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Picture Vernon: Crash Course On Route 30 History
Check out the latest installment of the Picture Vernon series.
VERNON, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Vernon Series takes us to 1969, and a police evidence photo after a crash on Route 30 at Merline Road.
The photographer was looking west.
The Howard Johnson's restaurant is, today, the Vernon Diner.
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The officer closest to the camera is Sgt. (later Lieutenant) Clarence "Mickey" Neff and behind him is Officer Richard Babcock.
The third officer in the distance is unidentified.
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At that time, the highway ramp for Route 15 (this is pre-Interstate-84) was across the street from HoJo's, between the Shell and Texaco Service stations.
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Picture Vernon is a periodic series on images of the town, past and present.
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