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Jimmy Carter showing Secret Service how to properly jump over a fence https://mastodon.social/@worldhistoricalpictures/112858121952165694
Dallas’s Beaumont Barbeque, as shown in 1947, was one of only two barbecue joints in Texas to be included in editions of The Negro Motorist Green Book in the late 1930s.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/green-book-barbecue/
On Reddit: “My carefree mother with her friends! (She's on the table in the checked skirt) When I asked her what year it was taken, her response was ‘Well, there aren't any boys around, so it must have been during the war.’ So I guess it was around 1943, when she was 16. Cincinnati, OH9”
https://reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/1e78myh/my_carefree_mother_with_her_friends_shes_on_the/
The upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special looks great https://youtu.be/j9_RYmJswmM?si=2WkqNp8QeJ7cqq3T as does this teaser for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYLXhIb506w
On Reddit: “One of my favorite family portraits. The kid in the middle is my great grand dad, Obie. I love that even 100 + years ago boys went through a snarky stage.”
https://reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/1e69jz3/one_of_my_favorite_family_portraits_the_kid_in/
1940s Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn
https://www.tumblr.com/oldnewyorkpictures/756485342368006145/1940s-coney-island-avenue-brooklyn
Lynne Winterson & Pattie Boyd model autumn fashions by Rhona Roy | 29 April 1964 © Doreen Spooner
https://www.tumblr.com/livinginaretroworld/756847601472684032