Flashback : Dallas

The Belmont Hotel, circa 1954? (click me!)

by Paula Bosse

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about my sideline gig over on Patreon, so I’m mentioning it again. It has been a year (a year!) since I made an update. It feels like the last year was nothing but nonstop chaos, dealing with not only the return to full-time employment (which I thought would never come), but also finding myself a caregiver to my mother in the difficult final months of her life. It was exhausting. 

Both of those things ate up a lot of the time I once used to write and publish frequent posts here. But finances were scary, so I entered the world of Patreon, where people pay a monthly subscription in exchange for regular smatterings of what I hate to call “content,” but that’s what people call it these days. So I sort of shifted what little energy I had at the end of some pretty long days to writing daily mini-Flashback Dallas posts over there. (Daily was a lot. I have since decreased it to about 5 a week.)

I had been posting the topics I’ve covered on Patreon here on this blog in digestible two-month lists. This was to let readers determine if they might like to subscribe (for as little as five dollars a month!), but also so that I can have a more searchable all-in-one Flashback Dallas database (sometimes I forget where I’ve posted something). But that kind of got away from me, and it’s been a year since I’ve posted a list. In February, I’ll be starting my 13th year blogging here. And I’ve been on Patreon about two and a half years. That’s a lot of Dallas history!

Anyway, below is a list of the topics I’ve covered on my Patreon blog over the past year. I’m sorry it’s so long, but… yeah. If you have the stamina, you can also check out the previous lists of topics I’ve covered on Patreon and posted on this blog, here.

As always, I appreciate all of you for reading. I hope the chaos is winding down a bit.

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OCTOBER 2025

• Spooky Halloween Ahead! – 1925
• “Stops Indigestion Now!” – 1923 (airplane promotional campaign, Love Field)
• Roller Hockey – 1962 (The Dallas Little Texans)
• Pike Park, Not Yet Developed – ca. 1912
• Bryan Street High School Cheerleader – 1918
• Moroney Park – ca. 1917 (baseball park)
• Water Delivery During a Time of Drought: 1909-1911
• Volk’s Lakewood – ca. 1950
• The “Mad Magician” at the Majestic – 1924
• “The Pride of East Dallas” – ca. 1886 (Fire equipment)
• The Belmont, From Above
• Metropolitan Business College – 1911
• SFOT Roller Coaster – ca. 1950s (State Fair of Texas, color)
• Elvis, In Yer Face – 1971 (Memorial Auditorium)
• James Earl Jones and Kevin Conway in Dallas – 1974 (“Of Mice and Men” at SMU)
• Beekeeping Supplies – 1908
• One of the Modern Homes of Dallas – 1910
• Mockingbird and Airline – 1953
• Centennial Songs of Texas – 1936 (Stamps-Baxter songbook cover)
• Encephalitis Spraying – 1966
• Olive and Buddy’s Place on Starlight Road – 1950
• Incinerators, Neiman-Marcus, and Illicit Substances

SEPTEMBER 2025

• Women and Their Hats, Kidd Springs – 1910
• Dallas’ Municipal Flag – 1916
• Happy First Day of You-Know-What! (State Fair of Texas)
• Back-To-School Time for Little Mr. St. Mark’s – 1955
• Serious Girls with Dolls
• Cycle Park
• American Exchange National Bank Building – 1916 (Lang & Witchell)
• Dallas Mayors, Crystal Ball – 1982 (Folsom, Evans, Jonsson, Wise)
• First Woman Dentist in Dallas – 1897 (Dr. Jessie Estelle Castle LaMoreaux)
• WWI Armored Vehicles (Camp Travis, San Antonio)
• Maestro Walter Hendl – 1953
• Dallas Artist Charles Wright
• ICEE – The Frozenated Treat
• Magnetic Rays Are Your Friend
• Pickle Alley
• Six Flags’ Sky Hook: 1963-1968
• Longhorn – 1970  (Longhorn Ballroom kitsch)
• Summer Dresses, Downtown – 1955 (Color)
• Office Equipment Co., Young Street – 1936
• Pet Cemetery
• WPA Building in Sullivan Park (City Park) – 1937

AUGUST 2025

• Snow Somewhere Downtown – ca. 1936
• Buckner Orphans Home, From Above
• Magicland
• Dallas Police, Mounted Squad – 1910
• Jefferson Hotel and Ferris Park – 1925
• The Ball in the Sky (Reunion Tower)
• Vickery Dining Hall – 1918 (Vickery, Texas)
• You Don’t Have a Heliport? – 1964
• Never Let Them See You Sweat – 1926 (magazine cover art by Harriet Grandstaff)
• Girl on Ice (Literally) – 1951
• The Turtle Creek “Hole” – 1975
• Little Mr. Dandy Dallas – ca. 1896
• A Disgruntled David Allan Coe – 1975
• Visit Texas in 1936!
• Summertime Treat: Frito’s Barbecued Lima Beans – 1940s (recipe)
• Schepps Bakery, S. Ervay – ca. 1907 (The Cedars)
• The Little Interurban That Could – ca. 1911
• “Dallasite” Sophistication – 1930 (“Dallasite” magazine)

