Kinda Cool, Kinda Sad

'Be cool to have one of those cast-iron turtles. Don't know what I'd do with it, but it'd be cool. I bet they could really screw up a car.

i guess all three streets were two way back then? never really thought about that.

I love the old pictures like this. The more current picture is from the other side of the bride, but same location.

Good Catch

I have driven that road many times as a youth trying to find good parking for rock concerts back in the day at Reunion Arena

I also remember some of those old massive round bumps. I remember a buddy of mine blew a tire hitting one. Obviously not the one's as big in the old picture, but Farmers Branch used to have some big one's in their turn lanes.

Love seeing the old pics, especially of the DFW area. Simpler times.

Where's the black guy trying to sell JFK dvd's?

City titties can do some damage, that’s for sure.

Cowboy, Dallas in background. 1940s maybe?



Now that’s a Dallas cowboy

Aug. 20, 1945

Great picture!

I did a little research on that photo. That view from the cowboy's perspective was facing east. Those two stacks were the old Dallas Power & Light (DP&L). It was actually boiler generated, so steam was produced and not smoke. I-35 had not even been built yet, but there were railroads just on the outskirts (just not viewable). The Trinity River would have been behind the cowboy. They were probably grazing along the edge of it. I believe the (now not so new) American Airlines Center is where the old DP&L used to be.

As a side note, there was an 8 acre spray pond that adjoined the old DP&L plant.

Texas School Book Depository, about that time again.

I started here in 1952, lots of changes since then.

I might have been hitting around the edges on my research. Scrow down to the comments and they get into much more detail and with fascinating photos.

https://flashbackdallas.com/2020/08/20/august-20-1945/

I remember those old smokestacks. Neuhoff Packing built a plant near those and operated there for many years. I visited their kill floor just a short time before they went out of business. It's the same area where the Falstaff waterfall billboard was and where American Airlines Arena stands today.

Same here.

Pearl Beer. From the country of 1100 springs. Near Leakey, Texas.

Good thread, RR.