[From nobody Mon Jan 14 08:18:01 2013 Received: from mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.43) by storefull-618.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:01:01 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <shadow+bounces@dementia.org> Received: from alycia.dementia.org (ALYCIA.DEMENTIA.ORG [128.2.35.149]) by mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id TAA09850; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:00:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) id VAA10338 for pittsburgh-railways-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:54:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from m2.boston.juno.com (m2.boston.juno.com [63.211.172.65]) by alycia.dementia.org (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA10334 for <pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org>; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:54:37 -0400 (EDT) From: brathke@juno.com Received: from cookie.juno.com by cookie.juno.com for <"yogH9BgZzLT8KQB8D7gHuhPNtgiXYVRkwYTiiYCBo5e0XAQLXmj/Ng=="> Received: (from brathke@juno.com) by m2.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id FBSCC2GU; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:51:32 EDT To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:45:07 -0500 Subject: Re: Photos Message-ID: <20000629.204535.-3709309.9.brathke@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,7-12,14-157 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 Sender: owner-pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Fred, Okay, if you don't remember it, no one on this list will. Cruikshanks was a jelly and jam manufacturer on the North Side of Pittsburgh. Their slogan was, "Thanks, (and then a few words to rhyme with) Cruikshanks." Their plant was on E. Ohio St., just east of the H.J. Heinz plant, near a stop on the Etna and Millvale trolley lines. Their building (and name) was still there into the 70s, long after routes 2 and 3 were gone. Bob 6/29 ------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:00:17 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III" <fschnei@supernet.com> writes: > That one I don't remember. But I do remember the radio jingles for > Dad's Old > Fashioned Root Beer. > > brathke@juno.com wrote: > > > Fred, > > > > Thanks for confirming my 30-year search for that location. > > > > In line with your, "That's It...Fort Pitt", I'll say, > "Thanks...for using > > Cruikshanks" (who out there remembers THAT line?) . > > > > Bob 6/29 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:51:42 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III" > > <fschnei@supernet.com> writes: > > > I was trying to remember the name of the complex ... Dorchester > > > Apartments > > > ... that's it. Fort Pitt. > > > The bad part of that day was accidentally dropping a roll of > film > > > off the > > > street overpass at Hillcrest stop and then realizing days later > that > > > I had > > > forgotten to ferret it out of the weeds. > > > > > > Remember that lovely barn owned by Taylor and Mary Cheesman > (brother > > > and > > > sister) that sat on the east side of route 19 where the car line > > > ducked under > > > ... down at Donaldson's Crossroads ... where the Golden Arches > and > > > the > > > cemetery are today. I remembered it from trips to Ohio when I > was > > > 7 or 8 or > > > 9 years old. I doubt if the kids ever gave it a coat of paint, > > > perhaps their > > > dad, Loyal Cheesman didn't either. (Name dropping is fun isn't > it. > > > Actually > > > I had neither the idea who owned it nor that Cheesman stop was > > > named after > > > the family. Ed Lybarger grew up there. Ed, his dad Sam, and I > were > > > discussing the farm not six months ago.) At any rate, you can > > > imagine my > > > delight when I found that John Stern had taken time to stand on > the > > > bridge > > > with a camera about 1951. It's in "Coast to Coast." > > > > > > There was another good barn / trolley picture. Remember Bob > Brown's > > > snap > > > near Hopwood of a West Penn Railways Fairchance car passing the > Mail > > > Pouch > > > barn? I always wanted to paint a Mail Pouch sign on my back > yard > > > implement > > > shed (I guess because it would get my better half's attention). > I > > > just > > > content myself with a backyard thermometer with Block Brothers > > > advertising on > > > it ... "Treat yourself to the best. Chew Mail Pouch." Then two > or > > > three > > > years ago in Williamstown, West Virginia I found a backyard shed > > > painted just > > > that way. Wonder if Block Brother's knows about his abuse of > their > > > trademark????? > > > > > > brathke@juno.com wrote: > > > > > > > When I lived in Bethel Park I tried to identify the location > of > > > that > > > > photo of 1712, but even as long ago as 1972 that area had been > > > developed > > > > from farmland to residential and commercial. I always > suspected > > > that the > > > > scene was somewhere north of Ft. Couch Rd., possibly by Donati > > > Lane and > > > > the area where the Dorchester Apartments were built. > > > > > > > > Bob 6/29 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Another great "Fred shot" is featured in both "The Time of > the > > > Trolley" > > > > and "City > > > > > Trains." It shows > > > > > 1712, apparently at speed somewhere on the Drake Line under > what > > > > > appears to be an > > > > > approaching thunderstorm. The area appeared so rural then. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On the other hand, you have different fingers. > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, > visit: > > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On the other hand, you have different fingers. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! 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