Archives Collections Finding Guides and Inventories
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| Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives, Office of the City Secretary, 1500 Marilla St., Dallas, TX 75201 |
| Creator: |
Park and Recreation Department |
| Title: |
Park and Recreation General Subject Files |
| Dates: |
1911 - 1960 |
| Quantity: |
6.72 feet linear |
| Abstract: |
Correspondence, memoranda, manuscript, typescript, and printed reports, printed materials, photographic prints, maps and architectural
plans and drawings.
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| Identification: |
95-023 |
| Language: |
The records are in English.
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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 including 4,400 surface acres of water at 17 park
sites, 17,196 acres of greenbelt/park land, and 61.6 miles of jogging and bike trails at 24 locations. There are over 400
individual parks, including recreational facilities such as community centers, swimming pools, athletic fields, and a metropolitan
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. In response to management issues and concerns, an administrative Park Board was created by
City Charter amendment in early 1905 and the first Board members were appointed by Mayor Bryan T. Barry on May 23, 1905.
Collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial records, reports and studies, plans and drawings, photographs,
and printed materials documenting the acquisition, planning and design, maintenance, and history of City of Dallas parks and
park facilities between 1911 and 1970.
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alphabetic by subject, including interfiled General correspondence files. Printed materials are maintained in original order
for archival integrity. Photographic series maintained by original folder label and oversized items maintained in box order
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Paper based materials comprise the primary series. A second photographic materials series and a series of oversized plans,
drawings, and printed materials follow, comprising items found in folders and separated for proper preservation due to size
or preservation concerns. The second and third series are associated with the paper series by means of separation sheets indicating
location in original folders. Photographic prints and oversized materials are marked in pencil with originating location.
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Park and Recreation General Subject Files, 1911 - 1960, Dallas Municipal Archives, Office of the City Secretary, City of Dallas,
Texas.
Transferred from creating department
The collection was described by John Slate, City Archivist
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Parks -- Texas -- History |
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Park facilities -- Texas -- History |
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Civilian Conservation Corps(U.S.) |
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United States. Works Progress Administration |
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United States. National Youth Administration |
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Texas -- History |
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Texas -- Description and travel |
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945 |
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Box 1: |
Architect Fees - Concessions |
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Box 4: |
Hare - Kidd Springs |
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Box 5: |
Kidd Springs - Lake Cliff |
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Box 6: |
Lake Cliff - Music Commission |
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Box 10: |
Stevens - Tenison |
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Box 11: |
Tennis - Turf Maintenance |
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Architect Fees - Concessions |
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Aquarium - Construction - General, |
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General Subject File "B" |
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Bachman Lake, 1944-1949 |
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Bachman Lake, 1937-1942 |
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Bachman Lake Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) |
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Buckner Park Expansion, 1945-1947 |
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City Park Restorations, 1948-49-50 |
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Concession Contracts, 1950-52 |
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Concessions, 1949-1952 |
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General Subject File "D", 1915-1952 |
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Donations - Zoo, 1938-52 |
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Drowning: Roach, Billy Dean - Drowned - Lake Cliff, Male, age 5 1/2 years, June 12, 1954 |
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Drowning: Golden, Gilbert - Drowned - Fair Park Swimming Pool, June 21, 1952 |
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Drowning: Mansfield Accident , 1945 |
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Drowning: Roy M. Fabion, Jr. - Drowning Lake Cliff Pool , July 14, 1942 |
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Drowning: Norris, Earl - Drowned Lake Cliff, June 3, 1952 |
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Drowning: Gladys Stokes (age 38), Griggs Swimming Pool, August 17, 1951 |
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Drowning: Smith, Fred - Death of - Fair Park Pool , June 6, 1948 |
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Drowning: Padilla Accident, 1948 June |
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Drowning: Fields, Max D - Drowned Lake Cliff |
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Employees Retirement Fund |
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Exall Park (use by Negro children) |
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Exall and Exline, 1939-1943 |
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Exline Community House and Stevens Comfort Station |
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Including Ferris Plaza (USO) and Fretz Park |
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Gilliam Estate (proposed park site 1950) |
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Golf Courses for Negroes (parks) |
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Golf General, 1945-1949 |
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Grauwyler Park, 1938-1949 |
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Hare and Hare, landscape architects, 1937-1944 |
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Hines Boulevard (Kindergarten Property) |
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Insurance (Fleet), 1950-51 |
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Insurance (Fleet), 1951-52 |
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General Subject Files "F" |
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General Subject Files "K" |
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Kidd Springs (Square Dances), 1948-1951 |
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Kidd Springs Park, 1945-1952 |
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Kidd Springs Petition - Additional Land |
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Kidd Springs - Lake Cliff |
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Kessler, George E., 1911 |
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General Subject Files "L", 1945-1950 |
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Lagow Community Center - Spec |
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Lanier Pool - Construction |
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Lanier and Lisbon Playgrounds |
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Lake Cliff Pool Alterations and Addition Specification - Contract |
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Lake Cliff Lighting System |
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Lake Cliff - Music Commission |
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Lake Cliff Boat Concession |
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Lake Cliff Glider Boats, 1946-47 |
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Lincoln Negro High School |
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Masterplan, (1946 Hare and Hare) |
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Marsalis Park Zoo Reports, 1945-1950 |
