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Filled to the brim with girlish glee - or not?
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- Suck Diesel said:
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CD23300.jpg 403376575 Piction ID--38th BG Image A-24 on runway--
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TVL1970 said:
This is a photo of a Republic P-43 Lancer.
F. B. Loomis, portrait bust (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Brewster_Loomis
"Frederic Brewster Loomis (November 22, 1873 – July 28, 1937) was an American paleontologist. Educated at Amherst College and LMU Munich, he spent his entire professional career at Amherst. His specialty was vertebrate paleontology. Many fossils he uncovered during his extensive field work are still exhibited at Amherst's Beneski Museum of Natural History. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and president of the Paleontological Society." -
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks, swanq, we'll update this catalog record.
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jessamyn west said:
I added this image to his Wikipedia page.
Civil War veterans held a reunion at the Parish House in 1914
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reged said:
Civil War veterans held a reunion at the Parish House in 1914.
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Randolph Historical Society said:
reged appreciate it
A dozen flivvers lined up on pleasant street in 1912
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reged said:
A dozen flivvers lined up on pleasant street in 1912.
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Randolph Historical Society said:
reged Thanks, changed the info on the picture
West Randolph Cornet Band
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reged said:
This is the West Randolph Cornet Band, active from about 1856 to 1893.
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Randolph Historical Society said:
reged Thank you!
CD12431.jpg 403222085 Piction ID--38th BG Image Plane Moonshine on runway--
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Stig Jarlevik said:
Douglas A-26C (if pre 1948) or B-26C (post 1948)
Most likely taken in Japan where 38BG moved in Nov 1945.
Unit was de-activated 1 April 1949.
Stig
CD12440.jpg 403221577 Piction ID--38th BG Image Lightning l-19 03196 100 mph--
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Stig Jarlevik said:
A US Army Cessna L-19A in Korea
Note that 38BG did not exist between 1 April 1949 - 1 Jan 1953 and was never based in Korea
Stig
CD1689.jpg 403272509 Piction ID--38th BG Image View of aircraft with damaged engine--
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Stig Jarlevik said:
The only idea I can come up with here is that it is most likely a Supermarine Spitfire belonging to W/Cdr Clive Caldwell, who claimed both German and Italian aircraft in North Africa before going to the Far East where he claimed a further seven Japanese aircraft. If that is correct the pic was taken post 20 Aug 1945
Stig
CD1691.jpg 403272859 Piction ID--38th BG Image View of a grounded plane--
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Stig Jarlevik said:
This is not a grounded aircraft
It is a Supermarine Spitfire LF.VIII with Australian s/n A58-516 coded QY-T with their 452Sq.
It was assigned to the unit 10 Dec 1944 and ended its days when F/Sgt Gurney landed short at Balikpapan 17 July 1945.
Judged not repairable It was then burned and handed over to 9RSU (probably only for book keeping purposes)
Finally SOC Australian books 6 Sep 1945 as reduced to components....
Stig
Ready for the Front
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bobgbennett said:
The photo definitely relates to 1917 rather than 1937 and shows a driver of the Royal Field Artillery with tell tale RFA brass letters (titles or designations) on his shoulders. The alternative Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) were rather proud of their distinctive ball-shaped buttons, and even in khaki serge service dress, as worn here, went out of their way to obtain the issued RHA ball buttons that distinguished them, and their elite role in support of the Cavalry Divisions. These buttons are absent from our subject.
He wears the simplified ‘emergency pattern’ jacket that was issued early in the war during the initial surge in recruitment, in order to permit faster construction via a simpler jacket. Unlike the standard pattern, shoulder reinforcement patches were omitted, and instead of breast pockets with expansion pleats, plain but extra deep patch pockets, were provided instead.
Most frontline soldiers who survived the war served in several units due to surviving wounds or sickness and after recovery being sent to wherever they were most needed upon return to France. In this way some English, Welsh, etc. served in Irish units, and many Irishmen served in English units, including e.g. artillery batteries associated with London and many other places.
The "Poole Studio Photographer" was not located in Poole, England, but was instead the famous A. H. Poole Studio based in Waterford, Ireland. I write this purely for any readers who might not have realised the difference. This misunderstanding is very common for collectors because of the name. Arthur Henri Poole ran the premier commercial photography studio in the south-east of Ireland from the 1880s through the mid-20th century, located at 34 The Mall, Waterford.
Arthurstown is of course a small coastal village in County Wexford, Ireland, situated directly on the Waterford Harbour estuary. "Nuke" is a phonetic or historical spelling of The Nook, a specific townland/locality right next to Arthurstown. Because Arthurstown is just across the water from Waterford city, locals routinely traveled into Waterford to use the A. H. Poole Studio for high-quality portraits.
