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Post by Lolly Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:25 pm

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A protestant husband and his catholic wife were not allowed to be buried together. Here are their headstones reaching across the two cemeteries in 1888.
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Post by Lolly Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:27 pm

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Henry Ford in the first car he ever built, 1896.
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Post by Lolly Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:29 pm

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The absolutely massive chain for the Titanic’s anchor, c. 1909.
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Post by ramiejamie Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:36 pm

What an incredible picture of a solution to the Protestant / Catholic dilemma.

Blimey, that chain is what probably sunk the Titanic.
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Post by -OY- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:39 pm

No1 just shows how utterly bonkers religion is.
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Post by Lolly Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:58 pm

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A photo by Berenice Abbot of a woman wiring an IBM computer, 1948.
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Post by Lolly Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:01 pm

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“No dog biscuits today,” London, 1940s
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Post by Maureen Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:32 pm

Aww,I hope he got some from somewhere else.
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