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Key West: 1957
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 5:44pm.
April 1957. "Mom's birthday, Key West, Florida." From Set 3 of found 35mm Kodachrome slides. View full size. No horseplay in the pool, kids!
Those were the days
Submitted by Convict13 on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 10:22pm.
When we content to just go to a motel like this for our holidays and just lie in the sun. I love the way all the chairs are facing that palm tree. Like it's the focal point of their garden.
Key West 1957
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 10:45pm.
I wonder what motel this is--they do have a PA speaker up there to the right. Maybe it's playing the top 40 from 1957!
[What if we looked on eBay for Key West motel postcards. - Dave]
Eve of the Great Society
Submitted by en_dash on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:35pm.
There's something about this picture that just sums up everything in the American climate that led up to the Great Society about ten years from now. It's so eerie.
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