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[Frunobulax]

Certainly wouldn’t see that these days!

Yes you would. Unfortunately.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Certainly wouldn’t see that these days!

Yes you would. Unfortunately.

The bad Shirley Temple.

 

[Zombie_61]

Certainly wouldn’t see that these days!

Sure, 'cause these days the odds are better that it would be one of those Vape devices rather than a cigarette.

 

[Frunobulax]

The construction of Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), c. 1927.

(photo source: Office of Constructing Quartermaster, “Wright Field (Dayton, Ohio) Completion Report, Volume 1,” n.d. [ca. 1927], AFMC History Office Archives.)

The cameraman is standing approximately where headquarters for Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) is now located, looking to the northeast. The excavation work for The Administration Building and the Laboratory Building (Building 16) can be seen in the background.

As an aside, the reference to Bldg. 16 refers to the building where I work (when I'm in the office, which has been rare over the last year). BLdg. 16 and much of the surrounding area was the original location of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL didn't actually exist in 1927, as it wasn't formed until 1945 under Hap Arnold. I'm not certain of it's complete history, but I know 16 was originally a lab and was converted to office space many years ago. AFRL has been completely relocated to another area of WPAFB.

A more recent photo with some labeling. Most of the buildings in and around that area are original Wright Field structures from 1927 - 1945.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

The construction of Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), c. 1927.

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(photo source: Office of Constructing Quartermaster, “Wright Field (Dayton, Ohio) Completion Report, Volume 1,” n.d. [ca. 1927], AFMC History Office Archives.)

The cameraman is standing approximately where headquarters for Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) is now located, looking to the northeast. The excavation work for The Administration Building and the Laboratory Building (Building 16) can be seen in the background.

As an aside, the reference to Bldg. 16 refers to the building where I work (when I'm in the office, which has been rare over the last year). BLdg. 16 and much of the surrounding area was the original location of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL didn't actually exist in 1927, as it wasn't formed until 1945 under Hap Arnold. I'm not certain of it's complete history, but I know 16 was originally a lab and was converted to office space many years ago. AFRL has been completely relocated to another area of WPAFB.

A more recent photo with some labeling. Most of the buildings in and around that area are original Wright Field structures from 1927 - 1945.

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My Parents live about 10 minutes from your place of work!

 

[Frunobulax]

My Parents live about 10 minutes from your place of work!

As do I , but likely in a different direction. I live just across the river from downtown.

I'll make sure I wave if I see them.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

As do I , but likely in a different direction. I live just across the river from downtown.

I'll make sure I wave if I see them.

They live a little north east of there.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I wish this first pic was dated.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

From the clothes and the chair, I'd say that first one is between 1860 and 1880.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Unknowns

 

[Frunobulax]

Unknowns

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I think I once saw that last guy on a cough drop box.

 

[BobHufford]

Nice hat crease young man ... (1909, Protem, Missouri)

 

[BobHufford]

Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local No. 178. Springfield, Missouri. 1919/20.

 

[BobHufford]

John Gutmann (German-American, 1905-1998) "Silk Hat Harry, The Only Colored Juggler in San Francisco," gelatin silver print, 1938, printed in 1974.

 

[BobHufford]

Decoration Day (now Memorial Day), Springfield, Missouri, 1890s. Remembering those that served.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Decoration Day (now Memorial Day), Springfield, Missouri, 1890s. Remembering those that served.

Real men with real hats. Now we honor them!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

On this Memorial Day a toast to all the Veterans who have served, & especially to those who have gone before us.

 

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[BobHufford]

Gotta love the aerodynamic "helmets" ...