JULY 2025

• Who is This Man? – 1971 (Mystery man who kinda looks like Mickey Mantle)
• Oak Cliff Neighborhoods
• Turn-of-the-Century Commerce Street (what IS this?)
• Beauty Pageant Disconnect – 1972 (weirdness at the Miss Texas Pageant)
• His and Hers Afros – 1971
• Puncture!
• My Dream Home! (R. M. Williamson Collection)
• Elm & Hill, ca. 1908
• Steampunk Projector (from the G. William Jones Collection, SMU)
• Girls’ High School Baseball – 1925 (Forest Avenue High School)
• Makers of Dallas – 1912
• Old London School of Beauty Culture, Forest Avenue – 1934
• Oriental Rug Cleaning Co., Since 1911
• Happy 7-Eleven Day!
• I Know That Lamppost! (as spotted in “The Palm Beach Story”)
• Lightning strike! (no post today)
• Judge Sarah T. Hughes – 1936
• Southern Fireworks and Specialty Co.
• “Dallas Conspiracy”
• Charles Dilbeck, Architect

JUNE 2025

• A “Spot-Your-Favorite-Skyline-Landmark” Ad Illustration – 1969
• Coffee Time! – 1957
• Yello Belly Drag Strip
• “Death Stalks Abrams Road” – 1937
• Fair Park Art Building – 1908
• Tenison Memorial Park: Acres and Acres of Smooth Turf and Rustic Ravines – 1923
• Here’s to the Losers – ca. 1973 (Losers Club, Mockingbird near Central)
• On Juneteenth…
• Texas State Fair Ground Plan, with “Privilege Booths” – 1900
• Kids, Horse, Cop – 1978
• Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary – 1952
• Dancing Frogs, Part 2
• Welcome Home, Tango Frogs!
• Jackson and Ervay, Now and Then
• Lakewood Country Club – 1939
• Earl’s, 2538 Cedar Springs – 1961-1962
• Fierce Peruna – 1958
• Play Ball! Dallas Eagles – 1951
• 2nd Avenue, North from Metropolitan
• Yes, Virginia, Vaudeville Happened at the Sportatorium

MAY 2025

• Sugar-Making on the Texas Frontier – 1874
• Ports o’ Call or Pier One?
• Southland Tower Observation Lounge
• Iola: Not Just the Name of a Channel 8 Anchor – 1908
• Commerce, East from Lamar – ca. 1940s (color)
• Sue Lung Chinese Restaurant – 1902
• “The Hat House of the Southwest” – 1908
• Petrified Wood, Decatur
• My mother
• Baylor University College of Medicine – 1905
• Cedar Springs Dodge – ca. 1962
• Main & Ervay – ca. 1906 (whimsy)
• Business at the Farmers Market – 1958
• Sunset at Bachman’s Dam – ca. 1930
• So. Many. Children. – 1935
• St. Jude Chapel
• Simba, African Imports – 1970 (“Afrodelic”)
• Chelsea Corner – 1974
• Entertainment Nitely – 1962 (Zoo Bar)
• The Wynnewood News – 1952 (newspaper)
• Tasmanian Devils – 1968
• Dude Ranch, Y’all – 1955
• Kirby’s – 1955

APRIL 2025

• Josie Vastie Carr Butcher (1875-1959)
• At the Stoneleigh Pool – 1960s
• The Marietta Facemask – 1950s
• Texomalandia – 1949
• Oak Lawn, Illustrated – 1994 (illustrated map)
• Briggs Machinery, Elm & Austin – 1900
• Sump’n Else
• Dallas’ Oldest Soda Jerk – 1970s (Charlie Day)
• Happy Easter! – 1952
• E. Eppstein & Co., Importers and Distillers of Fine Whiskies
• Eight Hundred Concrete Pegs – 1935
• Centennial Services Building: Police, Fire, Hospital, Radio – 1936 (Fair Park)
• Bill Fife, News Carrier – 1947
• Magnolia at Night, Before & After 1934
• Neiman’s: Your Car Is Waiting
• Centennial Liquors – 1993
• George Dahl – 1975
• Courthouse Groundbreaking – 1963 (George Allen Courts Building)
• J. L. Turner House: 1821 Allen Street – 1920s
• Rather’s Pharmacy, 5501 E. Grand – 1927
• Wynnewood Village – 1952
• The City with the Charm of Yesterday…
• Love Field’s Mondrian-y Entrance Sign
• Peruna on a Pedestal – 1935 (illustration)
• “Some of the Prominent Wholesale Jobbing Houses of Dallas” – ca. 1910
• Aerial View of Fort Worth Avenue – 1950
• Yeah, I don’t know, either… (dog walks dog)
• Somewhere on Cedar Springs (ca. 1910s)

