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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Duque de Bragança

Devil Doctor, the Watcher of Time. Not too bad.

lustindarkness

San Francisco in 1851 was still in the gold rush right? Cool pic.
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Syt

Quote from: lustindarkness on September 30, 2015, 09:31:29 AM
San Francisco in 1851 was still in the gold rush right? Cool pic.

It would be. It had ca. 25,000 inhabitants in 1850. So not sure which part of town the picture is from - I'm guessing outskirts? Harbor looked more like this:



EDIT: According to the Wikipedia article on the Gold Rush, the first picture shows Portsmouth Square.
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Syt

And this is Portsmouth Square these days, part of Chinatown:

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lustindarkness

Always cool to compare the old pics with the new ones.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: Syt on September 30, 2015, 08:47:14 AM
San Francisco, 1851.



Quick, buy that hill nobody seems to want.
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In several surveys, the overwhelming first choice for what makes Canada unique is multiculturalism. This, in a world collapsing into stupid, impoverishing hatreds, is the distinctly Canadian national project.

DGuller

Quote from: crazy canuck on September 30, 2015, 10:29:47 AM
Quick, buy that hill nobody seems to want.
While you were saying this, 160 years have passed.   :hmm: It's true what they say about Canadians.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: DGuller on September 30, 2015, 10:44:12 AM
It's true what they say about Canadians.

That they're afraid of the dark?  :huh:
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Ideologue

Quote from: Syt on September 30, 2015, 04:07:10 AM
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Flare Warrior, Rogue of Asia.

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Eddie Teach

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crazy canuck

Quote from: DGuller on September 30, 2015, 10:44:12 AM
  :hmm: It's true what they say about Canadians.

Yep, we take our time.
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katmai

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crazy canuck

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I like it. :D
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In several surveys, the overwhelming first choice for what makes Canada unique is multiculturalism. This, in a world collapsing into stupid, impoverishing hatreds, is the distinctly Canadian national project.

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