Municipal Archives

CONTACT INFO

Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla St.
L2DN
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: (214) 670-3738

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Dallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions, 1923-1940

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Collection 1995-026

Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Title	Dallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions
Dates	1923-1940
Quantity	2 linear feet
Abstract	Bids for Dallas Park Department Construction and Concessions.
Identification	1995-026
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Content

Collection contains bids and job specifications for products and services utilized in the development of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department’s system of parks, golf courses, and other recreational facilities. Both construction bids and commodity bids are represented.

Goods or commodity bidding is bidding by a business to be the supplier of goods such as pool towels or park benches. Construction bidding is the process of submitting a proposal (tender) to undertake, or manage the undertaking of, a construction project. The process starts with a cost estimate of materials and labor.

The collection includes a wide variety of letterhead correspondence, providing insight into firms doing business with the City of Dallas during the 1920s and 1930s. It also provides evidence of the materials used in park construction projects.

Organization

Collection is organized by job package.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Dallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions, 1923-1940 (Box <x>,Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

None

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History

Government purchasing -- United States

Public contracts -- United States

Container List

Box	Folder	Title, Date
1	1	Cars, 1929
	2	Trucks, 1929
	3	Cars, 1930
	4	Alamo Park wiring, 1925
	5	Trucks, 1931
	6	Small parks and Kennie Taylor's stand, 1938
	7	Playground apparatus, 1930–1931
	8	Playground apparatus, 1930
	9	Cars, 1930
	10	Four-door sedans – White Rock, 1930
	11	Bathing suits, 1930
	12	Bathing suits, 1931
	13	Park benches, 1930
	14	Concessions, 1938-1939
	15	Benches, 1929
	16	Ferris Plaza, 1938–1939
	17	Negro parks concessions, 1938 - 1939
	18	Craddock Park, 1924
	19	City Park – greenhouse, 1932
	20	Pipe and fittings, 1930
	21	Wading pools, 1924, 1928
	22	Walks, 1929
	23	Comfort stations – Herndon and Wahoo Parks, 1932
	24	City Park - lighting system, 1921
	25	Buckner Park
	26	Cole Park
	27	Coal, 1929
	28	Blaylock Drive curb, 1922
	29	Craddock Park comfort station, 1925
	30	Ferris Plaza concessions, 1935
	31	Wading pool fences, 1930
	32	Wading pool fences, 1924.
	33	Randall Park pool fence, 1928
	34	Fair Park paving – Exposition Avenue through Park, 1926
	35	Fair Park Auditorium heating and ventilating, 1925
	36	Fair Park Auditorium electrical, 1925
	37	Fair Park Auditorium construction, 1925
	38	Museum cases, 1936
	39	Fair Park pool filtration, 1926
	40	Fair Park pool, 1926
	41	Ferris Plaza wiring for fountain, 1924
	42	Chlorination – Fair Park pool, 1930
	43	Hay and oats, 1930
	44	Hay, 1929
	45	Gill Well curb and gutter, 1927
	46	Steel lockers – golf course, 1924
	47	Grauwyler – shelter-museum, 1932
	48	Kiest Park field house, 1932
	49	Kiest Park walks and paving, 1932–1933
	50	Kiest Park paving bids, 1934
	51	Kiest Park water line, 1932
	52	Hall Street – bath house, 1929
	53	City Park well house, 1930
2	1	Lake Cliff pool – laundry concessions, 1923-1924
	2	Laundry [pools] – 1922 - 1940
	3	Lake Cliff "rose house," 1930
	4	Lagow Park shelter house, 1931
	5	Curb, gutter, and walks – Blaylock Drive, 1923
	6	Lake Cliff drink stand, 1929
	7	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925
	8	Lake Cliff – bath house painting, 1925
	9	Lake Cliff – awning over pool, 1924
	10	Lake Cliff – additions and shelter, 1925
	11	Lake Cliff – walks at Zang and Colorado, 1925
	12	Lake Cliff – chlorination, 1928
	13	Lake Cliff – retaining wall, 1929
	14	Lake Cliff – retaining wall, 1929 (2)
	15	Lake Cliff – retaining wall, 1929 (3)
	16	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925
	17	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925 (2)
	18	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925 (3)
	19	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925 (4)
	20	Lake Cliff – shelter over pool, 1925 (5)
	21	Marsalis Park drives, 1933
	22	Marsalis Park keeper's house, 1934
	23	Forest Park [Marsalis] concrete bridge, 1924
	24	Forest Park [Marsalis] wading pool, 1924
	25	Marsalis Park miniature golf course lighting, 1930
	26	Marsalis Park curbs and gutters, 1928
	27	Marsalis Park lighting system, 1928
	28	Playground apparatus, 1931
	29	Mowers, 1928
	30	Pipes and fittings for tennis courts, 1929
	31	Pike Park retaining wall, 1925
	32	Oak Grove Golf Course clubhouse lockers, 1923
	33	Oak Grove Golf Course plumbing, 1923
	34	Reverchon Park walks along Maple Avenue, 1928
	35	Randall Park comfort stations, 1924
	36	Reverchon Park drink stand, 1928
	37	Wading pool fences, 1930
	38	Drinking fountains [including McClellan Memorial Fountains], 1933
	39	Laundry concessions, 1925-1937
	40	Turtle Creek Boulevard curbs and gutters, 1925
	41	Tietze Park rock, 1931
	42	Reverchon Park grandstand and comfort station, 1924
	43	Reverchon Park wiring, 1925
	44	Shelter houses – Kiest, Lake Cliff, Stevens, 1934
	45	Storage station, 1923
	46	House removal, 3116 Nussbaumer, 1929