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From 1890, members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry, the regiment in which George Custer led at the battle of the Big Horn in 1876 and was defeated.

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Building the 6th Ave subway in NYC circa 1927

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Building the 6th Ave subway in NYC circa 1927

I will never complain about traffic snarls due to construction again.  Can you imagine what a nightmare it must have been to get anywhere around that, let alone live or work in buildings close to it?   

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Building the 6th Ave subway in NYC circa 1927

I will never complain about traffic snarls due to construction again.  Can you imagine what a nightmare it must have been to get anywhere around that, let alone live or work in buildings close to it?   

LOL, I hear ya.  It’s a fucking mess!  I showed that to Charade and said exactly that.  Can you imagine living in those buildings at the time?  Holy shit.

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HMS Dreadnought (Fear Nothing) commissioned in 1906, was a revolutionary ship which was the first all big gun warship, consisting of ten 12-inch guns in five turrets, first ship to be powered with oil powered steam turbines which made it the fastest in the world at the time. She was the pride of First Sea Lord Sir John "Jackie" Fisher who was responsible for her construction in 1905 and she is the only battleship to have ever sunk a submarine when in in World War 1 she rammed the German Submarine U-29. She was scrapped on May 9, 1921. There is still a Dreadnought type battleship in existence, the USS Texas (BB-35) which is the only warship which served in World War 1 and World War 2, and she is being refurbished as a museum ship.

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Fashionable in the 1900's. 

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I like this one a lot, especially the little “to let” sign on the left instead of a “for rent” sign.  I know the British use that term, I wonder if it’s also a closer translation to the term in Italian.  Dunno.

All the signs seem to be in English as all the immigrants in those days strove to “fit in” and be as American as possible.  With today’s mindset it seems immigrants try to use their native languages more. 

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1941 - Second Avenue at 104th Street, Manhattan.  This looked to me to be a shot taken in the 20s until I saw the newer vehicle toward the rear left.

All the El lines were taken down in Manhattan, replaced by bus or subway lines.  Only the outer boroughs had them by the 60s, I believe.

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 Samurai late 1800`s

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Samurai late 1800`s

It's always puzzled me how Japanese people in old pictures seem to have much darker skin in general, than modern Japanese.

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Samurai late 1800`s

It's always puzzled me how Japanese people in old pictures seem to have much darker skin in general, than modern Japanese.

In those days, a majority of people were rural and did agriculture, so people were darker since they were exposed to the Sun more. Even Europeans and white Americans were like that in old photos.

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An elderly couple pose for a picture...
This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia..

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