During the First World War, around 140,000 Irishmen volunteered to enlist in the British Army. The equestrian focused Royal Field Artillery was a highly popular branch for young men from the south-east of Ireland, and the city of Waterford itself was home to the major Waterford Artillery Barracks on Barrack Street. Because this soldier was an Irish volunteer rather than a member of a British Army part-timer Territorial Force brigade (like the London units mentioned), he would have initially been assigned directly to a regular RFA battery, or a Kitchener raised wartime service brigade upon completing his training.
As mentioned up thread the Imperial War Museum's Lives of the First World War database contains the precise record matching the recipient of the 6-digit service number that we seek:
• Soldier: Driver John Fitzsimons, Royal Field Artillery.
• Service Number: 715478.
While the 4th London Brigade (Howitzer) RFA was allocated the 6-digit block 940001 – 945000. during the massive 1917 Territorial Force renumbering scheme, the block spanning 715001 – 720000 belonged specifically to the East Lancashire Territorial Force Artillery units:
• 213th Brigade, RFA (formerly the 1/4th East Lancashire Brigade).
• 333rd Brigade, RFA (the 2/4th East Lancashire Brigade).
However, John Fitzsimons was an Irishman from Waterford/Wexford. He did not enlist directly into a localised English Territorial Force brigade. Instead, his number sequence relates to a large influx of regular and wartime service recruits, who were issued numbers out of sequence during transfers, or via specific regular army reinforcement blocks allocated to batteries operating alongside, or reinforcing various field ammunition columns later in the war.
The 1911 Irish Census reveals exactly why the postcard was commissioned by a Mrs. Sutton of Nuke (The Nook), Arthurstown:
• At the time of the census, Mary Sutton was a widow living in the townland of The Nook (Arthurstown, Wexford).
• Living directly beside her—or intimately connected through small-village farming communities—was the Fitzsimons family.
When young John Fitzsimons went off to war to serve as an RFA driver, he had his portrait taken at the prestigious A.H. Poole Studio in nearby Waterford city before deploying. Because Mrs. Sutton was likely a close relative, his godmother, or perhaps a protective maternal figure in the village, she paid for/commissioned the print from the photographer to keep as a memento while he was away at the front. -
bobgbennett said:
The block of numbers 925001 – 930000 was allocated to the 1st London Brigade RFA (later 280 and 290 Brigades). The 4th London Brigade RFA (the Lewisham Gunners) was allocated the block 940001 – 945000.
The Confirmed Breakdown of the 1917 RFA Blocks:
The primary allocations outlined in Army Council Instructions (ACIs) were broken up as follows:
Allocated Number BlockActual Wartime Territorial Force Units Assigned
715001 – 720000 East Lancashire Territorial Force Artillery
• 213th Brigade, RFA (Formerly 1/4th East Lancashire)
• 333rd Brigade, RFA (Formerly 2/4th East Lancashire)
925001 – 9300001st London Brigade, RFA (Later 280th & 290th Brigades)
940001 – 9450004th London Brigade, RFA (Later 283rd & 293rd Brigades)
Because Driver John Fitzsimons number (715478) sits directly inside the 715001 – 720000 range, he was officially on the books of the East Lancashire TF Artillery blocks (213th or 333rd Brigade) at the time the 1917 system went into effect. -
bobgbennett said:
The 213th Brigade, RFA and the 333rd Brigade, RFA had drastically different wartime paths. While the 213th Brigade (1st Line) was broken up relatively early in the war to reinforce frontline batteries sent to Egypt and Gallipoli, the 333rd Brigade (2nd Line) fought its way through the horrors of the Western Front until the final Armistice.
Because Driver Fitzsimons was photographed before deployment and held a number within this exact block, he was likely processed through the No. 2 Territorial Force Artillery School at Bettisfield Park (which handled all East Lancashire 3rd-line reinforcement elements) before being sent across the English Channel to join the 333rd Brigade in France as they prepared for the 1917 campaigns, or alternatively perhaps drafted into the 210th/211th Brigades just after the original 213th was broken up.
333rd Brigade, RFA (Formerly 2/4th East Lancashire Brigade)
Formed in late 1914 as a "second-line" duplicate unit, the 2/4th East Lancashire Brigade was created to absorb the massive influx of home-service volunteers and train men to reinforce the 1st line.
• Home Service & Training (1914–1916): The unit spent over two years training under difficult conditions in England, frequently plagued by a shortage of modern artillery pieces and horses. They moved through various home-defence camps, including stints in Southport, Crowborough, and Colchester. In 1916, they were assigned to the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division and officially renumbered as the 333rd Brigade, RFA.
• The Western Front (1917): In early 1917—right around the time Driver John Fitzsimons would have received his 6-digit number—the 333rd Brigade deployed to France. They immediately entered the line on the Western Front.
