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True Grit: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 2:23pm.
Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1906. "Wall Street west from Gay." Behind the smudges and fingerprints, an interesting slice of life. View full size.
Clean sweep
Submitted by englandredsox on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:08pm.
'"Clean sweep sale;" a storeowner with a sense of humour?
So That's Why
Submitted by Trixie on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:04am.
As a native, I can see now how we came to have the name "Scruffy Little City."
Cleaner but Duller
Submitted by Wayne Johnston on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:26pm.
Today the grit is gone but there's not much to see.
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