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View a colorful collection of contemporary digital photos by Steven Butler; includes landscapes, lakescapes, birds, animals, insects, sailboats, and people enjoying the park.
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Take a look at my dam picture! A rare panoramic photo of the White Rock dam just after completion in 1911, by turn-of-the-century Dallas photographer Henry Clogenson, courtesy Eliot Greene (son of the late A.C. Greene). |
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Courtesy of former CCC enrollee Jim Payne and his daughter, Lois Paylor, a Civilian Conservation Corps "Lookies" Album! Come see what White Rock's "Boys n Green" looked like during the 1930s and 1940s, when they were busy improving our park. |
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UNT's Portal to Texas History, in partnership with the Dallas Municipal Archives, Dallas Water Utilities, and the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, hosts a small collection of historical photos of White Rock Lake online.
Here's a complete list of direct links:
- Workers at White Rock Dam, c. 1910-1911
- Excavation, circa 1910-1911
- Construction, circa 1910-1911
- Construction, circa 1910-1911
- White Rock Lake Construction, prob. 1910-1911
- Intake Well Excavation, circa 1910-1911
- Construction of purification plant, c. 1922
- East Lawther Drive, n.d.
- Probably East Lawther Drive, n.d.
(Misidentified as "White Rock Spillway")
- Boating Activities. n.d.
- White Rock Lake sailboats, n.d.
- Aerial view of TeePee Hill, n.d.
- Boat House on White Rock Lake, n.d.
- White Rock Bathing Beach, circa 1950s
- Drought Scene, 1950s
- Fishers at White Rock Lake, circa 1950s
- Some Temporary Pumping Equipment, 1952
- Spillway Flood Scene, 1962
- Spillway Flood Scene, 1962
- Another Spillway Flood Scene, 1962
- Flood Scene, 1962
- Original Vaccum Pump at White Rock Pump Station photo taken 1981
- Letter from L.B. Houston regarding CCC Improvements
- Page 1, Entrance at Lawther Drive and Garland Road
- Page 2, NOT ONLINE
- Page 3, NOT ONLINE
- Page 4, Side view of bridge at entrance
- page 5, View of Typical Parking Area
- page 6, View of Typical Parking Area
- Page 7, Winfrey Point Building viewed from west
- Page 8, Winfrey Point Building viewed from north
- Page 9, Winfrey Point Building view from east
- Page 10, Winfrey Point Building viewed from northwest
- Page 11, NOT ONLINE
- Page 12, Winfrey Point Building view of stage from rear of auditorium
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