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

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now they have an old weather vane and a tax burden for their new fire station.

Should sell it for the 2.1 mill and be thankful to get it.

[HONDO74]

I doubt that snow removal was done at that time. ???

They weren't doing a good job of removing the horse poop either.

Murph has a proto-type of that in some of his parade scenes.

[Roy]

The closest truck on the right side looks like an early Renault.


1909 Renault Camionette Delivery Truck

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The closest truck on the right side looks like an early Renault.

Could be an early Mack, too.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I doubt that snow removal was done at that time. ???

They weren't doing a good job of removing the horse poop either.

Murph has a proto-type of that in some of his parade scenes.

Thanks for remembering, HONDO !
This guy?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Punishment detail - following the circus parade with a broom and a shovel.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm going to try to make a point of driving down that part of Rt. 30 this Summer. I'll also try to take a few photos of it as it is today.
Murph

[rogruth]

Any idea what that is just above "ling Hill" ?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm going to theorize it is a cement block marking the entrance to an under-the-highway passageway for a stream, which seems to be set down there among the foliage to the left of the culvert which might look something like one of these....though a good bit smaller and older than the one in the bottom photo...

[rogruth]

Murph,
Could be.

[HONDO74]

I have really enjoyed seeing all these picture that Rufus has posted the last couple of years. Sometimes I download the picture, enlarge it and zoom in on different areas to take in more of it. Sometimes I look up the area on the internet and sometimes I will use google maps to see what might still exist that is in the picture and observe changes.

I sometimes try to visualize what life was like for the people back in the time frame of the picture. Time seemed to move at a lot slower pace so I wonder were the people happier back then than we are today with our hurried up life style. With advances in medicine and health care we probably live longer today.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...I sometimes try to visualize what life was like for the people back in the time frame of the picture. Time seemed to move at a lot slower pace so I wonder were the people happier back then than we are today with our hurried up life style. With advances in medicine and health care we probably live longer today.

I find what you said here particularly meaningful, to me, at least. I say that because approximately a week after I had retired from teaching high school and government service, I found myself hurrying-off to the grocery store for vittles, which had long been my self-appointed "job." Halfway there, stopped at a traffic-light, I pulled down my vizor mirror, looked at myself, and asked myself, aloud, "WHAT are you hurrying for !!!? Stop this XXXX ." And I have never rushed anywhere since that moment - not once. As has always been my want, I arrive at destinations early (because the nuns taught me that as a boy, and the courtesy has stayed with me as a custom) by simply allotting sufficient time to prepare and travel. I refuse to hurry anywhere for anyone, and certainly not because of myself.

I taught myself that lesson. Less tension is good for the arteries, I've heard it affirmed, equaling a better quality longevity.
daMurph