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A downtown block that includes the old Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas southern suburb

Texas · 1850–1939

A downtown block that includes the old Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas southern suburb, Texas, 1850–1939
A downtown block that includes the old Texas Theater in Waxahachie, Texas, a Dallas southern suburb, Texas, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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