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appalachiablue

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35. All are wearing HATS, a must then for going out. This is my grandparents & great grands era.

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 03:33 PM

Jan 2015

Mother told us how her grandfather from outside Phila. rode one of the first Model T Fords across the Brooklyn Bridge. I saw the BB & NY skyscrapers many times but never appreciated the significance until recently. Very interesting, thanks. TCM shows silent movies on Sunday nights. The plots & scenes are fascinating. Last night it was early Rudolph Valentino, with one film from 1920.
I read how one of JFK's Harvard profs called him & other students a vile term for 'street sweeper,' something like lagger, or slagger. It was intended as an insult since most of those laborers where Irish, no surprise in Boston & New York. Kennedy wanted to obtain horse manure to decorate the profs classroom floor but the prank didn't go forward.

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Film Footage Of 1904 London Street Traffic [View all] KittyWampus Jan 2015 OP

Thanks edhopper Jan 2015 #1

Yeah, plenty of traffic, horse-drawn, ads on vehicles, foot traffi. The only differences I see . . . brush Jan 2015 #14

observations and thank you for this wonderful thing roguevalley Jan 2015 #34

So many of the omnibuses has NESTLE on them I almost thought it was a modern advertisement KittyWampus Jan 2015 #50

Interesting they could take moving film before there were major numbers of cars treestar Jan 2015 #2

this is considered the oldest film ever made it and it comes from 1888 roguevalley Jan 2015 #37

Wow! treestar Jan 2015 #45

Thanks so much, these are incredible. How did you find them, are you a photog. expert? appalachiablue Jan 2015 #46

Nice! tenderfoot Jan 2015 #60

Lipton is not a well known brand in the UK these days, though muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #38

They were traveling on the left side of the road even back then. (nt) PotatoChip Jan 2015 #3

Since the Romans nationalize the fed Jan 2015 #5

Hmmm. That is an interesting little factoid. PotatoChip Jan 2015 #6

Since there've been roads, in fact. The Romans kept to the left, as well. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2015 #7

k/r Cool video nationalize the fed Jan 2015 #4

Plus: muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #13

At the time, some of the veterans of that war were still living. NT Ex Lurker Jan 2015 #30

Back in the 70's there was this nostalgia bullshit going on... Archae Jan 2015 #8

I can imagine everything reeking of ammonia Warpy Jan 2015 #56

Except in mud! Archae Jan 2015 #58

You know the first automobile yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #9

I had always heard that the first internal combustion automobiles . . . brush Jan 2015 #15

Didn't see any horseless carriages yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #16

there is one at the very end! At about 3:50 KittyWampus Jan 2015 #17

Thanks.. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #18

Other car companies were in production before Henry Ford got into the act Warpy Jan 2015 #57

a bit earlier lithiumbomb Jan 2015 #62

Random fact: the average speed of horse-drawn traffic in central London was eight miles an hour. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2015 #10

Horses leave crap all over the ground, while cars leave crap all over the air... Xithras Jan 2015 #22

The city hired people to clean the streets. They were known as street sweepers. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #26

Nestle, Lipton, and even Grape Nuts. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #11

Think how stressful it must have been to drive back then. randome Jan 2015 #12

The first thing that strikes me about this footage is how less crowded it was back then Hutzpa Jan 2015 #19

Because working folk weren't out and about nichomachus Jan 2015 #24

I was thinking just the opposite. Particulary in the last segment, it was jammed with Fla Dem Jan 2015 #27

I see your point Hutzpa Jan 2015 #43

Lotsa poop! progressoid Jan 2015 #20

There must have been a whole poop disposal industry. tclambert Jan 2015 #28

The Great Manure Crisis of 1894 OnlinePoker Jan 2015 #32

I have got to find a way to work that phrase into conversation. tclambert Jan 2015 #41

Well, "Republican clown car" has gotten a by overused... JHB Jan 2015 #48

Other than hat fads, the basic structure of the modern mens suit has been around since 1850. Xithras Jan 2015 #21

all those hats... irisblue Jan 2015 #29

I don't like hats. Xithras Jan 2015 #49

The history guy for Downtown Abbey was on tv last night & hats were apparently a status symbol KittyWampus Jan 2015 #52

Lol. I knew there was a reason that I don't like hats. Xithras Jan 2015 #63

oh my goodness, that was absolutely wonderful! renate Jan 2015 #23

Streets covered in manure nichomachus Jan 2015 #25

Super cool. blackspade Jan 2015 #31

Neat Stuff RickG Jan 2015 #33

All are wearing HATS, a must then for going out. This is my grandparents & great grands era. appalachiablue Jan 2015 #35

Must have been a lot of hat stores back then. n/t miyazaki Jan 2015 #42

Yep, many hat stores- millinery shops. Women freshened up older hats with different ribbon, faux appalachiablue Jan 2015 #44

Just read a book on CHICKENS which descended from Red Jungle Fowl. Women's hats nearly devastated KittyWampus Jan 2015 #53

Why must we persecute the poor chickens? tclambert Jan 2015 #55

I believe in protecting wildlife & nature conservation, why I wrote of hats trimmed w/ribbon, faux appalachiablue Jan 2015 #59

Nestle's Milk, Lipton Tea, Grapnuts, Pearl soap, Kodak... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #36

HATS, JAYWALKING EVERYWHERE and a lot of MASS TRANSIT. and NO FAT PEOPLE. pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #39

Yet London itself looks largely the same... KatyMan Jan 2015 #40

I've always been curious about that comment on every one of these videos. chrisa Jan 2015 #47

Thank you for posting this with a proper aspect ratio! kentauros Jan 2015 #51

I can see why Victorian/Edwardian novelists got rid of unwanted characters DavidDvorkin Jan 2015 #54

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #61