The “Other” Flashback Dallas…

patreon_copper-cow_UTA_int_squire-haskinsThe beautiful Copper Cow… (from a July Patreon post)

by Paula Bosse

At the beginning of April 2023, I started a Patreon page. I post something there every day — exclusive content for my patrons who support me by pledging $5, $10, or $15 a month. Not only is it flattering that people do this, but the extra cash has helped me tremendously at an uncertain time as I begin a job search. (Thank you, patrons!)

Because people might not know what I do over on Patreon, I basically write mini-Flashback Dallas posts, which are accompanied by photos, ads, illustrations, etc. If you’d like to get these little Dallas-history tidbits in your mailbox every morning, please consider signing up. It’s painless. You can always sign up, read through what’s there, and, if it’s not something you’re interested in, you can cancel at any time. But, of course, I hope you’ll join and stay awhile. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed doing it. If you’re interested, you can check it out and join here.

Below is a list of what I’ve posted on Patreon since I started in April.

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AUGUST 2023

  • Six Flags: Stagecoach Rides and Buffalo (1961-1967)
  • Booker T. Washington High School: Vocational Classes – 1953
  • Fritos: Truly Krisp and Tender – 1940s (Recipes)
  • Preston State Bank, 8111 Preston Road – 1970
  • Roger Staubach Loves Air Conditioning – 1979
  • NorthPark from the Air – 1965
  • Royal Haven Baptist Church
  • Commerce Street, From the “Y” – ca. 1912
  • “Thrilling! Inspiring! Gorgeous!” – 1936 (Texas Centennial)
  • Louanns Mural
  • Eubanks Cafe, Harry Hines Blvd.
  • Skyline: Tax Day, 1959
  • Women’s Building (Grand Place) – 1954
  • Oh dear…. (a confusing photo labeled “West Dallas School” which ended up being in West Dallas, Wisconsin)
  • City of China, Fair Park – 1936
  • From the Country of 1100 Springs – 1968
  • The Chicken Shack, 2700 Fort Worth Ave. – 1939
  • Hospitals – 1916
  • Jack Ruby’s Home Sweet Home – 1963
  • IBM Building, 2911 Cedar Springs – 1959
  • Texas Heat Wave – 1980
  • Pre-Dealey, Pre-Demo

JULY 2023

  • Miss Phoebe: The Lady Bug-Killer
  • NorthPark Cinema I & II – 1965
  • The Girls of St. Mary’s – 1911
  • New Method: Laughing Gas – 1919
  • Streetcar Yard, Old East Dallas – 1954
  • Dallas Medical Center Envisioned – 1943
  • Xavier Cugat School of Dancing & Vogue Dance Studio – 1957
  • Laughead Photographers
  • Elm & Harwood, Lotsa Landmarks
  • West Dallas Mexican Presbyterian Mission – ca. 1942
  • “Village, TX” – 1948 (Highland Park Village post office)
  • Highland Park West – 1925
  • Jamieson Film Company – 1968
  • Passenger Terminal, Love Field – 1939
  • The Ott Lock Building, Elm Street
  • Ross & Harwood, and a Beautiful James Flanders Church
  • The Copper Cow: The Most Beautiful MCM Restaurant Interior in Dallas?
  • Volk’s Floor, Wynnewood Shopping Village – 1952
  • Fair Park: Band Stand (ca. 1909) vs. Band Shell (1936)
  • The Chalet – Lakewood Nightlife
  • Sex Pistols at the Longhorn Ballroom – 1978
  • City Hospital
  • Big Tex & His Messy Followers
  • Dallas Transit System’s Blue and Orange Fleet
  • A Texas 4th of July
  • Take a Refreshing Dip at Kidd Springs
  • The Old Federal Reserve Bank

JUNE 2023

  • Dal-Hi Baseball – 1911
  • Main Entrance to SMU – ca. 1915
  • Dallas Terminal Station by Buck Schiwetz – 1925
  • Sidewalk Plaques on N. Harwood
  • Eva & Nell Hernandez, Walking Down Elm Street (Volk Store) – 1935
  • The Wedgwood, Oak Cliff High Rise – 1965
  • Sidewalk Photographer at the Centennial – 1936
  • Dr Pepper Cocktails – 1964 (Recipes)
  • World of Animals/Lion Country Safari
  • Aerial View of the Skyline, To the South – 1970s
  • Make Pappy Happy – Get Him a Spittoon!
  • Elm Street Store: Whiskey, Brooms, Cigars – 1900-ish
  • Preston Royal Theater, 1959-1985
  • Statler Hilton Snow
  • A Pet Horse Grazing in University Park – 1931
  • Become a Fabulous Texette, A Texas Stadium Usherette
  • Love Field Pilots Love Their Moms
  • The Way to Dallas is Fast and Crooked
  • The Washington Theatre, “For the Better Class”
  • The Belmont Hotel
  • Bowen Street at the MKT Viaduct – 1906-ish
  • Gordon McLendon, The Old Scotchman
  • Devil’s Bowl Speedway
  • Pacific, Live Oak, St. Paul – 1925
  • Texas Instruments, Coming to a Prairie Near You: 1957-1958
  • When You Could Buy a Windmill Downtown – 1887

