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14 August 2009

Photo Friday : Retro →[More:]
Interpret this any way you want - as long as it's something from the past.

post by: essexjan at: 03:15 | 21 comments

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posted by misteraitch 14 August | 03:47

My first love.

posted by Meatbomb 14 August | 03:49

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posted by Specklet 14 August | 04:02

New York Deco.

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9th Century Walls.

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Old Copper Till

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posted by essexjan 14 August | 04:15

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"Produced in the USSR"

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Napoleonic Code!

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Robotnik = Worker

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The Viking, home port Kołobrzeg.

posted by mdonley 14 August | 06:52

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Red Arrow Line, 1965

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Dexter Public Library, 1958

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 14 August | 07:20

Two random favorites from my grandmother's old photos.
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posted by CitrusFreak12 14 August | 07:50

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If you look closely, you'll see BitterOldPunk making a cameo appearance in this one:
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posted by BoringPostcards 14 August | 08:58

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posted by arse_hat 14 August | 12:37

This mural is on the wall of Straubenmuller Textile High School in Manhattan where my mom learned needle trades. Oddly enough, she went to work for the Navy in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and did nothing but clerical work from then on.

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Coincidentally, my dad attended Automotive High School in Brooklyn and then joined the Navy but they didn't meet until well after the war.

Both schools still exist, although Textile is now called Bayard Rustin, teaches humanities and is slated to close in 2012.

posted by tommasz 14 August | 13:08

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My mum and one of her brothers leaning against my grandfather's truck. Early 1950s in southern California.

posted by deborah 14 August | 13:32

This is from when Gala Darling was still doing International Dress Up Day; hooray for Film Noir!

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Old Polaroid.

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I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT MY BIKE.

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posted by Juliet Banana 14 August | 14:02

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posted by rainbaby 14 August | 15:03

Jack Robbins, clothes of distinction, in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood.

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I never look at this without seeing a king, with a frowny face, hugging his R, protectively.

tos

posted by crush-onastick 14 August | 15:13

The intersection closest to me, circa 1930. (the candy shop is long gone- a parking lot now, the next building is a used book store and an italian restaurant. The big building is an apartment building now.
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posted by kellydamnit 14 August | 15:34

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The church around the corner from me, designed by H.H.Richardson

posted by octothorpe 14 August | 20:20

Is it still Friday?

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(I used the built in image shortcut below the message entry box. I'm seeing the actual image in Preview, not the handy "click to see image" link, so please shoot me if I've stepped on protocol.)

posted by Devils Rancher 14 August | 23:27

Ah, okay, that's a feature.

posted by Devils Rancher 14 August | 23:28

It's Friday until next Friday. Never to late to post to a PF.

posted by arse_hat 14 August | 23:35

It's Friday until next Friday. Goody!

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A trilobite fossil (I think...) - looks like the critter got a side of itself displayed instead its back.

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 15 August | 09:18

I'm slowly scanning all of my grandfather's slides that I inherited. I've never seen any of these pictures and it's been fun to see what I can find. I've scanned about 300 so far.

Here's one of my favorites, California in 1964. I love all the retro signs.

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posted by Sil 15 August | 16:19

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