Flashback: Dallas

Dallas, Texas: History, Pop Culture, and Vintage Advertising

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Exciting news about the online archives of The Dallas Morning News! https://t.co/Dy7eKzzzFl

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It's very convenient working in the Dallas History& Archives when you're looking for things about your family! https://t.co/4F4DwPLbeJ

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Why was outlaw country singer David Allan Coe left "disgruntled" by the Longhorn Ballroom in 1975? https://t.co/o01MoBzpQj

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I won't dwell on it, but here's one of my occasional attempts at self-promotion to mention that there is a Flashback Dallas Patreon page (subscribe for as little as $5 a month). See what I've been posting about recently. https://t.co/EDwTbGTi7v

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Read an article by my friend Julia Barton about a 1978 Soviet-made TV program about Big D. It may not be what you think it is. https://t.co/7WOc3BeJZF

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Snow, saloons, a Baptist church. This neighborhood's got it all. https://t.co/rbh71BpjII

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Posting about baseball in football season? Yes! Read about the 1910 Texas League champions, the Dallas Giants. https://t.co/AKcbsrAKbG

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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. https://t.co/Mw2rilA8dI

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The final post of 2025: the most popular posts of the year, determined by the readers. Thank you for following me for another year! Happy New Year! https://t.co/198Z8ZgvJi

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There were a lot fewer Flashback Dallas blog posts in 2025 than in previous years, so my list is shorter, but these were my personal favorites. As always, thank you for reading! https://t.co/oaPBfyetFx

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Year-end list alert! My favorite photos, postcards, artworks, etc. from Flashback Dallas in 2025. https://t.co/traII9TVMZ

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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)

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Check out a cool photo from the Lowest Greenville neighborhood in the early 1930s. https://t.co/8g27dGqWv3

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Happy Thanksgiving! Watch a fun and entertaining interview with author David Fleming @FlemFile conducted by the Dallas History & Archives. His new book on the disastrous 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL) is out now! https://t.co/ppuECoo2JQ

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Did you hunt for pecans in parks with your mother and siblings when you were a child? I did. I'm not sure families do this anymore, which is a real shame. https://t.co/ccl7feKQ16

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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 https://t.co/23lldh8hPW

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Dallas City Hall is in the thick of it at the moment. Here's a little history of the landmark building, with lots of photos of I. M. Pei and of the construction. https://t.co/gPCBJTBhPV

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This post might test your patience. It's pretty long. But, if nothing else, check out the cool aerial photo of the Belmont Hotel! https://t.co/aHPpRbW5Rp

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Don't forget to set your clocks back! Speaking of the Merc, I work with a lot of very young people, 100% of whom say "mercan-TILE." I've tried to politely suggest that it's "mercan-TEEL," but they're not having it. Your thoughts on its pronunciation? https://t.co/3GrMfb3WUV

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This hulking tower looked very out of place at the Texas Centennial amongst the fabulous art deco architecture at Fair Park. https://t.co/h97pY5FefB