Dallas History Items: St. Ann's School, 1940

View looking east along Turney Street, showing St. Ann's School at the corner of Turney and Moody, 20 November 1940.
Silver gelatin print made by an unknown photographer for the Dallas Street Department.
A81.9.54.
Gift of the Dallas Street Department.

St. Ann Parochial School was constructed in 1927. Managed by the Sisters of Charity, it was a valuable resource for Dallas' Latino community, where, where thousands of children began their education.

This photograph is one of a series made by the Dallas Street Department in 1940-1941 during the widening of Turney Avenue (today's Harry Hines Boulevard). Although the photographer was concerned with making images of streets, curbs, and drainage ditches, his photographs today are a valuable record of the Little Mexico neighborhood.

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