Eiffel Tower on Main Street — 1966
by Paula Bosse
Alvin Colt Collection, DeGolyer Library, SMU
by Paula Bosse
In 1966, the Neiman-Marcus Fortnight honored France and all-things-French. And that included constructing an Eiffel Tower to grace the building’s exterior and an Arc de Triomphe built inside to welcome shoppers and gawkers. Bonjour, y’all!
Alvin Colt Collection, DeGolyer Library, SMU
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Sources & Notes
Both photos are from the fabulous Alvin Colt Design Drawings and Photographs for Neiman Marcus Fortnights collection, held by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University; more info on the Eiffel Tower photo here; more info on the Arc de Triomphe photo here. Read about designer Alvin Colt and his legendary contributions to the Neiman-Marcus fortnights here.
More photos from the 1966 French Fortnight from the Alvin Colt Collection can be found here.
Browse the larger Colt Collection — which contains photos, sketches, and ads from other Fortnights — at the DeGolyer Library/SMU site here.
Read about the first N-M Fortnight celebration honoring France in 1957 in these Flashback Dallas posts:
- “Neiman-Marcus Brings France to Big D — 1957”
- “Neiman-Marcus / France-Texas / A-Z — 1957”
- “When Coco Chanel Came to Dallas — 1957”
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Flashback : Dallas 
Yet another example of Mr. Stanley’s special touch. We used to find him tucked back behind stacks of “Minding the Store” signing books when I worked at Brentano’s Northpark store. He would just wander in on his break and signed copies would magically appear at the register. The joke was that the really rare copies of that book were the unsigned ones at the bottom of the stack.
Victoria Snyder Alvey
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