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by Paula Bosse

A picture-perfect abattoir…

By Paula Bosse

Every couple of months I offer up a list of posts from the Flashback Dallas Patreon page — with the reminder that if you’d like to receive daily Dallas-history tidbits, please consider becoming a member, for as little as five dollars a month.

One of the posts from May concerned the unusual subject of a picture postcard: the massive Armstrong meat-packing plant in South Dallas (see it on a 1921 Sanborn map here). I’m not sure how many people would choose — or seek out — a postcard showing a slaughterhouse to send to their friends and family back home (“Having a lovely time! Wish you were here!”), but this was, verily, available for those who wanted it. (This postcard was mailed in 1921.)

Here are the topics I’ve covered recently on Patreon. You can see titles of all the posts I’ve done over the past year or so here.

MAY 2024

Butterfly Greetings from Dallas, Texas – ca. 1909
The North Texas Building, Main Street
The Oriental Hotel Welcomes the Elks – 1908
The Official Neiman-Marcus Flag – 1966
Alamo Beer, “For Mothers Who Require a Natural Tonic” – 1910
Mister Ice (The Freezit Corp. of America) – ca. 1954
Alpha Epsilon Party
Audie Murphy Book Signing at McMurray’s – 1949
Gaston Avenue Baptist Church (Domeless) – ca. 1961
Arbuckle Bros. Grain Elevators – 1899
The A. Harris Employees’ Symphony Orchestra – 1923
Elm Street, East from Lamar — ca. 1906
New Yorker Become Texas Citizen, Obtains Texas Passport – 1949
The Dallas Skyline and “Dresser Couplings” – 1947
Kids on KRLD-Channel 4
An Evening at The Chalet, Lakewood
Roger Corman, RIP
Business Section – 1928
Commerce Street Bridge During the Great Flood – 1908
Houston Street Viaduct at Night
Spider-Man and the Hulk Save the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – 1982
Bush & Gerts/Bush Temple of Music
North from Cobb Stadium – 1957
Topper: “Tops in Eats” – ca. 1940
Fire Drill Training Tower, Fair Park – 1936
Armstrong Meat Packing Plant
David Hardie Seed Co. – 1922

APRIL 2024

Big Tex’s Big Teeth – 1962
Knox Theater/Linda Darnell – 1945
Mystery Boarding House
The Dallas-Fort Worth Pike at Chalk Hill – ca. 1920
Ernie Banks, Baseball Legend from Dallas
Nighttime Melba – 1955
Warren Beatty (et al.) in Denton – 1967
The Cloverleaf
Juliette Fowler, From the Air – 1956
A Fistful of Corny Dogs – 1979
Hello, Weekend! Hello, Schlitz!
Big D Jamboree – 1955
Northwest Highway, If You Must – 1945
Love Field Hospital – 1918
Minit-Man Automatic Car Washing Station
SMU Graduation Procession – 1919
Drink Dr Pepper for Vim, Vigor, and Vitality – 1900
Oak Cliff: Free from Mosquitoes and Malaria – 1907
Springsteen Canceled at the Sportatorium – 1974
Fooshee & Cheek Building on Gaston Avenue – 1926
Love Field Interior, Empty – 1958
Mr. Tweedy: Lovable, Hapless Sap
DP&L Substation, South Dallas — 1925
“The Coziest Gift Shop In the South” – 1912
Texas Has So. Many. Things. – 1936
Preston Road Shopping Center
Happy Anniversary: Thank You!
The Ford Building at Fair Park – 1936

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Sources & Notes

Armstrong postcard found on eBay.

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