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[Riprap and Roadway]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 334) is of a rock barrier on the left side of a road, with a guard rail on the other side. The second image (numbered 335) is of a rock barrier beginning on the left side of a road and continuing down a slope to a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap and Roadway North from Sta. 78" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 38 Riprap and Upstream … more
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Downstream Berm and Earth Blanket]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 333) is of a dirt slope leading down into a lake. The second image (numbered 336) is of a road at the top of a slope with a rock barrier on one side and a guard rail on the other. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North along Downstream Berm from Sta. 38" taken on 10-12-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 38 Earth Blanket on each Slope" taken on 12-29… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Cars on street in Georgetown]

Description: Black and white photograph. South Austin Avenue. Left to right: Man by telephone pole, Large brick building, several trucks, "LINDELL PETERSON & CO. / HARDWARE". Trucks, people sitting on trunks, "THAT GOOD GULF GASO". Maker's Mark: "R. STONE/ GEORGETOWN/ TEX"
Date: 1927
Creator: Stone, R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

Greenville Avenue, Elevated View 1927, Richardson, Texas

Description: Elevated view of Greenville Avenue, looking south, probably from Main Street. In the foreground, on the right is a church with Polk St. behind it. On the left is the First United Methodist Church, which was built in 1898. One car is on Greenville Ave. A sidewalk runs along the right/west, side of Greenville Ave. In the background is Philips Street, with the Mount Calvary Baptist Church on the SE corner of the intersection, completed in 1886. The Richardson School building, opened in 1914, is o… more
Date: May 5, 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Guadalupe Street

Description: Photograph of Guadalupe Street taken from the west approximately where the present-day "The Drag" is located. A street car is in motion along the street. Texas Bookstore, University Co-Op and Roach Brothers pharmacy are on the west side of Guadalupe Street.
Date: April 17, 1927
Creator: Boone
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Young Women Posed for a Picture in the Street]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young woman standing in the middle of a street. She is identified as Christine Olson Walters. She is wearing a black dress that has a pleated collar and a pleated skirt. She is also wearing a hat. Behind her, buildings and telephone poles line either side of the street. Shadows are cast across the ground.
Date: 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Street in Odessa, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a street in Odessa, Texas. The street is lined with storefronts and numerous early model automobiles are parked alongside the sides and drive on the roadway. In the bottom right of the picture, "Odessa, The Oil Field Suppy Base of West Texas - Jack Nolan" is written. There are many cars in the picture as well as buildings and shops on either side of the road.
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.845682 -102.367643
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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