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Selected Vintage Views of Richardson
from The Portal to Texas History

Main Street with Wagons (date unknown)

John Huffhines Home (date unknown)

Portrait of Jacob Routh (date unknown)

Texas Street (Abt. 1880)

Main Street, 1890s (date unknown)

Stansell Bros. Hardware (1898)

C. H. Blewett Family & Residence (1898)

Cotton Gin, "Old Red" (1900)

John B. Floyd Home (1900)

Richardson Telephone Company Exchange (Abt. 1901)

Campbell Family and Residence (1905)

Post Office (1906)

Harben-Spotts Company (1906)

Citizens State Bank (1906) this building still standing

Interurban Depot (1908) 3 men in front

Interurban Depot (1908) one man in front

Main Street (1910)

Sam Harben Family & Residence (Abt. 1910)

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church (Abt. 1910)

Richardson School (1910)

Reddick Grocery Store (1910-1920)

Huguley Gin (Abt. 1912)

Main Street (1912)

Harben's Drug Store (1912)

Newt Harris Barber Shop (1919)

Stratton Bros. Garage (Abt. 1919) this building still standing

Stratton Bros. Garage interior (1919)

Richardson School (Abt. 1920) now RISD Admin. Bldg.

Main Street, seen from Water Tower (1927)

Greenville Avenue, seen from Water Tower (1927)

Gulf Gasoline Station (1934)

Volunteer Fire Dept. (1934)

Brick Post Office (Abt. 1939) this building still standing

First Christian Church (Abt. 1940)

Winkler Country Store (1953)

Citizens State Bank (1954) this building still standing

Aerial View of Downtown Richardson (1950-1960)

Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (1964) now University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson Centennial Parade (1973)

Greenville Avenue, elevated view (1988)

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