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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Houston Street; that’s the streetcar bridge to the right.
That’s correct. I loved that old street car replaced by the 11 Hampton!
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.
Hope he liked carp or buffalo (the fish, that is).
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