Emmett Grogan Wrote:
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> Past Times Wrote:
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> > National Airport ~ 1941 (Opened for business on
> > June 16th)
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> Can't be 1941; the cars and aircraft are from much
> later.
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> I do remember going out on the observation deck in
> the foreground when I was a kid in the early
> 1960's. If you look closely you can see some
> basketball-sized objects mounted on pedestals on
> the deck. Some of them were coin operated
> binoculars for viewing the runways, while others
> were coin operated speakers so you could listen in
> on the air traffic control conversations between
> the pilots and the control tower.
>
> I had totally forgotten about that until I saw the
> photo. Thanks for posting!
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OOPS: I confused it with this other smaller pic which is from '41 : )
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