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- I'm doubly impressed
- Flying aircraft carriers
- Non-flammable, but deadly nonetheless
- Sad and deadly ending
- Almost Memorial
- Hellø Bodø
- Open Air Ship's Wheel
- Yes -- bananas!
- Yes, we have no ...
- WHAT Bananas?
- Sidewheeler ID
- Ship's Wheel
- The banana boat is Norwegian
- Mr Tallyman
- Norway?
- Where's Harry?
- Open door policy
- Bananas
- You have to have your Jim Backus on
- Present Tense Sewickley
- My mistake.
- Black and White Scotch whisky
- Shooting involved
- What could go wrong?
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- I beg to differ Dave …
- It's Field Trials for spaniels
- Same Dude - Same Day?
- Why Here?
- SI in the 1950s - Documenting a different world
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Curtain Time: 1939
1939. "Montebaro House, Salem & Greene Sts., Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Structure dates to ca. 1827. Said to be oldest frame house in Selma. Birthplace of P. Hal Sims." Now revealed to be the residence of Mr. Peepers' better half. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
Kudzu not Hops
The vines on the porch are Kudzu, the scourge of the South. I don't think Hops will grow in south Alabama.
Miller Time
The living curtain shading the porch is hops (Humulus lupulus).
ETA: Oops! KAP is correct of course, it's kudzu. I should never try to identify plants with a beer in my hand.
Indoor/outdoor plumbing
Looks like the upstairs washroom is supplied water via the piping network bolted to the outside of the house. Perhaps the owners didn't want to tear up their ceilings installing a water supply, which means there is probably no access to sewer or septic either. I assume waste water was tossed out the window in the grand old fashion.
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