This river survey is a report about the the health and sanitation of various portions of the Trinity River in Texas. The report includes accompanying photographs, diagrams, and graphs as well as statistical readings from the monitoring stations along the river. There is a table of contents following the title page and letter of transmittal.

Photograph of the three top citywide girls' volleyball teams including the champions from Exall Park (front row), the runners-up from Winnetka (middle row), and the third-place team from Trinity Play Park (back row). In the image, the girls are seated in three rows outside a brick building and looking to the right of the photograph. On the back of the photograph, there are notes and identifications, though some of the information has been cut off by a missing section of the photograph.

Annual Report from the Dallas Park Department for the years 1921 to 1923. The report includes a sketch of the park and playground system.

Photograph of the, "Cedar Creek main sewer line entering the Trinity River," as notes a handwritten note on reverse.

Photograph of a filter control table at White Rock Purification Plant. Handwritten note on reverse reads, "Filter control table, White Rock Purif. Plant, 1924."

Seven photographs of construction at White Rock Lake. Each photo is identified by a handwritten caption, including sedimentation, manifold systems, mixing channels, and pipe galleries.

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.

Letter from John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association to members of the Advertising League regarding ways that the special committee could help to promote the Kessler Plan Association's city plan for Dallas, Texas. The original letter included copies of maps and literature about the Kessler Plan.

Letter from W. McCarty Moore to John E. Surratt at the Kessler Plan Association congratulating the Association on the success of the Kessler Plan. The letter included a check for $50 for a membership subscription.

Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.

Photograph of a crane lifting an object out of a pile of dirt and other objects, with several horse-drawn wagons nearby.

Photograph of a partially constructed concrete drainage pipe with wooden supports and part of a metal pipe emerging from the concrete.

Photograph of men paving a road with asphalt near a railroad crossing. Several cars and buildings can be seen in the background.

Photograph of a row of "Avery Power Machinery Co." machines in a gravel yard behind a building.

Photograph of men paving a road with asphalt near a railroad crossing. Several cars and buildings can be seen in the background.

Photograph of an assortment of empty wagons and wagon parts in a dirt yard with several puddles of water.

Photograph of a dirt road with tire tracks and a few houses along its sides in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of an incinerator building in Dallas, Texas, with two large smokestacks and horses standing in the doorway, hitched to a vehicle that is not visible.

Photograph of curved railroad tracks with cars and a grocery store near the sides of the tracks.

Photograph of a dirt road paralleling railroad tracks in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a gravel yard with various types of machinery, tankers, and trucks, as well as a few workers.

Photograph of a dirt yard with wagon parts and other unidentifiable objects lying in the dirt.

Photograph of a dirt yard with several cars and horse-drawn wagons.

Photograph of the back of an incinerator building in North Dallas with two large smokestacks and several cars and horse-drawn wagons in the yard outside.