Posted April 30, 201015 yr I don't know if anyone has seen this site before, but these are wonderful postcards and views of Youngstown..... http://www.cardcow.com/viewall/66392/ You can buy enlarged images, but I just like looking at the images. My favorites: + The downtown views in the 1950s-60s with all the people, stores and of course the great old automobiles and the streetcars, trolleys and even just the webbing of trolley wires; + Steel mills, of course, especially the touched-up night views trying to show the skyward-shooting flames; + The interior view of the huge ballroom at Idora Park. I can almost hear the music of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. The ballroom is stunning -- like something out of Las Vegas! Not only is the park gone, but so is much of the surrounding neighborhood. Think urban prairie... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 30, 201015 yr I LOVE that site. I stumbled across it during a google image search for historic Williamsport photos. Old postcards are so important and I feel they must be preserved. And I think they're worth buying.
April 30, 201015 yr I like the view of the Civil War memorial. That view is almost exactly the same today. I sure wish we still had that beautiful 5 story building next to Woolworths/Rosetta Stone Cafe.
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