Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> man oh man Wrote:
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> > Fran Conia Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Wow! Love whats been getting posted here
> > lately,
> > > thanks everyone.
> > >
> > > Here are a couple pictures from Annandale HS
> > > yearbook but not sure of the date. The Jack
> in
> > the
> > > box was located at John-marr drive and route
> > 236
> > > where Popeyes now stands. I wonder if the
> > current
> > > Popeyes building is the original Jack in the
> > box
> > > or if the original structure was torn down?
> >
> >
> > What????? They had Jack in the Box here? When
> did
> > that greatness end? Loved that place when I
> lived
> > in Arizona for a while.
>
>
> One in Merrifield also...a few more around..all
> left in the early 80's.


The Merrifield Jack in the Box became a Taco Bell which was torn down to create the Mosaic experience.

The Annandale location became a Popeye's very close to Pep Boy's and The Old Spaghetti Mill on Little River TNPK.

Burke Brat Wrote:
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> Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> > Burke Brat Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Came across these from Burke about 1963
> >
> > The first image, is that the former train
> station
> > on the left?
>
>
> No from my Age and Time it was 7-11 which I
> believe was Carsons Trading Post prior. The Train
> Station is the small building across the street on
> Burke Rd from the fire house. It has been turned a
> few times on its foundation, As I understand it,
> the Rocks are the original bed of the Tracks when
> it went by the race track, or in reality Burke Rd,
> The Tracks were moved after the Civil war to their
> current location. After the Marshall House was
> trying to be moved and then Burned down, 7-11
> relocated to its current location. The cemetery is
> behind the block wall at the end of the parking
> lot.

Do you rink it's possible to follow/trek the old alignment?

I know there is a thread/discussion on Jack In The Box elsewhere, but since it was just brought up here...do you think it could make a "comeback" here on the East coast?

I've recently experienced them from St. Louis westward...very common in California, even have locations in Hawaii.

They seem to be going great guns out west, the last I remember them here in NoVa was the late 70's...

Time for a comeback here on the east coast?

Anybody know the story with Jack in the Box's "demise" here, and "resurgence" out west?

I found two more photos of the Washington & Old Dominion's East Falls Church operations. Both were taken in February, 1968 and show a W&OD locomotive pulling freight cars across Lee Highway heading west towards Vienna. In the locomotive picture, you can see the large sign for Snyder's Hardware in the background.

In the second photo, you can see the old East Falls Church Station already boarded up and looking abandoned. The street sign for Lee Hwy and Fairfax Drive is also visible. Also in that photo, notice that high tension power line is already in place.

It's hard to tell from these photos, but I don't think I66 had been built yet.
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bring back jack Wrote:
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> I know there is a thread/discussion on Jack In The
> Box elsewhere, but since it was just brought up
> here...do you think it could make a "comeback"
> here on the East coast?
>
> I've recently experienced them from St. Louis
> westward...very common in California, even have
> locations in Hawaii.
>
> They seem to be going great guns out west, the
> last I remember them here in NoVa was the late
> 70's...
>
> Time for a comeback here on the east coast?
>
> Anybody know the story with Jack in the Box's
> "demise" here, and "resurgence" out west?

I remember watching A Current Affair a lot as a kid (mid/late 1980s). They had this long-running story about people getting sick at Jack in the Box. I don't know the background (and I don't really care), but that probably helped with its demise if I can remember it from that long ago.

Here's one more photo of the East Falls Church Station, once again looking west. This picture looks to be perhaps from 1965 or 1966. The station has not yet been boarded up and you can see the high tension power poles have been installed but the wires themselves have not been strung.
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Last one for tonight. This photo shows the East Falls Church rail yard looking east towards Arlington. Also probably from 1965 or 1966. You can see the EFC station in the distance on the right. On the left foreground is the old Murphy and Ames lumber yard and the Snyder Hardware building behind it in the background.
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> > Joke Insurance Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Burke Brat Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Came across these from Burke about 1963
> > >
> > > The first image, is that the former train
> > station
> > > on the left?
> >
> >
> > No from my Age and Time it was 7-11 which I
> > believe was Carsons Trading Post prior. The
> Train
> > Station is the small building across the street
> on
> > Burke Rd from the fire house. It has been turned
> a
> > few times on its foundation, As I understand
> it,
> > the Rocks are the original bed of the Tracks
> when
> > it went by the race track, or in reality Burke
> Rd,
> > The Tracks were moved after the Civil war to
> their
> > current location. After the Marshall House was
> > trying to be moved and then Burned down, 7-11
> > relocated to its current location. The cemetery
> is
> > behind the block wall at the end of the parking
> > lot.
>
> Do you rink it's possible to follow/trek the old
> alignment?


Well I guess, it was along Burke Rd, I was told Dog Tags from a soldier during the war of 1812 and a revolver where found when some work was being done near the old station and Firehouse. Parts of Sideburn road after crossing the tracks where still there, but I haven't been there since the late 80's. You might be able to walk that from the tracks to Premier Court. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3880.rr003100/



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>Anybody know the story with Jack in the Box's "demise" here, and "resurgence" out west?

I will explain..JIB was founded in San Diego Ca..DIG!! The "Dude" who started the "Gig" was a "Cat" named Peterson..Just like the "Peterson" Cats name who was a pardner of "Till Hazel" and did the Big Dig at Natty Harbor!! ..Wild man!!

The Cats digs were at first called OSCARS Drive Inn.. Wow Man!! "Then later ON Brother" he started this "Way Bitchen COOL" pad called "Jack In The Box" .. to Help "Surfer Dudes" out with the Munchies from Smoking Joints ..they called J's..in San Diego.. It went.."Large Man" !!

And they came out Fairfax Co Way..which was a bummer place with East Coast " Mod Squad" Uncool types who smoked otta stinky bongs and refer pipes..instead of rolling one..like a Cowboy!!!! These Uncool Hip Clothing types became the Hillary voters way back man!! With their Clownish Bell Bottoms..Shitty Sears..Kings Road..MOD styles.. Uncool Man..Really..

