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See history like you’ve never before... right in front of you! This app uses augmented reality to bring historical photos to life. Free in the iTunes store.

West Chester, PA
Joined June 2015
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Our Android version is now available! Download for free here: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
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Looking north up Ellis Ave at a location just south of the Canadian National Railway underpass. The Grenadier Ice Company, owned by the Chapmans, is on the right and the Brydson house is on the left. Circa 1928. Via @TorontoArchives #SwanseaTO
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On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the role of ‘Rosie the Riveter’ during WWII. Tonight we’ll meet one of the last surving Rosie’s who @ 93 is still plugging away. #DDay75Anniversary #RosieTheRiveter @6abc
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What’s interesting is what ISN’T there.
FDR’s Oval Office desk as it looked when he died this week 1945:
#OnThisDay in 1776, the name “United States of America” becomes official. Learn more: ow.ly/n6yd30lHilc
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The Civil War did not end slavery. June 19th or #Juneteenth remembers the day in 1865 that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas to order the residents to free their slaves. This was TWO YEARS after Aberham Lincoln “ended” slavery.
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To mark the 81st anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, we look back at a time when airships were the height of luxury and the future of air travel.
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Citizen scientists helped NASA identify an #aurora-related celestial phenomenon, now called STEVE. Want to become a citizen scientist? Find projects here: science.nasa.gov/citizenscie… More images of STEVE: flic.kr/s/aHsmfSWnKh #CitSciDay2018
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Union Station, Indianapolis. (Harry Allen Davis)
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It’s been 46 years since Philadelphia boxer 'Smokin’ Joe' Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden during the “Fight of the Century.” WATCH as the city honors its favorite non-fictional boxing son with his own street Wednesday. on.nbc10.com/bOHbk8Y
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If the #Eagles win the #SuperBowl then @NFoles_9 will be the first backup quarterback to win since... Tom Brady in 2001 🦅 Fly #Eagles Fly 🦅
Palace Pier was destroyed by fire #OTD, January 7th, 1963. There are now condos where Palace Pier once stood at the mouth of the Humber River. #SwanseaTO #BloorWestVillage #TOHistory #HumberRiver #PalacePier. Date of photo unknown. Swansea Historical Society archives.
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We need effective learning environments to ensure inclusive & quality education for all!📚🌍📝🏫 ➡️on.unesco.org/2hnxrvU #Education2030 #SDG4
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We are able to bring our fun historical tours to you for free because of #NetNeutraility . The free market of ideas that currently exists allows the best ideas to thrive. Please do some research on this important issue and make a comment here: fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedi…))
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#OnThisDay in 1925, Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Constitution Daily: ow.ly/OaND30gt93b
Workers return to the #Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company after a strike in 1937. #TT #history #steel
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