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Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:39 am to
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:39 am to
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I can smell that picture


In those days we didn't notice the smell because hell, it seemed like all the adults smoked in their home, in restaurants, and at work. As much as I would like to re-live some of those days, I don't know if I could handle everyone smoking everywhere and stinking things up.

Then again, I look at pictures of favorite uncles and aunts and grandparents long past away and figure I could handle it for awhile just to be able to talk to them again.
Posted by Dee_oh_Dee
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 10:56 am to
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Then again, I look at pictures of favorite uncles and aunts and grandparents long past away and figure I could handle it for awhile just to be able to talk to them again.


I miss the smell of pipe tobacco.

I bought my grandparents house from their estate. It was mostly cleaned out, but I found a ziplock sandwich bag sized amount in my grandfather's closet.

I still have it 30 years later and it takes me back.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 12:52 pm to
Yep. Both of my parents as well as all of my aunts an uncles smoked.

Sometimes i think about those days and if i had been a kid that smoked, they never would have smelled it on me.
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:02 pm to
Algebra on the chalkboard

Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:02 pm to
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chalkboard


blackboard
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:17 pm to
We stayed at the White Caps back in the 60s. It was in the middle of nowhere. This is a 1970 Aerial photo.



This site has dozens of historic Alabama aerial photos. Gulf Shores is especially interesting as you can see the explosion in development.

https://alabamamaps.ua.edu/aerials/index.html

Does anyone know if there is a similar index of historical aerial photos for Louisiana and Mississippi?

Posted by mulletproof
Shambala
Member since Apr 2013
4760 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:00 am to
Hurricane Frederic in 1979 took out a butt load of old beach cabins and began the condo build up of GS/OB.
Posted by TigersnJeeps
FL Panhandle
Member since Jan 2021
2875 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 6:40 am to
I am getting an error at the moment but www.historicaerials.com can be a source.

I believe Google Earth also has historic images but never tried.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
75169 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 7:21 am to
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Does anyone know if there is a similar index of historical aerial photos for Louisiana and Mississippi?
I don’t know where the results are located (on the web) but I seem to recall reading about an US Government aerial survey of the entire continental US being done in the late 1920s.

There were exceptions of areas out West but maybe it was at the behest of the Agriculture Department or the Interior Department?

I know we have an aerial photograph of our family farm in the Mid-Atlantic region from 1927 that I’m told was part of that survey.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
33949 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 7:28 am to
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You can tell the brunette closest to the camera was a handful


She looks like one of my exes from the 80’s, and she was a handful…
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 7:37 am to
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:08 am to

Isn’t that Natalie Maines?
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Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 9:29 am to
Reminds me of that hooker trailer scene from Smokey and the Bandit for some reason.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 10:08 am to
Interesting to look at my property in Alabama through the years and see how much the area has changed.
Posted by gladchiefisgone
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:08 pm to
This is one of the best threads on the internet. Wish I could be pinned at the top.
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Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:21 pm to
Hamden CT prom, 1973

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Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:23 pm to
1956 Buick Centurion concept car

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Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:24 pm to


pure evel
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