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3rd May 2012
![Nellie and Wilson pose for the camera as W.J. captures this 1912 photo of his young family on the Erskine dock with oil barrels and a large warehouse in the background. Nellie noted on the photo, “This is another bright day with the reflection [that] makes it very glaring.” From the Baranov Museum.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gmzesotl1rqj040o1_500.jpg)
Nellie and Wilson pose for the camera as W.J. captures this 1912 photo of his young family on the Erskine dock with oil barrels and a large warehouse in the background. Nellie noted on the photo, “This is another bright day with the reflection [that] makes it very glaring.” From the Baranov Museum.
Shop Girl 1906 - Kensington, England
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It’s always a thrill when photos posted to whatwasthere.com don’t just capture buildings from the past, but also include the people who lived among them. The fades can have a ghostly feel when the buildings and landscape remain but the person is gone. Checkout whatwasthere.com for more like this or post your own!
This was the first shopping mall in America. It’s still there.
Today in History: On March 22, 1954, Hudson’s opens the first almost-enclosed shopping mall in Southfield, Michigan, ushering in the age of the “modern mall”. Northland Center was the first modern suburban shopping mall built in the United States, opening on March 22, 1954. The historic J. L. Hudson Company, a major upscale Detroit based department store chain, built Northland Center. Hudson’s went on to become the second largest department store (next to Macy’s of New York City) in the United States.
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Rare Elvis Photos from the Elvis estate posted today at WhatWasThere.com. This one is in front of a movie theater on Main Street in Memphis. The theater and sign are still there, but it is now called the Orpheum.
(Source: elvis.com)
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Nov. 17, 1976: “Paul Chin paints billboards,” reads the article accompanying this photograph. “Every weekday morning, provided it is not raining, snowing or dangerously windy, the 5-feet 6-inch Mr. Chin, a native of Hong Kong, climbs to the roofs of buildings and into his narrow studio — a scaffold.” Mr. Chin, the art director for Artkraft Strauss, created this King Kong billboard towering over Midtown Manhattan. Photo: D. Gorton/The New York Times
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