• Operation Hustler & Passchendaele (1917): The brigade was pushed into the coastal sectors around Nieuport before being thrown into the mud of the Battle of Passchendaele (Third Ypres). Artillery drivers in this sector faced horrific conditions, forced to lead horses and ammunition columns through deep, shell-torn bogs under constant German artillery and mustard gas bombardment.
• The 1918 Spring Offensive & The Hundred Days: In March 1918, the 333rd Brigade bore the brunt of the massive German Kaiserschlacht (Spring Offensive). The 66th Division took catastrophic losses while fighting a desperate, fighting retreat. After rebuilding, the brigade rallied to participate in the victorious Allied Hundred Days Offensive, smashing through the Hindenburg Line and advancing until the Armistice on 11 November 1918. -
bobgbennett said:
Driver John Fitzsimons had a different, original number prior to receiving 715478.
When John Fitzsimons originally volunteered and attested, he would have been issued a 4-digit service number typical of the pre-1917 registration style (likely between 1000 and 3000). Because 4-digit sequences were issued locally by individual artillery brigades, huge amounts of duplicate numbers existed across the army. To resolve this administrative nightmare, the War Office issued Army Council Instruction 60 of 1917, mandating that every Territorial gunner be given a unique 6-digit identifier. It was during this March/April 1917 renumbering window that his active 4-digit number was permanently replaced with 715478.
While his specific attestation papers are among the roughly 60% of First World War service records destroyed by German bombing during the Second World War Blitz (the "Burnt Documents" collection), his number placement allows us to accurately estimate his timeline:
• The Attestation Window: The number 715478 sits very early in the 715001 – 720000 block allocated to the East Lancashire Territorial Force Artillery (the 4th East Lancs/213th and 2/4th East Lancs/333rd Brigades).
• The Date Breakdown: In the 1917 renumbering process, blocks were generally assigned based on the seniority of a soldier’s original 4-digit number. Lower 6-digit endings corresponded to men who had enlisted earlier. Because 715478 is relatively low in the sequence, it reveals that John Fitzsimons originally volunteered and attested between late 1914 and mid-1915, well before conscription was introduced.
This chronology aligns perfectly with the photograph. He volunteered early in the war, completed his preliminary training, visited the A. H. Poole Studio in Waterford to take his portrait for Mrs. Sutton, and was sent out as an active RFA Driver—subsequently receiving his permanent 6-digit number in the spring of 1917 while his unit was deploying or reorganising.
The medal index card of Driver John Fitzsimons (715478) shows that he did not qualify for the 1914–15 Star. His campaign medals are limited strictly to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. This medal configuration formally proves that he did not deploy overseas to Gallipoli or Egypt with the 1st Line (213th Brigade) in 1915. Instead, his theatre deployment occurred after 1 January 1916, confirming he crossed the channel to France with the 2nd Line (333rd Brigade, RFA) when they mobilised for Western Front service. -
bobgbennett said:
The Irish Census records for the Arthurstown (Dunbrody, Wexford) district reveal the precise community framework that links Driver Fitzimmons, the Sutton family, and the A.H. Poole studio portrait commission:
• The Local Sutton Family: The primary family entity in the immediate Arthurstown/Nook area is the prominent Sutton and Murphy merchant family (operating as Murphy, Sutton & Co. at the Arthurstown Quay). Mrs. Mary Sutton is recorded locally as a maternal anchor of the family.
• The Relationship: The records do not list John Fitzsimons as an immediate biological child or direct household relative of Mary Sutton. Instead, the Fitzsimons family lived and worked in the immediate townlands of the Arthurstown district. Local context indicates Mrs. Sutton commissioned the professional Waterford portrait as a protective gesture for a young man from her community. -
bobgbennett said:
The archival record of the New Ross Registration District (which legally covers the Arthurstown and Nook jurisdictions) confirms that a Mary Fitzsimons married into the Sutton family within the local district:
• The Marriage Index Record: The registry lists the marriage of Mary Fitzsimons to John Sutton.
• The District Log: The marriage was officially solemnised and registered in the New Ross District, filed under Volume 4, Page 613.
The original parish and civil registry entries for this specific marriage licence reveal details that close the loop on the portrait's origins:
1. The Familial Link: Mary is registered as a spinster from the local parish, confirming Fitzsimons (or Fitzsimmons) as her legal birth surname.
2. The Matriarchal Guard: Upon her marriage to John Sutton, she assumed the married name under which she would decades later commission the glass-plate portrait from the A. H. Poole Studio in Waterford.
3. The Bloodline Connection: This confirms that Mrs. Mary Sutton was not merely a kindly neighbour or a merchant employer. She was a biological Fitzsimons by birth. When young Driver John Fitzsimons (715478) prepared to deploy to the Western Front with the 333rd Brigade, RFA, his aunt (or close cousin) Mary stepped forward to ensure his likeness was formally recorded under her care.
The mystery of the photograph is solved. The "Mrs. Sutton, Nuke, Arthurstown" who paid for the print was preserving a portrait of a young man carrying her own maiden name.
