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British Library digitised image from page 335 of "Doctor Nikola, etc"

from British Library

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • darkmistressbat said:
    Who is just says dr Nikoleta interesting

Aging hippy please pass

from LSE Library

  • jessamyn west said:
    Would wear.

Broadway Style Shop, Shreveport, Louisiana (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • neshachan said:
    I see the title is "Broadway Style Shop," but the actual sign says "Broadway Style House."
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Good catch neshachan. We'll fix that in the catalog record.

Boxer celebrates 127 years of the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps 250620-N-CO542-1148

from Navy Medicine

  • Navy Medicine said:
    BUMED's Fast Facts newsletters are printed and displayed in image.

Premium gas station (formerly Joy gas station), Lakeshore Boulevard & Windemere, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Premium Gas, Toronto, Ontario (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Premium Gas, Toronto, Ontario (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    The gas station is gone. It's a parking lot now.

    See the building at right in 2024 Streetview

    Apparently, there were several of these gas stations in Toronto.
    See comments at
    Premium Gas, Toronto, Ontario (LOC)

Have you seen that "Whatsit" in Lixnaw?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    2020 plans to rebuild - www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40015436.html#:~
    " ... A 50ft high mausoleum made of black limestone was erected in 1690 by the 20th Lord of Kerry, William Fitzmaurice, at a burial site for the Fitzmaurice clan members.

    It stood on top of Killbinane Hill, near Lixnaw, until 1958 when it was dynamited to smithereens by Kerry County Council, who wanted to use the stone for road building. ... "
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Knockanure Site
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Looks like the little hill has been quarried to buggagery.
    Streetview - maps.app.goo.gl/FxDzSQh1NBGB8vuPA
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Boooo, Kerry County Council! Sadly adding to No Longer Standing album... :(
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons There seems to be something, maybe foundations, still there via the Google satellite. Field Trip required, with a picnic and appropriate refreshment.
    maps.app.goo.gl/Vo261mPrKUozKnUz7
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Lixnaw Monument was knocked in 1958 by the council while they were working and extending the Quarry during the the construction of the Feale Drainage Scheme. obviously someone thought it would be more cost effective to produce gravel close to sight of work , rather than transport it ,,,ironically it bordered the railway line so could have just as easily have been brought in from somewhere else! days before strict preservation ,, of historical buildings , too late now, But these days it would be a listed monument , although even nowadays with a few brown envelopes "or so called lost paperwork"some may slip through the cracks un noticed ,,,,, not nearly policed enough, unless of course its the normal joe looking to get planning permission for the building of a home
    The total area of the hill was about 14 acres and its summit rose 70 feet over the level of the surrounding land. The monument itself was an imposing edifice and no doubt reflected credit on the architects and stone masons of the bygone days. The tower, 40 feet high, had a circumference of 100 feet being circular in shape with walls four feet thick. The tomb, also circular in shape, was a spacious one, being about 15 feet in diameter and having a flat stone roof. As the tomb lay directly under the tower, this roof also comprised the tower’s floor and down through the years sustained the weight of many herds of cattle”
    www.facebook.com/HistoricalTralee/posts/lixnaw-monument-w...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Flipping between aerial view and the 25", the quarry has completely destroyed the site.
  • Architecture of Dublin said:
    www.dia.ie/works/view/50432/building/CO.+KERRY%2C+LIXNAW+...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The NIAH says there is a trig point there - www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21301...

Save Way Gas, Amarillo, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

The "Spoils of War"

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 29 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “The Royal Irish Regiment with the Irish Republic flag at the Parnell Monument, O’Connell Street (NMI Collection)
    HE-EW-3801-004
    Irish Republic flag flying on the GPO, photograph taken from a Metropole Hotel window (NMI Collection)
    Probably the most famous flag of the 1916 Rising is the Irish Republic flag, with its white and orange lettering on a green field background. It was flown from the roof of the GPO on the Princes Street corner, while the tricolour flew from the Henry Street side. The flag survived the destruction of O’Connell Street, and was taken as a war souvenir by the Royal Irish Regiment. It ended up in the collection of King George of England, and was stored in the Imperial War Museum until 1966 when it was presented from the British to the Irish governments for the 50th Anniversary of the Rising. It is now in the care of the National Museum of Ireland”

    thecricketbatthatdiedforireland.com/category/irish-in-wor...
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “On the far right is Lt. Dick Burke MC, a Kerryman from Dingle, Royal Irish Regiment. After the Rising, he fought at Wijtschate, 1917. Three battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers fought to put down the Rising”

    ropaire.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/our-own-worst-enemy/
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    suckindeesel Thank you. So officers of the Royal Irish Regiment. Wonder if we can find names for more of them?

