![]() There are city directories covering more than 140 years of Dallas history, and there are a lot of street names you come across in researching a person or a place that no longer exist, have changed names, have the same name as a street in a different part of town (there used to be a lot of street names duplicated in Oak Cliff before it became part of Dallas), etc. Typical business listings look like this:įor me, one of the most useful things I find about these directories is the section containing the street directory. Ads are not only interesting, they can contain a lot of information, and, in some cases, a drawing or photograph of the business or proprietor. There are also ads, like the one at the top taken from the 1883 directory showing Thomas Marsalis’ wholesale grocery business. (All images shown here are larger when clicked.) ![]() Not only can you determine when someone was living in the city, you can see where they lived, what their occupation was, the name of their spouse, and, in some cases, the race of the person (which, while somewhat disconcerting, can sometimes be quite helpful, especially if the person you are looking for has a common name - up until the ’20s or so, African-American residents and black-owned businesses were followed by “(c)”).
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