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4. Chicago Downtown looked a lot like this.

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Mon Nov 21, 2022, 10:33 AM

Nov 2022

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I was born in 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. Whenever we went downtown, my family always dressed up. And all the people we saw downtown were also dressed up. Even if you were poor, you would find something that somehow looked slightly more formal than usual. And almost all the grownups around me wore hats of some kind almost all the time. And, to go downtown, they would wear some kind of hat that looked pretty formal, if at all possible. How wonderful to see all the people, and the old neon signs, and the streetcars on tracks! Thank you!

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San Francisco early 40's,50's in color [60fps,Remastered] [View all] hunter Nov 2022 OP

Fascinating footage. sop Nov 2022 #1

Very cool. Loved that people were walking all over the streets. ratchiweenie Nov 2022 #2

Wasn't that Miles Archer outside the grocery on Sacramento? n/t Bobstandard Nov 2022 #3

Chicago Downtown looked a lot like this. raging moderate Nov 2022 #4

The house out in the avenues look brand new. They probably were. Auggie Nov 2022 #5

Thanks for sharing kimbutgar Nov 2022 #6

Never lived in SF, but my family moved to the area in '61, Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #7

thanks. This was my dad's world The Mouth Nov 2022 #8