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West Avenue: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 4:28pm.
Newport News, Virginia, circa 1905. "West Avenue residences." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Large Fruit?
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 9:40pm.
Why does it look like there's a Watermelon on that guys head?
[Looks like the kid next to him is about to bop him on the head with a football while the one on the right stifles a case of giggles. - tterrace]
Lonely
Submitted by morghanne on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 9:20pm.
I was curious to see how this street looked today, if any of the buildings remained. I looked it up and found the building pictured towards the middle, looking rather sad. A shame the other lovely examples of victorian architecture didn't survive (from what I could see/find anyway...) Thus is life I suppose.
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