Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[CBGanimal]

1/10/2023 50s

The dawn of the fast food era…the first McDonalds opens in 1955 in Des Plains IL

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[drevil]

1/10/23 – 50s

On January 1, 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts was born, and everyone in the US immediately gained 2 pounds

1950s Dunkin’ Donuts by bikecentric, on Flickr

[HokieBeth]

@drevil 222086 wrote:

1/10/23 – 50s

On January 1, 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts was born, and everyone in the US immediately gained 2 pounds

1950s Dunkin’ Donuts by bikecentric, on Flickr

Only 2??

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[HokieBeth]

1/10/23 50’s

Me, in my 50’s, finally living my best life.

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[JessicaH]

50s: Little Tavern Restaurant, built in 1955

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[Mtansill]

1/10/2023: the 50s

The Maryland Agricultural College, forerunner of the University of Maryland College Park was founded in 1856. Memorial Chapel was built in 1952 to commemorate all of the Terps who died while serving in the US Armed Forces.

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[Kbikeva]

1/10/2023 The 50’s

Again with the toys, I decided to ride down to Fairfax to a billiards parlor to find a representation of a toy born in the 1950s. I wasn’t alive then but I can verify that during the 60s and 70s we made all of our important decisions based on — The Magic 8 Ball!

A very nice gentleman was racking up, but was kind enough to hold up the representation of the miracle Oracle!

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[bikesnick]

1/10/2023 ’50s
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In 1859, “On The Origin of Species” was published, putting forward the theory of evolution by natural selection.

[JoM]

1/10/23 – 50s

Found in Falls Church, VA

In 1858, Harriet Foote Turner, a free Black woman led 12 enslaved people to freedom in Canada by posing as their owner.

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

1/10/2023 the 50s
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Automatic sliding doors such as these at the South Lake Safeway in Reston were invented in 1954 by Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt. Their model worked with a mat actuator technology, whereby you have to step on the mat for the doors to slide open. The mat actuators have an electronic system hidden under them; the electronic system is responsible for the sliding action when someone stands on the mat.

[Laurie E.]

1/10/23
50’s
Both of these ladies were born in the 50’s and we’re at the pool today when I biked there.

[DCAKen]

1/10/2023 the 50s

In 1951, Ike Turner released “Rocket 88”, which generally regarded as the first ever rock and roll song.

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[AlanA]

1/10/2023 – The 50’s

Wow, what dumb luck finding this sign today.

Roy Lichtenstein (the worst artist in America). He started his pop art career in 1956 with a painting of a dollar bill.

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[SusanG1693]

1/10/2023 50s
Seven Corners Mall, once a premier shopping destination with Woodies and Garfinkles, plus Lord & Taylor across the street. The mall opened in 1956.

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[camiller]

1/10/2023 50’s

This Fairfax Nike Missile Site Historic Marker is located on the north bound side of the Fairfax County Parkway south of Popes Head Road. The inscription reads:

During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation’s capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. Just east of here was located the launch control equipment for one of the three Nike complexes in Fairfax County. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. The U.S. Army (1954–1959) and the Army National Guard (1959–1963) operated this battery. Built to oppose Soviet air attack, this complex and those in Great Falls and Lorton were three of thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore.

There is another marker on Lorton Road in Lorton near the new (currently under construction) Fairfax County Police Station and Animal Shelter. The third marker is located near the Great Falls Nike Park on Utterback Road.

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