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I heard Weber has been around a long time but wow!
I went in there once for (somthing only they had), dirtiest shop ever and likely still is. Many shops are but they were on the high end.
Dirt from tire & rotor work is FULL OF LEAD DUST - illegal to even vacuum in such a room without protective gear / properly rated vacuum.
They need to get (brand of soap) and pressure washer and clean the place out - likely should prevent the result from getting in the water supply too (they SHOULD have a drain rated exactly for that reason).
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in history some ignored the dangers of lead known since roman times (ie Caligula a victim), while other heeded it and (removed it from drinking fountains!): some still ignore it.
is this in fairfax city?
anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo: the grass is deep green without weeds however is surrounded by aging concrete
(look at today's median strips you'll quickly see they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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David in FC
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Date: July 29, 2017 06:00PM
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> > Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> > Bill N is #3
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> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
Just add a bit more hair on the side of my face and chin (but not too much), and you might be a bit closer.
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> > Bill N is #3
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> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
Just add a bit more hair on the side of my face and chin (but not too much), and you might be a bit closer.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: July 29, 2017 06:08PM
LMAO 2 Wrote:
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> This is how I picture some of the regular
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> Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> Bill N is #3
Ah, you flatter me. I was never that clean-cut--closer to #4, in appearance anyway! (Not claiming I ever had anything like his comic chops. Nor the heroin thing, of course...)
P.S. Damned glad to meet you.
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knowledge is good Wrote:
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> This is how I picture some of the regular
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> on this thread when they were younger.
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> Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> Bill N is #3
Ah, you flatter me. I was never that clean-cut--closer to #4, in appearance anyway! (Not claiming I ever had anything like his comic chops. Nor the heroin thing, of course...)
P.S. Damned glad to meet you.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: July 30, 2017 07:15AM
The Hot Shoppes at Columbia Pike and Route 7 never became a BBB.
The picture on Page 79 is the BBB that was at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive - current location of the $1 bus stop -- and diagonally across the intersection from the Arlington Theatre.
The picture on Page 79 is the BBB that was at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive - current location of the $1 bus stop -- and diagonally across the intersection from the Arlington Theatre.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
fxcograd
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Date: July 30, 2017 10:10AM
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Westover Shopping center on Washington Bl. If I had to guess. Used to work close to there.
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> Reverse angle from earlier in this thread.
Westover Shopping center on Washington Bl. If I had to guess. Used to work close to there.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: July 30, 2017 11:53AM
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> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
No, I was more like this guy, sadly.
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> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
No, I was more like this guy, sadly.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: July 30, 2017 12:16PM
Another shot, reportedly Columbia pike. Date unknown. (Hey, look a VW!)
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: July 30, 2017 12:30PM
This one may be VW free.
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: July 30, 2017 12:38PM
Jan Clark is the owner of this picture, she was nice enough to share it with us. It's Vienna @ corner of 123 & Glyndon st.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: July 30, 2017 02:23PM
Nice pics Fran, thanks...It does AMAZE me in the early (circa 1961) Scot shot there are NO VW's...Wow...crazy. :)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: July 30, 2017 04:25PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Nice pics Fran, thanks...It does AMAZE me in the
> early (circa 1961) Scot shot there are NO
> VW's...Wow...crazy. :)
Actually there is a VW in that picture. If you look on the first row, 3 cars up you will see the VW next to what looks like a brown International Scout.
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> Nice pics Fran, thanks...It does AMAZE me in the
> early (circa 1961) Scot shot there are NO
> VW's...Wow...crazy. :)
Actually there is a VW in that picture. If you look on the first row, 3 cars up you will see the VW next to what looks like a brown International Scout.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: July 30, 2017 06:27PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Jan Clark is the owner of this picture, she was
> nice enough to share it with us. It's Vienna @
> corner of 123 & Glyndon st.
Did you notice the octane ratings of the gas?
Regular is 94, Super is 97, and Royal is 100 octane!
Very cool pictures of Vienna. 20 years ago I actually used to work in the converted garage of a guy's house on Glyndon St., but on the other side of where the W&OD tracks were. I used to make electric guitar pickups there.
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> Jan Clark is the owner of this picture, she was
> nice enough to share it with us. It's Vienna @
> corner of 123 & Glyndon st.
Did you notice the octane ratings of the gas?
Regular is 94, Super is 97, and Royal is 100 octane!
Very cool pictures of Vienna. 20 years ago I actually used to work in the converted garage of a guy's house on Glyndon St., but on the other side of where the W&OD tracks were. I used to make electric guitar pickups there.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: July 30, 2017 06:33PM
While we're in Vienna, let's go back in time about 107 years ago and take a trip to the Post Office.
Taken from Shorpy.com, a great website for old pictures from around the country. I had to cut the size of this picture in half, so that people wouldn't yell.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: July 31, 2017 10:32PM
I do not remember the Scot gas station in Vienna. I do remember one on Route 50 just west of Seven Corners. Thanks for the memory Fran Conia.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: July 31, 2017 10:44PM
LMAO 2 Wrote:
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> > Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> > Bill N is #3
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> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
I was not as cool as Boon.
