Dallas, Texas: History, Pop Culture, and Vintage Advertising
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Watch this really well-made short film about Dallas City Hall. It is the first installment of a series, which will continue on the YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=TYcfrcE4…
Merry Christmas! As construction work was going on in Fair Park for the 1936 Texas Centennial, Santa and his Texas cow ponies were getting ready: a Centennial Rangerette had to help Santa don and doff tight cowboy boots. (Centennial Times, 12/21/35, Dallas Historical Society)
Architecture critic Ada Louis Huxtable talks about Dallas in a 1976 Channel 13 interview. She talks about the then-under-construction Dallas City Hall designed by I. M. Pei at the 2:00 mark. @SMUJonesFilm youtu.be/dBIyfymQXVI?si=3HeO…
From the Dallas Public Library: "In honor of Classical History Month, we present this 1953 photo of Walter Hendl, conductor of the @DallasSymphony from 1949 to 1959. He is seen here intently studying a music score." (From the Hayes Collection, Dallas History & Archives)
Sissy Spacek is on the right (March 1967), WFAA Collection, G. William Jones Collection, Hamon Arts Library, SMU.
I know it doesn't look like the Sissy we've seen in movies, but it's her, Here's the photo of the outcome of the contest, from the front page of the Longview paper, April 8, 1967.
From the Dallas Public Library LinkedIn page, in honor of Elvis' 90th bday on Jan. 8: "This photo shows crowds lined up outside the Palace Theatre (Elm & Ervay) in Nov. 1956 to see E's new movie, 'Love Me Tender.'" (Ed Hall Collection, Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Pub. Lib.)
I'm not sure I've seen a snowman with a transistor radio before. Snowmen love KLIF! Happy snow day(s)! Stay warm! (Photo: Portal to Texas History)
