H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI

By |2019-07-10T17:38:11+00:00July 10th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Who is this Herman Mudgett/H.H. Holmes character?  How is he luring young women all the way [...]

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Busch – Kirby Building, Part II

By |2019-06-07T01:12:14+00:00June 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, innovations, rail lines, train history, trains|

Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main Street, Dallas Originally built by Adolphus Busch as a 17-story office and retail space (it has more recently been [...]

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Mo’ Busch Money

By |2019-06-05T16:27:58+00:00June 5th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

I got a little flakey with posting there for a while, so your reward is this magnificent Dallas Building! It has a few [...]

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Honorary Dallasite – the Innovator

By |2019-03-02T19:42:12+00:00March 2nd, 2019|adolphus, beer, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, Men, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Adolphus Busch, Honorary Dallasite So, life happened and I didn’t post for a while. But you know what makes life better?  BEER. Do [...]

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Honorary Dallasite – All the babies edition

By |2019-02-18T16:34:40+00:00February 18th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, beer, Children's Toys, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Restoration, train history, trains, Women|

Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite and his powerhouse wife, continued. I didn’t want to be a bummer on Valentine’s day, so I only mentioned [...]

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Real Beer, Honorary Dallasite, Part III

By |2019-02-11T16:30:17+00:00February 11th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, Slavery, Texans, train history, trains|

If you are thinking to yourself, poor Adolphus Busch!  Just 18 years old and in a new country!  But, don’t feel too badly [...]

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Real Beer, Honorary Dallasite

By |2019-02-07T22:53:24+00:00February 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

Honorary Dallasite for a few days, Adolphus Busch – the 21st of 22 children.  But don’t worry, his dad was a businessman with his fingers [...]

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Beer!

By |2019-02-06T22:49:07+00:00February 6th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, Chicago world's fair, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, Men, Style, Texas State Fair, train history, trains|

Let’s talk beer!  Yay, you say!  Would you love to hear about Lone Star or some other distinctly Texas beer?! Sorry, we are [...]

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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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