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At center is an IBM line printer. It seems to be the subject of this photo. I think these were belt printers. Please comment if you know. Also, please add tags identifying the location of this system if you know it.

Chula Vista mail room?

Damaged rubber belt and wiring harness.

I like the repetition of form of the letter J on each column. I would not put my hand as shown in the photo. 💥

Same aircraft?

Slide is flipped horizontally.

Further away:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks,_2nd_Baron_Twee...
"Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, KT, PC (8 July 1849 – 15 September 1909), was a moderate British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords. He served in various capacities in the Liberal governments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
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Biography
Tweedmouth was the son of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, and Isabella, daughter of Sir James Hogg, 1st Baronet. Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, was his sister. He was descended from Joseph Marjoribanks, a wine and fish merchant in Edinburgh who died in 1635 and is thought to have been the grandson of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, but expelled in 1870 following a prank that led to the damage of college sculptures.

Political career

Tweedmouth
Tweedmouth was returned to Parliament for Berwickshire in 1880, a seat he held until 1894.[5] The seat had been held earlier in the century by his great-uncle, Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, and cousin, Charles Albany Marjoribanks.

He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Comptroller of the Household in between February and July 1886[6] and was sworn of the Privy Council the same year.[7] When the Liberals returned to power under Gladstone in 1892, he was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (chief whip).[8] He succeeded his father in the barony in March 1894, only a few days before Gladstone resigned and Lord Rosebery became prime minister. Rosebery appointed Tweedmouth Lord Privy Seal,[9] with a seat in the cabinet, and in May 1894 he also became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He retained these posts until the government fell in 1895.

Amongst other property he inherited the Guisachan estate in Glen Affric from his father but he sold the estate in 1908 to the Earl of Portsmouth.

After ten years in opposition, the Liberals again came to power in December 1905 under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who appointed Tweedmouth First Lord of the Admiralty, with a seat in the cabinet. In early 1908 he was criticised for corresponding with German emperor William II on the British naval programme. The matter was referred to the House of Commons. Chancellor of the Exchequer H. H. Asquith eventually stated that the correspondence was "a purely personal and private communication, conceived in an entirely friendly spirit" and no action was taken. However, when Asquith succeeded Campbell-Bannerman as prime minister in April 1908 Tweedmouth was removed as head of the Admiralty and became Lord President of the Council. He suffered a nervous breakdown in June 1908, a condition which was said to partly explain his indiscretion in communicating with the German Emperor on naval matters. Although his health later recovered, he resigned in October 1908. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1908."

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Great shot
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A great shot overall. Well done on your explore feature!

This picture must have come from some kind a council award ceremony. The first two girls are not from the same troop but both have far more than a usual number of badges. Can't tell the troop number of the third girl or how many badges she has because she may have more sewn on the back side of the sash. A shame whatever they were being singled out for has been lost. Picture makes me curious what it was.

"...take a walk on the wild side..."

Evil man.

WOW!!!!!!

Really ready for everything!!!!!

Pensive. Emotive. Thank you.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane

"Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, KT, OM, PC, FRS, FSA, FBA (/ˈhɔːldeɪn/; 30 July 1856 – 19 August 1928) was a Scottish lawyer, philosopher, influential Liberal and later Labour politician and statesman. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" of the British Army were implemented. As Secretary of State of War, he was instrumental in founding MI5, MI6, the Territorial Army, the British Expeditionary Force, and the Royal Flying Corps. Beyond his military contributions, Haldane was a significant figure in education, contributing to the founding of institutions such as Imperial College London and the London School of Economics. His efforts have left a lasting impact on both the UK's defence and educational landscapes."

"Raised to the peerage as Viscount Haldane in 1911, he was Lord Chancellor between 1912 and 1915, when he was forced to resign because of allegations of German sympathies. He later joined the Labour Party and again served as Lord Chancellor in 1924 in the first Labour administration. Apart from his legal and political careers, Haldane was an influential writer on philosophy, in recognition of which he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1914."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reid,_1st_Earl_Loreburn

"Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, GCMG, PC (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. A supporter of progressive social legislation, he served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1905 and 1912.

