I adore my 81 yr.old Uncle Ted who has mild Parkinsons. He is a highly
intelligent and fascinating man.I am looking for color photos of
Altoona Pennsylvania around the
1930s that I showed him on the internet. We saw some beautiful color
photos on a freepages website. The
Color Photos of interest to him were: Altoona Car shops, Juniata
shops,
Broad Avenue looking East, The Hospital, 17th St. Yard and Shops, #35
Mine Windber and HorseShoe Curve.I have never been able to find the
web site again. I had copied down the page website but it must have
been a link. Anyway the site was
http://freepages.genealogy.rottsweb.com    But it seemed to be a
private collection. But they must have collected it from somewhere
themselves. Can you help me?
Becky Andrus
beckyandrus53@hotmail.com

Hello Becky,

Thank you for your question.


This freepages website appears to be the one you’re looking for as it
provides a number of historic color photos of Altoona Pennsylvania.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/town_views1.htm


Altoona Car Shops
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Altoona_PA_Car_Shops.jpg


Juniata Shops
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Altoona_PA_Juniata_RR_Shops_1907.jpg


Horse Shoe Curve
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Horse_Shoe_Curve_-_PA_RR.jpg


The Hospital and Nurses Home
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Hospital__Nurses_Home.jpg


Broad Avenue Looking East
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Broad_Ave_-_Altoona.jpg


The City Hospital
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/City_Hospital_Altoona_1909.jpg


Number 35 Mine Windber
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/images/Winber_PA_Mine_35.jpg


Another resource that you may enjoy is the Altoona Archives.
These Altoona, Pennsylvania photographs were taken by Tom Lynam
Photography. Most photos range from the 1940's through the 1990's.
http://pages.prodigy.com/altoonaarchives/


Altoona Archives Photo Index
http://pages.prodigy.com/altoonaarchives/aadex.htm


Altoona Storefronts
http://pages.prodigy.com/altoonaarchives/stfrt.htm


Altoona Railroads
http://pages.prodigy.com/altoonaarchives/rlrdg.htm

Downtown Altoona
http://pages.prodigy.com/altoonaarchives/dntn.htm


Additional photos that may interest you:

35 Mine Windber
http://www.calascio.com/windber/windber-mine35.jpg
http://www.calascio.com/windber/windber-eurekamine.jpg


There are a number of  Altoona photos here as well:
http://www.trainweb.org/horseshoecurve-nrhs/underwire-gallery-1.htm



TITLE:  The Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Penna.
CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1934 October 12
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/pan/6a09000/6a09300/6a09300r.jpg


Search Criteria:

Altoona photo gallery 
Altoona Pennsylvania 1930
Altoona color photographs
Genealogy Altoona horseshoe curve photo


I hope your uncle enjoys these photos. 


Best regards,
Bobbie7