Manufactured Landscapes: Edward Burtynsky
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Varanasi is the sari manufacturing capital of India - my friend Pramod who knows Varanasi took us thru from how raw silk arrives and is dyed (what's pictured here) and then spun by hand, hand powered looms, electric looms into the most beautiful fabric and articles of clothing. Love the picture of the hand colored from dying silk!
The REO Motor Car Company was a company based in Lansing, Michigan, which produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point, the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.
Ransom E. Olds was an entrepreneur who founded multiple companies in the automobile industry. In 1897 Olds founded Oldsmobile. In 1905 Olds left Oldsmobile and established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, Michigan. Olds had 52% of the stock and the titles of president and general manager. To ensure a reliable supply of parts, he organized a number of subsidiary firms, like the National Coil Company, the Michigan Screw Company, and the Atlas Drop Forge Company.
Originally the company was to be called "R. E. Olds Motor Car Company", but the owner of Olds' previous company, then called Olds Motor Works, objected and threatened legal action on the grounds of likely confusion of names by consumers. Olds then changed the name to his initials. Olds Motor Works soon adopted the popular name of its vehicles, Oldsmobile (which, along with Buick and Cadillac, became a founding division of General Motors Corporation).
The company's name was spelled alternately in all capitals REO or with only an initial capital as Reo, and the company's own literature was inconsistent in this regard, with early advertising using all capitals, and later advertising using the "Reo" capitalization. The pronunciation, however, was as a single word.
By 1907, REO had gross sales of $4.5 million, and the company was one of the four wealthiest automobile manufacturers in the U.S. After 1908, however, despite the introduction of improved cars designed by Olds, REO's share of the automobile market decreased due in part to competition from emerging companies like Ford and General Motors.
REO added a truck-manufacturing division and a Canadian plant in St Catharines, Ontario, in 1910. Two years later, Olds claimed that he had built the best car he could, a tourer able to seat two, four, or five, with a 30–35 hp (22–26 kW) engine, 112 inches (2,845 mm) wheelbase, and 32 inches (81 cm) wheels, for $1,055 (not including top, windshield, or gas tank, which were US$100 extra); self-starter was $25 on top of that.
1906 REO Model B Runabout exhibited in 2005
In 1915, Olds relinquished the title of general manager to his protégé Richard H. Scott, and eight years later he ended his tenure as the company's presidency as well, retaining the position of chairman of the board.
One of New Jersey’s most picturesque and photographed locations is located in western New Jersey alongside the Raritan River in the town of Clinton is a grist mill referred to as the ‘Red Mill’. When Ralph Hunt built this mill in 1810 on land he received in inheritance from his father Daniel Hunt its original purpose was that of a wool processing plant. Unfortunately, foreign cloth was relatively low cost so eventually even though some of the surrounding farmers would get their wool manufactured, Hunt’s business dried up and the mill came to a grinding halt. It was around 1828 to 1834 that John Bray and John B. Taylor (the Taylor family had taken ownership of the property began production wool in the mill again. The new owner John W. Snyder stopped the wool processing altogether and converted the mill in to a grist mill. Before all production stopped, it was a graphite mill and finally a talc mill when all activity stopped. Today it is a museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Captured this image while with my west coast damsel, returning from a wonderous weekend in Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. I particularly like the distorted reflection of the mill in water just before it cascades on the dam. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitclintonnj @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #newjerseyisntboring #newjerseyisbeautiful @visit_nj #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography
The heritage of Ibi, a manufacturing town in the mountainous interior of Alicante province, eastern Spain.
Commercially manufactured cigarettes are seemingly simple objects consisting mainly of a tobacco blend, paper, PVA glue to bond the outer layer of paper together, and often also a cellulose acetate–based filter. While the assembly of cigarettes is straightforward, much focus is given to the creation of each of the components, in particular the tobacco blend, which may contain over 100 ingredients, many of them flavourants for the tobacco. A key ingredient that makes cigarettes more addictive is the inclusion of reconstituted tobacco, which has additives to make nicotine more volatile as the cigarette burns.
