The population of Dallas at the beginning of the 1960s was around 679,684 and the city was thriving. The racial integration of public facilities began on August 15, 1961, when African Americans were sent to lunch counters and businesses throughout the city for equal treatment. The Dallas and Negro chambers of commerce appointed a biracial committee to devise a publicity campaign and notify business owners of the event, which proceeded without incident. Public schools were integrated more slowly, and the district remained under court supervision for decades.
On November 22, 1963, Dallas experienced its most traumatic event when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated a few yards from the site where John Neely Bryan had settled in 1841. After two days, Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, killed Lee Harvey Oswald before television cameras.
Here are some stunning photos that show Dallas in the 1960s.
#1 Dallas Service Center, 1965
#2 Skyline of downtown Dallas, 1969
#3 Various buildings, including the Adolphus Hotel and Magnolia in Downtown, Dallas, 1960s
#4 Tower Petroleum building in Dallas, Texas, 1960s
#5 Adolphus Hotel and Magnolia, 1960s
#6 Meal at sales meeting in Dallas, 1969
#7 Street Outside Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Fire, 1964
Five fire engines, an ambulance, and a police car in the street to the right of the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building (which is barely visible on the left). There are men in white hard-hats (and some wearing suits) standing on the sidewalk and street between the building and the emergency vehicles. The buildings and crowd of civilians watching the scene from down the street in the background are partially obscured by smoke.
#8 Pumpkin fields in Dallas, 1960s
#9 Main rail lines approaching the Dallas Union Station from the south, 1968
#10 Union Station in Dallas, 1968
#11 “The Flying Scotsman” leaving Dallas, 1969
#12 Aerial view of Oak Cliff area in Dallas, 1969
#13 A distant view of downtown Dallas from a blimp, 1969
#14 Men and women sitting around a table, and having a meal together, 1969. They are all dressed in formal attire and having conversations with one another.
#15 Dallas soccer club in Rangoon, 1967
#16 Exterior of a Dallas fire station, 1960s
#17 Dallas Centre building, 1960s
#18 verview of Downtown Dallas, 1960s. The picture includes Thanksgiving Square and the Fidelity Union Life building.
#19 City Hall Basement with Dallas Police Department Vehicle, 1960s
#20 Harry’s in Dallas, Texas, 1969
#21 Dallas Fire Station 1 and Fire Truck, 1969
#22 Smoke Pours From Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Building, 1964
#23 Dallas County Courthouse Under Construction, 1964
#24 Dallas Fire Station 21 at Love Field, 1969
#25 Dallas Police Officer H.B. McLain outside of Parkland Hospital, 1963
#26 Dallas Police officers standing guard outside the Dallas Trade Mart, 1963
This image shows Dallas police officer Kenneth Heard and other unidentified Dallas police officers standing guard outside the Dallas Trade Mart where President Kennedy was to speak at a luncheon. The Trade Mart is part of the Market Hall complex just north of downtown Dallas.
#27 Banquet tables being set up at the Dallas Trade Mart, 1963
#28 Dallas Police officers exiting the Texas School Book Depository, 1963
#29 A Dallas Police officer outside the Texas School Book Depository, 1963
#30 Dallas Police officer outside the Texas School Book Depository, 1963
#31 Commerce Street in downtown Dallas the evening of November 22, 1963
#32 Jack Ruby’s sister Eva Grant leaving for the Dallas Police Department, 1963
#33 Dallas Theatre Center (located at 3636 Turtle Creek) in Dallas, Texas, 1960s
#34 Af an aerial overview of Kimble Park and the surrounding neighborhoods and downtown Dallas, 1966
The two (2) block long and half block wide park is adjacent to S.M. Wright Freeway that weaves throughout the city splintering off into additional roads. Downtown Dallas is visible looming in the background of the photograph. Residential, commercial, and industrial buildings are scattered throughout the metroplex surrounding Kimble Park.
#35 A civil rights protest at Piccadilly Cafeteria in Dallas, 1964
#36 Dallas Memorial Auditorium Exterior Walkway, 1964
#37 Dallas skyline, 1960s
#38 Dallas Trade Mart, 1960s
#39 Dallas Police squad car headed east towards the Tippit crime scene, 1963
#40 Office building at 701 Elm Street in Dallas, Texas taken from street, 1960s. The building is marked Dallas County Community College District. This building was also known as the R.L. Thornton building.
