Old Pictures

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René Burri (Switzerland, 1933-2014), Restoration of the Statue of Liberty

for its 100th anniversary, 1984

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US Army Tech Sgt. Meredith Rogers showing how lucky he was when his helmet got punctured by a sniper bullet. Photograph taken in Normandy, France on the 13 July 1944.
Credit: Colourised PIECE of JAKE

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Legendary actress Audrey Hepburn photographed in 1954 on a boat on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.
Credit: rishicolors on Instagram

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"We Are Russians" written on the front of a shop in the east end of London, England in 1915 so that they would not be mistakenly identified as German and attacked/robbed as a result of the anti-German sentiment in the country at the time.
Credit: color_byangelina on Instagram

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The Steamboats Tashmoo and Idlewild docked in Detroit, Michigan, United States in 1901.
Credit: sebcolorisation on Instagram

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Willys Mail Jeep - The first Postal right-hand drive vehicle in the US - August, 1953.

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Just a group of dapper men hanging off the Brooklyn Bridge October 7, 1914

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Logging for the West Fork Logging Co. Mineral, WA. 1935

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[railfancwb]

On 7/11/2022 at 2:41 PM, pipedreams said:

US Army Tech Sgt. Meredith Rogers showing how lucky he was when his helmet got punctured by a sniper bullet. Photograph taken in Normandy, France on the 13 July 1944.
Credit: Colourised PIECE of JAKE

Radio and Thompson

[Eric]

It looks like a crab pot. I wonder if you were supposed to lower it to the sidewalk to catch babies?

 

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[railfancwb]

On 7/12/2022 at 7:00 AM, pipedreams said:

Wonder where, when, and what…

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8 minutes ago, railfancwb said:

Wonder where, when, and what…

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=imgurl:https%3a%2f%2fmedia.gab.com%2fcdn-cgi%2fimage%2fwidth%3d1166.6666666666667%2cquality%3d100%2cfit%3dscale-down%2fsystem%2fmedia_attachments%2ffiles%2f110%2f904%2f377%2foriginal%2fee455aca9f65f298.png&view=detailv2&selectedindex=1&iss=VSI&id=7CC6CD6DDD6305B9B316363E94C56E24C655EF24&ccid=Hy4uh250&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.internetauctiongroup.com%2Fwater%2Fmark.php%3Fc%3DBJI%26p%3Dpce126961.jpg&exph=778&expw=750&vt=2&sim=11&simid=607996897966887608&ck=529FFCAD9E610E252E82F4CEAFDF7B61&thid=OIP.Hy4uh2507WyJlznugh5n6gHaHr&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.1f2e2e876e74ed6c899739ee821e67ea%3Frik%3DJO9VxiRuxZQ%2bNg%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&pivotparams=insightsToken%3Dccid_AHLpgy5L*cp_F489D881F7DCF77F972AB6CBF6EA383D*mid_A7887C1EFBAA42E95E81C7C897DC527A7CD4BA29*simid_607995429084556083*thid_OIP.AHLpgy5LkqhDLwLCKE-oXgHaHC

https://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/

 

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Thanks for the link 

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[Schmidt Meister]

I meant to post this yesterday, July 16th, but anyway, here it is.

The first-ever detonation of a nuclear weapon, code-named “Trinity,” took place at 5:29 a.m. on July 16th, 1945. Giving birth to the atomic age, this was a culmination of efforts by the scientists of the Manhattan Project.
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what was then the USAAF Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, now part of White Sands Missile Range.
The only structures originally in the vicinity were the McDonald Ranch House and its ancillary buildings, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb components. A base camp was constructed, and there were 425 people present on the weekend of the test.
The code name "Trinity" was assigned by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, inspired by the poetry of John Donne. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed "The Gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945.
The complexity of the design required a major effort from the Los Alamos Laboratory, and concerns about whether it would work led to a decision to conduct the first nuclear test.

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8 hours ago, Schmidt Meister said:

I meant to post this yesterday, July 16th, but anyway, here it is.

The first-ever detonation of a nuclear weapon, code-named “Trinity,” took place at 5:29 a.m. on July 16th, 1945. Giving birth to the atomic age, this was a culmination of efforts by the scientists of the Manhattan Project.
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what was then the USAAF Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, now part of White Sands Missile Range.
The only structures originally in the vicinity were the McDonald Ranch House and its ancillary buildings, which scientists used as a laboratory for testing bomb components. A base camp was constructed, and there were 425 people present on the weekend of the test.
The code name "Trinity" was assigned by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, inspired by the poetry of John Donne. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed "The Gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945.
The complexity of the design required a major effort from the Los Alamos Laboratory, and concerns about whether it would work led to a decision to conduct the first nuclear test.

 

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