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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: December 04, 2016 09:23AM
The pictures of downtown McLean got me thinking and I just pulled this off my old laptop that sat in a drawer for years. This intersection must be one of the most photographed intersections in Virginia!
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 04, 2016 09:59AM
causeican Wrote:
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> > I wish I had that Vette. What year?
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> Cool car. That’s what I was thinking too.
> I’m just going to throw this out there to get
> the ball rolling: 1970.
@cause, As I stated above..you may have missed it, it is a 74-76. That is when the new "molded" rear-ends started...before it was more of a whale tail spoiler...cool car no matter what.
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> > I wish I had that Vette. What year?
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>
> Cool car. That’s what I was thinking too.
> I’m just going to throw this out there to get
> the ball rolling: 1970.
@cause, As I stated above..you may have missed it, it is a 74-76. That is when the new "molded" rear-ends started...before it was more of a whale tail spoiler...cool car no matter what.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 04, 2016 10:04AM
Another Thought Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > off-brand imports. That is something you really
> > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> shots...just
> > a little strange.
>
>
> Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> VWs & Jaguar.
>
> The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker Commander
> facing away from the camera.
In that first shot the count is 3 VW's/Jaguar/and a hill i believe coming the other way. Point being any given late 50's NOVA shot would be almost ALL American. Agreed on the coolness of the Stude!
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > off-brand imports. That is something you really
> > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> shots...just
> > a little strange.
>
>
> Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> VWs & Jaguar.
>
> The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker Commander
> facing away from the camera.
In that first shot the count is 3 VW's/Jaguar/and a hill i believe coming the other way. Point being any given late 50's NOVA shot would be almost ALL American. Agreed on the coolness of the Stude!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 04, 2016 10:08AM
@Dave, THANKS so much for the COOL pics! that Safeway Could be Mclean...Not my town. I know that Fairfax/Falls Church were all the Marina Style (arched ceiling) so sounds right. Love the Sign Pylon!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Springfielder1
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Date: December 04, 2016 10:09AM
My Mom gave me this picture of the Springfield super slide from 1970!!
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Another Thought
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Date: December 04, 2016 11:36AM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Another Thought Wrote:
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> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > > off-brand imports. That is something you
> really
> > > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> > shots...just
> > > a little strange.
> >
> >
> > Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> > VWs & Jaguar.
> >
> > The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker
> Commander
> > facing away from the camera.
>
> In that first shot the count is 3 VW's/Jaguar/and
> a hill i believe coming the other way. Point being
> any given late 50's NOVA shot would be almost ALL
> American. Agreed on the coolness of the Stude!
I missed that third VW hiding beside what looks like a 1959 Pontiac Bonneville.
Volkswagen Bugs were very popular, and with the amount of military families in Fairfax County, it is no wonder the population of BUGS was huge.
Most all Army/USAF enlisted and officers did a tour in West Germany during the late 1950's so they fell in love with the "Peoples Car."
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> Another Thought Wrote:
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> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > > off-brand imports. That is something you
> really
> > > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> > shots...just
> > > a little strange.
> >
> >
> > Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> > VWs & Jaguar.
> >
> > The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker
> Commander
> > facing away from the camera.
>
> In that first shot the count is 3 VW's/Jaguar/and
> a hill i believe coming the other way. Point being
> any given late 50's NOVA shot would be almost ALL
> American. Agreed on the coolness of the Stude!
I missed that third VW hiding beside what looks like a 1959 Pontiac Bonneville.
Volkswagen Bugs were very popular, and with the amount of military families in Fairfax County, it is no wonder the population of BUGS was huge.
Most all Army/USAF enlisted and officers did a tour in West Germany during the late 1950's so they fell in love with the "Peoples Car."
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 04, 2016 12:07PM
I think your correct about the military thing, although it is unusual to see 4 or 5 (Is that a Hillman coming into the intersection?) "foreign" cars in a 50's FFX Cnty photo. My Dad always said Hippies drove VW's when I was a kid. Ironic to find out from one of his old Military friends he had one in the 50's....never told me. :)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Another Thought
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Date: December 04, 2016 12:39PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> I think your correct about the military thing,
> although it is unusual to see 4 or 5 (Is that a
> Hillman coming into the intersection?) "foreign"
> cars in a 50's FFX Cnty photo. My Dad always said
> Hippies drove VW's when I was a kid. Ironic to
> find out from one of his old Military friends he
> had one in the 50's....never told me. :)
Almost make me think that is Jeep Willis Wagon from that era in the intersection, facing away from the camera.
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> I think your correct about the military thing,
> although it is unusual to see 4 or 5 (Is that a
> Hillman coming into the intersection?) "foreign"
> cars in a 50's FFX Cnty photo. My Dad always said
> Hippies drove VW's when I was a kid. Ironic to
> find out from one of his old Military friends he
> had one in the 50's....never told me. :)
Almost make me think that is Jeep Willis Wagon from that era in the intersection, facing away from the camera.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
toe jamb driver
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Date: December 04, 2016 02:54PM
Another Thought Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > off-brand imports. That is something you really
> > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> shots...just
> > a little strange.
>
>
> Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> VWs & Jaguar.
>
> The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker Commander
> facing away from the camera.
OH yeah! My Grandma had a '48 Commander and I watched it rust to death in the backyard. As a kid we used to play in that car where it sat with 4 flat tires, my Dad had it towed away when he sold our Annandale home in 1980.
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks Fran for all that great stuff.
> > OK, Weird observation...given the times those
> > photos were taken, WHY all the VW's and other
> > off-brand imports. That is something you really
> > don't see in any other 50's/60's NOVA
> shots...just
> > a little strange.
>
>
> Most of the cars are very domestic. There are 2
> VWs & Jaguar.
>
> The coolest car is the 1948 Studebaker Commander
> facing away from the camera.
OH yeah! My Grandma had a '48 Commander and I watched it rust to death in the backyard. As a kid we used to play in that car where it sat with 4 flat tires, my Dad had it towed away when he sold our Annandale home in 1980.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
don quisp
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Date: December 04, 2016 08:14PM
Springfielder1 Wrote:
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> My Mom gave me this picture of the Springfield
> super slide from 1970!!
ya. it's been posted a half dozen times already.
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> My Mom gave me this picture of the Springfield
> super slide from 1970!!
ya. it's been posted a half dozen times already.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Starvin Marvin
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Date: December 05, 2016 08:36PM
Will you old guys please explain this,
what do those crappy condos go for now a days?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Keegan
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Date: December 05, 2016 11:27PM
Starvin Marvin Wrote:
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> Will you old guys please explain this,
>
>
> what do those crappy condos go for now a days?
