Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, 20, from Butler Bros, Texas – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, 20, from Butler Bros, Texas in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, '20, taken from roof of Butler Brothers
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Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, 20, from Butler Bros, Texas
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Dallas, Texas, in April 1920 was a cotton and railroad city that had grown rapidly since the turn of the century, with its population climbing past 150,000 by the end of the decade. Cotton buying, wholesale trade, and banking drove the local economy, and several rail lines converged downtown, making Dallas a major distribution point for the Southwest. The view from the Butler Brothers building, a large wholesale house on the city's edge, shows a skyline still dominated by modest commercial blocks and church spires rather than the towers of later decades. Residents of the period knew Dallas as a fast-rising commercial center, and the city was in the middle of a building boom that would reshape its downtown through the 1920s.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Creator | raymond, w. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,242 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, '20, taken from roof of Butler Brothers |
| Reference | TX Dallas skyline, Apr. 1st, 20, from Butler Bros |
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