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> > Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> > Bill N is #3
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>
> Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
I was not as cool as Boon.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
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Date: August 01, 2017 01:42AM
Repost of the old Scot gas station on 50. There was a great veggie stand down the road. Both were located on the service road running parallel to 50
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: August 01, 2017 01:59AM
50 is an awfully long road.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Shootin Craps
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Date: August 01, 2017 02:06AM
I do remember one on Route 50 just west of Seven Corners. Thanks for the memory Fran Conia.
Just west from 7 Corners 1/4 mile from the Summit Manor aka Ho Jo's and the Giant
Just west from 7 Corners 1/4 mile from the Summit Manor aka Ho Jo's and the Giant
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 01, 2017 02:07PM
Shootin Craps Wrote:
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> I do remember one on Route 50 just west of Seven
> Corners. Thanks for the memory Fran Conia.
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> Just west from 7 Corners 1/4 mile from the Summit
> Manor aka Ho Jo's and the Giant
On the same side...just up from Kinney Shoes. Cheap gas for the 1968 Impala Wagon.
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> I do remember one on Route 50 just west of Seven
> Corners. Thanks for the memory Fran Conia.
>
> Just west from 7 Corners 1/4 mile from the Summit
> Manor aka Ho Jo's and the Giant
On the same side...just up from Kinney Shoes. Cheap gas for the 1968 Impala Wagon.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 01, 2017 02:21PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> > posters
> > > on this thread when they were younger.
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> > > Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> > > Bill N is #3
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> > Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
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> I was not as cool as Boon.
I could probably out-drink Otter, and I do like the ladies...too funny. BTW trivia, #1 David in FC/Daniel Simpson Day/Bruce McGill plays Korsak on Rizzoli & Isles.
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> > > on this thread when they were younger.
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> > > Sleepy holla is #2 and Greybeard is #5.
> > > Bill N is #3
> >
> >
> > Funny! David in FC is #1 and Fran Conia is #4
>
> I was not as cool as Boon.
I could probably out-drink Otter, and I do like the ladies...too funny. BTW trivia, #1 David in FC/Daniel Simpson Day/Bruce McGill plays Korsak on Rizzoli & Isles.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: August 01, 2017 03:33PM
IN the mid 70's, there was a Scot Gas Station near Engleside.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: August 01, 2017 03:34PM
IN the mid 70's, there was a Scot Gas Station near Engleside on RT 1.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
FFX County Native
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Date: August 01, 2017 06:10PM
Wow! I used to manage that Scot Gas on Route 50 in the mid 1980s. It was often robbed and was difficult to find/keep help. All cash, old style pumps, oil & cigarettes. That was it.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Reality Bites.....
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Date: August 01, 2017 08:41PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> This one may be VW free.
I may have been at the Drug Fair fountain having a hamburger with cheeeese when that pic was taken. Used to buy gas and smokes that that Scot station during high school.
Haven't thought about either place in decades.
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> This one may be VW free.
I may have been at the Drug Fair fountain having a hamburger with cheeeese when that pic was taken. Used to buy gas and smokes that that Scot station during high school.
Haven't thought about either place in decades.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
truckin', like the do-dah man
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Date: August 01, 2017 10:48PM
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> 50 is an awfully long road.
It is indeed...
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: August 02, 2017 05:23AM
Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 02, 2017 12:04PM
Great pics Fran...or should I say Cheech? :)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
TM Executive
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Date: August 02, 2017 12:19PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
A glimpse at a simpler time. Smoke a little Gold, drink some beers, kicking back to listen to WHFS or WGTB
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
A glimpse at a simpler time. Smoke a little Gold, drink some beers, kicking back to listen to WHFS or WGTB
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: August 02, 2017 05:34PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
Very cool photos. Brings back a few memories. The Vienna location is the one that I used to go to, since it was the closest.
The photo must have been taken sometime in the '70's, because I think by about 1980, they had moved the "smoking accessories" to a small room down a hallway to the left when you walked in the door.
Tokemaster eventually changed their name to Smokemaster, (for whatever reason......), and that's where I got the one that I used to put jellybeans in. (Very hidden joke for that one).
Bought lots of records from local bands at that place. The Slickee Boys, Martha Hull and The Steady Jobs, David Van Allen, Tru Fax and The Insaniacs, The Rosslyn Mountain Boys, and others.
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
Very cool photos. Brings back a few memories. The Vienna location is the one that I used to go to, since it was the closest.
The photo must have been taken sometime in the '70's, because I think by about 1980, they had moved the "smoking accessories" to a small room down a hallway to the left when you walked in the door.
Tokemaster eventually changed their name to Smokemaster, (for whatever reason......), and that's where I got the one that I used to put jellybeans in. (Very hidden joke for that one).
Bought lots of records from local bands at that place. The Slickee Boys, Martha Hull and The Steady Jobs, David Van Allen, Tru Fax and The Insaniacs, The Rosslyn Mountain Boys, and others.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
gbw
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Date: August 02, 2017 05:47PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
So it was where Anita's is today?
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
So it was where Anita's is today?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: August 02, 2017 06:06PM
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> So it was where Anita's is today?
Yes, but not the same building. Penguin Feather was in an old wooden house, which sat back a bit farther from the road. You could park in front of it.
They tore down that place and the built the new place where Anita's is now.
