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The Electro Blog

Electro Lounge host and WJCT's resident pop culture junkie David Luckin is always on the lookout for interesting music, art and historical tidbits on the web. Check out some of his findings below on The Electro Blog.

PHOTOS: If You Don't Know Shorpy, You're Missing Out On A 100 Years Of Photo History

WJCT News | By David Luckin

Published July 7, 2013 at 10:54 AM EDT

This 100-YEAR-OLD PHOTO BLOG has it all. Today we post a car spotters challenge.
August 4, 1949. "General Electric turbine plant, Schenectady, New York." Calling all car-spotters! Large-format negative by Samuel H. Gottscho. View full size.

https://www.shorpy.com/misc/feed.png Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.

You can spend hours here.

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David Luckin

David Luckin joined WJCT as a development producer in 2000, bringing with him 19 years’ experience as a Jacksonville news photographer and a lifelong passion for music. The New York native hosted his first local music program at Gainesville’s NPR affiliate while earning his degree at the University of Florida.

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