The “Shadow” Flashback

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by Paula Bosse

Apologies for what some may consider spam, but a gal’s gotta do what a gal’s gotta do. Self-promotion has never been one of my strong suits.

I maintain a Patreon account elsewhere on the internet. It’s a place where patrons very generously support my Flashback Dallas work by pledging a monthly sum of $5, $10, or $15. In return, I do little mini-posts every day. I’m as surprised as anyone that I’ve managed to post every single day for the past six months.

Here’s what patrons saw on Patreon in September (there are a couple of posts from the end of August):

  • Ride the Texas Star!
  • Cowboys vs Eagles: SEVEN Interceptions (1971)
  • Terrill School for Boys: Campus Buildings – 1915
  • Geo. W. Baird Wants Your Business – 1859
  • Action Speedway, 837 West Davis – 1960s
  • Dallas Cotton Mill “Openers” – ca. 1905
  • The White Rock Stand Cafe – ca. 1946
  • JFK Memorial Under Construction – 1970
  • Gaston Avenue Gas Pumps – 1933
  • Cotton: “A Good Crop” – 1908
  • “The Early Birds” on WFAA
  • The Tomato House, Farmers Market: S. Pearl & Cadiz – 1959
  • The “Japanese Colony” in Dallas – 1905
  • Interurban 362
  • Miss Hockaday Has Got It Going On – 1950
  • Colonial Motor Co., South Dallas – 1920s
  • Southland Center Under Construction – 1957
  • Portland Cement
  • Kirby Curbs
  • City Temple Presbyterian Church
  • Stoneleigh P (Pre-Fire) – 1970s
  • Cotton Bowl Hotel, 600 S. Haskell
  • Home Sweet Home: Pre-Fab Housing – 1944
  • Commerce Street Newsstand
  • The Glamour of the Newsstand
  • Forest Avenue (MLK Blvd.) – 1921
  • The Hilton Hotel/The White Plaza Hotel/Hotel Indigo
  • The “New” Texas Theatre – 1965
  • Reunion Tower, First Draft/Griffin Square Tower
  • Flying Saucer, Now on Exhibition – 1950
  • The Davis Texan (Davis Hat Co.) – 1946

If any of these topics seem so tantalizing that you’d like to see them covered in expanded posts here, let me know.

And, if a list like this whets your appetite for daily morsels of Dallas history, consider joining me you know where.

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Sources & Notes

“Flying Saucer” photo (cropped slightly) was taken at the 1950 State Fair of Texas by Squire Haskins; photo is from the Squire Haskins Photography Inc. Collection, UTA Libraries Special Collections — more info is here.

If you’d like to peruse a list of the rest of my posts on Patreon, you can see them in “The ‘Other’ Flashback Dallas….”

Thank you (and sorry about the spam!).

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