MARCH 2025

• An Afternoon at the Ballpark (Burnett Field)
• 5009 Swiss Avenue — 1909 (Since Demolished) (Weichsel home)
• Squire Haskins – 1951
• Candy Barr – 1956
• Statler
• The Busiest Airport in the Country (…Apparently)
• Azaleas
• Need. More. Coffee. – 1895
• Visit Dallas at Your Own Peril (Our Ladies Mean Business)
• The Cyclone (Trolley) – ca. 1888
• The North American Way – 1941 (North American Aviation plant)
• Red Cross HQ: McKinney Avenue (the old Garlington mansion)
• Mosher Steel is Holding Up the Wilson Building
• Happy St. Patrick’s Day! – 1960
• “Horse Stealing Passé in Texas” – 1915
• Pandemonium – 1970 (boutique)
• “How Do You Like Me?” – 1916 (promotional campaign)
• Dallas’ First Hospital That Wasn’t in a Shack – 1874
• St. George Annex Bar (in bed with a lobster…)
• Tex Dudley Entertainment – 1942
• Johnnie Taylor, Longhorn Ballroom
• Juanita Craft, Shooting Hoops – 1974
• Highland Park: “The Suburb Beautiful” – ca. 1915
• My Visit to the Scottish Rite Cathedral – 2025
• Mariano – 1971
• Gibson Girl in PJs – 1907
• Remember Alamo Bottled Beer!
• Hermine Tobolowsky (1921-1995)

FEBRUARY 2025

• University Park in the ’20s
• 1190 On Your Dial – 1947 (KLIF)
• You Want Big Cabbages? We Got Big Cabbages – 1908 (novelty postcards)
• Jones Hospital Building, 3116 Live Oak – 1933 (still standing)
• H. L. Green Lunch Counter
• Texas: Wet, Dry, Moist – 1971 (map showing where liquor sales were legal)
• “The Musical Observer” – 1898 (Dallas arts magazine)
• Shiners for the Band – 1975 (underground art, advertising)
• “Buddy Lives” – 1973 (Buddy magazine)
• Nobody Is Minding the Store (Neiman-Marcus)
• Melody Shop, 1417 Commerce – 1972
• School Book Depository – 1964
• Doug (the Chimpanzee) Loves His Ice Cream – 1950
• Love Is Still in the Air… (blushing children, ca. 1905)
• I’m in Love with My Dr – 1931 (Dr Pepper ad)
• Crestwood Apartments, Luxury Living on Magellan Circle – 1958
• What We Did Before Computers
• KNUS 98.7 FM – 1970
• Our “Super Express Highway” (Central Expressway)
• Campisi’s, Inside
• SMU in Black and White – 1992 (graphic art)
• R. C. Hickman Exhibit/Marion Butts Exhibit
• The “Black Beatles” – 1964
• The Sensational Radio-Telephone: “New as Tomorrow” – 1948
• Meet the Grahams (Brown Cracker & Candy Co.)
• A Beautiful Day at City Hall
• Prairie Dog Drive-In, Grand Prairie
• Down on Car Theft – 1920s

JANUARY 2025

• “Bikes” – 1951 (Longfellow Elementary School)
• New-To-Me Medical Arts
• A Hive of Activity (patrons at the library’s card catalog file)
• Trent House, Hockaday – 1951
• Legacies Conference – 2025
• SMU vs State – 1953 (magazine illustration cover art)
• Grocery Store Phone Bank – 1953 (Hunt Grocery Store, Highland Park Village)
• KGKO 1480 – 1953
• Undeveloped North Dallas Caruth Farmland
• City Ambulances – Early 1900s
• Elvis Fans Pack the Palace – 1956
• Prohibition Booty – 1922
• Hugh Prather, Beverly Drive
• Buster Smith & His South Heatwave of Swing
• Pigeon Hole Parking Garages – 1956
• Big Hamhocks on Campus – 1917 (SMU)
• At the Sign of the Big Mortar – 1856
• The Love Field of Tomorrow – 1955
• Exposition Graphic Art – 1936 and 1937
• Highland Park Village: “Shop Where the Majority Shop” – 1955
• Snowy Day at Woodrow – 1948
• Snow Day! (snowman listening to KLIF)
• The Southern Rock Island Plow Co. Wants Your Trade – 1908
• Family Portrait at the Deane Studio
• Next Door to the DPL
• Temple Emanu-El, South Dallas
• No Man’s Land: North of Southwestern, East of Greenville – 1927
• Women Behaving Badly – 1922
• Power Station by Ruth Armstrong Whaley – 1927
• New Year’s Eve at the Adolphus – 1936