P.S. "i dont smoke"
RAF Hawker Hurricane MK1 F-AZXR P3351 Powered by: RR Merlin Mk35
Year of Manufacture 1940 built at the Hawker factory at Brooklands and assigned to No 73 Squadron
Photo taken at Air Legends Paris-Villaroche Melun Airshow France September 2019
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The Falcon's Scepter was developed and manufactured just before the start of a the Martian civil wars, and came to represent the oppression and removal of civil liberties under the rule of the monarch tyrant "Steve". A true fighter and bomber hybrid - this fast and deadly vessel could successfully defend its payload deep into enemy territory and strike at the heart of the resistance.
Reminds me of a slightly more refined version of my "Boom wing.
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Another shot on black with some mild refinements so unoticable that you probably won't even notice.
Also, I should mention it fits a fig, and the wings are slightly adjustable to form different configurations.
Excerpt from www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Dickson-Hill-HC...:
Dickson Hill is one of the most unique communities in the City of Cambridge.
Dickson Hill is named for the Honourable William Dickson, a prominent Galt settler who arrived to the area in 1816. Dickson is credited with founding the Village of Galt due to his considerable land holdings and was responsible for much of the commercial development on the west bank of the Grand River.
His son, William Dickson Jr., acquired most of the lands that currently make up the residential area of Dickson Hill. His own residence, located at 16 Byng Avenue was constructed in 1832. The development of the residential component occurred over several decades and by a series of developers. Florence Dickson, niece to William Dickson Jr., and his heir, controlled the development of this area until the 1890’s.
Dickson Hill features an extremely high concentration of significant buildings of various types: residential, institutional, commercial and manufacturing. In addition to the buildings, key elements that define the character of Dickson Hill are:
• Tree-lined streets;
• Distinctive globe street lights; and
• Prominent urban public spaces and landscape features.
Paris | 2016
Carl Zeiss Distagon 35 mm f/2.8
1973 | 6 blades iris | QBM | @ f/11
This is the very 1st version of the lens, which was manufactured only in West Germany between 1973 and 1974
On the Baker College campus in Allen Park Michigan is this sculpture which I believe pays homage to engineering and manufacturing. With the exception of the legs (which are made from tree limbs) this fine looking animal is constructed out of everything form hubcaps, tractor seats, snow shovels to fifty five gallon drums. It stands about ten feet tall.
Original Caption: Closeup of an Employee Working with a Solderer on One of the Products Made by the 3m Co.(Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing). 3m Has 1,377 Employees Which Makes It the Largest Industry in Town. The Complex Makes Molded Electronic Parts, and Black and White and Colour Duplicating Machines. The Company Was Attracted to the Town by the Available Work Force Which Takes Pride in Its Work. New Ulm Was Founded in 1854 by German Immigrants.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-15926
Photographer: Schulke, Flip, 1930-2008
Subjects:
New Ulm (Brown county, Minnesota, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=558376
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html
Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
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Curtiss Wright Hawk 75 G-CCVH
Year of Manufacture: 1939, Powered by: one Pratt and Whitney R-1830-925
This aircraft served with the Armee de l Air (French Air Force) s/n 82
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 9th Oct 2021
Flying Day Show
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The Packard Automotive Plant is a former automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan where luxury cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
The 3,500,000-square-foot (325,000 m2), plant was designed by Albert Kahn Associates using Trussed Concrete Steel Company products. It is located on 40 acres (16 ha) of land on East Grand Boulevard on the city's east side. It included the first use of reinforced concrete in the United States for industrial construction in the automobile industry.[1][2][3][4][5]
Packard Plant's building number 10 during expansion circa 1911
The Packard plant was opened in 1903 and at the time was considered the most modern automobile manufacturing facility in the world with skilled craftsmen involved in over eighty trades. The factory complex closed in 1958, though other businesses operated on the premises or used it for storage until the late 1990s.
The American Tobacco Company manufactured Lucky Strike cigarettes--still does, I guess. This water tower now looks down on the plaza made by the company in downtown Durham, NC. I remember my mother's fondness for this brand. More on the history of Lucky Strikes can be found here.
