We just received a copy of a new “Images of America” book from Arcadia Publishing, Lost Dallas. Written by Dallas Historic Preservation Officer Mark Doty, the book is heavy with pictures of Dallas buildings lost to redevelopment or forces of nature.
Doty is donating all of his earnings from the book to the City of Dallas Municipal Archives, which conserves official city documents. The book costs $21.99 and is available beginning April 23 at arcadiapublishing.com.
The Baker Hotel, the downtown theater district, the Kress building and even Reunion Arena appear in the chapter about downtown.
The book also contains several pictures of White Rock Lake that I’ve never seen before.
Civilian Conservation Corps recruits lived in this camp, built in 1935 near Winfrey Point. It was used to house German prisoners of war during World War II, and for a time, SMU students lived there before it was taken down in 1950.
In the 1930s, Dallas residents could pay $1 to lease space to build their own boat houses at White Rock Lake. They were all removed in 1952.
The book also includes a picture of the Dreyfus Club, which burned down in 2006, along with many historical images of East Dallas, downtown, South Dallas, Fair Park and Oak Cliff.
