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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:23 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:23 am to Darth_Vader
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That's the name of the insignia on his hat. It denotes that he was a Prussian Hussar. The guy is August Von Mackensen. He was a famous German Field Marshall.
Close enough
They did refer to those divisions (at least later in German history) as Totenkopf. SS-Totenkopfverbande, Panzer Division Totenkopf, etc.
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:25 am to GoCrazyAuburn
That was the Death's Head (SS), right?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:25 am to SSpaniel
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He looks like one of the guards off of the wizard of oz
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:26 am to LSUTygerFan
OK, so we all recognize this as the Statue of Liberty's arm. where was this picture taken and what was the arm doing there?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:27 am to GeauxColonels
world's fair... France?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:27 am to GeauxColonels
I want to say thats in France...
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:27 am to CaptainsWafer
Tunguska blast of 1909!
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:28 am to LSUTygerFan
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world's fair
Yes
quote:
France
No
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:28 am to GeauxColonels
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OK, so we all recognize this as the Statue of Liberty's arm. where was this picture taken and what was the arm doing there?
1876 World's Fair - and they brought it over because the rest of the statue wasn't ready?
(Literally a wild-a$$ed guess...)
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:29 am to GeauxColonels
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OK, so we all recognize this as the Statue of Liberty's arm. where was this picture taken and what was the arm doing there?
Tokyo, phallus for Godzilla.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to Ace Midnight
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1876 World's Fair
Yes
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and they brought it over because the rest of the statue wasn't ready?
No
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to GeauxColonels
remembered the world's fair part... guessed on the location..
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to GeauxColonels
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No
Philly (I looked it up to see if I was correct. They were charging $0.50 to fund the pedestal, according to wiki.)
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:30 am to B1rdman15
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That hat is fricking terrifying.
The Totenkopf has long been a symbol of the German army. It started with Prusisan Cavalry in the 18th Century under Fredrick the Great.
After WWI when the Nazis came to power the SS Concentration Guards took the symbol for themselves. When the Nazis decided to expand the Waffen SS by forming new divisions, the 3rd SS "Totenkopf" Panzer Div was formed from SS concentration camp guards...
The RH collar has the "death head" on it. The Totenkopf was also used by German Panzer crew members since they were considered to be descended from Prussian Cavalry. Their version was sightly different...
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:33 am to Ace Midnight
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Philly (I looked it up to see if I was correct. They were charging $0.50 to fund the pedestal, according to wiki.)
Way to cheat.
Yeah, it was the 1876 World Expo in Philadelphia. The arm was there to push support in the US to fund the pedestal on which the statue would stand. That was the arrangement between the French people and the US - they provide the statue, the US funds the pedestal. And the tent at the bottom also sold scraps to raise more funds. Later on, the sculptor "hinted" at the chance of the statue going to Philadelphia is New Yorkers didn't do their part in funding the pedestal.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 11:36 am
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:34 am to Darth_Vader
Hell, it even makes this guy look horrifying
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:34 am to Darth_Vader
Good stuff, Darth! I am impressed with the stuff you come up with. Don't see many with similar interests on here. Now if I could post pictures from work...
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:36 am to Spaceman Spiff
Going grab some lunch really quick....I expect to see more good shite upon my return!
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:38 am to GeauxColonels
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Way to cheat.
Sorry - I got the year and event without looking it up. I just didn't recall if it was Philly (makes sense, historically) or NY, which would have been a bigger host.
They originally called it the "Centennial Exposition" - but is now referred to as the first "World's Fair" in the U.S. It (the arm) was actually moved from the expo in Philly to Madison Square Park until 1882, I assume for the same fund-raising purpose.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 11:42 am
Posted on 7/8/14 at 11:39 am to GeauxColonels
Could be anything, and hints are hard to give without giving it away. But something destroyed this Coastal Texas city, and what did it prompt the construction of?
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 11:41 am
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