c. 1930s postcard of Stonehenge
Stonehenge on horizon, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain
Plan of Stonehenge, 1867
More information and the history of Stonehenge can be found here (Wikipedia)
Month: September 2018
That Famous Roar, 1929
Long Island Express, Sept 21st, 1938
The “Long Island Express” was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The storm formed near the coast of Africa in September of the 1938 Atlantic hurricane season, becoming a Category 5 hurricane later making landfall, September 21st on Long Island, as a Category 3 hurricane. The hurricane was estimated to have killed between 200 and 600 people, damaged or destroyed over 57,000 homes, and caused property losses estimated at $306,000,000. Even though its eye was 75 miles east of New York City, the storm knocked out power above 59th Street in Manhattan and in all of the Bronx, and felled at least 100 trees in Central Park. In just six hours, it moved from North Carolina to New England before weakening.
Barber School, 1935
Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, New York City, 1935
“Tugboat Annie”, 1937
1937 International Harvester, D-300 Streamliner Tow Truck
Pocket Guide to Iran, 1943
AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER assigned to duty in Iran (once called Persia), you are undertaking the most important job of your life. There is no other war theater where military success by the United States and her fighting Allies will contribute more to final victory over the Axis.
You’ve heard a lot of talk in this war about life lines — the sea lanes and land routes by which military supplies flow into the combat zones to be turned against the enemy. Iran is much more than a life line. It is a major source of the power that keeps the United Nations’ military machine turning over — oil.
Son of Zorro, 1947
A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice.(Wikipedia)
Dime Detective Magazine, 1948
Norm Saunders’ Cover
Roman Map of the World, 20AD
Reconstructed Roman world map, Orbis Terra, circa 20 A.D., as commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
Pocket Guide to India, 1944
YOU and your outfit have been assigned one of the most important military missions ever given to American soldiers—the task of driving the Japanese back to Tokyo.
In this global war it is not enough that you should be able to destroy or immobilize all who are your nation’s enemies; you must be able to win the respect and good will
of all who are not.
Right now the world is our workshop and whether we, and the other United Nations, can get it back in running order again depends on how much we know about the materials in it—meaning the people. By winning their confidence and convincing them of our good faith, we shall find many short cuts to success over the enemy and lay the foundations of international understanding that are essential to building a worth-while, enduring peace.
In India your job is doubly difficult. To drive the Japanese armies out of Burma where they now threaten invasion of Assam, India’s^easternmost province, is a military operation of sizable proportions. To keep them on the run, out of Indo-China and China itself, is still more formidable.