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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.
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!
Posted by:
Just for balance
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Date: March 02, 2018 08:37AM
Maybe we need some pictures of old library buildings.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
ilh33b
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Date: March 02, 2018 08:46AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Notice on the first Ford Motor court postcard that
> Television antennas are prominently displayed on
> the roofs of the cabins. I am pretty sure that was
> a big thing back then as many Americans from rural
> areas had no access to a television signal at
> their homes. Watching TV at a motel while on
> vacation was a rare treat!
I did notice that. I also noticed in the actual photos those antennas do not exist.
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> Notice on the first Ford Motor court postcard that
> Television antennas are prominently displayed on
> the roofs of the cabins. I am pretty sure that was
> a big thing back then as many Americans from rural
> areas had no access to a television signal at
> their homes. Watching TV at a motel while on
> vacation was a rare treat!
I did notice that. I also noticed in the actual photos those antennas do not exist.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Free HBO
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Date: March 02, 2018 09:03AM
The first commercial TV stations in Washington DC took to the air in 1947. Needless to say, small motor courts along the lonely highways and byways were not among the earliest adapters.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 02, 2018 09:15AM
More from Card Cow.
Recommended by Duncan Hines! Nice!
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Recommended by Duncan Hines! Nice!
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Roadside Rest
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Date: March 03, 2018 11:40AM
Another view of Ainsworth Downs...
https://www.cardcow.com/images/set405/card00131_fr.jpg
"On US Hwy. No. 1 - 7 miles south of Alexandria, Virginia. A delightful court of English architecture in a beautiful setting of lawn and shade trees. Cool in summer - comfortably warm in winter. Most of the attractively furnished cottages have television sets, cross-corner ventilation, and matched Englander Air-Foam sleep units. Restaurants convenient; five minutes from Mt. Vernon and Ft. Belvoir Sightseeing Tours of Washington, DC direct from Motel; approved by AAA - United Motor Courts and Duncan Hines; phone Edgewater 9-9666."
Sounds dreamy.
https://www.cardcow.com/images/set405/card00131_fr.jpg
"On US Hwy. No. 1 - 7 miles south of Alexandria, Virginia. A delightful court of English architecture in a beautiful setting of lawn and shade trees. Cool in summer - comfortably warm in winter. Most of the attractively furnished cottages have television sets, cross-corner ventilation, and matched Englander Air-Foam sleep units. Restaurants convenient; five minutes from Mt. Vernon and Ft. Belvoir Sightseeing Tours of Washington, DC direct from Motel; approved by AAA - United Motor Courts and Duncan Hines; phone Edgewater 9-9666."
Sounds dreamy.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 03, 2018 12:25PM
I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone today leaving a plane unattended at a park for children to play on. They would be arrested and charged with child endangerment.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 03, 2018 12:54PM
Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure? As someone said before color slides were the "HD" graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone would make it worthy of posting here.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Radio Shack
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Date: March 03, 2018 05:17PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Notice on the first Ford Motor court postcard that
> Television antennas are prominently displayed on
> the roofs of the cabins. I am pretty sure that was
> a big thing back then as many Americans from rural
> areas had no access to a television signal at
> their homes. Watching TV at a motel while on
> vacation was a rare treat!
My Dad went to Radio Shack around 1969 and bought one of those motorized antennas that rotated to get the best reception.
We got so much trouble when he came home and saw a group of about 10 of us kids in the front yard watching the antenna go around and around, while my little brother operated the controller box.
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> Notice on the first Ford Motor court postcard that
> Television antennas are prominently displayed on
> the roofs of the cabins. I am pretty sure that was
> a big thing back then as many Americans from rural
> areas had no access to a television signal at
> their homes. Watching TV at a motel while on
> vacation was a rare treat!
My Dad went to Radio Shack around 1969 and bought one of those motorized antennas that rotated to get the best reception.
We got so much trouble when he came home and saw a group of about 10 of us kids in the front yard watching the antenna go around and around, while my little brother operated the controller box.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: March 03, 2018 05:27PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
Awesome slide Fran! To hell w/ the bug, dig the 1961 Impala convertible.
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
Awesome slide Fran! To hell w/ the bug, dig the 1961 Impala convertible.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
YKKXJ
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Date: March 03, 2018 05:53PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken at a 7-11 in Annandale.
It is totally believable, but there is nothing in the pic that could confirm it.
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken at a 7-11 in Annandale.
It is totally believable, but there is nothing in the pic that could confirm it.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
gbw
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Date: March 03, 2018 07:53PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
Ummmm....I would have been all over that fucking plane rather than playing on the merry-go-round. Just saying!!!
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
Ummmm....I would have been all over that fucking plane rather than playing on the merry-go-round. Just saying!!!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 03, 2018 08:47PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> Awesome slide Fran! To hell w/ the bug, dig the
> 1961 Impala convertible.
LOL!
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> Awesome slide Fran! To hell w/ the bug, dig the
> 1961 Impala convertible.
LOL!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Yes That Pic Is A 7-11
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Date: March 03, 2018 09:01PM
>but there is nothing in the pic that could confirm it.
