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November 1910. Birmingham, Alabama. "A.D.T. boys (telegraph messengers). 'They all smokes.' " Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
That's the Illinois Central/Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad map on the window, judging by the mainline that stretches from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico and the maze of branch lines in the Mississippi Delta. Birmingham is the far eastern reach of the empire, on the right side of the map.
None of them is around today. That's what smoking can do to you.
They are not even out of knickers yet! What's the matta with kids today?
It left us out of a job.
At what age did one stop wearing knickers and start wearing pants?
[When one stops getting taller. - Dave]
before we all start coughing.
Was this a casting call for an ADT Burglar Alarm commercial? The boys look to be trying hard for the part!
Is the gent standing at the left edge admiring "modern" art, or a crack in the railroad's window?
[Ha ha. That's a route map. - Dave]
Nowadays, many of us have multiple email addresses. Even multiple phone numbers. No fundamental difference.
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