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| View Original: | A re-creation of the "Texas Woofus," a whimsical figure in Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, once home to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition, which produced the lion's share of buildings in the park LCCN2014633346.tif.tiff (4912x7360) | |||
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| Keywords: A re-creation of the "Texas Woofus," a whimsical figure in Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, once home to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition, which produced the lion's share of buildings in the park LCCN2014633346.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; According to sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens the Woofus is a composite figure with Texas longhorns a sheep's head a stallion's neck and mane a hog's body the dewlap of a sheep a dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates turkey tail feathers wings and a highly decorated strip of a blanket The fate of the original Woofus created for the Texas Centennial is a mystery ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633346 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29100/29146a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29146 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29146 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 | ||||