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> So it was where Anita's is today?
Yes, but not the same building. Penguin Feather was in an old wooden house, which sat back a bit farther from the road. You could park in front of it.
They tore down that place and the built the new place where Anita's is now.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: August 03, 2017 05:22AM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Great pics Fran...or should I say Cheech? :)
I will admit that in the late 70s and early-mid 80s I was a fan of the devils lettuce. I never owned a genuine tokemaster though. Those were for rich kids lol!
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> Great pics Fran...or should I say Cheech? :)
I will admit that in the late 70s and early-mid 80s I was a fan of the devils lettuce. I never owned a genuine tokemaster though. Those were for rich kids lol!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 03, 2017 11:08AM
I had an APOGEE...with teak and lucite, w/ the bowl off it looked like modern art...LOL!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Whos dat?
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Date: August 03, 2017 11:27AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather sign?
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> Penguin Feather Vienna. Date unknown. Looks like
> tokemasters on display on the top shelf lol.
Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather sign?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
phelpsmarc
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Date: August 03, 2017 09:37PM
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> It is indeed...
I saw that sign when I was in Sacramento, CA two years ago. I LOLLLED when I saw it,
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> It is indeed...
I saw that sign when I was in Sacramento, CA two years ago. I LOLLLED when I saw it,
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: August 03, 2017 11:16PM
bong hits
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: August 04, 2017 01:13AM
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You Forgot Me In The Pics..
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Date: August 04, 2017 01:25AM
Here I am..
DAJAX..Hey Man !..Hey Man.!.LOL
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ya..I Remember The "Joint"
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Date: August 04, 2017 01:44AM
LOL..Truckers Stop Too..I was So..Uncool ..even thou I had hair a foot below my shoulder..before 73..LOL
DAJAX Like I Even wanted to Even go in there...LOL! I didn't..
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: August 04, 2017 05:08AM
This postcard is for sale on Amazon. Anyone remember this place?
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: August 04, 2017 05:22AM
Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the most photographed shopping center in the area. There have got to be a couple VW's in there somewhere.
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: August 04, 2017 06:47AM
Whos dat? Wrote:
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> Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather sign?
Currently someone's grandmother...
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> Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather sign?
Currently someone's grandmother...
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
NKE3Y
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Date: August 04, 2017 06:53AM
Key Bridge picture above must have been around 1921? Key Bridge was opened in Jan 1923.
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Posted by:
Going back and coming back
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Date: August 04, 2017 09:03AM
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> > Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather
> sign?
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> Currently someone's grandmother...
haha. ain't that the truth.
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> > Who is the cute chick by the Penguin Feather
> sign?
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> Currently someone's grandmother...
haha. ain't that the truth.
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Posted by:
Kodachrome Memories
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Date: August 04, 2017 11:11AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> This postcard is for sale on Amazon. Anyone
> remember this place?
A few special nights in my youth.
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> This postcard is for sale on Amazon. Anyone
> remember this place?
A few special nights in my youth.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
oldie
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Date: August 04, 2017 11:53AM
THANKS for the Vienna photo showing the Peter Pan variety store in the Magruders shoppign center. That was my favorite store as a child - old school variety store sold small pets like turtles.
Anyone else have memories of it?
Anyone else have memories of it?
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Posted by:
Circa 1973
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Date: August 04, 2017 11:58AM
oldie Wrote:
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> THANKS for the Vienna photo showing the Peter Pan
> variety store in the Magruders shoppign center.
> That was my favorite store as a child - old school
> variety store sold small pets like turtles.
> Anyone else have memories of it?
We would go there to buy little yellow ducklings at Easter, and they also sold Confederate Flags.
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> THANKS for the Vienna photo showing the Peter Pan
> variety store in the Magruders shoppign center.
> That was my favorite store as a child - old school
> variety store sold small pets like turtles.
> Anyone else have memories of it?
We would go there to buy little yellow ducklings at Easter, and they also sold Confederate Flags.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 04, 2017 12:07PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Another great shot Fran. A lonely VW is on the far right about 5 rows from bottom. Not surprising as this is circa 1961! :)
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Another great shot Fran. A lonely VW is on the far right about 5 rows from bottom. Not surprising as this is circa 1961! :)
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Posted by:
Lynn Conia
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Date: August 04, 2017 12:36PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Indeed it was important, I guess it was one of the first of its kind. So much so that President Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev there during the first visit of a Soviet Premier.
That was 1953 - anyone remember?
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Indeed it was important, I guess it was one of the first of its kind. So much so that President Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev there during the first visit of a Soviet Premier.
That was 1953 - anyone remember?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Gary Powers
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Date: August 04, 2017 12:48PM
Lynn Conia Wrote:
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> > Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this
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> > been posted before, seems like 7 corners was
> the
> > most photographed shopping center in the area.
> > There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> > somewhere.
>
> Indeed it was important, I guess it was one of
> the first of its kind. So much so that President
> Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev there during
> the first visit of a Soviet Premier.
>
> That was 1953 - anyone remember?
Stalin was in power in 1953 - Then he died.
Khrushchev's visit was Sept. 15,1959 thru Sept 27,1959
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> > Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this
> has
> > been posted before, seems like 7 corners was
> the
> > most photographed shopping center in the area.
