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Here is a photo of the "Boots Drive-In" in Tulsa that Bob Boots opened in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1962. It was just a few blocks south of Route 66 on Sheridan Rd.
This photo is courtesy of Steve Dykes.

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A Phillips 66 service station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was the typical Phillips 66 station in the early days of the company. Historically, in 1927 the Phillips Petroleum Company of Bartlesville, Oklahotement over the construction of Rt. 66 through the company's production and retail territory. Three years later, the company adopted a logo resembling a U.S. highway shield for its service station signs and advertisements.

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A white station wagon, not a black Audi!

OOF that actually made me a little dizzy!

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...better run away!

moments before disaster
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage in a United States court on March 29, 1951 for spying on the development of the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project, and giving that information to the Soviet Union.
Julius Rosenberg was a member of the Communist Party USA during World War II and was recruited by a Soviet spy to provide the Soviets with U.S. military intelligence and weapons projects. Both Julius and his wife Ethel were very left-leaning politically and supported communist agendas in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.
The recruitment of Julius as a Soviet spy was fully divulged when his former Soviet handler, Alexander Feklisov, published a book in 2001.
The Rosenburg’s spy operation came to light when British authorities arrested a Klaus Fuchs, a British physicist, in England in February 1950. The British investigation into Fuchs was assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Fuchs worked on the development of the atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project in the U.S. and England. He confessed to authorities that he passed information about the development of the bomb to a courier for the Soviets and that the courier was Harry Gold.
U.S. authorities quickly arrest Gold and he confesses that he also received information about the development for the bomb from David Greenglass. Greenglass had worked in the laboratory that developed the atomic bomb.
When Greenglass is arrested, he confesses that he was recruited by his sister Ethel and brother-in-law Julius to provide the information and both Ethel and Julius controlled the operation.
Julius and Ethel were arrested in the early part of the second half of 1950. Their trial began on March 6, 1951 and they were convicted on March 29. They were sentenced to death and executed on June 19, 1953 by electrocution at Sing Sing Prison in New York.
The Rosenbergs were the only Americans to be executed for espionage during the Cold War.
Despite the evidence and testimony from members of the Rosenberg’s espionage ring, the Rosenbergs maintained their innocence. Prosecutors described Ethel as the brain of the operation during trial.

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Daniel F. Bakeman holds two records. He was the last confirmed living American Revolutionary War veteran, dying in 1869, aged 109. He also holds the record for the longest marriage, 91 years, 12 days. The longest-ever recorded marriage.

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"Coming down Steadman Ave., Nome (Alaska) July 4th, 1901"
On March 30th, 1867 the treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million was signed.
After the purchase most Russian settlers living in Alaska left the new U.S. Territory.
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and yet all the boobies stayed put.

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The first time I 'flew' over Barcelona in FSX with photo-scenery ground textures I thought something had gone wrong with the program. lol

Paris also has the repetitive-building-type neighborhoods.
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I think many/most big old cities do. NYC has a bunch of cookie cutter stuff. And the pic that you were quoting actually was mostly all different buildings, but was all the same sizes and shapes of city blocks so they just all ran together from a distance.

depends.. when they were built.. before, or after the enlightenment era.
if before, they will be all over the place streets going all over.
if after, they will be structured.

Paris and London burnt to a crisp and got rebuilt with a city plan to avoid fires spreading again.. Before they all had tiny little streets according to the organic growth in the middle ages.

In Barcelona there are several areas.. La Ramblas, which is all over the place, little streets and many twists and turns. The beach , La Barceloneta with big appartment blocks, older more social housing... La Plata, and other sections that are square building blocks with more upscale housing from the above picture.
The Gothic area is the old town, with la Ramblas.. you don't wanna be caught there at dusk as a tourist.
I was chased by a mugger there, who ended up getting his ass kicked because I ran to a pub to meet friends of my neece.. and it turned out that pub and those friends were just happening to be higher level crims then the mugger :D
For once it was a good thing she hung out with rif raf , boxers, bouncers and what not..(rich girl, rebelling)
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most Other big cities in Europe follow this.. If they they got burnt in the enlightenment era, they rebuilt with a big plan. if not they stayed small streets.. and if destroyed later like in WW2, they rebuilt to preserve the old town and thus by the middle aged street plan..at least in the west..

