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Metadata
Object Name |
Map |
Title |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco/Corsicana Division Map 1 |
Event |
Writing the Book Texas Electric Railway |
Date |
1956, May 31 |
Scope & Content |
Hand-drawn Texas Electric Railway Waco/Corsicana Division map. Note: Both Dallas-Waco and Dallas-Corsicana Division lines started in Dallas and ran through Oak Cliff Junction and Monroe before splitting off to Waco and Corsicana. See Texas Electric Railway Time Card CP.2005.GC.10-1 for more information. Map 1 shows a section of Texas Electric Railway track in Dallas between Jefferson Street and Hutchins Avenue. Other notable features are an African-American Settlement off of Hutchins, Oak Cliff Junction, Dallas Railway and Terminal Company Oak Cliff Carbarn, Weaver Street, Fleming Avenue, Millard Street, Comal Street, and Sabine Street. Created by Johnnie J. Myers and Walter Donaldson, while riding in the rear of a Texas Electric Railway car on the Denison and Waco lines. The number of the map is indicated by a circled number in the bottom right corner. This detailed map was later redrawn by Steve Scalzo from the Central Electric Railfans Association (CERA) for Johnnie J. Myers' book, Texas Electric Railway. This section can be seen on Map 3 and Map 8, detail 24. |
Associated People |
Donalson, Walter P., Jr. Myers, Johnnie J. |
Search Terms |
African American Settlement Comal Street - Oak Cliff Corsicana Division Dallas Dallas Railway and Terminal Company Dallas Railway and Terminal Company Oak Cliff Carbarn Fleming Avenue - Dallas Hutchins Hutchins Avenue - Dallas Icon-Waco Division Maps Jefferson Street - Oak Cliff Map Map 3 Map 8 Map 8 Detail 24 Millard Street - Dallas Oak Cliff Oak Cliff Junction Sabine Street - Oak Cliff Waco Division Weaver Street - Dallas |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-130-25 |