Swingin' Easton Pa 1940s
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- Swingin' Easton Pa 1940s - Mingle right in with the 1940s crowd! Take a history tour with the folks of 1940s Easton Pennsylvania. From various 16mm films, some badly worn but worth watching anyway.
That was very good. Thank you to the person who shot it and thanks for sharing on You Tube. This was probably shot in late 1949 or early 1950. I did see a few 1950 cars.
@4:58 is my grandmother, Kathryn (thatcher)Snyder. She was the cashier at Thatcher's Arcade for many Years. We would go shopping there in the 50's when I was a child. My father and uncles worked at the fish market there. Such a cool memory for me to view this. Thank you for posting it.
Cyn wow that’s pretty cool
My dad grew up in Easton. I haven’t been there in decades and my childhood memories are of their farm. I didn’t realize it was a large city even when he was a child. I wish he was still here to watch this with.
Some of the footage is actually early 50’s based on cars. My mothers aunts and uncles mostly lived in Easton and P-burg.
The theme playing is "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Under the apple tree ; then Sing sing sing; the a train - mix
The founder was German - Grotts ,,( Gratz)
This is where I grew up, my whole family and relatives!! I moved to Florida 6yrs ago for work now but want to move back home to be closer to family-that was Good ol’ Easton, PA -downtown near the circle! Thanks for the nostalgia!
Good tune
Look how nice everyone dressed back then the whole state is a cesspool now thanks to the democrat party. Take your life in your hands walking Easton nowadays.
I'm so confused with what people's political standpoint has to do with the lifestyle of those who live here.
Ok, boomer.
@@krustykrabkids914 Because the simple minded need something easy to blame and don't realize that the reasons for change are more complex.
Yup, my mom played his records. That swinging boogie boogie...its got a beat...love it. Thx.
At 1:35 there is a 1950 chevy and a 1950 ford. Maybe they vane out in late 1949, but pedestrians are wearing short sleeve shirts.
Original home of the actress who has created the measurably greatest sought after reactions in the history of the world.
AND we still can't navigate the CIRCLE!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow. What an amazing time! Such a well done tribute to the beautiful, wonderful, and timeless city of Easton!
Now that is the Easton I would still want to live in, but times have changed along with people and Cars that Carry Loud Woofer's to shake the windows in the house.
that’s how ur suppose to listen to music in a car you boomer
@@kingwild772 Guess you must be one of those who has nothing but loud bass to let people know you exist. That is okay, I give 10 yrs from when you started YOU WILL BE WEARING A HEARING AIDE & won't be because you are 80 yrs old. The last laugh will be on you. By the way, your supposedly I am a boomer is wrong -brainless.
casis well 10 years ? I already can’t hear but hey it’s worth the thrill !
All of the commonwealth is a shadow of its former self. The big three cities are cesspools. Sad...
I love my commonwealth, but she’s been abused and she’s tired.
Small town America at it's finest.
I'm an eastonia I loved it thank u.
Same brother
Easton is my hometown
Fantastic video! I wonder what was the reason behind the original filming.
Nancy Rutman This is actually a collection of various old films. The bulk of the video was filmed by a local historian, William Carling and his 16mm movie camera. Many people are glad he took the time and $$$ back then to film this. Please check my youtube page here for more films like this.
19king14 More people should do this today so we have a record for the future of ordinary life in 2015!
+Nancy Rutman . Don't encourage them. There is too much filming going on today, much of it invading people's privacy.
Really? Taking archival footage?
@@19king14 My cousin Tim has lots of Bushkill park footage, from his dad
I LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO PUT TO GATHER GREAT MY HOME TOWN PROUD OF IT . I LOVE EASTON PA.
America was an industrial superpower. Look at Easton today. A shadow of its former self. Nice place still, but nothing like this. Then again what is like it was, nothing.
Thanks for that, Negative Nancy!
That my home town now isn't busy and businesses close up it ashamed this town what though hell
Jeez I love there and I’ve never seen footage from the 1940s. It changed a lot.
Lol love to see that people didn't know how to drive in the circle then either 😅
Easton is near NJ. No wonder there is so many bad drivers.
The street lights around the circle are dumb. Because dumb people don’t no how to give Courtesy to others.
Traill was Scottish and Grotts German
I guarantee back then people were so much nicer and happier but go downtown now and tell me what you see, plus all those factories that had good jobs , American made products are all gone and so are the middle class, that whole downtown to about 22nd st is not good
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Seems like a pretty dead town today.
Such a place, my grandparents immigrated from Italy through Elis Island and moved to Easton. I remember the early 1960’s like these images. Today, well sorry, everyone is wanting a hand out, and become some type of woke victim - the city has degreased…. The greatest generation has lots of history for us to learn from.