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Until the late medieval era, the ox was preferred to the horse down on the farm.
Powerful and docile, they offered the perfect combination for a farmer but were eventually replaced by horses who were quicker and more agile.
For almost two thousand years, oxen were the primary workers and beasts of burden on a British farm. They disappeared from the rural scene as late as the early 1900s. Here they are pulling a wagon full of wattle hurdles, somewhere on the chalk downlands.




A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earther’s have never seen




Brauks-8 735cc 1937


Louisiana, 1940...
The community nurse, Lucy Akin, makes a home visit to one of the project families. Transylvania Project, Louisiana...
Source
Farm Security Administration Marion Post Wolcott photographer

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1889 Guthrie, Oklahoma territory 10 days after the land run.



Technician testing a magnetic core memory module¹ at the Industrial Electronics Division of Mullard² Limited, Balham, London (April 5, 1969). Invented in 1949 by MIT computer engineer Jay Forrester³, these memories consisted of very small ferrite rings strung together into a complex mesh of sensing wires designed for reading or writing binary information, they were the predominant form of random-access computer memory⁴ for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975. See below for a close up of the memory.

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Nice install. I guess they didn't spring for the Crutchfield installation kit.

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Accounts of pioneer life frequently speak of the difficulties posed by natural challenges, such as extended periods of drought, severe snowstorms, and the troublesome plague of grasshopper invasions. One fascinating and individualistic perspective is found in the memoirs of Job E. Green. These writings provide insight into a distinctive period of his life, harking back to 1872, when he and his spouse embarked on establishing a homestead in what would eventually become Boone County, Nebraska.
In examining Green's reminiscences, we gain a closer look at the complexities of his journey, characterized by the pursuit of a homestead. The narrative offers an intimate portrayal of the Green family's pioneering spirit and unwavering determination. This unique chapter is a testament to their resilience and commitment during the pioneering era.
“Along in April I set about building our ‘little sod log shanty on the claim.’ This was to be 16×20. I went over on the Cedar [Creek] to get my ridge poles, three of them. With the sod walls laid, the ridge poles well bedded, rafters on, brush and hay next, we were ready for the sod roof. This was of matched sod with joints well packed with clay. It was a dandy and never leaked a drop the first year. Then I shaved the walls smooth and put on a plaster of clay and ashes. We had a door in the east side with a half window in it, a half window in the south end and a full window in the west side, of 8×10 glass, dirt floor, but had two planks along side the bed to stand on. This was a nice city bed and prized very highly by the owner. Every cent in cash that was put in this house was $10. Into this we moved in June 1872. No millionaire was ever happier than we were.
“It can’t always be bliss, so the scene changes a little. Spring comes once more and so did the rain. Last year our roof was perfect, but now it sprung a leak. I put more dirt on but still it leaked. More dirt and more leak. The deluge came one night and the flood poured through. The floor was muddy. The water soaked-yes, soaked and ran clear through that nice bed and Mrs. Green sat on it and lifted up her voice and wept all night through and mingled her tears with the flood of waters. The next day after the flood I took my oil soaked horse blankets and pitched them . . . over the bed so that it never got wet again. Then as soon as I could the next year I got boards and made a roof over the sod one. That sod roof was 20 inches thick, but it leaked just the same.”

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Oregon, ca. 1910...
Wintertime view of jackrabbit drive near Buchanan in Harney County, Oregon. A crowd of men and boys all carrying sticks, herds a group of jackrabbits toward a corner of fence line. In the background are a wooden barn and outbuildings of a ranch. Several inches of snow covers the ground.
Source
Harney County Library






After making their 4 cam racing engine for some years Ford got A J Foyt to take care of selling and supporting it. Notice the cam cover saying Foyt rather than Ford. This continued until the point where everyone was using Cosworth engines.
The current high performance Ford V8 you can get for your Mustang, etc. is named "coyote" in A J's honor.


Alma Reville with the prop head of her husband, Alfred Hitchcock, 1972. (LIFE).


A US Navy Cryptanalytic Bomb, one of the codebreaking machines that were built from 1943 – 1945 in NCR’s Building 26.
Photo by brewbooks, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0

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1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Convertible

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Google in the 1970s




Tycho crater on the Moon. Impact so great you can see the rays of debris thrown out in all directions.


A Conversation Pit from the 1960s.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A Conversation Pit from the 1960s.

I adore mid-century modern. Yet I can't help but wonder, how many people got hurt falling into conversation pits?

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Very important to make sure that there is no snow on the roof of your mountain cabin!




Portrait of Jessie Tarbox Beals standing on a city sidewalk with her camera. New York, USA. Ca. 1902. Beals was the first published female photojournalist and first female night photographer in the United States.




The amount of stars in this photograph is impressive.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A Conversation Pit from the 1960s.

Like the Japanese communal table with a skirt, except without either. lol

https://joruraljapan.blogspot.com/2007/01/kotatsu_14.html

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Mississippi, 1936...
A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi...
Source
Farm Security Administration Dorothea Lange photographer


Mississippi, 1936...
A plantation store near Clarksville, Mississippi...
Source
Farm Security Administration Dorothea Lange photographer


Minnesota, ca. 1910...
A photograph of a Sawmill in Mora Minnesota with twenty lumberjacks and two horse teams.
Source
Kanabec County Historical Society

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its 1908 in California a Boiler Tender with his pride and joy a circa 1907 "Camelback" Indian, a single-cylinder testament to the era's burgeoning technology. Its distinctive sloping rear tube, reminiscent of a camel's hump, hinted at the freedom it offered – a stark contrast to the factory's monotonous hum.




Not a day to drive the 911.

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