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US National Arboretum
acc nr 14089-L)
This tree was acquired from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard as a rooted cutting from one their trees in late 1959.
view of this species in bloom:
It was severely damaged in a snow storm, 3 Jan 2022: flic.kr/p/2mZetMp
Daniel Arnold was one of greatest influencers for the generation that I grew up in. He is known for these very raw scenes of New York City using a flash and he talks about career so far in this new interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=84RJaZylYqw
and if you want to see his crazy photos go to his website
The firm has over 1,000 lawyers. Its Washington office is at 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
1099 - 1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem
1205 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus
1207 - John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
1240 - A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
1307 - Duke Henrik van Karinthi chosen king of Bohemia
1381 - John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.
1410 - Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland
1500 - Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion
1500 - "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
1501 - Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon
1524 - Emperor Karel I bans German national synode
1538 - Peace talks between Karel & King Francois I
1662 - King Charles II charters Royal Society in London
1741 - Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
1755 - French ambassador recalled from London
1779 - US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY
1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1789 - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
1795 - "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem
1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences between them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
1806 - Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
1808 - French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders at Rochefort & is later exiled on St Helena
1815 - 1st flat horse race held on Nottingham Hill at Cheltenham, England (day and month TBC)
1823 - A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
1830 - 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri
1840 - England, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance
1850 - John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North v South at Lord's
1856 - Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
1862 - CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1863 - Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army
1864 - Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard
1867 - SF Merchant's Exchange opens
1869 - Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy
1870 - Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US
1870 - Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created
1870 - Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada
1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1893 - Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
1900 - President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin
1901 - NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0
1902 - Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey
1904 - 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles
1906 - Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam
1909 - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1911 - 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines
1912 - British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
1914 - Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe
1916 - 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)
1916 - Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1918 - 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
1920 - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
1922 - 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo
1922 - 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill
1923 - 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY
1923 - Italian parliament accepts new constitution
1926 - VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1927 - 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews
1927 - Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
1929 - 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
1932 - President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1933 - Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world
1934 - Continental Airlines commences operations.
1936 - Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
1937 - Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
1937 - Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1938 - Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent
1939 - Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight
1940 - 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
1940 - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam
1941 - Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)
1942 - 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
1942 - Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps"
1944 - Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
1945 - 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio
1946 - British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1948 - Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
1948 - Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila)
1949 - "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances
1949 - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
1949 - WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 - 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1952 - Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding
1954 - 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1954 - 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
1954 - KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1956 - Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
1956 - Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1957 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die
1957 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1958 - US marines deployed in Lebanon
1959 - The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
1960 - Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
1961 - "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 68 performances
1961 - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
1961 - Spain accept equal rights for men & women
1962 - Algeria becomes member of Arab League
1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1962 - Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea
1963 - KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 - Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
1964 - Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans
1965 - "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars
1965 - Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece
1967 - "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances
1967 - LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
1967 - Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
1967 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - "One Life to Live" premieres on TV
1968 - Commercial air travel begins between US & USSR
1968 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1968 - NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA)
1968 - Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres
1969 - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1969 - Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season
1970 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1971 - Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China
1972 - 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane
1972 - Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship
1973 - Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
1973 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1973 - Paul Getty III kidnapped
1973 - Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide
1973 - Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
1974 - Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees
1975 - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1975 - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pitts Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)
1975 - Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz)
1975 - Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
1976 - 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children & their bus driver in Calif
1978 - 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews
1979 - 34th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz
1979 - Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India
1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
1982 - Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982 - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1982 - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0
1983 - 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1983 - Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"
1984 - 39th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1984 - John Lennon releases "I'm Stepping Out"
1985 - Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
1986 - 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1986 - All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
1987 - Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
1987 - John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
1987 - State of siege ends in Taiwan
1990 - 45th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1991 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1991 - US troops leave northern Iraq
1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit
1992 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
1994 - Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1994 - Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th
1994 - NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
1995 - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)
1995 - Jews take Jerusalem
1995 - Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540
1996 - After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
1996 - MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
1996 - Prince Charles & Princess Di sign divorce papers
1996 - Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
1996 - A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
1999 - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.
2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
2002 - Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
2003 - AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2009 - A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake registers 160km west of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.
Un ciudad como Santiago que crece y se torna cada vez más cosmopolita, cuenta entre sus nuevos atractivos desde el 2007 con el “Museo de la Moda” que ya cuenta con numerosos reconocimientos internacionales incluyendo haber sido mencionado por diferentes medios como Financial Times, Der Spiegel, O´Globo o el New York Times como entre los Mejores Museos de la Moda del mundo.
