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Comanche Trail Park Amphitheatre – Big Spring TX

Comanche Trail Park Amphitheatre Stage 1940

Comanche Trail Park Amphitheatre Stage 1940

Source Public Domain July 20, 1940

Comanche Trail Park Amphitheatre Stage 1940

Comanche Trail Park Amphitheatre Stage 1940

Project type: Amphitheaters, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

The Works Progress Administration built a 6800 seat rock masonry amphitheatre in City Park (now Comanche Trail Park) in Big Spring, Texas between 1939 and 1940 under official project number 665-66-2-578.

Source notes

Note cards on historical photographs from the National Archives and Records Administration digitized by the Historic Sites and Structures Program, Texas State Parks (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/albums/72157664534033833/with/26239756266/), accessed November 6, 2018.

Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on November 6, 2018.

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Location Info

Comanche Trail Park
Big Spring, Texas

Location notes: Comanche Trail Park

Coordinates: 32.21368, -101.47796

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