Car Mechanic - Chop Shop 1938 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
Car Mechanic - Chop Shop 1938 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Hdr Photography
Description
Colorized photo from 1938, November
Original title: Apartment houses with no rear windows
Photographer: John Vachon
Location: 2220 Leavenworth St, Omaha Nebraska
There isn't much to say about this. I was able to find the exact address via the phone number and old phone book. They had letters instead of numbers to make it easier to remember.
Originally this was taken to show the two buildings in the background and how it had almost no rear windows. And the garage was incidental. The garage itself, I'm not sure what it does. I assume its a garage of some kind, but that car that's jacked up is too close to the front, you would think it would be further inside. And considering the small size of the building, and that something is blocking the door, I do wonder where the rest of the car is.
I also wonder what is in those packages, magazines maybe? There is also a pile of kindling there, so it was probably chilly. If you look carefully on the right there is a clothes line with striped socks.
Today this building doesn't exist, but the foot print of where it was is there, and its a parking lot. The rear buildings are still there.
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