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[Trinity River at Highway 635, old channel, looking south]

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Title [Trinity River at Highway 635, old channel, looking south]
Creator Unknown
Date December 23, 1972
Relation Edward C. Fritz papers, 1950s-2008
Coverage Dallas, Texas
Description A photograph of the Trinity River from the papers of Dallas lawyer and conservationist, Ned Fritz, which is one of a batch of prints depicting stretches of the river near Interstate 635. The pictures were taken in 1972 at a time when the Trinity River, from Fort Worth and Dallas to Galveston, was under threat of canalization as part of the proposed Trinity River Project. Fritz and the anti-canal group, Citizens' Organization for a Sound Trinity, were campaigning to preserve the Trinity as a...
Format 1 photographic print: black and white; 9 x 13 cm
Type Image
Identifier A1986.1371 http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ned/id/205
Publisher DeGolyer Library
Rights This item may be protected by copyright law. Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.

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