... Illinois, where I grew up, had most streets lined with elms. All gone now.
About those Elms ... American Elms in the good times. I grew up on a street in Detroit ...
Circa 1908. "Broadway and Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
A Genius Lived Here When the hotel was demolished in 1953, a mural by French painter Ad ...
... in his mind and then painting it as is.
Under the Elms This picture just breaks my heart. The elms are gone, the canoes are gone but I do notice that the littering had ...
... the middle of the dirt road. Mission accomplished.
Elms Those are elm trees. Dutch elm disease made them disappear or we'd ... to have borne witness in the mid-20th century to American Elms' decline and near elimination by Dutch Elm disease. Only a few, small ...
... "Upper Genesee Street, Utica, N.Y." A scene framed by elms, hitching posts and streetcars. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... Photographic Company. View full size.
All gone Elms, hitching posts and streetcars.
House Numbers There is a partial ...
... that someone will please colorize this one.
Majestic Elms What strikes me most about this photo and hardly seen in present day are the elms that line the street. Such a sad thing and unique thing to have left us. ...
... church.
It has not changed in all those years.
Elms on Chestnut The trees appear to be elms, not chestnuts. Perhaps the street was named after the trees that ...
... way up the street cutting down the remains of all the dead elms.
Like Elm Streets everywhere Take the elms out of Elm St. and you have sad reality.
Ideal That's about as ...
... Company. View full size.
Aw! Bring back those elms. Gorgeous trees.
Modern. It's interesting to note that there is ...
And Now [Except for the cars and the vanished elms, it looks pretty much the same. - Dave]
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