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Wayback Machine - June 1977
Perhaps my first self portrait in a side view mirror. Most definitely not my last.
Taken with my Kodak Instamatic 100.
This is another interesting picture that I pulled from my family photo albums; the 1998 Saturn S-Series wagon in St. Augustine, Florida. The date of this photograph is sometime in May or June of 1999 - a couple years prior to my birth! In case you wanted to know, our family no longer has this car, as we replaced it with a Scion xB in 2007.
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This is a re-upload, as I realized that the original required some editing. Also, I felt that it would be very appropriate to put it on Wagon Wednesday!
Today marks the final day of operations for American Airlines of their McDonnell Douglas MD-80, known to enthusiasts as the "Mad Dog". The airline operated these aircraft for years, and I have plenty of fond memories of seeing them through the years. Mad Dogs have become increasingly rare, particularly in the United States, making this even more unfortunate. I found it fitting to make tonight's post a photo that my dad actually took at DFW of a gaggle of Super 80s on February 4, 2009.
CSX must have been feeling like having a #waybackwednesday moment on October 23rd, 2019, because Q541-22, when it left Cincinnati, OH the day before, had 3 SD40's (2 dash-3's & a dash-2) for power. This naturally caught the attention of railfans along the route between Cincinnati, OH & Waycross, GA as many went out as it made the journey south. As an added bonus, while dropping off cars for Wyvern yard in Cartersville, GA, they picked up a GP39-2 & a rare non-dynamic brake equipped GP40-2 that were heading to the diesel shop in Waycross, GA. I don't know about you, but when 5 standard cab EMD's are on the point of a road train through your neck of the woods (& in 2019, no less), you try to find a way to catch it. Unfortunately for me, they were running earlier than usual, having arrived at Wyvern at around 1:30pm. Thanks to the commute from work, I wasn't able to get to area until around 5:40pm & I was just hoping that they weren't too far south. Fortunately for me, they were holding at the MP16 intermediates to let Q142 clear up the main a couple miles south of here. Sure enough, as the tail end of 142 rolled by, the headlight of 541 begins to peep through the trees as it heads south towards Atlanta. While it's not an ideal shot, considering the time of the day & what the power was, it was best I could do & at least I can say I managed to get it. 10-23-19
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Wayback Machine - 1968
Asheville, NC
Photo by Joyce Parris
Dave and his sister take a magic ride with Ronald McDonald.
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Asheville, NC. 1946.
My dad and his brother-in-law, roaming the streets of downtown.
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My great uncle Joe Lance at Roy's Inn Diner in Black Mountain, NC.
Sometime in the late 1930s.
Two years and a fortnight ago this Saturday, I was standing on the sidewalk of South Lake Centre, taking this photo of the power strip’s Gap FactoryStore exterior. I like this angle because it gives you a pretty good look at that neat little square Gap logo poking out of the column there. (This is as close to a close-up of it that I’ll be posting to flickr, for better or for worse.)
I’ve taken a similar shot to this one more recently, of course, but chose to upload this one in particular because of its age; in the background, for instance, you can see former corner tenant Hancock Fabrics (the chain which, coincidentally, was also the subject of last week's teaser photo!).
Speaking of teasers, this photo, as I’m sure you’re aware, serves as our teaser for the aforementioned upcoming Saturday, when I’ll upload ten more photos documenting this store’s late 2017 liquidation. (As a matter of fact, those will be my final 2017 pics from the store; the final two sets will come from its final month in January 2018.)
So stick around for those… and until then, fuel your push toward the weekend by jamming on!
Gap Factory Store (now closed) // 95 Goodman Road W, Southaven, MS 38671
(c) 2018 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
One of the early days in the shop, waiting and hoping for clients to come.... Now, over eleven years later, we're booked solid for the next 2 1/2 weeks! We couldn't be more thankful for the ongoing support of this small, family-run business by our wonderful clients and community, and we never take a single day or single moment for granted. 🙏 💈 ❤ #waybackwednesday #earlydays #farzadthebarber #thehappybarber #nevertakeitforgranted #lifeisgood
Wayback Machine - 1967
Photo by Robert Blankenship
"Thanksgiving Day" is written on the back of this photograph. Something tells me that it was a special one...
Way Back Machine - 1940's
Photo by Wilma Blankenship
A couple of mom's friends from high school reading on the front porch... a reminder of how nice the long, warm summer days are.
Wayback Machine - Halloween, 1973
Only 10 more days! Ha-ha-ha-HAA-ha!
I've got a bad idea again, I've got a....
Ryan Adams - Halloweenhead
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Some dudes that my mom went to high school with, driving on what is now U.S. Highway 70 just west of Black Mountain, NC in 1946. The highway was still under construction at the time of this photograph... the project had been started again after being halted during WWII.
Photo by Wilma Blankenship
Credit : @arrowthefloof (instagram)
Happy #waybackwednesday. 3 years ago, today, I turned 6 months. And mom threw me a birthday party I miss all my friends from #Shanghai hope they are all doing well. .
Way Back Machine - Summer 1946
Photo by Wilma Blankenship
In the first summer after the long agony of World War II, my mom's family packed up the '39 Ford and set out on a road trip to Canada. I can only imagine the sense of exuberance and relief that the country was experiencing at that time.
To have the open road in your windshield with so much promise for the future ahead... putting behind the fear and uncertainly brought on by years of war and the depression... that is something that seems beyond description.
I imagine my grandfather here, smiling with his wife as they watch their three young daughters having fun with such endeavors as taking photos of each other climbing on signs... pride and joy in his heart, and a sense of peace in his mind.
But, as is life, even the happiest times are not without worries. Also in the back of my grandfather's mind was the rumor that they overheard at a diner in Virginia that the border to North Carolina was sealed off due to the widespread Polio epidemic. A rumor that turned out to be false... but a reminder that the happy moments in life should never be taken for granted.