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Arlington Through the Decades

1930-1939
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Arlington Downs in the 1930s
Confiscated whiskey still, 1932
Arlington Downs race track, before 1937
Arlington High School seniors of 1932
Aerial view of Arlington Downs race track before 1937
Will Rogers talking with W.T. Waggoner, 10/19/1933
Texan Theater, 1933.
Arlington Texas, Mayor W. L. Barrett, 03/12/1935.
Looking west from Mesquite St. toward mineral well in middle of Main St., Arlington, TX, 1935.
Airview of the Mason's Home for the Aged in Arlington, 1938.
Man walking past Purvis Variety Store, E. Main St., Arlington, TX, 1938-1939.
New construction in Arlington: home at 214 South Oak St, 07/28/1939.
A number of automobiles are either parked or are driving down East Main Street in Arlington, 1939.
A photograph of the mineral well on N. Center Street in Arlington, Texas.
New construction in Arlington: home at 214 South Oak St. recently completed for Maggie Collins, 07/28/1939.
Lillard's Hog Farm, W. Division, Arlington, TX, 1934
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