DECEMBER 2024

• Hanukkah, 1977
• When the Tracks Still Ran Along Pacific
• The Day Segregated Seating on Buses Ended – 1956
• Night Football Comes to Dallas – 1930 (Cotton Bowl)
• Frank Calder, Commercial Artist – 1930 (Lone Star Gas Building)
• Neiman’s Rises Up – 1927
• Ronnie Dawson – Teen Idol
• Marilla and Akard – 1950s
• Papeete: The Exotic Sheraton Hideaway
• Random Cool Building – 1950
• The Gold Rush Miniature Shooting Gallery by Electro-Ball – 1930s
• Joe Boy Is Having Quite a Time at the Fair – 1929
• This Week in Dallas – 1936 (magazine cover)
• Dunbar Branch – 1931 (architectural sketch, Dallas Public Library)
• Coffee & Confusion: The Cellar – 1969 (club exterior)
• Fisher’s Addition, West Dallas
• The Final Ride of the Dallas-Denison R.P.O. – 1948 (Pt. 2)
• The Final Ride of the Dallas-Denison R.P.O. – 1948
• Holiday Parade, Prelude
• “Bottle Etiquette” – Dallas’ Mixed-Drink Liquor Laws (a primer for out-of-towners, 1962)
• Downtown Dallas Logo in Celebration of the Sesquicentennial – 1986
• Caruth’s Inwood Village – 1950
• The “Dr Pepper Green” Enamel Finish – 1950
• Theatre Lounge: “Welcome Conventioneers” – 1951
• Kodak Plant: A Beautiful Entryway – 1950
• The Old Republic Bank Building – 1925

NOVEMBER 2024

• Taylor Publishing Co. Building – 1967
• “Black Friday” (video from NorthPark, 1975)
• “Evangelical College for Pastors” – 1929 (now Dallas Theological Seminary)
• Apartments in Segregated Dallas – 1941
• Flippen Auto Co.
• Camp Dick Track & Field Meet – 1918
• Circle Drive-In, Harry Hines
• Another Anniversary of You-Know-What
• Bird’s-Eye View of the Eppstein Building (Etc.) (at night)
• First Church of Christ, Scientist: Still Standing after 114 Years
• Escutcheon Plates, Locks, Knobs, Bolts, and Hinges – 1914 (as seen adorning the new City Hall)
• Greetings from Dallas, Texas – 1958
• Map of Oak Cliff Neighborhoods – 1959
• Pennants! – 1946
• Fair Park Band Shell, Under Construction – 1936
• Skillern’s, Main and Ervay – 1951
• J. E. Maybery, Rural Grocer
• “Dallas Skyline” by Ed Bearden
• Whittle’s – 1965
• Lake Highlands Village – 1951
• Lot’s Wife – ca. 1965 (sculpture by Mark Macken at Dallas Public Library)
• Stemmons Freeway, Really Coming Along – 1964
• Lakewood Shopping Center at Night
• Neiman’s Diamond Jubilee – 1982
• Presby: “Ready to Serve in 1966” (Presbyterian Hospital)
• Buckner Bowl

OCTOBER 2024

• Super-Cool Car, Super-Cool House
• The School Book Depository, For Your Desk – 1964 (weird collectible)
• Cannon’s Village, West Davis & Edgefield – 1920s
• Spend an Afternoon with Abbie Hoffman – 1970 (at the Fair Park band shell)
• The Clever Western Smartee Slack Suit – 1946 (fashion for women)
• Dallas Fashion and Sportswear – 1946
• The Workday Grind – 1934
• Ritz Deli, Akard Street
• DFW Archives Bazaar 2024, Old City Park
• “The Dallasite” Magazine, Main Street Parade Cover – 1930
• Boude Storey Under Construction – 1932
• Greenway Parks – 1930
• Football Debuts in Texas Stadium – 1971 (Bishop College)
• The Farmers Market – 1970s
• Futuro II at the State Fair of Texas – 1970 (spaceship or cool bachelor pad?)
• Patreon Posts with Links (pinned post)
• Commerce Street, Before the Magnolia Building – ca. 1913
• Iconic Theater Signs – 1951 (Majestic, Vogue, Esquire, Inwood, Circle)
• Joe Bob Briggs: We Are the Weird
• A Leisurely Stroll Around the State Fair Race Track – 1900
• Three Dog Night/Faces/B. W. Stevenson at the Cotton Bowl – 1972
• Campbell House Hotel, Elm & Harwood
• A Mid-Century Baker Hotel by Artist Ted Lewy
• Beatlemania at Highland Park High School – 1964 (teen band The Twilights)
• Saving the Junius Heights Columns – 1973
• A Futuristic Downtown Library: One Imagined, One Realized
• Fortnight Shopping Bags (Neiman-Marcus Fortnights)
• Hollywood, East Dallas – 1924 (Hollywood-Santa Monica neighborhood)
• Main Street Tear-Downs – 1934 (making way for Dealey Plaza)

