Transportation Building

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20037132

Description

Exterior view of the Transportation Building in downtown Fort Worth. There are several shops located on the first floor of the building including Mangel's, Lerner Shops, Allen's. There is a three story building next door with a couple stores - Singer and Woolworth. Automobiles are parallel parked in front of the building. Crowds of people are strolling across the street and filing out of stores. There is a sedan parked at a meter in the foreground. In the front center of the photo is an African American pedestrian crossing in front of the sedan. Clipping: "Three of the larger business property sales announced in the last week have included (top left), the Flatiron Building, (top right) Transportation Building, and (lower left) the Capps Building." Published Star-Telegram Morn. Aug. 6, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-08-05

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-620

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Transportation Building; Downtown Fort Worth; Mangel's; Lerner Shops; Singer; Woolworth; sedan; Parking meter; Pedestrians