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Old Posted Mar 12, 2014, 5:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
...years before his partnership with Stan Laurel.

This is an amazing snapshot of a group of men celebrating Oliver Hardy's birthday. (he's yet to grow his trademark toothbrush mustache)
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I don't think that looks like Oliver Hardy. What is the provenance of that photo?

Google his image and see what you think; here are a couple examples of a young Ollie:

http://travsd.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/larry.jpg
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...fbeeb538d5.jpg

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Thanks, W-W, and of course to your friend, too, for the info on the streetcar signal! I guess having the pole behind it painted (white?) helped the signal stand out better.
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