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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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Store House: 1941
March 1941. "Grocery store being converted into apartment to rent near the Navy yard. Portsmouth, Virginia." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Brand New 8 Years Ago
The car is a 1933 DeSoto. It was known by that large wraparound grille and the vertical metal trim over the headlights. It the middle of that trim piece is a very small DeSoto logo. My brother owned a 1933 coupe.
Not that we're in a rush, or anything
But could you hurry it up a little, Bud?
Featuring the Same Cast of Characters
Actually, the Navy CPO isn't the only repeat from the Foot Traffic photo of three weeks ago. If you look closely, the woman, the stroller dad, the roller skate kid and a couple others are one in the same.
The photographer didn't have to move much
It's just that others from the previous photo turned the corner from Nelson onto Sixth Street. Google maps shows that all of those buildings are now gone.
Quick photographer
If that's the same confidently striding CPO we saw in "Foot Traffic: 1941," the photographer must have had to sprint ahead to get the next photo in this series.
Old Salt From A Previous Shorpy Photo
Looks like the same Chief Petty Officer in the background as another Portsmouth photo presented here. How do I know it's the same Chief? He still has his hands in his pockets!
Have we met?
The guy in uniform with his hands in his pockets looks really familiar. I think I saw him exactly three weeks ago.
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