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

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Totally dubious.

Why?

Some time ago I posted a similar time period RPPC of a very early biplane in the sky over Chambersburg. That part of PA, while perhaps one might have thought it be a bit of a backwater, was at one time a rather important area for arts, science and religion.

From my perspective, here, sitting in front of a computer screen, it looks like the balloon-like object has been superimposed onto the photo, seeming to be closer to me than to the pedestrians it doesn't quite hover above.

Also, judging from the angle of their heads, it seems like the "balloon" thing would be on the farside of those ropes/cables on the left, not on the nearside of them, closer to me. The crowd - every single one of them - seem to be focused beyond the floating object.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Totally dubious.

Why?

Some time ago I posted a similar time period RPPC of a very early biplane in the sky over Chambersburg. That part of PA, while perhaps one might have thought it be a bit of a backwater, was at one time a rather important area for arts, science and religion.

From my perspective, here, sitting in front of a computer screen, it looks like the balloon-like object has been superimposed onto the photo, seeming to be closer to me than to the pedestrians it doesn't quite hover above.

Also, judging from the angle of their heads, it seems like the "balloon" thing would be on the farside of those ropes/cables on the left, not on the nearside of them, closer to me. The crowd - every single one of them - seem to be focused beyond the floating object.

I'm seeing the cables to the left from the tent as being in front of it with a ground crew holding it in place with the aviator seated in place.

[John Webster]

There used to be a site called Rosebud's Early Aviation that had hundreds of pictures like that post card. Unfortunately it seems to have disappeared.

There were lots of blimps and dirigibles like that prior to WW1, mostly flown at fairs and expositions. One of the builders was a guy named Baldwin who met a motorcycle builder and asked him to build engines. Baldwin also introduced him to his friend Alexander Graham Bell who recruited him as a member of the Aerial Experimenters Association which was building Bell's giant tetrahedral kites and some early airplanes. The motorcycle builder was Glen Curtiss.

[Roy]

Always loved the name of that town...figure someone had a great sense of humor...

I have thought it to refer perhaps to the channel island?

From Wikipedia: "Jersey Shore was originally named Waynesburg by the two brothers, Reuben and Jeremiah Manning, who laid out the town circa 1785. Around the time that this was happening, a settlement arose on the eastern side of the West Branch Susquehanna River (Nippenose Township), opposite Waynesburg. A rivalry developed between the two settlements, and those on the eastern shore began referring to the settlement on the western shore as the "Jersey Shore," because the Manning family had relocated from New Jersey. The nickname became so fixed that in 1826 the original name of Waynesburg was officially abandoned and changed to Jersey Shore."

[healey36]

Sounds plausible. It just strikes me as humorous driving through central PA, only to see a sign that says "Jersey Shore 3 ----->".

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Always loved the name of that town...figure someone had a great sense of humor...

I have thought it to refer perhaps to the channel island?

From Wikipedia: "Jersey Shore was originally named Waynesburg by the two brothers, Reuben and Jeremiah Manning, who laid out the town circa 1785. Around the time that this was happening, a settlement arose on the eastern side of the West Branch Susquehanna River (Nippenose Township), opposite Waynesburg. A rivalry developed between the two settlements, and those on the eastern shore began referring to the settlement on the western shore as the "Jersey Shore," because the Manning family had relocated from New Jersey. The nickname became so fixed that in 1826 the original name of Waynesburg was officially abandoned and changed to Jersey Shore."

Interesting bit of history. Probably 1 Waynesburg in Pa is enough.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In Driftwood, Pa

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The man seems nearly worn out.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The man seems nearly worn out.

Life was hard 100 years ago, and she probably works him harder,

[Roy]

In Driftwood, Pa

What are they selling?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In Driftwood, Pa

What are they selling?

The card is not in the best of shape, but all of the accoutrements pictured about tend to indicated candy or confectioneries...the scales, the various bottles and jars, and then what's in the showcase might be candies of some sort.

But then, maybe I'm just experiencing wishful thinking while dieting as the other showcase though seems to have cigars in it.

[J. S. Bach]

At least they had electric light.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The man seems nearly worn out.

Life was hard 100 years ago, and she probably works him harder,

No doubt. She has a bit of that do-this-and-this-and-this-and-this-and-this for-me look.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The man seems nearly worn out.

Life was hard 100 years ago, and she probably works him harder,

No doubt. She has a bit of that do-this-and-this-and-this-and-this-and-this for-me look.

Maybe. It's hard to judge a person from a 100 year old photo.

[healey36]

Candy stores and pharmacies were the same store-front back in the day, weren't they? Seem to remember reading that somewhere.