pipedreams Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pipedreams Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 A Serbian soldier sleeps on a wooden pallet alongside his father who came to visit him on the front line near Belgrade, Serbia in c. 1915. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 28, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted December 28, 2022 The man behind the rifle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 12/26/2022 at 6:14 AM, pipedreams said: Rough Riders, with Teddy Roosevelt second from left in front row? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Rough Riders, with Teddy Roosevelt second from left in front row? Texas Rangers, the guy does look like a younger TR. https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/10005137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Before Hydraulic Lifts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmidt Meister Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 The next 3 pictures aren't old but they are pictures of some really old tractors. #1 is a 1896 Hornsby Akroyd Heavy Oil 20 HP Tractor. One of the oldest tractors in the world. #'s 2 and 3 are a 1920's Ford Fordson Trackson F 10-20 with a Trackson Crawler Conversion. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2022 This is the B-17 Hang the Expense after battle damage on Jan 24, 1944. The tail gunner, Roy Urich, was blown out of the tail and believed KIA until a letter arrived from Roy that said he was OK and a POW. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinD Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 12:31 AM, Eric said: This is the old Vought Sikorsky plane in Stratford CT across from the airport. Later it was the Avco Lycoming plant that produced the engines in the Abram tanks. see: imgurl:https://theboresite.com/uploads/monthly_2022_12/E4D4E50A-4B0C-4745-ACE7-0BF6D950919E.jpeg.296cba41bb8172d440908bddadb919aa.jpeg - Bing 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Truth be told the tremendous manufacturing capacity of the United States probably did far more to win WWII than is generally recognized. So we sold it off. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Portrait of an unidentified 11-year-old girl picking cotton, Oklahoma, 1916. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 5 hours ago, pipedreams said: Portrait of an unidentified 11-year-old girl picking cotton, Oklahoma, 1916. It would appear that this is an activity that has been shared (albeit, reluctantly) by many races, not just one! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmidt Meister Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Winch operated dump truck. Before hydraulics were commonplace on vehicles. Ca. 1924. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 German Anti-Nazi Political Activist, Sophie Scholl, Was Executed In 1943 For Leading Non-Violent Student Resistance Against Hitler She was 21 years old. Her last words: "How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Simone Segouin, Mostly Known By Her Codename, Nicole Minet, Was Only 18-Years-Old When The Germans Invaded Her first act of rebellion was to steal a bicycle from a German military administration, and to slice the tires of all of the other bikes and motorcycles so they couldn't pursue her. She found a pocket of the Resistance and joined the fight, using the stolen bike to deliver messages between Resistance groups. She was an extremely fast learner and quickly became an expert at tactics and explosives. She led teams of Resistance fighters to capture German troops, set traps, and sabotage German equipment. As the war dragged on, her deeds escalated to derailing German trains, blocking roads, blowing up bridges and helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught. Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre. After the war, she studied medicine and became a pediatric nurse. She is still going strong at 97. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Sioux girl with her doll, 1890. It’s rare that we get to see such a straightforward look at the Native American children. Like many people who lived in the 19th century, if they weren’t in the area of a photographer (and most people weren’t) then they didn’t have their photograph taken. It’s most likely that the doll was her one personal possession, which makes it all the more clear why she wouldn’t want to put it down, even to take part in the miracle of photography. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 The bears of Yellowstone enjoying the tourists, circa 1960s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 A young Native-American woman and child at a train station, 1930. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 The San Andreas Fault shortly after the 1906 quake that ripped San Francisco apart The great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive quakes to ever hit the west coast. When it occurred at 5:12 in the morning, no one was ready for the chaos that would ensue. The quake ruptured from the northernmost section of the San Andreas fault to the to the triple junction at Cape Mendocino. Violent punctuation's of rumbling shocked the San Francisco area as a constant secure occurred for nearly a minute straight. The quake was so intense that it left fissures in the ground, sign posts for the destructive nature of quakes to come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 1890 Tennessee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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