Thanks so much Dennis! The view would be from the Harvard road area. Looking
North west. Of course this is a model railroad and does not need to be exact.
Thanks,
Bill
--- In clevelandrails@yahoogroups.com, dennis bydash <birds340@...> wrote:
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> Bill,
> Right off hand I don't know of anyone, but I'll ask the guys at this
Friday's RRE Meeting if anyone knows of such photos. I don't think anyone in
the group was taking pictures back then. Most of us started in the mid 1960's.
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> Dennis
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> --- On Tue, 7/7/09, cmw12002 <billg@...> wrote:
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> From: cmw12002 <billg@...>
> Subject: [ClevelandRails] 1940's - 1950's Skyline Photo of Downtown Cleveland
> To: clevelandrails@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 2:48 PM
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> Hello
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> I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. We are constructing a
n-scale railroad layout which will be located in the Cleveland area,
specifically the southeast side of Cleveland.
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> We need photos of downtown Cleveland in the 1940's / 1950's to create photo
murals for the backdrop. Preferably shot at eye-level and if really possible...
shot from southeast to north. I have looked at every concievable place on-line
including the Cleveland Memory Project etc.
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> Is there anyone out there with some orginals? Negatives or prints that can be
scanned and returned? I am willing to pay for any expenses or deposits
associated with this project.
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> Thanks,
> Bill
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