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Manufactured by Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, Germany
Model: c. 1947, Type K4B2 = Model 3, (produced between 1945-1949)
all Rolleiflex Automat produced between 1937-1956
according to Rolleiclub
TLR film camera, film: 120 roll (B2), picture size 6x6cm
Taking lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 75mm f/3,5 filter size: Bayonet I, serial no.1987202
Franke & Heidecke Braunschweig engravings under taking lens
Aperture: f/3.5 - f/22 setting: via a thumb wheel between the lenses, scale in the small indicator window, on top of the lens plate
Finder lens: Heidoscop Anastigmat f/2,8 75mm
Focus range: 0.85-20m +inf
Focusing: matte glass screen, via a big knob on the left side of the camera, w/ distance and DOF scales
Viewfinder: waist level finder, opens by a latch on the back, w/ magnifying loop and sports eye level magnifier.
For using the latter, there is a reflector in the hood and opens by a small knob on the left side of the finder,
Shutter: Compur - Rapid, speeds: 1 - 1/250 +T & B,
setting: via a thumb wheel between the lenses, scale in the small indicator window, on top of the lens plate
Cocking lever: also winds the film, on the right side, with auto double exposure prevention, you must return the lever to its resting position after the cocking for making the next cocking
Shutter release: on the left lower front corner of the camera, w/ a locking cap
Cable release socket: on the right lower front corner of the camera
Frame counter: auto reset, above the winding lever, not works without the film in the camera
Self-timer: on the left upper corner of the camera
Back cover: hinged, also removable with bottom plate by latches on the sides, w/ exposure guide table, opens by a latch on the bottom of the camera
Film loading: insert the take-up spool into the upper side by pulling-out the knob right upper side of the camera, then insert the film into the lower side, move the film leader under the chrome cylinder and pull and insert to the take-up spool; close the cover and turn the cocking lever untill number 1 seen in the frame counter window
Tripod socket: 3/8''; Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 928g
Engravings beneath the Rolleiflex logo: D.R.P. and serial no.1079399
(D.R.P. means Deutsches Reichs Patent stating that this design or part of it was patented sometime between 1890-1945)
The camera could be used with Rolleikin I to use 35mm film or with the special glass plate film adapter. More info:
Manufactured by Kodak AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Retinette IA is engraved with uppercases
Model: c.1966. Type 044, later model produced between 1963-1966
All Retinette IA produced between 1959-1966
35 mm film Viewfinder camera
The type and manufacturing year by serial no. are as to Camerapedia
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Reomar, 45mm f/2.8 three elements,
Aperture: up to f/22, setting ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-10m +inf.
Focusing: front element focusing, gues the distance, also there are symbols for portrait, group and landscape on distance scale, w/DOF scale
Shutter: Prontor 300S, speeds: 1/30-1/300 +B setting : ring ans scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever: rapid, also winds the film, double exposure prevention, on the right of the bottom plate
Shutter release: on the top plate, left, w/ cable release socket
Viewfinder: bright frame, w/ parallax correction frames
Frame counter: decreasing type, manual setting, window on right of the top plate
Re-wind knob: on the top plate, left
Re-wind release: a small knob, beside the cocking lever
Memory dial: coupled with the re-vind knob
Flash PC socket: on the front plate, all speeds with electronic flash, only 1/30 for bulbs
Self timer: lever on the lens-shutter barrel
Back cover: hinged, small opening buton on the bottom plate, left
Hot-shoe
Tripod screw 1/4''
Body: die cast aluminum alloy; Weight: 440g
Serial no. 428640 (on the hot-shoe)
More info: Camerapedia, in Sylvain Halgand collection, in Kodak Classics by Mischa Koning
+Original ever ready case
Measurements: 11" tall x 6" wide
Condition: Excellent condition. Near Mint. No cracks, chips, scratches, damage or repairs. Please refer to all photos for this great Antique Chinese Vase. Used only for private display.
***stand not included.
Manufactured: Jingdezhen China
Description: This is a beautifully hand crafted Antique Imperial Fine China Handled Dragon Gourd Vase with Qianlong Qing mark. Featuring an intricately detailed colorful design with many dragons and an iron red embossed base color. A double gourd shaped oviform body. Several depictions of five toed dragons. Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. The 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven.
With generous high relief design encompasing the vase, it has a splayed foot and is finely painted. The neck is flanked by a set of stylized dragon handles with a blossom curled mouth.
