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[Marion Brooks with Friends at a Club]

Description: Photograph of Marion "Jack" Brooks and Reby Cary in a group of friends, seated together in a table in an Texan nightclub (possibly Fort Worth?). Cary sits fourth from left; Brooks sits third from right. The group is seated at a table with drinks, water pitchers, ashtrays, drink cups, and purses, all smiling and looking forward.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[WTC Concept Art, Mall Drawing]

Description: Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a mall-like arrangement, with stacked balconies on every floor opening up to the ground floor. The outer walls of the corridors would have displays and stores, much like shops at a mall. The ceiling has a roof-shaped skylight, bordered by opaque white concrete blocks on both sides from which potted plants are hung. Several businesspeople are depicted walking along the corridors and standi… more
Date: 1960~/1974~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Great Hall Balconies]

Description: Photograph of the Great Hall in the Dallas Apparel Mart. The hall space is occupied by several tables adjoined with chairs and packed closely together. Two small concession stands with striped blue and white roofs are open at left and far right, selling "Beef" and fried chicken, respectively. Along the background, with raised garden planters along the walls, are balconies from three additional floors with an open view to the great hall. Spectators are seated along the railways and look down at … more
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Dallas Market Center Office #1]

Description: Photograph of offices in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. Two workers sit at a wooden desk, one taking calls and the other examining a paper. Along the desk are shelves of binders and miscellaneous papers. Several pictures of models, including full-body shots and headshots, are pinned to two black cork-boards on the wall. The office is illuminated by a yellow light hanging from the ceiling.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Dallas Market Center Office #2]

Description: Photograph of offices in a building at the Dallas Market Center. Two workers sit at a wooden desk, one taking calls and the other examining a paper. Along the desk are shelves of binders and miscellaneous papers. Several pictures of models, including full-body shots and headshots, are pinned to two black cork-boards on the wall. The office is illuminated by a yellow light hanging from the ceiling.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[WTC Concept Art, Lobby Drawing #1]

Description: Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a large and open atrium-shaped lobby in the inside of the building, with stacked balconies opening up from every floor on each side of the atrium's walls up to the roof of the building. Large, square skylights shine light from above, and ivy plants and vines line the edges of the balconies. At the bottom is a grand fountain and circular beds for trees. Two vertical arrangements of flags a… more
Date: 1960~/1974~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[WTC Concept Art, Lobby Drawing #2]

Description: Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a large and open atrium-shaped lobby in the inside of the building, with stacked balconies opening up from every floor on each side of the atrium's walls up to the roof of the building. Large, square skylights shine light from above, and ivy plants and vines line the edges of the balconies. At the bottom is a grand fountain and circular beds for trees. Two vertical arrangements of flags a… more
Date: 1960~/1974~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Great Hall, Circular Blue Table Arrangements]

Description: Photograph of an arrangement of tables in the Great Hall of the Dallas Market Center's Apparel Mart. The tables, round, small, and covered with a white tablecloth, are packed tightly together with a handful of cushioned plastic chairs adjoining each of them. Decorations and plates are placed at each seat on the table, as well as a center flower decoration containing five bright and tall candles. Three people stand in an opening between the tables, below the stairs that lead to a stage that is a… more
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Aerial View, Looking Northwest]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center, looking northeast towards the UT Southwestern campus. The building is large, rectangular, and white, with another large elevated slab of concrete placed on top of the building. The Apparel Mart is surrounded by an extensive parking lot, filled completely with dozens of cars. Interstate 35E is visible at bottom left.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Entrance Signage]

Description: Photograph of the front entrance to the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. The front entrance is covered by a large rectangular canopy held up on white pillars with lights shining down into the entrance. The text "THE APPAREL MART" is installed in black serif font along the canopy. The Apparel Mart building is across the background, and a flagpole is visible to the right of the canopy.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[World Trade Center Aerial Illustration]

