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[Entrance to Japanese Garden]

Photograph of the entry gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, viewed from the left (west) side. The gate house is built in a Japanese style with wooden timbers, an enclosed room above the entryway with paneled windows, and a decorative tiled roof with gable ends and flared eaves. There are smaller, single-story rectangular structures on either side of the gate, surrounded by a stone fence and trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1973~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Pagoda]

Photograph of the pagoda in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, on a slight rise surrounded by bushes and trees. The structure is a square pillar that includes several tiers of roofs with flared eaves and multiple small enclosed balconies.
Date: 1973~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Near Botanical Garden Waterfall]

Photograph of an unidentified woman crouching on a series of stacked rocks that form part of a decorative waterfall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. She is looking down toward the waterway, which appears to be dry and the area is surrounded by bushes and trees, visible in the background.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Pathway]

Photograph of a pathway made of natural paving stones in a section of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The path curves toward the back-right of the image ind is surrounded by bushes and trees on the left, with decorative stones and flowers at right.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]

Photograph of a small, open structure made of natural stone with a gabled roof that has pointed rafters extending below the eaves. The near gable end has a large arched entrance and the sides appear to be largely open, with low wooden and stone railings. There is a dirt path along the side of the structure and it is surrounded by bushes and trees.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers Breaking Soil]

Photograph of a large number of workers in dark-colored clothing using pickaxes to dig or break soil on the side of a hill. Behind them, there is an extremely large, three-story, side-gabled, Colonial-style brick building with a tower above the main entrance. At the left side of the image, a series of houses and utility lines are partially visible in the background.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, event programs, certificates, and other ephemera related to the organization's "Fort Worth Beautiful" award. Many of the pages at the end of the book are blank.
Date: 1987/1994
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Park System, 1935 (open access)

Fort Worth Park System, 1935

Photo album and text documenting the development of the Fort Worth Park System, including park drives, neighborhood parks, bridle paths, and other recreational features in the city.
Date: 1935
Creator: Fort Worth (Tex.). Board of Park Commissioners.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-1938 (open access)

United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-1938

Report and photo album documenting work done in Fort Worth parks as part of programs by municipal entities for building and landscaping rehabilitation.
Date: 1926/1938
Creator: Morrison, Raymond C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History