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Understated caption, or overstated print…
August 28, 2010 by TimHughes Email This Post
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This illustration appears in “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” dated August 5, 1871. The caption notes: “Mount Washington Storm Signals–Use of the Anemometer under difficulties.” Either the print is overstated or the caption is understated. I’m guessing the former, but it makes for a fun image.
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Filed under: Illustrated Newspapers, Post Civil War, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: Frank Leslie's Illustrated, humor, just for fun, weather
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