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Loaded freight wagons on their way from Goldfield, Nevada to the Bullfrog district (Rhyolite) 1905.

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Bunk house interior - Blue Jacket mine (Idaho County, Idaho)

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American lawman Wyatt Earp (1848 – 1929) – Earp, who took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, is pictured circa 1870.

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Korean War vet posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
Air Force Capt. John Walmsley, was awarded the Medal of Honor for the daring risks he took to drop bombs on targets during the Korean War. Walmsley, a former flight instructor, piloted a B-26 belonging to the 8th Bombardment Squadron. He was developing strategies for searchlight attacks against enemy convoys.
Korea was resupplying its army overnight through truck and train convoys. One night, Walmsley discovered an enemy supply train near Yankgdok, Korea, as he flew over. This train was a high value target, according to a report. Walmsley identified and dropped bombs on the train, eventually running out. The train, as a result, was disabled.
Instead of returning to base, Walmsley called for more friendly aircraft to complete the destruction of the train. While flying, he used his searchlight to expose the train. This, however, made him an easy target for the enemy. Walmsley made two low-level passes over the top of the train to guide the other B-26s. Before he could complete another pass, his plane took enemy fire. The damage to the aircraft was catastrophic and he crashed into the mountains nearby. Walmsley was a combat veteran and had already completed 25 combat missions. His courageous actions allowed his comrades to continue the fight even at the cost of his own life. Walmsley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor June 12, 1954.

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What were the Banana wars?
US Marines with the captured flag of Augusto César Sandino in 1932:
During a period of conflict between the United States and several Central American countries that came to be known as the Banana Wars, the US invaded and occupied Nicaragua in 1912 – although a number of other operations were carried out prior to this. The start of the Great Depression and the activities of the guerilla army led by Augusto Cesar Sandino were contributing factors to the withdrawal of US troops from Nicaragua in 1933.
Military presence in Nicaragua was almost non-existent, but President Jose Santos Zelaya was staring down a rebellion led by Juan Jose Estrada. After two American mercenaries were executed by the men of Zelaya, the United States began to get involved. With the US navy patrolling the Bluefields coastline, they were basically supporting Estrada’s uprising. By 1909, approximately two hundred and fifty marines arrived on the Nicaraguan coast under the command of Corps Major Smedley Butler.
Zeleya eventually fled Nicaragua due to political pressures and Jose Madriz became his successor. But with more rebel forces on the horizon, Madriz resigned, with new president, Juan Estrada coming into power in 1910. Financial relationships between Nicaragua and the United States began to grow, and even during Adolfo Diaz’s term as president, these relationships developed. Unfortunately, these relations began to strain Diaz’s local support, and he asked for support from the United States. As the Granada to Corinto railway was of interest of the United States, hundreds of Marines descended on Nicaragua.
Great military battles ensued against opposing rebel groups and together with the Nicaraguan Army they were able to hold off the rebel forces. With Diaz therefore remaining in power as president of Nicaragua, the United States began to withdraw their forces but some forces remained to enforce peace in the country for fifteen years, but in doing so they were also able to protect their economic and political influence in the country.
Augusto Cesar Sandino built up a rebellion army to challenge the Diaz government, and in the 1932 election, Juan Bautista Sacasa won presidency. Sandino promised to enter into peace discussions with Sacasa if the United States troops withdrew from Nicaragua, which he did after the last troops left in January 1933

That would drive my wife bonkers! (and it's certainly not how I'd have wanted it to look)
Psshht! That's not Wyatt Earp!

This is Wyatt Earp!
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Eschers first house?


The inside of this geode looks like a hubble photo.
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There I fixed the ceiling!

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STONE THAT ONCE MARKED THE UNITED STATES EASTERN BOUNDARY
This boundary stone once marked the boundary line between the United States and Spanish Territory in 1778.
Today this artifact is housed in the visitors center at the Pea Ridge National Battlefield Park near Rogers, Arkansas.

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GETCHA SOME ZOOKEENE!

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