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Sources & Notes

Aerial photo of the Belmont Motor Hotel is from a postcard/booklet found on eBay. This was the description of the Belmont’s amenities (um, “oyster bar”…).

More info on supporting my Flashback Dallas work on Patreon can be found here. All subscriber levels have the same access — $5 a month is a bargain! I try to post at least 5 times a week — posts come directly to your email inbox. You can cancel, restart, or change your subscription amount at any time. Thank you!

Calgon, take me away…

by Paula Bosse

My overly optimistic proclamation that I would be posting here more frequently isn’t working out as I had hoped. Dealing with a new job and the continuing health challenges of a loved one have caused time and energy to have disappeared. I still hope that I will be able to post more often soon, but, at the moment, things are difficult.

I always wince when I post about my work on Patreon, fearing I’m spamming longtime readers — the very people I don’t want to turn off or annoy! But the fact is, I rely on the small income I receive from Patreon subscribers to pay pressing bills. I always love writing about Dallas history, but during this chaotic period of my life, I’m having to focus a bit more on getting those posts that earn me a bit of income out every day. (I’m not sure anyone actually wants daily posts, so I may cut those down a little in the future, but for the past year and a half, I’ve been writing short Patreon posts every day, accompanied by images I hope I haven’t duplicated from the past ten years’ worth of posts here on the blog.)

If you would like to support me over on Patreon, you can subscribe for as little as $5 a month. You are automatically charged on the same day of each month, so if you want to just check it out and see what’s over there, you can subscribe, scroll through a bunch of posts, and cancel at any time (just make sure you cancel before a new pay period starts!).

Below is a list of what I tackled in August and September, (See the previous topics I’ve covered here.)

SEPTEMBER 2024

• YMCA, Commerce Street
• Braniff Airways: Cowboys in Helicopters – ca. 1962
• State Fair, Bubble Bounce – 1950s (in fabulous Kodachrome)
• Fair Park Is Dead, Long Live Fair Park – 1935 (demolition of old buildings for the Centennial)
• Campus Map: What To Know, Where To Go – 1941 (SMU)
• Red Sublett, Rodeo Clown – 1922
• Commerce, Near Lamar
• Highland Park City Hall and Community Center – 1924
• Wilson Building – ca. 1906
• “No Steer Is So Fat…” – 1947 (Everette DeGolyer/Carl Hertzog card)
• “Curve-Greaser” – 1935
• Hall of State OG XL – 1935 (early rendering)
• Fair Park Lagoon – 1936
• Chief Settlements of Early Dallas (Map)
• Trinity River, Before the Move
• Medical Arts Building, 1923-1978
• Frank Lloyd Wright, Downtown
• As Iconic Shopping Malls Go… (NorthPark)
• Market & Commerce, Southwest Corner
• Return of (High School) Football: Booker T. Washington – 1952
• Daytrip to Thurber
• Tamale Seller, Elm Street – ca. 1890
• Red Bryan’s Smokehouse: Be Just Like Red
• Where the Boys Are: Atkins Hall, SMU – 1936
• Grandma’s House/Satori House – Oak Lawn
• Dallasites Inspecting Trinity Dam – ca. 1890
• Main, West Towards Ervay — 1920s

AUGUST 2024

• Adolphus Hotel, Favorite of Cowboys
• Flashback Newsflash! (I’ve got a new job!)
• Trinity Heights Streetcar, Elm Street – ca. 1943
• Centennial Sightseeing Buses – 1936
• McKell Street (Old East Dallas)
• City Park Play Center – ca. 1914
• Bye-Bye, Lloyd Estate: 1912-2024
• Parkland Hospital, 1894
• Typing Class – 1953 (Booker T. Washington High School)
• Alexander Mansion, Ross Avenue – ca. 1905
• A Beautiful Drive
• Methodist Hospital, Oak Cliff
• #19 Bus to Abrams, Via Baylor – 1948
• Dallas Buggy and Wagon Co. – 1905
• Munger Place Apartment – 1920
• Sivils Carhops on Strike! – 1940
• The Adolphus and Commerce Street, In Color
• Perry Nichols: DMN Mural – 1949
• Highland Park Village Theatre
• Big D Self-Promotion – ca. 1923
• Love Field Rifle Range – ca. 1918
• Texas International Airlines – ca. 1969
• Dallas Annual Chrysanthemum Show – 1907
• The Carpenters, For Morton’s Potato Chips – 1970
• Red Cross Cotton Field – 1918
• Italian Village, Oak Lawn – 1956
• St. Paul Additions
• Galloupe Hotel/Hotel Milam – 2013 Main

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Sources & Notes

1936 Texas Centennial postcard of the Fair Park lagoon is from eBay.

More info on supporting my Flashback Dallas work on Patreon can be found here. All subscriber levels have the same access. You can cancel, restart, or change your subscription amount at any time. Thank you! (The commercial has ended.)

