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New York 1940s in Color!, Driving Downtown
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Posted on 02/17/2021 6:55:47 PM PST by SamAdams76
Back when the streets were clean, people dressed nice and pedestrians had nine lives.
TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: 1940s; history; newyork; nyc; video
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To: SamAdams76
Cool vintage find. Todays drivers have nothing on them. Pedestrians took their lives into their own hands. Lol
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:00:09 PM PST
by
patriot torch
(Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
To: SamAdams76
There’s a series of youtube videos that cycles through old photographs. Usually accompanied by a short note about each. Light jazz plays in the background. Always the same two or three tunes in the same order.
It’s perhaps the most relaxing _and_ entertaining thing I’ve seen on the internet. I just wish they’d change up the tunes!
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:02:57 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: patriot torch
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:09:28 PM PST
by
Baldwin77
(The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
To: SamAdams76
Whole lotta jaywalkin’ goin’on.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:12:43 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: Bigg Red
To: SamAdams76
At the 1:39 mark, is the clock that is now in front of Trump Tower. Here it appears to be on 59th st & 5th Ave.
Then at the 2:03 mark, across from where the policeman is standing is the current location of Trump Tower on 57th street. He probably bought the clock and moved it (I'm assuming).
After viewing this video, it is clear why jay walking laws were passed.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:14:59 PM PST
by
1_Rain_Drop
("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
To: SamAdams76
I love the 1940s. I even like the 50s, but not as much as the 40s. I was totally born in the wrong decade.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:16:36 PM PST
by
Radix
(Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents )
To: SamAdams76
All those cars were burning leaded gasoline.
There were intersections in Manhattan at which soil samples taken from around nearby trees tested as high in lead content as the floor of a lead smelter.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:17:13 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: patriot torch
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:17:19 PM PST
by
tallyhoe
To: SamAdams76
Sometimes folks would get hot under the collar.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:18:57 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Radix
I love the 1940s. I even like the 50s, but not as much as the 40s. I was totally born in the wrong decade.
Me too. Love the music the dress, the cars the casual lifestyle!!
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:19:13 PM PST
by
tallyhoe
To: SamAdams76
Studebaker, Packard, DeSoto, Ford, Chevy, Cord, Saw a Studebaker President, an incredibly rare car. Many prewar cars are incredibly rare. It’s due to the fact during the war, cars were driven until they were quite literally worn out due to a lack of civilian production. Those cars which were worn out didn’t sit around. They were immediately sent to scrap drives and recycled.
CC
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:20:28 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: SamAdams76
To: Bigg Red
Everyone is skinny nimble and quick. Cars moved slower too.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:29:56 PM PST
by
JeanLM
(Obama proved melanin is just enough to win elections Trump proves being good is not enough..)
To: Larry Lucido
Better run, punk. Sonny is comin’ for ya.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:35:09 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
To: SamAdams76
Thanks. Enjoyed the clip. Year I was born.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:45:38 PM PST
by
Oldhunk
To: SamAdams76
Note to self: Don’t time travel to 1940’s NY and try to drive. They’re crazy! and nobody has signal lights yet.
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posted on
02/17/2021 7:51:41 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: SamAdams76
Thanks for the thread!
That was so cool.
Interesting that crosswalks weren’t in use.
Folks crossed streets anywhere they felt like.
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posted on
02/17/2021 8:09:27 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds. )
To: Radix
I love the 1940s. I even like the 50s, but not as much as the 40s. I was totally born in the wrong decade.Except for, you know, that whole World War II thing?
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posted on
02/17/2021 8:26:20 PM PST
by
LimitedPowers
(Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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