El Museo se fundó con el legado de la familia Yarur Bascuñán focalizado entre los años 50s y 60s. Luego esta colección se ha ido incrementando hasta contar con mas de 10.000 piezas que van desde el Siglo V DC hasta nuestros días.
La vasta colección incluye icónicas prendas de grandes diseñadores de todos los tiempos así como también ropa de algunos grandes de la cultura pop de las últimas décadas.
Destacado lugar tienen prendas como el traje de bodas de la Princesa Diana, la Chaqueta militar de John Lennon, el vestido rojo tipo sirena de Marilyn Monroe, el sostén de Madonna diseñado por Jean Paul Gaultier para su jira “Blonde Ambition Tour”, la Chaqueta de Curt Cobain de Nirvana, la que uso Arnold Schwarzenegger en la película "Terminator" del año 1984, de Billy Idol, de Joan Collins para Dallas, de Michael Jackson, etc, etc etc.
Actualmente se encuentra en exhibición la exposición “Volver a los 80’s II” En esta segunda parte, la película “Volver al Futuro” tiene un lugar destacado, dado a que se encuentra en exhibición el DeLorean, mítico auto con el cual el Profesor Emmet Brown y Marty Mcfly, interpretado por Michael J. Fox y la chaqueta que uso el actor en la película. Además una completa colección con prendas de Michael Jackson que serán parte del museo del artista en su casa Nerverland en USA. Vale destacar que este es el único lugar de latinoamerica donde será posible ver estas prendas.
Para mayor información pueden visitar: www.museodelamoda.cl
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A city like Santiago grows and becomes increasingly cosmopolitan, counts among its new attractions since 2007 with the "Museum of Fashion" which already has numerous international awards including being mentioned by various highlights medias such as The Financial Times, Der Spiegel , O Globo and The New York Times considering as among of the best museums in the world of fashion.
The Museum was founded with the family legacy Yarur Bascuñán focused between 50s and 60s. Then this collection has grown to have over 10,000 pieces from the V century AD to the present day.
The vast collection includes iconic pieces from great designers of all time as well as some great clothes of pop culture stars in recent decades.
Featured instead are items like the wedding dress of Princess Diana, John Lennon's military jacket, Marilyn Monroe´s siren-red dress, Madonna's bra designed by Jean Paul Gaultier for his tour "Blonde Ambition Tour" , Curt Cobain jacket of Nirvana, Arnold Schwarzenegger jacket in the 1984 movie "Terminator", Billy Idol, Joan Collins Dallas, Michael Jackson, etc, etc etc.
The current exhibition is "Back to the 80's II" In this second part, the movie "Back to the Future" features prominently, as it is on display the DeLorean, legendary car with which Professor Emmett Brown and Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox and his jacket in the movie. Besides a complete clothing collection with Michael Jackson that will be part of the home artist museum in Nerverland, USA. Noteworthy this will be the only place in Latin America where you could see these collection on display.
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For more information visit: www.museodelamoda.cl
N341A is the one and only Douglas DC-3 variant designated as a C-41A and was ordered by the U.S. Army Air Command in 1938 and delivered in September
1939 at a cost of $105,611.29. This was one of two aircraft requisitioned by Major General Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold along with a sister ship (designated as a C-41, and also still flying today as N41HQ) as VIP transports for himself and military command staff , as well as other high ranking officials including the Secretary of War. These aircraft were based at Bolling Army Airfield, Washington D.C. as a part of the 1st Staff Squadron.
Some updated Batman villains with some newish HP parts.
Left to right:
Ventriloquist: New hair/suit for Wesker, matching outfit for Scarface - I realized a grey suit for Scarface to match the body would look a lot better than trying to black on grey haha
Clayface (Preston Payne): I know a million people have done this combo but I haven't. I did add the Kingsley robes so hopefully that makes me unique.
Killing Joke Joker: I 100% know again people have done this already, but I got the torso and I wanted to make him myself.
N341A is the one and only Douglas DC-3 variant designated as a C-41A and was ordered by the U.S. Army Air Command in 1938 and delivered in September
1939 at a cost of $105,611.29. This was one of two aircraft requisitioned by Major General Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold along with a sister ship (designated as a C-41, and also still flying today as N41HQ) as VIP transports for himself and military command staff , as well as other high ranking officials including the Secretary of War. These aircraft were based at Bolling Army Airfield, Washington D.C. as a part of the 1st Staff Squadron.
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Green and purple berries, Chionanthus retusus (Chinese fringetree, IG-N, acc nr 14089-L), US National Arboretum
view of this species in bloom: flic.kr/p/274K7So
This tree was acquired from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard as a rooted cutting from one their trees in late 1959.
