There was a great turnout yesterday for the quarterly B'game Historical Society meeting. It was a beautiful Spring-like day which helped. About 90-100 people were treated to a 145-photo montage carefully arranged in a Now-Then sequence to show how our little burg has changed over the years. Some "Then" photos went back to c. 1911. Society president Jen Pfaff went all in to get "Now" photos from the same angle and distance as the historical editions and the effort paid off.
My photo of the meeting below doesn't do the scene justice, but you can just make out the crowd gathered for a parade in 1953 when LIFE magazine came to B'game. Many of the photos shown yesterday will appear on the Society website (technical issues are being resolved). In the meantime, here's Jen and the LIFE piece.
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