> > There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> > somewhere.
>
> Indeed it was important, I guess it was one of
> the first of its kind. So much so that President
> Eisenhower brought Nikita Khrushchev there during
> the first visit of a Soviet Premier.
>
> That was 1953 - anyone remember?
Stalin was in power in 1953 - Then he died.
Khrushchev's visit was Sept. 15,1959 thru Sept 27,1959
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Spartacus
()
Date: August 04, 2017 02:19PM
Count Gore De Vol
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Where is it?
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Date: August 04, 2017 06:41PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Where's Waldo? = Find The VW!
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> Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this has
> been posted before, seems like 7 corners was the
> most photographed shopping center in the area.
> There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> somewhere.
Where's Waldo? = Find The VW!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: August 04, 2017 07:34PM
Where is it? Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this
> has
> > been posted before, seems like 7 corners was
> the
> > most photographed shopping center in the area.
> > There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> > somewhere.
>
>
> Where's Waldo? = Find The VW!
I took the photo up to 500% and looked for any VWs. I could only find a grayish auto the looks similar to a VW.
Check to the far right of the photo at the 3 o'clock position.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Another angle on 7 corners, not sure if this
> has
> > been posted before, seems like 7 corners was
> the
> > most photographed shopping center in the area.
> > There have got to be a couple VW's in there
> > somewhere.
>
>
> Where's Waldo? = Find The VW!
I took the photo up to 500% and looked for any VWs. I could only find a grayish auto the looks similar to a VW.
Check to the far right of the photo at the 3 o'clock position.
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Fairfax Fred
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Date: August 05, 2017 07:35AM
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Fairfax Fred
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Date: August 05, 2017 07:51AM
This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone recognize it?
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: August 05, 2017 08:06AM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
.
The front of the sign says Baileys Cross Roads Shopping Bag -- this is (was?)on the south side of Route 7 right after you go over Columbia Pike heading east. The piece of land that is between Route 7 and Seminary Road before you get up to the light at Carlin Springs (Glen Carlin?).
I believe its still there.
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
.
The front of the sign says Baileys Cross Roads Shopping Bag -- this is (was?)on the south side of Route 7 right after you go over Columbia Pike heading east. The piece of land that is between Route 7 and Seminary Road before you get up to the light at Carlin Springs (Glen Carlin?).
I believe its still there.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
()
Date: August 05, 2017 08:08AM
Construction of the Seven Corners Shopping Mall. View over the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store site, circa 1953-1957.
From the Woodward & Lothrop Collection, MS 542, Container 24/Folder 695.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
()
Date: August 05, 2017 08:10AM
blanche Wrote:
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> Fairfax Fred Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> > recognize it?
> .
>
> The front of the sign says Baileys Cross Roads
> Shopping Bag -- this is (was?)on the south side of
> Route 7 right after you go over Columbia Pike
> heading east. The piece of land that is between
> Route 7 and Seminary Road before you get up to the
> light at Carlin Springs (Glen Carlin?).
>
> I believe its still there.
Thank you Blanche.
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> Fairfax Fred Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> > recognize it?
> .
>
> The front of the sign says Baileys Cross Roads
> Shopping Bag -- this is (was?)on the south side of
> Route 7 right after you go over Columbia Pike
> heading east. The piece of land that is between
> Route 7 and Seminary Road before you get up to the
> light at Carlin Springs (Glen Carlin?).
>
> I believe its still there.
Thank you Blanche.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: August 05, 2017 08:59AM
Fairfax, then and now. Old pic I stole from the FCPL Virginia room it is roughly 1900.
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Hyderabad Bank Note
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Date: August 05, 2017 02:05PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Fairfax, then and now. Old pic I stole from the
> FCPL Virginia room it is roughly 1900.
^^^ Nice post with comparison photo's. Downtown FFX continues to develop.
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> Fairfax, then and now. Old pic I stole from the
> FCPL Virginia room it is roughly 1900.
^^^ Nice post with comparison photo's. Downtown FFX continues to develop.
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Posted by:
Koons Ford Memories
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Date: August 05, 2017 02:24PM
Great picture of Koons Ford. We lived in Annandale back in 1965, and I went with my Mom and Dad to buy a new Mustang.
Dad traded in his '57 Chevy 2 door.
I bought a new F-250 4X4 there in 1984
Dad traded in his '57 Chevy 2 door.
I bought a new F-250 4X4 there in 1984
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: August 05, 2017 02:54PM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
Cool Pic...Thanks. It's also cool to see where Melpar was before moving out to 50 past Loehmann's Plaza.
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
Cool Pic...Thanks. It's also cool to see where Melpar was before moving out to 50 past Loehmann's Plaza.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Vienna kid now old and fat
()
Date: August 05, 2017 06:59PM
That inside the Penguin Feather shot is so cool. Thank you to whoever posted that!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: August 05, 2017 08:47PM
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> .
To add to causeican's great photo of the construction of Key Bridge, and the very descriptive caption that was provided (lol), I thought that I would second the motion with this photo as well.
Taken, I guess a bit before the previous one, judging from the progress.
Another one that I saw on Shorpy.com.
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> .
