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A TEXAS JOURNEY:

THE CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLLY SMITH

By Evelyn Barker; Published by the Dallas Historical Society.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (Hardcover)

In 1935, Texas was preparing for its biggest celebration to date: a world’s fair to commemorate the centennial of its independence from Mexico. Centennial officials eager to publicize the event needed an abundance of photographic images that would put the state in the best possible light.

They hired a young photographer, Polly Smith, who had recently returned from studying in New York, to travel the length and width of the state. Her mission was to capture the people and places that made Texas unique.

$31.50 Members/ $35 Non Members

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BIG B IN BIG D:

A HISTORY OF BUSINESS IN DALLAS COUNTY

By David E. Perryman; published by the Dallas Historical Society.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (Hardcover)

Big B in Big D chronicles the history of Dallas and the businesses that have impacted the city, its economy and its character. The book, which was released in October 2009, was commissioned by the Dallas Historical Society and written by David E. Perryman, the director of alumni relations for the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center-San Antonio.

$27 Members/ $30 Non Members

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UNFLINCHING COURAGE:

PIONEERING WOMEN WHO SHAPED TEXAS

by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (Hard Cover)

The only woman to represent Texas in the United States Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a trailblazer in the in loan star state in Unflinching Courage, Senator Hutchison tells the dynamic history of her home state through the lives of some of these pioneering women and their remarkable achievements.

$22.50 Members/ $25 Non Members (signed by the author)