Leaving Dallas on the Katy Flyer — ca. 1914
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
Who doesn’t love kitschy novelty photos? These “Leaving Dallas on the Katy Flyer” snapshots don’t disappoint with their cartoony backdrops — like something you’d see along a seaside boardwalk.
The people above are not identified, but, below, it’s a bunch of Order of Railroad Telegraphers union bigwigs. They probably had a wild time in Dallas. One or two of them look like they might be nursing a hangover.
And just where was the point of departure from Big D for these Katy Flyer travelers? From the beautiful MKT passenger depot, formerly holding down the rails at Ross and Market.
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Sources & Notes
Top “real photo postcard” is from the J. L. Patton Collection, Dallas Historical Society.
Second photo was found on a postcard website.
Third photo is from eBay.
“O.R.T. General Committee” photo from — what else? — an issue of The Railroad Telegrapher (Feb. 1914).
Photo of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas depot is another real photo postcard, found on eBay.
See another Katy Flyer post — “M-K-T Railroad’s ‘Katy Flyer Route’ — 1902” — here.
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