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Stadium Parking: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 2:14pm.
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July 1942. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at a baseball game: wives, sweethearts and children of the players; passersby and regular fans." Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Is that?
Submitted by HistoryBuffer on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 2:03pm.
Looks like a hole punch from a 3 ring binder to me, but through plastic and very enlarged.
[Diameter is slightly over 5mm on the negative, but it's not a hole; there's film grain visible. Note also that the edges are sharp, but the treeline is blurry. As others have mentioned, this points to a processing artifact. - tterrace]
Bicycle Stands
Submitted by Solo on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 12:36pm.
Those two bikes sport the more stable of the two types of stands common then. One could even use a bike so equipped as a kind of exercycle, since the rear wheel was held entirely off the ground (no puns, please). Unfortunately, the catch that held the stand out of the way while one was in motion frequently wore out, causing the stand to drag behind the bike and produce a grating noise dear to little boys but the bane of every mother in the neighborhood.
Answer, please
Submitted by davidk on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 11:29pm.
So is EW3 correct (UFO)? Or Tobacconist (hole punch)? And would Jano be guilty of the 10th commandment (covetousness) or the 8th (theft)?
Time Machine & the 10th Commandment
Submitted by Jano on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 9:34pm.
It's a good thing that 70+ years separate me from those bikes because my inner 9-year-old only wants to take one for a ride, just a short ride, back to my house and then stash it behind the bushes.
Bike Support
Submitted by Book Reader on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 5:50pm.
I love the old-fashioned kickstands on the bikes. Lifts the whole rear wheel off the ground. Better than the ones on newer bikes.
Just a guess
Submitted by Tobacconist on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 5:22pm.
This picture seems to pack a hole lot of punch.
Sun + tree
Submitted by davidk on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 4:51pm.
Is it not possible that there’s a big tree right behind us, with overarching boughs reaching forward but just out of sight, creating the dappled light at our feet from the low setting sun?
[The sun is almost directly overhead - see the shadow of the bicycle. - tterrace]
La Luna
Submitted by JohnMB on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 4:06pm.
Is that La Luna in the background? The shadows and the lack of flair flare in the lens indicate it is not the sun. Maybe it's a home run.
[Hint: The answer can be found in any stationery or office supply store. - Dave]
Or La Luna?
Submitted by Dbell on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:55pm.
Gibbous moon, caught with a long lens, maybe?
re: El Sol in background?
Submitted by EW3 on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:52pm.
You're right. Must be a UFO.
Space ships seem to like to visit DC (ala The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Signs of the Times
Submitted by georgewinsl on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 3:36pm.
1942's sign: "Short Cuts Prohibited" Today's sign: "Keep off the field or risk prosecution"
El Sol in background?
Submitted by landtuna on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 2:38pm.
That sure looks like the Sun in the middle of the photo just above the trees but the shadows on the ground don't seem to match the location.
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