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Mount Pleasant: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 2:18am.
July 1935. "Back street. Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Westmoreland County." View full size. Photograph by Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration.
Their Town
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 4:25pm.
I would also like to know what part of town this is. My grandparents and dad are from Mount Pleasant. It pretty much looks the same all these years later. Amazing.
What street is this?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 3:13pm.
I live in Mount Pleasant and would like to know what street this is. BTW I found this site a couple of days ago and my work production has gone way down. Thanks Shorpy.
Idyllic
Submitted by Leonard D. on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 5:18am.
Marvelous. It feels like I can walk right into the picture.
Life looked so much more
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 7:34pm.
Life looked so much more peacful there....
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