Cream City originally opened in the late 1890s as Consumer City in the same proximity as it is now. Consumer City made milk and other dairy products which were shipped to the north by covered wagon. The Whitaker family owned the dairy manufacturing business, and through its evolution the name changed to Cream City. In 1948, the building that housed Cream City at that time burned down. A new building was constructed and completed in 1950 and is the same building which stands today. At the time of the new construction, a 3-ton neon sign was erected on top of the building proving to be a tourist attraction along Highway 70. The neon sign has been featured in several magazines and was named one of the top 100 neon signs in the country by American Road Magazine. However, in 1986, a prominent ice cream company purchased Cream City Ice Cream to shut it down as its production became a major competitor. After this, the existing building housed many other businesses including a café, an accounting office, a T-shirt shop, and even living quarters. However, the 3-ton sign and its neon magnetism attracted passer-bys to mainly ice cream. The structure became what it was meant to be again in 2011 when Cream City Ice Cream and Coffee House opened the doors to the public once again as an ice cream shop. The downtown area has officially been titled the "Cream City Historic District" as displayed by the city of Cookeville on designated signage. And, the old 1930s Cream City Ice Cream "Take some home today" sign that was originally displayed on the outside of the building still proudly hangs inside the store today.
Information above was borrowed from Cream City's website found here: www.creamcitycookeville.com/about-us
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Car: Gilburn Invader MkIII.
Year of manufacture: 1972.
Date of first registration in the UK: 4th October 1972.
Place of registration: Yorkshire (East Riding).
Date of last MOT: 9th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 91,550.
Date of last change of keeper: 10th April 2021.
Number of previous keepers: 15.
Date taken: 4th September 2022.
Location: Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, UK.
Les grues sont à l'œuvre pour remplacer les friches industrielles de la porte d'Aubervilliers par "une manufacture du luxe". Le groupe Chanel installera en 2020 une quinzaine de ses maisons de métiers d’art dans un luxueux bâtiment (architecte Rudy Ricciotti). Pour abriter les ateliers des joailliers, bottiers, plumassiers, chapeliers, etc. le futur bâtiment de 25 000 m 2 sera entouré d'une résille composée de filaments de béton censés rappeler les fibres du tissu.
A woman who weaves fabric like in old times. Only with hands to turn the thread on a spindle and with the feet will be set the wheel in motion. As a rule, 10 hours are worked here every day.
No correspondence. "Real Photo Series. British Manufacture."
Vesta Tilley was born Matilda Powles in 1864, in a road off Commandery Street in Worcester. Her father worked at Worcester Royal Porcelain, but he was also a performer and encouraged her early career.
She began performing as male characters, such as Burlington Bertie, and became one of the biggest music hall stars of the period. After a brief retirement she returned to the stage during WWI to support recruitment drives and perform for servicemen.
Following the outbreak of World War I and before conscription, Vesta and her husband Sir Abraham Walter de Frece joined other peers from the entertainment sector on a campaign to support the war effort. They embarked on a series of fund raising activities for war related charities. They also set about actively recruiting men for the armed forces. During this period Vesta’s stage characters mainly depicted soldiers and all her songs were patriotic in nature. She played the role of ‘Tommy in the Trench’ and ‘Jack Tar Home from Sea’ and encouraged men in the audience to join her on the stage and enlist during her show. She also sang such songs as 'Jolly Good Luck to the Girl Who Loves a Soldier', 'The Army of Today's All Right', ‘A Bit of a Blighty One’ and 'Six Days' Leave'. At this point in her career, Vesta was a great music hall star acclaimed around the country, and she was very capable of influencing peoples’ opinion. Additionally, variety theatres were hugely popular and were often used as a hub for war propaganda.
Vesta chose to sing cheerful songs, not only with the aim of being patriotic but also to raise the morale of her audience. ‘The Army of To-day’s all right’ was especially successful in encouraging new recruits to join up the war effort and even the War Office used the title for a poster asking for volunteers.
In one week alone, while performing in Hackney, she managed to enlist a whole battalion, ‘The Vesta Tilley Platoon’, supported by Mr Horatio Bottomley (1860-1933) the politician, self-proclaimed ‘Unofficial Recruiting Agent to the British Empire’ and credited with conducting twenty recruiting meetings and 340 patriotic war lectures across the country. The impact of her work during World War I gained Vesta the nickname of ‘Britain’s greatest recruiting sergeant’.
Her performances were also aimed at serving men, who often gave her tips on how to improve her military characters. Vesta enjoyed working with soldiers as she liked to appear as realistic as possible on stage. Throughout the war Vesta became a popular symbol of home for soldiers on the Front, who used to send her requests for her costumes and make-up to use in their own military concerts on war camps, and she was only too happy to comply.