Flashback : Dallas

The super-groovy Magnificent Seven of 1967 (click for larger image)

by Paula Bosse

Here are a whole bunch of 1960s ads from Adamson High School’s yearbooks. Go Leopards! (Click to see larger images.)

Above, a group of guys took out an ad for themselves in their 1967 senior yearbook:

• Oscar Kirby Burrell, Jr.
• James Clinton Newell
• Michael Randolph Pullen
• Stephen Sanders Maris
• Leonard Gregory Milke
• George Hardy Ellis
• James Heath Clary

Thumbs up for creativity , guys!

Below, churches, lotsa churches, including:

• Cliff Temple Baptist Church (from the 1961 yearbook)
• First Church of the Nazarene (1961)
• Galilean Baptist Church (1961)
• Grace Temple Baptist Church (1961)
• Polk Street Baptist Church (1964)
• Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church (1966)
• Western Heights Church of Christ (1966)
• Grace Temple Baptist Church (1967)

And then you’ve got your garages and gas stations, including:

• O. B. Goodman’s Gulf Service Center (1967)
• Herbie Dodd Wynnewood Texaco (1965)
• Navarro Custom Automotive (for all your hot rod needs) (1966)

And Safety  Brake Service over the years: 1961, 1964, 1965.

One must eat:

• The Old South (1961)
• Speedy Chick No. 4 (1965)
• Inky’s Charcoal Burger (1966)
• Woody’s Pancake House (1965)
• Big Daddy’s Grill (1966)
• Goff’s Hamburgers (don’t forget Mrs. Goff’s Ice Cream) (1966, 1967)

And then everything else:

• U.S. Congressman Joe Pool (1967)
• Colbert’s (women’s clothing) (1967)
• Raven’s Pharmacy (1966)
• John Hiegel’s One Hour Martinizing (1966)
• King’s Book Store (1966)
• Ketchum & Killum Sporting Goods (you read that right) (1965)
• Crosswinds Apartments (1965)
• Dougherty’s Pharmacy (1964)
• Doris Wood Bridal & Party Service (1966)
• Bronco Bowl (…RIP…) (1966)

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Ads from the 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1967 W. H. Adamson High School yearbooks.

See the companion post (which shows the school and students — mostly from 1966), here.

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