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26_0029903 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    This is believed to be the Delaware, Ohio Flxible factory but I can't find data confirming the location.

26_0039565 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    McCormick Area Transit in North Carolina?

You can rest assured that these folks will insure you

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Evidently the collective noun for insurance agents is a ...

    twattle !

    via - www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-matthews-a980a12a_list-of-col...

    Edit - 15 July 1926 was a Thursday Twattleday ...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is Mr. Timothy Tobin of William Street, an Insurance Agent.

    He works for the Royal Liver Friendly Society.

    His daughter niece Mary is a clerk there.

    I think this is probably the office staff on an outing, and Mary may be here.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The clean shaven man seated 3rd from our right looks rather like the young woman at his feet... Tim and Mary?
  • John Spooner said:
    Waterford Standard - Wednesday 21 July 1926
    WATERFORD ROYAL LIVER SOCIETY STAFF. PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENING.
    The annual inspection of the Waterford District of the Royal Liver Friendly stuff took place on Thursday last. The visiting deputation consisted of Mr. R. Shepard, of the Committee of Management, and Mr. Dempsey, of the Irish Sub-Committee Following the inspection, the entire staff, including the deputation, were entertained by the Manager, Mr. Tobin, at his residence, No. 10 William street. A photograph of the party having been taken in the pretty garden attached to Mr. Tobin's house. they adjourned to the dining-room. where 25 guests sat down. to a sumptuous repast.


    So that's location sorted.

    More details including names in the rest of the report. Stand by.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Spooner Well done! Standing by...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Niall McAuley John Spooner You are all too good at this game!
  • John Spooner said:
    The dining-room was specially decorated for the occasion with choice natural lowers from the garden. At the conclusion of the luncheon, Mr. Tobin expressed his pleasure at finding himself again amongst his staff, who during the past year had given such faithful service and cooperation in achieving the very marked progress of the society, a report of which he presented. He quoted figures to show that since taking over the management of the district four years ago the debit had been doubled, and hoped that each succeeding year would find him in a position to be able to announce a similarly happy condition of things, Mr. Forest ,on behalf of the agents, extended a hearty welcome to the members of the deputation, especially to Mr. Shepard, who, he said, enjoyed the unique distinction of being promoted direct from the ranks of the agents to the boardroom. He commented on the fortune that gave them in Waterford such a courteous and kindly manager as Mr. Tobin, whose invariable sociability and hospitality he very warmly eulogised. He thanked Mr. Tobin for his very kind references, and assured him of their continued loyalty and support in future. Mr. Hegarty joined in the welcome to the deputation voiced by Mr. Forrest. and congratulated Mr. Shepard very cordially on his preferment. Mr. Shepard, in reply, expressed his appreciation of the very warm welcome extended to him. He paid a high tribute to the Waterford District Manager and staff, and accompanied his remarks with some sound advice and hints which met with general approbation. Messrs. Dempsey and Wall having also spoken, a very cordial vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Tobin, proposed by Mr. Hamilton, seconded by Mr. Shepard and supported by Messrs. Dempsey and Forrest, brought a very pleasant evening to a close.
  • DannyM8 said:
    Nice Dog
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The "pretty garden" looks overgrown in Streetview (from behind)

26_0050062 Rohr Collection Image

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Flagman gas station, Connersville, Indiana (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • swanq said:
    www.facebook.com/groups/115642891867971/posts/15019264665...
    has a discussion about this statue.

    One post wonders if the statue at the intersection of state routes 3 and 18 could be the same one.
    See 2025 Streetview.
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Love it.
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ April 25, 2026
  • Lukas Larsed said:
    Congrats on Explore 💯
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Superb work!
  • waewduan C said:
    Congrats……………..
  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    Exceptional Work 🌟 Thank You for Sharing 👍

Cannons to the left, cannons to the right at Florence Court

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  • Philip Mayer said:
    I never thought I'd ever be the first to comment on something in this site.
    Just because I wake up early. 😄👍
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Philip Mayer G'day!

    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In June 2010 via Kathy Urban
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The cannons are still there and much loved. In April 2009 via midwestconf
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The house is named after Florence Bourchier Wrey, the wife of Sir John Cole, who built the first incarnation of the mansion in the 1720s.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Philip Mayer Well done on beating our beachcomber australia to the punch!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At the Dictionary of Irish Architects
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview
  • Philip Mayer said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Sorry that I couldn't say anything more interesting.
    Now if it had been a stately home in Liverpool...............
  • Niall McAuley said:
    L_CAB_01928 nearby in the catalog is after 1900 (RIC cap).

BP SDASM_06944 SDASM Historical Image

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  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    I have met Jimmy Doolittle and have a First Printing of "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" autographed by him.
  • Flickr Foundation said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle

A Decent Church with a leaning to the left!

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Com. A. K. Atkins, Com. H. T. Dyer, Maj. Jack Davis, Com. L. H. Maxfield (LOC)

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July 2, 1925

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here they are in the 1926 census.

