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[Louis Mountbatten]

Jeff @bowlerman

Hoping this pic might have gotten some local coverage & the mystery of the date might be solved by now. This group pic of local naval veterans recently surfaced & appears to be multigenerational. Some of the older men are wearing GAR reunion ribbons & metals. A lot of the men have Sioux Falls officers hats. Taken in front of the courthouse perhaps?


None of the Union Ironclad gunboats were named the Sioux Falls. A search to determine how many naval ships have been named the Sioux Falls lead to this 2019 article. Unfortunately it only confuses the issue more.

https://kelo.com/news/articles/2019...uss-pierre-how-about-another-uss-sioux-falls/

Are you sure they are Civil War vets and not Spanish American War vets? Is Sioux Falls the name of the veterans camp as opposed to the name of a boat?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Are you sure they are Civil War vets and not Spanish American War vets? Is Sioux Falls the name of the veterans camp as opposed to the name of a boat?

That is a GAR ribbon, plain as day. One of several being worn.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I visited the website of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West just now and Boy Howdy, it's a lot different than that little storefront I visited in the 60s!

I think there are 4 museums there now, one being the Winchester Firearms Museum.

 

[Frunobulax]

I think there are 4 museums there now, one being the Winchester Firearms Museum.

Five, according to the website. The Firearms Museum looks like fun (well, the whole place does). I did some work at the Rock Island Arsenal once and toured their firearm museum, which went pretty much back to the beginning of the US Army. I believe they had some arms recovered from the Little Big Horn.

 

[carouselvic]

I have it on good authority someone in the house is wearing a hat.

New Bedford Mass. 1940

 

[carouselvic]

the Busy Bee Restaurant in Radford, VA December 1940.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Five, according to the website. The Firearms Museum looks like fun (well, the whole place does). I did some work at the Rock Island Arsenal once and toured their firearm museum, which went pretty much back to the beginning of the US Army. I believe they had some arms recovered from the Little Big Horn.

And I think I have the Cody book too. I was going to look later.

 

[M Hatman]

I have it on good authority someone in the house is wearing a hat.

New Bedford Mass. 1940

Or just hung one up, or has one sitting on the hall table............
Nice Picture!!!!

 

[BobHufford]

the Busy Bee Restaurant in Radford, VA December 1940.

Tobasco Shot Challenge? (guy in second row)

 

[Zombie_61]

I have it on good authority someone in the house is wearing a hat.

New Bedford Mass. 1940

Yeah, but which house?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

"CEMETERY FLOWER STORE" BRESLAU, GERMANY 1900

 

[buler]

Navajo men, circa 1930

 

[tropicalbob]

Navajo men, circa 1930

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Seeing this photo my first thought was to wonder if any of the younger guys were later involved in the coding operation during the Pacific war. That was a small operation that had a huge effect.

 

[BobHufford]

Navajo men, circa 1930

Very cool photo Bill! Some amazing hats and neckwear. Might have to "borrow" a couple of my wife's Native necklaces and follow @alanfgag 's lead.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

That is a GAR ribbon, plain as day. One of several being worn.

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Thanks. My eyes just weren't good enough to read the darn ribbons. I really need stronger glasses... again.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Chestnut Vendor, New York, photo by Irving Penn, 1951
Omega-3, good for the brain.

 

[buler]

Native American, 1900. Courtesy of Preserving Arizona.

 

[tropicalbob]

Chestnut Vendor, New York, photo by Irving Penn, 1951
Omega-3, good for the brain.

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I recently read that a group is bringing back the chestnut tree, having found a strain that is resistant to the fungus that wiped them out. They used to be all over this country and were a large source of income for farmers. I still have memories of one I always passed on my way to school. The chestnuts had a beautiful mahogany color.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I recently read that a group is bringing back the chestnut tree, having found a strain that is resistant to the fungus that wiped them out. They used to be all over this country and were a large source of income for farmers. I still have memories of one I always passed on my way to school. The chestnuts had a beautiful mahogany color.

Where I grew up the few remaining chestnut trees & a lot of the pecan trees were killed by a massive flood in 1993, when the river was out of its banks for several months.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

At the Jobs Board, NYC 1940's photo by Margaret Bourne White