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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Photos MUST be at LEAST 10 years old, and ideally over 20. We appreciate that we are living through events which will become history, but this is ultimately not a comm for news or current affairs, but events which have occurred some time in the past.

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Downtown Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1860s (media.piefed.social)

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"the whole downdown city area was broken up by a major highway" - seems pretty standard for a US city

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[+] Blemish5236@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

I feel you. We have decent train services in Europe, also city centers

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[–] Beebabe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah, you’re right of course. It’s a shame because the location is beautiful and it does have its charm…but it’s not the safest town so other than speeding through, there is no reason to stop.

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

I'll have to visit one day

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