They However..did DIG the JIB..man..The Tacos became ..CULT!! and Still Are.. JIB overexpanded..and they had to COOL IT.. and close up their East Coast Digs.. and Go Back Home To "Kalifornia"..and that's it Man!!

Some Day..Many Old Sweet Hip Types like Old Man DAJAX .Really would like to SEE JIB Make the "Scene Again" DIG IT BABY!!..And Burn those shitty looking 70's Mod Squad Clothes.. Go to AJ Coit in Merrifield and they will dress you like a Man Should be looking Like..Get some Heavy Duty Double Clutching Gear Jamming "Western Boots" Boots from Luchese and Ditch that Weird Hipster Garb ..Brother!! DIG!!

So BRO..There never was a Resurgence on the Left Coast..Thats where they came from..Dig It..They came East, and Lost their asses and went home..Nuff Said!!

DAJAX..The Aging Hipster..Who DIGS Them JIB TACOS!! Like a Wild Fiend!!

Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> man oh man Wrote:
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> > Fran Conia Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Wow! Love whats been getting posted here
> > lately,
> > > thanks everyone.
> > >
> > > Here are a couple pictures from Annandale HS
> > > yearbook but not sure of the date. The Jack
> in
> > the
> > > box was located at John-marr drive and route
> > 236
> > > where Popeyes now stands. I wonder if the
> > current
> > > Popeyes building is the original Jack in the
> > box
> > > or if the original structure was torn down?
> >
> >
> > What????? They had Jack in the Box here? When
> did
> > that greatness end? Loved that place when I
> lived
> > in Arizona for a while.
>
>
> One in Merrifield also...a few more around..all
> left in the early 80's.


There was one in McLean too.

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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > man oh man Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Fran Conia Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Wow! Love whats been getting posted here
> > > lately,
> > > > thanks everyone.
> > > >
> > > > Here are a couple pictures from Annandale
> HS
> > > > yearbook but not sure of the date. The Jack
> > in
> > > the
> > > > box was located at John-marr drive and
> route
> > > 236
> > > > where Popeyes now stands. I wonder if the
> > > current
> > > > Popeyes building is the original Jack in
> the
> > > box
> > > > or if the original structure was torn down?
> > >
> > >
> > > What????? They had Jack in the Box here? When
> > did
> > > that greatness end? Loved that place when I
> > lived
> > > in Arizona for a while.
> >
> >
> > One in Merrifield also...a few more around..all
> > left in the early 80's.
>
>
> There was one in McLean too.

Yes!
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> > Does anyone know where this house is/was?
> > Unidentified at the Library of Virginia
> >
> http://lva-linux-temp.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com:899
>
> >
> 1/F/S5VC1G1K6Q5M66KS5DUHN7FM1YYMTYB2Q984KTGGCFS9J4
>
> >
> 9K8U-33560?func=full-set-set&set_number=004426&set
>
> > _entry=000186&format=999
>
> It's Ossian Hall. Here's a picture of the house
> from a different angle taken in August, 1959, just
> before the Annandale VFD burned it the following
> month.
Here's a picture taken of the other side of the house. Another one from my local history picture book.
I had flipped through the book trying to identify the house, but since the picture was taken of the other side, I didn't make the connection.
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> > David in Falls Church. The only thing is, I
> > thought I noticed in the old picture a bank
> rising
> > up on the right of the road. If you look, the
> > electric lines appear to climb up higher, as if
> on
> > a bank. At that same point in your picture of
> > Shreve on the right, the terrain is doing the
> > opposite almost sinking into a hole.
> >
> > How about if you look at Lee Hwy heading north
> > from the circle towards Pan Am, just where
> Blake
> > is? It does bend to the left just at the end
> of
> > the Circle Tower entrance, there is a bank that
> > rises up from the road on the right as it bends
> > left. The road is wavy there but is not making
> as
> > big a dip as it does closer to Pan Am.
> They’ve
> > just about flattened out every wave and ironed
> > down every curve, but maybe you can see
> something
> > that would confirm it. I’m not sure about
> the
> > shadows, but maybe they fit going this
> direction.
>
> I would like to think it was not too far from this
> just up that left road a bit...

I think you folks are correct. Forget the "inside the beltway" pic. From Blake Lane heading toward Falls Church looks to be the place.
Thanks for helping to identify it.

JitB Wrote:
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> bring back jack Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I know there is a thread/discussion on Jack In
> The
> > Box elsewhere, but since it was just brought up
> > here...do you think it could make a "comeback"
> > here on the East coast?
> >
> > I've recently experienced them from St. Louis
> > westward...very common in California, even have
> > locations in Hawaii.
> >
> > They seem to be going great guns out west, the
> > last I remember them here in NoVa was the late
> > 70's...
> >
> > Time for a comeback here on the east coast?
> >
> > Anybody know the story with Jack in the Box's
> > "demise" here, and "resurgence" out west?
>
> I remember watching A Current Affair a lot as a
> kid (mid/late 1980s). They had this long-running
> story about people getting sick at Jack in the
> Box. I don't know the background (and I don't
> really care), but that probably helped with its
> demise if I can remember it from that long ago.

It is basically what DAJAX said, over-expansion AND then when they planned on more East Coast locations, one of the first big high profile E-COLI case in ID, NV, Wash, CA and killed 4 children and over 700 people infected in 1993. It was the reason everybody went to med-well done burgers for people...well for children

Well Pal....In Your Language.. Wrote:
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> >Anybody know the story with Jack in the Box's
> "demise" here, and "resurgence" out west?
>
> I will explain..JIB was founded in San Diego
> Ca..DIG!! The "Dude" who started the "Gig" was a
> "Cat" named Peterson..Just like the "Peterson"
> Cats name who was a pardner of "Till Hazel" and
> did the Big Dig at Natty Harbor!! ..Wild man!!
>
..........................................
>
> DAJAX..The Aging Hipster..Who DIGS Them JIB
> TACOS!! Like a Wild Fiend!!

Dude, will I get busted by The Fuzz if I try some of what you just had?

