Municipal Archives

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Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla St.
L2DN
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: (214) 670-3738

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City Photographer Collection, 1950-1997

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Collection 1999-003

Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	City Photographer
Title	City Photographer Collection
Dates	1950-1997
Quantity	15.21 linear feet
Abstract	Negatives, black and white and color, manuscript logbooks, notes, printed material.
Identification	1999-003
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Content

Photographic prints, negatives, and manuscript and printed materials documenting the work of the City Photographer division of the Equipment, Communications, and Information Services Department of the City of Dallas.

The role of the City Photographer was to document city services, assist with public information projects, create evidentiary exhibits for the Office of the City Attorney, provide images for official city publications, and document significant events and occasions in city government.

The City Photographer division was created in 1946 and was originally a part of the Personnel Department. Later it became a part of Building Services. The first photographer and lab manager was C. D. Bayne, who worked from 1946 until his retirement in 1975. The second manager was Frank Branger. The first processing and printing lab was located at Emil Fretz Park but later moved several times, ultimately locating at 1500 Mockingbird Lane and then at City Hall.

Other photographers on staff included C. R. Schupbach, Anthony Giuffrida, James Crittenden, Jim Ashford, and Robert Cabello. The position of City Photographer was last administered under the department of Equipment, later Equipment, Communications, and Information Services (ECI) and was eliminated in 1989.

The bulk of the collection contains prints and negatives from 1973 to 1989; although, there are a number of prints from 1950-1962 and a legal series of negatives and some prints extending from 1962 to 1984. Fewer than fifty prints from 1990 to 1997 were added to the collection after the City Photographer role ceased to exist. The collection contains 8x10, 5x7, 3x5, and contact photographic prints, and transparencies and negatives in 35mm, 120mm, and 4x5 formats.

Organization

The collection contains three major series: prints, negatives, and manuscript material. Prints are organized in subseries of identified and unidentified persons; identified and unidentified buildings and places; departments; contact sheets; and publication prints. Negatives are arranged in chronological order. The collection also contains oversized materials.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

City Photographer Collection, 1950-1997 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Collection 2002-004—Public Works and Transportation Department Photographs, 1926, 1944, 1972, 1979-1995
Pathfinder 9—Resources for Researching City of Dallas Photographs

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.) -- Pictorial works
Photography, Artistic

