Thanks JG for the awesome pics. Thats when life was simpler and less stressfull. Thats when cars were real cars. Also noticed the larger families with several or more kids which we cant afford these days. Nice to see how it used to be.
Cool I sent the link to my dad. He will get a kick out of it. I noticed one thing that was very interesting. Did anyone notice the train pictures? There was one picture that was taken in a blacksmith shop and they were building a part to a train. Can we still do that in America today? It's not like we don't have the know how, nor the technology. They needed a part and the only way to get the part was to make it. That is how America is suppose to work. Not put in an order for it and wait for it to ship from China.
Cool I sent the link to my dad. He will get a kick out of it. I noticed one thing that was very interesting. Did anyone notice the train pictures? There was one picture that was taken in a blacksmith shop and they were building a part to a train. Can we still do that in America today? It's not like we don't have the know how, nor the technology. They needed a part and the only way to get the part was to make it. That is how America is suppose to work. Not put in an order for it and wait for it to ship from China.
Tnpirate I was looking at that pic also and amazed how big of a part for the train the smith was forming. In the city near where I live there are alot of old buildings used by blacksmiths back in the day. They still have the faded blacksmith writng on the outside of the buildings. They were all over at one time and many train tracks were there to transport anything into and out of the city. The tracks are covered over by blacktop [asphalt] now along with the original cobblestone streets. Now nothing is made here like you described.
цветных фотографий Америки сороковых годов прошлого века, сделанные разными авторами. В основном тут кадры снятые на плёнку 4х5 Kodachrome, но есть и кадры с 35-мм техники. Взяты они преимущественно
цветных фотографий Америки сороковых годов прошлого века, сделанные разными авторами. В основном тут кадры снятые на плёнку 4х5 Kodachrome, но есть и кадры с 35-мм техники. Взяты они преимущественно
hounddawg, honestly I'm not seein it man.
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Tnpirate I was looking at that pic also and amazed how big of a part for the train the smith was forming. In the city near where I live there are alot of old buildings used by blacksmiths back in the day. They still have the faded blacksmith writng on the outside of the buildings. They were all over at one time and many train tracks were there to transport anything into and out of the city. The tracks are covered over by blacktop [asphalt] now along with the original cobblestone streets. Now nothing is made here like you described.
I ran into a few interesting things when I was drivin a truck. Up in Jones Town PA there is a 4 way stop with a stop light. On one corner is a big 4 story motel. Just catercorner of that motel there is a lot all grown over with trees and vines. I stayed in the motel on occasion as they had truck parking and there was Dunkin donuts coffee at the Hess across the street. Oh sorry, anyway I started talkin to the gal that worked the desk at the motel. Well I found out that in the lot there was a factory. She told me the walls used to be standing but have long since fallen down. She also said that the Historical Society was going to buy it and restore it but it would cost to much money. The factory was a Union cannon factory back in the Civil War. She said a big part of the Unions cannons were made there.
And if you walk up the street from the motel toward the swift yard, there is an old house. Well me bein the nosy person I am I went and looked in the windows. It was cool. The fireplace was huge. It had a loft. So I asked the gal at the desk at the motel. She told me that it was at one time the blacksmith shop and did all the work in that little community. She said that the person who bought it did not want to tear it down so he put money into and built it into his house.
Then another time down in South Carolina I had to stop due to hour of service. I had to take a couple days off to get my 70 hours back. So I pulled into a motel that had truck parking. The next mornin I went snoopin around. Across the street form the motel was a huge building, at least 2 stories maybe 3, with those old long tall windows. Of course the glass had been knocked out long ago. It was a shell of a building and had a creek runnin near it with a gate that could be opened and closed, and old piping that ran into the building. It was awesome. So I go ask this gal behind the desk. Come to find out it was a cotton mill and cotton gin. It had been burned down 3 times by the Union Army during the Civil War. After the 3rd time it finally closed down.
I hate it when old structures and left to ruin and not kept up. We as Americans need to protest this because we are slowly loosing our history. They are even selling old Civil War battlefields for profit.
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JG, Not much before my time (born in '46). By the time I was into remembering things the styles of clothes and cars hadn't changed much from the photos. Interesting time to be alive.
Hound dog you are a HOOT sometimes. (Dont let it go to your head).
JG Thanks for that post although I grew up in the early 60's our lives werent all that different from many of the pictures i saw there and brought back LOTS of memories. But Looking at those old dugout houses and how uncomplicated they were got me to thinking, can you imagine? No electric bill, No heating bill, No cooling bill... Of course we wouldnt have all amenities we have now (but really are they NEEDED)??
But your post got me to do a search for dugout shelters and I found several that were pretty good but I really enjoyed this one which is an excerpt from a magazine in 1911.
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