Another "Then and Now".
The Andrew Chapel School on Leesburg Pike between Tyson's Corner and the Colvin Run Mill. Built in 1914.
Now the headquarters of a construction company.
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I drove by that building for years David. Never realized it started out as a school.

@Kingsarms-The East Falls Church photo in your 3/6 @ 10:48 post on this page shows fuel oil tanks on the right side of the tracks. I believe these were part of a coal and oil dealership located just west of the station. As of about five years ago some remnants of what looks like the coal pier and bunkers were still there. There also used to be the remnants of another one in Alexandria in the parking lot of a building at the corner of Duke and Henry Street.

Bill.N. Wrote:
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> I drove by that building for years David. Never
> realized it started out as a school.
>
> @Kingsarms-The East Falls Church photo in your 3/6
> @ 10:48 post on this page shows fuel oil tanks on
> the right side of the tracks. I believe these
> were part of a coal and oil dealership located
> just west of the station. As of about five years
> ago some remnants of what looks like the coal pier
> and bunkers were still there. There also used to
> be the remnants of another one in Alexandria in
> the parking lot of a building at the corner of
> Duke and Henry Street.

I used to work out that way years ago also, and always thought the building looked out of place for all the others around it. I didn't realize it was as old as it was, or the history of it either.
For the fuel oil tanks in the Falls Church Depot picture, here is another aerial photo of the place, taken April 1st, 1963 (no fooling).
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> For the fuel oil tanks in the Falls Church Depot
> picture, here is another aerial photo of the
> place, taken April 1st, 1963 (no fooling).

Great aerial photo. David. In the top right, you can see the former East Falls Church commercial district that was sacrificed for the I-66 construction project. I was very young when they tore down those stores so my memories of them are pretty vague.

Here's a 1963 aerial view that I annotated to point out some of the other landmarks and to show wide the I-66 right of way (hash marks) wound up being.
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Here's a closer view that I found online that shows the East Falls Church businesses that were taken via eminent domain for I-66 (hash marked area). I think one of them was a drug store with a soda fountain, but I don't remember the others. I don't have a year/date for this photo, but the cars look to be late 1940s / early 1950s.

Also, just a guess, but I wonder if the white building with the gabled roof and big awning might be the original building for Synder's hardware? Does anybody recognize the other properties?
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The burning of Ossian Hall.
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One of the stations stain glass windows hangs in my living room.

I wonder who owned the land to the east of the East Falls Church business district since that land didn't get taken for I-66 -- so it could be developed once the road went in.

I guess bulldozing the existing building was easier than clearing the land.

The land along the I-66 sat vacant for a long time before the road was built inside the Beltway while Arlington fought its building. It didn't open until the early 80s.

Sha Ron - while it may be true that an occasional pic from this thread gets posted without credit, the VAST majority of these pics, especially from users "Sleepy Holla" and "Fran Conia" were taken directly from Facebook nostalgia groups and posted here, sometimes right afterwards, with ZERO credit to the person or group.

Dozens of photos I've found and posted in Facebook groups have been shared in this thread, and nearly all without any indication of where they were harvested.

For the most part, you have it completely backwards. It's the users on Fairfax Underground who are doing what you are accusing others of doing.


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> I have noticed that almost every time a nice old
> picture appears on this thread it shows up a few
> days or weeks later on Facebook. While I am
> reasonably sure no one here has a problem with
> that it would be nice for you facebook users to
> post that you got your content from fairfax
> underground. Heck, that might bring more people
> here, maybe even people with a box in their
> basement loaded with old pictures. More
> pictures=more fun!

Cathy Taylor, in Chapter 3 (Evolving Trails and Rails, pp. 47-62) of her book "Historic Falls Church", does a great job of tracing the history of the W&OD railroad and its' impact on the town.

For anyone interested in learning more about the railroad, you can view/read a preview copy her book on Google Books at:

https://books.google.com/books?id=bqOmrL8aCRAC&pg=PA54&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false

Thankfully, the preview copy includes all of Chapter 3.

Conundrumizer Wrote:
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> Sha Ron - while it may be true that an occasional
> pic from this thread gets posted without credit,
> the VAST majority of these pics, especially from
> users "Sleepy Holla" and "Fran Conia" were taken
> directly from Facebook nostalgia groups and posted
> here, sometimes right afterwards, with ZERO credit
> to the person or group.
>
> Dozens of photos I've found and posted in Facebook
> groups have been shared in this thread, and nearly
> all without any indication of where they were
> harvested.
>
> For the most part, you have it completely
> backwards. It's the users on Fairfax Underground
> who are doing what you are accusing others of
> doing.
>
>
> Sha Ron Wrote:
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> -----
> > I have noticed that almost every time a nice
> old
> > picture appears on this thread it shows up a
> few
> > days or weeks later on Facebook. While I am
> > reasonably sure no one here has a problem with
> > that it would be nice for you facebook users to
> > post that you got your content from fairfax
> > underground. Heck, that might bring more people
> > here, maybe even people with a box in their
> > basement loaded with old pictures. More
> > pictures=more fun!

Hey asshole, I have never been on Facebook EVER in my damn life. I have been collecting for years (25+) and been buying/selling on eBay since 1998. Don't ever accuse me of something when you have jackshit for proof. I have been posting on this thread since the beginning. Take your little Facebook theory and shove 'em

Don't lose sleep over it. This isn't a peer reviewed journal. Some of what has been posted here is old enough that in some form it is already public domain. Other items come from defunct newspapers or from yearbooks. Others are snapshots that were taken and disseminated for noncommercial purposes. You'd have to be petty to want credit for simply being the first to post it on a readily available non-commercial website. If he was claiming the items were copyrighted materials on a commercial website, that would be different.

Pictures come, and pictures go, but there is always an idiot out there looking to stir the shit pot......

Somebody else doesn't have Facebook? Cool. I thought I was the only one.
Welcome to the club that has now doubled in size to 2. LOL

If it's from a source that has copyrights stated (like DC PHOTOGRAPHER) credit would be given. Many have come from won (or bid and lost) auctions or my mag/book/postcard/matchbook collection...over 1000 pieces. Stuff like that from some dude who doesn't give a crap about this areas history...torques me. Also, I don't do social media.

