Municipal Archives


Dallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions, 1921-1939

​Collection 1995-026

​Overview

Repository
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
CreatorDallas Park and Recreation Department
TitleDallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions
Dates1921-1939
Quantity2 linear feet
AbstractBids for Dallas Park Department Construction and Concessions.
Identification1995-026
LanguageRecords 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 chronologically and alphabetically 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.  The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Citation

Dallas Department of Park and Recreation Construction and Concessions, 1921-1939 (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
Alamo Park wiring, 1925

2
Bathing suits, 1931

3
Blaylock Drive curb, 1922
4Buckner Park, 1924
5Cars, 1929
6Cars, 1929
7Cars, 1930
8Cars, 1930
9Cars - White Rock, 1930
10Cars - White Rock, 1931
11City Park concessions, 1923
12City Park electrical system, 1921
13City Park greenhouse, 1932
14City Park well house, 1930
15Coal, 1929
16Cole Park
17Cole Park comfort station, 1924
18Comfort stations Herndon and Wahoo Parks, 1932
19Concessions, 1924-1925
20Concessions, 1925-1926
21Concessions, 1926-1927
22Concessions, 1927-1928
21Concessions, 1928-1929
2Concessions, 1929-1930
3Concessions, 1930-1931
4Concessions, 1931-1932
5Concessions, 1932-1933
6Concessions, 1933-1934
7Concessions, 1934-1935
8Concessions, 1935-1936
9Concessions 1, 1936-1937
10Concessions 2, 1936-1937
11Concessions, 1938
12Concessions, Ferris Plaza, 1935
13Concessions, Ferris Plaza, 1928
14Concessions, Lake Cliff, 1928
15Concessions, Lake Cliff, 1929
16Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1926
17Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1935
18Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1936-1937
19Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1937
20Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1938
21Concessions, Marsalis (Forest Park/Zoo), 1939
22Concessions, Hall St, Oak Cliff, and Wah-Hoo Negro parks, 1938
23Concessions, small parks, 1938
24Concessions, White Rock Lake, 1930
25Concessions, White Rock Lake boats and minnows, 1930-1931
26Concessions, White Rock Lake motor boats, 1930
27Concessions, White Rock Lake, 1931-1932
28Concessions, White Rock Lake, 1937-1938
31Craddock Park flag pole, tablet, 1924
2Craddock Park comfort station, 1925
3Drinking fountains [including McClellan Memorial Fountains], 1933
4Fair Park Auditorium construction, 1925
5Fair Park Auditorium electrical, 1925
6Fair Park Auditorium heating and ventilating, 1925
7Fair Park paving Exposition Avenue through Park, 1926
8Fair Park pool chlorination, 1930
9Fair Park pool, 1926
10Fair Park pool filtration, 1926
11Ferris Plaza wiring for fountain, 1924
12Gill Well curb and gutter, 1927
13Grauwyler shelter-museum, 1932
14Hall Street bath house, 1929
15Hay, 1929
16Hay and oats, 1930
17House removal, 3116 Nussbaumer, 1929
18Kiest Park field house, 1932
19Kiest Park paving bids, 1934
20Kiest Park walks and paving, 1932–1933
21Kiest Park water line, 1932
22Lagow Park shelter house, 1931
23Lake Cliff bath house painting, 1925
24Lake Cliff chlorination, 1928
41Lake Cliff pool laundry concessions, 1923-1924
2Lake Cliff retaining wall 1, 1929
3Lake Cliff retaining wall 2, 1929 (2)
4Lake Cliff "rose house," 1930
5Lake Cliff shelter over pool, 1924
6Lake Cliff sidewalks at Zang and Colorado, 1925
7Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) bridge, 1924
8Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) curbs and gutters, 1928
9Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) drives, 1933
10Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) keeper's house, 1934
11Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) lighting system, 1928
12Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) miniature golf course lighting, 1930
13Marsalis Park (Forest Park/Zoo) wading pool, 1924
14Mowers, 1928
15Municipal golf course, plumbing, 1923
16Municipal golf course, steel lockers, 1923
17Museum cases, 1936
18Park benches, 1929
19Park benches, 1930
20Paving, walkways (Fretz, Keith, Exline, Randall, City, Lake Cliff), 1929
21Pipes and fittings for tennis courts, 1929
22Playground apparatus, 1930
23Playground apparatus, 1930–1931
24Playground apparatus, 1931
25Randall Park comfort stations, 1924
26Randall Park pool fence, 1928
51Reverchon Park drink stand, 1928
2Reverchon Park grandstand and comfort station, 1924
3Reverchon Park sidewalks along Maple Avenue, 1928
4Reverchon Park wiring, 1925
5Sail boat houses Kiest, Lake Cliff, Stevens, 1934
6Stevens Park cleaning underbrush, 1924
7Stevens Park construction, 1925
8Stevens Park culvert 1, 1925
9Stevens Park culvert 2, 1925
10Stevens Park culvert 3, 1925
11Stevens Park culvert 4, 1925
12Stevens Park culvert 5, 1925
13Stevens Park culvert 6, 1925
14Stevens Park culvert 7, 1925
15Stevens Park curbs and gutters, 1928
16Stevens Park (through Kessler Blvd) 1, 1926
17Stevens Park (through Kessler Blvd) 2, 1926
18Stevens Park water and sewer mains, 1927-1928
19Storage station, 1923
20Summit Play Park fencing, 1924
21Summit Play Park retaining wall, 1925
22Tenison Park bronze tablets, 1924
23Tenison Park comfort station, 1924
25Tenison Park lockers, 1924
26Tenison Park ornamental entrance gates, 1924
27Tenison Park plumbing, 1924
28Tietze Park rock, 1931
29Turtle Creek Boulevard curbs and gutters, 1925
61Wading pools (Randall, Reagan, Trinity Heights), 1928
2Wading pools (Exline, Winnetka, Cole), 1924
3Wading pool fences (Keith, Hay, Rosemont), 1930
4Wading pool fences (Wheatley, Lagow, Lida Hooe School), 1930
5Water pipes and fittings (Marsalis, Exall, Exline, Randall, City), 1930
6White Rock bath house, 1930
7White Rock bath house lockers, 1930
8White Rock bathing beach, 1930
9White Rock bathing beach fence, 1930
10White Rock boat house overhead door, 1930
11White Rock boat house replacement roof, 1931
12White Rock fish hatchery, 1930
13White Rock fish hatchery earthwork 1, 1930
14White Rock fish hatchery earthwork 2, 1930
15White Rock fish hatchery pipes and fittings, 1930
16White Rock lumber for bridge and toilets, 1930
17White Rock motor boat concession, 1930
18White Rock pool filtration, 1931
19White Rock railing across spillway, 1930
20White Rock road around lake, 1931
21White Rock sailing boat club house, 1934
22White Rock sanitary sewers and water supply line 1, 1930
23White Rock sanitary sewers and water supply line 2, 1930
24White Rock uniforms, 1930