Photograph of an aerial close up of the Marsalis park (Dallas Zoo). Additional key features within the photograph include two tennis courts, a large parking lot, and suburban homes that line the perimeter of the zoo.

Photograph of the aerial view of Lochwood Park, the nearby Martha Turner Elementary School, and the surrounding suburban residential houses.

Photograph of the neighborhood park of Lizzie Oliver Park. Clara Oliver elementary school is to the left of the park. Suburban homes have been built surrounding both the park and the elementary school.

Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from June 1, 1961 to November 30, 1961 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double-breasted jackets with a badge on the left breast, dark ties, and dark slacks.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire classmembers from June 1, 1961 to November 30, 1961 posing outside a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing double-breasted jackets with a badge on the left breast, dark ties, and dark slacks.

Portrait of the 15 Dallas Fire class members from April 1961 to August 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1961 to May 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with jackets that have circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. A board on the ground in front of the group identifies the class.

Photograph of recruit class number 111 standing in front of a concrete edifice in matching, dark-colored, formal uniforms. The subjects are listed from left to right; Larry David Gatchel, William Albert McDonald, Jackie Leon Galloway, Rodney Ray Gant, Jerry Doyel Lester, Donald Ray Kern, Michael Winfield Jones, Everett Neal Coker, Joe Edward Mitchell, Reuben Maxwell Millsaps, Terry Lynn Lancaster, Donald Ray Wilson, Charles Richard Smith, James Melton Doster, and Robert Henry Worley.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from December 1960 to March 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1961 to May 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark colored suit with jackets that have circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, and a silver badge on the left side of the chest. A board on the ground in front of the group identifies the class. Printed text at the bottom of the image provides names for the recruits.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire class members from November 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class.

Photograph of recruit class number 109 standing and posing in front of a concrete edifice in matching, dark-colored, formal uniforms. Shrubbery borders the base of the wall behind the subjects.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire class members from November 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. Printed text attached to the bottom of the image provides names.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire recruits from class numbers 107 and 108, posing in three lines, standing and kneeling in front of a concrete edifice with a grid pattern. The subjects are wearing matching, formal, dark-colored uniforms and a chalkboard listing information is in the center of the front row.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from October 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark-colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, a silver badge on the left side of the chest, and black shoes.

Portrait of the Dallas Fire recruits from class numbers 107 and 108, posing in three lines, standing and kneeling in front of a concrete edifice with a grid pattern. The subjects are wearing matching, formal, dark-colored uniforms and a chalkboard listing information is in the center of the front row.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from October 1960 to February 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing a dark-colored suit with circular silver buttons in two rows, dark colored slacks, a silver badge on the left side of the chest, and black shoes. A printed paper at the bottom of the image lists the names of the recruits in the image.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from September 1960 to January 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms of slacks, and double-breasted jackets with a badge over the left breast. Printed text attached to the bottom of the image provides names.

Portrait of the 7 Dallas Fire class members from September 1960 to January 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. The recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms of slacks, and double-breasted jackets with a badge over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the group.

Photograph of two children doing a Mexican dance.

Photograph of a group of children playing with the new play apparatus at Perry Playground in 1961.

Photograph of a group of children playing at Perry Playground in the Summer of 1961.

Photograph of a group of children playing at the Perry Playground with the new apparatus in 1961.