VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

1927 Fair next to the Langley School, Whidbey Island, WA.​

 

Independence Day Nevada​

 

Babe Ruth crossing the plate after hitting the 714th and last home run of his career.

 

Happy Fourth of July everyone……

 

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Two cars collide during a featured event of the daredevil 'Thrill-O-Rama' automobile show Saturday at the Los Angeles County American Legion's 'Salute to Bob Hope' Independence Day spectacular in the Los Angeles Coliseum. 1964

 

Cashman's – Nevada Oldest Car Dealer –1950 on Main St. James “Big Jim” Cashman Sr. opened Cashman's garage on North Main about a hundred years ago. ​

 

Fremont & 2nd (Casino Center), 1936. Apache Hotel – today's Binion's​

 

Cowboy Ralph “Tex” Madsen poses with a steer in front of a streetcar on Broadway. The streetcar has a cow catcher attached to the front and a sign, "Washington St. to Rimpau Ave." Los Angeles 1930.
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An accident on 3rd and Fairfax, Los Angeles (1931)​

 

Highway Service Station, Riverside County, California (1937)​

 

Seattle, Washington 1959​

 

Fourth of July parade - Salida, Colorado ca. 1903.​

 

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The last horse-powered trolley in New York, (1917)​

 

ca. 1925 Lincoln plant body finish department​

 

Flipping burger patties on the grill, 1942​

 

A man catching a turkey under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (1940s)​

 

Sunset Boulevard just west of Crescent Heights, Los Angeles (1930s)​

 

Fourth of July, Duvall WA 1911​

 

Orting Mansion both urns, Orting WA 1912​

 

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Rifle Range, Issaquah WA 1955​

 

On October 28, 1965, a crowd in St. Louis held its breath. Suspended 630 feet in the air, steel workers carefully maneuvered a gleaming wedge of stainless steel—the keystone of what would become one of America’s most iconic monuments: the Gateway Arch.​

 

French bike racer Alfred Letourneur towing a 22-foot-long Airstream Liner at the Metropolitan Airport in Van Nuys, California to demonstrate how light it was, 1947​

 

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The Muffin Man in 1910, London. He would ring a bell as he walked through the streets with his wares on a tray on his head.

 

Looks like the Michelin Man and the Michelin Woman.
Holy crap. I bet that frightened the shit out of the children....

 

Apparently there was a whole family of them...