Texas is rich with history, from bloody battles that gave us independence, to the discovery of oil in Corsicana and Beaumont. With our fast-paced modern lives today we often forget about our roots, but these photos of simpler times will bring it all back for you.
- BX Service Station at the Bergstrom AFB, Texas Base Exchange in 1956. Oh, how gas prices have changed.
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- R.L. (Lee) Jones and Julia Wilkins Jones in their car in Poolville, Texas in 1917.
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- In 1920, the New York Giants played against Kelly Field in Texas.
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- A view down Hidalgo Street of the Laredo Ice Factory cart in Laredo around 1910 (or even earlier).
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- Drag racing in Austin in 1967. I wonder how fast those cars went?
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- Downtown Alice, Texas in 1977 - don’t you just want to walk into this picture and cruise around in one of the old cars?
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- A messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Co., in Waco in 1913. Wow, bikes sure have changed a lot over the years..
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- An adorable class photo from the Live Oak School circa 1936 in San Saba, Texas. Everyone just looks so prim and proper!
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- Two beautiful ladies basking in the sun at the Corpus Christi Marina in the 1950s. Makes me want to jump right in the photograph and hit the beach!
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- The downtown portion of Elm Street at night in Dallas in 1942. Dallas looks a bit different now, huh?
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- Oh, you know, just the guys showing off their Chevy Impala in Georgetown at the local Dairy Queen in 1967. No big deal.
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- Kirby’s McCartney log loader in Kirbyville in 1916. My mom is from the nearby town of Call, so the nostalgia is definitely setting in now.
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- The People’s State Bank in Kirbyville; if you knew your banker, you knew everything about the town.
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- Texas State Capitol in 1888 - this is prior to the installation of the Goddess of Liberty atop the rotunda.
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- A soda jerker tossing a scoop of ice cream into a metal mixing cup before blending a shake in Corpus Christi in 1939. Oh, the good ol’ days..
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What memories do you cherish the most about the good ol’ days? Feel free to share any photos below or just join in the discussion!
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JOHN LLOYD/Flickr
Jay Phagan/Flickr
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Diane Deaton Street/Flickr
Arthur Rothstein/Wikipedia
Jill Carlson/Flickr
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