Rugged Highland Park
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
Two views of Turtle Creek, wending through Highland Park. The view above is from a postcard mailed to East Hampton, Long Island in 1909 (“Haven’t seen this but it must be true. Pretty good for Texas…”); the view below is from about 1915, the year Highland Park was incorporated (the photo appears to show the same three children seen in my earlier post, “Wading in Turtle Creek, 100 Years Ago”). (Both images of the bluff-lined creek are larger when clicked.)
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Sources & Notes
Top image is from a C. Weichsel postcard titled “Woodland Scene. Highland Park. Dallas, Tex.” (photo possibly by Charles A. Arnold). Another image of this postcard can be seen on the cover of the Fall, 2015 issue of Legacies (here); the story it illustrates is “Attempts to Annex the Park Cities,” here.
The black-and-white photo (captioned “Highland Park”) is from a booklet on Dallas education, published around 1916.
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Is there a cemetery in the background, or is that a fence? It’s hard to tell. Thanks for all the links to more Dallas history!
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I’m not sure — it’s very hard to make out. And thanks!
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