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- Tobacco cam
- Basic fact I learned only later in life
- Put a Lid on it!
- Pinstripes in the Tower
- Sound enhancement
- 3438 in '38
- Second Career
- Their days are numbered
- Only the Sensor
- Train control mechanism
- Rarest of the Rare?? & Classy 3400 Class
- Control Mechanism
- Those standpipes
- Wrenches
- International D-40 I believe
- Job prospects
- You had me at Train
- Land of the free
- Broad-Exchange Bldg
- Parking innovation
- The old block
- "Peck turned a sweet propeller"
- National Bank Building
- Notch shot
- Straight ahead (right, left, left, right)
- Ship lifespans
- New service
- You Say Station, I Say Potato ...
- Iron Age
- Thank you, Cornelius Vanderbilt
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New Orleans Panorama: 1906
1906. "Mississippi River, Algiers Point (at right), steamship Excelsior -- New Orleans riverfront panorama." Made from four 8x10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
The Crescent City ...
so called because of the crescent river bend shown in this panorama.
He just keeps rolling on
Below, there is a pin marking Jackson Square. This is directly in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, whose tallest spire is visible above the 1906 horizon, at left. Using that as reference, you can see the cotton docks along this stretch of riverbank have been replaced by Woldenberg Park.
Also worthy of note -- in 1906 Cafe Du Monde, next to Jackson Square, had been serving their famous chicory coffee and beignets for 44 years. Some things don't need to be replaced.
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Spooky ol' world
So very, very much in this photo, but what caught my attention was the lone little torpedo boat out in the middle of the stream. It is as if it feels frail and threatened by the vast civilian surroundings and seeks to protect itself by distancing as much as possible. Can't say as I blame it, having grown up in a small town.
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