Dallas Rediscovered: A Photographic Chronicle of Urban Expansion 1870-1925

Dallas, Tex.: Dallas Historical Society, 1978. 2nd ed. Quarto with grey-blue cloth boards and bild gilt-stamping; pictorial blue endpapers; in black and white pictorial jacket; vii; maps; 266 pages: illustrations; index; 29 cm A very good (+) to near fine copy; boards show light edgewear; jacket is near fine, now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 0932018009; 0932018017

Out of print. "Dallas Rediscovered examines this city in all its turn of the century splendor through hundreds of period photographs expertly reproduced by a duotone printing process, complemented by a lively and informative text. [...] He explores Dallas through its architecture, its system of spatial growth and land utlization, and through the developers, land specularots and urban designers who were so extremely important to the creation of the modern city. This wealth of fascinating material will be of great interest to historians, architects, sociologists, urban planners, collecotrs of old photographs or anyone interested in the shaping of a city." --Jacket copy. Contents: Introductory essay. Early years (1839-1872). Downtown (1873-1890). South Dallas. East Dallas. North Dallas. Oak cliff. The city as celebration. Notes. Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index. // **Somewhat heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**