34 Historical Photos That Show How Different America Was 200 Years Ago

137 years ago

Bless them, they are happy.

So... how do you handle bathroom breaks in that?

Do not worry little ones! Trump will soon mobilise an army and force you into camps away from the city!

War?? I think you mean objected to genocide and got massacred.

Quick search shows this picture captioned as 'Aubine Ravine' in many places on the internet. However, I believe it actually refers to 'Auburn Ravine.' The town of Auburn is on I-80 about 33 miles east of Sacramento. What's most interesting is that the image contains some Chinese men working the sluice.

Lots of people bought land claims sight unseen. There were many in the mid-west that had no trees, and people had neither the money nor ability to transport building materials. So on the way out to their homestead they'd buy a few windows if possible and build the house out of sod. It was not the best insulator though, and prone to break down with weather, so they upgraded asap

So they demolished the only housing the desperate had, because changing a neighborhood is preferred over changing society.

1) the Plantation was called Cassina Point, James Hopkinson was the owner. 2) This was actually post Union occupation in 1862 of this part of the South Carolina costal region. These were former slaves, freed by the Union working the farm for pay to feed the union troops. You can even see 2 of the men wearing worn down Union army uniforms with the cap, and at least a one more wearing a Union army cap. It was abandoned in Nov1861 after the Battle of Port Royal, as Confederates fled the region. The Union army gave the plantations in the region over to the former slaves, but when the Confederates in January 1862 launched raids to k**l the former slaves (successfully fought off by the former slaves), the Union moved in troops to fully occupy the region and stationing troops at each plantation. They also housed on all the Plantations of Edisto Island (where this one was) runways who came to Union lines, as it was easier to protect them, and hired many to work for the Union army like this

Boo!

Them on the left? It's a nope from me.

Does anybody proof read these posts for spelling mistakes ?

Also the only major rail company at the time to build all private funded, that rejected all govt subsidies (the others all took it), they also refused to use govt eminent domain to seize native lands to build tracks (all the others did), Hill's policy was his company would purchase or lease lands from the Natives, and even hire them as security and labor for the parts of the routes that went through their lands. At the time people told him you could build a rail without govt subsidies, he did and was more profitable, they said you couldnt build without the govt taking land from the natives, he worked with them. He also hired Black and Asian labor at the same pay rate as white laborers. Ironically, he was the one bashed in the press as a Robber Baron, and condemned by members of Congress to the press, despite being the only one who wasnt taking from the tax payers and treated his workers equal.

"My family came here legally." B******t, unless you're Native American. Your ancestors were also migrants or refugees. They got here by showing up and being allowed in with very little fuss.

Imagine these older generations experiencing some of the new gen humour. I can barely make sense of why some of it is funny myself XD 2f01-689d4...38-png.jpg

My grandma worked as a phone exchange lady when she was young. This was in the countryside on Funen in Denmark. She was so proud of this, and I completely understand that. I think it must've been an awesome job -especially in relatively small communities. Oh, and she told me that sometimes people just called the phone ladies to talk. Lol. My grandma loved to talk on the phone so she was certainly just happy for those calls to her. Lol.

Wouldn't it have been likely natives used boats on the lake first. Maybe this is the first with a sail which I don't think were used on native boats.

Age 51

This looks later than 1870, judging by the fashion. Looks more Edwardian

And to think; there are people who believe this is an acceptable state to return to if Trump had lost the election because, trans people and stuff. 77 million deplorables; Hillary was off by several orders of magnitude.

Chaos

Great land theft, more like.

With Old Guard Wilford Brimley there by the sign.

Snake oil, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.

I wish the circus we have running this country would leave town.

I don't know when the first "waterfront amusement park" opened, by I do know Blackpool in Lancashire got there three years before in 1896: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach#Early_years_(1896%E2%80%931930)

'Chicago White Stockings'. Now the troublemaker in me wants to see a modern team called the 'Passaic Pantyhose'.