> "...A lot of the people in these photographs, we’ll never know their names... "
My hope with facial recognition technology - and in my opinion one of the very, very few acceptable/responsible uses of this tech. - is when descendants of these workers can pair their own family photos with these publicly-available photos to learn more about their own families, but also - if they so choose - to share the names of these anonymous workers with the world (to give them the credit that they so richly deserve for building our essential infrastructure).
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by mxuribe on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:00PM
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Ah-ha, weird, after immediately seeing the flag, I went to Wikipedia...but on the Chinese flags page they didn't list the flag that you found...which does answer the mystery for me! Thanks!
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by ta1234567890 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @12:32PM
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> Also, is this a German flag (alongside the U.S. flag) at the top of a "Chop Suey" sign (lower-left section of the photo)?? If so, why a German flag???
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by ConsiderCrying on Sunday March 08, 2020 @10:48AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong but that's still the way Google Street View is updated in some of the more remote places, either ones that Google doesn't deign visiting or those inaccessible by its camera car.
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by wyxuan on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:25PM
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Sort of. They do have a backpack that has a bevy of cameras that captures everything in certain intervals, but they only do this for popular tourist sites or areas around Google.
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by bronipstid on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:33PM
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It's hard for me to imagine New York City being so safe and relaxed about security that no one had a problem letting any old dude with a camera into underground construction sites to take pictures.
Re:A duo who documented the birth of NYC’s subway
by jackfoxy on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:50PM
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Also note not a hard-hat in sight. This is on the eve of modern attitudes towards workplace safety, which got a big boost from reporting on worker deaths associated with the Hoover Dam project.
Also, is this a German flag (alongside the U.S. flag) at the top of a "Chop Suey" sign (lower-left section of the photo)?? If so, why a German flag??? https://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/lg/73195/imag...
Finally...
> "...A lot of the people in these photographs, we’ll never know their names... "
My hope with facial recognition technology - and in my opinion one of the very, very few acceptable/responsible uses of this tech. - is when descendants of these workers can pair their own family photos with these publicly-available photos to learn more about their own families, but also - if they so choose - to share the names of these anonymous workers with the world (to give them the credit that they so richly deserve for building our essential infrastructure).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Races_Under_One_Union
Maybe it's a Dutch flag: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Netherlands#/med...
New York was originally Dutch, and before being called New York, it was part of what was called New Amsterdam: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam
Sort of a Google Streets predecessor
They should put all these photos on-line.
You can always use Firefox containers to maintain your privacy.