There is no Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) entry for a Royal Field Artillery soldier named John Fitzsimons holding the unique service number 715478. Because his name is absent from the rolls of the fallen, he survived the ferocious battles fought by the 333rd Brigade, RFA on the Western Front and returned home to Ireland after the 1918 Armistice. Furthermore, the existence of his entry on the Medal Index Rolls confirms that his campaign medals (the British War Medal and Victory Medal) were successfully issued to him. Had he been killed in action, the medals would have been marked as issued to his next of kin or family legatee, typically with a "died" or "killed in action" annotation on his master archive card.
Following his discharge from the Royal Field Artillery, John returned to the Arthurstown area. On 30 April 1924, he officially married Mary Kate Cummins in the local New Ross district. Most tellingly, one of the primary legal witnesses who signed the marriage register was none other than a member of the Sutton family—the very same family of his relative, Mary Sutton, who had commissioned his wartime portrait nearly a decade earlier. Perhaps there is surviving family. -
Niall McAuley said:
bobgbennett Brilliant research!
Just to note that upthread we established that Mary Sutton née Fitzsimons had an older brother John. -
bobgbennett said:
Niall McAuley Excellent spot Niall. Good chance that she was his devoted sister by the look of it. One can imagine him not having the funds for a portrait (or perhaps a surfeit of modesty) and her insisting upon it. I was pleased to learn that he survived.
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Niall McAuley said:
Here is the lad himself in the 1911 census
View of men standing among foundations of buildings destroyed by fire 1884
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reged said:
Randolph's great fire leveled much of the business center in 1884, leaving this scene of smouldering devastation.
Cuteness personified on the Mayors Walk
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beachcomber australia said:
14 April 1919 was a Monday ...
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beachcomber australia said:
I think 21 Mayor's Walk is the pale house - maps.app.goo.gl
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Niall McAuley said:
Maurice Fennell and wife Johanna, née Brennan.
The younger ones are Ellen May, 1917, and Mary Catherine Christina, 1918. Both have Mayor's Walk as address at birth.
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John Spooner said:
Niall McAuley I've seen 1919 newspaper references to a Maurice Fennell, who was a hardresser. His shop was at 10, Blackfriars.
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Niall McAuley said:
By 1926 they have added Johanna and Alice Veronica, and are living in a 5 room row house on Ballytruckle Road
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Niall McAuley Excellent. Thank you.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
John Spooner Well then, Maurice had good reason to be proud of their hair.
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Niall McAuley said:
Bridget, now a secretary, marries John Scanlon in 1948, Maurice still hairdressing, address 42 St. Ursula's terrace, which is on the Ballytruckle Road.
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John Spooner said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons He's got a well-tended barnet himself.
June 17, 1909
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Sean Research said:
It was a bazzar ie a stall amoung a series of stalls held as part of a fate held in the "courthouse grounds" of waterford to raise money to build the cathedral. It went on for four days. I am doing research into the foskin family tree and came across a newspaper article relating to it. mrs foskin apprantly won a set of spoons. According to the newspaper She was assisted by a mrs cronin coffey caffin and and hennessy. She lived in waterford city although I've yet to narrow down an address I can post a snap in my feed if people are interested it was in the munster express june 19th page 8 and is available on irish newspaper archives
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Sean Research What a lovely detail! Thank you very much for all of this fresh information. I hope Mrs Foskin was very happy with her set of spoons.
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Sean Research said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons there's a badge on her lapel I managed to decode it some time ago it.
file011.jpg 403080739 Piction ID--38th BG Image Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 THE JAPANESE STRIKE FIRST file011--
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Old Salt said:
Mahan-class destroyers USS CASSIN (DD-372) (right, nearly submerged), USS DOWNES (DD-375) and battleship USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) in Drydock Nr 1 at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack on December 7th, 1941, For a good article covering the salvage of these two ships, see: www.usni.org
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Old Salt said:
photos of the same ship (note mast and funnel arrangement and second lifeboat aft hanging from davits): CD11571.jpg 403137711 Piction ID--38th BG Image Bombing a … | Flickr
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In the land of the knobbly sticks
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bobgbennett said:
Suck Diesel I concur with your comments, and add that the soldiers, a corporal and two lance corporals are from the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, who were stationed in Ireland between 1864-1874, whose pill box caps are distinguished by being quartered with facing coloured piping in mimicry of their square topped full dress czapkas (as per the Polish original that inspired them). The 9th Lancers’ cap featured a dark blue cloth band with a scarlet cloth crown, quartered across the top with braid/piping and finished with a central button. On a monochrome photograph of this era, these quartered lines of coloured piping on the crown show up with high contrast against the stable jacket.