The smile on the mans face as cigs were 25 cents a pack and the six of Bud was 1.49 , only to be outdone by the smiles on some of your faces if that bag was 6 oz of "Kind Buds" for 1.49 and you were carrying the bag today
"Its my bag, do what I'm going do"
The smile on the mans face as cigs were 25 cents a pack and the six of Bud was 1.49 , only to be outdone by the smiles on some of your faces if that bag was 6 oz of "Kind Buds" for 1.49 and you were carrying the bag today
"Its my bag, do what I'm going do"
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: March 03, 2018 10:30PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
What is with the size of the doors of this 7-11?
and I see a VW!
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
What is with the size of the doors of this 7-11?
and I see a VW!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: March 04, 2018 10:50AM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> What is with the size of the doors of this 7-11?
>
>
> and I see a VW!
Huge automatic doors back in the day. That one reminds me of the first 7-11 I ever saw...Annandale Rd in Jefferson Village.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> -----
> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> What is with the size of the doors of this 7-11?
>
>
> and I see a VW!
Huge automatic doors back in the day. That one reminds me of the first 7-11 I ever saw...Annandale Rd in Jefferson Village.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 04, 2018 11:05AM
I think this pic was posted in this thread previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to be I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How many VW's do you see?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 04, 2018 11:26AM
This one is from my old stomping grounds, Backlick road in Springfield. Again this might be a re-post but you can see the sign for the Lee Volkswagen dealership. I remember going there with my best friend and his parents when they picked up a brand new 1977 Beetle (bright yellow). My friends Dad taught us both to drive a stickshift in that very same car a couple years later.
Also in that shot is Norms TV repair. My Dad would take all the tubes out of our black and white TV, roll them in newspaper and put them in a box so Norm could find out which one was bad and sell us a fresh one.
How many VW's in this shot??
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Also in that shot is Norms TV repair. My Dad would take all the tubes out of our black and white TV, roll them in newspaper and put them in a box so Norm could find out which one was bad and sell us a fresh one.
How many VW's in this shot??
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 04, 2018 11:41AM
It just never ends. There is even a VW at the Ford dealership. My Dad bought a brand new 71 Torino from Logan Ford, sadly it was a 4 door with the 250 cubic inch straight six, the weakest motor available in the Torino.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
()
Date: March 04, 2018 11:49AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> I think this pic was posted in this thread
> previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to be
> I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> many VW's do you see?
I can't make out the road sign on the right side of the photo. Maybe this is the widening of the Shirley Hi-way back in the late 1960's.
Look off in the distance - Just to the left of the crane. That building looks like the Key Apartment Building near Duke Street.
5 VW Bugs, and 1 Karmann Ghia
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> I think this pic was posted in this thread
> previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to be
> I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> many VW's do you see?
I can't make out the road sign on the right side of the photo. Maybe this is the widening of the Shirley Hi-way back in the late 1960's.
Look off in the distance - Just to the left of the crane. That building looks like the Key Apartment Building near Duke Street.
5 VW Bugs, and 1 Karmann Ghia
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 04, 2018 11:58AM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > I think this pic was posted in this thread
> > previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to
> be
> > I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> > many VW's do you see?
>
>
> I can't make out the road sign on the right side
> of the photo. Maybe this is the widening of the
> Shirley Hi-way back in the late 1960's.
>
> Look off in the distance - Just to the left of the
> crane. That building looks like the Key Apartment
> Building near Duke Street.
>
> 5 VW Bugs, and 1 Karmann Ghia
You have a good eye VWS.
Here's one from a 1976 Yearbook ad just for you my friend.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > I think this pic was posted in this thread
> > previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to
> be
> > I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> > many VW's do you see?
>
>
> I can't make out the road sign on the right side
> of the photo. Maybe this is the widening of the
> Shirley Hi-way back in the late 1960's.
>
> Look off in the distance - Just to the left of the
> crane. That building looks like the Key Apartment
> Building near Duke Street.
>
> 5 VW Bugs, and 1 Karmann Ghia
You have a good eye VWS.
Here's one from a 1976 Yearbook ad just for you my friend.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: March 04, 2018 12:08PM
See the #6 inspection sticker on the VW Camper - Virginia had required inspections every 6 months, ad the cost was 3 bucks.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
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Date: March 04, 2018 12:32PM
Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had one.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: March 04, 2018 03:39PM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had one.
Is that Jim Davis? J.R. Ewing's father in the ad???
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> Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had one.
Is that Jim Davis? J.R. Ewing's father in the ad???
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
hiking the trails
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Date: March 04, 2018 05:02PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> It just never ends. There is even a VW at the Ford
> dealership. My Dad bought a brand new 71 Torino
> from Logan Ford, sadly it was a 4 door with the
> 250 cubic inch straight six, the weakest motor
> available in the Torino.
Love the posting board photo. Reminds me of the one at Appalachian Outfitters in Oakton.
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> It just never ends. There is even a VW at the Ford
> dealership. My Dad bought a brand new 71 Torino
> from Logan Ford, sadly it was a 4 door with the
> 250 cubic inch straight six, the weakest motor
> available in the Torino.
Love the posting board photo. Reminds me of the one at Appalachian Outfitters in Oakton.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
older guy
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Date: March 04, 2018 08:00PM
I grew up in Annandale. Thank you everyone for all these wonderful pictures!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 04, 2018 08:12PM
The enjoyment i get from all of this [unsolicited support] is inexpressible.
and yes, i know sleepy, i know....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2018 04:10AM by causeican.
and yes, i know sleepy, i know....
