Arlington Through the Decades

Texas & Pacific Depot, Arlington, Texas, 1940.

New Post office in Arlington, 1939.

The Top o' the Hill Stock Farm near Arlington

Arlington street scene on 06-18-1940.

James Ditto stands and smiles in front of building, 07-23-1943.

John A. Kooken Elementary School, 1941.

Arlington Scrap Metal drive, 10-07-1942

New Arlington Municipal Airport, also known as Midway Airport, 08/20/1942.

1st Arlington License Plate (from 1910?)- Mary Cecilia Cravens and Judeth Fitzhugh; photo taken in 1942).

War Bond Rally

Palace Hotel and Rhodes Cafe fire, 100 Block of W. Main, Arlington, 1946.

Arlington Mineral Well

Cars can be seen in front of the shops in downtown Arlington. The historic Mineral Well can be seen at left. 1944. Visible businesses in 1944 include The Lucy K. Shoppe, H. Prince Plumbing Co., Quality Shoe Shop, the Aggie, Pittsburgh Paints, Frigidaire, Arlington Furniture Co., Rexall Drugs, and Johnston Drug Store.

North Texas Fair parade in the downtown streets of Arlington, 1946.

W. E. Moncrief, soil conservationalist of Arlington, 12-27-1946.

Reverend C. Ellis Meredith, 1947.

Vandergriff Chevrolet Co. and Texaco service station, 1947.

Highway 80 between Arlington, Texas and Handley, Texas.

Dr. Ernest H. Hereford, [ca. 1947-1948].

Fire and Police guards at Arlington Downs

Aerial of Downtown Arlington, south from depot, 1948

Parade in downtown Arlington, TX, 1947.

Moore funeral home employees: Bob Moore, Leroy Williams, Tom Owens, Harry Moore, Hugh Moore, Miss Ethel Brown, G. Moore, Albert Snider, at 1918 W. Division, Arlington, 1947

Texan Theater, 110 W. Main St., Arlington, TX, 1947 showing Walt Disney's "Melody in Time".

Congregation outside the Webb Baptist Church in 1948.

Vandergriff Buick showroom with new Buick on display, on Division St., Arlington, 1948.

Arlington City clean-up crew, 1948

A. B. "Ott" Cribbs, Arlington's police chief, 01/19/1949

Car race at Arlington Downs race track, 07/16/1949

Vandergriff car showroom, 1949.

Mayor Barney C. Barnes, Arlington, using a new dial telephone, 12/08/1949.

Arlington street scene in downtown 06-18-1940.

04-05-1941: Robert S. Manire, left, state director of vocational agriculture, of Austin, Texas, and L. I. Samuels, of North Texas Agricultural College (N. T. A. C.), both members of the Future Farmers at Arlington. Both men are standing outside in double-breasted suits. They are standing on a lawn. Mr. Manire is smoking a cigar and Mr. Samuels is holding a pencil and papers. Behind them is a street and a building.

A photograph of Biesel Motors, located at East Abrams Street, which sold auto and farm equipment.