#41 Texas School Book Depository, now known as the Dallas County Administration Building, building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, US, 19th November 1968.
#42 Cotton Bowl and Surrounding Area, 1967
#43 Aerial View of Urban Dallas, 1967
#44 Street view around Dallas, Texas, 1964.
#45 Exterior view of the Texas Theater (built in 1931 by architect W. Scott Dunne), located at 231 W. Jefferson Street, Dallas, Texas, December 1963.
#46 Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, showing area near Texas State Book Depository building following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#47 Carousel Club in Dallas; owned by Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963
#48 Civil rights march in Dallas with 2,500 marchers, supporting African American voter registration and protesting racial atrocities in Selma, Alabama, 1965
#49 Civil rights march in Dallas outside Dallas Morning News building, 1965
#50 Civil rights march in Dallas outside Dallas Morning News building, 1965
#51 Aerial of Love Field, its terminal and runway, looking south toward downtown Dallas, Texas, 1962
#52 Runway at Love Field, Dallas. There are airplanes parked, 1960
#53 Aerial view of planes at Love Field at 7 a.m., Dallas, 1960
#54 Midway Road and Highway 635, 1965
#55 Aerial view of planes at Love Field at 7 a.m., Dallas, 1960
#56 Central Expressway, near Lemmon Avenue and Washington Avenue exit, Dallas, 1960s
#57 The Dallas area highway with Bigtown sign on left, 1960
#58 Dallas Fire recruits from class numbers 107 and 108, posing in three lines, standing and kneeling in front of a concrete edifice with a grid pattern, 1967.
#59 Preston State Bank, Dallas, Texas, 1960s
#60 Dallas Symphony Director with the Grand Chorus, 1962
#61 A soccer game between the Dallas Tornado Soccer Club and an Iranian team during the club’s tour in Shiraz, 1967
#62 Dallas Firefighters and Truck, 1964
#63 Modern Art Sculpture in Front of Dallas Memorial Auditorium, 1964
#64 Low angle shot photograph from a street view of Downtown Dallas, 1960s
#65 Tall glass entrance with two doors and a sign above them that reads “Dallas Garden Center’, 1968
#66 Vine Covered Dallas Garden Center, 1968
#67 Freeway near Downtown Dallas, 1967
#68 Aerial view with the Memorial Auditorium in the center foreground, Dallas, Texas, 1960.
#69 Leaving no doubt about their Presidential choice, these girls offer solid backing to GOP nominee Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The gals cast their spell at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
#70 Downtown Dallas, 1967
#71 Aerial view of urban dallas, 1967
#72 Aerial View of Roadway Design in Dallas, 1967
#73 Aerial View of Urban Dallas, 1967
#74 Aerial View of Roadway in Dallas, 1967
#75 Skyline of dallas, Dallas is ever expanding with industries, as well as the cultural arts such as theater, music, museums and several major universities, , Dallas, 1967
#76 Traintracks in dallas, 1967
#77 Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers, 1967 NFL Championship, 1967
#78 Oak Cliff apts. in Dallas where Jack Ruby lived, 1960s
#79 Street view around Dallas, Texas, 1964.
