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- Quaint
- Re: My Favorite Year
- A perfect scene!
- John McGiver comes to mind
- The Bank Block is still half there (right side).
- Decapitated
- Busy town
- Animal Crackers
- My Favorite Year
- Their town
- I wanna know ...
- Left Bank
- No hurryin', but maybe Russian?
- Stack 'Em Up
- What's in a name
- Some things that caught my eye
- No Comment(s)
- Dark swoosh
- Also Use “Zeff” for Malaria
- Rock Island Line
- Warning Light
- Front Entrance
- The Pedant In Me
- I had to look up what a PCC was
- Old Memphis
- 1935 — GM Introduces the Turret Top
- The tires still look pretty good.
- Where's Nitti?
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Boss Hog: 1949
May 1949. Washington, D.C. "Charles Farrar on Harley-Davidson motorcycle." 4x5 inch acetate negative by the African-American photographer Robert H. McNeill (1917-2005). View full size.
ATGATT
"All The Gear All The Time". That's what I was taught and what I taught about riding motorcycles. And believe in. Saved me twice.
Didn't have that then. No gloves, low cut shoes, no jacket, on and on. Then again, attitudes were a little different.
Choices in Life
When the war ended and my dad got out of the Navy, there was a glut of Army surplus Harleys. He decided for $50 he should have one. His girlfriend at the time (my mom) was not happy. It only took him a week before he laid it down on a wet road and walked away with some minor boo-boos and road rash.
Mom told him he's allowed one wedding next month, either to to Harley or her. He chose wisely, apparently -- I came along in 1950.
Full Dress!
Maybe not the Boss Hog, but surely fully dressed up! Very fancy.
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