THIS IS A CLASSIC SHOT of an old hotel in San Diego. Photo by TROY LADMIRAULT.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
SQUIRREL EATING A PEANUT--NOT MY PHOTO
DID NOT WRITE THIS ARTICLE, IT IS FROM WIKIPEDIA AND POSTED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. Reference:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel
Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (including woodchucks), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, and have been introduced to Australia. The earliest known squirrels date from the Eocene and are most closely related to the mountain beaver and to the dormouse among living species.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Abandoned Due To Windmills
Windmills kill birds, but moreover, they ruin the inner ear organs of humans or animals who reside nearby. They cost more to build than they are worth. In my opinion, there is nothing worse than a beautiful prairie scene spoiled by these spooky pillars of green mythology. The cost of maintaining these worthless symbols of a bankrupt economy is more than the produce in revenue saved.
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Abandoned Due To Windmills by Herschel Obscura
Friday, December 7, 2012
IN MEMORY OF BERT STILES, P-51 FIGHTER PILOT
IN MEMORY OF BERT STILES, P-51 FIGHTER PILOT
After finishing 35 successful missions with a B-17 squadron, he volunteered for a second tour as a fighter pilot. He was killed on his 16th fighter mission, 26 November 1944. He was 24 years old.
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English: P-51 Mustangs the 505th Fighter squadron, 339th Fighter Group, based at RAF Fowlmere, England. All are P-51D's with the exception of 42-10657 (2nd from front) which is a P-51B. Serials visible are 44-72437 (front), 42-10657, 44-11427 (centre), and 44-11215 (top).
Date circa 1944-1945
NOT MY PHOTO--FROM WIKIPEDIA
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Howard on 8th birthday, Hazard, Ky
REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR BY HOWARD
Howard on 8th birthday, Hazard, Ky
I turned 8 years-old in the summer of 1941. We lived in Hazard, a town of about 8,000 people in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. I was never one to worry about the funture, which was about to change. Less than four months after this picture was made, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
My two sisters and I were in the living room with the Sunday funnies, and our mother was listening to the radio in the kitchen. She eased into the room and said "Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. I think we are in another war."
My first question was to ask where Pearl Harbor was. She dragged out a world map from somewhere and pointed out the Hawaiian Islands. She said that Pearl Harbor was a Navy base near Honolulu. She and our father spent the rest of the day in the kitchen listening to the radio. I caught a few facts about the sinking of several of our large ships, and the bombing of a nearby airfield, but when President Roosevelt began to speak, we all sat around the table and listened to every word.
The news has caused this scene to flash through my mind a number of times since then, and I can almost hear my mother's voice saying, "I think we are in another war."
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
SANTA FE SUPER CHIEF, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 1943
SANTA FE SUPER CHIEF, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 1943
PHOTOGRAPH BY JACK DELANO, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, See references below for further credit.
The original Super Chief route ran from Chicago through Kansas City, Missouri; Newton, Kansas; Dodge City, Kansas; La Junta, Colorado; Raton, New Mexico; Las Vegas, New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gallup, New Mexico; Winslow, Arizona; Seligman, Arizona; Needles, California; Barstow, California; San Bernardino, California; and Pasadena, California, before terminating at Los Angeles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Chief
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TEXT FROM WIKIPEDIA
Indiana was the first state in what was then considered the American Northwest to mobilize for the Civil War. News of the attack on Fort Sumter, which began the war, reached Indiana on April 12, 1861. On the next day, two mass meetings were held in the state and the state's position was decided: Indiana would remain in the Union and would immediately contribute men to suppress the rebellion. On April 14, Governor Morton issued a call to arms in order to raise men to meet the quota set by President Abraham Lincoln.[2] Indiana had the fifth-largest population of any state that remained in the Union, and was important for its agricultural yield which became even more valuable to the Union after the loss of the rich farmland of the South. These factors made Indiana critical to the Union's success.
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor
French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 672, offered by Les Carbones Korès Carboplane. Photo: Paramount.
Mitzi Gaynor by Truus, Bob & Jan too
Bruno Kastner
Bruno Kastner
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 346/1, 1919-1924. Photo: Becker & Maass / RF.
German actor Bruno Kastner (1890 - 1932) was one of the most beloved stars of the 1910’s and 1920’s. His parts as the elegant and charming dandy made him a heart throb of the German silent cinema.
See also our blog European Film Star Postcards.
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