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  • LA Greyhound terminal in 1969.

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 26 12:24:20 2022
    Passengers watching coin-operated TV's in the LA Greyhound terminal in
    1969.

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdjpaepVIAImB4n?format=jpg&name=medium

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to here@is.invalid on Mon Sep 26 19:07:51 2022
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Passengers watching coin-operated TV's in the LA Greyhound terminal in
    1969.

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdjpaepVIAImB4n?format=jpg&name=medium

    No headphones, so everybody hears everything. Bilingual sign on chair
    (English then Spanish, something like "chair restricted for TV use
    only"). Newspaper with looks like classified ads. Ash tray between
    chais. Relatively well dressed travelers, with jackets and some hats.
    Woman holding a baby (no stroller in sight) in backgrpund.

    So many details.

    Elijah
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    newspaper with classifieds is as rare as ?C?RT tv these days

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Sep 26 21:17:59 2022
    On 2022-09-26, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Passengers watching coin-operated TV's in the LA Greyhound terminal in
    1969.

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdjpaepVIAImB4n?format=jpg&name=medium

    Yet another great photo. Thanks, JAB.

    But screw the TVs. Look how classy and well dressed everyone is.
    Compare that to the modern day.

    And that's 1969? I would have guessed the 1950s - guess you can tell
    it's later by the size of the little televisions. In the 1950s they
    would be hulking furniture.

    Anyway, cool glimpse at the past.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to *@eli.users.panix.com on Mon Sep 26 19:27:04 2022
    On Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:07:51 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    so everybody hears everything

    1st dude is watching football.

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Fri Sep 30 15:13:11 2022
    On 9/26/2022 16:17, Retrograde wrote:
    On 2022-09-26, JAB<here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Passengers watching coin-operated TV's in the LA Greyhound terminal in
    1969.

    PIC
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdjpaepVIAImB4n?format=jpg&name=medium

    Yet another great photo. Thanks, JAB.

    But screw the TVs. Look how classy and well dressed everyone is.
    Compare that to the modern day.

    And that's 1969? I would have guessed the 1950s - guess you can tell
    it's later by the size of the little televisions. In the 1950s they
    would be hulking furniture.

    Anyway, cool glimpse at the past.

    I agree, I love the old photos.

    I have a late 60's Stetson Fedora, very similar to the one worn by the
    second man in, watching a pay television. It came from a Men's
    department store in Pittsburgh, in original box. I rarely wear this hat (although I always wear a simple flat cap or straw fedora, seasonally).
    I last wore it to my sister's wedding this past April, in Washington
    DC. No one thinks twice at someone walking down the street, wearing a
    suit in DC, and I didn't even stand out with the hat on... but I'd get
    funny stares where I live in rural eastern Ohio.

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