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Guide No. 215:
Gittings Studio Portraiture Collection, 1931 - 1992

Overview of the Collection
Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator: Gittings Studio
Title: Gittings Studio Portraiture Collection
Dates: 1931 - 1992
Quantity: One linear foot
Abstract: Black and white and color photographic prints of Dallas City councilmembers, mayors, and city managers
Identification: 92 - 017
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one album of black and white and color photographic prints of Dallas City Councilmembers, Mayors, and City Managers.

Gittings Studios is a photographic studio founded in 1928 by Paul Gittings, Sr. Gittings, who opened and managed Bachrach Studios in Texas, and purchased the Bachrach Studios in the southern region of the United States during the 1930s and renamed Gittings. The Gittings was a pioneer of color dye transfer prints and is famed primarily as portrait photographers. The business was sold in 1987 to Paul Skipworth, then again in 1998 to Greg Lorfing. Under Lorfing's direction, Gittings has worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, gaining worldwide recognition.

Images are filed in approximate chronological order and include subjects' dates in office, followed by image negative number when available.

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Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.) -- Mayors
Dallas (Tex.) -- City Council
Dallas (Tex.) -- City Managers

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box
Title, Date
1 1 Councilmember W.H. Painter (1931 - 1935), DAC1556, #6
2 Councilmember Joe C. Thompson (1931 - 1935), DAC1316R , #10R
3 Mayor Woodall Rodgers (1939 - 1947), unidentified negative
4 Councilmember M.M. Straus (1939 - 1947), NMN5259, #5
  5 Councilmember Ashley Dewitt (1947), DAC1312, #11
  6 Councilmember Wallace H. Savage (1947 - 1949); (1949 - 1951), DAC1705, #10
7 Councilmember and City Manager Roderic B. Thomas (1947-1950); (1953-1955), NMN7105, #13
8 Councilmember W. H. Pierce (1949 - 1951), DAC1580, # 5
  9 Councilmember L. H. Rideout (1951 - 1952), DAC1543, #3
10 Councilmember Vernon S. Smith (1953 - 1955), DAC1559), #4
  11 Councilmember W. C. (Dub) Miller (1953 - 1955), NC20742, #1
  12 Councilmember Robert L. Thornton (1953 - 1961), DAC1693, #10
13 Councilmember Tom Unis (1957 - 1959), DAC1137, #12
14 Councilmember Joe Geary (1959 - 1961) no photo
15 Councilmember Walter H. Cousins (1959 - 1962), NMN9538, #3
16 Councilmember Elgin B. Robertson (1959 - 1963), DG1763, #8
17 Councilmember Charles S. Sharp (1961 - 1963), DAC1245, #5
18 Mayor Earle Cabell (1961 -1964 ), NMN5417, #15
19 Councilmember George M. Underwood (1961 - 1965), NMN5401R, #8R
20 Mayor J. Erik Jonsson [with Margaret Jonsson] (1961 - 1971), NMN7815, #11
21 Councilmember Tracy H. Rutherford (1963 - 1965), DG5708, #11
22 Councilmember Frank A. Hoke (1965 - 1969), NMN10853, #1
23 Councilmember Henry Stuart (1968 - 1969), NMN6965, #13
24 Councilmember Doug Fain (1969 - 1973), NMN11722, #6
25 Councilmember Garry Weber (1969 - 1976), NMN10710, #8
26 Councilmember Fred Zeder (1971 - 1973), DAC1835, #2
27 Councilmember Russell Smith (1971 - 1975), NMN7345, #10
28 Councilmember Jerry Gilmore (1971 - 1975), NMN10692, #1
29 Councilmember Charles H. Storey (1973 - 1975), NMN10693, #13
30 Councilmember L. A. Murr (1973 - 1975), NMN10695, #2
31 Councilmember William F. Nicol (1975 - 1979), NMN7406, #10
32 Councilmember John Leedom (1975 - 1979), NMN8448, #11
33 Councilmember Wiliam E. Cothrum (1965 - 1969), NMN10978 , #6
34 Councilmember Robert Folsom (1976 - 1977), NMN10800R, #11R
35 Councilmember Bill Blackburn (1976 - 1979), NMN11323, #5
36 Councilmember John A. Walton (1977 - 1979), NMN11584, #1
37 Mayor Robert Folsom (1977 - 1981), NMN11343, #4
38 Councilmember Don Hicks (1977 - 1983), NMN11577, #4
39 Councilmember Sid Stahl (1980 - 1983), D00807, #3R
40 Councilmember Joe Haggar (1980 - 1983 ), no photo
41 Councilmember Rolan Tucker (1980 - 1983), E00744, #88
42 Councilmember Fred Blair (1980 - 1984), DPA71073 , #6
43 Councilmember Max Goldblatt (1980 - 1985), NMN13088, #2
44 Councilmember and Mayor Wes Wise (1969 - 1971); (1971 -1973), DPA70188, #11
45 Mayor Jack Evans (1981 - 1983), E01629, #40
46 Councilmember and Mayor Annette Strauss (1983 - 1985); (1987 - 1991), E01964, #13
47 Councilmember Jim Richards (1983 - 1987), DPA71068, #4
48 Councilmember Dean Vanderbilt (1983 - 1988), DPA71069, #11
49 Councilmember Craig Holcomb(1983 - 1989), DPA71072, #16
50 Councilmember Jerry Rucker (1983 - 1989), DPA71071, #13
51 Councilmember Al Lipscomb (1984 - 1991); (1995 - 2000), DCP45519, #2
  52 Councilmember Diane Ragsdale (1984 - 1991), DCP44797, #10
53 Councilmember Bill Milkie (1985 - 1987), DCP46404, #14
54 Councilmember John Evans (1985 - 1991), DCP46227, #12
55 Councilmember Lori Palmer (1985 - 1991), DCP46237, #12
56 City Manager Richard Knight (1986 - 1990), D00536, #9
57 Councilmember Al Gonzales (1987 - 1989), D00406, #8
58

Councilmember Charles Tandy (1987 - 1991), D00463, # 89
59 Councilmember Max Wells (1988 - 1991), D01564, #6
60 Councilmember Glen Box (1989 - 1991), D01989, #88
61 Councilmember Harriet Miers (1989 - 1991), D02021R, #8R
62 City Manager Jan Hart (1990 - 1993), E03902, #21
63 Mayor Steve Bartlett (1991 - 1995), E04729, #31
64 Councilmember Larry Duncan (1991 - 1999), E04700R, #19R
65 Councilmember Paul Fielding (1991 - 1997), E04701R, #4R
66 Councilmember Domingo Garcia (1991 - 1995), E04725, #7
67 Councilmember Donald Hicks (1991 - 1999), E04690, #6
68 Councilmember Donna Halstead (1991 - 1996), E04801, #18
69 Councilmember Chris Luna (1991 - 1997), E04689, #12
70 Councilmember Charlotte Mayes (1991 - 1999), E04734, #11
71 Councilmember Mattie Lee Nash (1991 - 1993), E04766, #4

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