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[Russian Documents and Letters]

Description: Photocopy of documents concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's connection with Russia. The first is a request for reconsideration of monetary determination filed by Oswald. Two more documents are letters from members of the Jesuit House of Studies in Mobile, Alabama, one asking Oswald to give a talk there on Communism and his travels in Russia, and another thanking him for the talk. The rest are forms written in Russian.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.

[South Lawn of Turtle Creek Park]

Description: Photograph of the aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee Park. The photograph focuses on the southern edges of the park at the intersection of Turtle Creek Blvd and N. Hall Street. A bronze statue of Robert E. Lee. riding horse is atop a stone plinth and concrete stage. Sidewalk connects the area around the statue to a multi-use single story building with steps leading up to a five (5) column entrance. Large green trees partially obscure the grounds of the park and the… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #1]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #2]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Turtle Creek Park & Surrounding Area #3]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Turtle Creek Park formerly known as Robert E. Lee. Park. The photograph is taken from the north-side of the park focusing on the multi-use public building, a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop a stone plinth, and Turtle Creek flowing through the southern portion of the park. Residential and commercial buildings surround the park extending beyond the boarders of the photograph.
Date: 1954
Creator: Squire Haskins Photography
Location: None

[Water Main at White Rock Purification Plant]

Description: Photograph of water main at White Rock Purification Plant. In the photograph, a crane is parked near the water main. Dirt has been dug up around the water main. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Dragline covering sect. of newly laid 30" main near aerators - at old White Rock purif. plant 11/17/52."
Date: November 17, 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

West Dallas Urban Area Survey

Description: Report documenting the findings of a survey in the West Dallas Urban Area to determine what steps should be taken for improvement: "This survey of the West Dallas Urban Area was undertaken primarily to make an inventory o existing housing and other structures, and of existing utilities and public facilities, or the lack of them, in order that problems could be appraised and a program developed for the area's renewal" (p. 1).
Date: January 1959
Creator: De Leuw, Cather & Company
Location: None
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