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Aaah, the good 'ole days when show bags were show bags. The girl doesn't look happy as she only has four!

Mis-spelling in Title. Should be "Packer" not "Palker".

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- www.facebook.com/groups/527831915882804/posts/80266558506...
Address mentioned as "Livernois between Clarita and Margarita. Later known as Porterfield Wilson Pontiac."

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Is that some early photoshopping? See the lady on the right.

I think it is motion blur

We met the dog before:

Could this be the same Dog?

Nice Dog.

That’s a great photo. Thanks.

There are a number of pics dated September 1883 showing rocky coast and inlets, and CLON32 shows a house. The roof appears in some coastline shots. A holiday home?

Niall McAuley SNAP on the Dog, we have been around here too long!
Could well be a holiday home.

I think the two in the water to our left may be little Ethel from the dog pic and her much older sister Georgina.

CLON188 is the two little ones with Georgina in 1884

1647 south 76th, West Allis, Wisconsin
2025 Streetview

Still Standing! Current Street View:
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www.facebook.com/irishrepublicanism/videos/remembering-th...

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with movie too

Suck Diesel That is a big derailment!

Foxglove Almost all the horses killed.

The APC may also been hosted onto a Rolls Royce chasis.... the double back tyres are "interesting"...the back wheels appear to have a smaller diameter to those at the front (?) or is this perspective?
1921

PS... they are still flying the union flag :-) above the driver

Foxglove Perhaps a Lancia?

This Youtube video gives the location as 1.5 miles North of the station, which is indeed on an embankment like the one in the above Pathé reel.

@Suck Diesel.... could be ! I was just going by Google lens search.... and there were also Lancia look-a-likies :-)
My favourite was the "Whippet" scout car - it had a particularly high pitched whiney diesel soundin to it's engine as it zipped about our streets.
2nd place goes to the Saladin light tank which left big divots in the footpath outside my parents' house

I believe the device behind the guy at right is an old version of a Powerfile electric file cabinet.

I hope this was outdoors. I'd like mine 'well done' please.

This could be rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

Five engines on order for the year 2500.

Some vehicles appear to be 50- and 60-series made by Cushman.

VHS? U-matic? Not very compact. In those days, the tape deck was separate from the camera as this image shows.

image could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.

image could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Definition of I.S.T.E.A.

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A remarkable image from the collection of George Ernest (Chinese) Morrison (1862-1920), journalist, traveller and political adviser to the Chinese government, born on 4 February 1862 at Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, eldest son of George Morrison and his wife Rebecca, née Greenwood.
In 1900 Morrison, as The Times of London special correspondent, wrote the last terse and reliable reports before the Boxer siege of the foreign legations and the first full account after it. He also proved his physical courage, being severely wounded while rescuing another defender. His own newspaper, accepting a Daily Mail report of the massacre of all Europeans in Peking, published on 17 July three lengthy obituaries, bracketing Morrison with the British minister, Sir Claude MacDonald, and the head of the Imperial Customs Service, Sir Robert Hart. All three in fact survived. Morrison was praised as 'in every way a striking personality, essentially modest and unassuming, yet at the same time resolute and virile' who had sent reports which 'savoured of genius'.
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morrison-george-ernest-chinese-7663

Some items are described as 'Photographs taken by William Meyrick Hewlett during the siege of Peking'.

From the Trove article:
'Hewlett was pre-destined to the service of Britain in China from childhood. When at Harrow, for he come from an English family which could afford to send its sons to "the school upon the hill," young Hewlett chose the Modern Side and began preparation for a student interpretership in China, Japan, Siam or some other centre in the East in which ferment and diplomatic trouble were unceasing.'
Great Friend of China (1943, November 30). North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale, Tas. : 1909 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151477259

The Nordenfelt gun was a multiple-barrel organ gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition was gravity fed through chutes for each barrel. It was produced in a number of different calibres up to 25 mm (0.98 in). Larger calibres were also used, but for these calibres the design simply permitted rapid manual loading rather than true automatic fire.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordenfelt_gun

This was the home of Fred A. York (1876-1922) and his wife Mabel Jane Wagar (1879-1962). I believe she lived here until about the time of her death. My mother, Meryl York, was born in this house in 1932. Fred York was a blacksmith whose shop was across the road in the building that became Davison's Garage (since torn down). This house had been a store and Mom said you could still see the bell for ringing for help. Fred A. York's parents Frederick Haner York (1840-1888) and Margaret Cummings (1840-1927) were storekeepers in Flinton from the 1880s and Margaret continued on after his death.

cityheightssd.com/the-egyptian-garage/
"The Egyptian Garage, on the southeast corner of University Avenue at Euclid. The pharaoh heads on the corners of the building and set atop a row of pilasters are hard to miss architectural oddities in the neighborhood."

2022 Streetview

It appears that she had a tragic end. See -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rowan

Via Trove, spooky ...

... When the S.S. Rowan was about to sail from Scotland to Dublin, on what proved to be her last voyage, the manager of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra tried in vain to persuade one member called Morris to sail. Although the orchestra was due to perform at the Scala Theatre in Dublin, he refused to embark, saying that he had a premonition that something would happen to him if he did. As it turned out; that premonition undoubtedly saved his life.
See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137408327?searchTerm=%...

Also via Trove, THIS PHOTO and one of the 'Clan Malcom' which hit her. - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87562892?searchTerm=%2...

The Southern Syncopated Orchestra in 1920 -

Via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Syncopated_Orchestra

Also - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2huqGUSmlLc

Tintin et Milou Thank you. A lot of the ships we have featured Inevitably end that way!

beachcomber australia Subsequently known as Lucky Morris!

