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Posted by laughing lewis on Tuesday, March 11th 2008:

In 1913, on a Tuesday, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany came to Washington on a good will visit. President Taft invited him up to The Bronx to see the High School that bears his name (Taft High - not Kaiser High). While on that visit to 170th St, Willie (the Kaiser - not Taft) stopped into the Griddle restaurant for a BLT (on a Kaiser roll) and a malted. He left no tip, which infuriated Sol the waiter. He snapped this picture which he intended to put on the restaurant's wall which showed all the cheapskates. But he aimed his Brownie too high and just caught the Kaiser's helmet. Thousands of GI's in World War I used to laugh at the silly hats while taking aim.

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