The three cavalrymen wear “stable jackets” as undress, a waist length and very closely tailored garment that remained popular until it was replaced by the loose fitting blue serge frock (aka ‘jumper’) in 1897. The lance corporal with a good conduct badge (GCB - an inverted stripe) on his right lower sleeve has completed 2-years of blemish free service, for which he received a daily bonus of a few pence. From 1881 these were moved to the left cuff in accordance with new regulations promulgated by the Childers Reforms.
Men assigned daily as orderlies of various types wore their diagonal white pouch belts as a visual marker of their duty. The regiment moved to India in 1875 and from the general appearance of all those on view this image probably dates to shortly before that. The regiment returned to Newbridge again in 1893, but the GCB and other military and civilian clothing fashion in general, indicate that this photo was taken during the earlier period. A well-known contemporary record from 1875 details a famous wager by a 9th Lancers officer, Mr M'Calmont, who successfully rode his hunter from Newbridge Barracks to Island Bridge Barracks in Dublin in under an hour and a half.
N.B. Blackthorn sticks became a feature of Irish Regiments within the British Army and within recent memory were still carried with pride as part of barracks dress by officers of the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. -
Suck Diesel said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons So, 1864 - 1874
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bobgbennett said:
Suck Diesel Interesting to see the preponderance of the bowler hat that was created in 1849 by London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler. Originally designed for the gamekeepers of Edward Coke, it was intended to provide protection while riding through low-hanging branches. The hat quickly gained popularity due to its durability and distinctive rounded crown.
The bowler hat became common wear among the working classes in Ireland during the late 19th century. Its sturdy design made it suitable for everyday wear, especially in urban settings, and it became quite iconic for men-about-town operating on either side of the law.
Over time, the bowler hat transitioned into a fashion statement for the middle and upper classes in Ireland. It was often associated with respectability and aspiration, becoming a staple in formal and semi-formal attire and I think that is reflected in this military scene..
GIGFYVG in all shapes and sizes
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Suck Diesel said:
The "Guinness Ladies" (Lady Grania, Patricia, and Gwendolen, later joined by Miranda Guinness) operated out of Dublin between 1952 - 1993
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Ghost Radio said:
Not sure, but car may be an Austin A30.
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beachcomber australia said:
75% sure the car is a Morris Oxford Series II (1954–1956) . Rear view ...
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Oxford#Oxford_Series_II_(1954%E2%80%931956) -
Suck Diesel said:
Crane nameplate says "SAFE WORKING LOAD NOT TO EXCEED 4 TONS AT 55 FT RADIUS" built by Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd. for handling cargo along the River Liffey.
Only remnants are the tracks
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Suck Diesel said:
Ghost Radio Yes, could be
The Austin A30 produced from May 1952 to September 1956
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Ghost Radio Suck Diesel Thank you both. Happy enough to add 1952 as earliest possible date.
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George FitzPatrick said:
The large tanks were also used on lorries to bring stout to local bottling plants around the country. I remember them in Mullingar discharging the stout from the tank via hose through a hole in the wall to the storage tanks in Shaws bottling plant. Bottles of stout would have the std Guinness label but also on the was Shaw's name. I would agree with Beachcomber that is a Morris Oxford.
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Suck Diesel said:
George FitzPatrick So, 1954 onwards.
I don’t know if album is chronological, but our photo sits in a group dated 1964 -
Suck Diesel said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay.
I remember seeing the Lady Grania moored there many a time when attending ‘Cambridge’
The spies' view of Lord Edward's last refuge
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O Mac said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons Thomas? Edward surely.
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beachcomber australia said:
The photo must be before 1907 (?), when the houses were replaced by ...
"... The office of the wholesale section of the co-operative movement (Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society) was designed by W.M. Mitchell & Sons and constructed between 1907 and 1920...."
From - www.buildingsofireland.ie
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
O Mac Mea culpa. Monday morning! Edward, of course.
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beachcomber australia said:
Read All About It !
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John Spooner said:
How the arrest was reported in the Oxford Journal on 26th May 1798

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beachcomber australia said:
The tram electricity pole should hint at an earliest date ... When was
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Before 1907, thank you.
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John Spooner said:
According to a letter in The Irishman on 29th November 1873 from Dr R. R. Madden, author of The History of the United Irishmen, Lord Edwad Fitzgerald's bedroom, where the fcuffle took place, was on the second floor fronting the street.
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beachcomber australia said:
Spooky Alert ! I think I see "1904" in chalk graffiti, on No. 150, just to the right of the polished drainpipe, at about chest height. There is a more obvious "2" on the left of the pipe at the same level. Most of the other chalked graffiti seems to be wiped. See megazoom™
W. Hampden as "Manson" in "The Servant in the House", photo by Hallen, N.Y. (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hampden
"Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 – June 11, 1955), known professionally as Walter Hampden, was an American actor and theatre manager. He was a major stage star on Broadway in New York who also made numerous television and film appearances."
