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Tagged with transportation 20th-century
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When was this photo taken?
Taken approximately at the intersection of Lighthouse Avenue and 13th Street in Pacific Grove California, looking west. I assume the large sampling of cars will help indicate roughly when the photo ...
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How did people 'park' their horse and buggy in early 20th century cities? How was theft prevented?
I am writing a story that is set in Philadelphia 1904. The protagonist of the story travels to a part of town near a church, parks his horse and buggy, and walks a couple of blocks to visit a brothel. ...
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Did a significant number of women drive in late 1950s/1960s USA?
During lockdown, I have become addicted to old 1950s/60s Perry Mason series. I am struck by the number of women, from all walks of life - waitresses to wealthy matrons - who owned and drove their own ...
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When did the last (non-tourist) commercial stagecoach line run in the USA?
Stagecoach at Holladay Express Office, Boise City, Idaho, circa mid-1860s. Source: A Stamp a Day- National Stamp Collecting Month: The Mail Coach
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Across from my office is a small Wells ...
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When were public roads cleaned electromagnetically?
In the first half of the 20th century, tires were more often punctured, so metal waste on the roadway was a bigger problem. The book "Lorries, Trucks and Vans 1897-1927" features an electromagnetic ...
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Did Kuwait use to ban women from driving?
News that Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive has been in the news recently. It's been described as the only country that currently forbids women from driving, which makes me wonder about whether ...
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Can you identify this ship of 1922?
I would like to identify the ship name and origin (from this link)
Addtional info with picture -
Caption: Children evacuated from the interior by boat arriving in Beirut
Year Created: 1922
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Were Rosa Parks and Freedom Riders the first ones to use a bus to protest/change?
Buses have been around since the turn of the century. Specifically motor mass-produced buses since 1910 according to wikipedia. Now Rosa Parks did her famous civil action bit in 1955 of refusal to ...
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What demographic of people were the Ford Motor's Company biggest customers during the car boom of the early twentieth Century?
Who were the primary customers buying up the automobiles steadily decreasing in cost during the 20th century? Was it rural people replacing horses with vehicles? Would it have been inner city people ...
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Why did Chicago and other cities choose an L (elevated metro) when most others chose underground subways?
From my related question, I'm trying to understand the decision-making that went into metro/subway design.
Why did Chicago choose an elevated metro system instead of an underground subway? Most other ...
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Why are so many metros underground? Isn't that more expensive than an elevated system?
Starting with the London Underground in 1863, why are so many metros/subways built underground (as opposed to en elevated metro)? This requires a lot of digging and excavation, which to me seems a lot ...
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Was there a real Ocean Liner called the RMS Heroic?
From what I've been able to find, it looks like the "RMS Heroic" is a sister-ship to the fictional "RMS Tyranic" — a ship the size of a mountain illustrated by Bruce McCall — but even that connection ...
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What was the first regular airline service to pass low over urban areas?
These days, living in a big city, it's a complete non-event to look up into the sky and see a plane passing overhead. It happens several times every day. Therefore it's quite amazing to thing that at ...
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Was smoking allowed aboard hydrogen-filled zeppelins?
The question is self explanatory: Were passengers aboard rigid airships filled with hydrogen, like the Hindenburg, allowed to smoke?
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First eastbound transcontinental flight departed from...?
On Feb. 8th, 1912, the first eastbound US transcontinental flight landed in Jacksonville, FL. After several Google searches, I can't find anything that says where the flight departed from. So where ...
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When was first security screen door instaled in Seoul metro
My task is to document Seouls metro history. However, I'm from Czech Republic which limits selection of sites I can get data from. (I don't speak Korean, and google translate usually fails).
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