It was severely damaged in a snowstorm on 3 Jan 2022: flic.kr/p/2mZetMp
"Huis 't Joppe" te Joppe The Netherlands
Huis' t Joppe is a country house just east of the hamlet Joppe, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The estate dates from around 1740 and has an entrance hall in Louis XIV style.
This country house is not very old compared to castles, because the first mention of an estate on this site is from 1565. This estate was owned by Lubbert van Kuinre, who around this time the Nijelanden near Gorssel mined. A document from 1609 refers to Jobstede or Nieulant, the origin of the name Job in this respect is not known.
Residents
Little is to be said with certainty about the first owners. It is probable that Joppe van Baar lived here with his family in the winter, in the summer he lived in Egmond on the North Holland coast. The owner has probably named the castle after himself. He died in 1616. In 1617, Goossen Kremer was the owner, who was suspected of taking land from the community (marke) by secretly pushing boundary locks. In 1673 Jan van Suchtelen, mayor of Deventer, was the owner. He was succeeded by his son Willem van Suchtelen, who was a lieutenant at the cavalry and died in 1703.
Probably the estate then came to Willems sister, Vreda van Suchtelen, who in 1676 was married to Hendrik van Markel, also mayor of Deventer. Their youngest daughter married Arnold Bouwer, also mayor of Deventer. They had the current house built around 1740, probably using materials from the older house.
Their son, Hendrik Frederik Brouwer, inherited the estate and also became mayor of Deventer. He was married to Antonetta Gesina Jordens, divorced her and remarried with Harmanna van Suchtelen. This couple had the son: Arnold Hendrik van Markel Bouwer, who was married to the noble Sophia Adriana Everdina van Heeckeren. When she became a widow, she sold it well to the speculator Lukas Binkhorst in 1826. This sold it well in 1827 to Antonie Brants, who was son-in-law of Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring, who died in 1862. This was married three times and had twelve children, of whom ten were still alive. This gave rise to so many complications with the inheritance, that the good was sold again, and to three brothers Van Hövell to Westerflier, from whom in the end Frans Ernst Alexander Van Hövell to Westerflier would live in the mansion. In 1867 he had the Catholic Church Our Lady Assumption built at the manor, so that he did not have to go to church in Zutphen. By marriage, Frans would eventually become lord of Asten.
L.F.M. de Maes Janssens-von Heijden (1920-2011), member of the von Heyden family, lived in until her death Huis' t Joppe through her mother, L.J.F. von Heijden-baroness from Hövell to Westerflier and Wezeveld (1893-1984) who was born and died on the house, came into her possession.
Nature and landscape
't Joppe is an estate of 100 ha with park forest and small pieces of pine and deciduous forest, but also meadows and fields, on which stand a number of beautiful single trees. Ring snakes and bats live there.
The area is freely accessible, except for the country house and its immediate surroundings. That is why the so-called berceau, a roof tunnel of hornbeam, can not be visited.
There is a walking route, the Three Kieften route, past the manor house and the estate.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Wengernalp Railway (German: Wengernalpbahn, WAB) is a 19.11 kilometres (11.87 mi) long rack railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald via Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway. The name refers to the alpine meadow of Wengernalp, above Wengen.
The line is normally operated in two sections, with trains from either direction terminating at Kleine Scheidegg. At the latter station, most passengers transfer to the Jungfrau Railway for the continuation of the journey to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch. There are generally no roads to Wengen/Mürren, and the train is the main access.
The line is owned by the Wengernalpbahn AG, a subsidiary of the Jungfraubahn Holding AG, a holding company that also owns the Jungfraubahn and Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen–Mürren, Harderbahn, and Firstbahn.
In 1875, the first plans for a railway on the route later taken by the Wengernalp line were drawn up, but the high projected costs meant that the concession expired. Fifteen years later, in 1890, Leo Heer-Bétrix gained a new 80-year concession to build and operate the railway. The Wengernalpbahn was founded.
Construction work commenced in 1891, and the following year the first steam locomotive reached Wengen on 18 April and Kleine Scheidegg on 10 August. The full length of the line, from Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald, opened on 20 June 1893 as a summer only service.
The electrification of the line between Lauterbrunnen and Kleine Scheidegg was completed on 3 June 1909 using 1500 V DC, with electric locomotives positioned, for safety reasons, at the lower end of the trains. The section between Grindelwald and Kleine Scheidegg followed on 24 June 1910. Steam operation ceased in 1912.
