Brandon Murray

In 1949, streetcars still roamed Dallas' streets, the Adolphus Hotel towered over its neighbors downtown, the State Fair was still segregated, and Benny Binion wanted his money.

In 1903, the city of Dallas annexed Oak Cliff. Let's dig through the archives of the Dallas Public Library to see what the neighborhood looked like a century ago.

As we settle into 2023, we take a look back through the archives at the Dallas Public Library to get a glance at the city coming of age 100 years ago.

British royalty has long been enamored with Texans, from Ross Perot to Stanley Marcus. Now a month since Queen Elizabeth II’s death, a Dallas Public Library archivist chronicles all the times North Texas has hosted the monarchy.

Downtown’s Central Library celebrates 40 years since it opened. The facility was the only major library in the world to have its entire card catalog on a computer.