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!

Planes in formation, B17s

 

Touring BMW 1976

 Swoopy! Then came the Gold Wing.

Gisholt turret lathe

Le Depassionne

 Gisholt Machine Co. was started by John A. Johnson of the Fuller and Johnson farm equipment company, he started the company to build production machinery for making the farm machinery. Their display at Columbian Exposition in 1893 resulted in a sale of a turret lathe to Germany in 1894. After a rocky start, the business grew from there. Mr. Johnson passed away in 1901, his sons continued the business and the company ran on for another 6 decades making mostly production lathes. History at the Norwegian American history site.

John Crerar Library

Always important to show the factory with smoking chimneys. Prosperity!

Vintage Machinery

Know your desmodromic systems