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
new thread
()
Date: March 04, 2018 08:29PM
"Old VW's of Fairfax county,love em!"
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Smelly Oily Smokey Old Cars Suck
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Date: March 04, 2018 09:04PM
Like V dubs, but they were fun to drive speed shifting that stick shift gear to gear like a old time 18 wheeler with a 5 speed main trans and 4 speed brownie box
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
saxonzero
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Date: March 04, 2018 11:37PM
such nostalgia
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Not all progress is better
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Date: March 05, 2018 11:17AM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had one.
Bonus points for the wind-wing!!!
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> Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had one.
Bonus points for the wind-wing!!!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
11th Lord Fairfax
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Date: March 05, 2018 05:55PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> I think this pic was posted in this thread
> previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to be
> I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> many VW's do you see?
Wow, look at the buses. The express lanes were pretty primitive back then! I have nightmares like this.
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> I think this pic was posted in this thread
> previously but I'm not sure. It is supposed to be
> I-95 under construction somewhere in NOVA. How
> many VW's do you see?
Wow, look at the buses. The express lanes were pretty primitive back then! I have nightmares like this.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Not Don
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Date: March 05, 2018 08:03PM
Don Klotz posted this old home movie. Bernies pony ride in color!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLtWYE4hZQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLtWYE4hZQ&feature=youtu.be
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Used to smoke
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Date: March 07, 2018 08:17AM
Not all progress is better Wrote:
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> Bonus points for the wind-wing!!!
My 1977 Audi Fox had those too. Nothing since. I miss them.
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> Bonus points for the wind-wing!!!
My 1977 Audi Fox had those too. Nothing since. I miss them.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 08, 2018 02:35AM
Hains point in the Spring. Not sure of the date. Is that a VW bus in the background??
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
CLW
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Date: March 08, 2018 10:15AM
I think the upper floor was brown. Offices and stores. I remember there was a woman who sold pearls in the 70s-80s.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
1morex
()
Date: March 08, 2018 11:58AM
CLW Wrote:
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> I think the upper floor was brown. Offices and
> stores. I remember there was a woman who sold
> pearls in the 70s-80s.
What picture are you talking about? Hit “quote” at the bottom of the post you’re talking about and try again, please.
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> I think the upper floor was brown. Offices and
> stores. I remember there was a woman who sold
> pearls in the 70s-80s.
What picture are you talking about? Hit “quote” at the bottom of the post you’re talking about and try again, please.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: March 08, 2018 12:13PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Hains point in the Spring. Not sure of the date.
> Is that a VW bus in the background??
Looks to be 1966 or 1967? Check out the tag number on the 1966 Dodge Coronet.
What is parked behind the Coronet?
Can't tell the year on the VW Bus, but there is a 1964 Chevy Impala.
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> Hains point in the Spring. Not sure of the date.
> Is that a VW bus in the background??
Looks to be 1966 or 1967? Check out the tag number on the 1966 Dodge Coronet.
What is parked behind the Coronet?
Can't tell the year on the VW Bus, but there is a 1964 Chevy Impala.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 08, 2018 05:10PM
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Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: March 08, 2018 06:03PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> !
Is that little white car next to the VW a Saab?
Great photo!
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> !
Is that little white car next to the VW a Saab?
Great photo!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Kingsarms
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Date: March 09, 2018 07:47PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala convertible puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
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> Unconfirmed report that this color slide was taken
> at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for sure?
> As someone said before color slides were the "HD"
> graphics of our day. I figured that the VW alone
> would make it worthy of posting here.
Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala convertible puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
onemoretime
()
Date: March 09, 2018 10:19PM
Kingsarms Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala convertible
> puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > Unconfirmed report that this color slide was
> taken
> > at a 7-11 in Annandale. Can anyone tell for
> sure?
> > As someone said before color slides were the
> "HD"
> > graphics of our day. I figured that the VW
> alone
> > would make it worthy of posting here.
>
>
> Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala convertible
> puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 10, 2018 02:23AM
This might be a re-post, not sure. Stores in front of Manassas mall. My guess is early 80s maybe?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: March 10, 2018 02:28AM
One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: March 10, 2018 02:43AM
Who remembers the great Fairfax blizzard of 1966?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Digging out
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Date: March 10, 2018 09:47AM
The DC area officially got less than 14 inches out of that storm. A lot, but not epic as against more modern standards. I was living in Michigan at the time. It was either 66 or 67 that we got 30 inches in 24 hours out there. Almost as bad as Snow-mageddon.
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Posted by:
VW Spotter
()
Date: March 10, 2018 11:43AM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW Bug
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> One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW Bug
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
former bug owner
()
Date: March 10, 2018 11:51AM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
>
>
> Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW
> Bug
Deluxe accommodations in those things!
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
>
>
> Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW
> Bug
Deluxe accommodations in those things!
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Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: March 10, 2018 11:51AM
VW Spotter Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
>
>
> Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW
> Bug
Thanks for all the great photos of the VWs
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
>
>
> Nice photo taken from the inside of a moving VW
> Bug
Thanks for all the great photos of the VWs
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Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: March 10, 2018 11:59AM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
Looks like I-95 north at the Massaponax exit.
