"Give 'em hell, Harry" Harry S Truman on his Whistle Stop Campaign in downtown Altoona in 1948.
July 14, 1953...Some of the "big cheeses" gather with the Altoona Police motorcycle squad in front of 6033-East 6th. Ave road.
(Mayor Walter Grove..2nd from left, Patrolman Ed Flannagan..5th from left, Police Cheif Vaul Rouzer..7th from left)
Jul. 14,1957..."Operation Escape" a civil defense evacuation plan for Altoona.This is at the top of Red Hill at Rt.36 and Mill Run Rd. With Koecks' gas station in the background.(#57711)
Circa...1950....Bell Telephone workers repair lines in Lakemont during the ice storms of 1950.
Aug. 10,1949....The local branch of the Optimists Club,sponsoring a Soapbox Derby.
Oct. 28,1952...Ike Eisenhower campaign stop in Altoona at 10th. Ave. and 12th. Street.(#521048)
Dec. 2,1957...Workers remove the final span of the 9th. Street bridge going across the main tracks in downtown Altoona.(#571201)
July. 18,1950...Kids fishing at Nela Beach, located around 15th. street and Pleasant Valley Blvd.(#500718)
Dec.1951...Chris Lynam entertaining himself around the Christmas tree.
(This picture should put to rest the myth about how the "cold war-babies" had it so rough-----Here sits a guy , less than a year old, and he's sitting in a peddle car while watching his Lionel train(blowing fake smoke), rounding the curve, where his teddy bear rest. Not only that , but the radio in the background is blaring Christmas carols from that "Gable's radio outfit "----And you know for sure that those big"Lynam ears" are picking up every note.)
(Nov. 2,1956)...Dick Nixon shakes hands with a railroad worker off of the back end of the" P.R.R.- Dick Nixon Campaign Special".The picture was taken at the P.R.R. parking lot at 10th Ave. and 12th street in 1956.(#561101-B)
(Nov. 2,1956)...Typical Dick Nixon hand gestures fly, as he campaigns for V.P. on his Altoona stop in 1956.The picture was taken at the P.R.R. parking lot at 10th Ave. and 12th street.(#561101-C)
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Tom Lynam
P.O. Box 374
Altoona, PA 16603
Or Phone: 814-944-1869...{between 2:00P.M. and 8:00P.M.}
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