THE ORIENTAL HOTEL : TROLLEY : DALLAS, TEXAS : RPPC : (1912)

This vintage real photo postcard features the Oriental Hotel, which was located in Dallas, Texas. The street scene includes a working trolley. The hotel opened in 1893 and was referred to as “Field’s Folly” because of it’s extravagant elegance. Field was a real estate man active in Dallas in the 1870’s through the 1890’s. He was also a  talented promoter of his city. The hotel was demolished in 1924 to clear the way for the construction of a new hotel. This postcard was published by Davidson Brothers as part of a series (no.1189 A). The card was postmarked in Dallas in 1912. SOLD

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HATTIE AND EMMA: FASHIONISTAS IN DALLAS, OREGON

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This cabinet card portrait presents a fashion mystery. What is the story behind the clothing that these two women are wearing? The previous owner of this photograph called the women “trendy” and stated that they were wearing “Victorian Bohemian” style dresses. I’m wondering if the women are wearing leather dresses. These women are certainly making a fashion statement. The women appear to be wearing slenderizing corsets. One is wearing a choker while the other is wearing a necklace. The woman on the left is holding what appears to be a sheet of paper. It is not clear why she would be posed holding a sheet of paper. The reverse of the cabinet card paper has an inscription which identifies these two women as “Hattie Williams Rhodes” and “Emma Black”. Miss Rhodes is standing on the left of the image while Miss Black stands the right. The photographer of this portrait is R. B. Collins and he operated a photography studio in Dallas, Oregon.

 

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