June 25, 2007
Immigration Station
So, I was cruising the PhillyHistory.org website looking for old pictures of the waterfront from the 1950s, which I plan to dutifully recreate in HO scale in the basement.
I came across this picture from 1919.
I guess it's from the era when documentation was still part of the process.
Just for me, I'll hope you 'll have a few 3/4" Poles and Italians sneaking under the fence...
Posted by: jk at June 25, 2007 7:06 PMMore like, "back when people did it the legal way, before the Dumb-o-crats left the barn door open and said 'come on in!'"
Posted by: TrekMedic251 at June 25, 2007 9:12 PMAs a great-grandchild of an immigrant who farmed, we take offense to the barn door analogy. My farmer parents would load their hind-quarters with buck-shot if we caught them within a mile of our barn. Perhaps, we should take a page from my predecessors and introduce them to what a pain in the rear an unhappy constituency can be.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa at June 25, 2007 9:33 PMHuman beings. Come here to improve their lives. And make us rich. Shoot them?
Posted by: jk at June 26, 2007 1:07 PMJK: I was referring to the politicians snooping about our barn, not the hired help.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa at June 26, 2007 1:12 PMI misunderstood. Mea maxima culpa! Consider me on board. Mix a little rock salt in with shot.
Posted by: jk at June 26, 2007 2:05 PM | What do you think? [6]