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The front, orange car in the number one lane is an Opel GT. It was a two-seater with a small engine. There was an extra handle that looked sort of like a parking brake handle. When you pulled it the headlamps flipped up. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/82046831@N00/5947645723/]

Near Smith Av. across from Chula Vista Shopping Center.

Can anyone confirm this is CA-SND Crash 28? [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisk48/6307445021/]

Not rigid enough?

This looks more like Museum of Natural History than the Museum of Us?

"Hang in there baby," posters were popular in 1974.

I think the tower was on top of the terminal building in those days. Very different RADARs in 1974. Look at the oil drippings on the tarmac from a four-engined aircraft.

I think the bump in the skyline to the right of the window frame is Mount Diablo. Corrections welcomed.

I tried to bring the faces out of the shadows but the compression artifacts make a mess out of the faces.

The guy on the left is a familiar face but I cannot (yet) attach a name to it. I think he was in some of the picnic photos. I tried to figure what division he worked in from picnics. No luck so far.

Most of the people looking at this know United had a large maintenance facility at SFO.

Keith Gentry is seated at bottom right.

One newspaper article claims Mr. Kerley came to Rohr as CEO in 1993.

Mr. Madsen apparently worked in coporate legal.

Mr. Madsen apparently worked in coporate legal.

In 1986, Ms. Coartney was Manager of Military Contract Administration. Her career with Rohr began in 1967, according to one news source.

This B R I L L I A N T SHOT was seen in



brilliant flickr

...your brilliant shot! thx for sharing!🌟👍

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Sargent
"Frank Pierce Sargent (November 18, 1851 – September 4, 1908) was an American trade union functionary and government official. Sargent is best remembered as the head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen for a period of more than 17 years and as the United States Commissioner General of Immigration during the first years of the 20th Century"

"With his term of enlistment served, Sargent was discharged from the cavalry in December 1880 and went to work in the rail transport industry as an engine wiper for the Southern Pacific Railroad. After three months in this position, Sargent was promoted to a place as fireman on a construction train, later moving to a similar post on the regular road service.["

www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcr...
"American philanthropist and organization executive. Name variations: Mrs. Simon Guggenheim. Born Olga H. Hirsh on September 23, 1877; died in 1970; daughter of Barbara (Steiner) Hirsh and Henry Hirsh (a New York realtor and diamond merchant); educated at private schools in America and Europe; married Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941, U.S. senator and philanthropist), on November 24, 1898;"

See

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_M._Chittenden
"Hiram Martin Chittenden (October 25, 1858 – October 9, 1917) was an American engineer and historian. A graduate of West Point, he was the Seattle district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers from 1906 to 1908). Chittenden was one of the first three elected Port Commissioners at the Port of Seattle. He also helped found the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, later known as the Association of Pacific Ports in 1913. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle are named in his honor.

As a historian he was noted for his work on the American West, especially the fur trade. Historian Gordon B. Dodds stated,
His works on the Yellowstone, the fur trade, and on Missouri River steamboating were long recognized as definitive....His style was formal, clear, and undramatic. His works contain a mass of detail. He was typical of the Progressive era of American history in his strong belief in progress and in 'the divine mission of the Anglo-Saxon'"

Presumably
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipriano_Castro
"José Cipriano Castro Ruiz (12 October 1858 – 4 December 1924) was a Venezuelan politician and officer of the military who served as president from 1899 to 1908. He was the first man from the Venezuelan Andes to rule the country, and was the first of four military strongmen from the Andean state of Táchira to rule the country over the next 46 years."

George Breckenridge Davis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Davis
"George Breckenridge Davis (February 13, 1847 – December 16, 1914) was the tenth Judge Advocate General of the United States Army."
"General Davis guided his department through the Spanish–American War, and handled the investigation and trial of the notorious cases arising out of that war. He also represented the United States as delegate plenipotentiary to the Geneva Conventions of 1903 and 1906, and the Hague Convention of 1907. On February 14, 1911, General Davis retired with a promotion to major general."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_W._Field
"Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819 – July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858."

Swordscookie I'm sorry I didn't see your reply until now, but am so glad I saw it. I'd love to hear the Gaelic version, and luckily, this is what the internet is for (and dogs in old photos).

A very nice Dog, a Labrador? I am not sure, then many breeds looked a lot different over 100 years ago. One thing for sure it does look a menace!

Google Lens found Helena Molony ...
"Helena Molony walking her dog in the 1950s. In her later years she lived in relative poverty, relying on friends for support and accommodation. (M.J. Neary)"

See - historyireland.com/helena-molony-a-revolutionary-life/

" ... From the 1930s, Molony was in a relationship with doctor Eveleen O'Brien, with whom she lived until her 1967 death.[21][22]
She retired from public life in 1946, but continued to work for women's labour rights; she died in Dublin on 29 January 1967 following a stroke.[23] Molony is buried in the republican plot at Glasnevin Cemetery."

