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I'm astounded by the interesting material that Atlas Obscura reports on; they make history that much more fun to learn about!

Also, is this a German flag (alongside the U.S. flag) at the top of a "Chop Suey" sign (lower-left section of the photo)?? If so, why a German flag??? https://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/lg/73195/imag...

Finally...

> "...A lot of the people in these photographs, we’ll never know their names... "

My hope with facial recognition technology - and in my opinion one of the very, very few acceptable/responsible uses of this tech. - is when descendants of these workers can pair their own family photos with these publicly-available photos to learn more about their own families, but also - if they so choose - to share the names of these anonymous workers with the world (to give them the credit that they so richly deserve for building our essential infrastructure).

parent mxuribe 6 years ago

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