"Born in Corfu, the largest city on the island of the same name, Loreburn was the son of Sir James John Reid, Chief Justice of the Ionian Islands, at the time a British protectorate. His mother was Mary, daughter of Robert Threshie, formerly married to William Denholm Dalzell. Loreburn was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he represented the Oxford University Cricket Club in fifteen first-class matches as a wicket-keeper, spanning from 1865 to 1868.[3] He remained involved in cricket for many years after, with appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Herefordshire at lower levels of the sport, amongst other sides."

Very very very nice photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1908, the Duchess f Marlborough would have been
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consuelo_Vanderbilt
"Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was an American socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family and only daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Her first marriage to Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough has become a well-known example of the advantageous but loveless marriages common during the Gilded Age. The Duke obtained a large dowry through the marriage and reportedly told her – on their honeymoon — that he had married her only "because he felt obliged to save Blenheim," his ancestral home.

During the marriage, she became a popular and influential duchess. For much of their 25-year marriage, the Marlboroughs lived separately. After an official separation in 1906, the couple was divorced in 1921, followed by an annulment in 1926."

See

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morley
"John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, PC, FRS, FBA (24 December 1838 – 23 September 1923), was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor.

Initially a journalist in the North of England and then editor of the newly Liberal-leaning Pall Mall Gazette from 1880 to 1883, he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liberal Party in 1883. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1886 and between 1892 and 1895; Secretary of State for India between 1905 and 1910 and again in 1911; and Lord President of the Council between 1910 and 1914.

Morley was a distinguished political commentator, and biographer of his hero, William Ewart Gladstone. Morley is best known for his writings and for his "reputation as the last of the great nineteenth-century Liberals". He opposed imperialism and the Second Boer War. He supported Home Rule for Ireland. His opposition to British entry into the First World War as an ally of Russia led him to leave the government in August 1914."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Maxim
"Hudson Maxim (February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927), was an American inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder, Thomas Edison referred to him as "the most versatile man in America". He was the brother of Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Silencer.

See also

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Sherman
"James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party, Sherman was previously a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909. He was a member of the interrelated Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families, prominent lawyers and politicians of New England and New York.
Although not a high-powered administrator, he made a natural congressional committee chairman, and his genial personality eased the workings of the House, so that he was known as 'Sunny Jim'. He was the first vice president to fly in an airplane (1911), and also the first to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game. Sherman was the seventh and most recent vice president to have died in office."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Asquith

"Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), was a British statesman, Liberal politician and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 until his resignation in 1917. Having served as Leader of the Opposition from 1920 to 1922, Asquith was the last member of the Liberal Party to do so, and the last prime minister from the Party to command a majority government, which he had inherited from Henry Campbell-Bannerman."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Buxton,_1st_Earl_Buxton
"Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, GCMG, PC (25 October 1853 – 15 October 1934) was a radical British Liberal politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as the second Governor-General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920."
PMG could be Postmaster General
"From 1892 to 1895, Buxton served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1905, he earned his first Cabinet post, that of Postmaster-General. In this capacity he introduced such services as penny postage to the United States, the Canadian magazine post, and cheap postage for the blind."

www.britannica.com
"Augustine Birrell (born Jan. 19, 1850, Wavertree, Lancashire, Eng.—died Nov. 20, 1933, London) was a politician and man of letters whose policies, as British chief secretary for Ireland (1907–16), contributed to the Easter Rising of Irish nationalists in Dublin (1916)." The date 4/26/16 would not be when the phto was taken, but when Bain republiched it after the start of the Easter Rising.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising
"The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca),[2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War."

The name of the village is Nzulezo

Spotlight moment, National Library of Ireland on The Commons! Congrats on Explore! 🎉 ⭐ 🌟

A slightly wider print here - www.airhistory.net

Which says ...

City / Airport:Boscombe Down [near Salisbury , UK]
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
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Photo Date:June 1940 to August 1940
"Belgian aircraft transferred to the RAF after Belgium fell to the Germans. Crashed on October 22, 1940 when it collided with Handley Page Hampden P4354 during a photo sortie from Boscombe Down. Both pilots parachuted to safety but two crew were lost onboard the Hampden. Photo from: Imperial War Museums"

And another site says summer 1940 at A&AEE Boscombe Down -
www.worldwarphotos.info