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Young Turk: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 10:38am.
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St. Louis, May 1910. N. Broadway and De Soto. "Boy with the bag, nicknamed Turk, said he was going to Texas soon. The investigator found him recently with $1.75 he had just won at craps." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
A different opinion on Texas
Submitted by CGW on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 8:53am.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell."
- Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan
I'm Going To Texas
Submitted by Brent on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 2:08pm.
I guess even in the 1910s the dream of Texas as some sort of Nirvanna existed. I guess it's been part of the American mythos since Davy Crockett told his Tennessee constituents "Go to Hell. I'm going to Texas." Hopefully it worked out better for Turk than it did for Davy.
Just an empty lot now..
Submitted by Brent H. on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 1:23pm.
I love looking at before and after pictures.
World's Worst Streetlight
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 11:54am.
Think what happens when the wind reaches 20 mph or so. The wires short out, the globe shatters against the pole.
Skeeter on the left
Submitted by GlenJay on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 11:20am.
We now have proof that Skeeter, of Skeeter's Branch, owned more than one necktie.
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