Two Men, Two Steeds, Two Derbies: A Nice Ride Through City Park — 1907
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
Out for a leisurely ride through the park. Have derby, will travel.
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Sources & Notes
This real-photo postcard from January, 1907 was addressed to 19-year-old Gussie Holland, then studying in Maryland. Gussie was the daughter of the Dallas publisher and former mayor, Franklin Pierce Holland. Found on eBay.
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Flashback : Dallas 
There use to be stables near Kiest Park back in the 50’s and you could ride your rented horse at the park. As I got older, I thought that was a great idea for the first 2 or 3 dates with a lady. Mickey
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Where was City Park. I grew up in Dallas but have been gone since 1964. I do not remember anything being called City Park
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My grandfather’s grandparents lived on Ervay across from City Part from about 1900 to after 1912 and he spent some time at the City Park School. I have his postcard collection from about the same period and was chuffed to find several full color postcards of City Park and Swiss Ave.. There was also one called “Galveston in the Future” which looks like something out of Jules Verne. Ironically, when I went to Walnut Hill Elementary in the 50’s we had a gift drive every Christmas for the “unfortunate” children at City Park School.
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