To add to causeican's great photo of the construction of Key Bridge, and the very descriptive caption that was provided (lol), I thought that I would second the motion with this photo as well.
Taken, I guess a bit before the previous one, judging from the progress.
Another one that I saw on Shorpy.com.
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Posted by:
beech tree7
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Date: August 05, 2017 09:10PM
Merry Christmas you old folks!
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Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: August 05, 2017 09:20PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Fairfax, then and now. Old pic I stole from the
> FCPL Virginia room it is roughly 1900.
Another great photo of Old Town Fairfax.
Thanks
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> Fairfax, then and now. Old pic I stole from the
> FCPL Virginia room it is roughly 1900.
Another great photo of Old Town Fairfax.
Thanks
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Posted by:
Old Man Fairfax
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Date: August 05, 2017 09:35PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Jan Clark is the owner of this picture, she was
> nice enough to share it with us. It's Vienna @
> corner of 123 & Glyndon st.
I see the old Southern States down the street. It's been converted to a strip mall that includes Chipotle and Starbucks.
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> Jan Clark is the owner of this picture, she was
> nice enough to share it with us. It's Vienna @
> corner of 123 & Glyndon st.
I see the old Southern States down the street. It's been converted to a strip mall that includes Chipotle and Starbucks.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: August 06, 2017 09:18AM
Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
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Posted by:
Hepatitis see
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Date: August 06, 2017 12:58PM
David in FC wrote:
> To add to causeican's great photo of the
> construction of Key Bridge, and the very
> descriptive caption that was provided (lol), I
> thought that I would second the motion with this
> photo as well.
> Taken, I guess a bit before the previous one,
> judging from the progress.
> Another one that I saw on Shorpy.com.
All I have to say about that is "."
> To add to causeican's great photo of the
> construction of Key Bridge, and the very
> descriptive caption that was provided (lol), I
> thought that I would second the motion with this
> photo as well.
> Taken, I guess a bit before the previous one,
> judging from the progress.
> Another one that I saw on Shorpy.com.
All I have to say about that is "."
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
()
Date: August 06, 2017 01:33PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
Tragic damage the VW
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> Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
Tragic damage the VW
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Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
()
Date: August 06, 2017 03:03PM
This church is huge! I am guessing it's still there?
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Bill.N.
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Date: August 06, 2017 03:13PM
David in FC Wrote:
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I have never seen that picture of the Key Bridge construction. Thanks for posting it. Notice in the background that DC had several factory chimneys downtown in the 1920s.
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I have never seen that picture of the Key Bridge construction. Thanks for posting it. Notice in the background that DC had several factory chimneys downtown in the 1920s.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: August 06, 2017 09:25PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> David in FC Wrote:
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>
> I have never seen that picture of the Key Bridge
> construction. Thanks for posting it. Notice in
> the background that DC had several factory
> chimneys downtown in the 1920s.
Thanks, But I still kind of like causeican's picture better. It shows that part of Georgetown as still "suburban" even if it's officially in the city limits. Still lot of trees and open fields. Not the same as it looks today.
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> David in FC Wrote:
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>
> I have never seen that picture of the Key Bridge
> construction. Thanks for posting it. Notice in
> the background that DC had several factory
> chimneys downtown in the 1920s.
Thanks, But I still kind of like causeican's picture better. It shows that part of Georgetown as still "suburban" even if it's officially in the city limits. Still lot of trees and open fields. Not the same as it looks today.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: August 06, 2017 09:52PM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> This church is huge! I am guessing it's still
> there?
It's still there. Maybe the parking lot in the other picture made it look bigger than it actually is.
I've never been there, but I know that Bill Clinton visited there soon after his second inauguration.
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> This church is huge! I am guessing it's still
> there?
It's still there. Maybe the parking lot in the other picture made it look bigger than it actually is.
I've never been there, but I know that Bill Clinton visited there soon after his second inauguration.
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: August 07, 2017 08:03AM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
>
>
> Tragic damage the VW
Hope nothing happened to the Lincoln with the back doors that open for ladies to step out easily either.
Andy Ratlips, any date on the photo? That Phillips 66 has been a bank forever, and the intersection of 236 and Braddock was a long-time menace until VDOT put up turn lights on 236 that only allow for lefts on the green arrows.
Wonder when the idiots will decide its okay to have those flashing yellow arrows there? A step backwards IMHO.
Also Columbia Baptist is still there but no longer part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
>
>
> Tragic damage the VW
Hope nothing happened to the Lincoln with the back doors that open for ladies to step out easily either.
Andy Ratlips, any date on the photo? That Phillips 66 has been a bank forever, and the intersection of 236 and Braddock was a long-time menace until VDOT put up turn lights on 236 that only allow for lefts on the green arrows.
Wonder when the idiots will decide its okay to have those flashing yellow arrows there? A step backwards IMHO.
Also Columbia Baptist is still there but no longer part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: August 07, 2017 11:29AM
blanche Wrote:
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> VW Spotter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
> >
> >
> > Tragic damage the VW
>
>
> Hope nothing happened to the Lincoln with the back
> doors that open for ladies to step out easily
> either.
>
> Andy Ratlips, any date on the photo? That
> Phillips 66 has been a bank forever, and the
> intersection of 236 and Braddock was a long-time
> menace until VDOT put up turn lights on 236 that
> only allow for lefts on the green arrows.
