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Posted 2 years ago
marcobabe13
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I love rummaging through old photos and these pedal toys caught my eye. The boy in the airplane is my brother and the boy washing his station wagon is my brother-in-law. I don't know anything about the cars. Both pictures were taken in the mid to late forties. I hope I’m not in hot water for posting them. ;)
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Great photos-- I love photos of children with their toys.
Scott
Thanks, Scott.
You might want to add a logo or watermark to your images. I found one of my posted images (from CW) that was reproduced and being sold on ebay!
Your brother- in - law image is one of those iconic images that many folks would buy in repro form.
Scott
Thanks so much for the tip, Scott. It never occurred to me......