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

[rogruth]

There is a bridge in the background over the tracks.
Could be much more town to the left out of the picture.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...As for the magnificence of the station, we all know that in early days railroads built stations whose magnificence was out of proportion to potential business. OTOH the photo gives no indication of how much more civilization is out of the scene.
The scene begs to be modeled!

I didn't know that, but now that you mention it, somehow, I did receive that impression. Perhaps, RRs were always optimistic, expecting the best out of growth, with the rural being gradually evolved into the urban. In the USA, there certainly were plenty of examples of such growth, huh.

We are agreed that the scene is ideal for modeling, esp. and including that bridge Roger drew our attention to, which predicts more layout/ reality off to the left, certainly.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......reality off to the left, certainly.

Might be the river over there....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

......reality off to the left, certainly.

Might be the river over there....

Good point, RRs and old lanes following the old Indian trails along the rivers, etc. and in our imaginations, the other possibilities are limitless, huh.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......reality off to the left, certainly.

Might be the river over there....

Good point, RRs and old lanes following the old Indian trails along the rivers, etc. and in our imaginations, the other possibilities are limitless, huh.

Or just using Google maps,

[rogruth]

The railroad does follow the River Beaver through here and there is a town on the other side.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Found a few folks out in McVeytown this time on Market Street

[rogruth]

Very interesting. No ladies.
Looks like a ballgame.
Check the brooms hung on the side of the building.
Some seem to have short handles.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some seem to have short handles.

Hobbits......

[Mitch]

The brooms have full handles, it's just a bit of lighting problem or and over exposure. I can make out the rest of the handles.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Every one of the kids look like an interesting character. And hands-in-pockets must have been a fashion in those days for posing for photographs.

[rogruth]

The brooms have full handles, it's just a bit of lighting problem or and over exposure. I can make out the rest of the handles.

Probably just my bad eye problem.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

I still wonder how they got people to stay off the streets when a photograph was being taken.
That was usually when a lot of folks would show up in hopes of being in the picture. ?????

Those arch type structures seemed to be prevalent during this period.
My guess is that it was for advertising an event.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I still wonder how they got people to stay off the streets when a photograph was being taken.
That was usually when a lot of folks would show up in hopes of being in the picture. ?????....

Hi Roger, My guess has been that such photos, and those like it, are taken in the very early morning, right after sun-up. Out here in suburbia, and many times I have seen sun-up in NYC, one can find many of the streets empty, with very few, if any, people astir.
Murph