Google is a marvelous thing. The building is still called McLean House at 6800 Fleetwood Rd. Prices now go for upper $100K for a studio up to mid $400K. Built in 1975, they're still very affordable for McLean!
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> Will you old guys please explain this,
>
>
> what do those crappy condos go for now a days?
Google is a marvelous thing. The building is still called McLean House at 6800 Fleetwood Rd. Prices now go for upper $100K for a studio up to mid $400K. Built in 1975, they're still very affordable for McLean!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 06, 2016 12:51AM
Has this picture been posted here yet?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 06, 2016 09:57AM
@causeican, I don't believe so..thanks!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Onedarknight
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Date: December 06, 2016 01:04PM
Joe Wheelers Barn: Anyone know where this barn was located? It reminds me of the place of a party I went to once, pre-1988... maybe even pre-1980. I can't be sure of anything though.
old Safeway photo
Posted by:
Sigmund
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Date: December 06, 2016 10:50PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8181574,-76.9999222,3a,75y,239.25h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m4!1saEGSREp5KaHEhWi-dpkOEw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4b1!6m1!1e1
Hi Dave Henery - I think I recognize that Safeway. Atleast there was an identical one in a place called Eastover, MD on Indian Head Highway. It was built around 1957. It's now divided into smaller shops with the main tenant Top Dollar Pawn at 5525 Indian Head Hwy. I'm trying to attach a Google Map with the current view. I can remember when it used to look like the old photo. Note the chimney is still there but the roof was redone and the tower sign taken down. Let me know what you think.
Hi Dave Henery - I think I recognize that Safeway. Atleast there was an identical one in a place called Eastover, MD on Indian Head Highway. It was built around 1957. It's now divided into smaller shops with the main tenant Top Dollar Pawn at 5525 Indian Head Hwy. I'm trying to attach a Google Map with the current view. I can remember when it used to look like the old photo. Note the chimney is still there but the roof was redone and the tower sign taken down. Let me know what you think.
Re: old Safeway photo
Posted by:
Sigmund
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Date: December 06, 2016 10:53PM
correction on address: 5225 Indian Head Highway. near the DC border.
Re: old Safeway photo
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 08, 2016 01:52PM
It is interesting how 50W bows out, away from 50E as it crosses 66 and that the road bowed out even before 66 came through. Below is a 1997 image of the junction; a 1953 image; and a marked-up overlay of the two different years.
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Re: old Safeway photo
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 08, 2016 01:53PM
I don’t know why the subject line is reading “Re: old Safeway photo." I didn’t quote that post. I created a new post in this thread.
Re: old Safeway photo
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: December 08, 2016 05:02PM
Another yearbook picture.
Gino's in '78
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Westmorland drive
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Date: December 08, 2016 05:31PM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> Great to see this thread still going strong. A
> friend sent me this picture and he thinks this is
> the McLean Safeway under construction. I was a
> Burke/west springfield kid so I have few memories
> of McLean can any of you confirm or deny the
> location of this Safeway as McLean and perhaps a
> guess at the date the photo was taken?
Yes that was/ is the Safeway near pimit hills.
1688 Anderson Rd, McLean, VA 22102
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> Great to see this thread still going strong. A
> friend sent me this picture and he thinks this is
> the McLean Safeway under construction. I was a
> Burke/west springfield kid so I have few memories
> of McLean can any of you confirm or deny the
> location of this Safeway as McLean and perhaps a
> guess at the date the photo was taken?
Yes that was/ is the Safeway near pimit hills.
1688 Anderson Rd, McLean, VA 22102
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
len little
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Date: December 09, 2016 01:17AM
I attended Franklin Sherman in Seventh grade. Later I was working at the ESSO station across the street from the AMERICAN (AMOCO) when the school caught fire. In those days I always had a 35 mm camera nearby and I was able to take about a half a roll of pictures which I sold to the local paper. In those days the publisher was a customer of the ESSO (it changed to EXXON while I worked there) I can't remember his name or the name of the Mclean paper. But he used about three of the pictures, and interviewed me about the fire for an article in the paper. During that time Ed White owned the ESSO
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
photographer2
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Date: December 09, 2016 09:52AM
len little Wrote:
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> I attended Franklin Sherman in Seventh grade.
> Later I was working at the ESSO station across the
> street from the AMERICAN (AMOCO) when the school
> caught fire. In those days I always had a 35 mm
> camera nearby and I was able to take about a half
> a roll of pictures which I sold to the local
> paper. In those days the publisher was a customer
> of the ESSO (it changed to EXXON while I worked
> there) I can't remember his name or the name of
> the Mclean paper. But he used about three of the
> pictures, and interviewed me about the fire for an
> article in the paper. During that time Ed White
> owned the ESSO
Was the paper called the providence journal by chance?
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> I attended Franklin Sherman in Seventh grade.
> Later I was working at the ESSO station across the
> street from the AMERICAN (AMOCO) when the school
> caught fire. In those days I always had a 35 mm
> camera nearby and I was able to take about a half
> a roll of pictures which I sold to the local
> paper. In those days the publisher was a customer
> of the ESSO (it changed to EXXON while I worked
> there) I can't remember his name or the name of
> the Mclean paper. But he used about three of the
> pictures, and interviewed me about the fire for an
> article in the paper. During that time Ed White
> owned the ESSO
Was the paper called the providence journal by chance?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: December 10, 2016 06:32AM
Another yearbook photo from Langley 1973.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: December 10, 2016 06:36AM
Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 10, 2016 10:42AM
Thanks again for the historical overlays "cause".
GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug Fair.
GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug Fair.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 10, 2016 11:44AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha! What do you know?
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> Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha! What do you know?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Peoples Drug Store
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Date: December 10, 2016 11:59AM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Thanks again for the historical overlays "cause".
>
> GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug Fair.
I think the pic was from 1975 or a little later because of the Ford Gran Torino and Ford Granada.
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> Thanks again for the historical overlays "cause".
>
> GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug Fair.
I think the pic was from 1975 or a little later because of the Ford Gran Torino and Ford Granada.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 10, 2016 01:02PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
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> Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha!
> What do you know?
Ok "cause"...I think that's a Datsun wagon-'69, and the pic is not in the 50's. :)
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
>
>
> Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha!
> What do you know?
Ok "cause"...I think that's a Datsun wagon-'69, and the pic is not in the 50's. :)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
ford guy
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Date: December 10, 2016 02:25PM
Peoples Drug Store Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks again for the historical overlays
> "cause".
> >
> > GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug
> Fair.
>
>
> I think the pic was from 1975 or a little later
> because of the Ford Gran Torino and Ford Granada.
From what it says here,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Torino#1972.E2.80.931976:_Gran_Torino
That body style was from 1972 and probably released fall of 1971 so that would be the earliest possible date so yeah most likely 1972 or later.