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> One more, not really Fairfax but what the heck.
Looks like I-95 north at the Massaponax exit.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 11, 2018 07:37AM
Is this Baileys crossroads?
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Posted by:
JMHDB
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Date: March 11, 2018 11:15AM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Is this Baileys crossroads?
Yes
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> Is this Baileys crossroads?
Yes
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: March 11, 2018 12:16PM
JMHDB Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > Is this Baileys crossroads?
>
>
> Yes
It was a bank before...you could buy "papers" through the drive-thru.
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > Is this Baileys crossroads?
>
>
> Yes
It was a bank before...you could buy "papers" through the drive-thru.
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 11, 2018 01:12PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> JMHDB Wrote:
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> > Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Is this Baileys crossroads?
> >
> >
> > Yes
>
>
> It was a bank before...you could buy "papers"
> through the drive-thru.
Now that IS convenient, screens too?
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> JMHDB Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Is this Baileys crossroads?
> >
> >
> > Yes
>
>
> It was a bank before...you could buy "papers"
> through the drive-thru.
Now that IS convenient, screens too?
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Posted by:
Dallas fan
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Date: March 11, 2018 08:16PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> > Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> > very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had
> one.
>
>
> Is that Jim Davis? J.R. Ewing's father in the
> ad???
Looks like it to me.
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> > Remember the VW Dasher? I don't think they were
> > very popular. My boss at Lums restaurant had
> one.
>
>
> Is that Jim Davis? J.R. Ewing's father in the
> ad???
Looks like it to me.
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Posted by:
Hungry
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Date: March 13, 2018 01:37AM
Anyone have any old pictures from Franconia, mid 80's of the restaurants around there?
Crab House
Slimmery
Ralphs Smorgasbord
Pizza Hut
El bandito
Dominoes
Franconia Pizza
Sampan Café
Honeybaked ham
I know some are still there.
Crab House
Slimmery
Ralphs Smorgasbord
Pizza Hut
El bandito
Dominoes
Franconia Pizza
Sampan Café
Honeybaked ham
I know some are still there.
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Posted by:
Quality over quantity
()
Date: March 13, 2018 09:44AM
Just bumping what is by far the best thread on FFXU
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Posted by:
ogfx
()
Date: March 13, 2018 11:31PM
I remember playing on that death trap. You could climb into the belly hatch and everything still moved. You could move the stick and the flaps would move.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: March 14, 2018 03:49AM
Toilet seat building in Vienna/Tysons under construction 1981.
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Posted by:
Can't Remember
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Date: March 14, 2018 09:34AM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
There was another plane in another park in somewhere in Fairfax City. Both planes were removed around 1975 or 1976.
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
There was another plane in another park in somewhere in Fairfax City. Both planes were removed around 1975 or 1976.
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Posted by:
army brat
()
Date: March 14, 2018 03:20PM
ogfx Wrote:
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> I remember playing on that death trap. You could
> climb into the belly hatch and everything still
> moved. You could move the stick and the flaps
> would move.
My dad was in the military till the late 70's. I remember going to the museums on base and being able to climb on/in/over tanks, halftracks, artillery pieces, missile launchers, trucks and jeeps. In the summer the metal would be so hot in the afternoon sun you would damn near burn yourself. I guess when enough dumbass's fell off of shit or otherwise hurt themselves they closed all the doors and hatches, welded them shut and put up signs saying you can't climb on any of the displays.
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> I remember playing on that death trap. You could
> climb into the belly hatch and everything still
> moved. You could move the stick and the flaps
> would move.
My dad was in the military till the late 70's. I remember going to the museums on base and being able to climb on/in/over tanks, halftracks, artillery pieces, missile launchers, trucks and jeeps. In the summer the metal would be so hot in the afternoon sun you would damn near burn yourself. I guess when enough dumbass's fell off of shit or otherwise hurt themselves they closed all the doors and hatches, welded them shut and put up signs saying you can't climb on any of the displays.
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Posted by:
Fairfax Fred
()
Date: March 14, 2018 05:13PM
Here's a somewhat interesting home movie from 1986 of NOVA and DC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
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Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: March 16, 2018 03:21PM
Fran Conia Wrote:
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
May I introduce you to the National Museum of the US Air Force:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7839214,-84.1082468,213m/data=!3m1!1e3
In case it isn't clear, the little square at the south end is a playground.
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> I have a vague memory of this airplane that was at
> Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> children to play on. They would be arrested and
> charged with child endangerment.
May I introduce you to the National Museum of the US Air Force:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7839214,-84.1082468,213m/data=!3m1!1e3
In case it isn't clear, the little square at the south end is a playground.
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Posted by:
Irish Stew
()
Date: March 16, 2018 03:50PM
Toilet Seat Building...LOL
My mother-in-law called it "The Diaphragm Building".
My mother-in-law called it "The Diaphragm Building".
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Posted by:
point of order
()
Date: March 16, 2018 04:04PM
DLawson Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I have a vague memory of this airplane that was
> at
> > Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> > today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> > children to play on. They would be arrested and
> > charged with child endangerment.
>
>
> May I introduce you to the National Museum of the
> US Air Force:
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7839214,-84.108246
> 8,213m/data=!3m1!1e3
>
> In case it isn't clear, the little square at the
> south end is a playground.
