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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Street in Dublin, Ireland, ~1890 (thelemmy.club)

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[–] marcas@mastodon.ie 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

@PugJesus That bike, though.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Called a pennyfarthing because of the wheel sizes (a farthing was a very small ¼-penny coin).

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[–] franoreilly@mastodon.ie 3 points 6 months ago

@marcas @PugJesus plenty of hipsters around this area still just not looking hard enough 😂

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I honestly don’t understand what the pennyfarthing brings to the table. It looks absurdly hard to ride.

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