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trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228978249 - the Sun, 11th October, 1947...here she is!

covid convict thanks for the info I have added her name to the caption. The negative envelopes say the image was for AWA so will follow up.

The scenery is so clean. Top quality. I think I saw this photo on the Photik4 app. Do you have an account there?

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166151830 - the Sydney Mail, 20th February, 1924...this pic appears in this Sydney Mail pictorial (see pic bottom rhs)...per the accompanying caption, the brick lining was intended to protect the layer of asphalt waterproofing...

Is this a drop hammer or a shear? Something else?

I believe the guy at left is the Rohr Transportation Department truck driver.

This guy seems to be sharpening bits for the mills?

The Army of Jack asses and half wit ballless dogs of Islam

Yeah the face, ugly as always. But nothing more than a nose wipe with no balls.

The debt for the death and murder of my sister ledia dodbiba by vlora mafia and italy is 5 million euros

Gravity anomaly?

A web-based translation tool claims "Flaco" is slang for, "skinny."

Yay! 1926 Census link

William is 34, a Motor Car Proprietor.

Wife Ellen also 34.

Children:
John
Johanna (Mary Ann)
Mary Anne
Margaret
Elinor Josephine
Mannix
Madeline Patricia
Kathleen Bridget

Finally, a photo with people smiling.

Niall McAuley We'd love to know Ellen's maiden name... (when you have a moment :)

Of Kelly's Kar Kompany?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Here is William Kelly marrying Ellen Murphy in 1910.

From the wedding record, William's father was John Kelly, car proprietor, as in that Kar Kompany, so, yes.

Niall McAuley Thanks for Murphy.

Ellen was Full age. What is written for William's age on the marriage certificate?

Waterford Standard - Saturday 07 June 1930:

Thanks to Ina (Grant) Newman for correctly identifying this sawmill and to Lois Thomson for publishing Ina's memories in the Madawaska Highlander in May 2026.

This guy looks like he's kitting parts for an assembly?

Anyone know what company logo is visible at the top of the grille?

One note claims Rohr France included locations in Toulouse, Saint Martin, and Gramont. Rohr France — on Mr. Rudberg's name tag — was renamed Rohr Europe in 1990.

Did I mess up? Corrections and comments are encouraged. Feel free to add any tags that would make the museum staff happier.

These appear to be the historic Venice Beach (Los Angeles County) trams from the 1940s. Were they rented? Did Rohr own them? Were they used in Balboa Park or the zoo? Were they built for the Pan-American Exposition?

Note the hole in the grille for a crank start.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Clémentine_of_Belgium
"Princess Clémentine of Belgium (French: Clémentine Albertine Marie Léopoldine, Dutch: Clementina Albertina Maria Leopoldina; 30 July 1872 – 8 March 1955), was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony). In 1910, she became Princess Napoléon and claimant to be Empress consort of the French as the wife of Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte, Bonapartist pretender to the Imperial throne of France (as Napoleon V)."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Clémentine_of_Belgium
"Princess Clémentine of Belgium (French: Clémentine Albertine Marie Léopoldine, Dutch: Clementina Albertina Maria Leopoldina; 30 July 1872 – 8 March 1955), was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony). In 1910, she became Princess Napoléon and claimant to be Empress consort of the French as the wife of Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte, Bonapartist pretender to the Imperial throne of France (as Napoleon V)."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Herron_Taft
"Helen Louise Taft (née Herron; June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943) was First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913 as the wife of President William Howard Taft. Born to a politically well-connected Ohio family, she took an early interest in political life, deciding at the age of 17 that she wished to become first lady. Herron married Taft in 1886, and she guided him throughout his political career, encouraging him to take actions that would bring him closer to the presidency. Accompanying her husband to the Philippines in 1900, she became a prominent socialite in Manila, contributing to US-Philippines relations. After her husband was appointed Secretary of War, she played a significant role in convincing him to run for president in the 1908 presidential election and making the necessary connections to ensure his success."
"As first lady, Taft was closely involved in the political aspects of the presidency, regularly sitting in on meetings and serving as her husband's closest advisor. She held a strong influence over the president's decisions, expressing her concerns when she disagreed with him and providing her input on presidential appointments. She also carried out a reorganization of the White House staff and decor. Inspired by her experience in the Philippines, she converted the White House lawn and the West Potomac Park into social hubs with regular live shows and events. Her decision to plant cherry trees in the park proved to be a success, creating a popular tourist attraction. Taft's influence as first lady was cut short by a stroke two months into her tenure, permanently limiting her mobility and leaving her absent for a year while she partially recovered."

Thanks swanq, we'll add her name to the catalog record.

Winifred's father's Henry Mandeville's evidence at the inquest into his wife's (Winifred's step-mother's) death includes this passage:

We were engaged in distributing notices of a meeting to be held at Victoria Hall, Harley Wintney, and we parted company in order to distribute the notices simultaneously, so that I lost sight of her for a time. That was about midday. After a bit I went to a crossroads and stopped there half an hour waiting for her. I then walked slowly on towards Taplins Farm. I went there but did not find her. I stayed there until I heard there had been an accident. That was not until nearly 3 o'clock. I came on towards Winchfield and found her dead.

This bench is near the junction of the A30 (London Road) and Dilley's lane, which leads to Taplin's Farm. The bench looks too modern to have been there in 1912, but I can't help wondering if it replaced an older one where Henry rested in 1912.

Feel free to add tags with names of Rohr leadership or stockholder if you recognize anyone.

Please post comments if any incorrect tags have been applied to these images.

I don't know anything about neckties but this seems like a good place to study them.

From godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-princely-...

