Furka Pass ,Switzerland: The famous Hotel Belvedere.
Built in 1882, the Hotel was a popular spot for exploring the Rhone Glacier. Even Sean Connery was a guest during the filming of Goldfinger. However, due to a landslide between Göschenen and Andermatt in 2015, the once flourishing hotel closed in 2016 and hasn't opened since.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Hays with "Otto" at an Airplane! reunion held on September 19, 2013.
Residence of John Tom Blanton at Tribbey Kentucky, Perry County.
Description says Mr. Blanton works at Old King Mining Company. He and his wife live here with 4 children, two shown in photo.
They have a radio, but no refrigerator and no automobile. They live about 2 miles from the nearest general store where they sometimes walk to, to get supplies.
He makes $51.70 a week as a miner, and with a small vegetable garden every year and occasional livestock, they do better than some of their time.
This home design is what we always called a “shotgun” house.
The rooms are in a straight line through the house.
The outhouses/toilets were usually built a good distance from the house as shown here. But if you had a small house lot, they were a lot closer.
Note: In the 1960’s my dad was only making about $65 per week, with a bigger family, so Mr. Blanton’s $51.70 was decent pay in the 40’s.
Photo: 1944 Penn. State Special Collections Library.
NASA hopes to get a glimpse at Earth's core by sending a spacecraft to 16 Psyche, an metal-rich asteroid 280 million miles away. It would be worth 10 Quaadrillion dollars in minerals and metals if we had a way to harvest it.
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
The total weight of catfish consumed in Texas annually is approximately the weight of 7.5 Eiffel Towers. Texans consume 109 million pounds of catfish per year, or 54,500 tons. The Eiffel Tower weighs 7300 tons. Drop this little factoid on your dining companions later this evening and watch them genuflect in astonished admiration of your crazy Texanness.