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May 1942. Southington, Connecticut. "A street scene." Medium format negative by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Previously the street tree of choice for their quick growth and elegant vase shape that shaded streets and sidewalks.
Nice camera work given the angle of the sun.
Looks to my non-expert eyes like a relative of the unfortunate Chrysler Royal.
[1937 Oldsmobile. -tterrace]
Horace H Holcomb House at 75 Main Street, barely visible through a street fair. It is the one at the right enter in the original.
Looks just like a cookie jar I once had. What a lovely and peaceful neighborhood scene this depicts on a balmy New England Spring day. "I was walking down the street one day, in the merry, merry month of May." Wish I was there.
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