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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8215174, member: 20201"]<font size="6"><b>1936 Texas Centennial</b></font></p><p><b>Souvenir Of Texas Token</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441910[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1441911[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Possibly an amusement token that is about the size of a US nickel.</p><p>There were two different Expositions in Texas in 1936 and in 1937, they are named The 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition and the 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition.</p><p>Both were held at Fair Park in Dallas.</p><p>The Texas Centennial Exposition ran from June 6th to November 29th of 1936 and celebrated Texas' 100th year of independence from Mexico.</p><p>The 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition ran from June 12th to October 31st and promoted Texas as an emerging center of economic and cultural development bridging the two Americas.</p><p>The 1936 Centennial Expo was the more popular of the two events, drawing almost three times as many visitors as the 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole state celebrated The Centennial in Texas style, so this may not have had anything to do with the expositions.</p><p>Then again, it could have been used specifically for an attraction at one or both in an arcade. </p><p>I do not know.</p><p>I just had to have it since I have several 1936 Texas Centennial medals or tokens already and a few tickets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441909[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8215174, member: 20201"][SIZE=6][B]1936 Texas Centennial[/B][/SIZE] [B]Souvenir Of Texas Token[/B] [ATTACH=full]1441910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1441911[/ATTACH] Possibly an amusement token that is about the size of a US nickel. There were two different Expositions in Texas in 1936 and in 1937, they are named The 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition and the 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition. Both were held at Fair Park in Dallas. The Texas Centennial Exposition ran from June 6th to November 29th of 1936 and celebrated Texas' 100th year of independence from Mexico. The 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition ran from June 12th to October 31st and promoted Texas as an emerging center of economic and cultural development bridging the two Americas. The 1936 Centennial Expo was the more popular of the two events, drawing almost three times as many visitors as the 1937 Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition. The whole state celebrated The Centennial in Texas style, so this may not have had anything to do with the expositions. Then again, it could have been used specifically for an attraction at one or both in an arcade. I do not know. I just had to have it since I have several 1936 Texas Centennial medals or tokens already and a few tickets. [ATTACH=full]1441909[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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