Dallas Then and Now is one of the latest revised 'Then and Now' titles in the 3-million selling series from Anova Books.John Neely Bryan built the first cabin on the side of the Trinity River in 1841 and by 1845, when Texas was admitted to the Union, Dallas County and the town of Dallas were established, taking their name from President James K. Polk's vice-president George Mifflin Dallas.Dallas Then and Now uses vintage photographs chosen from nearly a million cataloged in the Dallas Public Library from the early days of photography up until the 1960s. The landmarks, architecture, street scenes, stores, businesses, schools and fairgrounds of yesteryear are revisted to see what has been preserved or what stands in their place today.
| ISBN: | 9781909108400 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2013 |
| Author: | Ken Fitzgerald |
| Publisher: | Pavilion an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Then and Now |
| Genres: |
Places and peoples: general and pictorial works Social and cultural history Historical geography Local history Places in old photographs Photographs: collections History of architecture History of the Americas |