Schulte Cigars, Elm & Akard — ca. 1923
by Paula Bosse
Life at Elm & Akard…
by Paula Bosse
A. Schulte Cigars — at 1416 Elm — held down the southwest corner of Elm and Akard streets (Elm is in the foreground, with the streetcar tracks). The winsomely named Zesmer’s Bootery was at 1412 Elm. Around the corner on Akard was an orange-drink stand. Above the building was a surprising array of billboards. (There is a lot of advertising in this photo.) Here’s another view of the same block, looking west:
Every time I see those curlicue lamp posts, they seem to be in photos of Elm Street.
1400 block of Elm, 1923 city directory
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Sources & Notes
Top photo by Frank Rogers; found on eBay.
Color postcard from the Flashback Dallas post “Views of Elm Street, With Cameo Appearances by the Fox Theater — 1920s-1960s.”
A previous Schulte location was at 201 S. Ervay, which you can see in the amazing photo in the post “‘There Are Eight Million Stories in the Naked City…’ — ca. 1920.”
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