A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

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[rogruth]

Now there's a character. Looks like some of the tourist trap places that were all over Florida at one time. Oh, they still are. Just fancier.
Wish I could read the signs.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wish I could read the signs.

Here are a few - they were in all caps.....

THE ONLY AUTOMOBILE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN
SPEED LIMIT IN TOWN 1 MILE AN HOUR
KUM RITE IN THE DOG IS TIDE HE KANT BITE U IF HE TRIDED
THIS DOG ONLY RUNS WHEN HE SMELLS ROAST BEEF
THIS IS ME
THE PEANUT OFFICE

[rogruth]

Wish I could read the signs.

Here are a few - they were in all caps.....

THE ONLY AUTOMOBILE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN
SPEED LIMIT IN TOWN 1 MILE AN HOUR
KUM RITE IN THE DOG IS TIDE HE KANT BITE U IF HE TRIDED
THIS DOG ONLY RUNS WHEN HE SMELLS ROAST BEEF
THIS IS ME
THE PEANUT OFFICE

Thanks, Rufus. He must have been a character.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wish I could read the signs.

Here are a few - they were in all caps.....

THE ONLY AUTOMOBILE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN
SPEED LIMIT IN TOWN 1 MILE AN HOUR
KUM RITE IN THE DOG IS TIDE HE KANT BITE U IF HE TRIDED
THIS DOG ONLY RUNS WHEN HE SMELLS ROAST BEEF
THIS IS ME
THE PEANUT OFFICE

Thanks, Rufus. He must have been a character.

At one time it seems every small town had such a character...........

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In Newville.......

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[rogruth]

The above top photo was still being seen in the eastern Ohio small coal mines at least until the 1950s.

Is the bottom photo a funeral service?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The above top photo was still being seen in the eastern Ohio small coal mines at least until the 1950s.

and probably later in parts of WV. etc.

Is the bottom photo a funeral service?

Probably more like last rites.....

[healey36]

Looks like they finally brought Bob out after he'd been buried in a cave-in for a week or so. Also looks a bit staged...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like they finally brought Bob out after he'd been buried in a cave-in for a week or so. Also looks a bit staged...

Of course it is -- but it's also probably real, too.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Looks like they finally brought Bob out after he'd been buried in a cave-in for a week or so. Also looks a bit staged...

I wouldn't have said "staged"; rather, arranged properly, with respect and reverence for a victim of his situation and circumstances in life.

[healey36]

Yeah, I guess "staged" was the wrong word to use, especially given the looks on their faces.