When people parked boats downtown

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February 26, 2015 at 6:14PM
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I was looking through a 1960 Life magazine the other day, and paused at an ad for outboard motors.

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Scott motors were made by McCulloch, as the fine notes - based in LA, Toronto, and Minneapolis. Which explains the small picture:

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Well, well. Everything in that picture is gone, except for Dayton's. On the left side of the picture:

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The First Federal, knocked down along with the Woolworth's for the IDS center. I wonder if this was just an ad fantasy, or something that really happened on a summer Friday. It's quitting time! We're off to the lakes.

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