While working to compile photographic images for my DFW in vintage photos post a few months ago, I managed to get my hands on an old postcard for the city of Plano. And, unlike other similarly aged RPPCs that I've found, this one came with a mystery attached: where was the Plano Dam? So I decided I would try to find it... read more

Among the local memorabilia I've collected have been a few matchbook covers. Essentially an extinct means of advertising as of in the twenty-first century, vintage matchbooks can serve as an easy and inexpensive way to get a peak into the establishments and hangouts of the previous century. In most cases, these places are now long gone, but once in a while you come across the rare business that's still in operation today in some form. One of these establishments is the old Valhalla of Dallas Motel... read more