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The Garland Landmark Society, Inc. Downtown Garland Photos
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The west side of the square hosted only horse-drawn buggies when this image was made (ca. 1915), the year Texas Power & Light Co. strung electric wires through town. The pole on the corner beside the bank building appears to support one of Garland's four electric street lights, which illuminated the square.
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“The Ford House” was opened here ca. 1917 by Carl M. Brown to complement his operation in Mesquite. Besides featuring automobiles, the showroom served as a hangout for local business and professional men. Still standing at 614 Main St., the building subsequently housed the city’s Chevrolet dealership.
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Morrison's Garage, shown here in the early '20's, provided gas, tires and mechanic service to the exploding population of automobile owners in the early 20th century. This establishment was located at the S.W. corner of present Main and Seventh Sts., neither of which was a hard -surface road.
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Shoppers in full dress milled casually about the south side of the Garland Square during the afternoon on DollarDay, April 3, 1915. Only a few months before the outbreak of WWI this group concentrated on a drawing for a horse and buggy. The image was made from the upper stories on the square's west side.
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Scott Sandwich Shop, shown here in the early '50's, debuted on Christmas Day in 1933 offering 10-cent hamburgers and 35-cent plate lunches around the clock. Glen and Roxie Scott's eatery soon became a regular stop for Garlandites of all ages. The shop was grouped with a service station, tourist court and veterinary office at the present site of Bank One building on the west side of S. Garland Ave. Scott's closed in 1964
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The capable, friendly staff at Morrison's Garage stood ready to serve the growing number of Garland motorist ca. 1910. A.V. Morrison, Sr., local agent for Overland Automobile Co. of Dallas, is shown leaning on a car fender at the garage, which was located at the southeast corner of present 7th and Main Streets.
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The Cemetery Oak towers over Garland Memorial Park on S. Garland Ave. near Miller Rd. Estimated to be 150 to 200 years old, it was probably planted by a crow or a squirrel. The Texas Forest Service certified this Quercus Shumardii as Metroplex Champion, the largest of its species among Dallas, Tarrant and their eight adjoining counties.
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The 1917 Reo Touring Car had "jump"seats allowing it to carry up to 7 passengers, and it might have still smelled new when this local family was photographed. Through automobile ownership was ballooning, Texans registered fewer than 195,000 vehicles statewide in 1917.
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Scogins Cafe, owned by Fulton and Ollie Scogin, is pictured here about the time of it's opening in October of 1945. Formerly operated as Boyd's Cafe, the redecorated eatery was located on the north side of Bankhead Ave., now Main Street, between 1st and 3rd Sts. and advertised "Garland's Finest Foods."
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The "A&P" Grocery Store opened at the southeast corner of the square in 1926. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. was Garland's first national chain gracer, and unlike most of the locally owned stores, they ran a cash-and-carry business. Shown here ca. 1936 are manager P.H. Burleson and employee Barney Nichols.
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The Anderson & Routh Service Station, located at 129 Bankhead (now Main), is shown about the time it was opened after the close of WWII. A haunt for local fisherman of all ages, the station sold boating supplies, fishing gear and minnows as well as gasoline. Business continued under the surviving partner, Cecil "Utz" Routh, until 1983.
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Garland Clinic and Hospital was a private facility opened in 1954 by Dr. Robert E. Speegle on Marion Dr. at Resistol. With an emergency room, delivery room, X-ray facility, surgery, laboratory and 11 beds, it attracted specialists and provided Garland’s first alternative to Dallas hospitals. The campus now houses the Las Brisas Residence Club.
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The National Bank of Garland, the city's second bank, was capitalized at $50,000 by local investors in 1906. Standing to the right of the tellers window in the freshly appointed bank lobby on the northwest corner of the square, were John T. Jones, the bank's first president and A.R. Davis, the cashier and first full-time employee.
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The Garland Square was unpaved when this photo framed its northeast corner ca. 1906. Facing south at the corner of present State and 5th Streets is the Garland Hotel. Across the street is the Citizens National Bank, Garland's first bank, founded in 1895. Successive banks operated there until 1929, and in 1933 the building was expanded to become Nicholson Memorial Hall.
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Embree's Business District, shown here ca. 1887, lay on either side of Mewshaw St., now Avenue D., between present Glenbrook Dr. and the Santa Fe tracks, where that railroad's first depot appears. Embree and the new Duck Creek township to the north were joined in 1888 with a common post office designated "Garland."
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"Mainline" protestant churches including Baptist (forefront), Presbyterian and Methodist, are pictured ca. 1915 in successive blocks along the east side of 9th St. The Christian Church, located a block north of the Methodist, is not visible, since it's building fronted on 8th St, now Glenbrook Dr.
