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A drive through 1940's Los Angeles!
YouTube ^ | 10-27-2015 | Internet Archive

Posted on 12/10/2018 8:03:59 AM PST by NRx

Based on the cars, I am thinking late 40's. LA looks very different today. Most of the houses and buildings shown are long gone.

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To: RightGeek
Image result for 1948 lowrider gif
21 posted on 12/10/2018 9:00:37 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: NRx
Looks no different than today


22 posted on 12/10/2018 9:02:34 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: ETL

LOL. That’s so low it must leave a trail of sparks.


23 posted on 12/10/2018 9:07:43 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: smokingfrog

At 4:31 there is a billboard advertisement for RCA Victor Television sets.

From Wiki:

Following the adoption of National Television System Committee (NTSC) recommended standards, the FCC authorized the start of commercial television broadcasts on July 1, 1941. The entry of the United States into World War II a few months later greatly slowed its deployment, but RCA resumed selling television receivers almost immediately after the war ended in 1945. (See also: History of television)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA


24 posted on 12/10/2018 9:09:06 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: RightGeek
How's this then?

Related image

Image result for 1948 lowrider gif

25 posted on 12/10/2018 9:14:32 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL
Ah, got it. It's not like this:


26 posted on 12/10/2018 9:18:56 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: yarddog

I think I would have liked it better there despite not having the gadgets and technology even though I was born in 71.

PM has always been a favorite of mine since I discovered summer reruns as a kid. I rarely got to watch them. Mom’s soaps and my sister being herself and thinking she was the perfect princess.


27 posted on 12/10/2018 9:23:05 AM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: PGR88

It was. Such a shame what has happened to California.


28 posted on 12/10/2018 9:26:26 AM PST by sheana
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To: Cicero
Image result for 1944 los angeles
29 posted on 12/10/2018 9:31:31 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: qam1

Great Photo. That indeed appears to be the same street!!


30 posted on 12/10/2018 9:32:51 AM PST by PGR88
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To: NRx

Lots and lots of smog. Not much different than today from what I’m told.


31 posted on 12/10/2018 9:34:26 AM PST by animal172 (Call me simply deplorable.)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.collectorkevin.com/Images/1939_RCA_Ad_2.jpg


32 posted on 12/10/2018 10:04:25 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: NRx

I watch an amazing video like this and wonder about the people we see, most are gone. I see the 2 girls crossing the street and one says something to another......I wonder what she said? I see the man waving....how did his life turn out? And finally, I am reminded of the words in the book of Ecclesiastes where Solomon says something like.....”The generation that hasn’t been born yet will be forgotten by the generations that come after it.”

Without God, it’s all meaningless, life is just a cycle.


33 posted on 12/10/2018 10:23:44 AM PST by vespa300
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To: NRx

Bookmark.


34 posted on 12/10/2018 10:27:20 AM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: ETL

Note the lack of guys in 1944.


35 posted on 12/10/2018 12:00:36 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: animal172

Hey, I’m from LA and I ain’t breathin’ nothin’ I can’t see!


36 posted on 12/10/2018 12:01:30 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Red Badger
"It had to be 1947 or later, near 1950. I saw a Studebaker, looked like a 51.

Yeah...I saw that.. I was sure of 48 or maybe early 49..

37 posted on 12/10/2018 12:12:20 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Deaf Smith

We have them in Florida................


38 posted on 12/10/2018 12:16:17 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: qam1
My goodness..!! There really are some politicians that need to be hung from the light post..!
39 posted on 12/10/2018 12:17:00 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Red Badger
In Florida, y'all cook steaks in your indoor fireplace?

The one Santa Clause comes down?

40 posted on 12/10/2018 5:25:26 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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