The 1950s were more than a time of sock hops and poodle skirts, as trivialized by sentimental Hollywood of a bygone era. The Dallas – Fort Worth area was booming, and both cities were growing rapidly. Technology and industry, along with planes, trains and automobiles, were making their mark on the area known as the Metroplex. Here are 9 photos from 1950s you’ll find mesmerizing:
This 1950s image clearly demonstrates technology challenging the Wild West.
.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/WikiMedia Commons A cowboy watches a Grumman F9F-7 Cougar plane taking off from Naval Air Station.
Interesting architecture was part of the Dallas scene.
Donald H. Speck/WikiMedia Commons Southwest Homefurnishings Mart had an impressive, forward-thinking entrance. This photos was taken in 1957.
Metroplex native Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II.
Tullio Saba/Flckr Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. He grew up around the Greenville area of the Metroplex. He later became a popular film star before passing away in a tragic plane crash.
The Park Plaza Motel in Texarkana epitomized affordable luxury in the 1950s.
1950sUnlimited/Flickr
Dallas was booming with technological opportunities.
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University/WikiMedia Commons This photo was taken in 1950 and shows women and men building electronics at the Geophysical Services workplace.
This 1957 photo shows a tornado approaching Dallas.
NOOA/WikiMedia Commons There are two prominent vortexes visible in this photo.
A Southern Methodist University’s drum proudly strikes a pose during a performance at an impressive stadium in 1950.
Southern Methodist University Archives/WikiMedia Commons
This photo of a FRISCO locomotive awaiting passengers boarding the train was snapped in 1958.
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University/WikiMedia Commons Dallas was quite the railroad town!
There was only one major highway between Dallas and Fort Worth in the 1950s; a toll road called The Turnpike.
UT-Arlington Special Collections
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.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/WikiMedia Commons
A cowboy watches a Grumman F9F-7 Cougar plane taking off from Naval Air Station.
Donald H. Speck/WikiMedia Commons
Southwest Homefurnishings Mart had an impressive, forward-thinking entrance. This photos was taken in 1957.
Tullio Saba/Flckr
Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. He grew up around the Greenville area of the Metroplex. He later became a popular film star before passing away in a tragic plane crash.
1950sUnlimited/Flickr
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University/WikiMedia Commons
This photo was taken in 1950 and shows women and men building electronics at the Geophysical Services workplace.
NOOA/WikiMedia Commons
There are two prominent vortexes visible in this photo.
Southern Methodist University Archives/WikiMedia Commons
Dallas was quite the railroad town!
UT-Arlington Special Collections
If you found these 1950s photos of Dallas – Fort Worth as cool as we did, check out these images from the 1960s and 1970s as well!
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