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  1. Earlydays
    My wife was born there in 1946....we'll be married 57 years next June.
  2. Earlydays
    Interesting trivia - DQ was founded in 1940 in Joliet, IL, not in Texas.
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    That's the River Oaks Country Club.....the original Cullen mansion was a block up the street, on the left...the NW corner of Inwood Dr. and River Oaks Blvd.
  4. Earlydays
    That must be the Norton that started the Norton Ditto Men's Store in 1908. I used to shop at their store on Main St. in the 1960's and early 1970's.
  5. Earlydays
    In the 60's and 70's Tennis was the major recreational sport for the 21 to 35 crowd.........
  6. Earlydays
    The design elements come from Aztec influences, that were popular at the time.
  7. Earlydays
    Is that Gaido's next to it??
  8. Earlydays
    If you look in the dictionary for "low bidder", you'll find that picture!
  9. Earlydays
    I have a vague recollection that it was way out Almenda......
  10. Earlydays
    I wonder if James Sweeney was the owner of Sweeney's Jewelry on Main St.?
  11. Earlydays
    I remember the Railhead was one of the first restaurants that had a large salad bar.
  12. Earlydays
    Based on the photograph this looked like a real "drinking" club!!
  13. Earlydays
    I also drove an Alfa 1750 Spyder in the early 70's that I bought at Joe Locario's SW Motors.
  14. Earlydays
    I'm sure the mission was flight training for the US Army Air Force. There were air fields all over Texas doing flight training during WWII. Texas was one of the most active areas because of good weather year around.
  15. Earlydays
    Trader Vic's was nationally known. In the 60's they were in Oakland, San Francisco, Dallas and Houston.......
  16. Earlydays
    In keeping with the nautical theme, a "Gulf" station was across the street and a "Shell" station was on the opposite corner......
  17. Earlydays
    There is a YouTube channel that is following the restoration.....
  18. Earlydays
    Very nice photographs!
  19. Earlydays
    Check out the following book, "Elvis in Texas - The Undiscovered King 1954-1958" by Stanley Oberst & Lori Torrance.
  20. Earlydays
    Definitely the real Elvis, he preformed in Texas in the mid-50's.
  21. Earlydays
    I went to both the Taft and S. Main locations and the people that worked there pronounced it An-tones.....
  22. Earlydays
    Clever.....I was referring to his statue
  23. Earlydays
    Where did "Mr. Herman" go?
  24. Earlydays
    Town & Country Apartments were really nice, we lived there in 1958.
  25. Earlydays
    I hope whoever converts the building does the proper testing for and cleanup of the toxic chemical perchloroethylene (PERC) used for dry cleaning.
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