#80 Cotton Bowl, University of Arkansas vs. Louisiana State University (L. S. U.), 1965
#81 Dealey Plaza following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Dallas, 1963
#82 Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, showing area near Texas State Book Depository building following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#83 The Dallas, Texas skyline from Oak Cliff, 1963
#84 Commerce Street, downtown Dallas, 1962
#85 Executive Aircraft, Love Field, Dallas, 1960
#86 An aerial of industrial area, 1964
#87 The Thornton freeway, Beckley and Marsallis area, Dallas, Texas, 1960
#88 Northwest Highway and Shady Brook, Dallas, Texas, 1965
#89 Dallas, Texas skyline and triple underpass, 1965
#90 Aerial view of Highway 775 and Danieldale, 1960s
#91 Freeway near downtown Dallas, 1962
#92 Downtown Dallas aerial, 1964
#93 Highway with exit signs “Colorado Blvd” and connections to I-35, Highway. 67 and 77 North and 80 East, and 80 West, Dallas, 1960s
#94 3525 Turtle Creek, Dallas, Texas, 1960
#95 Inwood and LBJ freeway, Dallas, Texas, 1969
#96 Dallas Highways 67 and 77, 1960
#97 3505 Turtle Creek, Dallas, 1962
#98 A Freeway by downtown Dallas, 1960
#99 Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, Texas, 1960
#100 The Market Hall in Dallas, Texas, 1960s
#101 Dallas skyline and Convention Center, 1965
#102 An aerial of triple underpass at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#103 Dallas City Hall, 106 S. Harwood St., 1960
#104 Statler Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas, 1960
#105 Aerial view of planes at Love Field at 7 a.m., Dallas, 1960
#106 A street view of Bond Clothes store, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#107 John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service Limousine, 1963
#108 Aerial of downtown Dallas, Texas looking toward northeast from southwest, 1963
#109 Looking northeast toward the Texas School Book Depository building following assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1963
The Texas School Book Depository, now known as the Dallas County Administration Building, is a seven-floor building facing Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The building was Lee Harvey Oswald's vantage point in his assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Oswald, an employee at the depository, shot and killed President Kennedy from a sixth floor window on the building's southeastern corner; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy died at Parkland Memorial Hospital. The structure is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, located at 411 Elm Street on the northwest corner of Elm and North Houston Streets, at the western end of downtown Dallas.
#110 Dallas skyline looking south-east toward Cotton Bowl,1962
#111 Aerial view of planes at Love Field at 7 a.m., Dallas, 1960
#112 A street view of Bond Clothes store, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#113 Aerial of Zang Boulevard, Beckley Avenue, and West Jefferson Street looking northeast towards the downtown Dallas skyline, 1964
#114 Downtown Dallas aerial, 1969
#115 Aerial of downtown Dallas, Dealey Plaza and triple underpass, 1965
#116 Aerial of Dealey Plaza and Triple Underpass, Dallas, 1965
#117 Downtown Dallas, Texas, 1960
#118 Downtown Dallas aerial, 1965
#119 Marina and Marguerite Oswald with Marina’s children walking into Parkland Hospital morgue following Lee Harvey Oswald’s death, 1963
#120 President John F. Kennedy and wife Jackie Kennedy as they enter a convertible limousine at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#121 Looking toward Texas School Book Depository, Dealey Plaza, following John F. Kennedy assassination, 1963
#122 “Grassy Knoll” near Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#123 Dealey Plaza following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#124 Dealey Plaza following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#125 Grassy Knoll, near Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#126 Grassy Knoll, near Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#127 Texas School Book Depository, Dealey Plaza, 1963
#128 People standing on bridge overlooking grassy knoll, 1963
#129 Priscilla Art Club, Dallas, 50th Anniversary, 1961
#130 Dallas Federal Reserve Bank building, downtown Dallas, 1960
#131 Grassy Knoll, near Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas following President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, 1963
#132 Construction of the First National Bank building, 1963
#133 Runway at Love Field, 1960
#134 Texas School Book Depository building at Dealey Plaza, 1963
#135 Construction of the First National Bank building, downtown Dallas, Texas, 1963
#136 Parking area and runway at Love Field, Dallas, 1960
#137 Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#138 Construction of the First National Bank building, 1963
#139 Dealey Plaza after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Dallas, Texas, 1963
#140 Looking toward Texas School Book Depository, Dealey Plaza, following John F. Kennedy assassination, 1963
#141 Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas 2 days following assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1963
#142 President John F. Kennedy’s limousin, 1963
#143 Electric Building and Big Tex, at the State Fair of Texas, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, 1965
A crowd shot with Big Tex in the middle. Big Tex is seen wearing a traditional 60-foot-long Mexican sarape as part of the State Fair's theme for the year, which celebrated North American and South American cultures, and this particular outfit was chosen to represent Mexico Day. The building is also known as the Tower Building, constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition as the Federal Building.
Some cool pictures in there. Several are from 1980s, mislabelled as being from the ‘60s though.
Love these historic photo collections
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Nice! BTW, last two pics and captions are switched.
The images are so refreshingly sweet after having been there in the summer of 2019.