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Guide No. 216:
Dallas Park and Recreation Department Photographs [Addition], 1942 - 2003

Overview of the Collection
Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator: Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Title: Dallas Park and Recreation Department Photographs [Addition]
Dates: 1942 - 2003
Quantity: One linear foot
Abstract: Photographic prints, slides, and negatives documenting City of Dallas parks
Identification: 03 - 002
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of photographic prints, slides, and negatives documenting City of Dallas parks from 1942 to 2003.

The City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department provides leisure, recreational and cultural activities for the citizens of Dallas and the general public and maintains more than 21,000 park acres through the Dallas park and recreation system, which includes 17 lakes, 62 miles of jogging and bike trails, 41 recreation centers, 1,020 sports complexes, 490 playgrounds and picnic areas, 21 pools, six 18-hole golf courses, two driving ranges and the 100-acre Dallas Zoo. The City's first two parks, City Park (purchased in 1876) and Fair Park (purchased in 1904) predate the organization of the Park and Recreation Department.

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Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Parks -- Texas -- Dallas -- History

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box: Folder
 Title, Date
1 1 Beckley-Saner Park, 1953 -1954
  2 Beckley Heights Park, 1959
  3 Bonnie View Park, 1971
  4 Brownwood Park, 1960 -1968
  5 Buckner Park, 1964
  6 Churchill Park, 1960 -1971
  7 Crawford Park, undated
  8 Dealey Plaza, 1962 -1967
  9 Deerpath Park, 1959
  10 Elm - Live Oak Triangle, 1966
  11 Elm Central, undated
  12 Elm Fork Park, 1968
  13 Elm - Pearl Street Triangle, 1964
  14

Exall Park, undated
  15

Exline Park, 1942
  16 Flower Show, 1963
  17 Freedman's Memorial, 1969
  18 Fretz Park, 1958 -1971
  19 Dallas Garden Center, 1968
  20 Grauwyler Park, 1949 -1950
  21 Garrett Park, 1965
  22 Griggs Park, 1955
  23 Hamilton Park, 1960 -1968
  24 Harry Stone Park, 1960
  25 Jaycee Park, undated
  26 Juanita J. Craft Park, 1966
  27 Lake Cliff Park, 1942-1980
  28 Lee Park, 1965
  29 Lindsley Park, 1965
  30 Love Field, undated
2 1 McCree Park, 1960
  2 Martin Weiss Park, 1957
  3 Marsalis Park [Dallas Zoo], 1950 -1966
  4 Marsalis Park [Dallas Zoo], 1975 -1990
  5 Marsalis Park [Dallas Zoo] aerial views, 1983
  6 Marsalis Park [Dallas Zoo] aerial view negatives, 1983
  7 Moore Park, 1955 -1962
  8 Natural History Museum, 1965
  9 Norbuck Park, 1960
  10 Oak Cliff Park, 1971
  11 Pacific Plaza,1969
  12 Pershing Plaza, 1964
  13 Parkdale Park, 1951-1955
  14 Park police, 1963 -1967
  15 Pemberton Hill Park, 1960
  16 Pike Park, undated
  17 Pioneer Park, 1966
  18 Pleasant Grove Park, 1960
  19 Pleasant Oaks Park, 1959-1967
  20 Randall Park, 1949
  21 Park Department retirement parties, 1965-1967
  22 Reverchon Park, 1910
  23 Redbird Park, 1964 -1971
  24 Samuell East Park, 1961
  25 Samuell Elam Park, 1960
3 1 Samuell Grand Park, 1954 -1971
  2 Tietze Park, 1946-1950s
  3 Turtle Creek Park, 1956 -1968
  4 Stone Park Mall, 1966
  5 Walnut Hill Park, 1957-1960
  6 West Dallas housing park, 1961
  7 Park employees, undated
  8 White Rock Park, 1968 and undated
  9 Recreation activities, 1925 -1975
  10 Recreation activities, 1925 -1975
4 1 Dallas school parks, 1928 -1959
2 Unidentified Park Department employees and event, 2003

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