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Copyright © 2024 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.

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

Previous topics covered by me on Patreon can be found here.

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Sources & Notes

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

Consider supporting me on Patreon here. You can cancel at any time!

Copyright © 2024 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.

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.)

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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.

Subscribe to my Patreon page for the rock-bottom price of only five bucks a month! In return, you get a post every day. Cancel anytime! No strings attached! The page is here. Thank you!

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1300 block of Main, 1927

by Paula Bosse

This photo — which captures a good up-close view of 1920s traffic — shows the south side of Main Street, with a view to the southeast from Field. Hurst Bros., a men’s clothing store, was at 1300-04 Main. This view looks very different today — see it on Google Street View here.

This is one of the many photos I’ve shared on my Patreon account, where subscribers get daily mini- (and sometimes not-so-mini) Flashback Dallas posts for the low, low price of $5 a month (or more, if you’re so inclined). You can cancel at any time. No strings attached. I appreciate everyone who supports me there. There are the occasional public posts, and there is an option to join for free to see those posts. More info can be found here.

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Below are the Patreon posts from December 2023 and January 2024.

JANUARY 2024

• 2700 Block of Live Oak – 7-Up, Etc.
• Carhops and a Convertible Ford Deluxe
• WFAA Transmitter – 1930
• Funeral Procession, Matched White Horses – 1904
• 1300 Block of Main: Hurst Bros., Etc. – 1927
• Braniff, Home of the “College-Girl Hostesses”
• The Changing Face of Commerce Street: Historic Clinic to Adult Movie Theater
• School Book Depository Lunchroom – 1963
• Mario’s (and Brenda Vaccaro)
• Lone Wolf
• Julius Dorsey School/Colonial Hill School
• Kessler Park: “High Above the City, Where Breezes Blow” – 1927
• Fritos Fruit Salad Mold – 1947
• After the Show at the State Fair Auditorium – 1954
• Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. – 1930
• Nighttime View from a Suite at the Sheraton – 1959
• A Great Big “Statue” at Fair Park
• McKinney Avenue Feed Store – 1897
• “If Football Is Your Game, Pearl Is Your Beer”
• The “Gulf Clouds” Fountain – 1916
• Highland Park Village, Brought to You by Flippen-Prather – 1940
• Dallas Has Always Loved Cars – 1912
• Papa Dad’s Barbecue – 2214 N. Hall Street
• Fretz Park Soccer Champions – 1928
• Lee Park, From the Air – 1950
• Ross Avenue Courts/Ross Avenue Motel
• Bon Air Courts, Ross Avenue
• Baker Hotel, A Texas Institution – 1942-43
• Howdy from Dallas – And Happy New Year!

DECEMBER 2023

• Pan American Sombrero – 1937
• Fondren Library, SMU: 1938-39
• Merry Christmas!
• Bronco Bowl – 2600 Fort Worth Avenue
• Exall Lake, Highland Park
• The Gaston Building
• El Centro Hotel, 906 North Central – 1954
• The Blessing of the Animals — 1971
• Memorial Auditorium – 1957
• Dallas Academy – Excellence & Happiness in The Cedars
• Geo. A. Brewer Undertaking Co. and Funeral Home
• Forget the Counterfeiters, What About the Motorcycles?
• My Pal, Mr. Wiggly Worm
• Neiman’s Gets Bigger – 1926/1927
• Helpy-Selfy: “A Dallas Institution” – 1920s
• Longhorns Wading in the Fair Park Lagoon – 1936
• Bob Clark’s Tom Thumb, Cockrell Hill – ca. 1951
• James Surls in East Dallas – 1975
• Big Tex Army-Navy: Hippies Welcome!
• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, South Dallas
• Concorde/Braniff International – 1979
• Tailfins at the Meadows Building
• VP Dick Nixon Visits Big D – 1960
• Melrose Theater, Oak Lawn – 1932
• Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, South Dallas

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Sources & Notes

Photo from eBay.

I’ve been posting on Patreon since April 2023. If you’d like to check out all the subjects I’ve posed about, you can see them listed in the links below (or see them all here).