    [aside] I was surprised after all the photos around 1916, and after all the years of photos, that I hadn't come across this image before.
  • Carol Maddock said:
    Off topic, but I put it to you, M'Lud, that the top of O'Connell Street is at the bridge, and the Parnell Monument end is the bottom...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Carol Maddock I'm afraid you are only about 40% right!
    I think for a Northsider the top is at the bridge, whereas for a Southsider (I believe you are one?) the top is at the Ambassador.
  • Swordscookie said:
    Carol Maddock yes Carol and make sure to have your passport when you come over to OUR side 👍
  • Carol Maddock said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons All I can say is, let's never agree to meet at the top of O'Connell Street!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    BollardView - maps.app.goo.gl/agsxXvgaHEt34mun7
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Reminded of 1969 bollards -

Sir Neville Wilkinson and his 'Titania Palace of Fairies' dolls' house, 1934

from State Library of New South Wales

  • beachcomber australia said:
    The kangaroo is a bit incongruous. Like a bull in a china shop.

Portrait of Frank J. Bettis with His Daughters Novaline and Frankie (AC339-016-052-003)

from Tyrrell Historical Library

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Jeremiah Schultz said:
    Thanks

The Flag Ship, Union, New Jersey (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Lambert Cafe Gas, Lehi, Utah (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See
    Lambert Cafe Gas, Lehi, Utah (LOC)

Lambert Cafe Gas, Lehi, Utah (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See comments with it is still white.
  • swanq said:
    See also
    Lambert Cafe Gas, Lehi, Utah (LOC)

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 268 older comments, and then…
  • Belinda ( Mary ) Hale said:
    I don't want to be a plumber but I've had a drill ever since I was 7.

Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

In days of old when flights were cold

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Great illustration on the cover. The ticket prices are on image 3 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000274887
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Check-in at the ‘City Air Terminus’ in Cathal Brugha St
    How convenient
  • Suck Diesel said:
    beachcomber australia We’ve come across those State Express fags before in an aerial shot of the factory taken by Capt. Monkey
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Contemporary Aer Lingus poster, via www.whytes.ie/art/circa-1950-poster-aer-lingus-irish-inte...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A slight correction: the Vickers Viscount 700 shown in the poster above AND in image 11 in the booklet, did not start service until 1953.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viscount
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aer_Lingus
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    The Aer Lingus bus in 1961...

  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons So, did passengers really check-in in Cathal Brugha St. and bus to the airport?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Dublin to London return cost £13.50, roughly equal to £400 today, €470, and took 2 hours
    Today it takes about 1.5 hours and costs about €274 return including suitcase and booked seat.

    So, no great improvements over the years
    The shorter flight time is cancelled by the much longer check-in and security lines
    We’re constantly told that air travel is so much cheaper today but the fare isn’t that much cheaper either
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel They really did.

Where they died in a war to end all wars

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    AI Overview

    This image displays a historic trench map of Belgium, specifically Sheet 28 NW, Edition 4B, created at a scale of 1:20000.
    This type of map was crucial during World War I, particularly in areas like Ypres, where trench warfare was prevalent.
    The map likely details features such as trenches, tracks, dugouts, and possibly cemeteries, providing vital information for military operations.
    Older versions of these maps, like the one shown, were often meticulously traced and updated to reflect changes in the battlefield.
    The red markings on the map indicate corrected trench lines or other updated information, reflecting the dynamic nature of the front lines.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    To My Chum

    No more we’ll share the same old barn
    The same old dug-out, same old yarn,
    No more a tin of bully share
    Nor split our rum by a star-shell’s glare
    So long old lad.

    What times we’ve had, both good and bad,
    We’ve shared what shelter could be had,
    The same crump-hole when the whizz-bangs shrieked,
    The same old billet that always leaked,
    And now – you’ve “stopped one”.

    We’d weathered the storms two winters long
    We’d managed to grin when all went wrong,
    Because together we fought and fed,
    Our hearts were light; but now – you’re dead
    And I am mateless.

