December 1941. "Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Along the main street." Medium format negative by Jack Delano. View full size.
Diamonds are a town's best friend I would be willing to bet that the building still exis ...
... a wad of loose thread, used by the handful like a shop rag -- this is what she's holding in her right hand) and dipped in a light ... at sea 10 days before my birth in 1943.
Just out of curiosity Oldtimer, what ship was your father serving on when he was lost? ...
... What did you think.
tterrace: An Audio Odyssey Some curiosity has been expressed, so here goes: I got into reel tapes because of ... Back in the mid seventies I was a service teck at a HI FI shop, We were dealers for PL and Infinity. PL was the first high-power company ...
... Of Radios? The sign in the lower left has aroused my curiosity - RADIOS INSPECTED FREE.
I was born in 1943 and I have never ... broken and doesn't work is why. That's a radio repair shop. - Dave]
Cars The coupe in front of the '37-'38 Buick is a '37 or ...
"Hancock's, the Old CuriosityShop, 1234 Pennsylvania Avenue," probably around 1914, the final year of its ... known as Hancock's Tavern today it is Hancock's, the Old CuriosityShop, at 1234 Pennsylvania avenue.
Abounding in the memories of ...
... in town stayed open till 9 and the farmers came to town to shop. It really was a different world.
Bar codes Every packaged product ... is of reaching down to pick up a butt in the aisle, out of curiosity, since no one in my family smoked, and I wasn't sure what it was. Of ...
... to name a few. View full size.
Pre-TV Video Rental Shop I like that. And the best thing, no extra equipment needed, except ... the kind of working hours they had back then? And out of curiosity, what was the retail price of one of those books? Compared to those ...
... in those days. Let's stop in at the Mayflower Coffee Shop and try their doughnuts. Kudos to the photographer for capturing the ... of me make out what it's advertising and I am dying of curiosity.
"Strangers" on a Sign Next to the Victoria: ...
... on the left may be where the mechanic lives?
And the shop appears to have seen better days.
ICE Anyone know why the 3D image ... the term 'black ice'?
The apartment buildings invoke curiosity. It appears the fire escapes had screen doors. Back in the day they ...
... are out for some fresh produce, though the little jar is a curiosity. Must be a chilly September afternoon in DuBois.
Wish I could see ... the long tradition of men waiting in cars for ladies to shop, he knows that it'll be a while.
Never too warm for fur stoles ...
... small streets and stopping for a soda or cone at the sweet shop. The town in which I was raised was still like this in the early 1950's ... a restored Disney-like collection of antique boutiques and curiosity shops. The newer stores are "big box" emporiums surrounded by huge ...
... U Want A Lunch is now the Bossy Cow ice cream shop. Despite that change, there has been remarkably little change in the ... some individuals peering out windows. Seems like a lot of curiosity about a photographer. Then there is the uniformed man striding ...
... Washington, D.C., circa 1916. "George Parezo Electric Shop, 808 Ninth Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. ... boxes with images of similar devices.
Another curiosity is associated with the language in the display for Dim-A-Lite. I'm ...
... for the ever unpopular Symphony in C Minus, closed up shop, retired from the trade and ultimately sired a mad bomber.
Pretty much still the case Out of curiosity, I went to the Metropolitan Opera website schedule for this month of ...