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Thanks again for the historical overlays
> "cause".
> >
> > GREAT group of pics "Fran"...love the Drug
> Fair.
>
>
> I think the pic was from 1975 or a little later
> because of the Ford Gran Torino and Ford Granada.
From what it says here,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Torino#1972.E2.80.931976:_Gran_Torino
That body style was from 1972 and probably released fall of 1971 so that would be the earliest possible date so yeah most likely 1972 or later.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
ford guy
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Date: December 10, 2016 02:33PM
correction, as peoples drug store pointed out the Ford Granada was not released till fall of 1974 with a 1975 model year so it is likely 1975 or later.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 10, 2016 05:04PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > > Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
> >
> >
> > Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha!
> > What do you know?
>
> Ok "cause"...I think that's a Datsun wagon-'69,
> and the pic is not in the 50's. :)
haha right
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> > > Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
> >
> >
> > Another volkswagon! and a fiat! and a yamaha!
> > What do you know?
>
> Ok "cause"...I think that's a Datsun wagon-'69,
> and the pic is not in the 50's. :)
haha right
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
taco eater
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Date: December 10, 2016 06:07PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Another yearbook photo from Langley 1973.
That became the Taco Amigo in the mid 80's...mmmm
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> Another yearbook photo from Langley 1973.
That became the Taco Amigo in the mid 80's...mmmm
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: December 11, 2016 06:44AM
Yet another yearbook photo of the loading zone at the McLean Super Giant 1964.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: December 11, 2016 06:52AM
This was the great chesterbrook shopping center drug fair date unknown.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ron Hull
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Date: December 11, 2016 10:40AM
This store was on the corner of Gallows and 29 and owned by my Great Grandfather Elbert McCoy Dunn. This would be on the same side that Target is now, but closer to Gallows.
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Posted by:
EWeuw
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Date: December 11, 2016 10:46AM
Awesome picture Ron. Thx. Like a Christmas present.
Was the store also a trolley station, do you know?
Was the store also a trolley station, do you know?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jim Collins
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Date: December 11, 2016 03:22PM
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: December 11, 2016 03:30PM
Jim Collins Wrote:
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> Not a picture but a lot of content from WPGC from
> 1976.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmuGJ0BYLA
wow
yeah, wpgc was the go to rock station in the mid 70s. we had a wpgc bumper sticker on our 1970 green chevy impala
Obviously the fast moving demographic shifts in pg county necessitated a change in music format shortly thereafter.
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> Not a picture but a lot of content from WPGC from
> 1976.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmuGJ0BYLA
wow
yeah, wpgc was the go to rock station in the mid 70s. we had a wpgc bumper sticker on our 1970 green chevy impala
Obviously the fast moving demographic shifts in pg county necessitated a change in music format shortly thereafter.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
len little
()
Date: December 11, 2016 04:24PM
Providence Journal, yep thanks for remembering for me. It has been quite a few years ago and the memory slips a little from time to time.
I moved to McLean just as they were grading the area for the Giant ON 123,and I remember a power pole still supported by a pillar of dirt about six feet tall, that being how much dirt they removed from that spot to level the area for the parking lot. We used to get lemon and other flavor cokes at the soda bar in the Peoples Drug next door. But the food at Preston's Drug on Old Dominion was the better of the two.
In the picture of the Giant you can clearly see the McLean Vol fire station and its hose drying tower with the siren on top of it. later in my teens I would hang out with the firemen and play cards with them while they waited for a call.
The two story building you can see to the right of the fire station was the Sharon Masonic Lodge # 327. When I was 14 I joined the Order of DeMolay which was sponsored by the Lodge and then after getting out of the Army I joined the lodge in 1969. Later the property was sold to the Amoco Station and we built a new Lodge by Cooper Intermediate School.
I moved to McLean just as they were grading the area for the Giant ON 123,and I remember a power pole still supported by a pillar of dirt about six feet tall, that being how much dirt they removed from that spot to level the area for the parking lot. We used to get lemon and other flavor cokes at the soda bar in the Peoples Drug next door. But the food at Preston's Drug on Old Dominion was the better of the two.
In the picture of the Giant you can clearly see the McLean Vol fire station and its hose drying tower with the siren on top of it. later in my teens I would hang out with the firemen and play cards with them while they waited for a call.
The two story building you can see to the right of the fire station was the Sharon Masonic Lodge # 327. When I was 14 I joined the Order of DeMolay which was sponsored by the Lodge and then after getting out of the Army I joined the lodge in 1969. Later the property was sold to the Amoco Station and we built a new Lodge by Cooper Intermediate School.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burke Brat
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Date: December 11, 2016 10:34PM
phelpsmarc Wrote:
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> Jim Collins Wrote:
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> > Not a picture but a lot of content from WPGC
> from
> > 1976.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmuGJ0BYLA
>
>
> wow
>
> yeah, wpgc was the go to rock station in the mid
> 70s. we had a wpgc bumper sticker on our 1970
> green chevy impala
>
> Obviously the fast moving demographic shifts in pg
> county necessitated a change in music format
> shortly thereafter.
Sorry they are not the best, if I have time I may Scan them. but these are from the WPGC Rambling Raft Race from the 70's when they where trying to promote the water quality? getting Better. Made my Mother take me down to it. LOL
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> > Not a picture but a lot of content from WPGC
> from
> > 1976.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TmuGJ0BYLA
>
>
> wow
>
> yeah, wpgc was the go to rock station in the mid
> 70s. we had a wpgc bumper sticker on our 1970
> green chevy impala
>
> Obviously the fast moving demographic shifts in pg
> county necessitated a change in music format
> shortly thereafter.
Sorry they are not the best, if I have time I may Scan them. but these are from the WPGC Rambling Raft Race from the 70's when they where trying to promote the water quality? getting Better. Made my Mother take me down to it. LOL
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Date: December 11, 2016 11:46PM
This was the great chesterbrook shopping center drug fair date unknown
My dad owned the barbershop in the shopping center from 1968 until 2004. Remember the fire. He had a old 1975 Cadillac like the one in the pic that he parked next to the building with the sign. I need to check with him on the date of the fire.
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Date: December 12, 2016 12:06AM
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Date: December 12, 2016 11:48AM
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> Awesome picture Ron. Thx. Like a Christmas
> present.
>
> Was the store also a trolley station, do you know?
The W&OD Dunn Loring station was located slightly to the east of where the W&OD trail crosses Gallows Road. The Dunn Loring station for the WA&FC/WV/A&F trolley line was where Electric Ave/Railroad St. intersect with Gallows Road. Both of these lines would have been north of where Dunn's Store was located.
