Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s
In 1950 Dallas was a spirited Texas town of some regional importance; by 1980 it was an international city, one of the nation’s most populous, a center of trade, transportation, finance, pro sports, and popular culture.
Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s documents this amazing transformation with seldom-seen photographs of the period. Nearly 200 historic images show Dallas in the process of refashioning its skyline, its streets, its institutions, its public behavior, and its sense of self and worth. Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s blends striking black-and-white images with crisp commentary to chronicle moments of joy, pride, and anguish during these tumultuous decades.
This volume takes readers back to the not-so-long-ago Dallas of trolley buses, downtown movie theaters, and four-lane expressways, then shows how the city transcended its parochial beginnings to become one of the most dynamic American cities of the twentieth century.
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Book details
- Author
- Rusty Williams
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
History › United States › State & Local - Topics
- Dallas history · Texas cities · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · urban transformation · 20th century America · local history
- ISBN-13
- 9781684421268
About the author
RUSTY WILLIAMS is a writer-historian and the author of several nonfiction books on Texas and Southwestern history, including Deadly Dallas: A History of Unfortunate Incidents & Grisly Fatalities, Red River Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma Border Battle and My Old Confederate Home: A Respectable Place for Civil War Veterans.
Williams began his career as a newswriter and has written for the Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Antonio Express-News, and the Associated Press. He also contributes articles to history magazines, journals, and websites.
When not writing, Williams speaks to historical societies and organizations throughout the Southwest. His work remains focused on the history of Texas and the broader Southwestern region.
Rusty lives in Dallas, Texas.