• “The ‘Other’ Flashback Dallas…”
• “The ‘Shadow’ Flashback”
• “Flashback Dallas Side Hustle”

And if you’d like to join me on Patreon, I would appreciate the generosity!

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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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Only 9¢ to see ALL OF THIS!

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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The beautiful Copper Cow… (from a July Patreon post)

by Paula Bosse

At the beginning of April 2023, I started a Patreon page. I post something there every day — exclusive content for my patrons who support me by pledging $5, $10, or $15 a month. Not only is it flattering that people do this, but the extra cash has helped me tremendously at an uncertain time as I begin a job search. (Thank you, patrons!)

Because people might not know what I do over on Patreon, I basically write mini-Flashback Dallas posts, which are accompanied by photos, ads, illustrations, etc. If you’d like to get these little Dallas-history tidbits in your mailbox every morning, please consider signing up. It’s painless. You can always sign up, read through what’s there, and, if it’s not something you’re interested in, you can cancel at any time. But, of course, I hope you’ll join and stay awhile. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed doing it. If you’re interested, you can check it out and join here.

Below is a list of what I’ve posted on Patreon since I started in April.

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AUGUST 2023

• Six Flags: Stagecoach Rides and Buffalo (1961-1967)
• Booker T. Washington High School: Vocational Classes – 1953
• Fritos: Truly Krisp and Tender – 1940s (Recipes)
• Preston State Bank, 8111 Preston Road – 1970
• Roger Staubach Loves Air Conditioning – 1979
• NorthPark from the Air – 1965
• Royal Haven Baptist Church
• Commerce Street, From the “Y” – ca. 1912
• “Thrilling! Inspiring! Gorgeous!” – 1936 (Texas Centennial)
• Louanns Mural
• Eubanks Cafe, Harry Hines Blvd.
• Skyline: Tax Day, 1959
• Women’s Building (Grand Place) – 1954
• Oh dear…. (a confusing photo labeled “West Dallas School” which ended up being in West Dallas, Wisconsin)
• City of China, Fair Park – 1936
• From the Country of 1100 Springs – 1968
• The Chicken Shack, 2700 Fort Worth Ave. – 1939
• Hospitals – 1916
• Jack Ruby’s Home Sweet Home – 1963
• IBM Building, 2911 Cedar Springs – 1959
• Texas Heat Wave – 1980
• Pre-Dealey, Pre-Demo

JULY 2023

• Miss Phoebe: The Lady Bug-Killer
• NorthPark Cinema I & II – 1965
• The Girls of St. Mary’s – 1911
• New Method: Laughing Gas – 1919
• Streetcar Yard, Old East Dallas – 1954
• Dallas Medical Center Envisioned – 1943
• Xavier Cugat School of Dancing & Vogue Dance Studio – 1957
• Laughead Photographers
• Elm & Harwood, Lotsa Landmarks
• West Dallas Mexican Presbyterian Mission – ca. 1942
• “Village, TX” – 1948 (Highland Park Village post office)
• Highland Park West – 1925
• Jamieson Film Company – 1968
• Passenger Terminal, Love Field – 1939
• The Ott Lock Building, Elm Street
• Ross & Harwood, and a Beautiful James Flanders Church
• The Copper Cow: The Most Beautiful MCM Restaurant Interior in Dallas?
• Volk’s Floor, Wynnewood Shopping Village – 1952
• Fair Park: Band Stand (ca. 1909) vs. Band Shell (1936)
• The Chalet – Lakewood Nightlife
• Sex Pistols at the Longhorn Ballroom – 1978
• City Hospital
• Big Tex & His Messy Followers
• Dallas Transit System’s Blue and Orange Fleet
• A Texas 4th of July
• Take a Refreshing Dip at Kidd Springs
• The Old Federal Reserve Bank

JUNE 2023

• Dal-Hi Baseball – 1911
• Main Entrance to SMU – ca. 1915
• Dallas Terminal Station by Buck Schiwetz – 1925
• Sidewalk Plaques on N. Harwood
• Eva & Nell Hernandez, Walking Down Elm Street (Volk Store) – 1935
• The Wedgwood, Oak Cliff High Rise – 1965
• Sidewalk Photographer at the Centennial – 1936
• Dr Pepper Cocktails – 1964 (Recipes)
• World of Animals/Lion Country Safari
• Aerial View of the Skyline, To the South – 1970s
• Make Pappy Happy – Get Him a Spittoon!
• Elm Street Store: Whiskey, Brooms, Cigars – 1900-ish
• Preston Royal Theater, 1959-1985
• Statler Hilton Snow
• A Pet Horse Grazing in University Park – 1931
• Become a Fabulous Texette, A Texas Stadium Usherette
• Love Field Pilots Love Their Moms
• The Way to Dallas is Fast and Crooked
• The Washington Theatre, “For the Better Class”
• The Belmont Hotel
• Bowen Street at the MKT Viaduct – 1906-ish
• Gordon McLendon, The Old Scotchman
• Devil’s Bowl Speedway
• Pacific, Live Oak, St. Paul – 1925
• Texas Instruments, Coming to a Prairie Near You: 1957-1958
• When You Could Buy a Windmill Downtown – 1887