Via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Molony
See also - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eveleen_O%27Brien

beachcomber australia Far be it from me to contradict History Ireland, but I think material in our Sheehy Skeffington collections all end around 1940. So not sure about 1950s. Always happy however to sit corrected if any evidence emerges...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, I also think she looks younger is today's photo than the Wikipedia one, which says "circa 1940s". And the hat and coat look circa 1920s -ish, maybe, possibly.

What is written on the reverse, "Ewes" ? It could be the name of the dog.

beachcomber australia So proud of my ancient eyesight. I thought Emer. And behold: "Adopting the pseudonym ‘Emer’ for Inghinidhe work (by which name she was called within Gonne's circle of republican women the rest of her life), in 1907 she became the organisation's secretary." (From her excellent life in the Dictionary of Irish Biography)

[aside: sorry not to have the dog's name though]

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Aha! How pleasing. And there is a literary reference - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emer#Literature

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq Save me! I'm sliding down a Central Statistics Office rabbit hole...

"In 2025, Emer was ranked 608 of all baby girls recorded in Ireland.

In total, 5 baby girls were recorded with the name Emer in this year."

You can check popularity by year, rise and decline of names etc.

That grey face looks like a sweet ol’ elder doggo.

Streetview:

maps.app.goo.gl/4tP4DRDLm5WKgsvQ9

it still looks very much the same today

There have been a few advancements since then!

"GASKELL BEERSBRIDGE R"[oad] on the side of the cart ...
Flowerpots ? It's Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men !

Something 1885 in the ironwork under the second lamp.
Earliest date?

beachcomber australia Widened.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Thank you and your pince-nez!

"...The bridge deck originally had a width of 30 feet (9.1 m). This was widened in 1885[6] to 62 feet (19 m) by the addition of cantilevered segments on either side. 16 ornate gas lamps (now electric) were also added. They carry their maker's name ("Gregg, Sons & Phenix/ Iron Founders/ Belfast") and Belfast Corporation's coat of arms on their pedestals. ..."
via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Bridge,_Belfast

Before the 1885 widening of the 1843 bridge - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338166
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000344746 (at 12:30)
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000339025 (at 13:20)
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000565301 (stereo pair at 13:55)

Today's photo is before electric trams (1906 in Belfast ??). A later photo shows heaps of poles and layabouts - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334794

Tag added for Seagrave, the ladder truck's manufacturer. Somebody has a lot of hose to wash in their future.

Looks like PSP.

The Coast Guard had an 'open door' policy?

This could be flipped horizontally.

This could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Measuring deflection under load? This test must've cost a fortune and must've involved some great mechnaical engineering people.

This could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.

The door says, "8035," and "DINER." It appears this would be interior photos of a former Santa Fe dining car. This may have been part of a Rail Systems Inc. (Rohr) bid to upgrade dining cars.

Other Flickr users' photos of former Santa Fe dining car 8035 follow. Images below are not Museum photos:[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/23662577450/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/120320833@N02/46354853975/]

[https://flic.kr/p/fsKg6k]

…. and the end

Source view - GoogleMapsSatellite - maps.app.goo.gl/9A7uuPwSQGRKCRxz8

" ... The River Maine originates from a spring rising in a conical, oval-shaped depression at Tobermaing in County Kerry, situated approximately a quarter mile east of Tobermaing House at an elevation of about 100 feet (30 m) above sea level.[7] This source lies in the southern slopes of the Stack's Mountains, where the upper reaches are also known as the Shanowen River, a primary headwater of the Maine system.[6] From Tobermaing, the river flows westward, passing near and through the town of Castleisland, where it is joined by the Little Maine tributary.[1][6] ... ... "

From - grokipedia.com/page/river_maine_county_kerry (heaps of interesting stuff)

From logainm, Tobermaing / Tobar Mainge is in the barony of Trughanacmy / Triúcha an Aicme. The civil parish is Castleisland / Oileán Ciarraí.

Loads of literary and historical references for the name Tobermaing, and its evolution. Gotta love logainm!

Castleisland
An old record states "Sometimes a stream will come up to the surface, and having flowed upon it for some time, will disappear again to some cavity and resume its subterranean progress". Of this there is an instance at the head of the River Maine which flows into Castlemaine Harbour. The stream rises at Tobermaing, which is situated in a hollow measuring 100 by 60 yards, and 40 to 50 feet deep. Having flowed on the surface of the ground for 35 yards, the stream sinks and rises again a quarter of a mile off, by the roadside on the south of Tobermaing House.
(Kerryman, 25 February 1950)

And a less salubrious Castleisland/Maine connection, again from the Kerryman...

