A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

I don't think people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were any happier than people today. It probably took less to satisfy them. Little things that are taken for granted today were more appreciated then. Store bought clothing was not the usual and where and how they were obtained was quite different from todays clicking a "button" on the internet. Too many changes but not enough time,

[HONDO74]

I don't think people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were any happier than people today. It probably took less to satisfy them. Little things that are taken for granted today were more appreciated then. Store bought clothing was not the usual and where and how they were obtained was quite different from todays clicking a "button" on the internet. Too many changes but not enough time,

Do you think the people back then would be more depressed than those of today ? I keep reading reports almost every day of people ( especial young ) committing suicide and there are other reports of a big spike of people in this country committing suicide.

Maybe years ago people were more concerned with just surviving.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't think people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were any happier than people today. It probably took less to satisfy them. Little things that are taken for granted today were more appreciated then. Store bought clothing was not the usual and where and how they were obtained was quite different from todays clicking a "button" on the internet. Too many changes but not enough time,

Do you think the people back then would be more depressed than those of today ? I keep reading reports almost every day of people ( especial young ) committing suicide and there are other reports of a big spike of people in this country committing suicide.

Maybe reporting on suicides then was not a widely done as today - considerable stigma was attached to suicide then and frequently covered up in one way or another. No idea if the record keeping then was as diligent or even available to analyze. Today every little thing gets recorded and reported. One thing that they might have had better then was more privacy...

Maybe years ago people were more concerned with just surviving.

That too might be figured in.

[Roy]

Do you think the people back then would be more depressed than those of today ? I keep reading reports almost every day of people ( especial young ) committing suicide and there are other reports of a big spike of people in this country committing suicide.

Maybe years ago people were more concerned with just surviving.

I took a post-Civil War history class, and much was made of how depressed middle class women were. Lots of expectations of them, and little freedom to do as they wanted. They didn't even have rights to decide about their own assets.

[rogruth]

We could go a long way on this subject. As mentioned, subjects once taboo are now bragging points. Un-wed mothers.
I remember when I was teaching that many teenage mothers would bring their baby to school one day to show (off) to
the teachers and other students. I had a knack for upsetting them when I didn't fuss over their baby and told them
it didn't take any talent to make babies and asked them how the hospital was paid.
I realize that times have changed. When I was in high school, 1952-1956, a pregnant girl did not attend school. Some
were even sent away from home during this time. I am not concerned with what was right only pointing out that many
of these things were not discussed openly.
Students that were sent to "reform school" were not treated like heroes when they returned to school by students.
Today everybody has rights that may have led them into doing some strange things.
Suicide was usually hidden. Now we make rememberance walls so everyone can sit around and discuss where the fault lies.

I talk too much. No one needs to discuss that. It is just a useless fact.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Herrick Center, Pa

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder why the inscription: Deserted....What could have happened? All the young men were soldiers killed in war? Drought? A highway coming thru? Loss of the source of water?

A twerking bar opened up nearby, causing the inhabitants of the community to flee?

Extraterrestrial kidnappings of the inhabitants?

They all gave up the quite pastoral life and moved to NYC to become actors and dancers and wantons?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They all moved to NJ and became school teachers..........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

They all moved to NJ and became school teachers..........

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They all moved to NJ and became school teachers..........

It's possible!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yup. Or so I've been lead to suspect. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm (or in Pittsburgh,) after they've seen.....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yup. Or so I've been lead to suspect. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm (or in Pittsburgh,) after they've seen.....

Well, you could just nail their feet to the floor, but that gets messy over time.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yup. Or so I've been lead to suspect. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm (or in Pittsburgh,) after they've seen.....

Well, you could just nail their feet to the floor, but that gets messy over time.

Make enough free-love and sex available, and they'll find use for a claw hammer real fast, and zip away.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yup. Or so I've been lead to suspect. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm (or in Pittsburgh,) after they've seen.....

Well, you could just nail their feet to the floor, but that gets messy over time.

Make enough free-love and sex available, and they'll find use for a claw hammer real fast, and zip away.

And, that boys & girls, is how new teachers in NJ are made! Although, free-love and sex seems somewhat redundant. How about sex & drugs and rock 'n' roll?

[healey36]

They all moved to NJ and became school teachers..........

It was that damn "Jersey Shore 3 --->" sign...many have gone off the rails in search of nirvana...