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Check it out.. some pics and stuff
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:14 pm
Moving a 7,600 ton apartment building to create a boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania, 1987.
Nikola Tesla (blurred) performs an experiment for Mark Twain and actor Joseph Jefferson at his New York lab, 1894.
The airship Hindenburg under construction at Friedrichshafen, 1935
A bullet did little to deter Teddy Roosevelt from finishing his speech, on this day in 1912.
The Flying Tigers 3rd Squadron, "Hell's Angels," over China, 1942.
German giant airship Hindenburg flying over Manhattan island in New York, 1937
12-year-old Addie Laird works at a cotton mill in Vermont, 1910
The Fugio Cent, first official one-cent piece of U.S. currency. A design inspired by the works of Benjamin Franklin.
Early morning bathers in Las Vegas watch a mushroom cloud from an atomic test just 75 miles away, 1953
Nikola Tesla (blurred) performs an experiment for Mark Twain and actor Joseph Jefferson at his New York lab, 1894.
The airship Hindenburg under construction at Friedrichshafen, 1935
A bullet did little to deter Teddy Roosevelt from finishing his speech, on this day in 1912.
The Flying Tigers 3rd Squadron, "Hell's Angels," over China, 1942.
German giant airship Hindenburg flying over Manhattan island in New York, 1937
12-year-old Addie Laird works at a cotton mill in Vermont, 1910
The Fugio Cent, first official one-cent piece of U.S. currency. A design inspired by the works of Benjamin Franklin.
Early morning bathers in Las Vegas watch a mushroom cloud from an atomic test just 75 miles away, 1953
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Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:56 pm to Alahunter
Love these 
Posted on 10/25/16 at 9:31 pm to Alahunter
These are really cool
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:04 pm to Alahunter
Love these threads Ala.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:11 pm to Alahunter
quote:communists do it better.
Romania, 1987.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 10:26 pm to Alahunter
Roosevelt was a tough son of a gun. These pansies we have today need their own safe space and he speaks for an hour after getting shot.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 3:34 am to Alahunter
One of my dad's best friends owns the company that moved this house in downtown Huntsville, AL.
Can't find any pics online, but some time in the late 80's - early 90's they moved one of the frat houses at UA to make room for I think it was a new library. I remember becasue he was a season ticket holder at Bama and gave my dad his tickets to the game against Vandy the Saturday they moved the house. I think that was the last game I have been to in Tuscaloosa.
They also moved all the houses out of the way of the construction of the I-565 corridor through Huntsville.
Can't find any pics online, but some time in the late 80's - early 90's they moved one of the frat houses at UA to make room for I think it was a new library. I remember becasue he was a season ticket holder at Bama and gave my dad his tickets to the game against Vandy the Saturday they moved the house. I think that was the last game I have been to in Tuscaloosa.
They also moved all the houses out of the way of the construction of the I-565 corridor through Huntsville.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 7:26 am to Alahunter
Some amazing history in pictures. Thanks for sharing. 
Posted on 10/26/16 at 9:15 am to GurleyGirl
Years ago I was in Huntsville and started chatting with a man at a meeting during a break. We talked about 10 minutes and we both moved on. Another man came up to me and asked if we had talked about the Flying Tigers.
I said no, why would we do that? He told me I had been talking to one of the Flying Tigers. I tried to find him in the crowd but was unable to do so.
We had talked about the Boy Scouts.
I said no, why would we do that? He told me I had been talking to one of the Flying Tigers. I tried to find him in the crowd but was unable to do so.
We had talked about the Boy Scouts.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 9:17 am to Alahunter
Posted on 10/26/16 at 10:43 am to Alahunter
Why was the German airship over Manhattan?
Posted on 10/26/16 at 10:47 am to Athis
George H.W has some scrong handwriting game. That perfect mix of cursive/print while being legible
Posted on 10/26/16 at 11:17 am to td01241
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Why was the German airship over Manhattan?
Thunderstorms
Posted on 10/26/16 at 11:21 am to td01241
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Why was the German airship over Manhattan?
Why wouldn't an intercontinental airliner be over Manhattan?
Posted on 10/26/16 at 11:29 am to dshort_bruh
Mafia dealings. Had the Hindenburg not crashed, the Nazi's would have gotten their mafia money and probably built the bomb before we did. None of this is likely true.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:17 pm to AggieDub14
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None of this is likely true.
Of course it isn't true. We all know the real answer is that it was on the way to bomb Pearl Harbor.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:30 pm to JustGetItRight
I was in Japan this past March. Went to a military museum were they basically justify all the military campaigns the Japanese were involved in between 1850 and WW2. Crazy to hear history from the other side. They had their reasons to bomb Pearl Harbor and it wasn't the only place they bombed that day. If you're ever in Tokyo, go visit the Yushukan.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:41 pm to DannyB
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Can't find any pics online, but some time in the late 80's - early 90's they moved one of the frat houses at UA to make room for I think it was a new library. I remember becasue he was a season ticket holder at Bama and gave my dad his tickets to the game against Vandy the Saturday they moved the house.
Someone posted a pic of it on the Alabama board a few months ago. Can't remember which thread. I was living in Tuscaloosa at the time and remember it, but can't remember which house or why it was moved. Library doesn't sound right. Closest newish library is the Business one, and though it's close to old frat row near the stadium, it would have been isolated in that spot. But it was built around that same time, so that may be it.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 12:50 pm to AggieDub14
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They had their reasons to bomb Pearl Harbor and it wasn't the only place they bombed that day
I think generally speaking we were in the right in the leadup, but we aren't the poor victims of uncalled for aggression we like to think
Japan effectively caved on nearly all our concessions in 1941 and Roosevelt rejected them and refused meetings with the ambassador. Even the US Ambassador to Japan pointed out that effectively was declaring war due to the honor slight
That is after the US cut off all trade including the oil Japan relies on, threatened action against Japan and was making demands.
This post was edited on 10/26/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 10/26/16 at 1:09 pm to GenesChin
Yeah we basically helped them build industries that relied on us for raw materials, then cut them off from those materials because they made political and military decisions that we didn't like. That's when they said frick western culture, we are taking over the Pacific ocean.
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