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Pic of the week game

Happy Saturday! Tally time!

With one vote each, kerrfunk, Jedz123, Burque73, and trevor
With two votes, dorkburger

And with four votes each, we currently have a tie - Rich82GS750TZ and Sandy

Confirmation appreciated...
 
OK those are the two I was torn between, Sandy wins by a snow capped mountain!
 
OK those are the two I was torn between, Sandy wins by a snow capped mountain!
Thank you, Scott!

Both great photos, and both deserve the win, but Sandy gets the tie breaking vote.
Congratulations, Sandy. What's next?
 
How about 1913?
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Photo taken in Chemainus BC here on the island...know for their murals.
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Hmmm.. Not much historic stuff in my town except maybe some really old trees out in the woods somewhere. So I'll try the nearby railroad bridge over the Genesee River. Actually this bridge is very new, recently replacing the very old trestle that was built in the mid 1800's. So technically I got nothin. Oh well, I probably won't be going out for a ride any time soon cuz it's about 10 degrees F and we're supposed to get a big snowstorm tonite and tomorrow. But it's a nice picture right?

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Most of downtown here in our little town has buildings from the late 1800s, the other part is early 1900s.
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This hundred year old hotel is in Mountainair, NM. The blacksmith that owned the place rebuilt it in the 1920's when a fire destroyed the original wooden structure. Being a blacksmith and talented mason, he made the new structure out of concrete and steel.

There's a pretty colorful history here including a gunfight between "Pop" Shaffer's wife and his mistress.

A little about the place here.
https://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2012/01/shaffer-hotel-mountainair-new-mexico.html
 
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Obviously in the deep southwest, where the swastika was an ancient symbol of good luck (as it was in Tibet, Bhutan, etc.).

Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) used to wear one, I think he did so at Woodstock.
 
Obviously in the deep southwest, where the swastika was an ancient symbol of good luck (as it was in Tibet, Bhutan, etc.).

Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) used to wear one, I think he did so at Woodstock.

Yep. Navajo call it The Whirling Log.
 
Interesting article on the use of the swastika around the world in the early 20th century.
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4413932

swastika as a Native American symbol
Because this was a popular symbol with the Navajo people, the Arizona Department of Transportation marked its state highways with signs featuring a right-facing swastika superimposed on an arrowhead. In 1942, after the United States entered World War Two, the department replaced the signs.
 
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