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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
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Comments (33)
MagikUnicorn
Superb shot
bazza
Fabulous looking oldie vehicles Sig, a couple of do uppers in that lot..
Minda
i love oldies and this is GREAT capture sig..
bmac62
Great eye Sig. Have always thought having an old Packard would be quite a classy thing...the 1951 Packard (front) looks great. Packards were the Cadillacs of their day. As for the '56 Oldsmobile second in line...that would take way too much work...but it was a real going machine in its day.
Faemike55
Sweet machines, Sig! Great capture
Sea_Dog
Yeah that Packard caught my eye, too. Looks in fairly good shape. Nice shot.
jocko500
love these old cars
auntietk
Nice shot! We see interesting things like this from time to time, but it seems like such a big deal to stop, and we miss the photo op. This was worth the stop for sure.
netot
Beautiful cars. The Oldsmobile looks rather shabby. Well, is '56...Wait, Oh Oh ,I,m a '56 too. :) Excellent capture!
bobrgallegos
Very cool capture of these classics!!
whaleman
They are all just waiting for someone with a few thousand hours to spare! I would like that tractor though!
renecyberdoc
and i bet they could all tell a story excellent capture-
flaviok
Fascinante meu amigo, brilhante captura, aplausos (5)
fallen21
Fantastic image.
debbielove
Now! My Rosy would love these lol She would really love them, to OWN them! lol Great find and shot Sig.. I too am always on the look out for wreaks and interesting things left beside roads on own travels lol Love it! Rob
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
flavia49
beautiful capture
mariogiannecchini
Great capture of old cars !Beautiful shot !
carlx
Great old cars!!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
flora-crassella
very cool cars!
moochagoo
I would have taken 100 pictures :)))
Dreamingbee
wow Sig - great shot from this soooo cool cars !!!
kbrog
Wonderful classic cars, excellent capture! :)
jayfar
Super capture.
sandra46
GREAT OLD LADIES
emmecielle
Great shot! :)
rawdodb
Excellent Shot!!
drifterlee
Cool old cars!!!!
erlandpil
Great capture erland