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[craigster59]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Here is an early Christmas gift to myself. A Chelsea "Claremont" clock and barometer desk set. The clock is a "ship's strike" that strikes the maritime 8 bell sequence.

It was made in 1937 and given to Al Polizzi. A little history on "Al"....

Alfred Polizzi (born Alfonso Polizzi; Italian pronunciation: [alˈfɔnso poˈlittsi]; March 15, 1900 – May 26, 1975) was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who was boss of the Cleveland crime family in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1945. He stabilized the Cleveland crime family after a period of revenge killings, and was one of the most influential mobsters in the United States. He retired to Florida in 1945, where he was involved in the construction industry. He used several aliases, including "Big Al" and Albert Allen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Polizzi

Very nice, and super cool provenance!

I've got this one (currently in storage)



And I'd like to get one of these


And one of these (Navy clock out of a plane)

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by masraum

Very nice, and super cool provenance!

I've got this one (currently in storage)

They sell for a pretty penny, yours is worth a few bucks. If you buy it's best to pay a little more for one that's been recently serviced.

[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Here is an early Christmas gift to myself. A Chelsea "Claremont" clock and barometer desk set. The clock is a "ship's strike" that strikes the maritime 8 bell sequence.



It was made in 1937 and given to Al Polizzi. A little history on "Al"....



Alfred Polizzi (born Alfonso Polizzi; Italian pronunciation: [alfnso polittsi]; March 15, 1900 – May 26, 1975) was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who was boss of the Cleveland crime family in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1945. He stabilized the Cleveland crime family after a period of revenge killings, and was one of the most influential mobsters in the United States. He retired to Florida in 1945, where he was involved in the construction industry. He used several aliases, including "Big Al" and Albert Allen.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Polizzi

Very nice!!!

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[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Jimmy? Is that you?

[red 928]

[Willem Fick]

Interesting find on my way to the office:





Yep, those are bullet holes.

Most likely a result of an attempted cash in transit robbery, which is one of our national sports.

It is a good mix between automatic rounds NATO or AK, and a scattering from an obviously a much heavier caliber.

No blood spatter on the windows, so either the car has already been cleaned, or the driver was not seriously wounded.

[Tervuren]

I'm not seeing windows in all the places windows should be in that picture.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Willem Fick

Interesting find on my way to the office:





Yep, those are bullet holes.

Most likely a result of an attempted cash in transit robbery, which is one of our national sports.

It is a good mix between automatic rounds NATO or AK, and a scattering from an obviously a much heavier caliber.

No blood spatter on the windows, so either the car has already been cleaned, or the driver was not seriously wounded.

Reminds me of the video from last year where Leo Prinsloo evaded guys trying to rob him.

[GH85Carrera]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

When!

[GH85Carrera]

Roman Nose (Vóhko'xénéhe)(1823-1868), also known as Hook Nose, was a Native American warrior of the Northern Cheyenne. He was a legendary and influential warrior, so much so that he was mistook for a chief of the entire Cheyenne nation by the U.S. military. The Cheyenne were fur traders, and Roman Nose was born at the most prosperous days of the trade in the 1820s. He was given the name Môséškanetsénoonáhe, which means Bat, later taking on the name Wokini, which U.S. interpreters translated as Roman Nose. He would not come under major spotlight until after the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, when he started organizing raids against emigrants navigating the Oregon Trail and encroaching on Cheyenne land. He repeatedly refused offers for positions of authority and never became a chief, saying that he spent the major portion of his time in battle rather than in council. Hook Nose was opposed to diplomacy with the white man, and died living up to his word. He was killed by American soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island in 1868 while charging the island in the Arikaree River (Colorado). He is remembered for his brave and selfless battle tactics, for example: "A common battle tactic of his was to ride up and down the line of army troops within rifle range, getting them to discharge their weapons and waste their ammunition." His death had a grave effect on the morale of Cheyenne warriors, which caused their eventual defeat a year after Hook Nose's death.

[Steve Carlton]

[craigster59]

Coney Island, New York City, photographed in 1903.

[GH85Carrera]

How does that happen? Really how?




Crazy Horse was born on the Republican River about 1845. He was killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, in 1877, so that he lived barely thirty-three years.
He was an uncommonly handsome man. While not the equal of Gall in magnificence and imposing stature, he was physically perfect, an Apollo in symmetry. Furthermore he was a true type of Indian refinement and grace. He was modest and courteous as Chief Joseph; the difference is that he was a born warrior, while Joseph was not. However, he was a gentle warrior, a true brave, who stood for the highest ideal of the Sioux [Lakota.] Notwithstanding all that biased historians have said of him, it is only fair to judge a man by the estimate of his own people rather than that of his enemies.




Arizona in the East River, New York City, circa mid-1916.

[Crowbob]

It happens when somebody with a camera and a press pushes a socket extension through a piston to put it on the internets.

[craigster59]

My Cousin's stallion roster. He's in Tejas, these are some expensive hosses......

[Geronimo '74]

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Coney Island, New York City, photographed in 1903.

The quality of that image seems too good for 1903 to me.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

The quality of that image seems too good for 1903 to me.

8x10 film and a tripod mounted camera. HUGE film stock and the image is not enlarged, it is reduced. The color is likely new from this century, but the image quality of old film cameras was amazing.