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This is The Great Seal of the United States.
Shown are the die, the counter-die, and the press.
The device is kept at the State Department.

"These stand in the Exhibit Hall of the Department, [and are now] inside a glass enclosure which is kept locked at all times, even during the sealing of a document. The mahogany cabinet’s doors also are kept locked, and the press is bolted and padlocked in position except when in use." [1]

More information, including photographs, about the history of the seal dating back to July 4, 1776, can be read at the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs.

The Great Seal in use today

Pixel Wrangler Good answer Pixel. I thought it was some kind of hot air regulator.

another photo commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Seal_press_with_All...

Thanks Pixel Wrangler for figuring out what this is. We'll update the catalog record. They may keep it locked up today but back then apparently it was not so secure.

To stamp a document.

Wallowa Lake Lodge — Then & Now (80+ years later)

Built as the Wonderland Inn in 1923, when the south end of Wallowa Lake was developing into a resort area, an 18-passenger boat carried visitors four miles up the lake to an amusement park which offered a restaurant, store, bowling alley, dance hall, outdoor movie theater, horse drawn carousel and a lodge and cabins for overnight guests.

The amusement park closed in 1940 when snow crushed most of its buildings - the historic lodge, now the Wallowa Lake Lodge, survived the harsh winter and was only open during the summer season until 1988.

Restoration began in 1988, and today the Wallowa Lake Lodge features 22 rooms furnished with antiques, oriental rugs and colorful period prints. Rooms on the north side of the Lodge have views of the lake through the massive Ponderosa pines. All rooms that are not occupied are left open and people are encouraged to tour to their hearts' content. [1] [2]

"Wallowa Lake Lodge, 2011" by Betsey C.

"Wallowa Lake Lodge, 1930" by OSU

 
Easington Windmill – Then and Now (100+ Years Later)

"Easington Windmill 1905" by East Riding Archives



"Easington Windmill Stone" 2012 by Hedon Blog
"This 'polo' is all that remains of Easington's Windmill which ceased to operate in the 1920s and was demolished in the 1960s. The windmill originally stood at the site now occupied by the Langeled gas terminal." – Ray Duffill, Hedon Blog

Thanks for the info Ray. Such a shame that so many windmills have been demolished.