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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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[River Channel and Fishtrap Road]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 191) is of a small river surrounded by brush and tree branches. The second image (numbered 190) is of a crane dumping dirt onto a dirt pile. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Reservoir Timber Slashed in River Channel S. from Fishtrap Br." and (bottom) "Garza Reservoir New Model 2-T Monighan Raising Fishtrap Road," both taken on 07-20-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Sanger Pilot Point Highway while Flooded]

Description: Photograph taken from the west end of a bridge on the Isle du Bois looking west at Sanger Pilot Point Highway. The road is dirt and is lined with grass. There is high water on either side of the road; part of the road is flooded. A group of men are standing in the middle of the road near the flooded area. The photograph was taken at 2:15 p.m.
Date: May 5, 1935
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Photograph of White Rock Lake Park Garland Road Entrance]

Description: Photograph of a driveway leading into White Rock Lake Park. There stone column with the park name on the right side of the drive, in the foreground; there's a small stone wall lining the opposite side of the drive. There are bushes in front of the sign and trees visible in the background. The photograph is attached to a page labeled "1"; text under the image says "White Rock Lake Park, Entrance at Lawther drive & Garland Road."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Photograph of Entrance to White Rock Lake Park]

Description: Photograph of a driveway leading into White Rock Lake Park. There is a small stone wall on the left side of the road and a stone column with the park name on the right side of the drive. There are trees on either side of the road and the lake is partially visible in the background. The photograph is attached to a page labeled "2"; text under the image says "White Rock Lake Park, Entrance at Lawther drive & Garland Road."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Photograph of White Rock Lake Park Exit]

Description: Photograph of a driveway leading out of White Rock Lake Park. There is a small stone wall on the right side of the road and a stone column on the left side of the drive. There are trees on either side of the road and Garland Road is visible past the park entrance. The photograph is attached to a page labeled "3"; text under the image says "White Rock Lake Park, Exit at Lawther drive and Garland Road."
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

The Kessler City Plan For Dallas: A Review of the Plan and Progress on its Accomplishment

Description: 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 Rem… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Head, Louis P.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Photograph of Oak Lane in Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a building on Oak Lane in Dallas, Texas, with a car parked next to the building and a man riding a bicycle on the road. A note on the back of the photograph describes the location as the northeast corner of Oak Lane and Chestnut.
Date: February 26, 1953
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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