On 7 July 1910, a new route, longer but less steep, was opened between Lauterbrunnen to Wengen. The older route was retained for nearly a hundred more years, being finally decommissioned and dismantled in 2009 because of the steep gradient of 25% and concern over geological stability on parts of the route.
In 1913, winter operations commenced between Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg, followed by year round operations over the same section in 1925. Winter operations between Grindelwald and Kleine Scheidegg started in 1934, followed by year round operations in 1960.
In 1942, the headquarters of the railway moved from Zurich to Interlaken. In 1947, the first motorcoaches were purchased. The following year the partly underground turning triangle at Kleine Scheidegg was constructed.
In 1990, an avalanche shelter was built on the Lauterbrunnen side of the operation, whilst in 1995 Wengen station was rebuilt to include a freight delivery terminal. In 2005, Wengernalp station platforms were extended from 127 m to 181 m usable length. In 2011, a new double track loop was opened between Wengen and Allmend, allowing the introduction of a clock-face timetable between Lauterbrunnen and Kleine Scheidegg.
The line is built to 800 mm gauge (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in gauge), and uses the Riggenbach rack system, as modified by Arnold Pauli. Modern stock uses Strub rack system.
Nowadays, most passenger trains are made up of railcars, the powered car still being positioned at the lower end of the train, and so train compositions do not usually cross Kleine Scheidegg to travel directly from Lauterbrunnen over to Grindelwald. However, a triangular junction specially built into the mountainside at Kleine Scheidegg allows the train to be turned if necessary so that it can also be used on the other side of the col. The newest of these trains reach 28 km/h on the steepest stretch.
Genthe, Arnold,, 1869-1942,, photographer.
Anna Duncan dancing
between 1920 and 1942; from a photograph taken ca. 1920.
1 slide : lantern ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title devised.
Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Forms part of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.
Subjects:
Duncan, Anna,--1894-1980.
Dancers.
Format: Lantern slides.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see: "Genthe photograph collection" hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.073.agc
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 94837677
General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.agc
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/agc.7a09890
Call Number: LC-G4085- 0018
Ava and Monica organized this fundraising dinner at Ava's family's restaurant in Berkeley. Proceeds are for Albany High School's trip to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration in January. Ava actually secured a donation from Gov. Arnold Scwarzenegger. Here they are pictured with Mrs. Hudson, who will be leading the expedition.
Ava and Monica organized this fundraising dinner at Ava's family's restaurant in Berkeley. Proceeds are for Albany High School's trip to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration in January. Ava actually secured a donation from Gov. Arnold Scwarzenegger.
Douglas C-41A
Aerotechnics Aviation
Duxford 5/6/2019
Daks over Duxford
This is the one and only Douglas DC-3 variant
designated as a C-41A and
was ordered by the U.S. Army Air Command in 1938 and delivered in September 1939 at a cost of $105,611.29. This was one of two aircraft requisitioned by Major General Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold along with a sister ship (designated as a C-41, and also still flying today as N41HQ) as VIP transports for himself and military command staff , as well as other high ranking officials including the Secretary of War. These aircraft were based at Bolling Army Airfield, Washington D.C. as a part of the 1st Staff Squadron.
My own creation, a mix of Arkham-Freeze and BTAS.
Arnold-Freeze ice puns always welcome. What do you guys think?
Daddy and Timmy are on a business trip in Denver and we think Arnold might have snuck into daddy's backback so we're gonna call him and find out...
Rats! Daddy & Timmy are in a meeting so we had to leave a voicemail. Sure hope daddy gets back to us soon cause we're really worried about that silly piggy!
Genthe, Arnold,, 1869-1942,, photographer.
Portrait photograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay
[from a negative dated 1914]
1 slide : lantern ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title devised.
Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Forms part of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.
Subjects:
Millay, Edna St. Vincent,--1892-1950.
Format: Portrait photographs.
Lantern slides.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see: "Genthe photograph collection" hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.073.agc
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 94837677
General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.agc
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/agc.7a10216
Call Number: LC-G4085- 0362
St Mary's Church in Battersea, was completed in 1777.
The Artist and poet William Blake was married here in 1782 to Catherine Boucher.
Catherine was to become a very important contributer to Blakes work as both colorist and engraver.
They remained devoted to each other until Blakes death in 1827.
The Artist J M W Turner, RA '1775-1851' (known as William Turner in his day) Used to paint the Thames from the vestry window.
The controversial American revolutionary figure Benedict Arnold (1740-1801) & his family were buried in the crypt.
