Dallas Fire Works Ad — 1891
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
Even in the 1890s, Oak Cliff was encouraging people to buy local.
DALLAS FIRE WORKS
Manufacturer of
Fire Works of All Kinds.
Whistling Bombs and Rockets Also Exhibitions A Specialty.
Special Designs of any Kind Made to Order.
Send For Price Lists.
PATRONIZE AND PROTECT HOME INDUSTRY.
Take Oak Cliff and West Dallas Elevated R.R. to Factory.
Louis J. Witte, Manager.
P.O. Address Care Board of Trade.
Do NOT go to Fort Worth for your fireworks!
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Ad from the 1891 city directory.
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Copyright © 2015 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
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Louis J. Witte evidently began his pyrotechnical work in New Orleans and perhaps his stay in the Dallas area was brief, for his son and namesake was born in Chicago in 1894. Perhaps the elder Witte thought Chicago with its world fair would be an even bigger market? The younger Witte followed in the footsteps of his father and became an important figure in special effects work in Hollywood movies from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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Bob has given this a good reply, while any given add from that era has so much to day, it is the art of history we are realizing that dates a good story back then, Dreams are about knowing is it real or is it something far away…..
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and the fireworks company was in a part of town that was safe…….note the location……
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