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Islands in the mist

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Tyske desertører i Finnmark

from Arkivverket (National Archives of Norway)

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  • spv1435 said:
    Överlevde de i Ryssland och kom hem?

Let's meet the Chearnleys of Salterbridge

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

26_0014975 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Apparently a cockpit mockup for the Rohr 71X. The only site with 71X images may be a Russian web site, so I did not want to link to it.

26_0014999 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Apparent structural test failure. LE=left elevator?

26_0065329 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Guess: automated part retrieval system for a warehouse. The warning light on top of the cabinet is made by Federal Sign and Signal.

26_0065397 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Horizontal pantograph? Shoe picks up power to operate the Pearl Ridge car.

26_0066700 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    I don't know who identifies this as a Bell 47G, you or Rohr.
    Whatever, it is wrong. The Chopper is a Hughes 269B!
    Stig

26_0066698 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    I don't know who identifies this as a Bell 47G, you or Rohr.
    Whatever, it is wrong. The Chopper is a Hughes 269B!
    Stig

Down and Out in Longford

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 28 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    12 March 1974 was a Tuesday ... not a Good News Day for A36R
  • beachcomber australia said:
    It happened on 27 February, a while before. Details here - irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/2432-longford-derailment/

    "... Fortunately there were no major injuries largely due to there being no passengers in the two carriages that went down the embankment. Only the driver was removed to hospital, for precautionary reasons. One passenger received medical attention at Longford station but was fit enough to continue their journey to Dublin. ... "
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "josefstadt" on the above site has a few colour photos of the recovery operation. Can anyone spot Mr O'Dea in his photos?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Date pre 4/6 May, according to
    “A36R, which had come to rest in a very awkward position, was not recovered until the weekend of 4 / 5 May, by which time a large amount of the locomotive’s brass and copper had been removed by persons from a local ‘caravan park’!
  • Foxglove said:
    .... resting...not sleeping
  • ccferrie said:
    I'm thrilled to see that this community still exists and is still nerding out over old photos. I haven't checked in here for many years but investigating an old photo on another platform prompted me to revisit.
  • ccferrie said:
    BTW, I think this may be the location of the derailment maps.app.goo.gl/QEUMRDHJnKmLxCSKA
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    ccferrie And we're thrilled to see you again, Ciarán!
  • ccferrie said:
    😊

26_0064514 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Thank you to the historian who holds all of the Crown Firecoach historical records. I think this machine was built when they were still built in Los Angeles. This is serial number F-1579 and tags have been added to the photos to support searching. It's a 100-foot Maxim rear-mount steel ladder. It was Chula Vista Truck 1 and the 5271 on the rear may be a mutual aid number and radio callsign.

26_0066721 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    In the old days of cost plus pricing, many federal contractors were paid for running things like a factory ambulance service or recreation facility. This appears to be a recreation facility at one of Rohr's plants. At upper right is a baseball field without turf. Guess: this could be in Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County.

26_0015173 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Brands of vehicles cannot be identified by me because of low resolution photo.
  • SDASM Archives said:
    Chuck Walla I replaced it with the original photo
  • Chuck Walla said:
    Based on the vehicles, my guess is this was shot in the early 1950s. The flat bed trucks and the pickup in the center row appear to be Chevrolet. There are two Chevrolet ~1948 cars in the center of the front row. I'm unsure about the tractors in the back row. They have an interesting assortment of material handling vehicles but I can't see any identifying information. The Chevrolet pickup could be a 49-51?

    I see a wooden water tank at right of the crane and a flammable liquid tank at left of the large forklift.

    Flickr users, please correct any of my mistakes.

26_0015056 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Ironic, tags are locked out for public editing but caption asks for help tagging this photo.
  • SDASM Archives said:
    Chuck Walla Are they? The setting is to "Any Flickr Member" for commenting. I know tags have been glitching and disappearing or not being allowed on Flickr recently. I will contact them
  • Chuck Walla said:
    Working tonight, SDASM. Fixed, I guess. The round thing is either a vacuum chamber or an autoclave. I'm not sure how to tell the difference.

Heywood House after it's Heyday

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Sir Edward was regarded as one of, if not the greatest British architect.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lutyens
  • Anne McGinley said:
    No longer standing.
    www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-...
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Free admission to the gardens, but the house is confined to the "no longer standing" category. It was demolished after a fire in 1950/51, seemingly. Wikipedia gives both years.

    heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/heywood-gardens/

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heywood_House_Gardens
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wendy: is always amazing! In 2019 -
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia That's our Wendy: alright!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    mcginley2012 Thanks Anne. Added to our No longer standing album now.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Streetview goes wiggling all around there - maps.app.goo.gl/Azf7Pz5STR1jE9k79
  • John Spooner said:
    The fire was on 31st January 1950. Seamus O'Cleirigh visited in February 1950 and wrote of what he found in the Kilkenny Journal and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser - Saturday 11 February 1950:
    I have just been to see Heywood ‘House, or rather what is left of it, the stately home of the Salesians of Don Bosco" at Ballinakill, and which was very recently the scene of a devastating fire. To me indeed it was a sad visit as my last recollection of it was at Christmas time, when, in the person of Santa Claus, I made a triumphal entry to the “Big House” with my annual consignment of gifts for distribution to the expectant Community. And now to see the gaping walls and smoke blackened surroundings where the demon fire had caused its merciless destruction on what once was beautiful to behold. The centre of the building was completely gutted and is now but a heap of rubble which was already being cleared by the Brothers, workmen and voluntary helpers from the district.

    A later article on 25th February in the same paper mentions "The complete destruction of the mansion on January 31 (Feast-day of St. John Bosco) "
  • Architecture of Dublin said:
    Nice French style mansard roof.

