Texas Centennial Exposition Pass, Dallas, 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:40:08 +0000

"Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, extends to Mildred Zahn, Resettlement Administration, the courtesy of free admission to the gates of the exposition from June 6th to Nov. 29th, 1936. W. A. Webb, general manager. 1543."

As Wikipedia explains, "The Texas Centennial Exposition was a World's Fair held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas (USA) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas's independence from Mexico in 1836. . . . The exposition was credited for buffering Dallas from the Great Depression, creating over 10,000 jobs and giving a $50 million boost to the local economy."

Sadly, William Alfred Webb, the general manager whose signature appears on the pass, died two months after the exposition opened.

Mildred Zahn, the recipient of the pass, worked for the Resettlement Administration, which was "a New Deal U.S. federal agency that, between April 1935 and December 1936, relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government."

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Texas Centennial Exposition Pass, Dallas, 1936