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Stand Pipes — Vol. 1

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on April 12, 2020July 26, 2020
  • 1900s

Check out the forgotten world of stand pipes — tall, cylindrical water towers often the pride and joy of cities and towns.

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Massachusetts “In the Future” — ca. 1908

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on December 9, 2018
  • 1900s

How did the future of years past differ from today’s present? For one thing, there are a lot fewer flying and floating contraptions littering the sky these days. Click to see some wonderfully odd postcards featuring visions of what several Massachusetts towns might look like “in the future.”

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