WhatWasThere @WhatWasThere
Our goal is to crowdsource a photographic history of the world -- or at least any place covered by Google Maps whatwasthere.com Anywhere you are Joined July 2010-
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On Nov 16, 1932, the Palace Theatre in NYC closed its doors to vaudeville to focus on movies instead. (To "play the Palace" meant that an entertainer had reached the pinnacle of his/her vaudeville career.) Here'e the Palace in the 20s. Fade to now: whatwasthere.com/b/19195
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On Nov 7, 1929, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) opens to the public in the Heckscher Building. Fade to now: whatwasthere.com/b/18469
Oct 12, 1920 marks groundbreaking for construction of the Holland Tunnel, 1st vehicular tunnel under Hudson River. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On Sep 28, 1892, the first night-time American football game was played. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On Sep 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signs a congressional act that establishes the Peace Corps. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On Sep 14, 1901, President William McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On September 5, 1957 "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac was published. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On August 25, 1916, the United States National Park Service is established within the Department of the Interior. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
Mrs. Story, Violet Hewitt Smiling for the Camera (Webster, FloridaPast). Fade to now: whatwasthere.com/b/87071
On August 9, 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden; or, Life in the Woods” is first published. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On July 18, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is nominated for an unprecedented 3rd term at the Democratic Convention. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
Fade of the Day: Dory Shop in 1890s Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Fade to now: whatwasthere.com/b/86659
Today is Bloomsday – named after Leopold Bloom and his June 16, 1904 day. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On June 15, 1904, the passenger steamboat PS General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank receives a diary for her 13th birthday. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On May 31, 1889, the Johnstown Flood kills over 2,000 people. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On May 8, 1945, U.S. President Harry Truman announced that the war had ended in Europe. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
On May 3, 1851, "The Great Fire of 1851" burns down three-quarters of the city of San Francisco. facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
April 24, 1800, the Library of Congress is established for "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". facebook.com/WhatWasThere/
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