2020 New Random Pics

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Established in 1859 at Nevada's fabulous Comstock Lode, Silver City was an important supply, transportation, and milling center for the silver mines of the area.



During WWII, 263 U.S. Navy submarines deployed on war patrols. This image of 52 submarines in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Mare Island in 1946 represents the same number of subs that went on eternal patrol after being lost in the war.

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[GH85Carrera]

The two Kashmir Giants posing with the American photographer James Ricalton, 1903






This sign along Route 66 in 1934 was a mile east of "Ashfork," Arizona (Ash Fork) to let motorists know the distance to the towns west on Route 66 and how far Phoenix and other points south were on Arizona US 89 from that junction. Of course, I-17 would not be built for some time to Phoenix and points south at that point.


F.M. Worner’s Famous Rattler Oil Phoenix, Arizona Territory (1900-1915)
The career of the “snake oil” salesmen was a booming business prior to enhanced regulations around medicinal claims starting in 1906. $2.50 in 1910 is the equivalent to $75.00 in 2022.

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Here is a 1938 photo of the Arizona state line and old Route 66 looking west with the "Arizona Welcomes You" sign. We particularly like the other sign, "Open Range Look Out For Cattle." That would have made driving Route 66 a little added challenge in those days. This photo is courtesy of the Arizona State Library.

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And today - Speedy's

[john70t]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

notorious Old-West outlaw Sam Bass (1851-1878)

[RBNetEngr]

Our neighborhood is getting the roads re-striped.




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[GH85Carrera]

Middle-class provincial Russians Maria and Ilya Ulyanov with their children, 1879. The future Vladimir Lenin sits at lower right.




1920s gas station in front of the Capitol, Washington, DC.

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2006 at RNAS Yeovilton, XX226 takes the barrier after an aborted take off causing minor damage to the nose and tail area. This was XX226's last flight and it ended up blocking a road.


The lottery used by the Selective Service to determine who would be drafted for Vietnam first. In each capsule is a day of the year, determining the order of draftees by their birthday. Washington D.C. 1969.
My lottery number was a single digit. I think it was 6.


A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, France, 1945.




Colorized 1941 photo showing a 20 mule team being unhitched from a wheat combine in Walla Walla County, Washington. The outfit started work at 6 am, stopping at 11 am for rest, food and water for mules & men. They went to back to work at 1 pm and worked until 6 pm. Photo by Russell Lee. Restoration and colorization by LongView HD. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That could very well be the canal bout 400 yds from my house, early on in WW1 before it all got blown to bits and ended up looking like this :

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The lottery used by the Selective Service to determine who would be drafted for Vietnam first. In each capsule is a day of the year, determining the order of draftees by their birthday. Washington D.C. 1969.
My lottery number was a single digit. I think it was 6.

Mine was 255.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A good jump shot. Certainly not a great jump shot.

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Woman and her dog in her one room house, Texas, 1938.


Hundley Stage Line to Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1890s.