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48-Star Salute: 1950s

Submitted by Tony W. on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 3:18am.
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Bill Bliss and friend playing on the roof in the mid-1950s in Southern California. I don't know for sure if this was actually taken on the Fourth of July but it's patriotic nonetheless. View full size.

Bill Bliss and friend playing on the roof in the mid-1950s in Southern California. I don't know for sure if this was actually taken on the Fourth of July but it's patriotic nonetheless. View full size.

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Stacked conicals

Submitted by Zoreo on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 12:02am.

Those stacked conicals sure bring back memories of the '50s when if you didn't live in a big city you had to have a pretty impressive antenna on the roof to get stations from neighboring towns. Now a days people think they're ugly but back then a big TV antenna was a status symbol. They always fascinated me and as teen I began putting them up for people and eventually got into TV repair and then spend 28 years maintaining a transmitter that fed those antennas.

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Two-fingered salute

Submitted by TomK on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 1:32pm.

Looks like someone was a Cub Scout.

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Question for Dave

Submitted by RBPjr on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:08pm.

Dave I am wondering which photo got the most responses ... what you may call a Shorpy Record. Thanks again for all your wonderful photos.

[Most comments: Our Lady of Lourdes. Most views: The Beaver Letter. Thank you, and I hope we all realize that these photos come from many different sources. Tony W. posted this one. Look above the photo where it says "Submitted by" to see who contributed it. - Dave]

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Old Glory

Submitted by Mr Mel on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:03am.

This flag appeared in an ad in todays NY Times. It is from an interesting Website, www.1stdibs.com, which called it a "Rare 39 Star American National Flag, Circa 1879-1896". I thought Shorpy readers would enjoy seeing it this Independence Day.

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Works For Me

Submitted by switzarch on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:04am.

Hope everyone in the Shorpy family has a great Day!

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Not Digital

Submitted by Mal Fuller on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 8:55am.

That's a very impressive stack of two bay clipper TV antennas looming over the little patriots.

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Fourth of July Parade

Submitted by WoodsideParkBob on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 5:58am.

Here's a Fourth of July parade in Woodside Park, Maryland, in 1928. Woodside Park was then a 5 year old "home colony" just north of Washington, D.C. Most of its lots were still unsold.

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