MAKE A MEME View Large Image Big Tex is a 55-foot tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas LCCN2014633962.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas ...
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Keywords: Big Tex is a 55-foot tall statue and marketing icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas LCCN2014633962.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The figure has become a cultural icon of Dallas and Texas Since 1952 Big Tex has served as a cultural ambassador to visitors and his prime location in the fairgrounds serves as a traditional meeting point On October 19 2012 the last weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas Big Tex was destroyed by an electrical fire that started in the in the right boot and worked its way up the structure first visible from the neck area The figure has since been replaced a new Big Tex ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2013 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633962 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29700/29762a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29762 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29762 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith
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