A Site for Sore Thighs

Here are five benches seen around town:

West Lancaster Street Bridge (1938).

Butterfly bench, Botanic Garden.

On Exchange Avenue, Stockyards.

Republic of Texas rose garden in Botanic Garden.

Texas & Pacific passenger terminal waiting room (1931). During segregation, this bench sat in the separate waiting room for African Americans.

 

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