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Today’s lead image contains a view dated to October 10, 1945, of a traffic tie-up in New York City on East 51st Street between Park and Madison Avenues. The problem began when gasoline became readily available once again to all motorists after the end of World War II. In this scene, uncaring drivers in the “Big Apple”…
We have temporarily run out of photos for the “Parking Lot Series” at this point so for today’s feature a series of three images of parked cars is taking its place. All of the pictures were shot on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The lead image dated June 6, 1961, is a view of the…
Newton Corner is one of several villages located around the suburban City of Newton, Massachusetts. The community is sited about seven miles west of the City of Boston, south of the City of Watertown, and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). Today’s feature image dated is March 7, 1946 by the source, and contains the Pearl Court…
Today’s feature image is a view of the 72 St. Service & Save filling station located in Tacoma, Washington. The promotional photo dated May 5, 1951, appears to have been taken at the station on opening day by new management of the facility. Another picture of the operation exists showing five men who were manning the…
The famous horse race “The Run for the Roses,” better known as the Kentucky Derby, has been a southern institution run in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1875. At that time a crowd of ten-thousand people attended the first race. In recent years a record-setting attendance of 170,513 racing fans packed the Churchill Downs track in 2015….
Today’s feature photos all originate from the City of Tampa, Florida, and were taken between the years of 1936 to ’53. The lead image and the picture below were both taken at Boyd’s Sunoco service station in January of 1936. The owner of the filling station apparently also operated Boyd’s “Free Zoo” and used his animals for…
The roads and streets in the City of Boston, Massachusetts are laid out in a most haphazard pattern in various areas that confuses visiting drivers and even some area residents; the streets have long been plagued by traffic jams. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1860: “We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse…
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