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- Baldwin 62303
- Baldwin VO-1000
- Cold
- No expense spared
- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
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Pop Shop: 1940
November 1940. "Shopping centers are springing up at the small towns near Shasta Dam site. This one was at Central Valley, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
A Row Of Uglier Cars I Have Never Seen
They lived a hard life.
Demolished in 2004
Was located on Shasta Dam Boulevard at Red Bluff Street.
Expensive Shower
Today, that shower at Welch's barber shop would set you back $4.48.
Strip malls
Wow, I had no idea strip malls had origins extending all the way back to 1940. Imagine, a shower for 25 cents!
It may not be a motel, but it still made me think "No phone, no pool, no pets."
Pain!
Watch out folks! Dr. Sparrow is NOT a Painless Dentist.
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