>
> Wonder when the idiots will decide its okay to
> have those flashing yellow arrows there? A step
> backwards IMHO.
>
> Also Columbia Baptist is still there but no longer
> part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Blanche, I would say the photo is @70/71. I barely remember the Gas station also as we would slide at Pinecrest all the time.
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> VW Spotter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Oh no, a crash in Fairfax county!
> >
> >
> > Tragic damage the VW
>
>
> Hope nothing happened to the Lincoln with the back
> doors that open for ladies to step out easily
> either.
>
> Andy Ratlips, any date on the photo? That
> Phillips 66 has been a bank forever, and the
> intersection of 236 and Braddock was a long-time
> menace until VDOT put up turn lights on 236 that
> only allow for lefts on the green arrows.
>
> Wonder when the idiots will decide its okay to
> have those flashing yellow arrows there? A step
> backwards IMHO.
>
> Also Columbia Baptist is still there but no longer
> part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Blanche, I would say the photo is @70/71. I barely remember the Gas station also as we would slide at Pinecrest all the time.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
()
Date: August 07, 2017 11:55AM
Thanks Sleepy --
I'm thinking some Jeffersonians -- TJ yearbooks when the school was for NORMAL people -- has the Phillips 66 pictured in sponsorship advertisements in the early 70s. In fact, there may be one in some of the past pages of this post.
I can see that the C&P frame building is being enlarged (brick building on left hand side of 236) in the photo.
Jerry's Ford wasn't built yet and the shopping center was still the Little League ballpark!
So your timeframe is correct.
Also the Esso/Exxon just out of the photo on the corner was torn down recently to make room for a TD Bank. The robbers will now have a choice of banks to knock over on that corner...
I'm thinking some Jeffersonians -- TJ yearbooks when the school was for NORMAL people -- has the Phillips 66 pictured in sponsorship advertisements in the early 70s. In fact, there may be one in some of the past pages of this post.
I can see that the C&P frame building is being enlarged (brick building on left hand side of 236) in the photo.
Jerry's Ford wasn't built yet and the shopping center was still the Little League ballpark!
So your timeframe is correct.
Also the Esso/Exxon just out of the photo on the corner was torn down recently to make room for a TD Bank. The robbers will now have a choice of banks to knock over on that corner...
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
()
Date: August 07, 2017 12:02PM
Blanche, That's a shame...That was a very nice quiet area...down the way was Parklawn Elementary where I would have my Annandale Boy's Club Football practices.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: August 07, 2017 11:35PM
Found in the online book "Washington & Old Dominion Railroad"
By David A. Guillaudeu, Paul E. Mccray
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causeican
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Date: August 08, 2017 09:37PM
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VW Spotter
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Date: August 08, 2017 09:57PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Great picture ! Taken between 1932 and 1941 ?
Great picture ! Taken between 1932 and 1941 ?
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causeican
()
Date: August 08, 2017 10:08PM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Great picture ! Taken between 1932 and 1941 ?
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
File:Mount Vernon Memorial Parkway LOC hec 39185.jpg
Created: 9 August 1935
Original title: No scouts here. This airview shows a portion of the tent city erected along the banks of the Potomac river where the Boy Scouts were scheduled to hold their Jamboree late this month. It was postponed by President Roosevelt for a year because of infantile
Found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Memorial_Parkway
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Great picture ! Taken between 1932 and 1941 ?
Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
File:Mount Vernon Memorial Parkway LOC hec 39185.jpg
Created: 9 August 1935
Original title: No scouts here. This airview shows a portion of the tent city erected along the banks of the Potomac river where the Boy Scouts were scheduled to hold their Jamboree late this month. It was postponed by President Roosevelt for a year because of infantile
Found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Memorial_Parkway
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Posted by:
causeican
()
Date: August 09, 2017 08:36AM
I clipped this picture because it looks like DC with the Potomac on one side of camp and the canal on the other, but I don’t have any information on it. The website where I found it (link below) refers to one of their pictures as being Fort Hunt but it is unclear if this is that picture.
Can anyone here identify the location of this camp? It’s a cool-looking picture. Can you imagine coming back to camp at night and trying to find your tent?
The following was clipped from the same website where it was posted under the picture.
"After WWI, the federal government had set aside funds that were to be used to provide "Bonuses" for wartime service. The Bonuses were to be paid in 1945. Economic conditions were so desperate during the great depression that veterans marched on Washington in 1932, in 1933, and again in 1934 to demand early payment of these bonuses.
In 1932 (during Hoover's Administration), veterans started marching in Oregon, and by the time they reached Washington DC, they were 20,000 strong. The Senate defeated a bill to pay early. The Army evicted the marchers.
In 1933, 3,000 veterans attended a "Bonus Convention" from May 7-12. Early bonuses were not paid, but FDR offered the marchers jobs in the newly created CCC, and almost 90% accepted. Pictured to the right is the camp where they stayed at Fort Hunt.
In 1934, only about 1500 veterans attended the "convention." Fort Hunt was now a CCC camp. The CCC boys moved out, and the conventioneers stayed there which interrupted CCC work. There was little support for paying early, about half of the attendees joined the CCC; the rest went home."
ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CONSERVATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES (ARCSE)
http://www.arcse.org/nCCC.htm
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Can anyone here identify the location of this camp? It’s a cool-looking picture. Can you imagine coming back to camp at night and trying to find your tent?
The following was clipped from the same website where it was posted under the picture.
"After WWI, the federal government had set aside funds that were to be used to provide "Bonuses" for wartime service. The Bonuses were to be paid in 1945. Economic conditions were so desperate during the great depression that veterans marched on Washington in 1932, in 1933, and again in 1934 to demand early payment of these bonuses.
In 1932 (during Hoover's Administration), veterans started marching in Oregon, and by the time they reached Washington DC, they were 20,000 strong. The Senate defeated a bill to pay early. The Army evicted the marchers.
In 1933, 3,000 veterans attended a "Bonus Convention" from May 7-12. Early bonuses were not paid, but FDR offered the marchers jobs in the newly created CCC, and almost 90% accepted. Pictured to the right is the camp where they stayed at Fort Hunt.
In 1934, only about 1500 veterans attended the "convention." Fort Hunt was now a CCC camp. The CCC boys moved out, and the conventioneers stayed there which interrupted CCC work. There was little support for paying early, about half of the attendees joined the CCC; the rest went home."
ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CONSERVATION SERVICE EMPLOYEES (ARCSE)
http://www.arcse.org/nCCC.htm
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Posted by:
Vekx
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Date: August 09, 2017 03:56PM
That looks like the Unitarian church
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Posted by:
Just Another Old Fart
()
Date: August 09, 2017 05:08PM
A caption under the same image on the National Park Service website identifies the tent picture as the bonus camp set up at Fort Hunt for the veterans who marched on Washington in 1933 - the same one mentioned in your timeline. It describes the location as the "parade ground" at Fort Hunt. This, as I understand it, is the open area to the North of Mount Vernon battery that still exists in the park today. Below is a picture, closer up than your shot, showing what this area looked like in 2013.
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Just Another Old Fart
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Date: August 09, 2017 05:18PM
Another picture showing the location of the Fort Hunt parade ground.
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Andy Ratlips
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Date: August 10, 2017 05:26PM
Here is a old one courtesy of Mike Farris.
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Posted by:
GMU 1994
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Date: August 10, 2017 07:34PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Here is a old one courtesy of Mike Farris.
Okay, am I imagining things or is my memory of this still existing when I when to George Mason in the early '90s correct?
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> Here is a old one courtesy of Mike Farris.
Okay, am I imagining things or is my memory of this still existing when I when to George Mason in the early '90s correct?
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Posted by:
Dog Walker1
()
Date: August 10, 2017 09:21PM
This story on WTOP has a slide show with 19 old photos of Tysons Corner and nearby:
http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/08/photos-tysons-corner-through-the-years/
The oldest photo is from 1930 and the newest is 1997. Most of the photos go back to before the 80s.
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Ignoring juvenile attacks and remarks on the internet for over two decades.
Arguing by deflection or name-calling is an admission that you don't have a rational argument.
http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/08/photos-tysons-corner-through-the-years/
The oldest photo is from 1930 and the newest is 1997. Most of the photos go back to before the 80s.
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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. - John Cassis on manners
Ignoring juvenile attacks and remarks on the internet for over two decades.
Arguing by deflection or name-calling is an admission that you don't have a rational argument.
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Posted by:
nope. prove it?
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Date: August 10, 2017 09:32PM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
no, and i'd want confirmation the license plate shown is a VA plate - i don't see the plate as familiar but unfamiliar with antique plates
anyone alive in the 70's has heard of Melpar, i don't remember the hangar shaped building at bailey's - though admittedly i didn't see much of the crossroads driving through during what was still more than not the "B&W" photo days
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> This is supposed to be Falls Church, anyone
> recognize it?
no, and i'd want confirmation the license plate shown is a VA plate - i don't see the plate as familiar but unfamiliar with antique plates
anyone alive in the 70's has heard of Melpar, i don't remember the hangar shaped building at bailey's - though admittedly i didn't see much of the crossroads driving through during what was still more than not the "B&W" photo days
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Posted by:
nope. prove it?
()
Date: August 10, 2017 09:34PM
sorry scratch that: it says Bailey's right on the building
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node 523
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Date: August 10, 2017 10:00PM
I heard Weber has been around a long time but wow!
I went in there once for (somthing only they had), dirtiest shop ever and likely still is. Many shops are but they were on the high end.
Dirt from tire & rotor work is FULL OF LEAD DUST - illegal to even vacuum in such a room without protective gear / properly rated vacuum.
They need to get (brand of soap) and pressure washer and clean the place out - likely should prevent the result from getting in the water supply too (they SHOULD have a drain rated exactly for that reason).
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in history some ignored the dangers of lead known since roman times (ie Caligula a victim), while other heeded it and (removed it from drinking fountains!): some still ignore it.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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node 523
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Date: August 10, 2017 10:05PM
is this in fairfax city?
anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo: the grass is deep green without weeds however is surrounded by aging concrete
(look at today's median strips you'll quickly see they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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blanche
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Date: August 11, 2017 07:49AM
Thanks Dog Walker1 for the link to the Tyson's Corner pictures.
