Posted Nov 10, 2013, 5:56 AM
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Older than God.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
S. Central and 67th Street, January 1937
ebay
detail/neighborhood safeway store, model drugs
-that's quite an utilitarian street light. -looks like an afterthought.
detail/I spy lido club, does that say goodyear apts.?
stamp on back
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ER: That light appears that it might be one of the old old old electric-arc street lamps. They're a major headache because they require substantial costly maintenance. They would have been phased out when regular street light poles had been installed. I don't see any in this photo.
http://www.shorpy.com/files/arc_lamp.jpg
Last edited by CityBoyDoug; Nov 10, 2013 at 6:07 AM.
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