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Springfield, Mass., circa 1908. "Railroad arch on Main Street." Seen here a couple months ago from another vantage. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.
Looks like that gum machine would be worth about 2,300,000 pennies at auction:
http://www.icollector.com/Huylers-Chocolate-St-Nicholas-Candy-Vendor_i78...
The railroad arch adds a touch of class to the modern scene.
I imagine you'd be amazed to know that 105 years in the future someone who would never know you would wonder just what you were thinking about as you walked along with your head down. Was it something happy, profound, sad, or were you just keeping an eye out for an uneven sidewalk?
I wonder if both chocolate and pepsin gum were dispensed from the same machine.
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