Oak Cliff History Archives

December 6, 2018 December 6, 2018

Ghost sign: Who was Roland Ellis?

Sponsored Message The old retail sign for Roland Ellis is built into the concrete in front of the door at…

November 26, 2018 November 26, 2018

The 55th anniversary of the JFK assassination passed quietly on Thanksgiving this year. The Texas Theatre had some special events…

October 16, 2018 October 16, 2018

Caches of old photos and film from Oak Cliff turned up in the call for materials that an archiving project…

June 26, 2018 June 26, 2018

Construction on Colorado Boulevard this week revealed Oak Cliff’s old streetcar tracks. Check out the early 1900s postcard below, with…

June 6, 2018 June 6, 2018

We picked up someone’s old scrapbook at an estate sale awhile back, and it contained some treasures from the bygone…

January 26, 2018 March 27, 2018

Marie Tippit visits her husband’s grave every Nov. 22, the anniversary of his death, and she isn’t the only one….

October 31, 2017 October 31, 2017

Fire Station 15, built in the early 20th century, had architecture similar to several other two-story brick fire stations built…

October 12, 2017 October 12, 2017

The Oak Cliff College for Young Ladies, which only lasted 15 years and closed 110 years ago, made the news…

September 19, 2017 September 19, 2017

Sunset High School alumnus Mitchell Cope recently converted some 8-mm home movies that his father made in the 1950s, and…

July 28, 2017 July 26, 2017

Heinz Becker played first base for the Chicago Cubs in 1945, and he played in the World Series against the…

June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017

Look for the July issue of the Oak Cliff Advocate, which is being delivered this week, for a map of…

April 5, 2017 April 10, 2017

Famous as Oak Cliff is for many wonderful things, it’s also known to weather nerds for something terrible. The slow-moving tornado…