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> Awesome picture Ron. Thx. Like a Christmas
> present.
>
> Was the store also a trolley station, do you know?
The W&OD Dunn Loring station was located slightly to the east of where the W&OD trail crosses Gallows Road. The Dunn Loring station for the WA&FC/WV/A&F trolley line was where Electric Ave/Railroad St. intersect with Gallows Road. Both of these lines would have been north of where Dunn's Store was located.
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All things Fairfax
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Date: December 12, 2016 01:47PM
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> It is interesting how 50W bows out, away from 50E
> as it crosses 66 and that the road bowed out even
> before 66 came through. Below is a 1997 image of
> the junction; a 1953 image; and a marked-up
> overlay of the two different years.
50W doesn't bow out away from 50E, it's the other way around. I looked into this quite a bit a few yrs ago. Dig back farther than 1953 and you'll see route 50 east and west used to curve - when they widened/separated the road, they added the eastbound straight shot. The curve was there goin back to the original toll road circa 1802 - it was the easiest place to cross Difficult Run. There was a big hill that led down to the bridge and ended at the curve where accidents would happen. Locals called that Difficult Run Hill in the 1930s-40s. Screenshot shows 1936 topographic map where the curve crosses the creek, you can see the topo marking the hill on the eastern side, and Difficult Run going right through. Difficult Run was put into a concrete culvert in that spot when VDOT built 66
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> It is interesting how 50W bows out, away from 50E
> as it crosses 66 and that the road bowed out even
> before 66 came through. Below is a 1997 image of
> the junction; a 1953 image; and a marked-up
> overlay of the two different years.
50W doesn't bow out away from 50E, it's the other way around. I looked into this quite a bit a few yrs ago. Dig back farther than 1953 and you'll see route 50 east and west used to curve - when they widened/separated the road, they added the eastbound straight shot. The curve was there goin back to the original toll road circa 1802 - it was the easiest place to cross Difficult Run. There was a big hill that led down to the bridge and ended at the curve where accidents would happen. Locals called that Difficult Run Hill in the 1930s-40s. Screenshot shows 1936 topographic map where the curve crosses the creek, you can see the topo marking the hill on the eastern side, and Difficult Run going right through. Difficult Run was put into a concrete culvert in that spot when VDOT built 66
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Date: December 12, 2016 09:01PM
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> this? 1978
> http://www.amandfmmorningside.com/wpgc_photos_ramb
> lin_raft_race.html
Sorry I was 12 at the time LOL, but nice addition. Got my Mother to take me down, but not really old enough to get involved. ;) I was riding a Moped around in the snow when Air Florida hit the 14th st bridge. Just the Memories.
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> this? 1978
> http://www.amandfmmorningside.com/wpgc_photos_ramb
> lin_raft_race.html
Sorry I was 12 at the time LOL, but nice addition. Got my Mother to take me down, but not really old enough to get involved. ;) I was riding a Moped around in the snow when Air Florida hit the 14th st bridge. Just the Memories.
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Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 14, 2016 11:58AM
Ron Hull Wrote:
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> This store was on the corner of Gallows and 29 and
> owned by my Great Grandfather Elbert McCoy Dunn.
> This would be on the same side that Target is now,
> but closer to Gallows.
Ron, What year approx?
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> This store was on the corner of Gallows and 29 and
> owned by my Great Grandfather Elbert McCoy Dunn.
> This would be on the same side that Target is now,
> but closer to Gallows.
Ron, What year approx?
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XB70A
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Date: December 14, 2016 03:25PM
I remember those Rambling Raft Races! I'm surprised no one drowned or WPGC didn't get sued.
Does anyone else remember the Unlimited Hydroplane races in the Potomac they used to have in the '70's as well? A friend had an apartment in Crystal City and we loved watching and listening to the old Allison and Rolls Royce BIG V-12's thunder! The racers rented rooms in the hotels just off of 395 and you could see the boats on their trailers stored at an angle to fit.
The best days of Northern VA.
Does anyone else remember the Unlimited Hydroplane races in the Potomac they used to have in the '70's as well? A friend had an apartment in Crystal City and we loved watching and listening to the old Allison and Rolls Royce BIG V-12's thunder! The racers rented rooms in the hotels just off of 395 and you could see the boats on their trailers stored at an angle to fit.
The best days of Northern VA.
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XB70A
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Date: December 14, 2016 03:30PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
Pretty sure both of the newer ! Fords have 5 mph bumpers on the rear, that would make them from 1974 on.
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> Drug Fair on Chain Bridge Road circa 1970.
Pretty sure both of the newer ! Fords have 5 mph bumpers on the rear, that would make them from 1974 on.
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Black Friday
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Date: December 14, 2016 08:58PM
Boat race on the Potomac back in the seventies three people died, one boat was named Miss Budweiser.
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Goat Lady
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Date: December 14, 2016 09:24PM
!972 Agnus flooding. Any good aerials of Fairfax flooding from this time other than the Rt 1 bridge after the fact? Manassas, West Gate of Lomond subdivision. Loch Lomond Elementary in foreground.
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Falls Church 4 eva
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Date: December 16, 2016 04:23AM
When I was a kid I loved to see the big star that the city maintenance department would put on the water tower about a week after thanksgiving. I have no idea what year this picture is from but I am thinking late 1960s maybe.
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Fran Conia
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Date: December 17, 2016 06:20AM
Great color on this one because it came from a color slide rather than a print.
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Date: December 17, 2016 08:54AM
Look at that line of cars, starting with...dare I say...
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Fran Conia
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:04AM
Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7 corners shot from 1961.
Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped structures directly in front of the storefronts are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
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blanche
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:20AM
I believe the rectangular shaped structures are stores that aren't attached to the main building. At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on either side before being totally enclosed to make it more mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was originally.)
My mom preferred Shirlington and we didn't go to 7-Corners as much -- it had a Lansburgh's Department store which was why we went there.
Sleepy can you shed some light on the rectangular structures?
My mom preferred Shirlington and we didn't go to 7-Corners as much -- it had a Lansburgh's Department store which was why we went there.
Sleepy can you shed some light on the rectangular structures?
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Sleepy Holla
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:27AM
Blanche, You are correct....those are the stores w/ the inside entrances in the concourse. At some point the roof line was evened and then it was enclosed in the mid 70's. Fran...GREAT pics. Thanks!
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...in the 22039
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:27AM
blanche Wrote:
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> I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> stores that aren't attached to the main building.
> At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on either
> side before being totally enclosed to make it more
> mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> originally.)
>
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Kings Park Shopping Plaza used to have the "rectangular stores" out front, too. But rather than cover them, they got rid of them. Used to not be able to see the other ones behind. This was in the "Vinnie's" era.
