Sachse Celebration of Souls – Saturday, October 7
Kick your halloweekends off properly by joining me, costumed actors and the Sachse cemetery for a tour.
High-end shopping in DFW talk
4 pm, tomorrow, Saturday, November 19. Landmark Museum. Free for Members, $10 for the rest of y'all. Fancy pants shopping and holiday history [...]
Historic Halloween – 1944 (75 years ago)
Halloween articles in the Dallas Morning News are a bit of a buzz kill. The articles are lamenting the fact that candles, paper [...]
Parking madness – the shopping edition GalleryParking madness – the shopping edition
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Parking madness – the shopping edition
Christmas shopping circa 1906? Nope. This is a photo of trade days in 1906 on Garland's square. Trade days normally occurred on a [...]
Christmas toys for the kids!
Picture it. Garland, Texas, 1937. (Ode to Sophia.) Holiday toys for girls and boys are being advertised in the newspaper in huge [...]
Neiman-Marcus, divorce
While the children’s wear department at Neiman-Marcus was a success, the marriage of Carrie and Al was not. Al had an exceptionally rough [...]
Neiman-Marcus, new store/new departments
As mentioned in a previous post, Sears and Roebuck was selling children's clothing at a low price point to their working class customers [...]
Neiman-Marcus, rebounding after the fire
Due to the fire in 1913, Neiman-Marcus posted a net loss. The only other year to post a loss was 2017. Neiman-Marcus rebounded [...]