Flashback : Dallas

Majestic Theatre construction, 1920

by Paula Bosse

Another quick commercial for my Flashback Dallas Patreon page, where I upload exclusive short Dallas history posts daily. If you would like to support what I do for as little as $5 a month (subscription is cancellable at any time — no long-term commitment!) check things out here. (There are occasional “free” posts, which are visible to non-subscribers, but the vast majority are accessible only by paid subscribers.)

Patreon posts from October and November are listed below.

NOVEMBER 2023

• Texas Instruments, From the Air
• Police Property Room Wall o’ Guns – 1940
• Art Club, Oak Cliff High School (Adamson High School) – 1916
• “I’m Going Back To Dallas,” A Fox Trot
• Hotel Rodessia, Elm Street
• Camp Dick Cadet, WWI
• Dal-Kliff Roller Rink – “Just For Fun”
• Zoo Bar: Commerce Street in Mourning – Nov. 22, 1963
• Record Street Streetcars – 1946
• Pre-Peg Mag (Pre-Pegasus Magnolia Bldg.)
• Trinity Heights Fire Department
• Aerial View of Downtown Dallas, Texas
• Texas Stadium’s “Let ’em Eat Cake” Box
• Ultra-Modern Love Field
• The Texas Bank at One Main Place – 1973
• Phil’s Delicatessen, 3531 Oak Lawn
• Excel-Sure, 4310-12 Elm – 1916
• Turn-of-the-Century Ostrich Farm
• Alma & Cockrell (2008) [“Little Baghdad”]
• On the Line at Coca-Cola – 1964
• Mystery Bryan Adams High School Celebrity Alum
• Fair Park’s Police HQ/Lost Children’s Shelter – 1971
• State-Thomas Homes
• Caruth Homeplace – Bazillion-Dollar Real Estate
• Neely’s Brown Pig Barbecue – Arcadia Park
• Jerry Bywaters: Farmers Branch
• Majestic, Under Construction – 1920

OCTOBER 2023

• A Movie So Horrifying You Will Need a “Stomach Distress Bag” – 1972
• 19th-Century Fairgrounds Race Track
• A Pegasus-Dominated Skyline
• Logo: Dallas Transit Company – 1959
• The Pierian Club (and One Interloper) – 1899
• City Messenger Service, Cramped Quarters – 1930s
• Dallas’ Drive-In for African American Patrons – 1953
• Dallas Ice Kings, Big D’s First Hockey Team – 1927-32
• Kidd Springs Lake – 1908
• Three Film Exchanges, Cheek by Jowl – 1925
• Walter B. Jones Walked from Dallas to Alaska and Back Again – 1909-10
• A Gaggle of Astronauts in Downtown Dallas – 1971
• H. L. Green’s Basement Record Dept. — 1950
• WFAA “Superpower” Transmitter – 1930
• Maid of Cotton – 1964
• Elm Street – Summer of ’49
• Harry Bertoia: “Textured Screen” – 1955
• A Mansion on Turtle Creek
• White Rock Pump Station – 1910/1911
• Land All Over Texas and Mexico – 1912
• State Fair Parking Lot (Roller Coaster Cameo) – 1951
• Texas-OU, Y’all
• MKT – SMU (1940s)
• Central Research Library – 1982
• Get In the Groove at the Grove (Cocoanut Grove) – 1946
• N-M Fashion Show

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Sources & Notes

Top photo shows the Majestic Theatre on Elm Street, under construction in 1920; photo from the book Street of Dreams: A History of Dallas’ Theatre Row by Jeanette Howeth Crumpler.

If you’d like to peruse other topics I’ve covered on Patreon since April, titles are listed in these previous posts:

• “The ‘Other’ Flashback Dallas”
• “The ‘Shadow’ Flashback”

Wrapping the commercial up, if you’d like to check out my Patreon page, please do! Thank you!

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