[PRCo] Re: Photo Spots
John Swindler
j_swindler at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 29 13:32:02 EST 2001
And who, besides Fred and Ed, would like to take a guess at where the full
page photo of West Penn 739 (Faywest) was taken?? Oh, photo is in the CERA
book.
(hint #1: the hills in background haven't moved)
(hint #2: it was one of Ed's finer pieces of detective work)
And honest, there really is a connection with this thread concerning
Homewood and Milwaukee.
John
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>Subject: [PRCo] Photo Spots
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:30:21 -0800
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>"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:
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> > ... the
> > favored location for many years for roster record pictures was on North
>Braddock smack dab in the middle of the Bennet Street intersection.
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>Milwaukee used to set streetcars, interurbans and other assorted pieces of
>freshly built or outshopped equipment right in the middle 38th and McKinley
>to take photos. Not a major intersection for auto traffic, but with Miller
>Brewery, Harley-Davidson and other assorted industries nearby, this must
>have occasionally raised heck with truck traffic.
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>In either case, it would be no different than the power company or water
>district shutting down sections of roadway to perform various tasks today.
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>Ken J.
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