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It isn't often you get a photo taken 100 years layer that is so close to the original. Excellent shot.

Swordscookie We are in total accord! When you see them side by side, they really work well...

I have a similar one taken this year. I was involved in waterproofing the gutters when it was being repaired after a big bomb.

Brilliant !

Fantastica,Maravilhosa !

Beautiful shot. It really captures the era.

What a phenomenal photograph.

Yay, keep 'em coming =)

where is T.R. in this pic?

This is likely in or around Perth Amboy, New Jersey. If you go to the LOC website, you can get a hi-res version of the pic that allows a closer look at some of the details otherwise invisible on Flickr. There's a poster on the left advertising "PERTH AMBOY'S BIG INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION". On the right, an umbrella with an advertisement for "J. SLOBODIEN & BRO." under a picture of a shoe; this 1966 New York Times obit for a Leo Slobodien describes "Slobodien Shoes" as "a retail chain in the Perth Amboy-New Brunswick area."

Sorry about this, I also can't resist - allaboutfrogs.org/funstuff/jokes/lbrry.html

beachcomber australia That link blocked here at Library Towers! Obviously we're not supposed to see fun stuff... :)

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Here it is (an oldie but goodie - please delete if too long!) - A librarian is working away at her desk when she notices that a chicken has come into the library and is patiently waiting in front of the desk. When the chicken sees that it has the librarian's attention, it squawks, "Book, book, book, BOOK!" The librarian complies, putting a couple of books down in front of the chicken. The chicken quickly grabs them and disappears. The next day, the librarian is again disturbed by the same chicken, who puts the previous day's pile of books down on the desk and again squawks, "Book, book, book, BOOK!" The librarian shakes her head, wondering what the chicken is doing with these books, but eventually finds some more books for the chicken. The chicken disappears. The next day, the librarian is once again disturbed by the chicken, who squawks (in a rather irritated fashioon, it seems), "Book, book, book, BOOK!" By now, the librarian's curiosity has gotten the better of her, so she gets a pile of books for the chicken, and follows the bird when it leaves the library. She follows it through the parking lot, down the street for several blocks, and finally into a large park. The chicken disappears into a small grove of trees, and the librarian follows. On the other side of the trees is a small marsh. The chicken has stopped on the side of the marsh. The librarian, now really curious, hurries over and sees that there is a small frog next to the chicken, examining each book, one at a time. The librarian comes within earshot just in time to hear the frog saying, "Read it, read it, read it..."

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The same hoarding covered in posters is just make-outable in this small postcard image at the Belfast Telegraph.