Back In The Good Old Days

A few of the CosmicOutpost members had suggested we start a thread at Third Rail Forum about "The Good Old Days". With TRF closing down, this thread preserves the posts.

I guess them folkers got nostalgic. That, or they know this thread would be a sure fire hit, just as it was at CO.

For some of you younger folkers, the good old days could be stuff from the 70's or 80's, but the really interesting stuff goes way back, even before I was born.

Keep the flaming to a minimum, mmk???

Chicago North Line rail accident between Harrison Street and Wabash Avenue on, 1953.
Chicago Tribune historic photo.

Charles Godefroy flying his plane, “Bébé” through the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1919.
Photograph by Jacques Mortane.

The Prague astronomical clock, installed in 1410. It is the world's oldest astronomical clock still in operation.

Machu Picchu now vs 1912

Hiawatha Playfield, 1912.
From the Seattle Municipal Archives Collection.

The gas mask family during the World War life.

Service women look at a new stocking specifically designed for service women at a show in London, England in 1943.

A parade in Stockholm, Sweden in 1900.

Hundred of Buddhists in the armor of old time Japanese samurai carry an image of Buddha from one temple to another in Tokyo, Japan in 1933.

2 Women stop riding their bicycles to pose for a picture in NYC, US in 1900.

The Order of United Workman in San Francisco, US in 1900.

Times Square in NYC, US in 1949.

The London Pavilion in London, England in 1910.

KKK parade in Washington DC, US in 1925. Up to 35,000 members were in the parade, but surprisingly the crowd was mostly quiet throughout the event. Zoom in, you can see they just watched, neither supporting or condemning what they were seeing.

A market in New Orleans, US in 1904.

Dismantlement artillery pieces waiting to be removed in Paris, France in 1919.

106 years ago the Titanic set sail.

On April 10th 1912 this was the sight in Liverpool Harbour. The largest ship in the world ready to get underway for her maiden voyage across the Atlantic.