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Garland Police Officers Paul Carvin, Jack Keller, O.B. Caraway, L.P. Trammel and Bobby Bradfield were caught by this photographer in front of Garland High School, where they waited for lawbreakers during the early'50's. Today's Police Department dates itself from 1951, when voters approved a city charter providing for a council-manager form of government.
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The Garland Square was unpaved when this photo framed its northwest corner of present State and 5th Streets is the Garland Hotel. Across the street is the Citizen's National Bank, Garland's first bank, founded in 1895. Successive banks operated there until 1929, and in 1933 the building was expanded to become Nicholson Memorial Hall.
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Nelson's Blacksmith Shop worked on automobiles, farm implements and anything else broken or dull. Owner Fay Nelson and his son, P.J. "Pete" Nelson pose ca. 1946 in front of the Model T Ford roadster owned by Nelli and Bud Rogers of Rowlett. The Nelson establishment sat near the northeast corner of State and 5th Streets on the south side of the present Garland City Hall site.
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The Citizens National Bank float for the 1911 Garland Stock Show is pictured in front of the home of bank resident T.N. Hickman. Located at the southwest corner of Main Street and Glenbrook, the home was later occupied by M.D. Williams, who demolished the structure and recycled some of its lumber into a funeral home on the site in 1930.
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The 1923 model ambulance and hearse, both manufactured by Sayers and Scovill, lined up at the curb of the D. Cecil Williams residence, 1200 W. Avenue F. The vehicles were regularly garaged behind the house, since the Williams Funeral Home was located on the town square and had no vehicle storage. Dorothy Ruth Williams stood on the running board of the hearse for this photo.
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The J. C. Jubilee, a Labor Day fundraising celebration of the Garland Jaycees, has occurred annually since 1946. This 1956 photo caught W.J. "Mo" Wooldridge, monitored by his son, Jay, painting a promotional Jubilee sign on the window of Skillern's Drug Store in the shopping center at Miller Rd. and S. Garland Ave.
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U.S. Highway 67 once ran down present Main Street and South Garland Avenue into Dallas. Motorist, such as these shown in a 1936 Ford Club Cabriolet, endured overflows at Rowlett Creek, the Santa Fe crossing and the 6th Street stop light at the southwest corner of the town square. In 1935 federal traffic planners recommended changing the route to its current path at the eastern edge of the city.
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Scotty’s Place faced north at the intersection of 3rd St. and Bankhead Hwy. (present Main St.) during the 1930’s. Since Bankhead was the route of U. S. Hwy. 67, the establishment remained open nights to serve traffic to and from Dallas. Pictured at left is Charles Lyles, the proprietor, with his brother Robert.
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The Garland News Float for the 1911 Stock Show parade proclaims that the News is "always there." Publication of the original Garland News, which traced its genesis to The Duck Creek News in 1887, was terminated in 2001, but a new and unrelated Garland News appeared in 2006 and is still here.
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The Santa Fe Depot of 1901 was the railroad’s second in Garland and was located south of the track crossing at present Main St. This image, taken before 1972, when the building was turned 180 degrees and relocated 150 ft. north, shows the control windows facing the track.
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An aerial photograph looks east between present Main and State Sts. ca. 1958, when the downtown water tower was still in place. The Nicholson Hall and Library was still standing on the east side of the square, then used for parking,and the present city hall lay years into the future.
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Dollar Day was a monthly promotion by downtown merchants,one of whom advertised the first event, held in April of 1915, with signs on his automobile. Streets around the square, however, were roped off against motor traffic to protect an estimated 5,000 who attended the event.
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The Drunkard, whose cast is shown, was billed as a fundraiser by Garland Civic Theater in 1968, the group's charter year. GCT staged the melodrama inside a borrowed room at 905 State St. Adult tickets for performances during its three-week run cost $1.25.
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Nick’s Cafe is pictured here in 1946, after one of its grease fires. Opened by H. A. Nichols near present Main and 1st Sts. in 1935, the popular eatery was relocated in 1940 to the east side of the Duck Creek shopping district at present Garland Ave. and Ave. D. The last fire destroyed it in 1954.
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Morrison’s Garage, shown here during the late ‘20s in its brick-veneered incarnation that replaced an earlier version, reflects the growing success of auto-related businesses. The building hosted Pontiac and Ford dealerships when such businesses were located downtown.
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The Garland Beverage Company plant sat on the west side of 5th St. between present State and Main Sts. Operated in the 1930's by Clyde Hall, whose sons are pictured between bottles from the firm, Garland Beverage offered grape, lemon, orange, strawberry, and other popular soft-drinks.
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