Here at HistoGrafica we must admit we really enjoy looking at old pictures of vehicles like this one, recently uploaded by our user CarnationTG:

Fuel Service in Lyndhurst, NJ

This photo was taken in 1950 in the main street of Lyndhurst, NJ, a township of some 20,000 inhabitants with history dating back to the 1850’s. If you take a closer look at the fuel service car, you will notice that the company’s name contains an Italian surname. That is most likely related to the fact that 33.8% of Lyndhurst’s residents are of Italian origin, which is 19th-highest percentage in this respect across all municipalities in the United States*

*According to Wikipedia

Related links

Wikipedia article on Lyndhurst

Web discounts for Lyndhurst hotels

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Shopping in Herald Square in New York has been in for at least a hundred years. Fashion victims from 102 years ago could enjoy stores looking like this:

Picture of Herald Square in 1907, posted by user kd

Where do New York shoppers go today? Have a look at this picture from http://newyorkpanorama.com:

Macy's in Herald Square in 2008

Looks like a completely different place, doesn’t it? Well, there is one thing that connects these two pictures, but it’s not too easy to spot.

Have you found it yet? If you look very closely at the building in the centre of the old picture, you’ll notice a sign at the top saying “Macy’s”.  This particular Macy’s store has been there for long, and since 1924, after the 7th Avenue expansion, it has been famous as “The world’s largest store”·

Related links:

Wikipedia article on Herald Square

Web discounts for New York hotels

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Dover is a town in the state of New Jersey that dates back to 1722, when John Jackson settled down in that area and set up a forge. His story is very interesting. He was very successful until the British felt their iron industry was in jeopardy because of American producers. They passed an act which ruled that all iron was to be shipped to Britain and then the manufactured products would be sold back to America. That brought Jackson’s business to bankruptcy, however the iron business continued for many years onwards in Dover. Take a look at this calm picture of Dover which does not really show its industrial past:

Picture of Dover posted by oingo4

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There are many Lafayettes around the globe, but most of them are located in the U.S. One of them is the old capital of the Yamhill County, Oregon and it prides itself in its over 160 years history. Take a look at this 1946 picture of Kelty Estate, a 136-year-old B&B built in Colonial Revival style, posted by our user headgorilla2008 from the Yamhill County Historical Association:

675 3rd Street, Lafayette, Oregon, U.S.

The building is being carefully taken care of now, so it might look very similar today, especially if winter over there is as harsh as in Europe at the moment.

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Donaldsonville Fire Department in 1930

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