According to
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the show The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy ran from Mar 23, 1908 to Jun 01, 1908 at the Savoy Theatre, NYC with a return run from Oct 19, 1908–Nov 1, 1908. -
swanq said:
Review of The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy at the Belasco Theater in Washington, DC.
Times Herald [Washington, DC], Mar 17 1908, P. 6
www.newspapers.com
Extract:
"The Cast in "The Servant in the House."
James Ponsonby Makeshyfte, D. D., the most Reverend, the Lord Bishop of Lancashire.
- Arthur Lewis
The Rev. Win. Smythe, the vicar..
- Charles Dalton
Auntie, the vicar's wife..
- Edith Wynne Matthison
Mагу. their niece.
- Mabel Moure
Mr. Hobert Smith, a gentleman of necessary occupation.
- Tyrone Power
Rogers, a page boy
- Galwey Herbert
Manson, a butler.
- Walter Hampden
"The Servant In the House." presented at the Belasco Theater last night by Henry Miller's Associate Players, a dramatic organisation par excellence, introduced to Washington a new playwright, Charles Rann Kennedy
"As the play opens, Manson, an Indian servant, who has arrived at the clergyman's house that morning, is in charge of the domestic affairs. Manson, who, by strong inference, the playwright would have us believe is the reincarnated Son of Man, begins at once his great work redeeming the household." -
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks, swanq, we'll update the catalog record.
G. Cleveland, standing with dog (LOC)
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swanq said:
President Grover Cleveland
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update these catalog records.
Prince William of Sweden and H. Wilson. Minister to Roumania, in carriage (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm,_Duke_of_Södermanland
"Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (Carl Wilhelm Ludvig; 17 June 1884 – 5 June 1965) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince. He authored many books (primarily in Swedish) as Prins Wilhelm.
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swanq said:
Society: Home and Abroad
New York Times, July 21, 1907, Section M, Page 6
www.nytimes.com
Includes
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Gentleman at right may be
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Wilson
"Francis Mairs Huntington Wilson (December 15, 1875 – December 31, 1946) was a United States diplomat and author who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1909 to 1913."
"Wilson returned to the United States in 1906, becoming Third Assistant Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., and the chairman of the board of Examiners of the Consular and Diplomatic Service.
With the outbreak of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt named Wilson Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire. He was also sent on a mission to Argentina."
history.state.gov
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swanq said:
There is a date written by Bain on the negative: 3/29/20
In May 1920, Prince William was in New York again.
See The Milwaukee leader (Milwaukee, Wis.), May 28, 1920. P. 3, Col. 2
www.loc.gov
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"HURRAH!" PRINCE BILL, SWEDEN NOW IS WITH US
NEW YORK -- Prince William of Sweden, second son of King Gustave, arrived in New York on Thursday on the United Fruit steamship Santa Maria from Central America, where he had been engaged in scientific exploration since early in the year.
The expedition was organized by the prince last year for the purpose of conducting archaeological and ethnological searches. He went to Panama In February, and visited San Salvador and Guatemala, among other countries.
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He had been in the news in March 1920.
See The Lakeland Evening Telegram (Lakeland, Fla.), March 18, 1920, P. 1, Col. 3.
www.loc.gov
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PRINCE WILLIAM OF SWEDEN AN INTERESTING PERSONALITY
(By Associated Press)
Stockholm. March 18.-- Prince William of Sweden, second son of the King, some time ago left Stockholm accompanied by four of his friends. for Honduras. He intends to spend about a year in studying its geography and ethnography.
Prince William is a very interesting personality. He was brought up on the sea, joining the Swedish navy as a cadet when only twelve years of age. His tutors had strict instructions that no consideration should be shown him because of his royal birth, that he should be made to work just as though he were a plain every-day boy.
The sailor prince is a poet, a thorough sportsman and as a golfer has scarcely his equal in Sweden.
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.
Mgr. Falconio, sitting, copyright by Gutekunst (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Falconio
"Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. (20 September 1842 – 8 February 1917) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Religious from 1916 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911. He was Apostolic Delegate to the United States from 1902 to 1911." -
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.
Prof. Camilla Negro, portrait bust (LOC)
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swanq said:
First name is Camillo
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Professor Camillo Negro's Neuropathological Films
"Camillo Negro, Professor in Neurology at the University of Torino, was a pioneer of scientific film. From 1906 to 1908, with the help of his assistant Giuseppe Roasenda and in collaboration with Roberto Omegna, one of the most experienced cinematographers in Italy, he filmed some of his patients for scientific and educational purposes. During the war years, he continued his scientific film project at the Military Hospital in Torino, filming shell-shocked soldiers. In autumn 2011, the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, in partnership with the Faculty of Neurosciences of the University of Torino, presented a new critical edition of the neuropathological films directed by Negro. The Museum's collection also includes 16 mm footage probably filmed in 1930 by Doctor Fedele Negro, Camillo's son. One of these films is devoted to celebrating the effects of the so-called "Bulgarian cure" on Parkinson's disease." -
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thank you swanq. We'll fix the spelling in the catalog record.
