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  • Delores Barrera behind the counter of her Dulceria de las Americas, where she has been selling candy, pinatas, and decorations for wedding and birthdays for the past eight years. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • A pinata hangs outside Delores Barrera's Dulceria de las Americas, where she has been selling candy, pinatas, and decorations for wedding and birthdays for the past eight years. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • The Texas Theater, which opened in 1931 and was once part of a chain of theaters owned by Howard Hughes, is being restored to it's original Spanish Eclectic style by the Oak Cliff Foundation. Having fallen on hard times, as had the neighborhood, and suffered an electrical fire that blackened the seating area, it is set to open again as a venue for regional live theater. It is also where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in 1963 for the murder of a president. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Raul and Consuelo Rodriguez have been married for 20 years and work together everyday at their business, Paletas y Frutitas, on Jefferson Blvd., making and selling paletas, nieve and licuados. "My husband says this is a bad place to be in love. What do you think?" She doesn't think so. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Juan Contrerras in his Loncheria El Padrino #1, at 408 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. "I always wanted to own a little restaurant." He has been on Jefferson for 14 years, and with two sons helping him in the business, has opened a second location. . By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Quicea–era Karen Vigil being made up for a portrait session with photographer Salvador Vargas by Selena Martinez and Natty Soto at the Bambi Unisex Beauty Salon, 135 W Jefferson Blvd. (Corner of S. Zang and Jefferson). By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Ramirez Boot Shop, owned and operated by Felipe Ramirez and his son, since moving to Dallas from Big Spring in 1980, 326A W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas.. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • C&B Carpet Outlet, 610 E Jefferson Blvd. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Salesman James Campbell poses in the Pan African Connection at 612 E. Jefferson Blvd. They have been on Jefferson for nearly 10 years, having moved after 16 years on Beckly Ave. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Early morning at the southwest corner of W. Jefferson and S. Zang Blvd. On the corner, under the blue sign, is the Valdez brothers' Wonderland Tropicals, 200 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, Texas... By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Centro Joyero de Dallas and Julie' Beauty Salon share 310 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Christina Almaquer with the sidewalk display outside her family's Jefferson Bazaar. They have been in the former Oak Cliff Music building at 612 W. Jefferson Blvd., across the street from the Fiesta Mart, for ten years.. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Deportes Najera, the place for all things soccer, especially authentic uniforms and team logo items from Mexico, 434 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, Texas. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Jorge and Luis Jasso, sons of the owners, and grandsons of the founders of the El Regio Restaurant, 315 E Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. It is a small, second generation, family owned restaurant serving traditional Mexican food, not Tex-Mex, with a little more than a half dozen tables. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Public art is replacing graffiti. A mural of Father Hidalgo on Jerry's Market, painted by "Ceibas", 532 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Festival Furniture, 101 E Jefferson Blvd. They may be an Oak Cliff business, but after 14 years they draw customers citywide.. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Enrique Torres, Vice President, Laredo National Bank, 410 W Jefferson Blvd. They are trying to tailor their business to the going Hispanoc community with more than decoration: no drive through, and Sunday hours. Enrique expects to see more professional business opening along Jefferson in the coming years. On the last business day of 2005, he said that he had several deals on his desk, ÒPeople are getting ready for the new year.Ó By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Yolandi's Salon and Mike PolkÕs venerable Top Ten Records, at the southeast corner of Bishop and W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. (338 W. Jefferson). By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Jesus Najera, in his sporting goods store that caters primarily to soccer players and fans, Deportes Najera, 434 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, Texas. Jesus, while working for the soccer shoe manufacturer Lotto, began selling shoes out of his car at the parks around town during the weekend soccer matches. Today, with an established business on Jefferson, he makes a weekly road trip to Guanajuato to buy the authentic team merchandise his customers expect. A genuine Guadalajara Chivas uniform shirt can run $85.00.. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Public art is replacing graffiti. A detail of a mural of Father Hidalgo on Jerry's Market, painted by "Ceibas", 532 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Jorge JassoÕs El Regio Restaurant, 315 E Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. A second generation, family owned restaurant serving traditional Mexican food, not Tex-Mex... By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Eli Day, owner of Oak Cliff Paint and Hardware. Eli began working at the store in 1974, and bought the business in 1992. His shop is full of new and used merchandise, from garden tools to rebuilt lawn mowers. 829 W Jefferson Blvd.. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Wonderland Tropicals, 200 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, Texas. Lt to Rt, Brothers Cesar and Saul Valdez bought the business in 2000 because of their love of birds. The bird is a Military Macaw. Ceasar said that buying the shop was Òthe opportunity to do something different, to not work for someone else, but for myself.Ó . By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Mike Polk, owner of Top Ten Records, at the southeast corner of Bishop and W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, Texas. (338 W. Jefferson) The business has been at the same location for 50 years, and Mike has owned it for the last 27. the shelves behind him are sized for the 78 RPM records the store sold when it opened, and the phone that Dallas Police Officer JD Tippet used just before being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald still hangs on the end of the counter. Mike says his business is like a restaurnat, when the neighborhood changes, he just changes the menu. By photographer Peter Calvin
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  • Santos Radiators and Mufflers, 401 E Jefferson Blvd. Juan Santos, owner. His dad started the business in 1990, and owns a shop on Ft.Worth Ave. Juan took over the shop two years ago. Another JFK/Oswald connection: After shooting President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald returned to Oak Cliff, and while passing this gas station, thew his coat into the back of a car on their lot... By photographer Peter Calvin
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