The Mink Coat Mob
A crowd in fur coats tried to shame a candidate, and he slowed down so the cameras could watch.
Listen to this place’s story in Peplos.
How the story begins
The sign read "LBJ sold out to Yankee socialists," and the man holding it was a United States congressman. Bruce Alger of Dallas was out on Commerce Street on 4 November 1960, four days before the election, waiting for Lyndon Johnson, who was running for vice president and had come to hold Texas. Alger's crowd was mostly women from the city's upper social circles, former debutantes and Junior League members, many in fur coats.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
1321 Commerce Street, downtown Dallas. A working hotel: the story works from the sidewalk. The Baker Hotel site across the street now holds an office tower.
Sources
- LBJ: Dallas's Mink Coat Mob, excerpt from Dallas 1963, The American Prospect
- Adolphus Hotel, Wikipedia
- Baker Hotel (Dallas), Wikipedia
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