Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas allows you to compare the Dallas we live in today with the Dallas of 1952. Below are a few images of familiar landmarks from then and now. See more in our first e-catalogue, available as a free iPad app.
Fair Park Esplanade at night with State Fair, October 21, 1950. County, Squire Haskins Photography Collection, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas. AR447-11-37.
Fair Park, 2012, Dallas Museum of Art
Adolphus Hotel, 1954, Hayes Collection, Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library. PA76-1/17625
Adolphus Hotel, 2012, Dallas Museum of Art
Pegasus atop the Magnolia Building, 1927. Bud Biggs Collection, Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library. PA84-9/212.
The Magnolia Building, 2012, Dallas Museum of Art
Akard Canyon, 1940, Dallas Municipal Archives
Akard Canyon, 2012, Dallas Museum of Art