William Foster (1899 - 1918)

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Percy Walter Foster

Robert Samuel Foster 1902

Harry Foster Army Air Forces

Harry and Dorothy Foster Wedding

Carolyn Sue Foster

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson Family

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson

Dwayne E. Foster

The Lindsey Family, 1923

Bedford Foster Registration Card

Anni Foster

Delma Sue Jenkins - Foster-Casey

Joseph and Delma Sue Foster

Florence Edna (Duvall) Buchanan-Foster

Paul Leon Foster

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In 1899, in the year that William Foster was born, on February 14th, the first voting machines were approved by Congress for use in federal elections. Several states were already using voting machines in their elections and the Federal government was finally convinced of their safety and accuracy.

In 1900, by the time he was just 1 year old, the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud published his book (written in 1899) "The Interpretation of Dreams". Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud in May of 1856, is the "father of psychoanalysis". Although he was a medical doctor, he was fascinated with the psyche and hypothesized the existence of the id, the ego, the superego, the libido, the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, and more. These are concepts that are still used by modern psychology.

In 1918, in the year of William Foster's passing, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.