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    The gun might be Dutch but I dont think the workers are Dutch.

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    Probably Indonesians

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    Work on streetcar tracks, Fourteenth and G Streets N.W., Washington, D.C. July, 1941.
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    "Work on streetcar tracks, Fourteenth and G Streets N.W., Washington, D.C. July, 1941."

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    You are probably right. The Dutch East Indies folks were all over there up until end of WWII.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    July 1941, I was less than a year old in an Eastern European war zone. I see 'passengers' in both cars. Stalks to live wire are not extended, nor do I see a live wire aloft. These cars aren't going anywhere on their own power. Totally staged publicity photo, except perhaps for the sidewalk people. Streetcars look like the ones in Toronto Canada when we arrived there in 1956 - and are still running every few minutes today, sometimes two in tandem. Am I missing something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 12bolts View Post
    A photograph of a photograph. Theres some good detail but shame about the pixelation. Would be nice to see the original.
    try it again. only a half second of pixelation on my old chromebook.

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    That's telling me if you have a construction company in Washington DC, make sure you call before you dig!

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    Not sure what you are referring too but pixelation occurs when you try to zoom in on an image and the detail is not there due to file compression. No amount of time is going to bring the lost data back.

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