Arlington Through the Decades

Senator John F. Kennedy in motorcade in downtown Arlington on campaign trail just before 1960 presidential election, 09/15/1960.

Downtown Arlington aerial

Snowman built by children in 500 block of South Elm, Arlington, 02/29/1960

Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator John F. Kennedy on campaign route through Arlington, 1960

Randal Duell, architect for Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, 06/05/1961.

Tommy Chambers on the Arlington State College campus, 09/12/1962

Transitions: A Centennial History of UTA, 1895-1995, by Gerald Saxon

Exterior of the new 2-story Library at Arlington State College, 05/10/1964.

E. Abram, Arlington, TX, businesses, July 7, 1963

W. Main St., Arlington, TX - Arlington, ca. 1963,.

Texas & Pacific train station with locomotive on the tracks in Arlington, 02/20/1963.

Meadowbrook Park Recreation Center, 06/28/1963.

Park Plaza Christmas Tree, Arlington, Texas, 11/28/1966

J. W. Dunlop with Mayor Tom Vandergriff and children on fire truck, 1965

View of the Turnpike Stadium in Arlington during its construction, 03/13/1965.

Speelunkers in plaid shirts, 05/25/1964.

Aerial of Highway 360 and Avenue J, 08/19/1965.

Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff at first game at Turnpike Stadium, 1965

E. Abram, Arlington, TX, businesses, July 7, 1963

Oscar K. Chamber, first African-American ROTC graduate, Arlington State College, August 1965

Student walking near newly constructed Texas Hall on UTA campus, ca. 1967.

Dr. Takeshi Fukao, left, and Dr. Mo-Shing Chen

Aerial view of Park Row and Highway 360, 1968

Officer Fletcher Ray was Arlington's first full-time black police officer.

John Kooken Elementary School on the last day of school, 05/28/1964.

Easter Egg hunt in Meadowbrook Park, 04/14/1963.

Mitchell's Department Stores and White Auto store, Arlington, TX, 1964.

Texas Governor John Connally looking over a bill he signed that transferred Arlington State College from the Texas A&M System to the University of Texas System, 04/23/1965.

Aerial view Park Row and Highway 360, Arlington, 1968.

Aerial of Arlington, TX street and parking lots, Central Public Library in center left, ca. 1960s - 70s.