Goodyear airship, Pilgrim

Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithonian, 1985

 In the mid 1920s Goodyear constructed a number of small scale airships designed to demonstrate and train pilots in lighter-than-air craft, the Pilgrim was one of these. It was made of a magnesium coated steel tube frame with a rubberized fabric balloon. The envelope had a capacity of 55,000 cubic feet of gas and was the first airship designed to utilize helium as the lifting gas. 

 The engine was a single Lawrence air-cooled three cylinder engine of 40 hp, with a 40 gallon fuel tank, giving it had a range of 525 miles. Launched in 1925, it made 4765 flights before being retired in 1931.

  Below, landing atop the M. O'Neil department store in Akron, Ohio. That must be the railway terminal on the left in the background.

Monday medal mystery

 

Here is a medal, more of pin or badge, I guess...  with the word Transeuope, a limousine or early bus and a strong male figure holding what may be scales? The only Transeurope I know is the train, was there a car company or a limousine/bus service? See below, AI doesn't know either:-) Any ideas?

Marion Model 35

Mike Filey, Victor Russell, From Horse Power to Horsepower, Toronto 1890-1930, Dundurn Press, 1991

This Marion steam shovel cost the City of Toronto $8665 in 1911 and was described as a "self propelled, full circle" steam shovel. It was used to prepare the right of way for the Gerrard St. streetcar line.

 

Sidecar Sunday

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 Apparently just a random photo... No idea who they are.

White House renovation

 

Decades of poor maintenance, the construction of a fourth story attic and the addition of a second-floor balcony over the south portico took a great toll on the brick and sandstone structure of The White House built around a timber frame. By 1948, the house was declared to be in imminent danger of collapse, forcing President Truman to commission a reconstruction.  The work required the complete dismantling of the interior spaces, construction of a new load-bearing internal steel frame and the reconstruction of the original rooms within the new structure. Some modifications to the floor plan were made, the largest being the repositioning of the grand staircase to open into the Entrance Hall, rather than the Cross Hall.  Central air conditioning was added, as well as two additional sub-basements providing space for workrooms, storage, and a bomb shelter. The Trumans moved back into the White House on March 27, 1952.  While the house’s structure was kept intact by the Truman reconstruction, much of the new interior finishes were generic, and of little historic value. Much of the original plasterwork, some dating back to the 1814–1816 rebuilding, was too damaged to reinstall, as was the original robust Beaux Arts paneling in the East Room.   Source: whitehousemuseum.org

Buick Electra Ad, 1967 vs1963

 Slightly different tone from 1963.

Oliver Table saw 1921

 Looking at this saw, it's apparent that even though a hundred years have gone by, except for the cast iron construction, table saws haven't changed much. The company is still in business today, moved to Seattle in 2000. Oliver Heritage Pages

Bug-atti

 

    A travesty or a fun thing to do with a dead VW?

Fords for '55

‘55 Chevy get all the love but this is a great looking car.
 

Monet Goyon

 Great logo!