There is a picture in that collection of the Tysons Meat Locker building with the animals painted on the side of it. Little Blanche didn't understand what that meant when she was a wee one but loved seeing those pictures when the family went around seeing where Dad was working on Sunday afternoons.
I think the building finally got torn down with all the Metro construction in the area.
Does anyone have a colored picture of the Meat Locker -- am I allowed to say colored?
There is a picture in that collection of the Tysons Meat Locker building with the animals painted on the side of it. Little Blanche didn't understand what that meant when she was a wee one but loved seeing those pictures when the family went around seeing where Dad was working on Sunday afternoons.
I think the building finally got torn down with all the Metro construction in the area.
Does anyone have a colored picture of the Meat Locker -- am I allowed to say colored?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Dolf
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Date: August 11, 2017 08:57AM
Facebook Thief Wrote:
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> Rt. 1
Thanks for the pic of Penguin Feather. I worked there part time, met my wife there, and we are still married for almost 32 years. Great memories.
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> Rt. 1
Thanks for the pic of Penguin Feather. I worked there part time, met my wife there, and we are still married for almost 32 years. Great memories.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Drug Fair
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Date: August 11, 2017 09:17AM
node 523 Wrote:
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> src=http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.p
> hp?2,file=286241,filename=pfaltzgraff_in_city.png>
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>
> is this in fairfax city?
>
> anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo:
> the grass is deep green without weeds however is
> surrounded by aging concrete
>
> (look at today's median strips you'll quickly see
> they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
You are a newbie to Fairfax City. This photo is the old Safeway Store that closed down in 1978 when the new Safeway opened at Courthouse Plaza.
After Pfaltzgraff closed down, the building was torn down, and a Harris Teeter opened in 2002.
Harris Teeter closed like most businesses in Fairfax are doing nowadays.
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> src=http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.p
> hp?2,file=286241,filename=pfaltzgraff_in_city.png>
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>
> is this in fairfax city?
>
> anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo:
> the grass is deep green without weeds however is
> surrounded by aging concrete
>
> (look at today's median strips you'll quickly see
> they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
You are a newbie to Fairfax City. This photo is the old Safeway Store that closed down in 1978 when the new Safeway opened at Courthouse Plaza.
After Pfaltzgraff closed down, the building was torn down, and a Harris Teeter opened in 2002.
Harris Teeter closed like most businesses in Fairfax are doing nowadays.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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FFX County Native
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Date: August 11, 2017 02:07PM
This was on the WTOP site recently. Many good Tysons photos.
http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/08/photos-tysons-corner-through-the-years/slide/1/
http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/08/photos-tysons-corner-through-the-years/slide/1/
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: August 11, 2017 04:01PM
Shell station in January of 1979 - Most Improved Landscaping award winner. Falls Church Library collection.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: August 11, 2017 07:14PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Thanks Dog Walker1 for the link to the Tyson's
> Corner pictures.
>
> There is a picture in that collection of the
> Tysons Meat Locker building with the animals
> painted on the side of it. Little Blanche didn't
> understand what that meant when she was a wee one
> but loved seeing those pictures when the family
> went around seeing where Dad was working on Sunday
> afternoons.
>
> I think the building finally got torn down with
> all the Metro construction in the area.
>
> Does anyone have a colored picture of the Meat
> Locker -- am I allowed to say colored?
I not only remember that place well, I remember seeing deer, and other animals that people would bring in, hanging outside so they could age for a day or two......
That was back in the day when more people provided for themselves, instead of relying on the local grocery store to do it for you.
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> Thanks Dog Walker1 for the link to the Tyson's
> Corner pictures.
>
> There is a picture in that collection of the
> Tysons Meat Locker building with the animals
> painted on the side of it. Little Blanche didn't
> understand what that meant when she was a wee one
> but loved seeing those pictures when the family
> went around seeing where Dad was working on Sunday
> afternoons.
>
> I think the building finally got torn down with
> all the Metro construction in the area.
>
> Does anyone have a colored picture of the Meat
> Locker -- am I allowed to say colored?
I not only remember that place well, I remember seeing deer, and other animals that people would bring in, hanging outside so they could age for a day or two......
That was back in the day when more people provided for themselves, instead of relying on the local grocery store to do it for you.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Good grief!
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Date: August 12, 2017 06:58AM
node 523 Wrote:
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> hp?2,file=286241,filename=pfaltzgraff_in_city.png>
>
>
> is this in fairfax city?
>
> anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo:
> the grass is deep green without weeds however is
> surrounded by aging concrete
>
> (look at today's median strips you'll quickly see
> they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
You're so funny. It's spring! Remember spring or were you living elsewhere?
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> hp?2,file=286241,filename=pfaltzgraff_in_city.png>
>
>
> is this in fairfax city?
>
> anyway there is something UNUSUAL about the photo:
> the grass is deep green without weeds however is
> surrounded by aging concrete
>
> (look at today's median strips you'll quickly see
> they are %75 weeds and more a tan color)
You're so funny. It's spring! Remember spring or were you living elsewhere?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
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Date: August 12, 2017 06:59AM
Re-post from earlier in this thread.
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