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01:27:26pm
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Roy, this should answer your questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_International_%281906%29
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02:09:56pm
Well found!
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Can't help with the interpretation but it would appear this artwork is attributed to:
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So they are "railway men" looking out a tunnel....is it just me or does anyone else think they are missing clothing? Very odd....
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"So they are "railway men" looking out a tunnel....is it just me or does anyone else think they are missing clothing? Very odd...."
It was rough working on a railroad back in the day...
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Thank you Anglophile. I thought the person on the left looked more feminine....your explanation makes a lot more sense.
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Since those were gods on the train in Italy, and I am Italian, and I delve into railroading, that makes me godlike! 
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11:42:52pm
Actually, Michael, that makes you dyslexic - you transposed the 1st and 3rd letters on that last word!
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Bobby, that's a ruff thing for you to say.
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08 Mar 2015
01:27:26pm
The design elements are particularly intriguing to me. Not sure exactly what they represent. A Google search of "Sempione" returns that fact that it is a "park" in Milan. But what kind of an International Exposition, and what do the characters represent?
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01:59:15pm
re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Roy, this should answer your questions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_International_%281906%29
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re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Well found!
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re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Can't help with the interpretation but it would appear this artwork is attributed to:
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re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
So they are "railway men" looking out a tunnel....is it just me or does anyone else think they are missing clothing? Very odd....
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11:41:02pm
re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
"So they are "railway men" looking out a tunnel....is it just me or does anyone else think they are missing clothing? Very odd...."
It was rough working on a railroad back in the day...
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re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Thank you Anglophile. I thought the person on the left looked more feminine....your explanation makes a lot more sense.
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09:54:54pm
re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Since those were gods on the train in Italy, and I am Italian, and I delve into railroading, that makes me godlike!
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09 Mar 2015
11:42:52pm
re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Actually, Michael, that makes you dyslexic - you transposed the 1st and 3rd letters on that last word!
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11:47:13pm
re: Info on a 1906 Italian postcard mailed from Netherlands?
Bobby, that's a ruff thing for you to say.
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