Although looked upon by most Americans as a traitor, after he defected from the Continental army to the British.
He was a formidable commander on the field of battle.
And he was admired and trusted by George Washington.
But he was not popular with his fellow officers, and often passed over for promotion by the Continental Congress.
He did rise to the level of Major General, and he was a lead from the front commander, who was greatly admired by his men.
Wounded several times, twice very severely.
His left leg was so badly shattered at Saratoga, he was told it couldn't be saved. He refused to loose it, but left him badly crippled.
While being appointed military commander of Philadelphia by Washington. He met a vivacious 18 year old Peggy Shippen, who he married. She was from a loyalist family, and had a lot to do with Arnold eventually defecting.
George Washington placed Arnold in charge of West Point. Peggy still had contact with British Major John Andre. (A British spymaster she met in Philadelphia). And a plan was hatched for Arnold to surrender West Point to the British!
But it was all uncovered when Major Andre was captured with the plans.
Benedict Arnold escaped to the British lines, Major Andre was hanged. Arnold was given a commission as a Brigadier General in the British army, and fought against his former side.
Arnold, Peggy, and family moved to London after the war.
Benedict Arnold died from complications from his old wounds in 1801. Peggy didn't outlive Arnold by much, she died in London in 1804 and she was laid to rest with her husband in St Mary's crypt.
She was only 44.
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Washington Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad car #99 is stopped somewhere on the North Shore Division (the negative's envelope reads "near Annapolis"). It looks to be Arnold, Jones Station, or possibly Severna Park with the roadway in the background possibly being Baltimore Annapolis Blvd.
WB&A 99 was manufactured by the Wason Manufacturing Company of Springfield MA for the Annapolis Short Line in 1913. It was part of an order of 12 steel center entrance cars which helped the ASL with it's conversion from AC overhead to 1200 volt DC overhead. The cars went into service January 4, 1914. After the merger with the WB&A in 1921, the cars were remodeled with the center entrances moved to the car ends. In 1929 the WB&A further modified these cars by equipping them with Tomlinson Tightlock couplers as can be seen here on the 99.
The date of this 116 size negative is April 28, 1935.
The photographer is unknown.
Ava and Monica organized this fundraising dinner at Ava's family's restaurant in Berkeley. Proceeds are for Albany High School's trip to Washington, D.C., for the presidential inauguration in January. Ava actually secured a donation from Gov. Arnold Scwarzenegger. Photo by Monica
Nothing too exciting, I just like the way all these guys look together. Most of em are old, but there are a couple mods here and there, namely in Hugo's torso and Roman's head.
Roman Sionis, Talia Al Ghul, Anatoli Knyazev, Garfield Lynns, Hugo Strange, Floyd Lawton, Alphonse Capone, Arnold Wesker, Victor Zsasz.
Cheers, mates!
Figured I'd aim for a more ethnically accurate Cisco. Certainly not the best, but the best I can do with the bricks I have right now. Suggestions for skin tone, new heads, hair, torsos, pants, etc, are greatly appreciated. :)
EDIT: In other news, I have a ton of plans for some new uploads, in the near future, including, but not limited to:
The Fantastic Four
A modded Aquaman
A modded Iron Fist
A modded Captain Cold
A new/modded Flash (Based on the Post Crisis Wally West)
Jason Woodrue and the Floronic Man*
Update to Heatwave
Ice
Upgrades to Cisco
Enchantress (DC)
New 52 based Caitlyn Snow Killer Frost
Wildcat
EDIT: Also in the pipeline is Egghead.
Silver Banshee
A very special version of Deadpool
MCU Eric Selvig
Update to The Black Knight from Scooby Doo
More Scooby Doo villains, and heroes
Hellboy
Arnold Toht (The Nazi bad guy from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark who wears Harry Potter style glasses)
A brand new sig-fig
A surprise figure . . .
And more!
The problem is that I have the ideas bouncing around in my head, but I don't have the bricks for them. :(
Thus, I can't give any indication as to when they'll become reality, with the exception of my new Flash, which I can basically guarantee will be finished by tomorrow. The picture(s) will be up either tomorrow or the day after. :)
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TL;DR - Here's Cisco and some plans for future figures. The only thing that looks like it will be made at anytime soon is my new Flash.
*Yes, I'm doing Jason Woodrue and the Floronic Man seperately. So sue me. :P
Batman Returns Forever and Robin from DC Comics
L-R:
Top Row
The Joker
Penguin
Mr. Freeze
The Riddler
Bottom Row
Vicki Vale
Bane
Catwoman
Batman
Robin
Two-Face
Poison Ivy
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Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Mar-23.