H.H. Rogers, S. L. Clemens, and others (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".
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At left is Henry Huttleston Rogers
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Huttleston_Rogers
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Henry Huttleston Rogers (January 29, 1840 – May 19, 1909) was an American industrialist and financier. He made his fortune in the oil refining business, becoming a leader at Standard Oil. He also played a major role in numerous corporations and business enterprises in the gas industry, copper, and railroads. He became a close friend of Mark Twain.
Rogers' success in the oil industry began with Charles Pratt in 1866, when he invented an improved process by which naphtha was separated from crude oil during oil refining. John D. Rockefeller bought his and Pratt's business in 1874, and Rogers rose rapidly in Standard Oil. He designed the idea of a very long pipeline for transporting oil, as opposed to using railway cars. In the 1880s, he broadened his interests beyond oil to include copper, steel, banking, and railroads, as well as the Consolidated Gas Company that provided coal gas to major cities. By the 1890s, as Rockefeller was withdrawing from the oil business, Rogers was a dominant figure at Standard Oil. In 1899, Rogers set up the Amalgamated Copper trust, based in Butte, Montana, that dominated an industry in high demand as the nation needed wire to build its electric networks. His last major enterprise was building the Virginian Railway to service the West Virginia coal fields. After 1890, he became a prominent philanthropist, as well as a friend and supporter of Mark Twain and Booker T. Washington.
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update this catalog record.
Fred R. Hazard, Syracuse (LOC)
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swanq said:
www.findagrave.com
BIRTH
14 Jun 1858
Peace Dale, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
DEATH
27 Feb 1917 (aged 58)
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA
digital.sciencehistory.org
"Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island in 1858 and graduate from Brown University in 1881. After graduating from Brown, Hazard studied the Solvay Process, a significant industrial process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate or soda ash at Solvay & Co. in France. Upon his return to the United States, Hazard assumed the position of Assistant Treasurer at the Solvay Process Company in Syracuse, New York. He subsequently served as the company's Treasurer before assuming the position of President following his father's death in 1898. Frederick Rowland Hazard died in Syracuse, New York on February 27, 1917." -
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this information to our catalog record.
Mrs. W.J. Bryan (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Baird_Bryan
"Mary Elizabeth Baird Bryan (June 17, 1861 – January 30, 1930) was an American attorney, writer, and suffragist. She was married to William Jennings Bryan."
On the same occasion
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll add her name to both of these photos.
East Hampton horse show (LOC)
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Olga Kim said:
Isn't that Jackie Kennedy as a little girl?
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Olga Kim, yes, they appear to match the figures in an identified Associated Press photo. We'll add her and her mother's name to the catalog record.
Guarding against slave takers?
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Gareth Gregan said:
The aforementioned Patrick Nolan, brother to long-serving Florence, is my great-grandfather. As I've been doing some family research of late, the above is very very interesting to me.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Gareth Gregan Delighted that you found it then, Gareth. And good luck with the family research!
Simms House’ No.5 The Boulevarde, Cammeray, Sydney, c. 1945
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Lamoreaux said:
Shares at least a few features with the Getty Center.
Brian Hope with camera and tin foil flash, 1939
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Nicolas Appel said:
A beautiful result here. Well done on your explore feature!
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Pattaya Patrol said:
Congratulations on making Explore - this image is a delightful winner! Your eye for the moment and the nostalgic charm of that tin-foil flash and vintage camera make the photo feel like a joyful tribute to early photography. The subject's gentle smile and the way you captured the gleam from the reflector give the shot warmth and character. Beautiful work - you've turned a historic tool into a timeless scene, and it clearly resonated with viewers. Keep shooting!
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Steb (Thx for 9.4 Million Views) said:
Great picture and congratulations on Explore.
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xprocessed said:
Cheers to reaching the Explore page State Library of New South Wales! 🌟
Martin Theater, Panama City, Florida (LOC)
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Tony Yau said:
Nice shot!
Seen in Bright Colored Buildings! 👍
Walter Camp, portrait bust (LOC)
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swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Camp
"Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American college football player and coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs. With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, Curly Lambeau, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football. He attended Yale College, where he played and coached college football. Camp's Yale teams of 1888, 1891, and 1892 have been recognized as national champions. Camp was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach during 1951."
