Overview of the Collection |
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Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives |
Creator: | Dallas Park and Recreation Department |
Title: | Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plaques and Memorials Documentation |
Dates: | 1972 -1979 |
Quantity: | .63 linear feet |
Abstract: | Photographic documentation of Dallas park plaques and memorials |
Identification: | 12-006 |
Language: | Records are in English |
Collection
documents plaques placed on statues and memorials situated in Dallas
city parks. About 1979, Dallas Park and Recreation Department staff
created photographic documentation of the plaques. Typescript
transcriptions of plaque text is included, as well as an index by
location, donor, sculpture title, and historical marker. Collection
includes one folder of Park Department correspondence and memoranda
regarding specific
pieces and donors.
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Index Terms |
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Dallas -- Texas -- History | ||
Parks -- Texas -- Dallas -- History | ||
Recreation areas -- Texas -- Dallas | ||
Outdoor sculpture -- Texas | ||
Inscriptions -- Texas -- Dallas | ||
Historical markers -- Texas -- Dallas | ||
Memorials -- Texas | ||
Monuments -- Texas |
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Box: | Folder |
Title, Date | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Plaque and memorial correspondence,
1971 - 1979 |
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2 | Indexes by location (volume I and II), donors, sculpture, historical markers. | |||||||||||
3 | Arcadia Park plaque | |||||||||||
Buckner Park plaque | ||||||||||||
L. Butler Nelson Park sign | ||||||||||||
California Crossing historical marker | ||||||||||||
Cemeteries: Five-Mile Cemetery historical marker. La Reunion Cemetery historical marker, monument, sign. Pleasant Mound Cemetery historical marker, plaque, monument. Merrifield Cemetery monument. | ||||||||||||
4 | City Park historical marker (7), sign, plaque (11) | |||||||||||
Commerce Street and Interstate 45 plaque, flagpole | ||||||||||||
Craddock Park historical marker | ||||||||||||
Crawford Park plaque | ||||||||||||
Cummings Park plaque, flagpole | ||||||||||||
5 | Old Dallas Courthouse plaque | |||||||||||
Dealey Plaza historical plaque (2), plaques (15), sculpture | ||||||||||||
DeGolyer Estate fountain (2), urn, clay pot (2), wrought iron wishing well, sculpture, stone lantern, sign | ||||||||||||
6 | Exline Park plaque (2) | |||||||||||
Fair Park plaque (47), historical marker (3), cornerstone, sculpture (12), fresco (4), monument (8), fountain (6) | ||||||||||||
7 | Ferris Plaza fountain, plaque | |||||||||||
Fireside Park plaque, flagpole | ||||||||||||
Fretz Park sculpture, plaque and flagpole | ||||||||||||
Glencoe Park plaque | ||||||||||||
Grauwyler Park plaque (2) | ||||||||||||
Griggs Park wishing well | ||||||||||||
8 | Hamilton Park plaque | |||||||||||
Harry Hines Triangle plaque | ||||||||||||
Harry Stone Park plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
Hattie Rankin Moore Park (Anita Nanez Martinez Recreation Building) plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
Historical Plaza plaque (5), historical marker | ||||||||||||
9 | Jaycee Park plaque, flagpole | |||||||||||
J. J. Craft Park plaque, flagpole | ||||||||||||
Junius Street sculpture | ||||||||||||
Columbia-Abrams connection at Tremont: Junius Heights columns plaque (2) | ||||||||||||
10 | Indexes by location (volume III and IV), donors, sculpture, historical markers | |||||||||||
11 | Kennedy Plaza plaque, monument | |||||||||||
Kidd Springs Park plaque & flagpole, wooden oriental gate, stone lanterns (2), stone Buddhas (4), bell tower, torii gate, well & buckets | ||||||||||||
Kiest Park plaque (34), sign (2), fountain | ||||||||||||
12 | Lagow Park plaque, flagpole | |||||||||||
Lake Cliff Park sculpture | ||||||||||||
Lee Park plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
Love Field sculpture, fountain, plaque (11) | ||||||||||||
Marcus Park plaque, flagpole | ||||||||||||
Marsalis Park Zoo plaque (15), flagpole, sculpture (3), mosaic, historical marker, flower clock | ||||||||||||
2 | 1 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center plaque & sculpture | ||||||||||
Martin Weiss Park plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
Memorial Auditorium plaque (3), sculpture | ||||||||||||
Moody Street sculpture (2), plaque (3). Information about the artist who created one of the sculptures. Information about Carpenter Plaza and several sculptures. | ||||||||||||
Norbuck Park plaque | ||||||||||||
North Hampton Park mosaic (4), plaque & flagpole | ||||||||||||
2 | Pacific Plaza sculpture (2), fountain | |||||||||||
Pearl and Elm fountain, plaque | ||||||||||||
Pershing Square plaque (3), fountain | ||||||||||||
Pike Park plaque, flagpole, sculpture | ||||||||||||
Pioneer Park monument (2), historical marker, plaque (2) | ||||||||||||
Pleasant Oaks Park flagpole, plaque (2) | ||||||||||||
Redbird Park plaque & flagpole, sculpture | ||||||||||||
Reverchon Park sign, plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
3 | Samuell Grand Park sign, flagpoles, sculpture (2), plaque (3) | |||||||||||
Singing Hills Park plaque (2), flagpole | ||||||||||||
Skyline Park flagpole, plaque | ||||||||||||
Stevens Park monument | ||||||||||||
Stone Place plaque (3), sculpture | ||||||||||||
Swiss Avenue historical marker | ||||||||||||
Sylvan-Seale Triangle historical marker | ||||||||||||
4 | Tenison Park monument | |||||||||||
Tenth Street and Jefferson Boulevard fountain/planter | ||||||||||||
Turner Plaza monument | ||||||||||||
Turtle Creek plaque | ||||||||||||
Union Terminal plaque | ||||||||||||
Walnut Hill Park flagpole, plaque (3) | ||||||||||||
White Rock Lake Park flagpole, plaque (3), monument/water fountain |