Some old Photos for your enjoyment
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Cant' judge the past by the present.
Different times, then. Life was hard, by our standards, but they didn't know any different. Too, they may have felt their lives were easy compared to their ancestors. Those folks have a covered wagon pulled by two mules, while their fathers and mothers may have had but a one-mule cart.
Though none of my ancestors were in America till about 1894 (mother's side) or 1906 (father's side), my soul sees itself in that little boy.
Different times, then. Life was hard, by our standards, but they didn't know any different. Too, they may have felt their lives were easy compared to their ancestors. Those folks have a covered wagon pulled by two mules, while their fathers and mothers may have had but a one-mule cart.
Though none of my ancestors were in America till about 1894 (mother's side) or 1906 (father's side), my soul sees itself in that little boy.
richhodg66
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The Howard University rifle team in 1937. So much is right in this picture, sure wish there were things like that now.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
According to the internet, and who doesn't have unshakable faith in the internet!, bib overalls didn't become common until the 1870's. The womans dress and the hats also look post Civil War at least. That rifle looks a lot like a Flobert type of boys rifle, but it's real hard to tell for sure.
Those are horses, not mules. That much I can say for sure.
Those are horses, not mules. That much I can say for sure.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Are those early Win 52's? Action looks long.
richhodg66
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Certainly could be. That was the standard in that era.
Education, empowerment, an activity that requires discipline, dedication and skill. And all African American women in a time that they really were relagated to being second class citizens.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
That life isn't so long ago. My brothers and I are the first on my father's side of the family to be able to buy homes with have running water, heat other than wood and coal and indoor bathroom. His ancestors came in 1714 and as soon as the indenture period was over moved to NC and next generation to KY 1777.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I knew my G Grandmother as a child the family left Ohio in a wagon to go to Iowa to board a train to California at about age 35 she drove to Nashville mostly across what we know as Rt 66 . She was born in 1888 . It was shoe leather , horse , oxen , or the train when they left Ohio . She watched Neal take that one small step .
my mother growing up at station C in the texas hill country remembered her and her cousin running to the dirt road close to their house to smell the exhaust when a car drove by, which wasn't very often. they bathed is the creek on the way to kerrville to get supplies. my great grandmother (dads side) in barstow tx outside pecos father was killed in the war of northern aggression. she died the night we landed on the moon, but got to see it. her advice to me as a young teen was " don't ever date a yankee or trust a "colored"). i cleaned that up a bit.
richhodg66
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Not an old picture but an old subject. After being a floating museum since 1948, the USS Texas, last of the Dreadnaughts, is in dry dock getting some repairs.
richhodg66
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It is a fact that they cannot save them all. There is a submarine, the USS Clamagore, at Patriot's Point in Charleston along side the Yorktown which has been deamed un saveable now and is to be towed out to sea and sunk to form a reef. She came in right at the end of WWII and as I understand it, is also the last of her class. My wife's maternal grandfather was on the crew that Christened the Clamagore. Hate to see it happen.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
You think they'd haul her up on shore someplace. The Texas is the last remaining Dreadnought class battleship, she deserves to be saved.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
They have completed fund raising for repairs. However, they don't know where she will end up, as the city that had her doesn't want her anymore. You folks from Texas need to work on that problem.
Frequently, my wife will tell me who got adopted from the local animal shelter. Some mangy old cat or busted up old dog is taken in, given a name, patched up,... She doesn't work there - she keeps up online with who'd been adopted and gets pretty excited that someone had the heart to take in some broken old animal.
Yesterday, she was pretty excited, and I kept waiting to hear that "Sam, the bulldog," "Spots, the cat" or " Felix" the lab/pekinese mix got adopted. I was confused, so I wasn't hearing what she was saying, because I kept trying to ascribe the excitement to the fate of a forlorn pet.
After it soaked in and I caught up - it was this ship, about which she was so excited. She made me turn on my computer and look at the videos. She's not really a history buff or a war buff or weapons buff, boat buff,.... I'm not sure why but she really was excited about this ship being saved from oblivion.
On the other side of the pond, German U-boats, scuttled by their commander as they retreated from the Eastern Front as WWII groiund to a crawl, have been exposed in the Danube river as the drought continues and water levels fall over there.
Yesterday, she was pretty excited, and I kept waiting to hear that "Sam, the bulldog," "Spots, the cat" or " Felix" the lab/pekinese mix got adopted. I was confused, so I wasn't hearing what she was saying, because I kept trying to ascribe the excitement to the fate of a forlorn pet.
After it soaked in and I caught up - it was this ship, about which she was so excited. She made me turn on my computer and look at the videos. She's not really a history buff or a war buff or weapons buff, boat buff,.... I'm not sure why but she really was excited about this ship being saved from oblivion.
On the other side of the pond, German U-boats, scuttled by their commander as they retreated from the Eastern Front as WWII groiund to a crawl, have been exposed in the Danube river as the drought continues and water levels fall over there.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I should have been clearer- I would have thought they'd haul the SUB up on land. The Texas is one of those stories you read and just can't fathom. It's THE TEXAS!!!!! Not saving her is like using the Declaration of Independence for toilet paper. I don't get people some times...okay, a lot of the time!
richhodg66
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I have actually visited the Texas a few times as a kid, impressive as all battleships are. Hard to imagine a town not wanting an attraction like that.
Dusty Bannister
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Perhaps they do not want any of the financial responsibility of protecting from damage, liability of injury while touring and maintaining the ship?