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Marsalis Park, 1942-1948 |
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Marsalis Park, R. J. Stinnett, 1948-1951 |
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Marsalis Park, 1920-1936 |
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Mayor and Commissioners (includes sale of 1/2 acre @ Stevens Park to Water Department and other correspondence), 1920-1930 |
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McClellan Will (drinking fountains construction) |
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Moss Park (Salvation Army) at Ervay and Holmes, 1938-1944 |
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Moss Park (Oak Cliff - reservoirs, etc.) |
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Moore Park (golf course for Negroes - 8th St. Park, officially named, 6/29/40), 1938-1942 |
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Moore Negro Park (8th Street Park) Original Purchase and Expansion |
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Monument Plaza (Munger Park and Boulevard (Dumes Street Park) |
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North American Aviation, Inc. Annual Report 1942, Recreation and Welfare |
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National Board Office report prepared by L. B. Houston and V. A. Kormerer, Superintendent of Austin Park and Recreation Department |
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New Parks - Edgemere (Preston Hollow) Park Site |
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National Youth Administration, 1938-1943 |
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National Recreation Association Civil Defense Project, 1951-52 |
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National Recreation Association, 1943-1950 |
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National Recreation Association, 1950-1951 |
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National Recreation Association, 1932-1942 |
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National Recreation Association, 1940-1947 |
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Conferences - 1944 - Recreation Association Texas Beach and Pool Association; TAAF |
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General Subject Files "O" , 1926-1935 |
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Oak Cliff Negro Park, 1939-1949 |
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Oak Lawn Park, 1917-1936 |
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Oak Grove Golf Course (Capitol, Haskell, Fitzhugh: Leased Land) , 1923-1939 |
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Park Board Correspondence, 1938-1943 |
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Pike - Bids on Retaining Wall - 1925 (Turney St. Summitt Play Park) |
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Pollard and Wheeler - American Institute of Park Executives August 31, 1948 |
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American Institute of Park Executives, 1948-1949 |
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Park Executives, 1938-1943 |
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Pool and Golf Passes, 1924-1943 |
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General Subject Files "R" Including Randall Park, 1938-1943 |
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Randall Memorial Grove, 1924-1944 |
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Randall Federation Membership Cards |
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Relief Labor (Texas Relief Commission), 1933-1935 |
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Reverchon Park Ball Diamond, 1939-1948 |
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Reverchon Park Expansion, 1940-1951 |
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Roosevelt Park, 1929-37 |
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Ruthmeade Park, 1921-1925 |
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Stevens Park Housing Project (Easements), 1943-44 |
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Stevens General, 1924-1941 |
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Stevens Golf Course - General, 1944-1952 |
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Stevens Clubhouse and Ground Improvements, 1939-1949 |
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Swimming Pools Junior 1945- Brown, Peeler, Henderson Terry, |
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Swimming Pools, 1940-1943 |
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Swimming Pools, 1943-1952 |
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Sullivan Park, 1931-1938 |
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Swiss Avenue, 1919-1929 |
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Tenison - General, 1946-1951 |
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Tenison Golf Course, 1923-1937 |
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Tenison Clubhouse - Bids and Contract, 1940 |
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Tenison General, 1942-45 |
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Tennis - Turf Maintenance |
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Tennis Courts - Concrete - Henderson Plans, Specs, Bids, Contract, 1944-1946 |
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Texas Recreation Association, 1942-1945 |
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Thomas Hill Park, 1930-1935 |
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Thomas Hill - Purchase, 1944-1953 |
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Tietze Park - Improvements: Swimming Pool - Paving Shelter |
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Tietze Park Expansion, 1944-1945 |
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Tietze Park (Llano Park) , 1946-48 |
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Turf Maintenance A and M College, 1952 |
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Turf Maintenance A and M College, 1944-1950 |
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Turf Maintenance A and M College, 1946-1948 |
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Mrs. E. P. Turner Plaza, 1912-1940 |
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General Subject Files "V" , 1923-1933 |
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General Subject Files "W" , 1937-1943 |
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General Subject Files "W", 1918-1936 |
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Wahoo Club Property, 1923-1936 |
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Walford Park, 1930-1933 |
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Walnut Hill Petition for Park, May 24, 1951 |
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West Dallas Picnic Area, 1941-1944 |
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Winnetka Park, 1926-1934 |
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Wheatley Park, 1919-1933 |
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Winslett Plaza, 1924-1935 |
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General Subject Files "Y" , 1935 -1944 |
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Zangs Boulevard, 1941-1945 |
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Zoological Society - Dallas Zoo Commission, 1924-1940 |
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1. Photographic prints: |
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Unidentified land clearing (2), undated [from Box 2, folder 1] |
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Concrete amphitheater seating, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 1941 [from Box 4, folder 1] |
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Glider boat, ca. 1947 [from Box 6, folder 2] |
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"Reverchon Park Lighted Baseball Diamond, constructed May 1940" (3) |
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Unidentified man beside automobile, undated [from Box 12, folder 9] |
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"Mrs. W.V. Champion and George F. Walford, Brother and Sister," undated [from Box 12, folder 9 |
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"Officer Parker, Sullivan Park and Mr. Rhone-Park Director (with group of children), undated [from Box 13, folder 4] |
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Oversized plans and drawings, from Boxes 1- |
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2. |
Oversized plans and drawings, from Boxes |
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Oversized plans and drawings from Boxes |