In the background, a Japan Airlines DC-8, a Skyways Avro York and a Pakistan International Super Constellation.
First flown in Nov-61, this aircraft was delivered to the RAF Royal Air Force serialled XR395 in Jun-62. It was transferred to RAF Maintenance Unit (60 MU) in Jul-75.
The aircraft was sold to Dan-Air Services as G-BDIT in Aug-75 and was stored at Dan-Air's maintenance base at Lasham, UK in Oct-80. They sold it to a 'D Arnold' in Jun-81 and it was moved to Blackbushe, UK for further storage. The aircraft was broken up at Blackbushe in Jul-84.
There had been a couple of days or so of snow. This particular time I was fortunate enough to be at Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottinghamshire. It had turned into a Winter Wonderland. The wildlife were enjoying it and so were the families and a few canine pets rolling, sniffing and playing with their owners. This park is local to where I live :)
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Arnot Hill House (Arnold Registration Office).
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Arnot Hill House (Arnold Registration Office).
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Deadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205, and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino.
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his skin is still white, and the black on his head is a tight hood
My favourite photo from Awesome Con this weekend. The Smithsonian had a display of costumes from the DC comics Batman series. This costume was worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger as ‘Mr. Freeze’ in the 1997 movie ‘Batman and Robin’.
There had been a couple of days or so of snow. This particular time I was fortunate enough to be at Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottinghamshire. It had turned into a Winter Wonderland. The wildlife were enjoying it and so were the families and a few canine pets rolling, sniffing and playing with their owners. This park is local to where I live :)
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Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.
Dudes in a covered wagon garden seat at Quarter Circle U, Brewster-Arnold Ranch Company. Birney, Montana
1941 Aug.
1 negative : safety ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Notes:
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Montana--Rosebud County--Quarter Circle U Ranch.
Format: Safety film negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c15803
Call Number: LC-USF34- 058666-E
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British Aircarft Corpration BAC One-Eleven 301AG
cn: 035
ff: 13-07-1966 at Hurn
22-07-1966 G-ATPL British Eagle Airways
04-08-1967 G-ATPL SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System, "Arnold Viking" (leased from British Eagl while SAS vaited for delataed DC-9-delviereis, in full SAS livery.)
01-03-1968 G-ATPL British Eagle (returned)
06-11-1968 wfu
14-10-1969 G-ATPL Dan-Air London
17-12-1990 CC-CYI Ladeco
11-1994 wfu and stored at Santiago airport
2000 broken up for spares after 28 years flying pax
Dan-Air started to fly fo Fornebu from Newcastle three dasy a wwk from May 1985, on monday, wednesday and fridays. This was an ice-cold friday
Scanned from original negative film, as i used my new telezoom to get close photos of two ariliners.
DC-9-41s seen behind is LN-RLK and OY-KGA
Born in the late 19th century to a Prussian noble family who had relocated to Strucker Castle in Bavaria following the Franco-Prussian War, Wolfgang von Strucker became a Heidelberg fencing champion and was disfigured by facial scars.
Strucker fought for Germany during World War I, during which he first encountered the jewel "Momentary Princess", which was fated to appear and disappear at regular intervals of time. Wolfgang pursued the jewel in the decades that followed.
When Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany in 1933, Baron Strucker joined the Nazi Party, becoming infamous in the following years. In 1936, he and Geist, one of Hitler's top men, allied themselves with the Egyptian mentalist Amahl Farouk (secretly the Shadow King) in an attempt to dispute the lineage of England's royal family and install a new king who would be sympathetic to the Nazis. Their plot was thwarted by the Canadian adventurer Logan and the time-traveling members of Excalibur, Kitty Pryde and Phoenix.
In 1937, German Intelligence agent Strucker was sent to the United States to assassinate Senator Fulton, but he was foiled by brigand-for-hire Dominic Fortune.
As World War II began, Strucker was appointed wing commander of the Death's Head Squadron by Hitler, and, in 1941, he was sent to Madripoor to help the Hand ninja cult transform young Natasha Romanova into their master assassin, only to be defeated by Logan (yet to acquire the adamantium skeleton which would transform into Wolverine), Captain America, and Ivan Petrovitch.
Later in 1941, Strucker invaded Latveria, seeking to use the Sturm-Fånger ("Storm-Catcher") to control cosmic energies; the device was wrecked by time-traveling members of X-Force.
