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This remarkable photo, taken in 1918, shows employees of the New York Central Railroad at a celebration in Victory Way, showing off a pyramid of captured German helmets in front of Grand Central ...
In 1919, a section of Park Avenue was transformed into "Victory Way" displaying two enormous pyramids made of German army helmets. 85,000 German army helmets, to be exact.
Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts. One helmet, the French Adrian des… ...
New Yorkers hosted the nation's World War I victory celebration in 1919. Being part of the winning team in the "War to End All Wars" was a big deal, and the city's Park Avenue was transformed for ...
The 'pickelhaube' pyramids: How 12,000 spiked helmets captured from Germans soldiers in WWI were piled high on New York's 'Victory Way' in 1919 as part of epic post-war weapons and equipment sell off ...