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Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. The N.Y. Central is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • q124 said:
    best map.html
  • Susan Barsy said:
    Showing the Wrigley building at the right and the Jewelers Building at center? This picture is interesting because the railroad terminus appears to be at grade, whereas now it is buried under the street (Michigan Avenue) and the Avenue is lined with skyscrapers on both sides.

National Museum, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Oooh, another fire ladder! marked on the 25" as a Fire Escape. Trees now obscure this aspect in streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    A set of fire ladders in Kingstown in the archive, and another in Monkstown
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In this Bing bird's eye view, you can see that the long building with a skylight at right is the dead zoo.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Dating detail: swan necked lamp-post at left means after 1901 and tram electrification. No actual light on the lamp-post may mean it is during electrification works.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    (Unlike many other streets, the swan necked lamp posts are still there in streetview).

Crowds waiting for Johnson in N.Y. (LOC)

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  • dale.neighbors said:
    This images is looking east from 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. The building shown on teh left in teh center is the Times Building. In the distance you see the platform for the Elevated on Sixth Avenue.
  • Art Siegel said:
    great catch.. Now can you get the name of the theater? Hammerstein's something or another.
  • Wystan said:
    Hammerstein's Roof Garden, operated by Oscar Hammerstein I. He opened it in 1904, above two theaters that he owned: the Victoria and the Republic. Jack Johnson, the African-American world champion prizefighter, appeared at the Victoria Theater in July of 1910, for an engagement of several days.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Thanks! Johnson was a key figure, maybe even a tragic figure, in the history of rase relations in America.
  • Wystan said:
    The New York Times, on July 12, 1910, ran a story about Johnson's tumultuous welcome in New York City. (This was right after his victory in Reno over former heavyweight champion James Jeffries, "The Great White Hope," cemented Johnson's claim to the title): [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E6D9173AE733A25751C1A9619C946196D6CF