Union Station Interiors — 1916
by Paula Bosse
Above, a photo of the new “Union Depot,” completed in 1916 and, thankfully, still standing more than a century later. Below, a couple of details of the Lunch Room and the Women’s Waiting Room.
The same view as the top photo, but from 1922:
Back to 1916, in what I gather is a sort of interior/exterior shot showing another place to pass the time. What better, quaint way to wait for a train and take in a great, slightly elevated view, than in a rocking chair.
And a slight zoom-in:
Imagine those rocking chairs up there in those archways, between the columns.
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Sources & Notes
The two photos from 1916 (by Frank Rogers) are from the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company Architectural records and photographs, 1914-1941, Architectural Terra Cotta, Alexander Architectural Archives, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin — more info on these photos is here and here.
A couple of other images of the new Union Station can be seen in these Flashback Dallas posts:
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