Miscellaneous Postcards

by Paula Bosse

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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.

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And speaking of the Fair Park Coliseum, this is a great postcard (with a 1911 postmark):

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And here’s the Magnolia Building — it never gets old:

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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):

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Highland Park Presbyterian Church (circa 1940s): 

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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.

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Here’s another view:

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A bird’s-eye view of the Stemmons Corridor, with handy labels:

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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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