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Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s
- 6th & Main: 1950 January 24, 2020This photo was taken by my close friend and fellow transit historian, Kenneth L. Douglas (1929-2017), who was born and raised in Huntington Park, Los Angeles. Ken gave me this 35mm slide about 1959, at the time I first became acquainted with him while we were both residents of Philadelphia. The photo looks north at […]prrvet
- Third & Locust: 1910 January 24, 2020Third and Locust in Columbia, Pennsylvania, circa 1910. Photographer unknown. Scanned from a broken 8x10 glass negative (shown cracks restored via Photoshop but otherwise not retouched). The black edges are due to lost emulsion aging. Most buildings shown still exist. The corner building on the right was, for many years, Hinkles Pharmacy, where "Doc Hinkle" […]King Musser
Shorpy Reader Comments
- Rear Window January 26, 2020In reply to Best Hatted: 1949: It was only five years later, in 1954, at the age of 25, that Grace Kelly appeared in Rear Window opposite Jimmy Stewart (who was then 46). Every time she breezed into the room, moved, spoke, breathed, I was unable to do anything but stare with my mouth hanging […]davidk
- Two points January 26, 2020In reply to Best Hatted: 1949: First, I don't like the hat. I think it's goofy. Second, It's obscuring the view of one of the best faces ever.fanhead