Texas State Fair, 1908 - Library of Congress panoramic photo
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From the astonishingly vast vaults of the Library of Congress, a panoramic photograph of the main entrance of the Texas State Fair, in 1908. This is almost certainly Dallas, and this is probably the same entrance where today the short-rail mass transit trains pass by — a century later, and Dallas has once again got mass transit.
This photo contrasts starkly with Fair Park in Dallas today, a week after the closing of the 2010 Texas State Fair.
Details from the Library of Congress:
Item Title
Texas State Fair, Main Entrance.
Created/Published c1908.Copyright deposit; H. Clogenson; December 8, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43634.
Copyright claimant’s address: Dallas, Texas
Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 9.5 x 43 in.Call Number: PAN SUBJECT – Events no. 31
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-125457 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
Who was H. Clogenson? What other treasures did he leave around?
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