Container List

Box	Folder	Title, Date
		Prints—Dallas City Council Group Portraits, 1952-1997
1	1	1952
	2	1957
	3	1965
	4	1973
	5	1975
	6	1976
	7	1977
	8	1981
	9	1983
	10	1985
	11	1987
	12	1989
	13	1992
	14	1993
	15	1995
	16	1997
	17	1999
	18	2001
	19	Council inauguration 81030 Series A, 1981
	20	Council inauguration 81030 Series B, 1981
	21	Council inauguration 81030 Series C, 1981
	22	Council inauguration 81030 Series D, 1981
	23	Council inauguration 81030 Series E, 1981
	24	Council inauguration, 1985
		Dallas City Council Members, 1969-1993
	25	George Allen
	26	Jerry Bartos
	27	William M. Blackburn
	28	Fred Blair
	29	Glenn Box
	30	William E. Cothrum
	31	Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft
	32	John Evans
	33	Paul Fielding
	34	Max Goldblatt
	35	Al Gonzales
	36	Joe Haggar
	37	Adlene Harrison
	38	Elsie Faye Heggins
	39	Don Hicks
	40	John N. Leedom
	41	Al Lipscomb
	42	Ricardo Medrano
	43	Lori Palmer
	44	Lucy Patterson
	45	Diane Ragsdale
	46	Jerry Rucker
	47	Richard F. Smith
	48	Charles Tandy
	49	Rolan Tucker
	50	John Walton
	51	Max Wells
		Dallas Mayors, 1950-1989
2	1	Steve Bartlett
	2	Jack Evans
	3	Robert "Bob" Folsom
	4	J. Erik Jonsson
	5	Annette Strauss
	6	Starke Taylor
	7	Robert L. Thornton
	8	Wes Wise
		City of Dallas Employees, A-Z and Unidentified, ca. 1973-1989
3	1	A names
	2	B names
	3	C names
	4	D names
	5	E names
	6	F names
	7	G names
	8	H names
	9	J names
	10	K names
	11	L names
	12	M names
	13	N names
	14	O names
	15	P names
	16	Q names
	17	R names
	18	S names
	19	T names
	20	V names
	21	W names
	22	Unidentified employees
		Non-Dallas employees
	23	John F Kennedy
	24	Ronald Reagan
		City of Dallas Departments, Buildings, and Places, ca. 1950-1989
4	1	Accounting Department
	2	Aviation/Love Field
	3	Building dedication plaques
	4	City Attorney
	5	City Auditor's Office
	6	City cemetery
	7	City Credit Union
	8	City Hall 1500 Marilla Street 1
	9	City Hall 1500 Marilla Street 2
	10	City Hall 2014 Main Street
	11	City Hall 2014 Main Street Bywaters Mural
	12	City Buildings-3112 Canton Street
	13	City Buildings-1500 Mockingbird Lane
	14	City Buildings-2719 Municipal Street
	15	City Buildings-2726 Municipal Street [Municipal Garage]
	16	City Manager's Office
	17	City Secretary's Office
	18	Civil Service Office
	19	Computer and Information Systems
	20	Conference of Minority Public Administrators reception, April 6, 1982
	21	Convention Center
	22	Republican National Convention, 1982
	23	Corporation Court [Court and Detention Services]
	24	Dallas Arts Festival, 1985
	25	Dallas Fire Department
	26	Dallas Health and Science Museum [Science Place]
	27	Dallas Museum of Natural History
	28	Dallas Police Department
5	1	Dallas Public Library 1
	2	Dallas Public Library 2
	3	Dallas Transit System
	4	Dallas Water Utilities
	5	Dealey Plaza
	6	Equipment and Building Services
	7	Fair Park
	8	Farmer's Market
	9	Finance Department
	10	Health Department/Health and Human Services/Environmental and Health Services
	11	Health Department - Typhus Control, 1950-1953
	12	International Affairs [20th Anniversary, German Consulate]
	13	Martin Luther King, Jr. Library and Learning Center
	14	Memorial Auditorium
	15	Mobil Donation-Council Chambers, 7/6/82
	16	Municipal Garage, 2726 Municipal, 1950-1951
	17	Office of Weights and Measures
	18	Old City Park [Dallas Heritage Village]
	19	Park and Recreation Department
	20	Park and Recreation Department—Bachman Recreation Center
	21	Park and Recreation Department—DeGolyer Estate
	22	Park and Recreation Department—Elm Fork Nature Center
	23	Park and Recreation Department—Pioneer Park Confederate Monument, 1960-61
	24	Park and Recreation Department—Reverchon Park
	25	Parkland Hospital, 1953
	26	Personnel Department
	27	Print Shop, 1950, 1953
	28	Public Sculpture and Statuary
	29	Public Utilities Office
	30	Public Works Department
	31	Purchasing Division
	32	Reunion Arena
	33	Science Place [Dallas Health and Science Museum]
	34	Stationery Supply
	35	Streets and Sanitation Department
	36	Summer Feeding Program, 6/24/1982
	37	Tax Department
	38	Thanksgiving Square
	39	Union Terminal
	40	WRR Radio Station, 1950, 1953
	41	Zoo
		Non-City Government Places, Subjects, and Events, ca. 1920s, ca. 1962-ca. 1981
6	1	John Neely Bryan cabin
	2	Central Expressway
	3	Children
	4	Cityscapes
	5	Dallas Ballet
	6	Dallas Museum of Art
	7	Dallas Symphony
	8	Highway Construction
