Union Army veteran tells stories of Civil War 70 years later, in 1935:

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Union Army veteran tells stories of Civil War 70 years later, in 1935:

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[brucefan]

1. I believe this photo

Was taken outside Philadelphia City Hall

[EarnestPutz]

2. You've got to love the shoe shine boys....

....sitting on their shine boxes. My parents grew up in the depression and they always talked about how everyone had to go out and try to earn something to keep the family fed and sheltered.

[demosincebirth]

3. They look like my shoe shine box when I shined

Shoes at 7th & Pine in Oakland, during the war.

[EarnestPutz]

4. Your avatar of Cezar Chavez makes me very happy.

[demosincebirth]

5. I wish he was around when I was picking fruits and nuts in the Napa Valley