2020 New Random Pics

[Crowbob]

And all four hands each have a peculiarity about them.

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[GH85Carrera]

Paint Pots, Painters Cove, Kingman Wash, Fortification Hill, Black Mountains, Arizona


The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, an American 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engine, boasts a displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L) and belongs to the enduring Wasp family of engines.
Throughout and post World War II, the R-2800 was extensively utilized in several crucial American aircraft. Throughout the conflict, Pratt & Whitney persistently innovated to enhance the engine, incorporating features like water injection for takeoff in cargo and passenger aircraft and providing emergency power during combat. The P-47 was one of then planes that used this monster - P-47 Thunderbolt

[mattdavis11]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I suspect it's fake. Note the chick on the left has a "Kardashian" style see through top. Nothing on under it. So when she sees a guy coming the other way she likes the look of, she opens her coat to give him a good look.

Fake. The picture has summer shadows, as in, summer this way, summer that way.

[oldE]

Lewd names, Newfoundland and Labrador have "Dildo" and "Come By Chance" and I didn't even have to look those up.

This pile on the wagon used to be a 16'x 8' run in shelter until a strong wind in December.

Best
Les

[GH85Carrera]

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

B-52 Stratofortress tail number 61-0009, nicknamed “Damage Inc. II,” crosses over Interstate-240 on Sooner Road in south Oklahoma City, Jan. 22, 2022, on the final leg if its journey from Arizona to the Boeing facility near Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
https://planehistoria.com/b-52/

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

Photo of Main Street Sayre, Oklahoma, in 1903.


Massachusetts, 1912...
Photographer's Caption
Crocheting on underwear at home. Carmina Caruso, 10 years old, a regular worker; sister Mary, 5 years old, learning; mother and neighbor sitting out in unkept [i.e., unkempt?] side yard all day long. Sometimes they walk up and down the street as they work. 18 South Street, Somerville, Massachusetts...
Source
National Child Labor Committee Lewis Hine photographer








Manned Space History Extra!
Iin 1962, North American Aviation - prime contractor for the Apollo spacecraft - awarded a development contract for the Apollo spacecraft fuel cell to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation.
The Apollo Command Module's primary source of electric power was from a set of three "fuel cells" housed in the Service Module. Each fuel cell combined hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity and water. The water was used for drinking by the astronaut crew. Each of the fuel cell power plants contain 31 separate cells connected in series. Each cell had a hydrogen and an oxygen compartments and electrodes and, in combination, produced 27 to 31 volts. Normal power output for each power plant is 563 to 1420 watts, with a maximum of 2300 watts (source: NASM).
The image below shows an Apollo fuel cell that was used for simulation purposes.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Wow, my mood in an XKE.

[VINMAN]

Holy crap, I can't believe you guys got so worked up over a "fake" pic. Come on, lighten the hell up, its a picture fir christ sakes

[GH85Carrera]

Mt. Scott, Oklahoma.




Mississippi, 1911...
Photographer's Caption
Lillian Dambrinio, an eleven-year-old shrimp picker in Peerless Oyster Co. She is an American and lives here. Says picking makes her hands sore. (Not[e] the condition of her shoes. One worker told me, "The acid in the shrimp eats the shoes off your feet.") She says she earns a dollar a day when shrimp are big. Goes to school, but not when factory is busy. Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi...
Source
National Child Labor Committee Lewis Hine photographer


USS Arizona in the East River, New York City, circa 1916. Now a permanent memorial at Pearl Harbor.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Holy crap, I can't believe you guys got so worked up over a "fake" pic. Come on, lighten the hell up, its a picture fir christ sakes

I don't think you get it. Up to this point, more or less with more recent pics, they have been used to substantiate history and criminal acts. With no truth left and AI doing the thinking, where are we? Nowhere I want to be.

[GH85Carrera]

Oklahoma Territory, 1892...
Photograph of a sod house near Okeene, Oklahoma Territory after the Cheyenne Arapaho land opening, 1892....
Source
Oklahoma Historical Society




Island White, an artificial island in Long Beach Harbor, hides an oil well, 1986. Source: LA Times


The Marconi Wireless Company started the world's first commerical trans-Atlantic wireless network in 1907. The North American station was located near Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island on Canada's Atlantic coast. The European station was located in Clifen, Ireland.
The image shows chief operator, L. R. Johnstone, at the Glace Bay station transmitting messages in Morse Code to Clifden, Ireland. This image was taken on the official opening day of the transatlantic service, 17 October 1907.
Image credit: Beaton Institute

[GH85Carrera]

It's rare to see a photo of the earliest days of famous mining towns, but fortunately this ca. 1865 photo of Alta, Utah has survived and captures the collection of canvas tents and simple plank buildings that composed the early camp. It's difficult to see, but the building behind the tent on the right side of the photo has a "Laundry" sign on it.


Britain's oldest bed still-in-use is over 400 years old
This four-poster has been slept in by 15 generations of the same family. And it is believed to be the oldest still in use in Britain. With an ornately-carved headboard, it has been the luxury resting place for residents of the Berkeley Castle estate in Gloucestershire since at least 1608
The bed is listed on an inventory taken on September 20 1608 but experts say the bed posts could date back to 1560. The coat of arms in the headboard relates to the Stuart monarchy, suggesting it was added after the accession of James I in 1603. Now that is an real antique!

[Targa68]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

Wow, my mood in an XKE.

I think that I'm buying a XKE today

[john70t]

[GH85Carrera]

America’s first oil field, Titusville, Pennsylvania. Photograph by John Mather, c.1859. Source: Archive Photos via Getty Images
Did you know Colonel Edwin Drake, a prominent New York entrepreneur, is credited with drilling the first oil well in the United States. This historic event took place in 1859, situated at the intersection of Oil Creek and Pioneer Run, southeast of Erie. Subsequently, during the mid-1860s, numerous other wells began to dot the landscape in that vicinity. Note the signage for the intriguingly named, The Shoe & Leather Petroleum Company.




Gable and Stewart, the only two actors to have both an Academy Award and a Distinguished Flying Cross.




Cassini’s last image before entering Saturn’s atmosphere and burning up..


IWO JIMA.
Original caption. Six million cubic feet of earth were moved to lengthen this East-West runway at the Number 2 airstrip on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, This shows part of the heavy equipment operated by 62rd SeaBees being used on the field. 15 March 1945. (NARA)

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

This has been Photoshop'd.

She has a birthmark on her left thigh.