I should also point out, that since most of these pictures are very old, taken decades ago, if not more, how many pictures from any history group are from the original photographer?
So, I stand by Sleepy Holla.



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Now now boys. Remember the rule: never let them see you sweat.

David in FC Wrote:
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> Somebody else doesn't have Facebook? Cool. I
> thought I was the only one.
> Welcome to the club that has now doubled in size
> to 2. LOL


Add me to the club, no Facebook here and never will.

This is an old argument that pops up from time to time. Pics from here can show up on Facebook. Pics from Facebook can show up here. So what, we're all just interested in the history.

EKtVG Wrote:
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> Now now boys. Remember the rule: never let them
> see you sweat.

Sometimes points need to be made, and defended.

No sweat, just swatting lame-ass comments. Now more pics...oh, better head to FB 1st.:)

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> > Somebody else doesn't have Facebook? Cool. I
> > thought I was the only one.
> > Welcome to the club that has now doubled in
> size
> > to 2. LOL
>
>
> Add me to the club, no Facebook here and never
> will.
>
> This is an old argument that pops up from time to
> time. Pics from here can show up on Facebook. Pics
> from Facebook can show up here. So what, we're all
> just interested in the history.

Not me - I am here for the free beer.

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> DH Wrote:
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> > David in FC Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Somebody else doesn't have Facebook? Cool. I
> > > thought I was the only one.
> > > Welcome to the club that has now doubled in
> > size
> > > to 2. LOL
> >
> >
> > Add me to the club, no Facebook here and never
> > will.
> >
> > This is an old argument that pops up from time
> to
> > time. Pics from here can show up on Facebook.
> Pics
> > from Facebook can show up here. So what, we're
> all
> > just interested in the history.
>
> Not me - I am here for the free beer.

Shhhh, the "other type" troll posters will find out why this thread is so popular with a select few.

Another Then and Now picture.
Sir Roger de Coverley asked me to post this.
This is a Fairfax History page, so here is a home from someone in the Fairfax family that still stands today.
I was originally thinking this one might be what turned out to be Ossian Hall, but I couldn't make it fit with the posted picture.
In the modern image, the Dulles Toll Road is just to the top of the picture, and Rt. 7 is to the right. This is in what is now beautiful downtown Tyson's Corner.



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Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> If it's from a source that has copyrights stated
> (like DC PHOTOGRAPHER) credit would be given. Many
> have come from won (or bid and lost) auctions or
> my mag/book/postcard/matchbook collection...over
> 1000 pieces. Stuff like that from some dude who
> doesn't give a crap about this areas
> history...torques me. Also, I don't do social
> media.


Sleepy Holla, I thought I was the only one with a postcard collection like that.

Started off as Rt 1 in Alexandria, has since expanded to rt 1 all the way to NC, Rt 11 (all of Va) rt 29, all of Va, etc...mostly old hotels and the like. some old tourist brochures.

Now also do old DC restaurants.

I've never counted them, but fill up ten 2 inch binders plus several shoeboxes...

You are probably the one that I compete with on dBay...LOL...

PC collector Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If it's from a source that has copyrights
> stated
> > (like DC PHOTOGRAPHER) credit would be given.
> Many
> > have come from won (or bid and lost) auctions
> or
> > my mag/book/postcard/matchbook
> collection...over
> > 1000 pieces. Stuff like that from some dude who
> > doesn't give a crap about this areas
> > history...torques me. Also, I don't do social
> > media.
>
>
> Sleepy Holla, I thought I was the only one with a
> postcard collection like that.
>
> Started off as Rt 1 in Alexandria, has since
> expanded to rt 1 all the way to NC, Rt 11 (all of
> Va) rt 29, all of Va, etc...mostly old hotels and
> the like. some old tourist brochures.
>
> Now also do old DC restaurants.
>
> I've never counted them, but fill up ten 2 inch
> binders plus several shoeboxes...
>
> You are probably the one that I compete with on
> dBay...LOL...

VERY COOL! I started w/ Fairfax Circle (I lived on Blake Ln after college and would to to HO JO'S and Bob's/Tasty Diner after the bars)..so I collected those first then Falls Church/Fairfax/Vienna/RT 1 Restaurant-Motels etc. I also have had over 500 menus (down to around 125 now) because I have been in the Biz all my life. I also paint roadside from the past...diners-motels-gas stations, as my degree is in ART. I am also into the Tiki/Polynesian craze that happened from the late 40's to early 70's....and also have collected jukeboxes-coke machines-comics-radios...old cars...shit you name it.

Conundrumizer Wrote:
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> Sha Ron - while it may be true that an occasional
> pic from this thread gets posted without credit,
> the VAST majority of these pics, especially from
> users "Sleepy Holla" and "Fran Conia" were taken
> directly from Facebook nostalgia groups and posted
> here, sometimes right afterwards, with ZERO credit
> to the person or group.
>
> Dozens of photos I've found and posted in Facebook
> groups have been shared in this thread, and nearly
> all without any indication of where they were
> harvested.
>
> For the most part, you have it completely
> backwards. It's the users on Fairfax Underground
> who are doing what you are accusing others of
> doing.
>
>


^^^^ THIS GUY ^^^^^^^^

This is a well known Troll who trolls on facebook under 200 plus screen names. Please don't mistake him for a serious person. He does this stuff all the time.

