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“Sustenance for the Inner Man.” Source: U.S. National ArchivesThis guy is the man. Before the days of diet fads and any invasive food control by governments (we’re lookin’ at you, soda ban [/beverage-lobby-takes-to-local-beaches-theaters-to-fight-proposed-soda-ban/]), you could get ice-cream floats the size of your head. Those were the days. This
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DailyDOCUMERICA [http://dailydocumerica.tumblr.com/tagged/arthur-tress] recently dug up this old photo of Plum Beach, taken in May 1973 by Coney Island native Arthur Tress [/tag/arthur-tress/]. It looks to be a part of the same Tress series as the Plumb Beach photo we showed you [/1973-plum-beach-photo-even-then-garbage-in-abundance/] – also from
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Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICAThis photograph depicts the old incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay. The site is currently at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. For over 30 years, the dump burned NYC garbage without a permit. It was finally shut down in the mid-90’
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"A Small Park on Sheepshead Bay 05/1973." Photo by Arthur Tress. Source: The U.S. National ArchivesI accidentally stumbled upon a treasure trove of photographs by Abraham Lincoln High School graduate Arthur Tress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tress] in the flickr account of The U.