Jodie Thompson and 7-Eleven Origins, Part III

By |2019-01-20T18:39:46+00:00January 20th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Dry goods store, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans, West End|

We left Jodie Thompson loading ice wagons for Consumers Ice in Oak Cliff..... He must have done alright for himself during those busy [...]

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“Jodie” Thompson and 7-Eleven origins

By |2019-01-18T20:12:19+00:00January 18th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans|

Joe C Thompson, Jr., who was better known as “Jodie Thompson", would be the founder of what we know as 7-Eleven. How did [...]

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The History of 7-Eleven

By |2019-01-15T19:10:02+00:00January 15th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, Promotions, South Dallas, Texans|

7-Eleven started in Oak Cliff as an icehouse.  People needed blocks of ice for their 'iceboxes' and the Southland Ice Company was there [...]

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Parking madness – the shopping edition

By |2018-12-20T19:22:38+00:00December 20th, 2018|architecture, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, knights of pythias, Men, Style, Texans, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, Women|

Christmas shopping circa 1906? Nope. This is a photo of trade days in 1906 on Garland's square. Trade days normally occurred on a [...]

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Christmas toys for the kids!

By |2018-12-19T18:42:32+00:00December 19th, 2018|Accessories, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas History, department stores, Dry goods store, Great Depression, Promotions, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Picture it. Garland, Texas, 1937. (Ode to Sophia.)   Holiday toys for girls and boys are being advertised in the newspaper in huge [...]

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Gift Certificates!

By |2018-12-17T19:32:12+00:00December 17th, 2018|Accessories, architecture, art, Black History, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Children's Toys, Civil War, Columbian Exposition, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, department stores, Design, Dogs, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, knights of pythias, La Reunion, lynching, Magnolia Building, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, Oddfellows, Old Red Museum, Omni Hotel, Pegasus, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Politics, rail lines, Restoration, Reunion Tower, Slavery, South Dallas, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, West End, White Rock Lake, Women|

GIFT CERTIFICATE AVAILABILITY Are you stuck on what to buy for your in-laws? Saddled with a co-worker you don't know in the Secret [...]

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New Topic for Tours!

By |2018-11-05T17:21:35+00:00November 5th, 2018|architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, drug use, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, knights of pythias, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, night clubs, Oddfellows, Politics, rail lines, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, White Rock Lake, Women|

I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday.  A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]

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