    More detail below, said originally to be Gandon designed

    www.dia.ie/works/view/3499/building/CO.+LAOIS%2C+HEYWOOD

Admiral Goodrich receiving wireless telephone (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_F._Goodrich
    "Caspar Frederick Goodrich (7 January 1847 – 26 January 1925) was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. ... Goodrich was a member of the Naval Order of the United States and served as Commander of the New York Commandery from 1907 to 1908."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

Columbia Univ. commencement, Rev. Dr. McQuees, Dean van Amringe, New York (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Van_Amringe
    "John Howard Van Amringe (April 3, 1835 – September 10, 1915) was an American educator and mathematician.
    Van Amringe was born in Philadelphia on April 3, 1835.[1] He was a son of William Frederick Van Amringe (1791–1873) and Susan Budd (née Stirling) Van Amringe (1798–1891). Among his siblings was brother, Thomas Budd Van Amringe.
    He entered Columbia University in 1856 and graduated from the school with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1860. Three years later, he received a Master of Arts, and in 1890, he was made a Doctor of Literature.
    Amringe died on September 10, 1915 in Morristown, New Jersey
  • swanq said:
    The sun (New York [N.Y.]), May 28, 1908, P. 4
    - www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1908-05-28/ed-1/?sp=4&amp...
    "Dean Van Amringe introduced the Rev. Lea Luquer of the Class of 1852, rector of St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, NY for there degree of doctor of sacred theology.
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, I found some additional photos to confirm it shows Rev. Lea Luquer. We'll update the catalog record.

Garden party, Governor's Island, New York (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    The sun (New York [N.Y.]), May 28, 1908, p. 4
    - www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1908-05-28/ed-1/?sp=4&...
    describes this charity event, which was on May 27, 1908.
    "No one even attempted to estimate the number of women whose flowers and feathers and flounces and furbelows transformed Governors Island yesterday afternoon into a kaleidoscope. They were there for sweet charity's sake, having each paid a dollar for the privilege of attending the garden party given by the New York Branch of the Army Relief Society, but they all took on the outward semblance of guests at a truly society function."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll add some of this information to the catalog record.

    I noticed the tents are covered with flags of various nations.

Great craic at the Bottle Tower?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

26_0063074 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Please turn this 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

26_0063084 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Great image.

26_0064644 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Apparenly, French SNCF Turbotrains were licensed by Rohr for production. I've seen pictures that suggest some were built by Rohr for Amtrak but cannot find a source. They were called Turboliners in the U.S. Can anyone comment further? There are photos of junked Turboliners on Flickr. Historic photo apparently from United States National Archives: Abandoned unit discovered in Indiana circa 2010:

26_0018427 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The right tag is believed to be 1,1,1-trichloroethane misspelled (also known as methyl chloroform). I'm not sure what the subject of the photos (black object or surface) is.

26_0018370 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Possibly strain gauges. These would possibly be used to measure deflection caused by a tension or compression load.

26_0015259 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Metal plating or alodyne tanks? Anyone? Bueller?

26_0015170 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Please correct any bogus tags applied to this image. It looks like a Cassegrain to me.

26_0015060 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Tags are locked out from editing on this image. I could be tagged "load cell", "structural test.," and "static load test". I see three load cells.

Essex Country Club House (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County_Country_Club
    "Essex County Country Club (ECCC) is a golf club in West Orange, New Jersey. It was founded in 1887, making it the oldest club in the state of New Jersey and the sixth oldest in the United States.
    History
    Essex County Country Club was established on what used to be the Orange Springs Hotel, a health resort centered around the Orange Mineral Springs. The hotel was purchased in 1889 and became ECCC. The former hotel became known as the Mansion House and became the clubhouse."

Oh Flower of Scotland

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Christmas Card from the South African War

from The National Archives UK

  • JJ_Dredd said:
    Great! Merry Christmas All!

Give me the History of Ireland on one sheet of paper!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 30 older comments, and then…
  • Brett Fitzgerald said:
    3 historical figures I can connect with.
    2nd cousin (5 x rem) - Lady Gregory.
    Both Gen. Richard Montgomery & Napper Tandy's story is historically connected with my Newenham lineage (Both figures have also met George Washington)

Composite image of airman and De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth biplane 'Canberra'

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • Brian Gordon said:
    Hi, State Library of New South Wales that is Dr G. HAMILTON ..
    I was a good friend to hus son who was also a pilot.
    I gave a reasonable collection of Dr Hamiltons photos if your interested please email me at:
    brianpgordon57@gmail.com

Cambridge School, Hunters Hill, Sydney NSW - hockey

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14931657 - SMH, 24th June, 1908...'Hockey for Girls'...brief item which indicates that the Cambridge School first formed a hockey team in 1903...per this item the Cambridge School was the first of the Sydney girls' schools to do so...
  • covid convict said:
    'Treago', at Hunters Hill, which the Cambridge School evidently occupied in the years 1904-06

British Library digitised image from page 137 of "Title"

from British Library

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Justin Taylor said:
    Dj Onko Adding this bit of comment necromancy in case anyone else finds this and has the same question. It's from "Illustreret Norges historie. [With plates.]"
    Author: ØVERLAND, Ole Andreas.
    Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9425.c.37."
    Place of Publishing: Kristiania
    Date of Publishing: 1885
    Identifier: 002733973

    Some skid mark hacked The British Library's catalogue, otherwise I'd be able to give you the volume, page, and probably a link as well.

Her Majesty's Mail arriving at Kiandra

from Powerhouse Museum

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  • covid convict said:
    Postcard version

Poor auld Salmon, caught in a plaque

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    Excellent Work 🌟 Thank You for Sharing