Centered on the unglazed base is the embossed raised zhuanshu mark (archaic seal script) of the Qianlong emperor, Hongli.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 乾隆 Qianlong
Qianlong reign marked vases of this highly complex and exquisitely composed design are in many important private and museum collections. For a similar vase from the Qing Court collection preseved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.85; also illustrated in Fire and Colour. Imperial Kiln Porcelain of Qing Dynasty from The Palace Museum Collection Vol.2, Macao, 2011, pl.93.
Made with the finest of white clay in Coucou ( kaolin ).
Perfect for any collector or for practical use.
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Information:
Qianlong 1736-95
The Yongzheng emperor nominated his fourth son, Hongli, meaning ‘Great Successor’, as his heir and he ruled from 1736 to 1796 as the Qianlong or ‘eminent sovereign’ emperor. He had been a great favorite of his grandfather, the Kangxi emperor, with whom he would go hunting as a boy. Some say that the Kangxi emperor chose Yongzheng as his successor so that he would eventually be succeeded by his grandson, although that would seem a rather risky prospect, as the Yongzheng emperor had ten sons (though only four survived into adulthood).
When Qianlong was on the throne China was flourishing, but as he left the throne it was beginning to decline. The long reign of the Qianlong emperor (who retired in 1796, three years before his death) may be considered the height of the Qing. Though his Ten Great Campaigns were not all as successful as he claimed, he brought much of Central Asia under Qing rule, vastly increasing the size of his empire. The costs of his campaigns were met by an increase in cultivated land, with new crops, such as maize and peanuts, being grown and with firm controls on revenue collection. Well versed in Chinese culture, the Qianlong emperor is supposed to have written essays and as many as 42,000 poems. He developed the imperial collection, commissioning paintings and artefacts from Chinese and foreign artists, as well as collecting ancient Chinese objects and ordering the cataloguing of palace paintings and calligraphy.
Like his grandfather Kangxi, the Qianlong emperor made five great tours of inspection of southern China, reversing the tradition of the Ming emperors who only left the Forbidden City to visit the imperial altars but did not venture outside Peking. His daily routine was described in detail by the Jesuit priest Fr Benoist. He rose at six, ate alone at eight (his meal taking about 15 minutes) and then read reports and memorials, discussing them with his ministers. He held an audience for newly appointed officials and had another brief solitary meal at two. Then he would read, write verse or paint and perhaps take some 'light refreshment' before bed. Unlike the Chinese, the Qianlong emperor took milk in his tea, with special herds of dairy cows providing the Manchu imperial family with milk. A menu for one of his meals in 1754 included a dish of fat chicken, boiled duck and bean curd, swallows’ nests and shredded smoked duck, smoked chicken, shredded stewed chicken, Chinese cabbage, salted duck and pork, bamboo-shoot steamed dumplings, rice cakes with honey and side dishes of pickled aubergine, pickled cabbage and cucumbers in soy sauce
In the 60th year of his reign (1796), the Qianlong Emperor enthroned his son and became overlord for four years. In the 4th year of the Jiaqing reign (1799) the Qianlong Emperor died at age 89.
During this period the archaic zhuanshu seal mark is by far the most common, largely ousting the regular kaishu script. It is thought that the few genuine kaishu marks dates to the two first years of the reign before the official seal mark of the Qianlong period becomes standardized by an official decree. Seal marks are often written in iron-red but under glaze blue or gilt can occur as well as incised, stamped or molded in relief.
History of the Dragon Well:
The Dragon Well is located in the Fenghuang Mountain, the southwest of West lake. With green mountains, clear spring, verdant trees and quite environment, it is a natural scenic spot with wild flavor in the West Lake Tourist Zone.
The Dragon Well consists of Dragon well Village, Dragon Well Temple and Dragon Well Tea. Their names all originated from the Dragon Well Spring. The spring is one of the three famous springs. The spring comes from the rock and its water is clean and free from pollution. Legend said that the well was connected with the sea in which a dragon lived. Hence the well got its name.
Besides the sweet and clean water, the scenery of the Dragon Well is quiet and refined. Surrounded by the green mountains, the place is overflowing with vigor.
In 1761,the emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty visited here. Facing the beautiful scenery, he was really keen on it and wrote five characters "the best among mountain and river" at the spot. He visited all the Eight Scenes of Dragon Well and gave eight beautiful titles to them. They are respectively GuoxiTing, Dixinzhao, Yipianyun, Fenghuangling, Fangyuan'an, Longhongjian, Shenyunshi, Cuifengge. These names have been known from generation to generation. Even in the scenic spots, you can find the handwriting of Emperor QianLong.
