Althouch the panorama above was taken in 1932 itis a
comparatively recent picture when compared with the old
photographs below. Even in four years there have been
changes, the most noticeable being the absence of the old
Raub Hotel, which is pictured here in the right foreground.
In the distance, at the top of Chestnut Ridge, can be cen
the Harvey Fire Tower, while in the center background is
Ire) Country Club. College Misericordia, with its beautiful
rolling lawns, and the Dzllas Township High School can also
be seen in the picture. Below are other pictures of Dallas—
+r. DALLAS POST. DALLAS. PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936.
© Remember These? They Show How Town Has
loaned to The Post by Wesley T. Daddow. Some of them are
twenty-five years old. Most of them will recall mellow me-
mories for readers who can remember Dallas a quarter of a
century ago.
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rown Since 1909
RIGHT: Dallas Methodist Episcopal
Church and the parsonage on Church
Street. Last year the church reconstructed
the original entrance and now has a Col-
onial doorway. Especially noticeable to
people who remember the M. E. Church
then, and attend it now, will be the con-
trast in the size of the trees today as they
appeared when this picture was taken.
UPPER RIGHT: No collection of old photo-
graphs would be complete without a “tin lizzie”.
There was no concrete Main Street for this Model
T, which is shown in front of James Besecker’s
old garage on Lake Street. Later Mr. Besecker
erected a brick garage which is now occupied by
the “Three Little Pigs” barbecue.
BELOW: This section, now Norton Avenue, was
known as Reynold’s Park twenty-five years ago. It
extended along Machell Avenue and property there
was sold with the understanding that a stretch of
park would be preserved. The Hildebrant home is
shown to the extreme right.
LEFT: In the days when this pic-
ture was taken the Lehigh Valley en-
gine singed the great elms in front of
the Raub Hotel every time it passed.
Those elms shadowed the old pump
and the hitching posts. The street to
the right is Church Street.
RIGHT: Dallas from the M. E.
Church belfry twenty-five years ago.
High to the right are the pines which
sheltered the graves in the cemetery on
the hill. Some of these houses on Main
Street are still standing.
ABOVE, The photographer who made this
picture thoughtfully printed the names of the
occupants of the old homes and stores so future
generations might make no mistakes. Along this
street, dusty in summer, snow-blocked in winter
and mud-rutted during rain, Dallas built its first
busy stores. The Rice home is now occupied by
Doctor Swartz.
LEFT: Main Street, Dallas, looking toward its
junction with Huntsville Street. The second struc-
ture down on the right was Ryman’s Store, one of
the leading business places in all this section. The
picket fence below surrounds the Honeywell Home.
RIGHT: For many years Dallas meant Raub’s
Hotel to outsiders. In winter gay sleighing parties
from Wyoming Valley came to the hotel for its
famous chicken dinners. In the summer the hotel
attracted vacationers. In the days of slow travelling
Raub’s was a welcome sight for salesmen. Thou-
sands of people, all over the county, still remem-
ber the hotel with fondness. A few years ago the
hotel, long unused, was razed, and the site is now
occupied by a gasoline station and a parking lot.
Note the traffic jam.
ABOVE: The West Side of Main Street,
showing the spreading trees which once shaded
Dallas’s main thoroughfare. To the left are the
Rustine and Frantz homes, still standing. The
second house down the street was the residence
of Ann Wright, sister of the late George Wright,
president of the First National Bank of Dallas.