- Title: Dallas A Texan Map Prepared by Old San Francisco Steak House
- Author: Merle Ollom
- Date: 1986
- Condition:
- Inches: 28 7/8 x 18 7/8 [Paper]
- Centimeters: 73.34 x 47.94 [Paper]
- Product ID: 308776
Dallas emerges as a lively metropolitan panorama in this pictorial map, created by Merle Ollom and issued by San Antonio’s Ollomgraphics. Copyrighted in 1986 by the Old San Francisco Steak House Development Corporation, it places the restaurant at the heart of its promotional message, giving the building and its illuminated sign an outsized presence among the hotels northwest of downtown.
An elaborate web of expressways organizes the surrounding landscape, connecting the central business district with scattered attractions, civic institutions, and visitor destinations across the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Featured sites include the Mesquite Rodeo, Fair Park, and Valley Ranch, identified as a future Dallas Cowboys training facility. Depictions of schools, transportation infrastructure, cultural venues, and commercial enterprises broaden the map’s purpose beyond restaurant advertising, presenting an enthusiastic portrait of the region’s identity and ambitions.
Background on Creator
The Old San Francisco Steak House Development Corporation was associated with the Texas-based Old San Francisco Steak House restaurant chain and is documented as a copyright holder and producer of promotional pictorial maps. The Austin History Center also catalogs an Austin: A Texan Map credited to the corporation as creator and the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau as publisher, establishing its involvement in promotional mapping beyond Dallas.