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The Cemetery Oak towers over Garland Memorial Park on S. Garland Ave. near Miller Rd. Estimated to be 150 to 200 years old, it was probably planted by a crow or a squirrel. The Texas Forest Service certified this Quercus Shumardii as Metroplex Champion, the largest of its species among Dallas, Tarrant and their eight adjoining counties.
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This
uncut sheet of $5 National Currency
notes was issued in 1929 by Garland's State National Bank, whose cashier's and president's signatures appear on each. Printed by the U.S. Treasury, the currency was eventually issued by some 14,000 banks in proportion to their holdings of U.S. Treasury securities.
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Two Fairbanks Morse
generating units like this one pictured in catalog files provided Garland Power and Light's electric power when service began in 1923. Driven by a combined total of 175hp, the units cost about $10,000 each, FOB Beloit, WI.
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The Garland Beverage Company plant sat on the west side of 5th St. between present State and Main Sts. Operated in the 1930's by Clyde Hall, whose sons are pictured between bottles from the firm, Garland Beverage offered grape, lemon, orange, strawberry, and other popular soft-drinks.
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