Scenes From America

I suppose you can consider today's scans to be RANDOS, because they really are somewhat random. But they're still fun.

Let's start with this fun photo of a woman posing next to "the BIG PEACH" (but not the giant peach of book fame). As you can see, even with a missing letter, she's at Yates Orchards. Sure, you could go to Disney World, but why do that when you can see an enormous stone fruit? 

The Big Peach is quite the local landmark, it was pretty easy to find out where it is (yes, it's still there!). Here's a vintage postcard...

... and as you can see, the giant peach is off of Highway 71 in Vincennes, Indiana. I wish it was a giant rutabaga, but you can't have everything.

It is pretty clear that the Big Peach and its accompanying obelisk are meant to echo the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939-40 New York World's Fair.

Here's a photo of the Big Peach today, from the Facebook page.

Next is this scan of a tiny slide, about half the size of a 35mm slide. It's from the 50s, and those building are instantly recognizable as being from Miami, Florida. Love the cars! Are the two closest to us the same make and model? In the distance we can see a sign for the San Souci Hotel, which opened in 1949.

Here's a nice vintage postcard view of the street, which was on Collins Avenue. Now the plan is known as the Hotel Riu Plaza.

This street is now the Jimmy Buffet Memorial Highway!