Vintage Mystery Locations
Scanning vintage slides is usually a fairly mundane chore; and in most cases I know the location of the photo pictured. But, sometimes, I'll have to do some research. That can be fun - unless the search is fruitless. Today I have two scans that are "mystery locations".
This first one is undated, but probably from the 1950s. It shows a street in an unknown town - someplace with nearby mountains. "Stanley's", to the right, has a faux-adobe look, which makes me think that this could be somewhere in New Mexico. Perhaps Santa Fe? But that store is the only real clue, and I could not locate a "Stanley's" in NM (though there is a city called "Stanley" just east of Albuquerque).
I dug this slide out of a box of random slides. For some reason, I thought that these steps could be in Boston, but doing a search, could find nothing that looks like them. They aren't those darn "Joker Steps" in the Bronx! I realize that there is almost nothing to go on, but perhaps one of you recognizes this place.
2 comments:
Major-
Fun to look at - hard to ID. In the 2nd image, the one Coca-Cola sign says: Buvez Coca-Cola, which of course, is French. Maybe that dumpy-looking restaurant is a fine French dining establishment...
Thanks, Major.
I have no idea where this is, so I'll just agree with you that this is somewhere in New Mexico. Although, looking at images of the town of Stanley, it doesn't look like it was ever large enough to be the one pictured in today's post. That foreground tree looks like it has fruit on it. Or maybe it's blossoms?
For the 2nd pic, I tried giggling (OK, googling) "Restaurant Champlain", like the sign on the left says, but all I could find was a high-end fancy-schmancy restaurant in Quebec that didn't look anything like today's photo at all. Interesting that the restaurant has both, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. I wonder why part of the stairs are blocked with "Police" signs. Maybe because it isn't in the best condition; ther railing looks kind of wonky.
Nanook, hmmm, maybe this IS in Quebec?
Thanks for the mysterious mysteries, Major.
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