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The Texas Centennial Exposition was a world's fair presented from June 6 to November 29, 1936, at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Texas 's independence from Mexico in 1836, it also celebrated Texas and Western American culture.
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.
Fort Worth’s Frontier Centennial of 1936 left out Black history and Black people.
Built in 1936 at the astronomical (especially during the Great Depression) price of $1.2 million, the building was the most expensive per unit area of any structure built in Texas. It was designed for the centennial of the Republic of Texas by architect Donald Barthelme [3] in the beaux arts style and is considered one of the most ...
1936 – Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine – Levant Fair [113] 1936 – Cleveland, United States – Great Lakes Exposition [95] 1936 – Dallas, Texas, United States – Texas Centennial Exposition [95] 1936–1937 – Johannesburg, South Africa [108] – Empire Exhibition, South Africa [114] [109]
Texas Centennial Exposition Buildings (1936-1937), Fair Park, Dallas . Apollo Mission Control Center, Houston . Ellis County Courthouse Historic District, Waxahachie.