Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Billy Stark, Aviator

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Larry Milberry, Aviation in Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1979 Aviator Billy Stark posing at Armstrong on July 1, Dominion Day 1912. Hi...

Mercedes with picnic accessories

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  Seen at the Oyster Bay NY cruise night, 2016

The Speed Boat, c. 1930

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Tales of Speed.  London & Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press.  c 1930.

Vanished Jobs: Packaging Aspirin, 1955

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Canada 1955.  The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress.  Ottawa:  Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1955. This woul...

Moto Guzzi V7 Special

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European version of the Ambassador.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

8 Litre Bentley

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 The 8-litre', says W. O. Bentley, 'was a product of the old cycle that held sway in the motor business at that time. As soon as y...

Vaughan & Bushnell gas pliers

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Above, 2 pairs of gas pliers, designed for working on gas lines. They're very useful in the shop for gripping round st...

Gemini Space Walk as imagined in 1963

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Michael Stoiko.   Project Gemini.  Step to the Moon.  Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963.  Illustrated by Frank DiPietro.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Martin SeaMaster

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  This was the real jet-age seaplane, it was not the slow awkward lumbering seaplane of piston engine days. It was capable of over 1000 ...

Who owns what: Brand name ownership

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Search Google Images for "Who Owns What."  You'll be surprised what you find. For corporate ownership of hand and powe...
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