    Well, old lad, here’s peace to you,
    And for me, well, there’s my job to do,
    For you and the others who are at rest
    Assured may be that we’ll do our best
    In vengeance.

    Just one more cross by a strafed roadside,
    With its G.R.C., and a name for guide,
    But it’s only myself who has lost a friend,
    And though I may fight through to the end,
    No dug-out or billet will be the same,
    All pals can only be pals in name,
    But we’ll all carry on till the end of the game
    Because you lie there.

    The Wipers Times
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Google map: maps.app.goo.gl/WgNoatRPeXd3kfEPA
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [aside] Recommended - 'The Wipers Times' (2013) full movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYjdT6bXsqE

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wipers_Times
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Near Ypres

    maps.app.goo.gl/JojqHnqATQQz7nVj7
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    www.google.com.au/maps/place/Ypres,+Belgium/@50.8608595,2...
  • John Spooner said:
    I hereby second beachcomber australia 's recommendation for the 'Wipers Times' movie. I've watched it twice.

    Also, if you ever get the chance, the ceremony at the Menin Gate, performed every evening at 8 p.m. Very moving.
  • John Spooner said:
    Don't trust trench maps - a cautionary tale

    The war record of my grandmother's brother, Uncle Harry, can be summarised thus:
    August 1914 - joined up
    1915 wounded
    1916 commissioned
    1917 wounded (gunshot to his head) in the attack on Greenland Hill
    1918 another head wound, during the Kaiserschlacht
    1919 demobbed
    [1960's - showed his sister's grandson (me) the scar on his temple caused by a German bullet]


    The newly commissioned Uncle Harry in 1916
    Uncle Harry

    10 years or so ago I decided to visit some of the places where he saw action, so I carefully lined up Greenland Hill on a 1917 trench map with a modern map, noted the location near where 2 motorways cross near Arras, pumped up my tyres, and set off to France. A few days later I arrived at the place, parked my bike, and stood reverently gazing over a neatly ploughed field for a few minutes trying to imagine how different it would have looked 100 years or so previously, then photographed it.

    A few months later I was at a lecture at the UK National Archives about the lessons learned by the allies in 1916 and put into practice in 1917. One of these was that trench maps were more accurate, but not always: "Greenland Hill, for example, was nowhere near it appeared on trench maps".

    So the ploughed field where I had paid my respects was just that - a ploughed field.
    Not Greenland Hill:
    Greenland Hill
  • Suck Diesel said:

    Wipers landscape

Happiness in a rustic location

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    This doesn’t seem correct

    “The Longford Eye
    Margaret Thompson Hi Margaret, We did a little further research following your question and discovered it concerned an O'Doherty family from Athboy, County Meath sometime in the late summer of 1935.”

    www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=983816370420383&id=10...
  • Suck Diesel said:
    That’s a great hat!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    19 JUne 1929 was a Wednesday ...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thank yoU.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel No, it doesn't seem correct at all, at all.
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    Catalogue mentions the photo was commissioned by Miss O'Mahony, Waterford, and suggests a date of 19/6/1929

    Civil records include the following marriage at Butlerstown on that date:
    Mary O'Mahoney and Matthew Brazil

    www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marria...
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    One could suggest that the photo was taken at Butlerstown Church, in the narrow space between the east gable of the church and the roadside wall. In the background is a small detached building which is shown on the Ordnance Survey 25" map in the NE corner of the churchyard, but which no longer stands. On the right is the rounded concrete cap on the roadside wall, which is still there.

    Streetview: www.google.ie/maps/@52.2248668,-7.1814426,3a,75y,315h,94....
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rory Sherlock Well, you had your Weetabix this morning. Definite people identified, and pretty solid location identified.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rory Sherlock Plus, that is the most beautiful handwriting we've ever seen from a registrar/clerk!

European Quarter, Calcutta, India (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Pat. Kennedy and trotter "Lord Bromley", Speedway Parade (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks for looking up all this information. We'll update the catalog record.

Delagrange in his aeroplane (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks swanq, we'll update Delagrange's catalog records.

Hawthorn Leslie shipbuilders playing bowls

from North East Museums

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Rachel Smith said:
    The man far left in the pale clothes is my grandfather Peter Ross Smith, he was manager of the shipyard when the Kelly was built and worked alongside Mountbatten. He received a signed letter of thanks and a signed photo from Mountbatten in 1939 (we still have them), and I have three of the flags that flew from the Kelly. He would have been approx 48 years old in that photo.