After the United States entered the war, the First Attack Squad of Able Company (the Howling Commandos) became a constant thorn in the Nazis' side, and Hitler turned to Strucker, ordering him to publicly humiliate the Howlers' leader Nick Fury.
Strucker challenged Fury to a duel on the island of Norsehaven, and Fury violated direct orders to meet Strucker and satisfy his pride.
Before their duel with plywood swords, Strucker offered Fury a toast, and secretly drugged Fury's drink. As they fought, Strucker was surprised to find that despite his superior swordsmanship and the effects of the drug, Fury was a tenacious foe, but Fury finally succumbed to the drug's effects. Strucker had the event recorded and sent back to Germany as propaganda material to destroy Fury's reputation.
Hitler demanded that Strucker capture the Howlers so they could be executed in Berlin. Strucker assembled the Blitzkrieg Squad, who could match each of the Howlers skill for skill, but the Howlers defeated them at every turn.
Strucker also led the Blitzkrieg Squad to England to assassinate Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, but they were foiled by the Invaders.
Strucker finally abandoned the Blitzkrieg Squad, which was later led by Colonel Fritz Klaue.
While vacationing in Berlin, Strucker witnessed the Asgardian Thor's attack on the Chancellery, after which Strucker followed a bandaged man through a portal in space.
Realizing he had traveled decades into the future, Strucker stole some history books about the end of World War II. He encountered the time machine's creator Doctor Doom, who allowed him to return to the past, not believing that Strucker could win the war even with the knowledge he had obtained.
Tiring of Strucker's failures, Hitler assigned him to topple the resistance in the French town of Cherbeaux, or else destroy the town. Strucker rounded up the resistance to send them to camps to avoid having to destroy the town, but the Howling Commandos derailed his train, freeing the captives.
Hitler demanded that Strucker destroy the town, and Strucker set the explosives, but then came face-to-face with Fury, who had rigged an explosive powerful enough to kill Strucker.
Caught in a stalemate, Strucker agreed to let the people of Cherbeaux evacuate so that he and Fury could battle again.
When the evacuation was complete, Strucker and Fury fought while Cherbeaux was destroyed around them, and Fury lost Strucker in the upheaval. For allowing the evacuation of Cherbeaux, Hitler had Strucker marked for death by the Gestapo.
Strucker escaped Germany because of the Red Skull, Hitler's right-hand man, who foresaw Hitler's fall, and wanted an alternative power base.
The Red Skull sent Strucker to Japan to form this organization, but Strucker intended to run it for himself. In Japan, Strucker joined forces with the Hand and an underground subversive movement which later became Hydra where he received help from Arnim Zola into establishing it.
Strucker was instrumental in Hydra's earliest raids on war plants to supply their troops, and finally confronted the Supreme Hydra, claiming that as the organization's true mastermind, he should be Hydra's leader.
The Supreme Hydra refused and shot him, but Strucker had worn a bulletproof vest, and slew the Supreme Hydra, claiming his title. Strucker also slew the jonin (leader) of the Hand in single combat, severing ties with the Hand to prevent Hydra agents from being seduced by promises of the dark power of the demonic Beast of the Hand.
Strucker moved Hydra's operations to a private island in the Pacific, named Hydra Island. After he used an undetectable "phantom" submarine to assault allied and Japanese ships, Hydra Island was investigated by the allies' Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders, and the Japanese Samurai Squad.
Captain Savage and the others managed to overcome Hydra's forces, and Strucker was forced to detonate the island. With Hydra's plans temporarily waylaid, Strucker was forced to return to Germany.
To regain Hitler's favor, Strucker subjected Fury to a hallucinogenic drug in Africa, offering the formula to Hitler if it proved successful in the field. Fury was overcome by the hallucinations, but the Howlers rescued him, enabling his recovery.
Ever more uncomfortable with the progress of the war, Strucker continued to operate Hydra from the shadows while pretending to be a loyal Nazi, secretly funneling Hitler's resources into his own operation. He also obtained the Dragon of Death, a powerful Japanese submarine, and made it Hydra's new mobile headquarters.
Using his knowledge of the future, Strucker attempted to complete Uranverein, a nuclear weapons project, before the United States, sending Hydra agents to obtain the materials.
Learning of this plot, the Invaders ultimately scuttled the Dragon, again delaying Strucker's plans, and during the clash Strucker lost the books he had brought from the future.
It is also likely that because of this scheme that Strucker inadvertently caused a bootstrap paradox that lead to the establishment of the United States' Manhattan Project which builds the atomic bombs and the eventual nuclear proliferation in the first place.
In 1944, Strucker encountered the Gnobians, a benevolent race of empathic extraterrestrials who had crashed near Gruenstadt.
