"Tyler Texas: Where Life Is Enjoyable" - 1955

16mm Film Collection

[@tsnovak20]

No drugs, everyone seems to have a job car and a house.. what a beautiful life

[@kweisi2204]

This comes on every morning on a local station in Tyler ive always enjoyed watching this presentation

[@caseywyatt3067]

I moved to Tyler from Jacksonville 10 years ago and I was intrigued to see how Tyler used to be and how it is now

[@giancarlo426]

Background music makes me feel like I've had WAY too much coffee.

[@RAJohns]

They tore that beautiful old courthouse down for that box design.

[@redraider2l7]

The courthouse we have now is not in that spot. They both stood at the same time.

[@RAJohns]

@@redraider2l7 So you are the guy to blame!

[@hikerguy3895]

@@RAJohnsit was the 50’s and they needed a way to straighten the highway through town. They didn’t have the engineering available at the time to make it more affordable.

[@RAJohns]

@@hikerguy3895 I wouldn’t have thought it that big of a problem just to drive around the square to go north - south on Broadway.

[@hikerguy3895]

@@RAJohns but it would have been a much larger expense and at that time there were no state or federal subsidies for the road construction in town. I think it was just too much money and easier to make it through town. But the old courthouse was beautiful Also the interstate hadn’t been built yet so there was actually more traffic going through downtown at that ti r

[@williambrown8416]

I had cut most of these folks Hair at most the shops I worked at around Tyler and Lindale. who are here on the video, they where old and many have also passed away while there and now from Cancer from the Asbestos. Now I live in Florida taken care of my mother.

[@Syamhouse_]

We love you, Aunt Jeannie, see you on the other side.

[@constitutionsway2a398]

Once booming economy in Tyler and Longview was the direct result of oil production in the TurnerTown area. Once those oilfields started to deplete in production the Tyler area lost some growth momentum. Had the oilfields stayed in full function Tyler would be as large as Dallas. Once JB Smith took over it all went to hell with corruption at the highest level. Pinkertons also played a huge roll in the corruption. Elvis Presley would frequent Tyler around this time period and even played at the Rose Festival event center. The day JFK was shot and killed George Bush Sr was in Tyler Tx. Lots of History in Smith County

[@wongalahara8196]

I want to know so much more!! I'm out in grand saline but was born in Tyler (92) and spent most of my childhood there.

[@hikerguy3895]

Do you always drink the bong water before posting comments? In no way would Tyler ever be as big as Dallas. Dallas is the banking hub for all the oil fields and offshore oil sites. And one man, JB Smith, did not cause the loss of Tyler. It’s still pretty nice here but face it, technology and other developments led to more of the development change than anything else.

[@mse7501]

Thats back when people worked.

[@ameen88]

david koresh grave site is also in Tyler Texas

[@Weridkidhippie7]

I live in Tyler it’s something

[@williamflatner3454]

What a paradise

[@karlacoria4370]

What a gorgeous town that used to be. We moved there in 1977 from Los Angeles. I was 2 yrs. We loved it and lived peacefully until 1989 we moved away due to the bad economy and lack of opportunity. I wish I could go back and live there but it’s changed and nothing left of that nice little big town.

[@superluigidummy]

wrong you are, foolish mortal

[@hikerguy3895]

It’s still a nice place to live and work. I moved away after high school but have since returned. In 89 the economy was largely oil and the oil bust hurt it a bit but Tyler is booming right now with a lot of new industry and growth.

[@skybarwisdom]

You're wrong, come on back, Tyler is growing by leaps and opportunities abound and I believe you would love it here.

[@BpWood]

Great video' and love the history. sad Tyler lost much of it's manufacturing skills/trades.

[@soviethammer]

The main reason I left after getting my degree at UT.

[@caseywyatt3067]

Could anyone tell me what the Foundry use to be back then?

[@bibbidi-bobbidi-boo3721]

This is beautiful?! Where did you find this?!?!

[@mse7501]

Just popped up for me. My daughter lives in Tyler

[@taraholley4704]

Hello there! I'm writing a post about your amazing footage. I'll be including the video, but want to make sure you're okay with me taking a screenshot to use as a feature photo. (Credited to you, of course.) Is that okay? I'm writing it now.

[@bobbyjackson8147]

🌹 Rose City

[@Why-gf2iw]

Not one minority in the video

[@austintatiousart63]

Wrong. Look carefully

[@Jameskenomis3]

Look at how clean and orderly everything was. Look now.

[@jrussellcase]

You should go visit it today. It's become "da hood" in 2023. I bet you'd love it.

[@scalandrarussell9619]

I saw 1 at the train station

[@DrhonofHoliness]

@@austintatiousart63i know you not talking about at the parade and that lady working! B its a whole BLACK COLLEGE in tyler which was founded in 1894

[@johnclark1612]

Old Dixie

[@Ivan2001Anderson]

Where was the black people

[@nftvro145]

Yeah this town is not the town to be in now it sucks

[@74836]

Say that again I will snap your collarbone

[@hikerguy3895]

It’s a great town to be in still. I’m not alone in that assumption. My wife is from Mexico City and I’m from Tyler. We’ve lived in various states and in Europe and Central America. Moved back to Tyler 4 years ago and have no intentions of moving again as Tyler is a very nice place to live and work. Trust me, all those other places look nice on a website but when the reality hits, it’s not that nice.

[@abdelfettahayadi5642]

All white all white all white.

[@bobs3354]

So, you’re a racist?

[@abdelfettahayadi5642]

@@bobs3354 I'm pointing out lack of diversity

[@bobs3354]

@@abdelfettahayadi5642 Yeah sure.

[@austintatiousart63]

Not all white. Look closer. Also. Welcome to the reality of our world in the 50's. Tyler wasn't alone in its lack of diversity. Not the film people. It was the way things were.

[@hikerguy3895]

Is that why it was so clean and booming?