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>
> > -----
> > > If it's from a source that has copyrights
> > stated
> > > (like DC PHOTOGRAPHER) credit would be given.
> > Many
> > > have come from won (or bid and lost) auctions
> > or
> > > my mag/book/postcard/matchbook
> > collection...over
> > > 1000 pieces. Stuff like that from some dude
> who
> > > doesn't give a crap about this areas
> > > history...torques me. Also, I don't do social
> > > media.
> >
> >
> > Sleepy Holla, I thought I was the only one with
> a
> > postcard collection like that.
> >
> > Started off as Rt 1 in Alexandria, has since
> > expanded to rt 1 all the way to NC, Rt 11 (all
> of
> > Va) rt 29, all of Va, etc...mostly old hotels
> and
> > the like. some old tourist brochures.
> >
> > Now also do old DC restaurants.
> >
> > I've never counted them, but fill up ten 2 inch
> > binders plus several shoeboxes...
> >
> > You are probably the one that I compete with on
> > dBay...LOL...
>
> VERY COOL! I started w/ Fairfax Circle (I lived on
> Blake Ln after college and would to to HO JO'S and
> Bob's/Tasty Diner after the bars)..so I collected
> those first then Falls Church/Fairfax/Vienna/RT 1
> Restaurant-Motels etc. I also have had over 500
> menus (down to around 125 now) because I have been
> in the Biz all my life. I also paint roadside from
> the past...diners-motels-gas stations, as my
> degree is in ART. I am also into the
> Tiki/Polynesian craze that happened from the late
> 40's to early 70's....and also have collected
> jukeboxes-coke machines-comics-radios...old
> cars...shit you name it.

Sleepy,

Down Rt 11, just past Staunton, there is an old motel sign barely visible from the weeds "Douglas Arms" motel...basically, a few cabins still exist, as does the sign. (or did as of 2015, last time I was down that way)

I've never seen a postcard of it, but I did see a painting of it on google-was that you?

Sleepy, Fran, DavidFC and all the others - just wanted to thank you for all the posts and the great history you are providing. Been around here for about 50 and love everything you've posted (not the change, but don't think we have any control over that). Just wish I could contribute. Have to look at the parents old picture books that my sister has...

I think this is a cool pic. Good look at the S&W cafeteria. I could care less what the trolls think about the source. Thanks everyone for making this a great repository of local history. Keep up the good work
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You miss the point - you're thanking them for OTHERS' work and efforts. All they're doing is grabbing content that other people spent time to locate and post. And the fact that they choose to post without credit is dishonest.


Thank You Wrote:
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> Sleepy, Fran, DavidFC and all the others - just
> wanted to thank you for all the posts and the
> great history you are providing. Been around here
> for about 50 and love everything you've posted
> (not the change, but don't think we have any
> control over that). Just wish I could contribute.
> Have to look at the parents old picture books
> that my sister has...

One very recent example out of dozens of images in this thread that Fran Conia has posted after harvesting them from Facebook groups.
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Redirect Wrote:
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> Burp, Fart, Sniffle, Puke.
Whine, Whine, Whine, Whine.
>
>
> Thank You Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy, Fran, DavidFC and all the others -
> just
> > wanted to thank you for all the posts and the
> > great history you are providing. Been around
> here
> > for about 50 and love everything you've posted
> > (not the change, but don't think we have any
> > control over that). Just wish I could
> contribute.
> > Have to look at the parents old picture books
> > that my sister has...

Thank you, "Thank You". I appreciate the appreciation.
Since, I've grown up around here, I do kind of think of this area as my home, no matter how much it has changed.
Since I got my first camera, I have taken many pictures of the things around me.
Some of the pictures that I have posted were taken by people long before any of us were born, so neither I, nor anyone else here on this board, or any other, can take credit for them. Some of those people I have known in the past, but are unfortunately, now long dead.
But some of the pictures that I have posted, I have taken myself, holding the camera in both of my hands, and pressing the little button that makes the camera go "click".
But, I digress......

Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got these pics
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Another image Sleepy Holla posted that actually was posted on Facebook by someone I know. That person actually put the captions on the picture.

This is just scratching the surface, folks. So this statement is complete bullshit:

"Hey asshole, I have never been on Facebook EVER in my damn life. I have been collecting for years (25+) and been buying/selling on eBay since 1998. Don't ever accuse me of something when you have jackshit for proof. I have been posting on this thread since the beginning. Take your little Facebook theory and shove 'em"

Well, you asked for it. Are you sure you want to dance?

Redirect Wrote:
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> Another image Sleepy Holla posted that actually
> was posted on Facebook by someone I know. That
> person actually put the captions on the picture.
>
> This is just scratching the surface, folks. So
> this statement is complete bullshit:
>
> "Hey asshole, I have never been on Facebook EVER
> in my damn life. I have been collecting for years
> (25+) and been buying/selling on eBay since 1998.
> Don't ever accuse me of something when you have
> jackshit for proof. I have been posting on this
> thread since the beginning. Take your little
> Facebook theory and shove 'em"
>
> Well, you asked for it. Are you sure you want to
> dance?
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Redirect Wrote:
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> Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got these pics

What have you contributed?
What have you contributed?
WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED?

hypocrite.

purposely lower case, just for you.

Who actually cares? Many people on this post have been very cordial and we share what we have or may scour to share with others who only use the Deplorable Page, and this is the only Sane Contribution to Fairfax County on this site. I for one Love History and in some way I Google to look for other pics that are out in cyberspace relating to ones that get shared here. I really don't care about Credit and just like the nostalgia. I also tend to stay away from Movie and Record people who like to Dictate what is being presented at a given time. I do not care about captions, they are Memories from the OP, so I suggest anyone in the future watermark your photos if your the OP of the pic, Other than that either post and contribute or Ignore it. I have found that any post usually brings out Thoughts, Memories or other side bar conversations to supplement the picture. Just because Sleepy, FC or any other poster doesn't mean I am giving them credit for holding onto it for so long, but sharing it with the rest of us to help stir up the Brain Cells with stories and others memories. and now to bitch after 72 pages and 600,000 views, either your late to the party or are pissed off since you cannot find new material to share with this group, I for one don't know all the historical sites and FB Pages out there, but after your first Burp I found a few more that I did not know existed by using google and clicking images.

That was directed at Sleepy Holla. You weren't singled out, so STFU.


David in FC Wrote:
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> Redirect Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got these
> pics
>
> What have you contributed?
> What have you contributed?
> WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED?
>
> hypocrite.
>
> purposely lower case, just for you.