Watching wedding watches

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Englishs in the 1926 census. They have added another son to the list, little John Patrick.

731 East Sheridan Road

from CADL LocalHistory

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I tried to get a collection of quonset huts in Silicon Valley but only got a few locations. This is a cool idea.

26_0051722 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Ladder says, "East Mojave Building Company."

26_0051739 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The blue thing may be a start cart.

October 25, 1929

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Looked at this one a few times now, trying to find a matching wedding, and finally got it!

    The problem is the date is wrong. The following pic in the Poole catalogue is 21 May 1929. The previous one is 8th April 1929. So I thought what if it's not October, but late April?

    Meet John Murphy marrying Johanna Hearne, 25th April 1929. He is an accountant, Kilmeaden

    www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marria...

July 21, 1925

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here they are in the 1926 census.

    Michael and Mary Veale.

    The children in age order are Mary J, Nellie, Anastatia, David, Bridget and Cora.

    Kathleen wss born after this pic.

26_0051716 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The aircraft in the background may also be designated DC-130 or GC-130. I'm not familair. Just trying to tag this so it can be found.

26_0025865 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Note the C-5B Pylon sign.

    This person appears to wearing a "H-53 Stallion" shirt. Their name tag is not readable at 800 pixels.

26_0025870 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Per the South Bay Historical Society timeline, a C-5 contract commenced at Foley in 1986. This series has been tagged Foley based on that timeline.

26_0025903 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The color of the display looks like nixie tubes. Is it? It's 1987...

    Check out the tape on the v-belt cover.

26_0025902 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    The paper taped on this object suggests it's a Boeing 747 inlet. As of 1991, this chart suggests those were built at Heber Springs, Arkansas? This part looks used so it's apparently from an end-of-life airframe and is being refurbished?

Nestling neath the shadows of the Mournes

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  • Brian McCalmont said:
    Very quick condensed history, The first "home of rest" was opened in Warrenpoint in 1899, it proved so popular that they moved out to Rostrevor and rented a bigger house (the one behind that one in the rear of Victoria Square) and it was opened on the 3rd of May 1893. The rent was proving to be an issue and it was decided that with some fundraising and donations from locals they would buy a site and build a home therefor removing the issues surround renting one. That home (the one in the photos) was opened on the 8th of May 1901. It was occupied up until the first world war, closed and then re-opened again on the 28th of June 1921 after refurbishments. Hope that helps
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Brian McCalmont That most certainly helps, thank you.

    As it looks "open" and functioning, we're safe to say after 8th May 1901 then?

Strathmore town sign, Alberta, 1974

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    I remember this Sign ... Lived in Strathmore over 50 years

Brebner children

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

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

Mountain Park Field Day

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

Company houses

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  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    Very Interesting

Women displaying quilts, Frog Lake First Nation, Alberta, [194-]

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

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

26_0063755 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Compressed air plumbing?

26_0063774 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Horseshoe in flight!

BP SDASM_06686 SDASM Historical Image

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  • These Pictures are Entirely Bad said:
    Replica or original plane?
  • Ken Glaze said:
    This is the reproduction SPIRIT that was built in 1979 to replace the earlier reproduction that was lost in the 1978 fire. Given the condition of the rotunda, this was taken before the museum reopened in the FORD Building on June 28, 1980.

26_0024831 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    This is probably AmTrak's Cyrus K. Holliday car at Rohr's "Rail Systems Incorporated," in Mira Loma, California.

26_0046260 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Did they do post-tensioned concrete?

26_0066257 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This image is upside down.
  • Chuck Walla said:
    Some of the earliest negatives had a text description, "Ocean Gate." I tagged everything for this job site with the tag. Other later ones say, "Ocean View.," I'd already taggest about ¾ of them before I discovered this. Please use Camera Roll to fix them in bulk if Ocean Gate is wrong or let me know and I'll manually change them. Thank you!

    I think the main street in the photos is West Ocean Boulevard and it's near Oceangate.

Sears Oil gas station, Yorkville, New York (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Sears Oil gas station, Utica, New York (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

26_0054131 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

26_0054127 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Some photos in the series say 1975 and some say 1974.

26_0070280 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Rohr had purchased Flxible in 1971. They're the chief competitor of General Motors, who make the above coach. I'm not sure why these photos are in the collection unless it's competitive analysis? Two years later, the system bought a bunch of coaches from Rohr's Flxible Division.

26_0024089 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    A sign above the person at right of frame says, "Constitution Plaza." The talented Thomas Hawk confirms the location as Berkeley.

26_0026723 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Isn't this Chula Vista? There's no building at Edgemont with this color of paint. There's no pole line with streetlight fixtures on it at Edgemont.

Happy Anniversary (Almost)

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    30 April 1930 was a Wednesday ...

