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Today’s feature image and the expandable version below is an overhead view of South Third Ave. were it meets South Forth St. in the Gateway District of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the period, the building on the left was named the Public Health Building and today it is the Public Service Center. The photo is dated…
As is the usual practice in the Four Fun Kodachrome Car Photographs series, we ask our readers to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles along with anything else of interest in the photos. You can look back on all the earlier parts of this series here. Share with us…
Standard Motor Sales, established in 1949, handled late model used cars and was located at 728 East Hennepin Ave. next to the intersection of SE 8th St. in Minneapolis, MN. These Kodachrome images are dated by the source to 1967. Portions of the building have survived after renovations and now house Children’s Dental Services. Share…
We start the week with a feature that contains two street scenes in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by one in Los Angeles, California. The lead image dated by the source to 1953 and the enlargeable version below is a view of traffic at the intersection of Marietta St. in the background and Forsyth St. in Atlanta….
As is the usual practice in this series, we ask our readers to tell us the year, make, and model of all of these vehicles along with anything else of interest in the photos. You can look back on all the earlier parts of this series here. The photos are via the H.A.M.B. The impressive signage that Ed Van Ness…
Today we feature a fantastic circa 1962 Kodachrome image looking to the north of a parking lots south of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California. The lot’s location appears to be on either E 2nd St or possibly E 3rd St. The City Hall on E 1st St. is the tallest building in this…
Today’s feature images were taken on June 23, 1952, in Kirkwood, Missouri, at the Kirkwood Theatre. The Movie House was one of the stops on the “Will Rogers Caravan,” promoting the new movie “The Will Rogers Story” and rededicating Route 66 as the Will Rogers Highway. The Caravan began next to the Chain of Rocks…
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