So they have playground area at an aviation museum? Who cares? Her point was that kids could actually access the aircraft. I doubt seriously if WPAFB allows people into those aircraft. Especially unattended children.
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I have a vague memory of this airplane that was
> at
> > Van Dyck Park in Fairfax City. Imagine someone
> > today leaving a plane unattended at a park for
> > children to play on. They would be arrested and
> > charged with child endangerment.
>
>
> May I introduce you to the National Museum of the
> US Air Force:
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7839214,-84.108246
> 8,213m/data=!3m1!1e3
>
> In case it isn't clear, the little square at the
> south end is a playground.
So they have playground area at an aviation museum? Who cares? Her point was that kids could actually access the aircraft. I doubt seriously if WPAFB allows people into those aircraft. Especially unattended children.
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Posted by:
Summer of 1974
()
Date: March 16, 2018 05:27PM
^^^^^^^^^^^
I played in that airplane 44 years ago! As I remember it someone opened the bottom of the airplane, so you could climb into the belly.
I played in that airplane 44 years ago! As I remember it someone opened the bottom of the airplane, so you could climb into the belly.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: March 16, 2018 07:58PM
Going back a little further than the Van Dyke airplane, who remembers the WW1 era tank that used to sit outside the train station in Alexandria VA? It spent several years afterwards in West Virginia, but has since been sold and moved.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
wally
()
Date: March 16, 2018 08:30PM
Fairfax Fred Wrote:
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> Here's a somewhat interesting home movie from 1986
> of NOVA and DC.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
1986 and people were still driving in the left hand lane.
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> Here's a somewhat interesting home movie from 1986
> of NOVA and DC.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
1986 and people were still driving in the left hand lane.
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Posted by:
road rage
()
Date: March 17, 2018 08:15AM
wally Wrote:
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> Fairfax Fred Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Here's a somewhat interesting home movie from
> 1986
> > of NOVA and DC.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
>
>
> 1986 and people were still driving in the left
> hand lane.
Ya, the dude in the Camaro was pretty accommodating. He should have done a PIT move on those douche bags.
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> Fairfax Fred Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Here's a somewhat interesting home movie from
> 1986
> > of NOVA and DC.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXZTFLK6MSk
>
>
> 1986 and people were still driving in the left
> hand lane.
Ya, the dude in the Camaro was pretty accommodating. He should have done a PIT move on those douche bags.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: March 17, 2018 11:01AM
Forgive me if this has been posted before but I was wondering if this is Falls Church or Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in Annandale but FC might have had one too.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 17, 2018 11:21AM
The Springfield Independent. 4-28-54
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: March 17, 2018 01:58PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
Isn't that Vienna?
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
Isn't that Vienna?
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Posted by:
Phil Intheblanks
()
Date: March 17, 2018 02:30PM
This is a little off the subject of the thread but who remembers these? My neighbors dad bought one from HB Lanzch or however its spelled.
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Posted by:
Karl Donitz
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Date: March 17, 2018 06:09PM
Phil Intheblanks Wrote:
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> This is a little off the subject of the thread but
> who remembers these? My neighbors dad bought one
> from HB Lanzch or however its spelled.
These little boats were developed towards the end of WWII, and were designed to replace the Battleships and U Boats that sank in the North Atlantic.
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> This is a little off the subject of the thread but
> who remembers these? My neighbors dad bought one
> from HB Lanzch or however its spelled.
These little boats were developed towards the end of WWII, and were designed to replace the Battleships and U Boats that sank in the North Atlantic.
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Posted by:
DLawson
()
Date: March 17, 2018 06:39PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> The Springfield Independent. 4-28-54
Cool ad. Was Springfield Hardware Store an early name for Fischers? Or was this a different business?
Strange to think of placing an ad for gate latches.
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> The Springfield Independent. 4-28-54
Cool ad. Was Springfield Hardware Store an early name for Fischers? Or was this a different business?
Strange to think of placing an ad for gate latches.
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Posted by:
wally
()
Date: March 17, 2018 11:12PM
That dude in the Camaro looked pissed. I like how when the state police car came up on them they played "The Heat is on" song. Great tunes back in the 80's.
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Posted by:
sgt rock
()
Date: March 18, 2018 05:40AM
Civil War Photo, Fairfax Virginia, Office of Asst. Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac, 1863
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Posted by:
sgt rock
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Date: March 18, 2018 05:54AM
597 S Washington street Falls Church Virginia.
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Posted by:
sgt rock
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Date: March 18, 2018 06:02AM
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: March 18, 2018 08:23AM
This might have been posted already, not sure. I loved the Springfield Howard Johnson's Restaurant.
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Posted by:
Kingsarms
()
Date: March 18, 2018 04:23PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
Pretty sure that is West Broad Street in Falls Church. The AMOCO Car Wash is at the intersection of West Broad and Falls Avenue. On the left, the portico from Murphy Funeral Home is visible on the left edge of the picture.
I'm guessing the photo is from the late 1970s. S&H Green Stamps were still available at the ARCO station.
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
Pretty sure that is West Broad Street in Falls Church. The AMOCO Car Wash is at the intersection of West Broad and Falls Avenue. On the left, the portico from Murphy Funeral Home is visible on the left edge of the picture.
