Flashback : Dallas

Lounging at the Melrose…

by Paula Bosse

Life is making it difficult for me to get back to a regular posting routine. I never want my mentions of the Flashback Dallas Patreon page to be irritating, but here I am mentioning it again. Even though I’ve been unable to sit down and write anything substantial here for a while, I am posting short things daily on the Patreon page. Become a subscriber for as little as $5 a month and receive these morsels every day in your inbox. Here are the recent offerings:

JULY 2024

• Lepary Cafe & Grocery, Fair Park Area – 1953
• I’ll Be at the Library
• Lone Star (Gas. Co.) Deco
• Above Highland Park High School – 1962
• Bird’s-Eye View to the Northeast
• Happy Motoring at Six Flags!
• Michel Lime Co., West Dallas
• Scottish Rite Cathedral
• “Home of the Mustangs” Seen from a Helicopter
• Hoffarth Bros.’ Silver King Saloon – ca. 1902
• First Baptist Church
• Brick Paving
• White Rock Airport: “The Most Convenient Airport in Dallas”
• Aerial View of City Hall Under Construction (1970s)
• Neiman-Marcus/Camel (Modeling with Exotic Animals)
• The Swing Club: “Home of the Beef Trust Girls”
• The 3,000,000th Ford V8 Visits the Centennial – 1936
• Costumed Staff of the New Majestic – 1921
• The Attic Fan
• Frisco Lines Passenger Station – 1911
• Rutherford’s Veterinary Hospital, Fair Park
• Town & Country Restaurant, 2016 Commerce
• Highland Park Methodist Church
• Meletio Electric Co.
• Triple Underpass Under Construction
• Lochwood Center, Garland Rd. & Jupiter – 1955
• Happy 4th of July!
• SMU Campus and Beyond – 1945
• Cowgirls Welcome the Rotarians – 1929
• Morning Calisthenics at the Rusk School – 1913

JUNE 2024

• Meet Me at Nickey’s – S. Lamar & Forest
• “La Rambla” at the Pan American Exposition – 1937
• Southwest Airmotive, Love Field
• Buck’s TV & Record Shop (Pleasant Grove) – 1958
• Lucas B & B, 3520 Oak Lawn
• Lounging by the Melrose Pool
• Keating Implement and Machine Co. – 1900
• Midnight Melody Men – 1925
• The Arnold House, Old East Dallas
• Country Club Pharmacy, Inwood Village – 1950
• “The Honey Hive Silhouette” at Titche’s – 1949
• Moorland Branch, YMCA
• Second Ave. Bakery Delivery Team – ca. 1904
• Second Presbyterian Church – 1905
• Kessler Park, From the Air – 1920s
• Oak Lawn Methodist Church
• Fair Park Midget Auto Races and Pronto Pups
• The C. Weichsel Co., 1611 Main
• Vanette Hosiery (Baker-Moise Co.) – 1930s
• The Rocket
• Star Lite Rollercade (Harry Hines)
• Dallas Natatorium and Artesian Baths – 1891
• Big Hats at the State Fair of Texas – 1908
• Sewell Village Cars/KVIL – ca. 1960
• N-M Trinkets for Men: “Oil Man’s Gold” – 1953
• Baylor, From Above

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Sources & Notes

Top image from a Melrose Hotel postcard, found on eBay.

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