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Mike's Rail Blog: June 2012
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Thursday, June 21, 2012. A back-cover ad from the December, 1926 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Click to make it bigger. Wouldn't that make a great poster? Links to this post. Monday, June 4, 2012. Scenic Railway, Rio de Janiero, 1911. Links to this post. Friday, June 1, 2012. The Last Steam Locomotive Through Greensboro. Photo taken in Greensboro, NC, probably in 1958, by Irvin R. "Buck" Squires, and used by permission of the Squires family. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Last Steam ...
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Mike's Rail Blog: January 2013
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Edison's Electric Locomotive: 1880. I was unaware that Thomas Edison had built an electric railroad at his Menlo Park, NJ, research lab in 1880. Growing out of his work on electric motors, it ran for 90 rods and presumably contributed to the developments which would make electric traction a competitive technology. This short 1909 article from POPULAR ELECTRICITY. As always, click an image to see a bigger version. Links to this post. Friday, January 25, 2013. Links to this post.
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Old High Tech: Two More Early Vacuum Cleaners
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Words and pictures about the weird and wonderful technology that changed our lives in the past. Just because it isn't Web 3.14 doesn't mean that it wasn't neat, fabulous, and the focus of a million technogeek fankids. Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Two More Early Vacuum Cleaners. Also from early issues of POPULAR ELECTRICITY. Something that looks a little bit more like we would expect today, the Duntley could be picked up and carried by your maid. From the May, 1909 issue. Elizabeth J. Neal. Something that l...
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Picture History: Wild Nature from the Window of Your Passing Train
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Interesting images I've found. Now, you've found them, too. Friday, January 25, 2013. Wild Nature from the Window of Your Passing Train. Go West, and see the wild. Well, maybe not quite from the train as you pass by, but something to look for when you go hunting out there. Artwork by H. W. Hansen; ran in the May 1907 issue of the CENTURY MAGAZINE. This ad for travel on the Southern Pacific Railway, through Oregon and California, is from the eBay catalog listings of seller americanartarchives.
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Chromolitho: From the Sublime to the Sublemony
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Saturday, February 23, 2013. From the Sublime to the Sublemony. Be jabers indeed, and all of American Ireland fights its washboard battles. From the wonderful Flickr stream of the Boston Public Library. Currently with 74,345 images of one kind or another (inspect them all! As usual, click the image to see magical growth right on your screen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Other Blogs and Websites. Manual of Wireless Telegraphy 1915. Addison County, Connecticut; Personal Financial Note 1837.
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Chromolitho: Cigarettes and Papers
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Monday, May 9, 2011. Four advertisements Photoshopped by Mariangela Buch. I believe she found them among eBay sellers' offerings, and cleaned them up for our benefit. Click to make bigger. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Other Blogs and Websites. Manual of Wireless Telegraphy 1915. Two More Early Vacuum Cleaners. Wild Nature from the Window of Your Passing Train. Genealogy for Medieval Commoners. View my complete profile. Over-Chromo on the Flower Front. A Page of Flowers.
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Chromolitho: February 2013
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Saturday, February 23, 2013. From the Sublime to the Sublemony. Be jabers indeed, and all of American Ireland fights its washboard battles. From the wonderful Flickr stream of the Boston Public Library. Currently with 74,345 images of one kind or another (inspect them all! As usual, click the image to see magical growth right on your screen. Links to this post. Friday, February 15, 2013. French Postcards from the Early 20th. Click for larger versions. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm a...
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Mike's Rail Blog: British Diesel 10000
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Sunday, September 22, 2013. A correspondent just forwarded me a link to a PR documentary on the construction of the first mainline diesel engine in England. In 1947. The engine and locomotive are beautiful, and the documentary is fascinating. See also the Wikipedia page. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Interesting things I've found about railroads, streetcars, and other trackwayed transportation. Pictures. Explanations. Useful and Interesting Links. Original Documents: History and Genealogy.
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Genealogy for Medieval Commoners: Time Passes
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Genealogy for Medieval Commoners. Tuesday, November 6, 2012. In case anyone has noticed, I haven't added anything to this blog in quite a while. Each entry ended up taking more time than I had available. You know the result. I make no promise, but I do expect to get back to this subject in a little while. You can always contact me as mjward at sign of the hidden hyphen knowledge dot com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Forgotten Men and Women. Travel History / History of Travel. Two More Early Va...