I'm guessing the photo is from the late 1970s. S&H Green Stamps were still available at the ARCO station.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
()
Date: March 18, 2018 05:50PM
Bailey's Crossroads, American Service station on Columbia Pike, near the the Rt. 7 intersection. Pic courtesy of Suzanne Ellis. circa 1966. What Church is that?
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Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: March 18, 2018 08:53PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
I think that this picture was taken in 1974. The price of gas on the sign is 49 cents, and the new 1974 Pontiac Firebird is sporting paper 30 day tags.
See the VW bus?
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> Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> Annandale but FC might have had one too.
I think that this picture was taken in 1974. The price of gas on the sign is 49 cents, and the new 1974 Pontiac Firebird is sporting paper 30 day tags.
See the VW bus?
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Posted by:
blanche
()
Date: March 19, 2018 08:47AM
> > Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala
> convertible
> > puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
>
> Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
Does anyone else think the 7-11 "Father" looks like Ralph Northam?
> convertible
> > puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
>
> Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
Does anyone else think the 7-11 "Father" looks like Ralph Northam?
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
()
Date: March 19, 2018 04:40PM
blanche Wrote:
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> > > Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala
> > convertible
> > > puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
> >
> > Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
>
> Does anyone else think the 7-11 "Father" looks
> like Ralph Northam?
Wow, you are right Blanche.
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> > > Great photo. The red '61 Chevy Impala
> > convertible
> > > puts the VW to shame. Just saying . . .
> >
> > Lets just repost that picture for easy viewing.
>
> Does anyone else think the 7-11 "Father" looks
> like Ralph Northam?
Wow, you are right Blanche.
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Posted by:
Ox Road 2004
()
Date: March 19, 2018 11:28PM
2 lanes since 1972 when the 1 lane bridge was washed out by Hurricane Agnes
and in 2004 it was widened, and then widened again.
14 years ago
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14 years ago
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Posted by:
Long time ago
()
Date: March 20, 2018 10:28AM
Ox Road 2004 Wrote:
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> 2 lanes since 1972 when the 1 lane bridge was
> washed out by Hurricane Agnes
> and in 2004 it was widened, and then widened
> again.
>
> 14 years ago
There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that took you over the river until the new replacement bridge opened in 1974.
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> 2 lanes since 1972 when the 1 lane bridge was
> washed out by Hurricane Agnes
> and in 2004 it was widened, and then widened
> again.
>
> 14 years ago
There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that took you over the river until the new replacement bridge opened in 1974.
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Posted by:
scary ride
()
Date: March 20, 2018 02:17PM
Long time ago Wrote:
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>There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that took you over the river until >the new replacement bridge opened in 1974.
That plank bridge was the scariest bridge I've ever been on.
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>There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that took you over the river until >the new replacement bridge opened in 1974.
That plank bridge was the scariest bridge I've ever been on.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: March 20, 2018 05:50PM
scary ride Wrote:
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> Long time ago Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> >There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that
> took you over the river until >the new replacement
> bridge opened in 1974.
>
> That plank bridge was the scariest bridge I've
> ever been on.
Scary? I thought the bridge was "far out!"
Sorry, I had to put it that way. I still have a distinct memory of riding up the hill, after just crossing it with my father, (in our '68 VW Camper), and the John Denver song "Take Me Home Country Roads" was playing on the radio.
That bridge always fascinated me. It was a true, honest to goodness one lane bridge. If you came up to cross it, and there was already a car on it, coming your way, you had to pull over and wait for them. It wasn't a so called "covered bridge", but it was almost the same thing.
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> Long time ago Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> >There was a single lane wooden plank bridge that
> took you over the river until >the new replacement
> bridge opened in 1974.
>
> That plank bridge was the scariest bridge I've
> ever been on.
Scary? I thought the bridge was "far out!"
Sorry, I had to put it that way. I still have a distinct memory of riding up the hill, after just crossing it with my father, (in our '68 VW Camper), and the John Denver song "Take Me Home Country Roads" was playing on the radio.
That bridge always fascinated me. It was a true, honest to goodness one lane bridge. If you came up to cross it, and there was already a car on it, coming your way, you had to pull over and wait for them. It wasn't a so called "covered bridge", but it was almost the same thing.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: March 20, 2018 05:59PM
Kingsarms Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> > was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> > Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> > Annandale but FC might have had one too.
>
> Pretty sure that is West Broad Street in Falls
> Church. The AMOCO Car Wash is at the intersection
> of West Broad and Falls Avenue. On the left, the
> portico from Murphy Funeral Home is visible on the
> left edge of the picture.
>
> I'm guessing the photo is from the late 1970s. S&H
> Green Stamps were still available at the ARCO
> station.
Yes, this is definitely West Broad Street in Falls Church. It's about 1 mile from where I grew up. This is the so very familiar sight that I would see every time we came up Shreve Road to Leesburg Pike (aka Rt.7) and I would look to the right, (eastward into Falls Church.)
Most of the places in the photo are still there. Many of the businesses have changed, and obviously the cars, but the scene itself is still very recognizable.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2018 06:39AM by David in FC.
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Forgive me if this has been posted before but I
> > was wondering if this is Falls Church or
> > Annandale? I remember a Amoco car wash in
> > Annandale but FC might have had one too.
>
> Pretty sure that is West Broad Street in Falls
> Church. The AMOCO Car Wash is at the intersection
> of West Broad and Falls Avenue. On the left, the
> portico from Murphy Funeral Home is visible on the
> left edge of the picture.
