[MaxBigfoot]

From 1916, one of the biggest battles ever. 

Most of those guys were probably dead within minutes of that picture being taken.   

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[solvegas]

In 1908, the Great White fleet arrives in San Pedro, California for a port visit. Sent by President Theodore Roosevelt from Norfolk, Virginia, it made a worldwide cruise to show, especially to the European powers, that there was a new great power that they should respect. At the time, the most powerful Navy was the British Royal Navy.     

[Shadowmuse Blown]

You’d think a bell or whistle would be enough to wake people up.

By the time I went to college in NYC in the 80s, The High Line had been abandoned for decades.  A friend and I would walk below it and wonder what it had been for. Many of the lines ran directly into warehouses. The idea of turning it into a park was crazy and  genius at the same time.

[solvegas]

You’d think a bell or whistle would be enough to wake people up.

By the time I went to college in NYC in the 80s, The High Line had been abandoned for decades.  A friend and I would walk below it and wonder what it had been for. Many of the lines ran directly into warehouses. The idea of turning it into a park was crazy and  genius at the same time.

It wasn't just crazy and genius, it was by far the cheapest way to utilize it. It would have cost a lot of money to demolish it.

[solvegas]

Unfortunately, she was sunk by the Japanese on May of 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea not too far from Australia. 

[MaxBigfoot]

You’d think a bell or whistle would be enough to wake people up.

By the time I went to college in NYC in the 80s, The High Line had been abandoned for decades.  A friend and I would walk below it and wonder what it had been for. Many of the lines ran directly into warehouses. The idea of turning it into a park was crazy and  genius at the same time.

I agree, what an awesome way to turn an eyesore into a benefit!   

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Harry Houdini preparing to be chained and locked up in a box & lowered into the East River 1912

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[solvegas]

Photo taken in 1895.

[solvegas]

One of America's greatest musical composers who wrote iconic songs like White Christmas, God Bless America, Easter Parade, Cheek to Cheek and 1500 more. They were Hollywood, Broadway, Ragtime hits and winners of Academy Awards and more. Born in Imperial Russia on May 11, 1888, as Israel Beilin, and died on September 22, 1989, in New York City. He served in the U.S. Army from 1918 to 1919 and was a Sargeant when he was honorably discharged. His songs and music he stated were made to "Reach the heart of the average American who are the real soul of the country." 

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Grand Central Station under construction 1911

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Precursor to Google Maps

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Precursor to Google Maps