
What was Times Square before the electric billboards, before the Broadway theaters and theme restaurants, before the thousands and thousands of tourists? What was Times Square before it was Times Square? Today it’s virtually impossible to find traces of the area’s 18th and 19th century past. But in this episode, Tom and Greg will peel away… Read More
"Joy Ride" at the Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, USA, ~1907
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Today's photo: Westerdok | Bickersplein (1861).
[EN] Tall ships in the Westerdok. The carriage is on the bridge between Haarlemmer Houttuinen and Bickerseiland.
[NL] Grote zeilschepen in het Westerdok. Het rijtuig staat op de brug tussen Haarlemmer Houttuinen en Bickerseiland.
Via https://020apps.nl/olie/random/ #Amsterdam #JacobOlie #Westerdok #Bickersplein #carriage
Today's historic photo of the day: Exactly 41 years ago today, a decrepit then-90-year-old mansard-roofed L class #carriage (is it HFL992?) in the set of the Southern Highlands Express stabled in the station yard at Canberra station, Kingston, ACT, February 3 1985.
The Southern Highlands Express ran between Goulburn and Sydney, stopping all stations in the Southern Highlands. But in the mid '80s, on Saturday evenings it extended to Canberra and stabled until Sunday evening before returning.
Today's photo: Linnaeusstraat - south (1900).
[EN] View towards the east from Linnaeusstraat. People wait at a railway crossing. The tracks at the bottom of the image belong to the Gooische […]
[NL] Wachten bij de overweg in de Linnaeusstraat, gezien naar het oosten. Het spoor helemaal onderin het beeld is van de Gooische Stoomtram, die […]
Via https://020apps.nl/olie/random/ #Amsterdam #JacobOlie #Linnaeusstraat #GooischeSteamTram #railwayCrossing #train #police #horses #carriage
London strike. Truck under police protection [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Bain News Service
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of the national government and parliament. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.
#London #Strike #Police #Truck #Transportation #EarlythCentury #Carriage #PostOffice #glassnegatives #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/2014689497/
Understanding carriage
TIL. I did not know this word - not in this context at least.
📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/micro/understanding-carriage/