News for Public Officials
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![]() Dawson County, Texas as it was in 1940. Images are from the US Farm Security Administration - Office of War (FSA). You can browse and view more than a thousand images of early life in Texas in our Historical Texas Collection. .
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Elbowman Grocery Dawson County Tx 1940
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Beer joint on dirt road in Dawson County, Tx 1940
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Family Shopping in Lamesa Texas in 1940![]() |
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Lamesa Tx Street Scene1940's
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Dawson County Texas Farm 1940![]() |
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Cedar Lake Town site Dawson County Tx 1940
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While fewer than half of the FSA images survive, the collection remains one of the most extensive pictorial records of life in Texas between 1935 and 1944. Original FSA photos and negatives are archived in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. |
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Resources:
Postcards from the Panhandle (Facebook) Davick Services History Page (Facebook)
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Books about Dawson County People & Places
History of people and places in Dawson County, Lamesa, Arvana, Hancock and Welch Texas . . . Read more |
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Dawson County Items for Sale Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia, Ancestry and History Records from Lamesa, Arvana, Hancock, O'Donnell and Welch, Texas |
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