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15 September 2020

Union Station, Toronto, 1916

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Posted at 01:30 AM in 1916, Rail, Toronto | | Comments (0)

11 September 2020

Quebec Bridge Disaster 1916

1916

On this date in 1916 the central section of the new Quebec Bridge broke free and collapsed as it was being fit into place, killing thirteen. Source.

Posted at 01:51 AM in 1916, Bridges, Canada | | Comments (0)

28 August 2020

Bloor Street Viaduct, 1916

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Posted at 02:21 AM in 1916, Bridges, Toronto | | Comments (0)

05 May 2020

LZ 85

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Zeppelin LZ85 was shot down over the Vardar Marshes near Salonika on May 5th, 1916. Here we see Nursing Sister Emily Eliza Edwardes climbing around on the wreckage. Source. List of Zeppelins.

Posted at 01:32 AM in 1916, Flying Machines | | Comments (0)

23 January 2020

Winkie Spaight

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Irene "Winkie" Gartside-Spaight atop a demolished tank on the Western Front in 1916. Photo by Mairi Chisholm. Source.

Posted at 12:13 AM in 1916 | | Comments (0)

20 April 2014

Tsuzukimono

Tsuzukimono

Tsuzukimono (1916) by Ito Shoha. A tsuzukimono was a kind of sensational newspaper serialization popular in the Taisho period.

Posted at 01:52 AM in 1916, Art, Japanese Things | | Comments (0)

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