Hidden away in a drawer at an antique shop lay the old crumbling remains of a photo album and with it dozens of newspaper clippings from the 1920's and 30's. The dealer wanted $5 ...a good price. I gave it to him.
A bit of searching on the net revealed that the family in the pics was that of the R. L. Winfrey's, a Dallas family of some prominence early in the last century. This is their fascinating story.
R. L. Winfrey (1871-1923) was the Dallas City Police and Fire Commisioner from 1914-1917. He also had served apparently on the Texas State Prison Commission. Winfrey Point on Dallas' White Rock Lake is named after him.
In the attachment below he is the man on the left. The attachment next to it is the notice placed in the Dallas Morning News of his passing in August, 1923.
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