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The Texas Centennial Exposition was held at Fair Park in Dallas, June 6 – November 29, 1936. The event attracted 6,353,827 visitors, and cost around $ 25 million. [ 4 ] The exposition was credited for buffering Dallas from the Great Depression , creating over 10,000 jobs and giving a $50 million boost to the local economy.
The exhibition promoted the city of Dallas as the cultural and economic capital of an emerging Pan-American civilization stretching from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska. It followed the successful Texas Centennial Exposition , which was held to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Texas in 1936.
Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown.The 277-acre (112 ha) area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark; many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.
Two girls at the Texas Centennial Exhibition at Fair Park in Dallas in 1936. Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico in 2036, but there is plenty to commemorate in 2024.
Dallas, Texas: Coordinates: Built: 1936 ... Texas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937) (ID86003488 [1]) ... It was designed and built for the Texas Centennial ...
Texas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937), Fair Park, Dallas . ... Dallas: 148 3 Metroplex: 58 Dawson: 1 0 West Texas: 59 Deaf Smith: 2 0 Gulf Coast: 60
Fort Worth’s Frontier Centennial of 1936 left out Black ... when Fort Worth stuck it to Dallas, which had been tapped by the legislature to be the official site of the Texas Centennial Exposition.
Location of Dallas County in Texas. ... Texas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937) September 24, 1986 Bounded by Texas and Pacific RR, Pennsylvania, Second ...