Description: Copy photo of an illustration of the World Trade Center (WTC) at the Dallas Trade Center. The WTC is at center, a tall seven-story beige building with a plain white concrete frieze along the roof of the building. The Trade Mart is illustrated at left, next to the WTC, and the Homefurnishing Mart is visible at right. Parking lots line the front of the building, adjoined by Interstate 35E at bottom left. A large four-sided rectangular entry sign is illustrated in front of the WTC.
Date: 1960~/1974~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Description: Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1960]

Description: Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop (left). Office buildings in the Midland skyline are visible behind the shop. This building was torn down in 1962.
Date: 1960
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Apparel Hall Lobby, Registration]

Description: Photograph of registration desks at the Dallas Apparel Mart. People shuffle into and walk around a large lobby room, which has chairs and signs for visitors. At center is a table covered by a white tablecloth, attended by employees with plaid shirts. They interact with visitors and reach into boxes adjacent to their chairs.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Docks]

Description: Photograph of the docks at the Apparel Mart. Depicted is a large storage room with platform trucks and dollies situated in a niche at center, and stacks of lumber and boxes at right alongside the entrance for a shipping and receiving office. Two workers stand next to the platform trucks, one walking towards the back of the room, where there is an entrance to the post office.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Elevators]

Description: Photograph of elevators in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. The elevator at right is open, and the one at left, partially obscured, is closed. A sign above the elevator button points directions towards the "market time check-in desk" on the fourth floor and the "post office".
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Exhibition Showroom]

Description: Photograph of a showroom in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. At right, several people show multicolored gowns and dresses to producers with papers seated at tables in front of them. A similar group of producers and industrialists listen to a man in a plaid suit talking in front of their table. The room is decorated with potted plants, chandeliers, and small paper posters.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Showroom, Mirror Room #2]

Description: Photograph of a showroom in the Apparel Hall at the Dallas Market Center. At center, two women, one dressed in a floral gown and another holding out a red shirt, are flanked by people in formal wear seated in chairs and holding clipboards. At right is an extensive closet featuring women's clothing in various sizes and colors, aside a wall printed with a large poster featuring women in floral body suits. At left is a woman, seated at a small table with a pen, a newspaper, and an ashtray. The roo… more
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Boy at Apparel Mart]

Description: Photograph of a boy posing for a photograph in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. He stands in front of a large potted plant, several tables occupied by other guests conversing, and a large complex decorative display of plywood and mirrors arranged diagonally in layers and shaped like rectangles, lines, and trapezoids. Tiered open-air balconies decorated with plants and couches are visible at left with metal handrails and doors from higher floors.
Date: 1974-08~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Salon]

Description: Photograph of a salon in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. A man, seated in a salon chair, has his left hand manicured by an employee as he reads a magazine in his lap. A ornately-framed mirror, a Dallas Cowboys helmet, and a portrait of the Apollo 11 astronauts are mounted on the wall. At right is another wall of mirrors, revealing another visitor reading a Life magazine.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Showroom, Mirror Room #1]

Description: Photograph of a showroom in the Apparel Hall at the Dallas Market Center. At center, two women, one dressed in a floral gown and another holding out a red shirt, are flanked by people in formal wear seated in chairs and holding clipboards. At right is an extensive closet featuring women's clothing in various sizes and colors, aside a wall printed with a large poster featuring women in floral body suits. At left is a woman, seated at a small table with a pen, a newspaper, and an ashtray. The roo… more
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Hallway]

Description: Photograph of a crowded hallway in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. The hallway, dimly lit with white light, is lined with clothing shops and is dense with visitors at the very back. A spectacled man holding a booklet enters the hallway at far left.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Apparel Mart Home Furnishings Display]

Description: Photograph of a display of home furnishings in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. Two men in suits, standing around a glass table with four yellow chairs adjoining, talk and gesticulate to a woman seated in front of them. The room model is decorated with a cabinet at center, small counters at left and right, paintings, potted plants, and a chandelier hanging from the low ceiling.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center
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