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

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

I think it is nice to see people in the old photos even if they aren't smiling.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think it's interesting how in the 1st picture that the roof of the closer house appears to be tucked under the roof of the larger building behind it; must have made for interesting winters. Also interesting the drain line or down spout on that large building running down to a T.

In the 2nd picture, I'm not seeing any stove pipe or chimney.....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I think it is nice to see people in the old photos even if they aren't smiling.

Interesting point. It seems almost to have been the fashion, then, to take having such photos seriously , and not as jocular or joyous moments. You're right. I don't know that I have ever seen a smile in any of those old photo moments.

Nowadays, even forced-smiles are recorded. Are we simply happier in contemporary decades?

[rogruth]

I think it is nice to see people in the old photos even if they aren't smiling.

Interesting point. It seems almost to have been the fashion, then, to take having such photos seriously , and not as jocular or joyous moments. You're right. I don't know that I have ever seen a smile in any of those old photo moments.

Nowadays, even forced-smiles are recorded. Are we simply happier in contemporary decades?

I think that is it. Probably didn't have much to smile about and worked all day.
It also may be because of the slowness of film and holding still to prevent blurring.

[rogruth]

I think it's interesting how in the 1st picture that the roof of the closer house appears to be tucked under the roof of the larger building behind it; must have made for interesting winters. Also interesting the drain line or down spout on that large building running down to a T.

In the 2nd picture, I'm not seeing any stove pipe or chimney.....

I noticed that. Also check the downspout on the smaller house.

The pipes on the larger building don't seem to go to a gutter (?) and are pretty small for downspouts. ??

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think it's interesting how in the 1st picture that the roof of the closer house appears to be tucked under the roof of the larger building behind it; must have made for interesting winters. Also interesting the drain line or down spout on that large building running down to a T.

In the 2nd picture, I'm not seeing any stove pipe or chimney.....

I noticed that. Also check the downspout on the smaller house.

The pipes on the larger building don't seem to go to a gutter (?) and are pretty small for downspouts. ??

Yes, the ones on the front house are directing the water out toward the street; ones where my grandparents lives came off the house at the 2nd floor and went out over the sidewalks and then emptied into the street - gone now...

Do seem small though, but everything is bigger now,

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think it is nice to see people in the old photos even if they aren't smiling.

Interesting point. It seems almost to have been the fashion, then, to take having such photos seriously , and not as jocular or joyous moments. You're right. I don't know that I have ever seen a smile in any of those old photo moments.

Nowadays, even forced-smiles are recorded. Are we simply happier in contemporary decades?

I think that is it. Probably didn't have much to smile about and worked all day.

The good old days were perhaps not all that good; the days were long and the work was hard

It also may be because of the slowness of film and holding still to prevent blurring.

Keeping them from the work day,

[HONDO74]

I know we have noticed this before. no FAT people back in those days. No fast food joints. everything made from scratch, No highly processed foods with chemicals in them.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I know we have noticed this before. no FAT people back in those days. No fast food joints. everything made from scratch, No highly processed foods with chemicals in them.

Some fairly plump ladies in the 2nd photo, , but work was the rule; 10-12 hr / 6 days. Combine that with all real food, and maybe not unlimited portions overflowing dinner plates, tends to keep the waist line trim. Yup!

[healey36]

Very neat clapboard siding and trim in the second shot. One would almost think it was new construction, except for the fact that the additions look so ramshackle.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

Interesting. I wonder when and about the color of the car and at the dress style of the ladies.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Interesting. I wonder when and about the color of the car and at the dress style of the ladies.

When is a good question and that car is certainly interesting; I'm not seeing any ladies; just kids.

[rogruth]

Interesting. I wonder when and about the color of the car and at the dress style of the ladies.

When is a good question and that car is certainly interesting; I'm not seeing any ladies; just kids.

OK. My eyes. Got a magnifying glass to look. Think you are right.