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The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia". Believe it or not, this tank is still extant and in the process of being restored. From, The Measurement and Modeling of a World War I Mark IV Tank Using CLR and CCD Camera/Line Scanning Systems in an Outside Environment: After the Battle of Arras, Liberty and its crew were sent to America for exhibition and to help sell war bonds. During a 2-hr event in Syracuse, NY, the tank raised $868.45 (the equivalent of $13,221.12 today). The purchase of a war thrift stamp allowed one to view the tank up close. For the larger purchase of a war stamp for $4.15 ($63.12 today), one was allowed into the vehicle’s interior, presumably with a guided tour from the crew. It was sometime during this American tour that the crew changed the tank’s name from “Britannia” to “Liberty.” Appropriately, the tank and its crew were also the main attraction in the Liberty Day Parade in New York City. ... Liberty found its final home in 1919 when it was taken to northeastern Maryland and added to the collection of the newly established Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD ... . Since that time, it has remained one of the museum’s cornerstone attractions and has stood as a reminder of the significant advancements that have been made in armored warfare over the past century. Also, this tank is the subject of a Flickr album created by Flickr user Charlie Webb: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmwebbjr/sets/72157634959239855/]

This photo was taken on October 25, 1917 at the Liberty (Loan) Parade, s. article in The evening world., October 25, 1917, Final Edition, Image 1, "25,000 IN LIBERTY PARADE CHEERED BY BIG THRONGS; BRITISH "TANK" A FEATURE" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-10-25/ed-... Similar photos are in the New-York tribune., October 26, 1917, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-10-26/ed-... and in The sun., November 04, 1917, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, Image 41 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-11-04/ed-....

TVL 1970: Unbelievable that this tank still exists! Thank you for all the information and the link to the paper on the Liberty's history and the current scanning and restoration project. B-59: Thank you for the better date for the parade. We will add more details when we update.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building

Lots of pictures of the Flatiron Building from the Library of Congress at lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/PPALL:@band(flatiron+bu... including some more of it under construction.

wow, that gives me chills, before the flatiron building

Exciting photo of a building I just visited a week ago. Confusing though. The Wikipedia link says the building opened in 1902, yet the photo of the building under construction is dated 1905. One of 'em is wrong. After looking at Swanq's link above, of the photos in the Library of Congress, I'm convinced that the date on the photo is wrong. It was probably from 1902.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission records year of death as 1917 not 1918 CWCG full details Name: BURNHAM, HARRY EDWARD Initials: H E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Rifleman of death of Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Unit Text: 1st/16th Bn. Age: 35 Date of Death: 08/04/1917 Service No: 7388 Additional information: Only son of William and Elizabeth Burnham (formerly Woodward), of Fulmer, Bucks.; husband of Alice Emma Burnham, of 47, Gordon Avenue, St. Margaret's, Middx. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: G. 59. Cemetery: AGNY MILITARY CEMETERY www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=249576 twgpp.org/information.php?id=3024426 A photo of grave can be found here twgpp.org/information.php?id=3024426

Born 1883. The 1891 census 1891 census records him living with his parents William [b.1855 Chalfont St Peter, Bucks] and Elizabeth [b.1851 Westcott?, Oxon] and younger sister Laura M [b.1885 Fulmer]. Is father is employed as a domestic servant [Gardener]. The census summery sheet does not record a particular address but many of those living in the village [Fulmer] seem to be domestic servants possibly in the employ of Lord Algernon Seymore whose estate adjoins the village. He married Alice Emma Ball on 11th November 1905 at Holy Trinity Church, Hounslow. The marriage register records that he was living in Staines Road, Hounslow and that his occupation was as a Clerk. The National Probate Calendar records the same information as the War Graves Photographic project inasmuch as the address of his marital home was 47 Gordon Avenue, St Margaret’s on Thames, Middlesex. Further that his estate was valued at £77 16s 10d

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