    Hmm ... 42 College Road, Cork needs some TLC - maps.app.goo.gl/MheFwsWcaNbbCiE8A !
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Mr. J. Murphy's former residence is certainly nothing like Mr. D. O'Connell's the other day.

    www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/42-college-road-cork-c...
  • O Mac said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Your link opens to the same photo but the title states "Wedding, group of four :
    commissioned by Mr. J. Cunningham, 42 College Road, Cork"
    not Murphy.
  • Aristide Mazzarella said:
    👍
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    O Mac Thank you! Need to clean my pince-nez, or get my eyes tested. Maybe both...
  • O Mac said:
    John Cunningham 28years 10 months in April 1926. He worked for Messrs Dwyer's Washington St as a clerk (ledger) He'd two sisters, Frances (26) and Madge (22).
  • John Spooner said:
    Mike Grimes "immense potential" in estateagentese.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Party 1 Name: Mary Ring
    Party 2 Name: John Cunningham

    Date of Event: 20/04/1930
    District/Reg Area: Thomastown
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Witnesses Noel Murphy and Katherine Kearns

Teepee Amoco, Lawrence, Kansas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Lighthouse Restaurant (gas), Eaton, New York (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Field Bros. Service Station, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Anybody here seen Kelly?

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  • Swordscookie said:
    Suck Diesel Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane was one of those British personalities who stood up when it was needed. His persistence in the face of hostility and obstruction by the military upper classes was remarkable.

Great Northern Hotel, Warrenpoint, Co. Down

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  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Brian McCalmont Sure the 5 years flew by! Thanks for the confirmation, Brian.

Compacts Only Rent A Car, Seattle, Washington (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Gas n' Go, Ashtabula, Ohio (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Gas n' Go, Ashtabula, Ohio (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Premium Gas, Toronto, Ontario (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Sterline Windmill Service, Parkersburg, West Virginia (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Texaco-Wadham's, Cedarburg, Wisconsin (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

BP SDASM_06978 SDASM Historical Image

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  • F Scott Wood said:
    Stubby little thing, but it kind of grows on you.

Union Oil Gas, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Matt Carroll said:
    The color balance is off for this. I think it’s tungsten balanced film shot in daylight.

BP SDASM_06996 SDASM Historical Image

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Hawker Siddeley AV-8A code WH02 and ex VMA-542.
    Note that it carries the MASDC (Davis Monthan AFB) code 7A016.
    It did so between 16 April 1986 and 16 Jan 1992 when it for some reason got a USAF code HL001
    What was it doing at Gillespie Field?
    Stig

A Blissful existence in Newbliss

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  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    derangedlemur Mr Lemur, would you check your FlickrMail when you have a minute?

26_0049907 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    What if there were a Lexan window in the plywood so the forklift driver could see where they're going?

26_0049916 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Rohr buildings at right of frame.

    Foreground B 811:

    Distant B 812:

26_0026620 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Comments welcomed. The white stuff looks like tacky mat used to pull all the dirt off your shoe soles in areas with contamination standards — like semiconductor plants. But I think it's something to do with leveling the assembly fixtures. They're doing something to shim the floor out so the assembly fixtures are perfectly level. There are some photos showing 5-gallon plastic buckets of whatever material is used.

    Modern manufacturing sites often get epoxy paint or some kind of concrete sealant. This floor doesn't look like it has gotten either.

26_0026551 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    John Daly Boulevard is on the right. El Camino Real is on the right.

26_0026540 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Checking: I think this is on the Fremont line between Fremont and Union City.

26_0070206 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    It might be accounts payable or accounts receivable? There's a safe at lower left that looks like it's for a small amount of cash. There's possibly airbills for shipping parts on her desk.

    If not used for journalism, I'd brighten her teeth. It looks like she's missing an incisor.

26_0070208 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Looks like a Western Union Telegram form at lower right. A binder at lower right says, "Chase Manhattan." It might be accounts payable or accounts receivable?

26_0070218 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    I think that's a serial number stamp being used by the employee at right. You set it to a starting number. Each time you stamp something the number increments by one.

    If not, it may be a date stamp.

26_0070209 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Thank you for enough pixels. I could read a few things and figure out what was going on in the photo.

    Rohr won the, "Improved Large Industrial Award" for this building:

26_0074553 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    These photos show Rohr Board members so it looks like an annual shareholders' meeting. So far, I can't find news accounts of the meeting.

26_0074548 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Fred Anderson is a common name. One of the employees with this name worked at Receiving Inspection in Riverside.

26_0074573 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    As of 1970, Frank McReery held the title, "Executive Vice President." I'm unsure of his title at the time this photo was taken.

    A decade or two after the alleged U.S./British 1953 overthrow of Iran's government, the Shah of Iran's government bought about 70 of this aircraft type. The numbers vary according to different authorities.

26_0063657 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    There is a moment in a parent's life where you are alarmed to discover your child has become a teen.

26_0063651 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    This photographer did a great job capturing the event.