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- Uncle Pervy and his evil twin
- Not gonna lie
- And You Get a Victorian Gothic
- Intact, more or less.
- Signage
- Good old Plattsburg!
- The building is still there
- 329 East 63rd
- Another Hotel Up In Smoke
- 1903: Misenor's Landing revisited
- Evidence?
- Most people forget
- "Slim Jims"?
- Things Have Changed -- Property Values Have Risen
- Topless
- I use the Columbus System.
- No blur
- Standing room only
- Slim Jims
- OK, Knees together
- I can read it from here:
- The Shoes!
- His shoes??
- Impossibly Cheap
- If she was smiling back in '39
- Great Pic
- LC Smith goes boom
- Ashwood Plantation School
- By the window
- Saturday is for Shorpy
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Vintage photos of:
Take Five: 1940
February 1940. "Basketball players resting between periods. Eufaula, Oklahoma." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The song wasn't written yet
"Who wears short shorts?" didn't become popular until 1957 but this could inspire such a tune.
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