>
> I'm guessing the photo is from the late 1970s. S&H
> Green Stamps were still available at the ARCO
> station.
Yes, this is definitely West Broad Street in Falls Church. It's about 1 mile from where I grew up. This is the so very familiar sight that I would see every time we came up Shreve Road to Leesburg Pike (aka Rt.7) and I would look to the right, (eastward into Falls Church.)
Most of the places in the photo are still there. Many of the businesses have changed, and obviously the cars, but the scene itself is still very recognizable.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2018 06:39AM by David in FC.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: March 21, 2018 05:35AM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> Going back a little further than the Van Dyke
> airplane, who remembers the WW1 era tank that used
> to sit outside the train station in Alexandria VA?
> It spent several years afterwards in West
> Virginia, but has since been sold and moved.
Yes, I still remember that.
I remember riding to take my oldest sister to the station so she could ride the train back to Radford, to go back to college.
I remember being able to climb on the tank like it was a giant toy. I don't know if they had welded the openings shut.
This would have been in the mid to late '60's, since my sister graduated in '68.
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> Going back a little further than the Van Dyke
> airplane, who remembers the WW1 era tank that used
> to sit outside the train station in Alexandria VA?
> It spent several years afterwards in West
> Virginia, but has since been sold and moved.
Yes, I still remember that.
I remember riding to take my oldest sister to the station so she could ride the train back to Radford, to go back to college.
I remember being able to climb on the tank like it was a giant toy. I don't know if they had welded the openings shut.
This would have been in the mid to late '60's, since my sister graduated in '68.
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Posted by:
David in FC
()
Date: March 21, 2018 05:57AM
OK, since we're posting pictures that are not truly from Fairfax County, but at least related to them, I thought that people might be interested in this one. It's a photo taken from the dome of the Capitol building in DC, looking due west toward where we are now.
The Mall as we know it didn't exist yet.
This is the caption for the photo:
"When this photo was taken around 1870, the Mall still had most of its original layout, although much would change in the coming years. The bottom third of the photo shows trees on the west Capitol grounds. Left of center are the three white domed buildings of the old U.S. Botanic Garden, before it was moved to its present-day location on the south side of the Mall. The sharp white line to the right of the Botanic Garden is a path through the grass, but just above it is a segment of the old Washington City Canal, which has not yet been covered over. The canal is barely discernible as it jogs to the right, but then it continues to the Potomac River at an angle in the upper right center of the photo. The unfinished Washington Monument is faintly visible rising directly in front of the river a short distance to the left of where the canal runs into the river. Along the right side of the photo runs Pennsylvania Avenue, which looks empty because the long exposure of the photo has made all moving objects disappear. The black marks in the center of the road are streetcar tracks. Looking much rougher is Maryland Avenue SW, which runs along the left edge of the photo. A natural gas storage tank rises next to it, at about where the Air and Space Museum now stands. The short dark tower rising near the river is the Smithsonian Castle."
I won't apologize for the large photo, I just didn't want to leave out any detail from it.
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The Mall as we know it didn't exist yet.
This is the caption for the photo:
"When this photo was taken around 1870, the Mall still had most of its original layout, although much would change in the coming years. The bottom third of the photo shows trees on the west Capitol grounds. Left of center are the three white domed buildings of the old U.S. Botanic Garden, before it was moved to its present-day location on the south side of the Mall. The sharp white line to the right of the Botanic Garden is a path through the grass, but just above it is a segment of the old Washington City Canal, which has not yet been covered over. The canal is barely discernible as it jogs to the right, but then it continues to the Potomac River at an angle in the upper right center of the photo. The unfinished Washington Monument is faintly visible rising directly in front of the river a short distance to the left of where the canal runs into the river. Along the right side of the photo runs Pennsylvania Avenue, which looks empty because the long exposure of the photo has made all moving objects disappear. The black marks in the center of the road are streetcar tracks. Looking much rougher is Maryland Avenue SW, which runs along the left edge of the photo. A natural gas storage tank rises next to it, at about where the Air and Space Museum now stands. The short dark tower rising near the river is the Smithsonian Castle."
I won't apologize for the large photo, I just didn't want to leave out any detail from it.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Open Sewer
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Date: March 21, 2018 09:18AM
^^^^^^^^^^^
Great old photo of D.C.
You can see the Tiber Creek before it was covered, and Constitution Avenue was created.
The land the the Lincoln Memorial, and the Reflecting Pool has yet to be filled in.
Great old photo of D.C.
You can see the Tiber Creek before it was covered, and Constitution Avenue was created.
The land the the Lincoln Memorial, and the Reflecting Pool has yet to be filled in.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 21, 2018 09:24AM
On the corner of Glyndon St SE and Tapawingo Road SE. Date unknown.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
tntme
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Date: March 21, 2018 11:24AM
Also not a photo but history buffs might enjoy reading a little about the origin of Virginia's roadside markers.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
David in FC
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Date: March 21, 2018 11:50AM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> On the corner of Glyndon St SE and Tapawingo Road
> SE. Date unknown
That photo is very cool to me. Thank you for posting it. I've never seen that one before.