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> I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> stores that aren't attached to the main building.
> At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on either
> side before being totally enclosed to make it more
> mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> originally.)
>
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Kings Park Shopping Plaza used to have the "rectangular stores" out front, too. But rather than cover them, they got rid of them. Used to not be able to see the other ones behind. This was in the "Vinnie's" era.
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Fran Conia
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:44AM
...in the 22039 Wrote:
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> > stores that aren't attached to the main
> building.
> > At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on
> either
> > side before being totally enclosed to make it
> more
> > mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> > originally.)
> >
>
> _________________________________
>
> Kings Park Shopping Plaza used to have the
> "rectangular stores" out front, too. But rather
> than cover them, they got rid of them. Used to not
> be able to see the other ones behind. This was in
> the "Vinnie's" era.
Oh yeah, I remember that. There was the Fortuna pizza place, a barber shop and a greeting card store out front. As I recall Vinnie's started out as the Mystique steak house.
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> > stores that aren't attached to the main
> building.
> > At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on
> either
> > side before being totally enclosed to make it
> more
> > mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> > originally.)
> >
>
> _________________________________
>
> Kings Park Shopping Plaza used to have the
> "rectangular stores" out front, too. But rather
> than cover them, they got rid of them. Used to not
> be able to see the other ones behind. This was in
> the "Vinnie's" era.
Oh yeah, I remember that. There was the Fortuna pizza place, a barber shop and a greeting card store out front. As I recall Vinnie's started out as the Mystique steak house.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: December 17, 2016 06:57PM
Chestnut Hill manor house where NOVA Annandale is today.
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X Marks The Evil Spot
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Date: December 17, 2016 07:53PM
Where "The Evil Beltway Snipers" Mohammad and Malvo Sat in their car, the trunk toward The Home Depot Parking Garage and Mavo fired a single shot that Killed Linda Franklin. They then left unimpeded as The Cops were looking for a white van.
Those were Some Really Spooky October Days For All in NOVA
May Malvo Rot at Red Onion in Pound Va.. Mohammad has reaped His "Final Reward" a "Date With the Executioner".
DAJAX
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DAJAX
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October 2002
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Date: December 17, 2016 08:31PM
X Marks The Evil Spot Wrote:
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> Where "The Evil Beltway Snipers" Mohammad and
> Malvo Sat in their car, the trunk toward The Home
> Depot Parking Garage and Mavo fired a single shot
> that Killed Linda Franklin. They then left
> unimpeded as The Cops were looking for a white
> van.
> Those were Some Really Spooky October Days For All
> in NOVA
>
> May Malvo Rot at Red Onion in Pound Va.. Mohammad
> has reaped His "Final Reward" a "Date With the
> Executioner".
>
> DAJAX
I went shopping at the Shoppers Grocery Store about 30 minutes before the Home Depot shooting that night.
WTOP started broadcasting that there was another shooting in the 7 Corners area just as I turn into my driveway in Vienna - My blood ran cold.
The sniper shootings - It was something to live through.
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> Where "The Evil Beltway Snipers" Mohammad and
> Malvo Sat in their car, the trunk toward The Home
> Depot Parking Garage and Mavo fired a single shot
> that Killed Linda Franklin. They then left
> unimpeded as The Cops were looking for a white
> van.
> Those were Some Really Spooky October Days For All
> in NOVA
>
> May Malvo Rot at Red Onion in Pound Va.. Mohammad
> has reaped His "Final Reward" a "Date With the
> Executioner".
>
> DAJAX
I went shopping at the Shoppers Grocery Store about 30 minutes before the Home Depot shooting that night.
WTOP started broadcasting that there was another shooting in the 7 Corners area just as I turn into my driveway in Vienna - My blood ran cold.
The sniper shootings - It was something to live through.
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I Remember How Spooky It Was
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Date: December 17, 2016 08:37PM
About Dusk ever day, Especially if any woods were round..And on 236 at The Texaco..Or Shell?? at Prosperity I Found Comfort getting gas..behind their big blue tarp ! And That was shown Nationwide!
It was a relief for all when they were caught.. And gee..After that..It all became quite again..They Did It All Right!
DAJAX
It was a relief for all when they were caught.. And gee..After that..It all became quite again..They Did It All Right!
DAJAX
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causeican
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Date: December 17, 2016 08:47PM
lbss82bruin Wrote:
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> Does anyone have a picture of Fairfax Circle when
> Reine's RV was there? They were where the old
> Saturn Dealership was. I see them out on I-66 in
> Manassas and think about when they were in
> Fairfax.
Is this it?
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> Does anyone have a picture of Fairfax Circle when
> Reine's RV was there? They were where the old
> Saturn Dealership was. I see them out on I-66 in
> Manassas and think about when they were in
> Fairfax.
Is this it?
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Date: December 17, 2016 09:03PM
I Remember How Spooky It Was Wrote:
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> About Dusk ever day, Especially if any woods were
> round..And on 236 at The Texaco..Or Shell?? at
> Prosperity I Found Comfort getting gas..behind
> their big blue tarp ! And That was shown
> Nationwide!
>
> It was a relief for all when they were caught..
> And gee..After that..It all became quite
> again..They Did It All Right!
>
> DAJAX
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> About Dusk ever day, Especially if any woods were
> round..And on 236 at The Texaco..Or Shell?? at
> Prosperity I Found Comfort getting gas..behind
> their big blue tarp ! And That was shown
> Nationwide!
>
> It was a relief for all when they were caught..
> And gee..After that..It all became quite
> again..They Did It All Right!
>
> DAJAX
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fxcograd
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:06PM
blanche Wrote:
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> I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> stores that aren't attached to the main building.
> At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on either
> side before being totally enclosed to make it more
> mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> originally.)
>
Speaking of Landmark,its a zombie mall. It wont die. I thought for sure Christmas 2015 was its last. I had to pick up an online order from Sears today (free shipping to store- love that). There are even fewer stores at landmark this year, compared to last year. maybe 10 stores left, mostly mom and pop boutiques. A whole lot of empty space. The escalator to the third floor food court is blocked off this year so I guess no food there anymore. And no Santa this year. You know your mall is in a death spiral when you got no Santa. I think Sears is going to go bankrupt before Landmark Mall actually closes though.In a way it will be a shame though, Landmark ver. 2.0 architecture is just so 1987 in a Max Headroom kind of way.
First pic mine from 12/17/16. second pic swiped from http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/landmark_mall.html
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> I believe the rectangular shaped structures are
> stores that aren't attached to the main building.
> At one point, 7-Corners had breezeways on either
> side before being totally enclosed to make it more
> mall-like. (Sort of like Landmark was
> originally.)