POLLUTION
With a twice weeky refuse collection by the County Council, there is scarcely any necessity for the daily or perhaps nightly dumping of refuse into the River Maine as it flows through the southern suburbs of the town. This occurs principally at the three bridges spanning the river in the town. Let us hope this appeal will not fall on deaf ears.
(14 April 1973)

Carol Maddock Thank you, that explains it -- a subterranian stream. I spent a while trying to work out where the stream went via the satellite and the old 25" map. Then I 'flew' downstream to the sea, wiggle wiggle ... (there wasm't much on the telly at the time!).

beachcomber australia I live to serve! 😀

Congrats on Explore! ⭐ June 3, 2026

Related: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/54957690634/]

It took a while to confirm this. Not many Flxettes have rear doors and the taillights vary a lot.

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/54957459336/]

The RTG Turboliner was photographed before they got numbered. I think the first unnumbered one was a demo and an additional three were purchased. They had 60s numbers on each side of the power cars when placed in service. They got a set of Nathan horns on the roof when placed in service. Your comments or corrections are welcomed.

Looks odd with all of the skirts and doors off.

Pardon the expression: this is referred to as stuffing the boards.

Uh. It's a case for something.

Board repair?

The photos in this series seem to show a telephone subscriber loop system that ran over a microwave radio link. This may be a production test tool for it or something else.

Labels say stuff including:
OFF T1 T2 DP

T1 and T2 could mean test 1 and test 2 or refer to carrier data rates.

The circular chart in the background looks like one used with an antenna positioner to measure antenna (directivity) patterns.

I was watching a "how to shoot good portraits for dummies," video recently. The photographer says to the model, "Now, when someone is comfortable, they shift their weight to one leg. That's it."

This vehicle was quite an accomplishment.

With this lighting, you can see how far the floor buffer would fit under the bus.

If you can add a tag with the gentleman's name who's on the left, be brave and enter it now.

Thanks David Valenzuela! We will add the name to the catalog record. We have other photos of this home. Carol Highsmith took a color photo at www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011633358/. The Historic American Building Survey made photos and drawings of the house which can be found at www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0439/.

Thank you David Valenzuela. We'll update our catalog record.

Thanks David Valenzuela, we'll update the catalog record.

Thanks Chuck Walla. We'll add that information to the catalog record. The neighboring photos seem to have been taken in February of 1929 so I'm guessing this is an anniversary of the sinking of the Maine which happened on February 15, 1898.

The Washington Evening Star ran a similar photo on Feb. 16th with the names listed, www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1929-02-16/ed-1/?sp=2&.... I'll get them added to the catalog record.

The "Transbus" tag could be removed from this image.

The "Transbus" tag could be removed from this image.

The "Transbus" tag could be removed from this image.

The "Transbus" tag could be removed from this image.

www.whytes.ie/art/1920-wormwood-scrubs-hunger-strikers-ph...

Only one Thomas Atkins in Dublin in 1926, a married man, working unloading fishing boats.

Note in Poole Index Book: 'Copy'.

Anne McGinley So May 1920 then? Thank you!

Another print has this ...

"WORMWOOD SCRUBS HUNGER STRIKE 1920 A rare photograph showing participants and supporters in the Wormwood Scrubs hunger strike of May 1920, taken in the grounds of the prison hospital, showing some 60 prisoners and supporters, with a tricolour marked 'RELEASE OR DEATH', with a few nurses. With a cutting from the Sunday Press, 9.12.1951, showing a similar photograph (same participants, not quite the same pose), identifying many of the participants, who include the hospital governor, Captain Luck, and his wife. 8 x 11 1/2 ins. (20 x 29 cms), unmounted. "

See - www.adams.ie/7018-lot-386-WORMWOOD-SCRUBS-HUNGER-STRIKE-1...

beachcomber australia So Captain Luck and his wife, even though he was Governor of Wormwood Scrubs, supported releasing the hunger strikers? Very unusual situation!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons I dunno, but i'll look for treasure on Trove.
Meanshile, Scrubs view - www.google.com/maps/place/HMP+Wormwood+Scrubs/@51.5149792...

Anne McGinley beachcomber australia And thank you both for establishing the location at the hospital within Wormwood Scrubs prison.

Possibly Pax Whelan seated on the ground immediately to the left of the banner? www.waterfordmuseum.ie/the-irish-war-of-independence-1919...

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This could be turned 90 degrees counter clockwise.

In the Curragh camp for the 1926 census. JJ is a Colonel.