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

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Fabulous.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And yes, this house is still there in Mercersburg.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Imagine. That dirt pike ran all the way to Pittsburgh (!) Can you imagine what it was like to travel that when the weather was inclement?!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Imagine. That dirt pike ran all the way to Pittsburgh (!) Can you imagine what it was like to travel that when the weather was inclement?!

Pittsburgh was the road to the right; to the left took you (still takes you) to Upton and then Greencastle - Rt. 16 (416) and Rt. 75 today - latter peels off a bit down the road.

Mercersburg Academy is off to the left of Rt. 16.....

[healey36]

Yeah, but it looks like there's a paved sidewalk.

[rogruth]

Yeah, but it looks like there's a paved sidewalk.

I don't think that was unusual before motor vehicles were common. Aren't paved roads hard on hoofs?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yeah, but it looks like there's a paved sidewalk.

I think that's limited to that property - it's a private sidewalk,

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I don't believe what I imagine I might be seeing there.

[rogruth]

I don't believe what I imagine I might be seeing there.

No photo shop back then either. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words.
In the late 1930s and early 1940s tomatoes, pumpkins, cabbage and other vegetables
of similar size were being grown in the Bottoms of Mingo Junction, Ohio (just south of Steubenville).
They also had rabbits and squirrels of proportions that could enjoy that stuff.
I never saw any of that stuff personally, only photos.

[MurphOnMillerAve]