MAY 2023

  • The Tagliabue Building, Jackson Street – 1935-1938
  • WWI Airfield Jazz Bands in DFW
  • The Magnolia Sky Revue: 1952-1956
  • Padgitt Bros. Saddlery, Est. 1869
  • Larry McMurtry Auction – 2023
  • Post Office and Federal Building: Bleak Days – 1930
  • My Favorite Downtown Building with a Rocket on Top
  • Mockingbird American (American Motors car dealership)
  • View from a Trestle – 1967
  • Retail on the Frontier – 1859
  • Before Ebby Came Along, There Was Ira…
  • SMU for Yellow Pages – 1963
  • Little Bit of Sweden
  • Eveready HQ – 431 South Ervay
  • Lobello’s
  • Teller Cages and Cuspidors – ca. 1908
  • Skyline in Black and White – 1973
  • Clearing Way for Dealey Plaza – 1935
  • Hop-a-Bus: No, It Wasn’t a Dream
  • Morticians Supply Company
  • Peaches Records & Tapes
  • “You’ve Never Seen the Likes” – 1950 State Fair of Texas
  • I. M. Pei’s City Hall Model – 1968
  • Movie Row: Elm Street – 1940
  • Parry Ave. Fire Station (No. 3 Hook & Ladder Co.)
  • Brockles – The Famous Special Salad Dressing (Recipe)
  • Dallas Welcomes the Elks with Pure Artesian Water and a “Full Trough”
  • State Fair Exposition Building – ca. 1912
  • The Quadrangle – 1969

APRIL 2023

  • Southfork Dallas, USA
  • FronTex: Dudin’ It Up – 1946-1947
  • Boude Storey Jr. High School
  • Sombrero-Time: Six Flags – 1965
  • The Majestic Theatre, Jerry Bywaters – 1936
  • Big Tex: Centennial Liquors Spokesmodel
  • Love Field, From the Air and In the Tower – 1940s
  • Baker Hotel/Adolphus Hotel – Amateur Snapshots
  • Dallas Gun Club – 1955-1962
  • Dallas Motorcycle Cop – 1920
  • Dallas: “The City of the Hour”
  • “Dallas” Pinball – 1949
  • Dallas Morning News Mini Museum – 2023
  • Dallas Morning News: “Hep” Wanted – 1953
  • Rats
  • The Iceman Cometh, and Will Wait While You Fetch Your Coupon Book
  • Casa Linda Theater – 1952
  • The Drug Abuse Club – 1974
  • “Principal City, Dallas” – 1910s
  • Fair Park Swimming Pool: 1926-1960
  • Texas Motor Coaches’ Super Express – 1947
  • The State Theater – ca. 1952 (State-Thomas)
  • City Park Highway
  • Frugging in North Dallas – 1964
  • Pleasant Grove Chrysler-Plymouth-Valiant – 1960s
  • Get Your 8-Tracks at 7-Eleven – 1975
  • Republic Bank Building – 1955 (Kodachrome)
  • Take the Streetcar to Fair Park
  • White Rock Lake Pig Stand
  • Have a Cow in Beverly Hills – 1910s
  • “The Bonnie Parker Story” – 1958
  • Dallas’ Carnegie Library
  • Interstate 345 Under Construction – 1971
  • It’ll Do Club, Afternoon Dancing and Drinking
  • The Sportatorium, Y’all – 1975
  • Skillern’s: “Beautiful, Streamlined, Completely Departmentalized” – 1948
  • The Adolphus, The Baker, The Horse Shoe, The Colony Club
  • Sanger Bros. – 1899
  • Lamar & Smith Funeral Home, Oak Cliff
  • Colbert’s, Casa Linda – 1967
  • The Ripley Believe It or Not Odditorium – 1936
  • Loew’s Melba Theatre – 1920s
  • Dave’s Pawn Shop, Deep Ellum – 1955
  • Akard Streetcar
  • North on Ervay, from Commerce – In Color
  • I’ve Done It – I’m on Patreon… (April 2, 2023)

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Sources & Notes

Photo of the interior of the Copper Cow restaurant (1519 Commerce Street) by Squire Haskins, from the Squire Haskins Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections — more information on this photo is on the UTA website here. (I tackled the Copper Cow in July in the Patreon post “The Copper Cow: The Most Beautiful MCM Restaurant Interior in Dallas?”)

If you think you might like to join me on Patreon, more info is here. Thanks!

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