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It’s Wayback Wednesday: Bird’s eye view of Main Street

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Welcome to Wayback Wednesday sponsored by Cavalcade Color Lab! Every week, we’ll be sharing a vintage photo or video and asking our readers to chime in with anything you can recall about the photo, other related memories, or even a funny caption. Have some vintage photos of your own? Send them to [email protected] and we may share them with our readers! Scroll waaaaay down to see last week’s photo.

It’s Wayback Wednesday brought to you by Cavalcade Color Lab! This bird’s eye view of Main Street Huntsville comes from a postcard. Can you pinpoint the date?

Wayback Wednesday is sponsored by Cavalcade Color Lab

Last week we shared this video with you:
Most of the buildings on Huntsville’s Main Street have been there for decades but the businesses within have come and gone. How many do you recognize in this drive-by video clip from 1985 below? (Video: stephparrott / YouTube, who shared in the caption: “What was playing at the Capitol Twin Cinema in 1985? What was the price of gas? Props to my father for driving and pointing out the car window what one can only assume was a massive massive camcorder.”)

it garnered plenty of nostalgic reflection and delight from Doppler readers. Here are a few of your comments:

Carol Earl wrote: “Check out the bank of pay phones! I also miss the hum when you went over the bridge. Check out the view of the river, no Pipeman! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!”

David Johns said: “Lots of businesses gone. Full serve gas station. What that?”

Donna Jane Rowan added: ” 5 years before we moved back up here to stay! Miss Economy Fair, Eatons, Steadmans etc. I worked at the A & P when it was there. So many changes.”

Karen May said: “Awesome trip down memory lane!

Hanne Smidt Sodergard wrote: “This is The Huntsville that I remember from a fantastic year a Rotary exchange student 1980 – 81 I met such hospitality from so many that has inspired my life. Don’t think that I ever thanked Cavalcade of Colour that developed my films free of charge ?”

Valerie McCormick said: “And there was a train station on it.”

Sharon Palmer commented: “So many happy memories came rushing back! We now live in Alberta but will always carry a piece of Huntsville in our hearts!”

And Riley Towns brought a different perspective: “I was born in 85. Seen a few things that I remembered though that were still around when i was a wee lad ?? Really enjoyed watching this video. Made me remember how much i love this town.”

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2 Comments

  1. Bob Forde says:
    August 30, 2017 at 8:15 am

    “Birds Eye View” In this photo (postcard) the new Bell Telephone building is there on High Street (built 1959) and McCaffrey’s Pool Hall is still there on Main Street. (removed 1961)

  2. david johns says:
    August 24, 2017 at 11:55 am

    Birds eye view. Year taken would be sometime before 1967 as we can see the Texaco sign is still up at Pioneer Garage on West st south. It closed in 67.