It’s Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Pharmasave Huntsville!
We don’t know the year this photo was taken, but it’s been many decades since most people travelled with trunks. What else do you notice about this scene? (Photo courtesy of the CN Images of Canada Gallery)
Last week we shared this photo with you:
In some ways, Huntsville’s downtown has hardly changed in decades. This photo, looking east along Main Street, was taken in the 1930s. (Photo: Annabelle Studio)
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Robin Yule says
The photo of the train and baggage has, besides the trunks, a number of bags. I still have my father’s canvas sea bag from when he was in the navy during WWII and it looks a lot like the bags in the photo. Possibly the photo was taken in the early 1940’s.
Wendy Harrison says
I am guessing that all those duffel bags belong to folks who served in WWII. Apparently this is when the bags came into popular use and are named after a town in Belgium (Duffel). The fabric was created to be strong, sturdy and easy to fold up. So this photo is probably in the late 40’s or 50’s.
Sandy McLennan says
Don’t know about this time, but the photo is striking to me. The last time I saw my mother she was blowing me a kiss off the VIA train leaving Huntsville in 1989, right where this scene took place. Thanks for the memory spark.
Elspeth Hogg says
This could also be a load of trunks and duffle bags going to a summer camp in the 1940’s.