Overview
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Repository |
Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator |
City of Dallas Departments |
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Title |
Dallas Municipal Archives Artifacts Collection |
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Dates |
1890, 1947-1987, undated |
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Quantity |
One cubic foot |
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Abstract |
Three-dimensional artifacts that were gifts to the City of Dallas or are items having City of Dallas historical significance or permanent value. |
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Identification |
2001-002 |
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Language |
Records are in English |
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of three-dimensional artifacts that were gifts to the City of Dallas or are 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 (Osage orange) wood.
Organization
The collection is arranged chronologically.
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 Municipal Archives Artifacts Collection, 1890, 1947-1987 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Material
None
Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Streets -- Texas -- Dallas
Container List
| 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 Utilities 5 Millionth Gallon of Water commemoration 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 |
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| Promotional items [plastic cups, water bottle, small trash bins, glass mug] from City of Dallas departments, undated |