	9	John F. Kennedy Memorial
	10	Old Red Courthouse [Dallas County]
	11	Public Relations Society of America, 12/7/81
	12	Reunion Tower
	13	Sidewalk 6151 LaVista, 9/28/83
		Photographic prints
7	1	City of Dallas Annual Report, 1956-57
	2	Photos from "Dallas Municipal Government: A Short Study," ca. 1955
	3	"A Guide to City Services," League of Women Voters of Dallas, ca. 1980
	4	L1-A-N Photographs, ca. 1985
	5	Chromalins/Promotional Prints, ca. 1988
	6	Undated publication prints
	7	Legal Prints, 1984-1985 and undated
		Contact sheets numbered series
	8	Numbered Series, 68257-89019
		Contact sheets unnumbered series
	9	Camille Barnett
	10	Buildings and Aerials, sheets E-T
	11	Convention Center
	12	Dallas Fire Department Denton State School presentation
	13	Fair Park and White Rock Lake
	14	Bob Folsom and George Schrader
	15	Magnolia Flying Horse
	16	Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
	17	Mayor and Council, 1977-1978
	18	Joan Mondale visit
	19	Munger Street [building], sheets A-D
	20	Paramedics
	21	Reunion Arena/Aerials
	22	Reunion Tower
	23	Thanksgiving Square
	24	Union Tower
	25	World Trade Center
	26	Unidentified sheets unmatched to negatives
	27	Halftone prints
		Photographic Prints
8		Unidentified People, Places, and Events
		Black and White Negatives
9		All Subjects (except Legal), #73058-75099
10		All Subjects (except Legal), #75100-76099
11		All Subjects (except Legal), #76100-76223
12		All Subjects (except Legal), #77001-77203
13		All Subjects (except Legal), #78001-78179
14		All Subjects (except Legal), #78180-79185
15		All Subjects (except Legal), #80001-81102
16		All Subjects (except Legal), #82001-83047
17		All Subjects (except Legal), #83050-8499e
18		All Subjects (except Legal), #85000-86089b
19		All Subjects (except Legal), #86090-87120, unnumbered series, unidentified
20		All Subjects (except Legal), #83001-03060 [OS]
21		All Subjects (except Legal), #83061-83115 [OS]
22		All Subjects (except Legal), #86157-86284 [OS]
23		All Subjects (except Legal), #86287-86406 [OS]
24		All Subjects (except Legal), #87001-87158 [OS]
25		All Subjects (except Legal), #88118-88295, 89002-89020 [OS] Unnumbered Series: 200 Block Jefferson Avenue 911 Services Camille Barnett Fred Blair Buildings and Aerials, Rolls E-T Christmas at City Hall, 12/3/1988 City Hall, Exterior and Interior Convention Center Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport [map] Dallas Police Department Dallas Public Library, 5/10-82 Data Services Farmers Market Bob Folsom, George Schrader Magnolia Flying Horse Martin Luther King, Jr. Center Mayor and Council, 1977-1978 Joan Mondale Visit Munger [Avenue] Rolls A-D Paramedics Park Employee of the Month, 5/23/89 Personnel Brochure Robert Reeves and Todd Gritch, 8/26/82 Reunion Arena/Aerials Reunion Tower Road Crew [Public Works] School Safety Awards, 8/11/82 Spencer [retirement] Taylor Publishing Buildings and Compound Thanksgiving Square Union Station World Trade Center Unidentified People, Places, and Businesses WRR Studio and Museum of Natural History, 7/15/82
		Color negatives
26		All subjects (except Legal), #75052-78192
27		All subjects (except Legal), #78193B-82088C
28		All subjects (except Legal), #82088-83106
29		All subjects (except Legal), #83107-86206
30		All subjects (except Legal), #86225-1989, unnumbered, unidentified
31		All subjects (except Legal), #82096-8535 [OS]
32		All subjects (except Legal), #8541-86157 [OS]
33		All subjects (except Legal), #86172-86407 [OS]
34		All subjects (except Legal), #87002-87157 [OS]
35		All subjects (except Legal), #88166-89022, unnumbered [OS]
		Black and white legal negatives
36		Legal, #14-799-14-913, 10/16/1962-10/1/1963
37		Legal, #14-913-14-1000, 10/3/1963-1/24/1964
38		Legal, #L68021-L70038
39		Legal, #L70041-L72026
40		Legal, #L73001-L76099
41		Legal, #L76100-L77099
42		Black and White Negatives, Legal, #L77100-L86094 Color Negatives, Legal, #L83113-L88254
		Photographic prints
43		Dallas Public Library, Undated.[OS] Union Terminal, Undated.[OS]
		Manuscript materials
44		Photographic Work Logs, 1965-1986 Photographic Work Logs (Legal), 5/11/76-3/19/83 Supplies and Equipment Lists, 1954-1955 Sample Photography Work Request Forms, ca. 1987 Notes on specific assignments and detailed negative identifications, 1969 and undated
Drawer		Oversized materials
B2		Flagpole Hill with Radio Station WRR building and towers, undated