MAY 2023

• The Tagliabue Building, Jackson Street – 1935-1938
• WWI Airfield Jazz Bands in DFW
• The Magnolia Sky Revue: 1952-1956
• Padgitt Bros. Saddlery, Est. 1869
• Larry McMurtry Auction – 2023
• Post Office and Federal Building: Bleak Days – 1930
• My Favorite Downtown Building with a Rocket on Top
• Mockingbird American (American Motors car dealership)
• View from a Trestle – 1967
• Retail on the Frontier – 1859
• Before Ebby Came Along, There Was Ira…
• SMU for Yellow Pages – 1963
• Little Bit of Sweden
• Eveready HQ – 431 South Ervay
• Lobello’s
• Teller Cages and Cuspidors – ca. 1908
• Skyline in Black and White – 1973
• Clearing Way for Dealey Plaza – 1935
• Hop-a-Bus: No, It Wasn’t a Dream
• Morticians Supply Company
• Peaches Records & Tapes
• “You’ve Never Seen the Likes” – 1950 State Fair of Texas
• I. M. Pei’s City Hall Model – 1968
• Movie Row: Elm Street – 1940
• Parry Ave. Fire Station (No. 3 Hook & Ladder Co.)
• Brockles – The Famous Special Salad Dressing (Recipe)
• Dallas Welcomes the Elks with Pure Artesian Water and a “Full Trough”
• State Fair Exposition Building – ca. 1912
• The Quadrangle – 1969

APRIL 2023

• Southfork Dallas, USA
• FronTex: Dudin’ It Up – 1946-1947
• Boude Storey Jr. High School
• Sombrero-Time: Six Flags – 1965
• The Majestic Theatre, Jerry Bywaters – 1936
• Big Tex: Centennial Liquors Spokesmodel
• Love Field, From the Air and In the Tower – 1940s
• Baker Hotel/Adolphus Hotel – Amateur Snapshots
• Dallas Gun Club – 1955-1962
• Dallas Motorcycle Cop – 1920
• Dallas: “The City of the Hour”
• “Dallas” Pinball – 1949
• Dallas Morning News Mini Museum – 2023
• Dallas Morning News: “Hep” Wanted – 1953
• Rats
• The Iceman Cometh, and Will Wait While You Fetch Your Coupon Book
• Casa Linda Theater – 1952
• The Drug Abuse Club – 1974
• “Principal City, Dallas” – 1910s
• Fair Park Swimming Pool: 1926-1960
• Texas Motor Coaches’ Super Express – 1947
• The State Theater – ca. 1952 (State-Thomas)
• City Park Highway
• Frugging in North Dallas – 1964
• Pleasant Grove Chrysler-Plymouth-Valiant – 1960s
• Get Your 8-Tracks at 7-Eleven – 1975
• Republic Bank Building – 1955 (Kodachrome)
• Take the Streetcar to Fair Park
• White Rock Lake Pig Stand
• Have a Cow in Beverly Hills – 1910s
• “The Bonnie Parker Story” – 1958
• Dallas’ Carnegie Library
• Interstate 345 Under Construction – 1971
• It’ll Do Club, Afternoon Dancing and Drinking
• The Sportatorium, Y’all – 1975
• Skillern’s: “Beautiful, Streamlined, Completely Departmentalized” – 1948
• The Adolphus, The Baker, The Horse Shoe, The Colony Club
• Sanger Bros. – 1899
• Lamar & Smith Funeral Home, Oak Cliff
• Colbert’s, Casa Linda – 1967
• The Ripley Believe It or Not Odditorium – 1936
• Loew’s Melba Theatre – 1920s
• Dave’s Pawn Shop, Deep Ellum – 1955
• Akard Streetcar
• North on Ervay, from Commerce – In Color
• I’ve Done It – I’m on Patreon… (April 2, 2023)

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Sources & Notes

Photo of the interior of the Copper Cow restaurant (1519 Commerce Street) by Squire Haskins, from the Squire Haskins Photography Inc. Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections — more information on this photo is on the UTA website here. (I tackled the Copper Cow in July in the Patreon post “The Copper Cow: The Most Beautiful MCM Restaurant Interior in Dallas?”)

If you think you might like to join me on Patreon, more info is here. Thanks!

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