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Thrifty Drug Company, one of the first in Dallas to integrate its fountain.Members of the Dallas branch of the NAACP and other civil rights protesters gather at Ferris Plaza during a march in support of voting rights and events in Selma, AlabamaNighttime view of the Dallas skyline looking west along Ross AvenueTime exposure of Elm Street at night People stand around an airplane crash Traveling toward downtown Dallas on the Houston Street Viaduct Two soldiers escort three women under the Midway arch in Fair Park during the State Fair of Texas Edgewood Pharmacy

 

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Juanita Craft Collection
Juanita Craft Collection
This digital collection was generously funded by a TexTreasures grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.   Ple...
Veterans Oral History Project Collection
Veterans Oral History Project Collection
In partnership with the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, Dallas Public Library's Genealogy & History Division is preserving the memories of U.S. military veterans, support sta...
Dallas Neighborhood Stories Grant Collection
Dallas Neighborhood Stories Grant Collection
The items in this collection were part of a project in partnership with buildingcommunityWORKSHOP (bcWorkshop) with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Common Herit...
Marion Butts Collection
Marion Butts Collection
Lee Marion Butts, Sr. (1924 – 2002), an African-American commercial photographer and editor of the Dallas Express newspaper, recorded events and community life in Dallas as part of a career tha...
Frank Rogers Collection
Frank Rogers Collection
Frank Rogers, the proprietor of Franks Rogers & Son Photographers, worked as a professional photographer in Dallas for 50 years. The collection contains 1,132 black & white images and 340 glass p...
Dallas Mexican American Historical League Collection
Dallas Mexican American Historical League Collection
From the organization's website: "Established in 2008, the Dallas Mexican American Historical League (DMAHL) was awarded its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status on June 30, 2013 as a nonprofit organizati...
City of Dallas Photographers Collection
City of Dallas Photographers Collection
Approximately 12,000 photographs taken by photographers employed by the City of Dallas, Texas documenting the projects of various city departments including the City Manager’s Office, Public Wo...
Buildings of Dallas
Buildings of Dallas
Use these maps to discover more about the history of some of Dallas's most iconic buildings and residences.
Murphy & Bolanz Block and Addition Books, Dallas County 1880-1920
Murphy & Bolanz Block and Addition Books, Dallas County 1880-1920
About Murphy & Bolanz In 1874, John P. Murphy established a real estate development firm and started doing plats of every neighborhood addition in Dallas County. Charles F. Bolanz joined the fir...