William Trowbridge Larned, adapter of Ferenc's "The Devil" (LOC)
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swanq said:
id.loc.gov
Larned, W. T. (William Trowbridge)
Birth Date: 1864-03-26
Death Date: 1928-02-09
Birth Place: Saint Louis (Mo.)
isfdb.org
Bibliography
=Collections=
Fairy Tales from France (1920)
American Indian Fairy Tales (1921)
=Short Fiction=
Grasshopper (1921)
How The Summer Came (1921)
Iagoo, The Story-Teller (1921)
Mish-o-sha, The Magician (1921)
Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind (1921)
The Boy Who Snared The Sun (1921)
The Child Of The Evening Star (1921)
The Fairy Bride (1921)
The Little Boy And Girl In The Clouds (1921)
=Essays=
For Those Who Love Fairy Stories (1920)
George Arliss, "The Devil" (LOC)
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swanq said:
See
![Geo. Arliss [in Sultan costume] (LOC)](https://live.staticflickr.com/4894/33073839478_2ff3e6eafb_n.jpg)
He played the Devil in New York in 1908, according to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_(Molnár_play)
G. Cleveland, standing (LOC)
Mrs. W.J. Bryan (LOC)
Dr. Felix Quintero, sitting (LOC)
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swanq said:
From Has the United States Repudiated International Arbitration? A Reply
F. D. McKenney
The North American Review, Vol. 187, No. 629 (Apr., 1908), pp. 578-587 (10 pages)
- www.jstor.org
"Referring particularly to the cash item of 100,000 bolivars which, by a written agreement made on May 10th, 1900, between Felix Quintero, Minister of the Interior, and R. Morgan Olcott, acting on behalf of the Orinoco Shipping and Trading Company, the Venezuelan Government bound itself to pay—the learned umpire declared that, under a certain provision of the code of law of Venezuela, the transfer of such a debt "gives no right against the debtor when it was not notified to or accepted by the debtor," and this provision he also held to be applicable to that portion of the third item, some $49,978.76 in amount, which was alleged to have accrued due prior to April Ist, 1902, the date of the assignment to the American company."
See also
- bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org
Martin Theater, Panama City, Florida (LOC)
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The Library of Congress said:
We've corrected the inverted image here in Flickr.
Votes for Abby
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beachcomber australia said:
She looks a lot like Oscar Wilde in last week's photo !

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Suck Diesel said:
In her less glamorous prison dress
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Suck Diesel said:
“Abby Scott Baker (1871-1944)
Abby Scott Baker, of Washington, D.C., came from a multi-generational military family. She was one of Alice Paul's earliest associates and helped Paul and Burns plan their first major event–the March 3, 1913, national suffrage parade on the eve of Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. She served as treasurer of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CU) in 1914 and quickly became one of the most effective lobbyists for both the CU and its successor, the National Woman's Party (NWP).
Baker traveled the country as part of the CU's "Suffrage Special" train tour of western states in April-May 1916. The envoys set off with fanfare from Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Baker was in charge of handling the press for the tour. The support that she helped raise from women in states that had already granted women's suffrage culminated in a June 1916 meeting in Chicago to form what was at first called the Woman's Party of Western Voters, or Woman's Party, for short (later, the NWP). When the NWP was more formally organized in relation to the CU in March 1917, Baker was elected to the NWP executive committee and served as its press chairman (1917-18) and political chairman (1917; 1919-21).
Baker was among the first demonstrators to picket the White House; she was arrested in September 1917 and sentenced to 60 days in the Occoquan Workhouse. In February-March 1919, she served as publicity manager and speaker for the "Prison Special," a three-week lecture tour by NWP activists who spoke to packed audiences about their jail experiences in an effort to generate support for the suffrage cause.
Baker was an important lobbyist during the key years (1917-20) that the NWP pressured for passage of what became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Known as the diplomat of the NWP, Baker was a significant presence in the organization's ongoing tactic of asserting personal influence upon leading authorities in public and private life. When the NWP's patriotism was challenged, she reminded critics that her three sons were fighting in World War I. In the midst of the ratification process for the 19th Amendment, Baker was among the NWP members who attended the Democratic National Convention of 1920 in San Francisco and successfully brokered a pro-suffrage plank as part of the party platform. She subsequently lobbied the presidential candidates from both political parties, James M. Cox and Warren G. Harding, to support the women's rights cause.
After suffrage was achieved, Baker became a member of the NWP's Committee on International Relations and the Women's Consultative Committee of the League of Nations. She also represented the NWP at the League's 1935 international conferences in Geneva where the issue of equal rights was discussed.” -
beachcomber australia said:
Here she is in c. 1916 looking
oldermore mature.
Via The Library of Congress
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beachcomber australia said:
Harris & Ewing opened in Washington in 1905. Earliest date?
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Suck Diesel said:
beachcomber australia Could be as late as 1920
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beachcomber australia said:
Suck Diesel 19:22 where I am !
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Suck Diesel said:
beachcomber australia Does gravity work the opposite way around down there?
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Suck Diesel beachcomber australia These are very technical questions!
NASA Pilot and Researcher Prepare for a Solar Cell Calibration Flight
from NASA on The Commons
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