I used to be the manager of a company named Joe Barden Pickups. We made electric guitar pickups. To make it easy, it's the part of an electric guitar that makes it electric. It senses the vibrations of the guitar's strings, and turns them into an electrical signal, then sends them to the guitar amplifier.
Anyway, we built all of those things in the garage of Joe's rented house on Glyndon Street in Vienna.
In the morning, I would drive to the Vienna Post Office, pick up the mail from the PO Box, then drive to work, (Joe's garage), then get to work. I drove down "Tapawingnut" as I called it, then turned onto Glyndon. I turned that corner 5 days a week for a few years, until we finally moved to a bigger location.
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> On the corner of Glyndon St SE and Tapawingo Road
> SE. Date unknown
That photo is very cool to me. Thank you for posting it. I've never seen that one before.
I used to be the manager of a company named Joe Barden Pickups. We made electric guitar pickups. To make it easy, it's the part of an electric guitar that makes it electric. It senses the vibrations of the guitar's strings, and turns them into an electrical signal, then sends them to the guitar amplifier.
Anyway, we built all of those things in the garage of Joe's rented house on Glyndon Street in Vienna.
In the morning, I would drive to the Vienna Post Office, pick up the mail from the PO Box, then drive to work, (Joe's garage), then get to work. I drove down "Tapawingnut" as I called it, then turned onto Glyndon. I turned that corner 5 days a week for a few years, until we finally moved to a bigger location.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Oldies but goodies
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Date: March 21, 2018 01:08PM
Didn't move out to Vienna until 1978, but if I recall correctly, the market at Glyndon & Tapawingo first turned into a 7-11, and then into a lawnmower repair shop. Always seemed a little out of place in the middle of a residential area, though we had such a thing in my NJ neighborhood in the 1950's. That was sort of a 7-11 precursor, but with not nearly as much refrigerated space.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Joe.
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Date: March 21, 2018 01:25PM
David in FC Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > On the corner of Glyndon St SE and Tapawingo
> Road
> > SE. Date unknown
>
> That photo is very cool to me. Thank you for
> posting it. I've never seen that one before.
> I used to be the manager of a company named Joe
> Barden Pickups. We made electric guitar pickups.
> To make it easy, it's the part of an electric
> guitar that makes it electric. It senses the
> vibrations of the guitar's strings, and turns them
> into an electrical signal, then sends them to the
> guitar amplifier.
> Anyway, we built all of those things in the garage
> of Joe's rented house on Glyndon Street in Vienna.
>
> In the morning, I would drive to the Vienna Post
> Office, pick up the mail from the PO Box, then
> drive to work, (Joe's garage), then get to work. I
> drove down "Tapawingnut" as I called it, then
> turned onto Glyndon. I turned that corner 5 days a
> week for a few years, until we finally moved to a
> bigger location.
"It wasn't very large
There was just enough room to cram the drums
In the corner over by the dodge
It was a fifty-four
With a mashed up door
And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said fender champ
And a second hand guitar
It was a stratocaster with a whammy bar"
"We could jam in joes garage
His mama was screamin
His dad was mad
We was playin the same old song
In the afternoon n sometimes we would
Play it all night long
It was all we knew, n easy too
So we wouldn't get it wrong
All we did was bend the string like..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oH8u9PxWJo
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > On the corner of Glyndon St SE and Tapawingo
> Road
> > SE. Date unknown
>
> That photo is very cool to me. Thank you for
> posting it. I've never seen that one before.
> I used to be the manager of a company named Joe
> Barden Pickups. We made electric guitar pickups.
> To make it easy, it's the part of an electric
> guitar that makes it electric. It senses the
> vibrations of the guitar's strings, and turns them
> into an electrical signal, then sends them to the
> guitar amplifier.
> Anyway, we built all of those things in the garage
> of Joe's rented house on Glyndon Street in Vienna.
>
> In the morning, I would drive to the Vienna Post
> Office, pick up the mail from the PO Box, then
> drive to work, (Joe's garage), then get to work. I
> drove down "Tapawingnut" as I called it, then
> turned onto Glyndon. I turned that corner 5 days a
> week for a few years, until we finally moved to a
> bigger location.
"It wasn't very large
There was just enough room to cram the drums
In the corner over by the dodge
It was a fifty-four
With a mashed up door
And a cheesy little amp
With a sign on the front said fender champ
And a second hand guitar
It was a stratocaster with a whammy bar"
"We could jam in joes garage
His mama was screamin
His dad was mad
We was playin the same old song
In the afternoon n sometimes we would
Play it all night long
It was all we knew, n easy too
So we wouldn't get it wrong
All we did was bend the string like..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oH8u9PxWJo
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: March 21, 2018 01:54PM
1964. Is that a Studebaker?
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: March 21, 2018 02:55PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> 1964. Is that a Studebaker?
Plymouth Valiant I believe.
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> 1964. Is that a Studebaker?
Plymouth Valiant I believe.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: March 21, 2018 06:47PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > 1964. Is that a Studebaker?
>
>
> Plymouth Valiant I believe.
Looks to be a 1960 or 1961.
Those cool taillights along with the large circular disk on the trunk lid was only for 2 years.
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > 1964. Is that a Studebaker?
>
>
> Plymouth Valiant I believe.
Looks to be a 1960 or 1961.
Those cool taillights along with the large circular disk on the trunk lid was only for 2 years.