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[Robert Coats]

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Boeing 747 - Economy seats in 1970, it seems to me that over time, there have been changes, and not for the better, and here, I repeat myself, but at that time, we had service. Of course those tickets were a lot more expensive back then.

And back then, you could smoke during your flight.

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, and I remember the bad old days of sitting just a few feet from several smokers stinking up the plane. It sucked big time.

[Dixie]

[GH85Carrera]

Something to bring together all the Science Fiction fans!


Aerial view photographs taken at the Surplus Aircraft Storage Facility at NAS Clinton, OK, circa 1946. Aaerial views showing the entire NAS base with thousands of aircraft in storage including: PBJ, F4U, OS2U, SBD, and TBM. TBMs .Nhhc Image.


US nurse Irene Steffens helping to unload gasoline cans from a C-47 transport plane near Rheims, France - September 1944
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[Steve Carlton]

[Racerbvd]

[VINMAN]

[GH85Carrera]

M48 Patton tank crew shortly after finding out that their 50 ton tank was too heavy for this bridge!










I remember those days!

[GH85Carrera]

Amazing safety of F1 cars. Hits the wall at 150 MPH and walks away. Very sore the next day, but fine. Just amazing
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In 1839, Robert Cornelius sat for 15 minutes in front of a hand-built camera made of opera glass and sheets of copper. His picture became the first “selfie” ever taken.

[GH85Carrera]

[craigster59]

Finnish construction workers from New York drinking beer together at a cafe near Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida. United States. They were unable to work due to the heavy rains. Photograph taken by Marion Post Wolcott in December 1940.

[Dixie]

There's nothing in Starke, FL now. I can't imagine how desolate it was in 1940.

[Robert Coats]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

There's nothing in Starke, FL now.

I recall there is a prison there, notably as the location for all state executions. A private citizen (anonymous) is paid $150 per.

not random pic:

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by Robert Coats

I recall there is a prison there, notably as the location for all state executions. A private citizen (anonymous) is paid $150 per.

not random pic...

You are correct regarding the prison. And Girl Code precludes my posting hood hotties other than me. 😘

[GH85Carrera]

Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940's...
Photograph of a woman making a transaction at a general store. The woman stands on the right side of the image with her back to the camera, facing the man behind the counter that looks directly at the camera. She hands him a small piece of merchandise to purchase, and the rest of the image is filled with merchandise on display within the store.
Photo: Joe Clark HBSS - Clark Family Photo Collection - Special Collections Library - University of North Texas

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

There's nothing in Starke, FL now. I can't imagine how desolate it was in 1940.

Starke oversaw a period of rapid expansion brought on by the new U.S. Highway 301 in the early 1900s and the construction of Camp Blanding during World War II.

For travelers coming from the northeastern United States, Highway 301 was the quickest route between Jacksonville and Tampa (a title it still holds to this day). Starke's status as one of the largest cities on the route, as well its location on State Road 100, brought numerous hotels to the area. The construction of nearby Camp Blanding as a military training facility during World War II added to the local building boom, and by 1950, the city's population had doubled.[6]

Post-World War II, the boom continued and the area continued to see an influx of residents working in the service industry and in its strawberry fields. Bradford County's famous Strawberry Festival was born during this time, and it continues to attract thousands of visitors today.

In the late 1980s, the city received national media attention during the proceedings of the Ted Bundy case and his eventual execution at Florida State Prison in nearby Raiford, Florida.[7] It also received attention when Lawton Chiles was Florida governor as a notorious speed trap town, even having warning billboards placed on Interstate 10's exit onto south US 301. Other speed traps on this stretch of US 301 between I-10 and I-75 were Waldo, Lawtey, and Hampton.

Was a boom town at one point. The population growth halted, but in my mind that means it seemed like a much bigger town back in the 50s-70s since pretty much everything was much smaller back then.

It's interesting about small towns.

I live in rural Texas. I live in what was once a town with a post office, 2 schools (white and "freedmen"), a depot, a hotel, a gin, several stores, slaughterhouse, and facilities to can meat and beef "extract". Borden is no longer a town IMO. It's an area with 50-60 people, a cemetery, and a small park.

A few miles down the road is a town named Glidden. At one time it had railroad maintenance shops, switching yards and a round house, a hotel, a farmers alliance, a school, several churches a post office, 3 saloons, a general store and a dry goods emporium. It's ~600 people now, and I don't think any of that stuff exists other than 2-3 churches. I think there is a place that the trains stop, but I'm not sure what happens there.

A few miles further down the road is Alleyton. It had the following associated with the railroad "shops, a roundhouse, a depot, and loading facilities."

Completion of the railroad to Alleyton in 1860 made the town the terminus for the southernmost railroad in the state. Alleyton became the largest and most active town in Colorado County. A post office was established there in 1860. During the Civil War Alleyton was the beginning of the "cotton road," which carried cotton, brought by rail, to Mexico by wagon train, in order to bypass the Union blockade of Texas ports. Returning wagon trains brought military and domestic supplies, which were then shipped by rail to the rest of the Confederacy. After the war the Colorado River was bridged, and the railroad extended to Columbus, the county seat, and points west. Alleyton declined in importance as a rail terminus but remained important as the supply center for a heavily populated agricultural area. In 1890 the town reported a population of 200 and two churches, a school, five general stores, a drugstore, and a saloon. In 1896 the population was estimated at 320, but by 1914 the number had fallen. It remained at 200 well into the 1940s. In 2000 the population was 165.

I don't think there's any businesses other than churches in Alleyton these days unless they are run out of someone's home.

Photographs from Colorado co

"Card Players L to R: Joseph Renz, Ed Brandon, F. Schindler, Joe Polocheck
on Frank Renz (father of Charles & Joseph Renz) farm at his home.
Photographer: Charles Renz c. 1910"


"Precinct 3 Work Crew 1920"


"Uniformed Band on Ladders at the Colorado County Courthouse 1890s"




"Max Schindler and Sons at Max & Josephine Schindler's anniversary party
The Schindler's were neighbors of the Renz family
Photographer: Charles Renz"


"Red Cross Volunteers 1917"


"Nurse With Car, 1919"


Women in bathing suits 1915


Weimar graduating class, 1930

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

There's nothing in Starke, FL now. I can't imagine how desolate it was in 1940.

Ever been to Mayo, Florida? Talk about your small town!! My Dad was the Minister at the Methodist church their a few years ago.

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