Redirect Wrote:
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> One very recent example out of dozens of images in
> this thread that Fran Conia has posted after
> harvesting them from Facebook groups.
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Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie" Downing and the creator of Back in the Day Northern Virginia. I was contacted today that someone is pretending to be me on this site. Let me be clear I have not visited FFUG in many years so whoever is posting using my name they are fake. Most likely someone banned from the group.

Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie" Downing and the creator of Back in the Day Northern Virginia. I was contacted today that someone is pretending to be me on this site. Let me be clear I have not visited FFUG in many years so whoever is posting using my name they are fake. Most likely someone banned from the group.And BTW they spelled my name wrong....they left off the '.

Moar pics

Less text

Random Wrote:
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> That was directed at Sleepy Holla. You weren't
> singled out, so STFU.
>
>
> David in FC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Redirect Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got these
> > pics
> >
> > What have you contributed?
> > What have you contributed?
> > WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED?
> >
> > hypocrite.
> >
> > purposely lower case, just for you.


Not from Facebook, have never been on it. Google/Pinterest/ebay yes. Never Facebook Twitter or any other shit. What name do you contribute under?

staunton area Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > PC collector Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > If it's from a source that has copyrights
> > > stated
> > > > (like DC PHOTOGRAPHER) credit would be
> given.
> > > Many
> > > > have come from won (or bid and lost)
> auctions
> > > or
> > > > my mag/book/postcard/matchbook
> > > collection...over
> > > > 1000 pieces. Stuff like that from some dude
> > who
> > > > doesn't give a crap about this areas
> > > > history...torques me. Also, I don't do
> social
> > > > media.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sleepy Holla, I thought I was the only one
> with
> > a
> > > postcard collection like that.
> > >
> > > Started off as Rt 1 in Alexandria, has since
> > > expanded to rt 1 all the way to NC, Rt 11
> (all
> > of
> > > Va) rt 29, all of Va, etc...mostly old hotels
> > and
> > > the like. some old tourist brochures.
> > >
> > > Now also do old DC restaurants.
> > >
> > > I've never counted them, but fill up ten 2
> inch
> > > binders plus several shoeboxes...
> > >
> > > You are probably the one that I compete with
> on
> > > dBay...LOL...
> >
> > VERY COOL! I started w/ Fairfax Circle (I lived
> on
> > Blake Ln after college and would to to HO JO'S
> and
> > Bob's/Tasty Diner after the bars)..so I
> collected
> > those first then Falls Church/Fairfax/Vienna/RT
> 1
> > Restaurant-Motels etc. I also have had over 500
> > menus (down to around 125 now) because I have
> been
> > in the Biz all my life. I also paint roadside
> from
> > the past...diners-motels-gas stations, as my
> > degree is in ART. I am also into the
> > Tiki/Polynesian craze that happened from the
> late
> > 40's to early 70's....and also have collected
> > jukeboxes-coke machines-comics-radios...old
> > cars...shit you name it.
>
> Sleepy,
>
> Down Rt 11, just past Staunton, there is an old
> motel sign barely visible from the weeds "Douglas
> Arms" motel...basically, a few cabins still exist,
> as does the sign. (or did as of 2015, last time I
> was down that way)
>
> I've never seen a postcard of it, but I did see a
> painting of it on google-was that you?

Not my painting. Most of mine have come from my photo's and postcard montages. I am workning on one Nova oine now.

My parent's fave 7 Corner restaurant...my Wife And I went before they closed...now torn down:(
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Redirect Wrote:
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> You miss the point - you're thanking them for
> OTHERS' work and efforts. All they're doing is
> grabbing content that other people spent time to
> locate and post. And the fact that they choose to
> post without credit is dishonest.
>
>
> Thank You Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sleepy, Fran, DavidFC and all the others -
> just
> > wanted to thank you for all the posts and the
> > great history you are providing. Been around
> here
> > for about 50 and love everything you've posted
> > (not the change, but don't think we have any
> > control over that). Just wish I could
> contribute.
> > Have to look at the parents old picture books
> > that my sister has...

Post an old picture. Otherwise, STFU. One rule thread. Got it?
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Sha'Ron Downing Wrote:
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> Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie" Downing
> and the creator of Back in the Day Northern
> Virginia. I was contacted today that someone is
> pretending to be me on this site. Let me be clear
> I have not visited FFUG in many years so whoever
> is posting using my name they are fake. Most
> likely someone banned from the group.And BTW they
> spelled my name wrong....they left off the '.

Thanks Ronie! You have a fantastic page on facebook. It seems that most pictures posted on facebook will come up in a google image search with related keywords. I think that once that happens those pictures are public domain are they not?

Wow, the Masonic Temple doesn't even have the tower on it yet. And look how undeveloped either side of Duke Street is!
>
> Post an old picture. Otherwise, STFU. One rule
> thread. Got it?

DH Wrote:
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> Sha'Ron Downing Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie" Downing
> > and the creator of Back in the Day Northern
> > Virginia. I was contacted today that someone is
> > pretending to be me on this site. Let me be
> clear
> > I have not visited FFUG in many years so
> whoever
> > is posting using my name they are fake. Most
> > likely someone banned from the group.And BTW
> they
> > spelled my name wrong....they left off the '.
>
> Thanks Ronie! You have a fantastic page on
> facebook. It seems that most pictures posted on
> facebook will come up in a google image search
> with related keywords. I think that once that
> happens those pictures are public domain are they
> not?


No. Just because something comes up in Google doesn't mean that it's 'public domain.'

LKjMW Wrote:
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> DH Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sha'Ron Downing Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie"
> Downing
> > > and the creator of Back in the Day Northern
> > > Virginia. I was contacted today that someone
> is
> > > pretending to be me on this site. Let me be
> > clear
> > > I have not visited FFUG in many years so
> > whoever
> > > is posting using my name they are fake. Most
> > > likely someone banned from the group.And BTW
> > they
> > > spelled my name wrong....they left off the '.
> >
> > Thanks Ronie! You have a fantastic page on
> > facebook. It seems that most pictures posted on
> > facebook will come up in a google image search
> > with related keywords. I think that once that
> > happens those pictures are public domain are
> they
> > not?
>
>
> No. Just because something comes up in Google
> doesn't mean that it's 'public domain.'

