Snow at White Rock Lake: The Bath House and Winfrey Point
by Paula Bosse
A snowy Bath House at WRL… (photo: Squire Haskins/UTA)
by Paula Bosse
I’m racing to post this — like many in the Dallas area (or, really, in the ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS!), power availability has been spotty. Mine has been out more than it’s been on over the past few days. I have a brief window here to post a couple of wonderful aerial photos showing a snow-dusted White Rock Lake, taken by ace Dallas photographer Squire Haskins. Both are undated.
Above, a shot of the eastern edge of the lake, with the Bath House seen in the center. (Take a look at a larger image at the University of Texas at Arlington website here — click the thumbnail image on that page to see the larger image — then click one more time to magnify.)
Below, a shot of Winfrey Point, also on the eastern edge of the lake, a little farther south. (See the larger image at the UTA site here.)
Here’s a map of WRL showing the locations, via Google:
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Funny, I used to love snow. It was always such a thrill on those rare occasions when it snowed. …Back when we all had heat and electricity. Ah, those were the days….
Stay warm, y’all. If you need information on “warming stations,” the City is directing people to call 211.
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Sources & Notes
Both photos are by Squire Haskins, from the Squire Haskins Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. More information on these photographs is at the links above.
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Copyright © 2021 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
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Great photos! Brrr. Stay warm 🔥❤️
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Thank you! You, too!
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Based on the houses around the end of Waterview in the upper center of the Bath House aerial, the photo was taken between 1948 and 1954. We had measurable snow in each of those years except 1952, so I can’t narrow it down much more.
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Winfrey Point, what memories. In the early 50s, Pre-Teen dances were arranged there. A large open area served as the dance floor. Mother cajoled me into learning how to dance. She taught me the foxtrot and waltz. For the life of me, I couldn’t understand what good it was to know how to dance. The dances were well chaperoned. It seemed there were more adults than kids in attendance. The girls came and acted silly. The boys came and acted stupid. My lessons paid off as I was able to navigate the dance floor without stumbling or stepping on toes. As it turned out, the boys would rarely go and ask a girl to dance, so there were a lot of “Sadie Hawkins” dance sets. Since I was able to dance well, I got to dance with a lot of pretty girls. As always, Moms know what they are doing.
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[…] view of White Rock Lake in winter (taken by Squire Haskins) is just beautiful. It can be seen in “Snow at White Rock Lake: The Bath House and Winfrey Point,” which I posted in the midst of the historic deep-freeze of February, during a brief window of […]
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