Search This Blog

Thursday, March 28, 2013

1947: SOUTH BROAD ST. AT ROEBLING AVENUE

Here's a closeup and segmented high definition photo of that Chambersburg intersection as it appeared in 1947. I'm sure our auto historian Ray Paskiewicz will identify the Buick in the foreground for us.

5 comments:

SJBill said...

Our family lived a block away on S. Clinton. I was born in 1946. That woman with the baby carriage looks like my Mom, and we had one just like it. If that image was taken in the wintertime of 1947, it may be an early pic of me. ;-)

SJBill said...

Tom, I withdraw my last comment. I took the image and enlarged it within PhotoShop. The woman with the baby buggy wasn't my Mom who was a bit slimmer.

On that corner, the new Apai Photography studio was built jsut a few years after this image was taken.

rayfromvillapark said...

Hi Tom, Just want to mention, that the car in the foreground, traveling north on Broad, is a 1946-47 Oldsmobile 98 Sedanet. That body was used on the Olds 98, Buick Super & Roadmaster & Cadillac Series 62. I've always admired these cars, because of the styling. rayfromvillapark

Tom Glover said...

Thanks, Ray for your input; also for the observation that this graphic appeared in an earlier post. Your auto knowledge is incredible!

Tom

RALPH LUCARELLA said...

HI TOM...ROEBLING AVENUE RAN RIGHT THROUGH CHAMBERSBURG AND I ALWAYS HELD MY BREATH WHILE DRIVING THERE. THE STREET WAS VERY NARROW WITH CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES, THOSE BUS DRIVERS ALSO HELD THEIR BREATH. TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA HAD NARROW STREETS AND SOME STREETS IN PHILLIE WERE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO ALLOW CARS THROUGH. THOSE RECENT STREET LAMPS ON ROEBLING AVENUE GAVE THE BURG AN ATTRACTIVE LOOK. REGARDS.