Yes it does. That's pretty much the definition.

AV Wrote:
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> Wow, the Masonic Temple doesn't even have the
> tower on it yet. And look how undeveloped either
> side of Duke Street is!

That cannot be the correct date on that photo. The tower was completed in 1930.

I just heard about this thread from FB and I love it!

Here is a pic of the Giant food shopping center in Springfield Virginia from 1974! Kids used to play in the woods next door and we had a blast!
Thanks for the memories!
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gbw Wrote:
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> AV Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wow, the Masonic Temple doesn't even have the
> > tower on it yet. And look how undeveloped
> either
> > side of Duke Street is!
>
> That cannot be the correct date on that photo. The
> tower was completed in 1930.

The actual dedication was on Feb 22, 1932 - George Washington's 200 Birthday.

This info is from my actual memory bank -

Karla, Great Pic...Thanks. I didn't realize that was a Super Giant...like the one in Annandale. Cool.

gbw Wrote:
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> AV Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wow, the Masonic Temple doesn't even have the
> > tower on it yet. And look how undeveloped
> either
> > side of Duke Street is!
>
> That cannot be the correct date on that photo. The
> tower was completed in 1930.

Photo was taken on of about November 1, 1923

The Date is....... Wrote:
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> gbw Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > AV Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Wow, the Masonic Temple doesn't even have the
> > > tower on it yet. And look how undeveloped
> > either
> > > side of Duke Street is!
> >
> > That cannot be the correct date on that photo.
> The
> > tower was completed in 1930.
>
> Photo was taken on of about November 1, 1923


Wonder why it is stamped 1939? Maybe the date a library or something took possession of the photo?

The date I put on the Alexandria aerial picture came from its card file at the Library of Virginia, Online Catalog. Clearly a mistake.

Info from Image Card File
=========================
Image Link: http://image.lva.virginia.gov/WF/12/03/013.jpg

Title: [Alexandria, close to the nation’s capital, is a place of interest to the historically-minded tourist] [picture].

Publication: [S.l.] : Virginia New York World’s Fair Commission, [1939?]

Gen Note: Title from caption.
Part of the collection of photographs prepared for the Virginia Room Exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. The photographs were displayed in bound volumes with each volume covering a particular subject.
=======================================================
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Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> My parent's fave 7 Corner restaurant...my Wife And
> I went before they closed...now torn down:(


Hey Sleepy, my parents loved the Country Squire too. They used to have a very nice Sunday brunch. When we had relatives visiting we would often go there for the brunch.

Karla Wrote:
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> I just heard about this thread from FB and I love
> it!
>
> Here is a pic of the Giant food shopping center in
> Springfield Virginia from 1974! Kids used to play
> in the woods next door and we had a blast!
> Thanks for the memories!


I got my very first troll doll at that Kresge. The Super Giant sold everything, including clothes--there was no mall nearby. And the field was where the carnival set up every year. Thanks for posting!

Those images on Pinterest and especially the one you grabbed from Nesbitt Realty ALL came from the local Facebook nostalgia groups. If you are looking at something from Nan Lozito Rosenburg's Pinterest page or Nesbitt Realty, where Aletha Golas has raided Facebook nostalgia groups and intentionally posted images on a commercial site without acknowledgement, you haven't found anything new.

It takes zero effort to raid another raider's spoils. Find something original, never shared here, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Then you deserve a pat on the back.




Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Random Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > That was directed at Sleepy Holla. You weren't
> > singled out, so STFU.
> >
> >
> > David in FC Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Redirect Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got these
> > > pics
> > >
> > > What have you contributed?
> > > What have you contributed?
> > > WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED?
> > >
> > > hypocrite.
> > >
> > > purposely lower case, just for you.
>
>
> Not from Facebook, have never been on it.
> Google/Pinterest/ebay yes. Never Facebook Twitter
> or any other shit. What name do you contribute
> under?

Redirect Wrote:
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> Those images on Pinterest and especially the one
> you grabbed from Nesbitt Realty ALL came from the
> local Facebook nostalgia groups. If you are
> looking at something from Nan Lozito Rosenburg's
> Pinterest page or Nesbitt Realty, where Aletha
> Golas has raided Facebook nostalgia groups and
> intentionally posted images on a commercial site
> without acknowledgement, you haven't found
> anything new.
>
> It takes zero effort to raid another raider's
> spoils. Find something original, never shared
> here, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Then you
> deserve a pat on the back.
>
>

Just shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

Springfield Days. Is that the parking lot where the boy on the dirt bike was posing?

Redirect Wrote:
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> Those images on Pinterest and especially the one
> you grabbed from Nesbitt Realty ALL came from the
> local Facebook nostalgia groups. If you are
> looking at something from Nan Lozito Rosenburg's
> Pinterest page or Nesbitt Realty, where Aletha
> Golas has raided Facebook nostalgia groups and
> intentionally posted images on a commercial site
> without acknowledgement, you haven't found
> anything new.
>
> It takes zero effort to raid another raider's
> spoils. Find something original, never shared
> here, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Then you
> deserve a pat on the back.
>
>
>
>
> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Random Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > That was directed at Sleepy Holla. You
> weren't
> > > singled out, so STFU.
> > >
> > >
> > > David in FC Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Redirect Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Let Sleepy Holla explain where he got
> these
> > > > pics
> > > >
> > > > What have you contributed?
> > > > What have you contributed?
> > > > WHAT HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED?
> > > >
> > > > hypocrite.
> > > >
> > > > purposely lower case, just for you.
> >
> >
> > Not from Facebook, have never been on it.
> > Google/Pinterest/ebay yes. Never Facebook
> Twitter
> > or any other shit. What name do you contribute
> > under?


I have been posting on here since the beginning pal, plenty of original material...go find somewhere else to show your internet prowess. What material have you contributed again? That's what I thought.