Flickr is sometimes amazing. Via Scottish Maritime Museum

She was HMS 'Rowan' during WW1, an Armed Boarding Steamer, and involved in the Gallipoli campaign (1915). See - www.greatwarforum.org/topic/26889-hms-rowan/

... which explains this Mediterranean photo ...

via - www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=&a...

beachcomber australia Good finds.

Per Rohr Magazine Summer 1965 issue, these are Bell System KS-15676 horn antennas made by the Antenna Division.

Installed view:

Still Standing! Current Street View:
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This looks like an interior photo of the Winder plant showing AmTrak Turboliner assembly. I have not found anything confirming this type of rolling stock was built at Winder. Comments welcomed.

This was probably 1975-1977 accoring to various web sources.

I believe, but can't prove, this is Stringfellow Acid Pits in Jurupa Valley, California. If correct, it was a property with about 11 unlined ponds used to dump waste acids and other bad stuff. It was closed in 1972 when traces of waste were allegedly found in a nearby water district's wells.

It's a visual shock to see materials handled like this in the United States.

I hope the photographer was upwind.

This was before the Department of Transportation had standardized placarding on trucks hauling various materials. Nowadays, there are placards on trucks that correspond to a Emergency Response Guide book. Truck on fire? Here's what you need to know...

I remember seeing acid waste sumps at various enterprises. The local District Attorney's crime laboratory had an acid waste sump.

I see a Peterbuilt emblem on the cab and think this tractor is a late 1950s 352. Feel free to correct me if you see something different.

Why does an aerosol can get cold when you spray it for a while? Volume increase means temperature falls. This vacuum-jacketed tank of (probably) liquid nitrogen makes ice on the plumbing as it expands to become nitrogen gas. TMI?

TIR=incident review?

Irony: clicking on the "shaker table" tag also gets furniture made by Shaking Quakers:

What a heartbreak. You finish the car, the crane cable breaks, and you drop the car on the floor.

Check the hats.

Because the employee is wearing a face shield, and there are a bunch of large exhaust ducts, this is probably a plating shop. Still searching to confirm before tagging it.

Suck Diesel Great photo.

beachcomber australia Polish, funny, very funny.

seikinsou I am sure it is out there somewhere.

seikinsou I can't read the Irish text either, but I can see a few words. It ends with 23 mí October mdcccxlix, the 23rd of October 1849

I also see the word Psalm and a number, maybe 130 something. Might be a bible passage in Irish.

I think it is Psalm 136

something like:
Moluidh an TIGHEARNA; óir is maith é:
óir mairigh a thrócaire choidhche.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: For his mercy endureth for ever.

Niall McAuley Impressive!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons “Tone deaf”: An historian might find it tone deaf, a Nationalist might have stronger sentiments. Is it still there?

Mark in France Yes, I linked a 2021 streetview upthread, but the line about England's Generosity has been gouged off it.

Monkey looped the loop a few times and took another photo after the game started - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000737759/HierarchyTree?recor...

GoogleMaps3D - www.google.com/maps/place/Dalymount+Park/@53.3639478,-6.2...

I think I see the flag of West Germany. Ireland beat them 3-0 in a friendly on the 25th of November 1956

[Aside} Mildly annoyed that the fine St Peter's Church didn't boast a clock back in 1956. There is one there now - maps.app.goo.gl/Barrefpd2RdiogkT8

Edit - There was a clock in 1915 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000290817

Niall McAuley Date updated.

25 November 1956 was a Sunday ...

Attendance was 35,000*. Gate receipts were £6,000. All goals were in the 2nd half - Cantwell with a penalty, a "really good score" by Haverty, and the 3rd by McCann. In goal was 19-year-old Alan Kelly of Drumcondra. (Derry Journal - Monday 26 November 1956).

* or 38,000 or 40,000 depending on who you believe.

I can't find a kick-off time in the press, but the radio broadcast was from 2:00 to 4:15. There are no floodlights and sunset was about 4:10.

There were special trains to Dublin on the day, and it was thought that about 2.000 would come from NI. Northern papers reported on the ongoing petrol shortage (due to the situation in the Middle east), and much quieter roads except the road across the border to Dublin (probably football supporters) .

Found it - kick-off 2:30. In a GNS advert for a special train from Belfast in Ireland's Saturday Night on Saturday 17 November 1956. So I'd guess Monkey pressed the shutter release at about 2:20-2:25.

I think this is an inserter. Comments welcomed below.

Some information about the IBM System/370.

This is known as Rohr Edgemont according to one source. It's located in Moreno Valley. The divided street at the bottom left of frame is Alessandro Boulevard. There's a chamber of Commerce aerial photo on the link above. These four building oulines are present on the 1978 Riverside East 7.5-minute topographic map. I know, I know. TMI.

This slide should be flipped horizontally. Location: column L50 at unknown site. California flag suggests... well, you know.

Notice the grader has no roll cage. A Gallion 503 motor grader?

Bridge or viaduct? The older California Department of Transportation, Division of Structures documents referred to viaducts as over land and bridges as over water. Is this naming convention still used?

According to the South Bay Historical Society, this may be part of a widening of Interstate 5 through Chula Vista.

The white car is a Desoto. The power lines give this away as Chula Vista area. I'm tagging these as Interstate 5 construction. Please post a comment below if this is incorrect.

The award on the wall to the left of Mr. Raynes' head looks like a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Not possible since they were not awarded until 1988.

This seems to be a distant relative of Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies. Muybridge used photography to discover that all four hooves left the ground at some points during a horses' gait.