Miscellaneous Dallas
by Paula Bosse
Wah Hoo Club Lake, Members Only…
by Paula Bosse
Here are several images, most in varying degrees of low resolution. I don’t know what else to do with them other than post them all together, randomly. No research. They’re just HERE! Enjoy!
Above, a handsome couple posing under the entrance to Wah-Hoo Club Lake (I’ve seen it more often spelled “Wahoo” — south of Fair Park).
Below, the Coca-Cola Company building, McKinney and N. Lamar (still standing).
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Speaking of Coke, here are some Keen folks, standing on the steps of the Jefferson Hotel (Union Station is out of frame to their right).
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A couple of blocks away, the Old Red Courthouse, seen here from an unusual angle — looking toward the northwest (postcard postmarked 1908).
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This is a super low-resolution image, but I’ve never seen it before, so, what the heck: I give you a fuzzy Jackson Street looking northeast (postmarked 1907).
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The “new” Post Office and Federal Building at Bryan and Ervay (postmarked 1964).
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A jog over to Oak Cliff — here’s a horse-drawn hearse.
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Up to Preston and Royal (northeast corner, I think) — a Mobil station.
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Even farther north, LBJ under construction, looking west at the intersection with Central (1967). (Can’t pass up the opportunity to link to one of the most popular photos I’ve ever posted which shows what is now LBJ and Valley View in 1958 — nothin’ but farmland.)
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And, lastly, my favorite of these miscellaneous images: the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue (from about Metropolitan — a couple of blocks south of Fair Park). This part of town used to be really interesting. Unfortunately, it looks nothing like this now (see it on Google Street View here). This is a screenshot from the KERA-produced documentary “South Dallas Pop” (which you can watch in its entirety here).
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Sources & Notes
All images found on eBay except for the following: Preston-Royal Mobil station, from Coltera’s Flickr stream; LBJ photo from Red Oak Kid’s Flickr stream; and the photo of 2nd Avenue, which might be from the collection of the Dallas Public Library.
See “Miscellaneous Dallas #2” here.
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Great pics Paula!!
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I believe the Mobil station was not actually on the corner of Preston and Royal, but a little bit farther south on the west side of Preston, across the street from the section of the shopping center that was so terribly damaged in the tornado. When I was a kid, we would shop at the Safeway, gas up at Mobil and eat at the Kel’s (?), which later became a Burger King where I lworked.
There were six gas stations at Preston Royal In the mid-60s: Sinclair (northwest), Enco (northeast), Gulf (southeast), Texaco (southwest) and a little farther south the Mobil and a Fina (later Conoco, or the other way around) across from the Mobil. You took note of that when you mowed a lot of lawns!
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Re: Old Red… Do you remember the original windows on all floors in the turrets? They were curved to match the diameter of the turret. Lovely to behold. Later they were changed to flat windows which presumidly offered better insulation. A real eyesore! Service station at Preston & Preston Royal: Still there. It’s been remodeled, and may be owned by a different gas company today.
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I believe the Mobil station was built when it was still Magnolia and had a revolving Pegasus sign. We were loyal Magnolia customers because the printing company where my dad worked did all their commercial work. My mother always said they had the best service because that was where all their managers trained.
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Cool Paula! The photo of the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue – is that looking towards Fair Park or away from Fair Park?
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Teresa, it’s looking toward Fair Park, north from Metropolitan.
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[…] This photo appeared in the KERA documentary “South Dallas Pop” — I don’t know the original source of the photo and haven’t seen it anywhere else, so this image is actually a screenshot I captured from the documentary. It shows the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue, looking northwest toward nearby Fair Park from about Metropolitan. This neighborhood looks nothing like this now. I really wish it did. From the August post “Miscellaneous Dallas.” […]
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