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the building and approximate year this was taken. The building & city ought to be recognizable to some here....

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Some extra clues. The walkway is built between the two towers so the earliest the picture could be is 1931.

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The 425-foot (130 m) south tower was completed in April 1921 and the north tower in May 1924. Walkways between the towers were added at the ground level and the third floor. In 1931, another walkway was added at the fourteenth floor to connect to offices of a bank in accordance with a Chicago statute concerning bank branch offices.
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I concur on the Wrigley in Chicago. The cars are too blurry to get a good pinpoint on the year.

Car on the very left-hand side looks very Rolls-ish.
 
Correct as to the building. But not as to the date. Now, where was the picture taken from?

Here are two more that may help narrow down the approx. year.

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wsuffa said:
Correct as to the building. But not as to the date. Now, where was the picture taken from?

Here are two more that may help narrow down the approx. year.
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The top picture is of the Art Instittue and that has been in that location since the building was moved their after the Columbia Exposition of 1893. The cars and clothes look 1940's and the airplane on the back of the ship is a monoplane so this looks really post WW2 but before 1949.

I say somewhere between 1945-49 right now.

I don''t know cars just by looking at them. But that is where I would start to search for the next big hints.
 
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And one more picture from the same roll...




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Here's what I know of the pictures....

They were on a roll that my dad took on a cross-country trip he made after leaving the Mighty Mo. He was an officer on the Missouri and sailed on it's initial trip out of NYC in 1944 - and he was on-board during the signing of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay.

The Art Institute, the Wrigley Building (as seen from the Tribune Tower), and S. Lakeshore@E. Jackson were all taken in Chicago. Year would have been either 1947 or 1948 (I can't establish the year for certain... but it wasn't before '47).

EDIT: I think it's Lakeshore, but it may be Columbus. The street sign clearly says E. Jackson.

I knew the building would be obvious - I figured it would be a little more of a challenge to flesh out the rest of the details.
 
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wsuffa said:
Here's what I know of the pictures....

They were on a roll that my dad took on a cross-country trip he made after leaving the Mighty Mo. He was an officer on the Missouri and sailed on it's initial trip out of NYC in 1944 - and he was on-board during the signing of the Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay.

The Art Institute, the Wrigley Building (as seen from the Tribune Tower), and S. Lakeshore@E. Jackson were all taken in Chicago. Year would have been either 1947 or 1948 (I can't establish the year for certain... but it wasn't before '47).

EDIT: I think it's Lakeshore, but it may be Columbus. The street sign clearly says E. Jackson.

I knew the building would be obvious - I figured it would be a little more of a challenge to flesh out the rest of the details.
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1947/48 sounds pretty good. Like I said about the State St. Bridge that is a giveaway. No ground was broken so it would have to be prior to 1949.
 
ScottM said:
The top picture is of the Art Instittue and that has been in that location since the building was moved their after the Columbia Exposition of 1893. The cars and clothes look 1940's and the airplane on the back of the ship is a monoplane so this looks really post WW2 but before 1949.

I say somewhere between 1945-49 right now.

I don''t know cars just by looking at them. But that is where I would start to search for the next big hints.
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I'd go along with 1945-49 based upon the style of the woman's suit and her hair.
 
Bill:

What a treasure.

Sometimes, B&W carries sop much more with it than color.

Thanks!
 
Couldn't have been the MO I can't find any record of her going to chicago. Looks like a North Carolina class to me based on the stack configuration.
 
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Couldn't have been the MO I can't find any record of her going to chicago. Looks like a North Carolina class to me based on the stack configuration.
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It was the Mo. Link to picture from navsource.org dated 1945: http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016307c.jpg

You are correct, though, the Mo never went to Chicago. My dad's trip started in NY, then went west by train, through Albany, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and on to San Francisco. I've got a number of pictures documenting the trip, unfortunately most of the pictures (and negatives) are in pretty poor shape (for example, there's one of what were then the Pix and Esquire theaters on Market Street in San Francisco - unfortunately better than 50% of the frame is double exposed.

Here's a shot taken on board the Mo (year unknown, but bet. 1944 and 1948). As I get time, I'll either post more here or elsewhere and link.

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It was the Mo. Link to picture from navsource.org dated 1945: http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016307c.jpg

You are correct, though, the Mo never went to Chicago. My dad's trip started in NY, then went west by train, through Albany, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and on to San Francisco. I've got a number of pictures documenting the trip, unfortunately most of the pictures (and negatives) are in pretty poor shape (for example, there's one of what were then the Pix and Esquire theaters on Market Street in San Francisco - unfortunately better than 50% of the frame is double exposed.

Here's a shot taken on board the Mo (year unknown, but bet. 1944 and 1948). As I get time, I'll either post more here or elsewhere and link.
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Then it's probably October 45 when the MO was in NY for the celebration and th 21 gun salute for Truman.
 
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Then it's probably October 45 when the MO was in NY for the celebration and th 21 gun salute for Truman.
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It's 1946 or later. Based on other negatives in the rolls of film (including the movies that were playing at the Esquire in San Francisco), there is little doubt that it was either '46 or '47. Depending on how long they ran, it was either '46 or '47.

If it were '46, it would be after the mission to Turkey (Dad was on board for that mission), if it were '47, it would be after the Truman trip to Rio (which he may have been on, haven't been able to establish for certain yet) and he either took the train from Norfolk to NY, or the ship traveled from Norfolk to NY. EDIT: Dad signed off the ship in the summer/fall of 1946.

I'm not certain that the pictures were taken in NY harbor - they may well have been taken elsewhere. My original comment was that they were on the same roll as the trip out west. I do have a couple of other sets of film that have pictures of the trip to Italy, Greece, and Turkey ('46).
 
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Wow Bill! Great stuff. How long was your Dad in service?

Best,

Dave
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Dave, he did ROTC and then joined the Missouri on it's maiden voyage from New York in 1944. Stayed on until (at least) 1946, then joined the reserves while he did his graduate work at Columbia. He stayed in the reserves and retired from the reserves with rank of Commander in the '70s (he also worked as a civilian in the Pentagon for 20-ish years and was responsible for key work that supported conversion of the military to an all volunteer force).
 
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