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Old photos (part 2)

savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,571 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
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Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927.
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Washington, DC, 1914.
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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.
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Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.
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Richmond VA
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Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.
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Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.
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View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.
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Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
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Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.
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The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.
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Wall Street, New York, 1911.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.


That is the last of them for awhile
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Real cool photos Gary. Thanks for posting them for us all to see..
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,380 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I enjoy the old photos . as tuff as times were , but most all old photos I have seen have every one dressed with pride in them self when in public .
    no paints around the knees , no wife beater t-shirts , no spandex stretched to its limits , well most know what I am saying ,
    I do like everyone can be them self and dress how they feel that day .
    but its nice to look back on forgotten times and places
    sad to think of all the people who have long since passed .
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gary, Broad street in Philly doesn't look much different today, except paved roads.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,571 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Somehow the Richmond va picture got dropped I'll post it tomorrow when I get home from work
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Washington, DC, 1914.

    Who can tell us what this is? A crane device with a nozzle on the end?
    That guy has got those horses hauling *.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,571 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe it is a 3 horsepower firetruck
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  • Ford 23Ford 23 Member Posts: 3,129
    edited November -1
    Must have cleaned up the horse poo for the pictures--or they were trained no street pooing
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Thanks for posting. These photos put into perspective this court docket from 1902. I was digging around in some old records stored at city court. This guy got dinged for carrying a concealed weapon, a sling shot. I saw others that were amusing. One guy was dinged at least two separate occasions for jumping on a moving vehicle. Thanks for posting these neat old photos.
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    that does look like a fire nozzle om the end of the pipe. at first i thought it could have been a conveyor to fill the storage areas of the houses with coal.
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  • notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm thinking a drilling rig. Portable, collapsible.
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  • RadarRadar Member Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those old buildings look so cool.
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  • B&G ClingerB&G Clinger Member Posts: 1,789 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by savage170
    I believe it is a 3 horsepower firetruck


    I believe all the horse drawn engines of the day had steamers on them. This doesnt appear to have one. I am thinking some sort of aerial rig for fighting fire though. One comment said it doesnt look like a firefighting nozzle...it definitely looks like a solid bore nozzle to me.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fire apparatus, but not a pumper. Called a monitor. More nozzles directly behind the driver.

    And a sling shot (properly a slung shot) was not a "gravel shooter", but a slender leather sack about 2" x 10", filled with birdshot. Also called a sap or a cosh, it is a hitting implement.
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My friend the firefighter says they were called a 'water tower'. Probably a 'Champion'.

    This website shows one extended. Pretty cool. The site and related links are full of great information.

    http://www.shorpy.com/node/4899

    Thanks for the pictures.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,571 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here is the correct picture for Richmond VA
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Neat photos sure was a much simpler time.
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    11b6r Thank you for the information. Never too old to learn.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Fire apparatus, but not a pumper. Called a monitor. More nozzles directly behind the driver.

    And a sling shot (properly a slung shot) was not a "gravel shooter", but a slender leather sack about 2" x 10", filled with birdshot. Also called a sap or a cosh, it is a hitting implement.


    Is another name for it called a "black jack" ???? I saw one this summer at a garage sale. I went back to buy it and it was gone. It was a little worn and had a tear in it, but overall good condition for its age. Oakie
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Blackjack, or jack, was typically a lead weight on the end of a spring, covered in leather. A Slungshot is similar.

    http://www.spygeeks.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/BJK-08L.jpg


    And to the OP- thanks for that picture of Richmond VA. Think that is looking West on Main at 14th St. The light colored bldg. on the left with the 3 vertical windows on the corner is still there. They started the trolley car service in 1881, shut it down in 1949. Those look like the second generation trolleys, about 1900 or so.
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