Overview of the Collection |
|
Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives |
Creator: | City of Dallas Departments |
Title: | Dallas Municipal Archives Artifacts Collection |
Dates: | 1890; 1947-1987; and undated |
Quantity: | One cubic foot |
Abstract: | Three-dimensional artifacts that were gifts to the City of Dallas or items having City of Dallas historical significance or permanent value |
Identification: | 01 - 002 |
Language: | Records are in English |
Collection consists of three-dimensional artifacts that were gifts to the City of Dallas or items having City of Dallas historical significance or permanent value.
The most significant item in the collection is a paving brick made of bois d'arc wood. It was laid in Market Street in approximately 1890.
Before the development of brick and asphalt paving for Dallas streets in the late nineteenth century, the city experimented with wooden paving blocks made of bois d' arc wood, derived from the Osage orange tree, and creosote-treated pine. Other items of note include a recording commemorating the 50th anniversary of city-owned radio station WRR and unused "keys to the city" from the administration of former Mayor Wes Wise (1971-1976).
Return to the Table of Contents
Index Terms |
||
Dallas -- Texas -- History. | ||
Streets -- Texas -- Dallas. |
||
WRR-FM (Radio station : Dallas, Tex.) -- History. |
Return to the Table of Contents
Box: | Title, Date | |||||||||||
1 | Bois d'arc wood paving block from Market Street, Dallas, Texas circa 1890 |
|||||||||||
Tie bar jewelry with City of Dallas "key to the city" emblem, undated | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Angels 1987 Metro Champs signed softball, 1987 | |||||||||||
3 | Keys to the city from the administration of Mayor Wes Wise, circa 1975 | |||||||||||
WRR's Golden Anniversary commemorative record, 1971 [three copies] | ||||||||||||
Art print, "Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of George Washington," 1979 | ||||||||||||
Dallas Water Utlities 5 Millionth Gallon of Water comemoration sample, 1976 | ||||||||||||
Engraving printing plate for business cards of Mayor Jimmie Temple, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
5 | Obsolete Seal of the City of Dallas embossers, undated | |||||||||||
Seal of the City of Dallas paperweights, undated | ||||||||||||
Souvenir engraved tea tray presented by Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside Council, England, undated | ||||||||||||
6 | Parking meter mechanism, undated | |||||||||||
7 | Promotional items [plastic cups, water bottle, glass mug] from City of Dallas departments, undated |