Flooding Along Gaston
by Paula Bosse
I do believe some of these vehicles have drifted out of their lanes…
by Paula Bosse
It’s been a rainy, flood-y day — why not post a picture of part of Big D underwater? The photo above appeared on eBay several months ago, minimally described as capturing a scene of a flooded Gaston Avenue in Old East Dallas (Peak’s Suburban Addition). I took a virtual drive down Gaston via Google Street View to see if I could find the exact location of the photo, and it looks like it was taken in the 4600 block of Gaston at Annex (Gaston, between Carroll and Fitzhugh). The two houses on the left in the photo above are still standing, the house on the right has been replaced by an apartment building. Below is a Google view from 2014. (The most recent Google Street View capture is here.)
Google Street View, Feb., 2014
Stay dry!
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Sources & Notes
Top photo from eBay.
Color image from Google Street View.
A 1961 Clarence Talley ad featuring the same (or very similar) dropside VW pickup is here. Speaking of Volkswagens and flooding, might as well watch a 1967 TV commercial showing that, yes, a VW Beetle does float, here.
Click pictures to see larger images.
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Very timely posting on this very rainy weekend. Great video too of the VW durability and ability to float. I bought a 1971 VW a few months before I got out of the army. By then the base price was about $2,100, but I had them add an AM/FM radio for a few bucks more. FM radio was just beginning to come into it’s own. Another great posting Paula!
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Maybe this is the flood of April 28, 1966? A couple of the cars look more like the mid ’60s than earlier I think.
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Got any idea what year the photo was taken?
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I don’t, sorry. 1960s?
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