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- I remember those days
- Strange
- Zombie Elementary?
- Dave is very correct
- How I Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis
- RIDICULOUS!
- Baby Boomers
- Type 34 houses
- Clotheslines
- Much greenery
- Great headline
- Space versus Houses
- +70
- Model 34 -- 1206 sf, 1 bath, 3 bedrooms
- Lean and fit Americans
- Things have grown up in 70 years
- Now with fancy-schmancy driveways!
- Windows on the World
- New York City Visit in 1986
- I admit
- A gem on the skyline
- Gold Medal Sign
- Synergy
- Hey! I grew up near there
- Come hell or high water
- Some Buildings Are Still There
- Yard Man of Letters
- Tweeting from the trainyard
- Shot In Error
- Only One Building Left
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Float Your Boat: 1905
June 24, 1905. "Steamer William E. Corey, the launch, South Chicago, Ill." Seen earlier here and here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Didn't take long to wreck it
The William E. Corey was run aground in November of this same year with damage to the hull. Repaired and saw service "until 1970 when she was sunk as a breakwater at Port Credit, Ontario, where she remains to this day"
Is a ship still a "She" if it has a man's name?
Lean WAY back!
Looks like the tug in the foreground has a funnel that can be folded back, probably to clear low bridges - note the counter-weighted mechanism aft of the funnel. Never saw one before!
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