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[GH85Carrera]

I think this has some Photoshop work done.







US soldiers in a village on Leyte, October 1944. (US Army photo)

[Racerbvd]

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

US soldiers in a village on Leyte, October 1944. (US Army photo)

My dad as a 20 yr. old could be in that photo.

[GH85Carrera]

March 17, 1804, famous American mountain man Jim Bridger was born near Richmond, Virginia. Bridger is one of the foremost names of the early American West. First journeying to the West when he was 18 years old, Bridger quickly set about exploring this deep and uncharted wilderness. He was among the first Americans to see the Yellowstone region, famous for its geyser “Old Faithful,” and he was also one of the first to see Utah’s Great Salt Lake, which he thought was an arm of the Pacific Ocean due to its salinity.
During these great explorations, Jim Bridger was famous for his strong constitution and toleration for the different environments, of which he encountered all that can be imagined. By the time he had finished exploring the Rocky Mountains of the West, he had walked from present day southern Colorado to the Canadian border. After finishing his time exploring the wilderness, Bridger became involved in the lucrative beaver pelt trade, establishing the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1830.
Eventually his business grew to the point that he built his own trading post, the aptly named Fort Bridger. This post was located conveniently on the Oregon Trail, where he garnered great business from the pioneers heading west. While he owned the post, he still found time to explore his beloved mountains, at one point finding an alternate pass for the Oregon Trail and shortening it by more than 60 miles. However, this rough lifestyle would finally take its toll on Jim Bridger, with all the ailments caused by numerous mountain journeys forcing Bridger to retire to Missouri, where he would die in 1881.


Deadwood and Delaware Smelter at Deadwood, South Dakota ca. 1880s


The Yellow Cab gasoline station shown here, at the corner of West Tenth and North Western, in Oklahoma City, sold gasoline to the public. The banner at the bottom of the sign advertises leaded gasoline (tetra ethyl) for eight gallons for a dollar (12 1/2 cents a gallon).


AH-6 Helicopter


THE SONG CATCHER, 1916. Musicologist Frances Densmore posed with (Frank) Mountain Chief, a Piegan Blackfeet Native of Montana. His bow and arrows were in view, tools Mountain Chief had decades earlier used to kill buffalo.
For 50 years, Frances Densmore recorded Native American music. The Edison recording machine/player, which used no electricity, recorded on wax cylinders. In 1925, sound greatly improved with recording systems that used electronic microphones.

[pete3799]

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Gynecologist of the year?

[red 928]

[svandamme]

pikaaapikaaaa
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I so definately would.

[craigster59]

Miniature effects on Earthquake (1974). Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock win a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects.

[GH85Carrera]

Children working in coal mines in Pennsylvania, 1911. (Photo by Lewis Hine)


Detectives calculating the trajectory of a bullet, 1934

[stevej37]

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[GH85Carrera]

What happens as a result of landing on the wrong Aircraft Carrier (1952)


Samurai warriors taken between 1860 and 1880.


US soldiers from the Big Red One take shelter behind a M4 Sherman from the 745th Tank Batallion.Sniperfire is coming from a house on the hill behind the tank,Germany 1945


March 16th 1926: Robert H. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry; launches the world's first successful liquid-fuel rocket at Auburn, Mass. The rocket, propelled by liquid oxygen and gasoline, went up to an altitude of 41 feet in 2.5 seconds and landed 184 feet away.
Goddard received little public support for his research during his lifetime. Though his work in the field was revolutionary, he was sometimes ridiculed in the press for his theories concerning spaceflight. As a result, he became protective of his privacy and his work. Years after his death, at the dawn of the Space Age, he came to be recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry
The cherry tree dream:
He became interested in space when he read H. G. Wells' science fiction classic The War of the Worlds when he was 16 years old. His dedication to pursuing rocketry became fixed on October 19, 1899. The 17-year-old Goddard climbed a cherry tree to cut off dead limbs. He was transfixed by the sky, and his imagination grew. He later wrote:
"On this day I climbed a tall cherry tree at the back of the barn… and as I looked toward the fields at the east, I imagined how wonderful it would be to make some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars, and how it would look on a small scale, if sent up from the meadow at my feet. I have several photographs of the tree, taken since, with the little ladder I made to climb it, leaning against it.
It seemed to me then that a weight whirling around a horizontal shaft, moving more rapidly above than below, could furnish lift by virtue of the greater centrifugal force at the top of the path.
I was a different boy when I descended the tree from when I ascended. Existence at last seemed very purposive."
For the rest of his life he observed October 19 as "Anniversary Day", a private commemoration of the day of his greatest inspiration

[Evans, Marv]

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"Dragin' the Main" was a favorite thing in high school, but the cars were quite a bit older than these.

Glen, I'm loving the historical pics and comments.

[GH85Carrera]

Martin B-57 Canberra: America’s little-known tactical bomber


This young Union cavalryman feels very well equipped for the coming battles with his Hall Breechloader and his 1851 Navy Colt open-top revolver. Courtesy Herb Parsons Collection.




This photo, taken in 1944, shows a B-17 waist gunner defending his aircraft. Mission after mission, this American hero did everything he could to protect his crew-mates and fend off enemy fighters.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Needs to get her leg out from under that front tire.









this image is on a page with the title "5 signs of a good mechanic"

[GH85Carrera]

Japanese soldiers throw ammunition into the sea during the disarmament of Japan - September, 1945


US Personnel in Tunisia - Early 1943 Note M1903 Rifles
LIFE Magazine Archives - Margaret Bourke-White Photographer




When Howard Hughes conceived the Hercules, it was the world’s largest wooden aircraft, which is why it was nicknamed the Spruce Goose—but don’t let Mr. Hughes hear you say that! This aerial photo, taken on February 17, 1947, shows how just how enormous the plane was as it was being built in Playa Vista, north of L.A. International Airport. This photo also allows us to appreciate the logistics involved of transporting it to Long Beach for its only flight.


A sinking Japanese destroyer, seen through the periscope of the USS Nautilus submarine cruiser, 1942

[Racerbvd]

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Seriously WTAF is that?

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/01/26/the-flaps-award/