Miscellaneous Postcards
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
I’ve seen so many Dallas postcards that it’s always a little bit of a jolt when I see one I’ve never seen before, like the one above. The Praetorians Life Insurance exhibit was inside the Varied Industries building (below). So much is written about the architecture of Fair Park — but we don’t hear a lot about the interiors. I don’t think there are many color photos in existence. This is a colorized image, but the colors in real life were pretty vibrant. Even the floors were fantastic! One of my favorite “finds” was the ad at the top of the post “State Fair Coliseum/Centennial Administration Building/Women’s Museum/Women’s Building” — it’s a color photo (!) which shows glimpses of the interior, the furniture, and, best of all, the custom linoleum.
via Pinterest
And speaking of the Fair Park Coliseum, this is a great postcard (with a 1911 postmark):
And here’s the Magnolia Building — it never gets old:
The “new” Cotton Exchange Building, at St. Paul and San Jacinto (I wrote about the old and new Cotton Exchange buildings here — scroll down to #4):
Highland Park Presbyterian Church (circa 1940s):
The Inn of the Six Flags — along the DFW turnpike in Arlington. I’d never seen this postcard — and the resolution is pretty bad — but I post this almost entirely to drink in that unbelievably pastoral view of 1960s Arlington.
Here’s another view:
A bird’s-eye view of the Stemmons Corridor, with handy labels:
And, lastly, a cool view of a cool skyline:
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Sources & Notes
Unless otherwise noted, all postcards found on eBay.
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Paula, I really appreciate the work you put into these post. They are so, so precious. Maybe it’s because I’m 72 and personally saw some of this history! Mickey
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Thank you, Mickey!
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Neat pictures!
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I remember 99% of those scenes. I wish Big D was still like that. I’d be back in a flash!
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Paula thanks so much for sharing these
pictures and everthing else you send.
I am a Dallasite born in 1951. I can relate
to so many things you send to us
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Thanks, Lana!
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[…] Fair Park is such an amazing place. Color photographs from 1936 showing the new buildings which were built for the Centennial are pretty unusual (are there any?) ( I discovered one a few years ago in an ad for linoleum, but I’m not completely sure the photo wasn’t colorized). For color images you pretty much have to rely on old postcards with their postcard colorization magic (like here) to try to imagine how fantastic that bright, new, vivid color must have been in real life. This postcard shows the Praetorians Life Insurance exhibit inside the Varied Industries building. Those are some pretty bold color choices. From the post “Miscellaneous Postcards.” […]
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