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Celebrate
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Everyone enjoys a celebration! What brings families and communities together? How are traditions enjoyed? Come and join us at Old Red as we discover some of the rich traditional celebrations that help create the great city of Dallas. Students will enjoy music, making sand art, designing special placemats, creating cards and other items to be taken home and shared with family and friends.
To reserve your spot, contact group sales at (214) 757-1949 or groupsales@oldred.org. |
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Grand Opening -
Deck the Halls
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Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of the 4th annual Deck the Halls at Old Red. Come see the holiday trees decorated by different Dallas non-profit organizations. Visitors may vote for their favorite tree by dropping a donation in a box beside each tree. At the close of the exhibit, the tree with the most donations will be declared the winner. Help support Old Red and local charities with the giving spirit of this wonderful time of year.
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Neiman Marcus was founded in 1907 by Herbert Marcus; his sister, Carrie Marcus Neiman; and her husband, Al Neiman. Using $25,000 in profits from their flourishing sales promotion business in Atlanta, they opened a store in downtown Dallas with the goal of providing the finest women's ready-to-wear apparel and unsurpassed customer service. Herbert's son Stanley joined the family firm in the 1920s, and his intellectual curiosity, high standards, and imagination increasingly drove Neiman Marcus's growth over the next half century. In 1934 Neiman Marcus
became the first retail establishment
outside New York to run national advertisements in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. In 1939 the Christmas catalogue was launched; the eye-catching "His and Hers" gifts premiered in 1951. In 1957 |
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| Neiman Marcus began a series of annual Fortnights, celebrating the cultures and design contributions of various nations. In 1971 the first Neiman Marcus store outside Texas opened in Bal Harbour, Florida; today stores operate in more than thirty cities around the country. |
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Although Dallas had no historic claim to host a celebration of the Texas Revolution, it won the rights to the event (over Houston and San Antonio) with a proposal that was the most financially appealing — an offer to spend $7.79 million — also the best organized and most attractive. Under the direction of architect George Dahl, Fair Park was expanded and completely transformed as the setting for an event that provided a giant shot in the arm for the local economy at the height of the depression. The public relations value to Dallas was enormous. Suddenly, Dallas was "news," and not as a provincial, western town, but as a sophisticated, modern metropolis.
More than 250,000 people lined the streets to watch the inaugural parade of the Texas Centennial Exposition on June 6, 1936. Six days later President Franklin Roosevelt visited the grounds. Roosevelt delivered an address the the nation from the Cotton Bowl in which he saluted Texas for being "100 years young".
Inside were theatrical shows, music, a carnival midway, a midget village, and an ice-skating show. An outdoor theater hosted a historical pageant called "The Cavalcade of Texas," complete with cowboys, Indians, and horses. Corporations such as General Motors and Ford showcased their products. The federal government underwrote the cost of the Hall of Negro Life, the first salute to African Americans at a world's fair. The event was repeated in 1937, with |
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modifications, as the Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition, celebrating relations with Mexico and Central and South America. |
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Old Red is now offering Wedding Coordination packages at a special introductory rate. Utilize our staff's experience to bring together all of the details of your event. From rehearsal to farewell exit...and for all of the questions in between, our event coordinators at the Old Red Museum will ensure that your event happens just the way you have planned. For more information, contact the Sales Department at (214) 757-1945 or at sales@oldred.org. |
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Rescuing Old Red:
A Photographic Journey
by Gail Nogle -
Through October 30, 2011
Deck the Halls
at Old Red -
Coming November 19, 2011
100 S. Houston St
Dallas, TX 75202
Information: 214-745-1100
The Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture is located in the West End of downtown Dallas in the beautifully restored Old Red Courthouse built in 1892. Dedicated to inspire and educate visitors about the rich and varied cultural, economic, political and social history of the Dallas County area, the second floor of Old Red is filled with exhibits, 41 touch screen computers, an educational learning center and four mini theaters. There is also a special exhibits gallery located on the first floor. |
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Mr. David Biegler (chair)
Mrs. Lindalyn Adams
Mr. Raymond A. Basye, Jr.
Ms. Becky Bright (non-voting)
Mr. James R. Erwin
Mr. Boone Powell
Dr. Charles Tandy
April Chesshir
Sales Director
David Guzman
Guest Services Manager
Zac Harmon
Controller
Janel Khan
Group Sales Coordinator
Janene Pearson
Education & Program Director
Ashlee Voda
Event Manager
Casey Eubanks
Office Manager
The mission of the Old Red Foundation is to create a lively center of Dallas County civic life within the historic Old Red Courthouse and to present the rich history of the Dallas County area in the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture.
The mission of the Old Red Museum is to inspire and educate people with the rich cultural, economic, political and social history of the Dallas County area, showcasing the many cultures that together have formed the Dallas of today. |
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Everyone enjoys a celebration! What brings families and communities together? How are traditions enjoyed? Come and join us at Old Red as we discover some of the rich traditional celebrations that help create the great city of Dallas. Students will enjoy music, making sand art, designing special placemats, creating cards and other items to be taken home and shared with family and friends.
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- Reservations are required for all home school programs, as space is limited.
- Children $6, Adults $3 - Cash only. Museum Family Members FREE!
- All programs are from 10am to 1pm.
- Old Red is located on the DART Rail system, conveniently located between the West End and Union Station train stops.
- Parking is available below the Old Red Courthouse. Museum guests may purchase a $2 parking voucher at the Museum front desk for the parking garage.
- There are numerous places to have lunch in the West End, and we encourage you to enjoy lunch downtown after the program. Restaurant lists and locations will be provided at the Museum.
- Price for the program includes museum admission all day.
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