When I think about it, the implications of living near a nuclear power plant are staggering. But, I've only recently moved into the area. Most people I've talked acknowledge the nightmare that could happen, but they no longer think about it. Those cooling towers are simply part of the landscape.
According to history, French soldiers picked up the cigarette habit in Spain and France began manufacturing cigarettes in 1842, often giving brands such Spanish-derived names as Les Espagnoles, Les Hidalgos and Les Madrilènes.The Gitane was born in 1910 and by 1927 the package had a flamenco hint, featuring a fan and tambourine.
In the 1940s a laughing gypsy's face was introduced and in 1947 the poster designer Max Ponty won a competition with the familiar flat blue box, or paquet à tiroir, on which his black silhouette of a gypsy archly fandangoed against a cloud of smoke.
(Mary Blume writing in The New York Times)
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Nothing stops her dancing, her wild Gypsy dancing, whose tight circles of passionate desire are resumed in the rings rising from her cigarette.
Gitanes, which were considered the first ‘modern’ cigarette because they came in a box accompanied by emblems of a hot woman. On the dark blue box, the cartoon depicted a motif of a fan, tambourine, and Seville oranges, all elements in Merimee’s original Carmen. The cigarette, like Carmen, is an object of graphic legend and a scource of fabulation, whose wispy undulations in space write words of imaginative reveries before the smoker’s vapid gaze. Carmen is the fiery heart of the burning ember, in which every brilliant dream is perpetually turned into delicious smoke and bitter ash.
The familiar Spanish Gypsy, drawn on the box, was first done by Giot on posters for Gitanes, and in 1927 she became the official emblem. Her image has acquired mythical dimensions, a cipher designating the absolute power of seduction. The Gypsy dancer on the box, striking the pose of Ole! – the long, curved body with an arm upraised like a wisp of white smoke silhouetted against the night blue. Like the cigarettes inside, her image on the box is the promise of a Gypsy wedding.
A woman can be beautiful; a Gypsy woman is sublime. For Nietzsche, the Gitane, whose apotheosis is Bizet’s Carmen, is the fatal embodiment of Mediterranean passions, superior to the frigid spirits of Richard Wagner’s northern mists. Marriage to Carmen, like that of a smoker to his cigarette, is eventually fatal.
The two most popular brands of cigarettes in France, Gauloises and Gitanes; emblems of risk and beauty exerting ‘powerful charms’ are embodied on those packs in the figures of the Soldier and the Gypsy. …………when Georges Bizet’s Gypsy heroine encounters her soldier lover Don Jose, she is one of the cigarieres who work rolling cigarettes in a tobacco factory in Seville, a city famous for its immense factory where thousands of women, many young and barely dressed, languoriously rolled cigars and manufactured cigarettes in dense heat and the poisoined air of tobacco smells and human sweat, intoxicated by the thick effluvia arising from leaves and bodies and by their own continuous smoking.
Gypsy women in Spain dance in public for money. They do dances ‘that have been banned in our street balls at carnival…. Carmen, who is infinitely prettier than all the women of her nation, is also the most bold, free and tragically, the most loyal Gitana in Spain. If one were to attribute her qualities to the cigarettes she smokes, one might lend them something of her illicit charm, her transgressive beauty, and the same fatal compulsion with which she marries those who dare to light her up.
A woman smoking in public offends those who think that women are supposed to be veiled. Carmen, like the cigarette she smokes, is black as ash and red as an ember; swirling arabesques in her eye evoke intimations of mortality, the gay wisdom of a cruel finitude, enlightened in every glance.
text excerpted from ‘Cigarettes are Sublime’ by Richard Klein (picador)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvYbQUtxBSk&feature=related
I think that I have found the Dancer............
Living room with fireplace - New manufactured home on display at the 2014 Tunica Show. 3 Bedroom / 2 Bath, 32x80, Approx. 2280 Sq. Ft. DV-80324
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+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
I.M.A.M. (Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali) was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Naples. Originally, the company was part of the Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali ("Southern Railway Works"), which began to manufacture aircraft in 1923. From 1925 Fokker aircraft were built under license and I.M.A.M. also manufactured aircraft for Fiat.
The aircrafts’ abbreviation “Ro” before the number means Romeo. This abbreviation had been used by all types since 1925 and was derived from the surname of the company’s owner, Nicola Romeo, who was also the owner of a Milanese automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer (effectively, the designation lived on in the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo).
