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The advent of World War II in September 1939 prompted the government to proceed with the project, as wireless communication with the civilian population was an important aid to the war effort. The design of the transmission station fell to Alf Howard and Vernon Kenna. Kenna was the divisional engineer for the Commonwealth’s Post Master General’s (PMG) Department’s broadcast construction section. Construction of a transmitter building and its adjoining wireless mast commenced in late 1941. The mast was 76 meters in height. Bald Hills was seen as a strategic location for a transmission station, because its inland location plus the horizon, as seen from the ocean, would be considerably lower. In February 1942, the Bald Hills wireless station became operational after a 10 kW water-cooled, the short-wave transmitter was installed in the station building. To reduce the threat of a bombing raid, the smaller 4QR (also a medium wave station) transmitter (2 kW) in the Brisbane CBD was shut down and replaced by a homemade transmitter established behind Fischle’s jam factory in Roghan Road. This was a temporary stopgap measure undertaken until the move to Bald Hills was completed. The 4QR main transmitter was then removed and re-erected to the Bald Hills wireless station, where it was connected to a new mast. The station’s aerial array had been emplaced in the northwest corner of the former farm’s grounds. But fear of the station being a potential Japanese air raid target prompted many Bald Hill residents to express their concerns about the station’s location. In particular, the aerial mast was not camouflaged, standing in the middle of a cleared field and so it was easy to spot from the air. Experience learned from the 1940 Battle of Britain had shown these transmitter aerials were prime enemy bombing targets. Source: heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/219

Astounding, beautiful color and artistry.

From the worn look these were in use long before the picture. My grandmother's utensils, beautiful!

fantastic image.

Basic seasonings and well used utensils, so its not how much you have but how you use it. I can imagine that what came from this kitchen years ago was fresh, and flavorful.

Hi, while looking thru vintage kitchen pictures, I noticed your great shot. We would love for you to join and post your vintage to antique kitchen related item photos in our group pool. Hope to meet you soon. Amber www.flickr.com/groups/thevintagekitchen/

movie poster (movie released in 1911) www.imdb.com/title/tt0175659/

Please see stumblng.tumblr.com/post/25897718, where I've written a mini-essay about this photo.

Poster by College Equal Suffrage League which was founded in 1906 to attract younger women to the Suffrage Cause.

This same photo is in the 2005 "Women Who Dare" desk calendar from the Library of Congress, with the subject identified as Susan Walker FItzgerald (1871-1943); she majored in political science at Bryn Mawr, founded the Student Government Association, campaigned for women's suffrage, and was one of the first two women elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Fitzgerald portrait elsewhere in the Commons uploads: