The Boulevard - circa 1960

by **Dairy Crampus** » Wed May 25, 2011 10:09 am

http://www.akdart.com/vtr/jpeg/33-12rz.jpg

by **ponyboy** » Wed May 25, 2011 10:11 am

Is that BUS out there in a lawn chair selling tshirts?

by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed May 25, 2011 11:01 am

Did they only make 1 model of car in 1960?

by **ponyte** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:00 pm

There are two beetles in the pic. Didn't know SMU students stooped so low back then.

by **mrydel** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:41 pm

Who was the booster with a car dealership back then? That probably would answer your question.

by **BUS** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:40 pm

Tee shirts and pennants back then had that Angry skinnny mean looking mustang... READY TO FIGHT.

I still have a felt pennant somewhere. :wink:

by **Stallion** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:46 pm

I just remember the Car Dealer that advertised in the Football Program showing a picture of his Son and begging "Buy a Car from ----- Ford, Please don''t make Junior grow up to be an Aggie"

by **peruna81** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:48 pm

mrydel wrote:Who was the booster with a car dealership back then? That probably would answer your question.

don't think it was Bankston...but the Bug (1960) was my ride from 1977-81...still fondly miss that car.

by **ponyte** » Thu May 26, 2011 8:16 am

Stallion wrote:I just remember the Car Dealer that advertised in the Football Program showing a picture of his Son and begging "Buy a Car from ----- Ford, Please don''t make Junior grow up to be an Aggie"

I remember a late 70s TV commercial (I still have it on tape) where the dealership's kid was the one begging folks to buy from his Dad's Chrysler dealership so he wouldn't grow up an Aggie. Little blonde kid in a football uniform. Must have been more popular sells job than I realized since so many used it at one time.

by **Junior** » Thu May 26, 2011 10:06 am

Stallion wrote:I just remember the Car Dealer that advertised in the Football Program showing a picture of his Son and begging "Buy a Car from ----- Ford, Please don''t make Junior grow up to be an Aggie"

Junior grew up to be a Mustang!

by **Bergermeister** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:55 pm

ponyte wrote:There are two beetles in the pic. Didn't know SMU students stooped so low back then.

custodians

by **PoconoPony** » Thu May 26, 2011 3:53 pm

This photo may have been mid to late 50s. By 1963 there were a number of small fountains ( at least 6) spaced out all the way down the Boulevard green way below the old flag pole/turn around. Each fountain was filled with water and the pedestal in the middle of the fountain was the foundation for an elaborate bronze sculpture with a water spray at the base of the sculpture and possibly lights if my memory serves me. I would guess that the fountain pictured herein was under construction as the initial fountain in the absence of other fountains, no sculptures and coupled with the very white color possibly indicating it is new without any weathering. By 1963 the fountains were well weathered, some were not spraying water well and all were in need of repairs that were not effected. By 1967 all the fountains were dry and some of the sculptures had been removed leaving a fairly ugly sight. It would be interesting to see what ever happened to the sculptures as they were very interesting and well done. Great initial additions to the Boulevard that were subsequently left to neglect and disrepair.

by **bubba pony** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:44 pm

I'm going to guess that those cars are from the late 50"s

by **HB Pony Dad** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:48 pm

The two cars on the right are a 1962 Ford and a 1959 Chevrolet.

by **ponyte** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:56 pm

Something never change. I scanned the photo and blow it up on the computer. Sure enough, I found 3 parking tickets on the cars to the left.