd looking & not / airy enough. I don't think the skirt / has a pretty slope either. OK? / Return both sheets of dresses". Designer's initials, "LW", at bottom left hem of front view of dress.

Design for ballgown or wedding dress. Color sketch of full length front and back views of gown with A-line skirt. Top tier of skirt in floral design gathers at dropped waist and forms a U in back. Underskirt appears to be box pleated sheer fabric; alternative view of underskirt in bottom left corner depicts three tiers of tightly pleated fabric. Bateau neckline with cap sleeves of fabric matching top tier of skirt forms a deep V shape in back view.

Signed design for ballgown. Color sketch in shades of green illustrates full length view of gown with wide A-line skirt trimmed in vertical rows of applied floral accents. Ruched bodice with sides and short sleeves trimmed in matching floral accents. Designer's note on fabric content, "lace and tulle", at right of sketch and designer's signature at hem of gown.

Design for ball gown. Color sketch illustrates the front view of a gown with heavily appliqued, A-line skirt with ruffle. Off the shoulder neckline. Designer's outline sketch and notes on back.