Texas Centennial Exposition Postcards

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J. E. HUDSON'S TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION PHOTOGRAPHS

J. Elmore Hudson, circa 1936

These previously unpublished photographs of the Texas Centennial Expostion, taken by J. Elmore Hudson (seen left, circa 1936), show the Exposition grounds under construction and also after the Exposition had opened. Present day building names, if changed since 1936, are shown in brackets ( ).
Photos courtesy James E. Hudson, III.

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Fair Park Auditorium (Music Hall) during Exposition construction	Possibly rear of Auditorium (Music Hall) during construction	Transportation Building (Centennial Building) under construction	Agricultural Building under construction	Fair Park Auditorium (Music Hall) during Exposition construction
Federal Building (Tower Building) under construction	Cotton Bowl view, showing Hall of State under construction	Gulf Radio Studios under construction	Hall of State under construction	Probably speaker tower and wall surrounding Band Shell, under construction
Hall of State under construction	Old Nuremberg Restaurant, on Midway, under construction	Hall of Negro Life under construction	View of Cotton Bowl showing Federal (Tower) Building and Hall of State under construction	Ford Motor Company Building Under Construction
Hall of Domestic Arts (Science Place II) under construction	Model Homes (probably) under construction	Foods (Varied Industries) Building under construction	Two men in front of uncompleted Aquarium	People walking on the Midway
Tour Bus with Federal (Tower) Building and Ford Motor Company buildings in background	Lagoon and back of Ford Motor Company Building	View of Esplanade and Transportation Building (Centennial Building)	Esplanade view, showing statues Tenor and Contralto	Cotton Bowl probably during FDR's visit
Man walking on the Esplanade	Fair Park Coliseum (Women's Museum) getting a facelift

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All the images on this page are courtesy James E. Hudson, III, whose grandfather took the original photographs. Please direct all reproduction inquiries to texian1846@yahoo.com.