white tortilla
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Was it my great grandfather? Found a pic of him on top, and a couple in front of it. Parker OG
First guy to jump off rail road bridge below Parker dam.
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My nephew wnt off a out 10yrs ago, Granpa has him beat by 50yrs
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Very cool pix. Can you guestimate what year?
white tortilla
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Most likely mid-late 1920s. He worked his way with odd jobs from Oaklahoma to LA after running away from home at 13 around 1917. Delivered ice in Phoenix for a while. Then worked on road crew as dynamite guy. Built road from Phoenix to parker, I believe stayed in parker for a little bit and continued on road crew towards Los Angeles.
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Awesome pics!
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Man, you need to stand in that same spot with some friends and recreate that picture. (the car one as well)
Then put them in some side by side double picture frames.
That would be BAD ASS!!!
FT
Then put them in some side by side double picture frames.
That would be BAD ASS!!!
FT
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Great pics! Love that after market speedster body on the Model T.
never jumped off the bridge but back in the day we had a chain that was bolted to the bridge then we’d hook our ski rope on it , swing out and drop in the river. Once while we were hooking up a train came over the bridge. It was moving real slow and we had to get down in a little area, like a small cage, while it passed overhead. The part I remember the most are the sounds of the bridge creaking.
never jumped off the bridge but back in the day we had a chain that was bolted to the bridge then we’d hook our ski rope on it , swing out and drop in the river. Once while we were hooking up a train came over the bridge. It was moving real slow and we had to get down in a little area, like a small cage, while it passed overhead. The part I remember the most are the sounds of the bridge creaking.
