Tuesday, April 25, 2017

What causes air bumps and why they should not be feared

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The World Book Encyclopedia.  Chicago:  Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1958. Today, we call this "turbulence." ...

The evolution of Plymouth automobiles, 1961-1967

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From Bill Toboldt.   Fix Your Plymouth.  All Models 1967-1952.  The Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc., 1967. According ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

BNT Canada Mystery Hammer

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From a reader come these pictures of an unusual hammer with an oddly slotted and wedge-shaped head.  Although it's proportioned like a...
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Vickers Velos

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Larry Milberry, Aviation in Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1979 The sole Vickers Velos sitting at its moorings. Built for surveying in 1927...

Rostselmash Plant, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 1965

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Nikolai Mikhailov.  Discovering the Soviet Union.   Moscow:  Progress Publishers, 1965. Founded in 1929, the company specializes in co...

We used to make things in this country. #258: Coleman Lamp & Stove Company, Toronto, Ontario

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I recently photographed this old No. 4A kerosene iron at a local historical society's open house.  Although it's difficult...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Cunard Royal Mail Steamship sailings, 1842

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George W. Brown.   Building The Canadian Nation.  J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd., 1942, Revised & Reprinted 1950, Reprinted 1951....

Heavy hammers

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Like I said, I like hammers.

Sidecar Sunday

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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Cars in the 'hood, Bug Eye Sprite

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 A little rusted and a little smoky, nevertheless it's nice to see this rare little thing driving around.