Realizing what their technology could do for Hydra, Strucker befriended the naïve creatures and killed the population of Gruenstadt to cover his tracks. The Howlers arrived, too late to prevent the tragedy, but fatally wounded Strucker.
The Gnobians healed Strucker with their powers, but they went insane from absorbing some of his hate-filled psyche in the process. Strucker fled their crashed ship, taking discs of their information to his scientists.
As Germany fell in 1945, Strucker had the Nazis' two greatest superhumans Master Man and Warrior Woman placed into suspended animation in opposite sides of Berlin to await later revival. Strucker also gave the Red Skull the gas used to preserve them, and it also preserved the Skull when he was buried alive in his bunker during a battle with Captain America.
Avoiding prosecution for war crimes, Baron Strucker had his scientists provide him with age-retarding serum so he could personally oversee Hydra's progress for decades to come.
He and the Baroness Adelicia Von Krupp once captured the CIA's Agent Ten, who proved to be Strucker's old enemy Logan, but Logan was rescued by CIA agents Richard and Mary Parker.
Needing more finances for Hydra, Strucker abducted Gabrielle Haller, who had a map leading to a fortune in lost Nazi gold hidden within her mind, but Haller was defended by her friends, the mutants Charles Xavier and Erik Magnus, and Magnus took the gold for his own purposes.
Strucker married more than once in the years that followed resulting in a son named Werner, who resisted his father's influence, and twins Andrea and Andreas, who were genetically altered by Hydra scientists and so, developed super powers later in life.
Strucker rebuilt Hydra Island, but concealed his role in the organization by using a front called "THEM", in which he was Grand Imperator. In this role, he assigned Arnold Brown to be his Imperial Hydra, supposedly the true master of Hydra. Brown's rule of Hydra ended when he was overcome by S.H.I.E.L.D., an espionage organization led by Nick Fury and designed to thwart Hydra, and the unmasked Brown was mistakenly shot by his own men as Hydra crumbled about him.
THEM also found and revived the long-lost Red Skull, but Strucker finally abandoned THEM when the scientific research arm of Hydra and another branch splintered away to become A.I.M. and the Secret Empire, respectively.
Strucker continued to conceal his identity, acting as Don Antonio Caballero, Emir Ali Bey, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent John Bronson. He finally revealed himself as Hydra's true leader when he prepared to unleash the Death Spore bomb from Hydra Island.
Invading the island, Nick Fury used masks to trick Strucker's men into shooting their leader. In a panic, Strucker ran into a chamber where nuclear processes were taking place, and was immediately incinerated.
Soon afterwards, Fury set the Death Spore bomb to explode within Hydra Island's protective dome designed to keep the island safe from the spores, eradicating all Hydra personnel within.
Hydra suffered without Strucker's leadership, and the Red Skull championed an effort to bring the Baron back, providing a distraction to occupy Fury's newly-rebuilt S.H.I.E.L.D. while Hydra scientists found Strucker's body and sacrificed their lives to revive him with the Death Spore bonded to his form.
Baron Strucker is a highly intelligent man in peak human physical condition. He is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant, swordsman, and marksman. He is also a consummate military strategist and spy, and a master of disguise and excellent actor.
He carries a sword and traditional firearms, but also wears the Satan Claw on his right hand: this metal gauntlet amplifies his strength and emits powerful electrical shocks.
Strucker also uses serums developed by Hydra, enabling him to maintain his physical vigor at its height and retard his aging process, so that physically he remains the same, despite his advanced age.
Exposure to his Death Spore has bonded Strucker's DNA with the Death Spore, enabling him to be revived after seemingly being killed by gunshot wounds and radiation poisoning.
Strucker can now release the Death Spore virus from his body at will, killing his victims nearly instantly. If Strucker is killed, the Death Spore viruses will allegedly be set free from his body and risk infecting the entire Earth.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Wolfgang von Strucker
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos 5 (Jan 1964)
Created by: Stan Lee (writer)
Jack Kirby (artist)
The background picture is from the amazing Jim Steranko art in Strange Tales. We couldn't let it pass without seeing it in full size and detail.
Genthe, Arnold,, 1869-1942,, photographer.
Travel views of Yosemite National Park
between 1903 and 1906.
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Forms part of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.
Subjects:
National parks & reserves.
Sleds & sleighs.
Snow.
Format: Nitrate negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see: "Genthe photograph collection" hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.073.agc
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 94837677
General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.agc
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/agc.7a09212
Call Number: LC-G404- 0069