Dallas Historical Society

Park and Rec to Spend Time, Money Looking at Turning Exposition Plaza Into a Monument Park

​A few years back there were some questions on the Dallas Historical Society's chatboard about what in the wide, wide world of sports Exposition Plaza's supposed to be. Because, sure, you drive by the circular mini-park at Canton and Exposition all the time if you're heading from downtown to Fair ... More >>

Money Tight, the Dallas Historical Society Now Needs to Charge Admission to the Hall of State

Flickr user: Whatknot​At present, the Hall of State in Fair Park is closed to the public whilst it breaks down the "Texas!" exhibit that went up in time for, and lingered well after, the State Fair of Texas and attracted some 120,000 visitors during its run. But when it reopens at the beginning of ... More >>

Basking in Historical Sexiness

Farewell to Philanthropist Nancy Hamon, Who Helped Foot the Bill For Dallas's Arts Scene

​When word came down earlier this evening that Nancy Hamon had died at 92, I immediately thought of the unfortunate dust-up three Julys ago, when some folks, among them Joyce Foreman and Carla Ranger, voiced their displeasure with the Dallas ISD's decision to put Hamon's name on the side of Booker ... More >>

Microwaveable Entrees Freeze Out Brown Bag Lunch Meetings

The Dallas Historical Society this week released a schedule for its upcoming "brown bag lunch" series, an institution some statistics suggest is rapidly becoming quaint. ​Brown bag lunches continue to thrive in academic settings, where professorial types are happy to have the chance to lunch ... More >>

Something for Super Bowl Visitors to See When They're Done at Dealey Plaza

​I'm sure the Sixth Floor Museum will be buzzing. Southfork Ranch. And, unless I'm gauging folks way wrong, during the upcoming Super Bowl week the gentlemen's establishments around D-FW will be jammed as well. But for football fans -- visitors and locals -- there's something you just gotta see. R ... More >>

How Much Dallas History Is In This 1890 Photo For Sale on eBay? Quite a Bit.

​What you see at left is but a bit of a photo currently up for grabs on eBay at the low, low price (for now) of $39. It was taken in 1890 at the intersection of McKinney and Harwood, and the photo IDs the manse only as "Maroney's House," per the scribble on the back of the photograph.But the alway ... More >>

Porter Chevrolet Sends Christmas Wishes

​I came across this photo this morning, for sale on eBay. For obvious reasons -- and, yes, that's said to be an actual car sitting in Santa's lap -- it became My Obsession of the Day. Ad insists it was taken in '54 at Porter Chevrolet in Dallas; that's what the handwritten note on the back says, a ... More >>

Salute The Hat

S-S-Seriously, Phil Collins Is Coming to Hall of State at Fair Park Next Month to Talk Alamo

Bill Chemerka, co-author of Music of the Alamo: From 19th Century Ballads to Big-Screen Soundtracks, with Phil Collins​Not making that up -- the press release that just landed in the Unfair Park in-box follows. But long story short: The Genesis singer-drummer is a ginormous Alamo fetishist -- so m ... More >>

Ten Years Later, AIA-Dallas Plans on Updating Its Invaluable Guide to Dallas Architecture

​Speaking of great books about Dallas architecture ...On Monday, shortly after I mentioned that the Dallas Historical Society has reissuing Dallas Rediscovered on its to-do list, a Friend of Unfair Park sent word that the American Institute of Architects-Dallas is planning on updating The American ... More >>

Later Than Sooner, Dallas Historical Society Will Rediscover, Reissue Dallas Rediscovered

​A few weeks ago, a good Friend of Unfair Park asked to borrow my copy of Dallas Rediscovered: A Photographic Chronicle of Urban Expansion 1870-1925. Needed it for a research project. Half-Price didn't have a copy; dunno 'bout the library. But, sure, I said. Go ahead; just don't lose it. Because c ... More >>

For Sale, a Photo of the Man Who Took Some of the Most Iconic Early Pictures of Dallas

​Friend of Unfair Park PeterK, who knows of my affection for old Dallas photos, sends word of this rare gem for sale on eBay: a portrait -- or, perhaps, a self-portrait -- of Charles Erwin Arnold. If you're unfamiliar with the name (or the nickname, "Painter of the Lens"), perhaps you've seen some ... More >>

Lunching with History

Mansions Ma'ams

Extremely Big D

Take an insanely historical tour

A Coffee-Table Tribute to Those Who Built This City (Not on Rock and Roll)

The Dallas Historical Society's Lincoln Letter Is a Most Controversial Find

Bringing Dallas' Past Into the Present

Knights' Tale

Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink

Some of Dallas' Priceless History Has Gone Missing

Gab Bag

Tall Buildings

See downtown in a single bound

Deep In It Now, A Neighborhood Tries to Save Itself

Lone Star Legends

The Dallas Historical Society admires Courage, Honor & Dignity

True-Crime Tour

At the Crossroads

I Heart History

Drawn Together

Game On

And clothes off

Saint Frances

Author Mayes boasts about her perfect life

Street Scene

Get the holidays in motion

At War

Associated Press photographers returned with Memories of World WarII

Suck It

Mug down on mudbugs during Crawfest 2004

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Get Out

Kids show off their extracurricular activities

Type Cast

Texas authors talk about their state and the arts

Night of the Living Art

Howl at the moon and the Monets

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

History Lessons

The Smithsonian brings modern artifacts

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Blues Notes

See the other Deep Ellum

JFK Journey

Oswald, from shot to grave

Original Gangsters

Romeo and Juliet with guns

Grave Matters

The tombstones in Oakland Cemetery bear names that reflect Dallas' greatness and its shame, from former mayors to klansmen. But years of neglect have left it overgrown and forgotten.

True Crime

Dallas' favorite criminal pair offers tourists a real Texas treat

Night & Day

June 3 - 9, 1999

Out of the rubble

A new book on Deep Ellum's past strips away the dust of myth and history

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