Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, Texas: State Dept. exhibit. – Historic Reproduction
(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 photograph captures Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, Texas: State Dept. exhibit. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, Texas: State Dept. exhibit.
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The record identifies this as the State Department exhibit at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, held at Fair Park in 1936. The fair marked 100 years since Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836, and states and organizations built exhibits to present regional history and industry to the crowds. Expositions of this era often combined civic pride with boosterism, and the Dallas fair's Art Deco and Pan-American style buildings remain among its best-known legacies. The caption card does not describe the displays themselves, so the photograph is most useful as a record of how the state chose to present its story at the time.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1936 |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tex.--History; Centennial celebrations; Exhibitions--1936; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,286 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-134732 |
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