- Imperial Duty
- Child's play
- Missouri is a good bet
- And convenient to the curb ...
- Dare I say it?
- A League Of Her Own
- Stepping Stone
- That Home Base Stone
- Diamond in the rough
- Something about their eyes
- Gangsters and a Gypsy
- Handsome Building
- NICE
- Pictures, I hope.
- Racy picture for sure. Oh Baby!
- Woodstock 1915
- A musical group
- Play party?
- Carry on Camping
- Starting the day off with a bang
- Being White at Night
- Parking by Braille
- Plans subject to change without notice
- Never-Everland
- What dent?
- Oh no, the Master Rod!
- The importance of being
- The Start --
- Dented Fender
- Sinclair Gas Credit Card
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Vintage photos of:
The Paper and a Smoke
My dad around 1948, Valparaiso, Indiana. View full size.
Dad's radio
The radio was made by the Grigsby-Grunow Company marketed under the Majestic name. In 1928, the Model 72 sold for $167 which is roughly equivalent to a $2000 purchase today...a sizable investment.
Radio
That radio looks like it was getting to be quite an antique by the late '40's. Can any radio buffs i.d. it? It looks 1920's vintage to me.
Thank Dad
You have this man here to thank. He and his brother, who took this shot. Dad always liked taking slides over prints because of the quality and now we reap the benefits. I have dozens and dozens more Shorpy-worthy slides to scan!
Welcome 1950
Judging by that ad in the magazine, it's around Christmas 1949.
Honoring slide-takers
I've been trying to think up some suitable honor to bestow upon everybody who took color slides before 1950. And maybe one only slightly less exalted for before 1960. And another for all the people responsible for their survival to the present day. Sainthood maybe?
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