Soldier Fishing from a Viaduct — 1948
by Paula Bosse
Hope this isn’t dinner…
by Paula Bosse
A soldier in uniform, sitting on the concrete railing of a viaduct, casting into the Trinity.
When I posted this in a Dallas history group several years ago and asked which viaduct is shown, there was no consensus — Houston Street was mentioned most often, but just about all of them got several votes!
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Sources & Notes
I can’t remember where I came across this photo (which is dated Feb. 28, 1948), but it is from the collection of the Dallas Public Library.
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Flashback : Dallas 
Houston Street; that’s the streetcar bridge to the right.
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That’s correct. I loved that old street car replaced by the 11 Hampton!
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I agree. I was three in 1950 and we lived at the Cliff Towers Hotel facing this bridge. I remember the lights on the bridge as we would drive to the train station to pick up relatives and friends as they would come to visit us.
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Hope he liked carp or buffalo (the fish, that is).
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