Old Pictures

[deputy tom]

6 hours ago, pipedreams said:

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This is from Dallas, TX 1940.
'A woman from Oak Cliff (a Dallas neighborhood) made a complaint that she did not want to look at girls’ legs when she stopped by her local drive-in; she wanted to look at men’s legs. Drive-in owners thought that this was a great idea, and soon the idea of the scantily-clad male carhop was born.

The photo ran in newspapers around the country with the headline: “Adonis and Apollo of Roadside Bring Trade to Daring Stand.”'

Edited December 15, 2019 by pipedreams

[janice6]

13 minutes ago, pipedreams said:

This is from Dallas, TX 1940.
'A woman from Oak Cliff (a Dallas neighborhood) made a complaint that she did not want to look at girls’ legs when she stopped by her local drive-in; she wanted to look at men’s legs. Drive-in owners thought that this was a great idea, and soon the idea of the scantily-clad male carhop was born.

The photo ran in newspapers around the country with the headline: “Adonis and Apollo of Roadside Bring Trade to Daring Stand.”'

Equality, for all.

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[gwalchmai]

4 hours ago, pipedreams said:

This is from Dallas, TX 1940.
'A woman from Oak Cliff (a Dallas neighborhood) made a complaint that she did not want to look at girls’ legs when she stopped by her local drive-in; she wanted to look at men’s legs.

Oak Cliff is where LH Oswald lived on 11/22/63

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Vintage Photos of People Battling the Flu

 

 

Edited December 18, 2019 by pipedreams

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The 1918 flu epidemic

 

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Two gussied-up actresses spray anti-flu tonics into their throats.

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Counter in drugstore, late 1950s.

 

Clerks in drugstore, mid 1910s.

 

Circa 1943

Edited December 18, 2019 by pipedreams

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1942. Colmar Manor, Maryland

There's a story behind this photo. These cars belonged to a salvage outfit, meaning the owner took parts 'n pieces from wrecks to make serviceable cars and sold the rest as parts. The government decided otherwise, that the owner was withholding scrap needed for the war effort. So they confiscated the lot, destroying scarce automobiles and his business.

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2 hours ago, pipedreams said:

1942. Colmar Manor, Maryland

There's a story behind this photo. These cars belonged to a salvage outfit, meaning the owner took parts 'n pieces from wrecks to make serviceable cars and sold the rest as parts. The government decided otherwise, that the owner was withholding scrap needed for the war effort. So they confiscated the lot, destroying scarce automobiles and his business.

Really? The Government? I'm shocked.

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New York City's snow removal carts, 1896

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Driving Around New York City - 1928

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Edited December 20, 2019 by pipedreams

[janice6]

Just now, pipedreams said:

Driving Around New York City - 1928

I remember my father driving in Minneapolis in the 40's, when you had cars and electric Trolleys riding rails mixed in with the cars to deal with.  Even the red brick streets would throw your car around besides getting the tires caught in the rails.   It was pretty hairy sometime when the trolley decided that the congestion didn't apply to them.

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[janice6]

Just now, pipedreams said:

De Devils in details!

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Edited December 20, 2019 by pipedreams

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BATTERY D 6TH REGULAR ARTILLERY CUBA 1898

 

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GUADALCANAL

 

MARINE M3A1 STUART TANK GUADALCANAL

Edited December 20, 2019 by pipedreams