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Building Manhattan Bridge (Without a Safety Harness) 1908

Building Manhattan Bridge (Without a Safety Harness) 1908

Wow, you’d certainly need a head for heights to do this job!  Back in 1908-9 when the Manhattan bridge was under construction there was no such thing as health and safety. You could wander the boards of the half-built bridge with your camera snapping photos of the workers without any questions being asked at all…(…)

Theodore Roosevelt’s Grief

Theodore Roosevelt’s Grief

A touching page from American President Theodore Roosevelt’s diary  on Thursday February 14th 1884. The day his wife died 2 days after giving birth. And just to make sure you don’t suddenly think he was a sentimental kind of chap here’s a picture of him proudly standing over a dead bull-elephant he’s just shot. Make of that(…)