>
Speaking of Landmark,its a zombie mall. It wont die. I thought for sure Christmas 2015 was its last. I had to pick up an online order from Sears today (free shipping to store- love that). There are even fewer stores at landmark this year, compared to last year. maybe 10 stores left, mostly mom and pop boutiques. A whole lot of empty space. The escalator to the third floor food court is blocked off this year so I guess no food there anymore. And no Santa this year. You know your mall is in a death spiral when you got no Santa. I think Sears is going to go bankrupt before Landmark Mall actually closes though.In a way it will be a shame though, Landmark ver. 2.0 architecture is just so 1987 in a Max Headroom kind of way.
First pic mine from 12/17/16. second pic swiped from http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/landmark_mall.html
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Date: December 17, 2016 10:15PM
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Date: December 18, 2016 05:43AM
This pic courtesy of Chris Rooney
Then: Wiehle Avenue Pizza Hut with a small tree, 1970s
Now: Weirdly renovated Wiehle Avenue Pizza Hut with a large tree, October 2016
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Datsun Saves
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Date: December 18, 2016 08:46AM
causeican Wrote:
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> lbss82bruin Wrote:
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> > Does anyone have a picture of Fairfax Circle
> when
> > Reine's RV was there? They were where the old
> > Saturn Dealership was. I see them out on I-66
> in
> > Manassas and think about when they were in
> > Fairfax.
>
>
> Is this it?
Go see the "Captain" at Bob Ted Datsun for your best deal on a brand new 1973 Datsun B210.
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> lbss82bruin Wrote:
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> > Does anyone have a picture of Fairfax Circle
> when
> > Reine's RV was there? They were where the old
> > Saturn Dealership was. I see them out on I-66
> in
> > Manassas and think about when they were in
> > Fairfax.
>
>
> Is this it?
Go see the "Captain" at Bob Ted Datsun for your best deal on a brand new 1973 Datsun B210.
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Posted by:
DH
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Date: December 18, 2016 11:18AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> corners shot from 1961.
>
> Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> structures directly in front of the storefronts
> are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
I just want to say that is a great picture of 7 Corners. That is the way I will always remember the shopping center.
If I remember rights some of those small stores were,
Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music Time.
I don't remember so much about the upper level, I think there was a Fannie May candy store, an optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe store? I guess I spent most of my time on the lower level.
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> Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> corners shot from 1961.
>
> Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> structures directly in front of the storefronts
> are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
I just want to say that is a great picture of 7 Corners. That is the way I will always remember the shopping center.
If I remember rights some of those small stores were,
Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music Time.
I don't remember so much about the upper level, I think there was a Fannie May candy store, an optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe store? I guess I spent most of my time on the lower level.
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Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 18, 2016 11:39AM
DH Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> > corners shot from 1961.
> >
> > Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> > structures directly in front of the storefronts
> > are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> > went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
>
>
> I just want to say that is a great picture of 7
> Corners. That is the way I will always remember
> the shopping center.
> If I remember rights some of those small stores
> were,
> Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry
> store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music
> Time.
> I don't remember so much about the upper level, I
> think there was a Fannie May candy store, an
> optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a
> lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe
> store? I guess I spent most of my time on the
> lower level.
Don't forget Irving's Sports, and in the late 70's Orange Julious...
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> > corners shot from 1961.
> >
> > Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> > structures directly in front of the storefronts
> > are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> > went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
>
>
> I just want to say that is a great picture of 7
> Corners. That is the way I will always remember
> the shopping center.
> If I remember rights some of those small stores
> were,
> Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry
> store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music
> Time.
> I don't remember so much about the upper level, I
> think there was a Fannie May candy store, an
> optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a
> lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe
> store? I guess I spent most of my time on the
> lower level.
Don't forget Irving's Sports, and in the late 70's Orange Julious...
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Fran Conia
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Date: December 18, 2016 03:04PM
Another yearbook pic. There has been a few comments about the number of VW bugs on the road back in the day. My best friend in high school's dad took us here in the 70s and purchased a brand new canary yellow bug. I still remember that new car smell on the way home, lol it was probably formaldehyde.
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Date: December 18, 2016 03:13PM
Here's where you went to borrow the money to buy your VW bug. This is from Edison yearbook, not sure of the date.
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Landmarrk
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Date: December 18, 2016 03:29PM
And no Santa this year. You know your
> mall is in a death spiral when you got no Santa. I
> think Sears is going to go bankrupt before
> Landmark Mall actually closes though.
Up until last year I would take the kids to see Santa at Landmark. No line. Ever. And a good Santa too - I am wondering how much it costs to heat and cool that place, and the taxes must be a fortune.
> mall is in a death spiral when you got no Santa. I
> think Sears is going to go bankrupt before
> Landmark Mall actually closes though.
Up until last year I would take the kids to see Santa at Landmark. No line. Ever. And a good Santa too - I am wondering how much it costs to heat and cool that place, and the taxes must be a fortune.
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DH
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Date: December 18, 2016 03:38PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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>
>
> Don't forget Irving's Sports, and in the late 70's
> Orange Julious
Hey Sleepy, was Irvings in one of the smaller stores or was it in one of the regular interior stores?
Can't forget Orange Julious for pizza slices when we had the munchies.
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>
>
> Don't forget Irving's Sports, and in the late 70's
> Orange Julious
Hey Sleepy, was Irvings in one of the smaller stores or was it in one of the regular interior stores?
Can't forget Orange Julious for pizza slices when we had the munchies.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 18, 2016 03:44PM
@DH, Lower level-reg store, close to Garfinkel's, across roughly from Music Time.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 18, 2016 04:01PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Found this one on a very old McLean thread...very
> cool.
OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10 cars are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot w/ the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS, near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW Bus.
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> Found this one on a very old McLean thread...very
> cool.
OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10 cars are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot w/ the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS, near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW Bus.
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Posted by:
Great Falls Resident
()
Date: December 18, 2016 04:20PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Found this one on a very old McLean
> thread...very
> > cool.
>
>
> OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was
> commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10 cars
> are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY
> UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot w/
> the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they
> were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS,
> near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW Bus.
VW Bugs were so common they blended into the scenery - So to find 3 of them in this photo is no big deal. As for the Jag - They were around, but not very exotic.
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Found this one on a very old McLean
> thread...very
> > cool.
>
>
> OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was
> commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10 cars
> are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY
> UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot w/
> the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they
> were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS,
> near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW Bus.
VW Bugs were so common they blended into the scenery - So to find 3 of them in this photo is no big deal. As for the Jag - They were around, but not very exotic.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 18, 2016 04:22PM
Great Falls Resident Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Found this one on a very old McLean
> > thread...very
> > > cool.
