re: Pictures from days gone by....

Posted before but today seems like a good time to revisit it

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General Order No. 28 was a military decree made by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler during the American Civil War. Following the Battle of New Orleans, Butler established himself as military commander of that city on May 1, 1862. Many of the city's inhabitants were strongly hostile to the Federal government, and many women in particular expressed this contempt by insulting Union troops.

Accordingly, on May 15, Butler issued an order to the effect that any woman insulting or showing contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States should be "treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation," the solicitation of prostitution. The order had no sexual connotation, but it permitted soldiers not to treat women performing such acts as ladies. For example, if a woman punched a soldier, he could punch her back. Known as the "Woman's Order," it was very controversial both at home and abroad, as women throughout New Orleans interpreted it as Butler legalizing rape. The general dislike over No. 28 even went so far as people printing his portrait on the bottom of chamber pots, and was a cause of Butler's removal from command of New Orleans on December 16, 1862.

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Harper's Weekly



New Orleans reaction

Pierre Part in 1946

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What is Postum?

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roasted cow dung with oregano and coriander - an ancient Mayan delicacy

























It is actually a mix of roasted wheat bran, wheat, and molasses that is used as a coffee substitute (you can still buy it)

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s funeral procession, April 12, 1959

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So that must be cursed Taliesin in the background. It burned down more than once and he kept rebuilding it, making it bigger and more elaborate every time.

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23 yr-old John F. Kennedy signing a copy of his book Why England Slept for movie star Spencer Tracy, probably on the set of Tracy’s film Men Of Boys Town (1940)

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23-yr old JFK signing a copy of a book written by someone else.

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23 yr-old John F. Kennedy signing a copy of his book Why England Slept for movie star Spencer Tracy, probably on the set of Tracy’s film Men Of Boys Town (1940)

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23-yr old JFK signing a copy of a book written by someone else

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Someone else wrote it, but it's his book

Ted Sorenson wrote Profiles In Courage, for which Joe Sr bought Jack a Pulitzer Prize.

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Kywild. Do you know the sort of that logging train picture?

Thank you

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This is all I found.

Reddit Link

Boot Hill
Tombstone

Thank you