Redirect Wrote:
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> Those images on Pinterest and especially the one
> you grabbed from Nesbitt Realty ALL came from the
> local Facebook nostalgia groups. If you are
> looking at something from Nan Lozito Rosenburg's
> Pinterest page or Nesbitt Realty, where Aletha
> Golas has raided Facebook nostalgia groups and
> intentionally posted images on a commercial site
> without acknowledgement, you haven't found
> anything new.
>
> It takes zero effort to raid another raider's
> spoils. Find something original, never shared
> here, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Then you
> deserve a pat on the back.


O.K. you win.

Every photo posted on this thread has been stolen from someone/somewhere else.

Now that you have solved this crime, what prize have you won?

Have you considered joining the Mattress Police? There is a subsidiary of the BATF being organized in Vienna Virginia to look for missing mattress tags stolen from various mattress stores along the "Vienna Mattress Mile"

Join today - You are uniquely qualified.

Does anyone know what this structure was? It looks like it was bridge. It is located in Burke, across from Burke Village II Shopping Center, next to a pedestrian bridge going over Pohick Creek.

But the only thing that comes to mind is that it was an access road for the former Bell's Pond.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2017 12:32PM by Joke Insurance.
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Some more Annandale Love.....
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Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Some more Annandale Love.....


Was Ribsters any good?

We always did OBreins barbecue in Springfield or The Rib Rack on RT 1 in the Mount Vernon area

Redirect Wrote:
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> Redirect Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Another image Sleepy Holla posted that actually
> > was posted on Facebook by someone I know. That
> > person actually put the captions on the
> picture.
> >
> > This is just scratching the surface, folks. So
> > this statement is complete bullshit:
> >
> > "Hey asshole, I have never been on Facebook
> EVER
> > in my damn life. I have been collecting for
> years
> > (25+) and been buying/selling on eBay since
> 1998.
> > Don't ever accuse me of something when you have
> > jackshit for proof. I have been posting on this
> > thread since the beginning. Take your little
> > Facebook theory and shove 'em"
> >
> > Well, you asked for it. Are you sure you want
> to
> > dance?


Give it up Andrew.

Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> Does anyone know what this structure was? It looks
> like it was bridge. It is located in Burke, across
> from Burke Village II Shopping Center, next to a
> pedestrian bridge going over Pohick Creek.
>
> But the only thing that comes to mind is that it
> was an access road for the former Bell's Pond.


From the Late 70 early 80 it was always pipes to yes go to Bell Pond or that area, I recall at one time downstream a short distance was an old abandoned Car in the water, don't know what ever happened to it.

Honestly, you mother fuckers just need to stop. So what if someone pulls a photo from one site and posts it on another. Nobody is doing it for monetary purposes, they are just doing it for educational/entertainment/informational purposes. Get over yourselves already.

Joke Insurance image from a couple of posts above.
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Sha'Ron Downing Wrote:
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> Hey folks I am the real Sha'Ron "Ronie" Downing
> and the creator of Back in the Day Northern
> Virginia. I was contacted today that someone is
> pretending to be me on this site. Let me be clear
> I have not visited FFUG in many years so whoever
> is posting using my name they are fake. Most
> likely someone banned from the group.And BTW they
> spelled my name wrong....they left off the '.

Thanks Ronnie! We would love it if you would hang out here with us once in awhile. I think your write up on BITD brought a bunch of new users here and we thank you for that. I see that you are very anti-Trump and that makes you a great person in my book. The person responsible for contacting you about the guy that sort of copied your name is going to be doxxed but hey, he asked for it.

FFXU, more fantastic than fantasy, more real than reality...the ultimate experience is FFXU. It's all been made for you, it's anything you want it to be; it's your reality. Let your dreams come true in your very own world, plug into the happiness system...plug into FFXU.

Some more Annadale...when exotic cuisine meant these only.
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Nice work Sleepy, my Dad used to get Duck Chang carry-out on Saturday nights every now and then, it was a real treat for us kids!

Maria Dyson was nice enough to share this picture of Springfield mall. I dont recall seeing this one before. I guess it's from the early 70s maybe?
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We Loved the Peking Duck. The Duck (Mr Chang) and his wife were very gracious hosts. One time The Duck gave me a special bottle of wine from China. Still in business...The son Peter is running it.

Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Maria Dyson was nice enough to share this picture
> of Springfield mall. I dont recall seeing this one
> before. I guess it's from the early 70s maybe?


Nice pic Fran...Thanks..late 70's I would say...see a Pacer (and some VW"S!) and few others.

+++Karla I remember that shopping center well, the dirt bike is a nice touch.

the online va library has a bunch of photos ca 1950s from the "C.T. Rice Farm" in Oakton. anyone have any idea where this farm was?
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formerfarmerboy Wrote:
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> the online va library has a bunch of photos ca
> 1950s from the "C.T. Rice Farm" in Oakton. anyone
> have any idea where this farm was?


It was in Oakton

It was on Hunter Mill Road. It was the Cavil T. Rice farm. Roughly here:
https://goo.gl/maps/iZoAySibC942

1953 aerial view. Farm is to west of Hunter Mill Road.
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GC3My Wrote:
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> It was on Hunter Mill Road. It was the Cavil T.
> Rice farm. Roughly here:
> https://goo.gl/maps/iZoAySibC942
>
> 1953 aerial view. Farm is to west of Hunter Mill
> Road.


Thanks for some "real" info...It's appreciated

GC3My Wrote:
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> It was on Hunter Mill Road. It was the Cavil T.
> Rice farm. Roughly here:
> https://goo.gl/maps/iZoAySibC942
>
> 1953 aerial view. Farm is to west of Hunter Mill
> Road.

Nice detective work and thanks for sharing. Lots of remnant farm
out-buildings from long ago that are incorporated into today's
modified properties along Hunter Mill Road.

Can someone tell me just what the hell is going on in this picture? Thank you in advance.
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They are loading the helicopter onto that palette in order to
move it into the mall and one of the halls, where it will go
on display to show how FFX is spending your tax money.