> >
> >
> > OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was
> > commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10
> cars
> > are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY
> > UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot
> w/
> > the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they
> > were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS,
> > near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW
> Bus.
>
> VW Bugs were so common they blended into the
> scenery - So to find 3 of them in this photo is no
> big deal. As for the Jag - They were around, but
> not very exotic.
Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Found this one on a very old McLean
> > thread...very
> > > cool.
> >
> >
> > OK, Before I become the VW "Freak":)...I was
> > commenting that in a roughly 1957 photo, @10
> cars
> > are identifiable, 5 are foreign..VERY
> > UNIQUE.....Find me any MID 50's FFX county shot
> w/
> > the same numbers. I know in the 60's/70's they
> > were everywhere. One of my best friends in HS,
> > near Barcroft, his family had 4 Bugs and 1 VW
> Bus.
>
> VW Bugs were so common they blended into the
> scenery - So to find 3 of them in this photo is no
> big deal. As for the Jag - They were around, but
> not very exotic.
Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
FCHS-BITD
()
Date: December 18, 2016 05:22PM
DH Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> > corners shot from 1961.
> >
> > Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> > structures directly in front of the storefronts
> > are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> > went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
>
>
> I just want to say that is a great picture of 7
> Corners. That is the way I will always remember
> the shopping center.
> If I remember rights some of those small stores
> were,
> Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry
> store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music
> Time.
> I don't remember so much about the upper level, I
> think there was a Fannie May candy store, an
> optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a
> lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe
> store? I guess I spent most of my time on the
> lower level.
The Varsity Shops was on the upper level, toward the eastern end, interior store.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Steve Michaels was nice enough to share this 7
> > corners shot from 1961.
> >
> > Does anybody know what those rectangular shaped
> > structures directly in front of the storefronts
> > are? As a kid I only took a few trips to 7C, we
> > went to Landmark and later Springfield mall.
>
>
> I just want to say that is a great picture of 7
> Corners. That is the way I will always remember
> the shopping center.
> If I remember rights some of those small stores
> were,
> Lower level, Wilsons men's stores, a jewelry
> store, Tiffanys bakery, Karins florist, Music
> Time.
> I don't remember so much about the upper level, I
> think there was a Fannie May candy store, an
> optometrist office(my moms eye dr.), was there a
> lighting store?, a cigar shop?, a men's shoe
> store? I guess I spent most of my time on the
> lower level.
The Varsity Shops was on the upper level, toward the eastern end, interior store.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Datsun Saves
()
Date: December 18, 2016 05:48PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Here's where you went to borrow the money to buy
> your VW bug. This is from Edison yearbook, not
> sure of the date.
Summer of 1972 perhaps?
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> Here's where you went to borrow the money to buy
> your VW bug. This is from Edison yearbook, not
> sure of the date.
Summer of 1972 perhaps?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
...in the 22039
()
Date: December 18, 2016 09:36PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Here's where you went to borrow the money to buy
> your VW bug. This is from Edison yearbook, not
> sure of the date.
Awesome pics. The bank is still there of course, but it's a BoA, now, across the corner from McDonalds/Mike's American Grill.
That was when Springfield was the center of the universe.
And I remember my Grandad getting service at LEE VW. We'd eat at Arthur Treacher's next door, as they did whatever they did...
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> Here's where you went to borrow the money to buy
> your VW bug. This is from Edison yearbook, not
> sure of the date.
Awesome pics. The bank is still there of course, but it's a BoA, now, across the corner from McDonalds/Mike's American Grill.
That was when Springfield was the center of the universe.
And I remember my Grandad getting service at LEE VW. We'd eat at Arthur Treacher's next door, as they did whatever they did...
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: December 19, 2016 12:29PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> I think your correct about the military thing,
> although it is unusual to see 4 or 5 (Is that a
> Hillman coming into the intersection?) "foreign"
> cars in a 50's FFX Cnty photo. My Dad always said
> Hippies drove VW's when I was a kid. Ironic to
> find out from one of his old Military friends he
> had one in the 50's....never told me. :)
I can't say what was around in the '60s, but there were a huge number of old Beetles in NOVA in the '70s. They had to come from somewhere.
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> I think your correct about the military thing,
> although it is unusual to see 4 or 5 (Is that a
> Hillman coming into the intersection?) "foreign"
> cars in a 50's FFX Cnty photo. My Dad always said
> Hippies drove VW's when I was a kid. Ironic to
> find out from one of his old Military friends he
> had one in the 50's....never told me. :)
I can't say what was around in the '60s, but there were a huge number of old Beetles in NOVA in the '70s. They had to come from somewhere.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 19, 2016 12:43PM
Germany....:)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: December 19, 2016 01:22PM
fxcograd Wrote:
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> Speaking of Landmark,its a zombie mall.
Speaking even more of Landmark, I did some web searching a while ago and could hardly find any reference that The Underground ever existed.
I used to nag my parents for rides there so I could get Ilford film from Fuller & d'Albert.
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> Speaking of Landmark,its a zombie mall.
Speaking even more of Landmark, I did some web searching a while ago and could hardly find any reference that The Underground ever existed.
I used to nag my parents for rides there so I could get Ilford film from Fuller & d'Albert.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: December 19, 2016 01:31PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
Just a thought:
In my experience, especially online, when someone tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't rule out the picture being from 1967.
I don't have the talent some of you have, so I won't try to date that picture.
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> Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
Just a thought:
In my experience, especially online, when someone tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't rule out the picture being from 1967.
I don't have the talent some of you have, so I won't try to date that picture.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 19, 2016 02:47PM
DLawson Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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>
> > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
>
> Just a thought:
>
> In my experience, especially online, when someone
> tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> rule out the picture being from 1967.
>
> I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> won't try to date that picture.
Newest Car in the photo is a 58/59...trust me it's not 1967.
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
>
> Just a thought:
>
> In my experience, especially online, when someone
> tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> rule out the picture being from 1967.
>
> I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> won't try to date that picture.
Newest Car in the photo is a 58/59...trust me it's not 1967.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Silver Line Rider
()
Date: December 19, 2016 06:13PM
DLawson Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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>
> > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
>
> Just a thought:
>
> In my experience, especially online, when someone
> tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> rule out the picture being from 1967.
>
> I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> won't try to date that picture.
I feel confident in pegging that pic to the summer of 1959
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
>
> Just a thought:
>
> In my experience, especially online, when someone
> tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> rule out the picture being from 1967.
>
> I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> won't try to date that picture.
I feel confident in pegging that pic to the summer of 1959
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
FFX Oldtimer
()
Date: December 19, 2016 09:49PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they became very overgrown after the property was abandoned.
