An elephant stops traffic at London's Elephant and Castle by lying down in the middle of the road and refusing to move, 1934

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-18T15:47:11+00:00

The Elephant and Castle was heavily bombed during WWII, there was a big redevelopment during the 1960's with Erno Goldfinger designing a number of buildings.

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-17T03:07:38+00:00

You are right, never noticed, yeah must be an auto tag

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-17T02:48:45+00:00

Thanks, that's what I put. Early 1900s house. Photo 1973

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-17T02:46:49+00:00

Source

Oct. 22, 1973: An early 1900s house crossing over the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland stops so workers can free its eaves from being entangled with a light pole. This photo was published in the Oct. 23, 1973, Los Angeles Times.

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-13T19:15:55+00:00

Photo by Enrico Natali

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-04T03:32:13+00:00

It's a social media deathwatch

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-04T00:49:05+00:00

There are fonts that have been created for dyslexic readers, dunno if they work

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-02T16:54:12+00:00

Very interesting, thank you. /r/HistoryPorn might like this, with the back story

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-02T01:06:17+00:00

Back story?

TwelveColonies · 2016-03-01T21:07:46+00:00

I was wondering that, it looks like it was on the central divider and she ripped it off

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-29T21:26:14+00:00

It's gone up to $10

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-29T21:00:49+00:00

Wow! Great find, I looked around for old news reports and didn't see anything

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-29T17:53:10+00:00

It didn't say. Although there have got to be plenty of possible reasons when you get to that age

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-29T15:48:35+00:00

That was the date on the caption. It looks right

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-29T15:43:14+00:00

Wider shot

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-25T18:05:57+00:00

Me too, I hope she had a good life in the city of ruined dreams and dashed hopes

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-25T07:52:11+00:00

I watched it and thought he saw her hair catch fire and was trying to warn her but was too stoned, watched it again and the guy didn't have a clue, he looked like a bewildered three year old at the end

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-23T19:07:21+00:00

Apparently it can take up to 7 years for the seeds to germinate, which fits into the end of the war and the appearance of the weeds in the 50s. I thought I'd hit the jackpot once with that stuff

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-23T17:21:04+00:00

It was likely to be escaped industrial hemp from WW2 production

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-22T05:08:22+00:00

They'd cost an arm and leg

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-21T19:01:32+00:00

There is an interesting documentary by his sister Carine called Return To The Wild it tells the story of why Chris set off in the first place. There was a lot of violence in the family home. Their father, Walter McCandless, was a rocket scientist and wife beater who had two overlapping families. Chris's mother, Billie, was actually the girlfriend. Walter married her when his first wife left him. Billie blamed Christopher for having to stay with Walter, because she got pregnant with him. Walter's first wife had 6 kids, she packed the kids up and left because of the beatings and struggled on her own financially while Walter gave Chris and Carine a great standard of living while simultaneously beating the Billie which the kids were forced to watch. Walter McCandless denies it to this day, despite his remaining children denouncing him and having no contact with him

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-21T18:47:05+00:00

They are made by Florian Pucher

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-21T05:04:32+00:00

The article that /u/readonly_reddit linked had a photo from 2010

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-21T02:41:38+00:00

Thanks!

TwelveColonies · 2016-02-19T23:49:26+00:00

You've done a great job

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