“Howdy, Folks! Welcome to the 1959 State Fair of Texas”
by Paula Bosse
Big Tex and his people… (click for larger image)
by Paula Bosse
Big Tex and a crowd of serious-looking adults watch something in the distance at the 1959 State Fair of Texas.
The 2017 State Fair of Texas starts in one week!
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Sources & Notes
Source of photo: unknown!
See a whole passel of Flashback Dallas’ State Fair of Texas posts here.
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Copyright © 2017 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
Flashback : Dallas 
Probably me., I was selling candy for our church building fund. Or maybe Borden’s cow (what was her name) who was in building next to me!
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Elsie!
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Elsie!
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In the middle of the right hand side of the photo you can see the top of the arch that was part of the monorail station that was located near what is now the intersection of Cotton Bowl Plaza and 1st Avenue inside Fair Park. Here is a photo from across the lagoon of the station in 1958: https://i.imgur.com/asuifmk.jpg
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Great photo and I can tell you they are looking at the Mobil Stage that stood for many years just across from Big Tex. Heard many bands there over the years!
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They look very serious.
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Suspect that it is probably from The Hayes Collection at the Dallas Public Library
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