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> Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they became very overgrown after the property was abandoned.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: December 19, 2016 10:47PM
FFX Oldtimer Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
>
> Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they
> became very overgrown after the property was
> abandoned.
ahh, thank you! but why are they in rows like that?
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
>
> Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they
> became very overgrown after the property was
> abandoned.
ahh, thank you! but why are they in rows like that?
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Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: December 19, 2016 10:57PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> DLawson Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
> >
> > Just a thought:
> >
> > In my experience, especially online, when
> someone
> > tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> > rule out the picture being from 1967.
> >
> > I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> > won't try to date that picture.
>
> Newest Car in the photo is a 58/59...trust me it's
> not 1967.
Thanks for keeping me honest.
Those ages make even 1961 (when Beetles were becoming more common) unlikely.
I'd have to give points to the original claim -- this was good photo-timing for any time in the '50s.
I found one page (not saved, sorry) that put the national sales of Beetles in 1959 in the mid-hundreds. Soon after, boom! But before that, there were probably under 3k Beetles in the whole country.
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> DLawson Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > Not in the mid 50's....later-FO SHURE
> >
> > Just a thought:
> >
> > In my experience, especially online, when
> someone
> > tags a picture as being "the 50s," that doesn't
> > rule out the picture being from 1967.
> >
> > I don't have the talent some of you have, so I
> > won't try to date that picture.
>
> Newest Car in the photo is a 58/59...trust me it's
> not 1967.
Thanks for keeping me honest.
Those ages make even 1961 (when Beetles were becoming more common) unlikely.
I'd have to give points to the original claim -- this was good photo-timing for any time in the '50s.
I found one page (not saved, sorry) that put the national sales of Beetles in 1959 in the mid-hundreds. Soon after, boom! But before that, there were probably under 3k Beetles in the whole country.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
FFX Oldtimer
()
Date: December 19, 2016 10:58PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
Those are rows of Boxwood shrubs. I grew up in Layton Hall subdivision and a few of the new residents transplanted some of them to landscape their newly constructed homes. After Layton Hall Drive was constructed, there were a few rows between Belle Willard School and Layton Hall Drive that survived until at least the 1990s.
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> Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
Those are rows of Boxwood shrubs. I grew up in Layton Hall subdivision and a few of the new residents transplanted some of them to landscape their newly constructed homes. After Layton Hall Drive was constructed, there were a few rows between Belle Willard School and Layton Hall Drive that survived until at least the 1990s.
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Posted by:
FFX Oldtimer
()
Date: December 19, 2016 11:07PM
causeican Wrote:
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> FFX Oldtimer Wrote:
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> > causeican Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
> >
> > Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they
> > became very overgrown after the property was
> > abandoned.
>
> ahh, thank you! but why are they in rows like
> that?
I don't know for certain, but I suspect the former owner was running a nursery on the side. The property was a farm with barn, stable chicken coop, etc.. The stable or what I think was a stable burned about 1960. The barn was around until about 1964 before it was burned down. From some of the historic aerials, you can see the remnants of what appears to be an orchard to the southeast. I think those facilities belonged to the Layton Hall estate. That area was my playground in the early 1960s.
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> > -----
> > > Can anyone tell me what those rows are?
> >
> > Box shrubs. I used to play under them when they
> > became very overgrown after the property was
> > abandoned.
>
> ahh, thank you! but why are they in rows like
> that?
I don't know for certain, but I suspect the former owner was running a nursery on the side. The property was a farm with barn, stable chicken coop, etc.. The stable or what I think was a stable burned about 1960. The barn was around until about 1964 before it was burned down. From some of the historic aerials, you can see the remnants of what appears to be an orchard to the southeast. I think those facilities belonged to the Layton Hall estate. That area was my playground in the early 1960s.
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Posted by:
FFX Oldtimer
()
Date: December 19, 2016 11:25PM
I've labeled the buildings in the attached picture. I've searched the web for more pictures of this farm, but haven't been lucky. There are very few pictures of the Layton Hall estate.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: December 20, 2016 04:20PM
Another format attack bump
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burke Brat
()
Date: December 20, 2016 05:12PM
bump
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
C4XG4
()
Date: December 20, 2016 09:23PM
(Original Caption) This is an aerial view of the tower and main building at the Dulles International Airport which will be dedicated by President Kennedy on Saturday. At left, in this picture made today, seats for the ceremony and the speaker's platform are erected
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Posted by:
LTVmh
()
Date: December 20, 2016 09:47PM
Overhead view of air traffic controllers at work in the control tower at Dulles Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, circa 1968
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Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: December 20, 2016 11:52PM
Hey thanks FFX Oldtimer for filling in some of the blanks on that aerial. I’m always looking at these and trying to figure ‘em out; imaging what it was like. I really appreciate you’re input.
In this picture, if the water tower is up by the courthouse, which way is the house facing? Which road is it facing - University?
Man! That’s really too bad this house was lost to development. It would have been a good keep; even if just the house.
Its hard to look at all the asphalt that covered all the rolling hills in and around the city. Anyway, thanks.
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In this picture, if the water tower is up by the courthouse, which way is the house facing? Which road is it facing - University?
Man! That’s really too bad this house was lost to development. It would have been a good keep; even if just the house.
Its hard to look at all the asphalt that covered all the rolling hills in and around the city. Anyway, thanks.
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Posted by:
FFX Oldtimer
()
Date: December 21, 2016 12:35AM
causeican Wrote:
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> Hey thanks FFX Oldtimer for filling in some of the
> blanks on that aerial. I’m always looking at
> these and trying to figure ‘em out; imaging what
> it was like. I really appreciate you’re input.
>
> In this picture, if the water tower is up by the
> courthouse, which way is the house facing? Which
> road is it facing - University?
>
> Man! That’s really too bad this house was lost
> to development. It would have been a good keep;
> even if just the house.
>
> Its hard to look at all the asphalt that covered
> all the rolling hills in and around the city.
> Anyway, thanks.
The water tower is located on the north side of the home located south-southeast of the barn stable complex in the historic aerials photo. There were two large homes on that property and both were facing west towards University Drive.
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> Hey thanks FFX Oldtimer for filling in some of the
> blanks on that aerial. I’m always looking at
> these and trying to figure ‘em out; imaging what
> it was like. I really appreciate you’re input.
>
> In this picture, if the water tower is up by the
> courthouse, which way is the house facing? Which
> road is it facing - University?
>
> Man! That’s really too bad this house was lost
> to development. It would have been a good keep;
> even if just the house.
>
> Its hard to look at all the asphalt that covered
> all the rolling hills in and around the city.
> Anyway, thanks.
The water tower is located on the north side of the home located south-southeast of the barn stable complex in the historic aerials photo. There were two large homes on that property and both were facing west towards University Drive.