Got this great email from one of my "email pals" America in color 1939-1943 Must See These are wonderful. When you finish go to the bottom and click on Russia Photos Pre-Revolution and then go to U.S. Cities before 1950. I have been to Pie Town New Mex. I can not imagine how anyone could eak out a living there at anytime. Think America hasn't seen destruction. Look at the civil war city photos. Check out the electric trolley in 1899. Notice no overhead wires or 3RD rail electrical source. These were self contained battery powered and were only economically feasible for about 2 or 3 years. I just did some research on this. This came from 2 brothers after they saw electric cabs starting in about 1894. Very quickly "Big Money" picked up on this and put in "fixed" electric sources which also gets into the "Politics" of granting routes, city hall co-operation etc. and drives the "Little Guy" I.E. competition out of business. When I got into this I was much impressed with how good the battery technology was and how powerful the systems were. They had "NICKEL HYDRIDE" batteries for much more money. A guy named Woodson also built a "HYBRID" gas-electric for 2 years in about 1904. Notice the latter photo I think was 1900 or 04 showing trolley with 3RD rail electric source as became the norm through out the land. Point of all this: shows the quality and efficacy of electric propulsion over 100 years ago but, in the end it can not survive the "Economic Efficiency" of carbon propulsion. When it comes to cars both Then and Now the cost differrential remains about equal. Initial purchase for everyday people is about a 3 to 1 ratio and for luxury 4-5 to one more expensive for the electric variant. Moving along Al Capone may have been a "Bad Guy" but, I admire him for feeding the poor during the depression...a touching photo. The Indian dwelling in the middle of Albuqurque in 1912 is a staement unto itself. The color photo of the gas station in Louisiana is an "Exact" may indeed be the same station in the little strip of land in front of Loon Lake Mississippi. This is actually a part of Lulu-Moon area and was formerly a play ground on clubs built over the water of nearby Loon Lake in the early part of the last century for people out of New Orleans who would go there to beat the summer heat before the advent of air conditioning. I have beebn to this place and I have seen this photo on the net before and I could swear it is the same gas station that exists today. if you think the out side is "Cool" you should see the inside. This is about 5 miles down the road from the famous "Robert Johnson Pact With The Devil Intersection." Anyway these ar both beautiful and educational. My what we can learn if we just "Slow Down" and breath...... Subject: America in color 1939-1943 You are going to love this: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/

Cheryl, thank you for the great pictorial history. Laszlo (Les) Josa -----Original Message----- From: hungary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hungary-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Wenberg Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:45 AM To: hungary@rootsweb.com Cc: inlake@rootsweb.com Subject: [HUNGARY] America in color 1939-1943 Must See Got this great email from one of my "email pals" America in color 1939-1943 Must See These are wonderful. When you finish go to the bottom and click on Russia Photos Pre-Revolution and then go to U.S. Cities before 1950. I have been to Pie Town New Mex. I can not imagine how anyone could eak out a living there at anytime. Think America hasn't seen destruction. Look at the civil war city photos. Check out the electric trolley in 1899. Notice no overhead wires or 3RD rail electrical source. These were self contained battery powered and were only economically feasible for about 2 or 3 years. I just did some research on this. This came from 2 brothers after they saw electric cabs starting in about 1894. Very quickly "Big Money" picked up on this and put in "fixed" electric sources which also gets into the "Politics" of granting routes, city hall co-operation etc. and drives the "Little Guy" I.E. competition out of business. When I got into this I was much impressed with how good the battery technology was and how powerful the systems were. They had "NICKEL HYDR! IDE" batteries for much more money. A guy named Woodson also built a "HYBRID" gas-electric for 2 years in about 1904. Notice the latter photo I think was 1900 or 04 showing trolley with 3RD rail electric source as became the norm through out the land. Point of all this: shows the quality and efficacy of electric propulsion over 100 years ago but, in the end it can not survive the "Economic Efficiency" of carbon propulsion. When it comes to cars both Then and Now the cost differrential remains about equal. Initial purchase for everyday people is about a 3 to 1 ratio and for luxury 4-5 to one more expensive for the electric variant. Moving along Al Capone may have been a "Bad Guy" but, I admire him for feeding the poor during the depression...a touching photo. The Indian dwelling in the middle of Albuqurque in 1912 is a staement unto itself. The color photo of the gas station in Louisiana is an "Exact" may indeed be the same station in the little strip of land in front of Loon Lake Mississippi. This is actually a part of Lulu-Moon area and was formerly a play ground on clubs built over the water of nearby Loon Lake in the early part of the last century for people out of New Orleans who would go there to beat the summer heat before the advent of air conditioning. I have beebn to this place and I have seen this photo on the net before and I could swear it is the same gas station that exists today. if you think the out side is "Cool" you should see the inside. This is about 5 miles down the road from the famous "Robert Johnson Pact With The Devil Intersection." Anyway these ar both beautiful and educational. My what we can learn if we just "Slow Down" and breath...... Subject: America in color 1939-1943 You are going to love this: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-fr om-1939-1943/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNGARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message