"Lieutenant-Colonel Maharaj Kumar Shri Victor Nitendra Narayan (21 May 1887 - 31 October 1937, Osterley, Surrey), the third brother, was also educated at Eton and then with the Imperial Cadet Corps at Dehradun. He served as a member of the bodyguard to George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. He married the daughter of a lawyer in 1916 and had two sons. He died in a motor accident in England at the age of fifty."

The picture may have been taken when he was in the U.S.
See:
- www.newspapers.com/article/beaver-dam-argus-prince-of-ind...
Prince of India (Victor Nitendra Narayan) enters Cornell University.
Beaver Dam Argus, Mar 13 1908, P. 3, right-hand col,
"Prince Maharajkimar Victor Nitendra Narayan, son of the Maharajan of Cooch Behar, India, has registered at Cornell and will take a course preparatory to practical work in India where he will take charge of some 40,000 acres of his father's tobacco lands in the far east. The Maharajah is one of the richest monarchs in India.
While speaking of sports, the Prince, who is reputed to be a good athlete, and looks the part, became very much interested. He said he had played association football in India, cricket and rugby in England, enjoyed rowing and had been taught jiu-jitsu every day by a master of art.
He has asked the manager of the Association Football team to notify him when the team will report for practice as he will try out for it. Although he has never played baseball he likes the game and wants to learn it."

Memories from a Cornell alumnus of the prince's time at Cornell were reported in:
The Ithaca Journal, Sep 20 1943, P. 3, Col. 7
- www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-story-recal...
"A newspaper correspondent's report from India of the generous hospitality extended to American Army flyers by the young Prince of Cooch Behar and his mother. brought a reminder from a Cornell alumnus in Springfield, Vt., that the father of the present prince was a student at Cornell in 1907-08.
The then Prince Victor Nitendra Narayan, son of His Highness, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, came with his native servants for a special course in the College of Agriculture. The alumnus, Jackson Demary, 1911, recalls him as a "serene, pleasant young chap who sauntered about, appeared at lectures, put on no swank." He writes of a party the prince gave for agriculture students in Barnes Hall, at which he appeared in a regal white silk robe and head-dress and his bearded and turbaned attendants served oriental sweetmeats. A Spring Day or freshman parade of the period included a float, 'Prince Now-You-Are-On and His Harem,' Demary says."

Architects? From Europe?

It might be possible to make this series into a panorama of the Chula Vista Plant on 07/10/1973.

I show Mayor Yorty served as Los Angeles Mayor until July 1, 1973.

Please add tags for any other people seen in these photos.

Elinor Glyn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Glyn
"Elinor Glyn (née Sutherland; 17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943) was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. She popularized the concept of the 'it girl' and had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and, possibly, on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and, especially, Clara Bow."
"Elinor Sutherland was born on 17 October 1864 in Saint Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands. She was the younger daughter of Douglas Sutherland (1838–1865), a civil engineer of Scottish descent, and his wife Elinor Saunders (1841–1937), of an Anglo-French family that had settled in Canada. Her father was said to be related to the Lords Duffus.
Her father died when she was two months old; her mother returned to the parental home in Guelph, in what was then Upper Canada, British North America (now Ontario) with her two daughters. Here, young Elinor was taught by her grandmother, Lucy Anne Saunders (née Willcocks), daughter of Sir Richard Willcocks, a magistrate in the early Irish police force, who helped to suppress the Emmet Rising in 1803. Richard's brother Joseph also settled in Upper Canada, publishing one of the first opposition papers there, pursuing liberty, and dying a rebel in 1814. The Anglo-Irish grandmother instructed young Elinor in the ways of upper-class society. This training not only gave her an entrée into aristocratic circles on her return to Europe, it also led to her reputation as an authority on style and breeding when she worked in Hollywood in the 1920s. Her grandfather on her mother's side, Thomas Saunders (1795–1873) was a direct descendant of the Saunders family who had possessed Pitchcott Manor in Buckinghamshire for several centuries.
The family lived in Guelph for seven years at a stone home that still stands near the University of Guelph. Glyn's mother remarried in 1871 to David Kennedy, and the family returned to Jersey when Glyn was about eight years old."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
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John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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See also

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Irving_Couse
"Eanger Irving Couse (September 3, 1866 – April 26, 1936) was an American artist and a founding member and first president of the Taos Society of Artists. Born and reared in Saginaw, Michigan, he went to New York City and Paris to study art. While spending summers in Taos, New Mexico, he began to make the paintings of Native Americans, New Mexico, and the American Southwest for which he is best known. He later settled full time in Taos.

His house and studio in Taos have been preserved as the Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios. The complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties. His work was also part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_L._Woodford
"Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of New York.

Born in New York City, Woodford graduated from Columbia University in 1854, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. Becoming active in politics as a Republican, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for New York's Southern District from 1861 until volunteering for the Union Army in 1862. Woodford took part in the American Civil War as chief of staff to Quincy A. Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, and as commander of the 103rd Colored Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of colonel and the brevet rank of brigadier general.

Woodford ran successfully for lieutenant governor in 1866 and served from 1867 to 1868. After losing the 1870 race for governor, in 1872, Woodford was elected to the U.S. House, and he served a partial term. From 1877 to 1883, he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he served as Minister to Spain from 1897 until the start of hostilities during the Spanish–American War. Woodford died in New York City in 1913, and was buried in Stamford, Connecticut."

A Bain copy of a portrait uploaded to Flickr in 2026 looks like he same man, probably at a younger age.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge
"Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He identified EMR independent of Heinrich Hertz's proof. In his 1894 Royal Institution lecture, The Work of Hertz and Some of His Successors, Lodge's demonstrations on methods to transmit and detect radio waves included an improved early radio receiver he named the coherer. His work led to him holding key patents in early radio communication, his "syntonic" (or tuning) patents."

See lots of portraits at the UK National Portrait Gallery
- www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp02780/sir-oliv...