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

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I would imagine that spacious floor arrangement allowed space for those long and wide skirts women used to wear.

And trunks and wardrobes of clothing......

Yes, indeed.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In Union, Co., PA

[healey36]

No bench-warmers on that club...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

No bench-warmers on that club...

They swept the O's...........

[healey36]

No bench-warmers on that club...

They swept the O's...........

Everybody sweeps the O's...

While Kitzmiller is considerably west of the Cumberland Valley, I stumbled onto this photo from 1927, thought it might be of interest:



My kid once interviewed for an operator job at a nuclear power plant. Before you got hired you had to pass a physical/psychological test. One part involved being dumped in a dark, equipment and smoke-filled room with two or three feet of water on the floor...you had a certain amount of time to complete a number of tasks, then find your way out. They gave you a breathing apparatus and a small waterproof flashlight.

I'm guessing these guys were proficient in this kind of work.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm guessing these guys were proficient in this kind of work.

Hard men that signed up to do a hard job.

[John Webster]

https://martinbrechbiel.smugmug.com/Car ... -ks7QLqq/A

A Lackawana fan I know opines that that is the Lackawana and the Nicholson Viaduct is under construction in the background.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Main Street, Sonestown, PA ~1910

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Rufus,
The scenes you , and others, post are always interesting to me. I get a feeling I can't describe when I see them.
It can't be nostalgia, I was not alive then contrary to the opinion of my grand and great grand kids.
I always look forward to the next.

I figure the above is going to get some interesting comments concerning my mental health and abilities.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The details all about that building really are something I find very attractive.

Buildings today just don't have that sense of identity.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I think one of the factors that makes many of those photos so remarkable and interesting is the lack of parked cars (of course) and the paucity of pedestrians. Somehow, the largely empty streets impart a bucolic atmosphere to those places, different from what we might typically experience in contemporary life. Those communities that we are given glimpses of seem quieter than what we might experience, especially considering a nearly constant stream of passing traffic, in many places, nowadays.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think one of the factors that makes many of those photos so remarkable and interesting is the lack of parked cars (of course) and the paucity of pedestrians. Somehow, the largely empty streets impart a bucolic atmosphere to those places, different from what we might typically experience in contemporary life. Those communities that we are given glimpses of seem quieter than what we might experience, especially considering a nearly constant stream of passing traffic, in many places, nowadays.
Murph

Population density was less then than now even in rural areas. Then again, I could sit on my front porch here and not see my neighbors for days....but at my place in PA I could sit on the porch and not be able to see my neighbors house.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I think one of the factors that makes many of those photos so remarkable and interesting is the lack of parked cars (of course) and the paucity of pedestrians. Somehow, the largely empty streets impart a bucolic atmosphere to those places, different from what we might typically experience in contemporary life. Those communities that we are given glimpses of seem quieter than what we might experience, especially considering a nearly constant stream of passing traffic, in many places, nowadays.
Murph

Population density was less then than now even in rural areas. Then again, I could sit on my front porch here and not see my neighbors for days....but at my place in PA I could sit on the porch and not be able to see my neighbors house.

I could visit that but I could not live like that. I apparently need the buzz of a community around me. I guess that is why I enjoy my visits to Upstate NY, but am glad to return home when I have had enough of trees, fields, and quiet.