Waiting for the Bus at Gilpin and Mt. Royal — 1955

Waiting for the #54…

by Paula Bosse

I saw this photo in a 1955 booklet called Public Transportation in Dallas and loved the neat-as-a-pin Oak Cliff street, its manicured, chilly starkness accentuated by the leafless trees. It’s also a needed reminder — as we’re dragged into August — that someday we’ll (probably) have autumn and winter again.

See what this view looks like today, on Google Street View, here.

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Sources & Notes

Photo from and cover of the slim booklet Public Transportation in Dallas (1955), Dallas History and Archives, Dallas Public Library.

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