In 1934, Società Anonima Industrie Aeronautiche Romeo, which was founded for this purpose, took over this part of the now insolvent railway supplier and it immediately started with the construction of own aircraft. In 1936, Breda took over the Romeo works and finally formed the Società Anonima Industry Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali.
I.M.A.M. aircraft were not particularly successful, though, the few notable constructions were the reconnaissance aircraft Ro.37, the Ro.43 seaplane and the Ro.70 fighter, which were all only produced in limited numbers, though. The Ro.70 was designed in response to a late 1939 tender for a fighter built around the Daimler-Benz DB 601, built in license as the Alfa Romeo RA.1000 R.C.41-I Monsone liquid-cooled V-12 engine, rated at 1,175 PS (864 kW). The all-metal, semi-monocoque fuselage was basically oval in cross-section, changing to a tapered, semi-triangular oval behind the cockpit canopy, with a maximum depth of 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in). Overall, the aircraft's outlines reminded a lot of the german Bf 109E, but the Ro.70 had overall bigger dimensions.
An unusual feature of the Ro.70 was that the engine bearers were constructed as an integral part of the forward fuselage, with the cowling side panels being fixed. For servicing or replacement, only the top and bottom cowling panels could be removed. A tapered, rectangular supercharger air intake was located on the port-side cowling. Behind the engine bulkhead were the ammunition boxes feeding a pair of synchronized 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns which were set in a "staggered" configuration (the port weapon slightly further forward than that to starboard) in a bay just above and behind the engine. The breeches partly projected into the cockpit, above the instrument panel. The ammunition capacity was limited, having only around 250 rounds for each weapon. A single 20mm MG 151/20 cannon of German production was mounted between the cylinder banks, firing though the propeller hub.
A self-sealing fuel tank with a capacity of 165 L (44 US gal) was located behind the pilot's seat. The windshield was armored and there was a 13 mm (.51 in) armor plate behind the pilot. The radiator and oil cooler for the liquid-cooled engine were in a ventral location below the fuselage and wing trailing edge, covered by a rectangular section fairing with a large, adjustable exit flap.
The evenly-tapered wings had an aspect ratio of 7.2 with a gross area of 20 m² (215.28 ft²) and featured three spars; a Warren truss main spar and two auxiliary spars. The rear spar carried the split flaps and long, narrow-chord ailerons, while the front spar incorporated the undercarriage pivot points. The undercarriage track, which retracted inwards, was relatively wide at 4 m (13 ft 1.5 in). Each wing had a partially self-sealing 190 L (50 US gal) fuel tank behind the main spar, just outboard of the fuselage. A single weapon (initially 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns with 500 RPG) was able to be carried in a weapons bay located behind the main spar.
The first prototype first flew in December 1941 at I.M.A.M. factory airfield near Naples. Although test pilots were enthusiastic about its self-sealing fuel tanks, upgraded armament, and good dive performance, the wing loading of 146.3 kg/m² (30 lb/ft²) at an all-up weight of 2,950 kg (6,500 lb) was viewed with skepticism by many of the senior officers and pilots of the Regia Aeronautica, who still believed in the light, highly maneuverable, lightly armed fighter.
Besides, by the time it first flew, one year after the Macchi C.202's first flight and three years after the first Bf 109E, the engine was already underpowered compared to the new 1,120 kW (1,500 hp) inline or 1,491 kW (2,000 hp) radial engines being developed (and already nearing the mass-production stage) to power the next generation of combat aircraft such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
But due to the waging war the Ro.70 was put into production using imported DB 601Aa engines, while Alfa Romeo set up license production of the respective powerplant. Due to initial delays in engine production and quality issues, production rates and numbers of effectively operational aircraft were low. Consequently, by late 1942, Macchi Folgores outnumbered the Ro.70 and all other fighter aircraft in the Regia Aeronautica and became the Italian standard fighter.
The Ro.70’s first deployment was during the Battle of Bir Hakeim (26 May 1942 – 11 June 1942), in which a dozen of the new fighters performed successfully against Desert Air Force fighters, using "dive and zoom" tactics, similar to those of the German Luftwaffe, scoring two air victories. At the end of the year, the growing strength of the Allied forces was overwhelming and after the defeat in the skies over Malta as well as El-Alamein the last operational Axis units lost their air superiority in the Mediterranean.
The Ro.70s continued fighting while retreating to Tunisia and then in the defense of Sicily, Sardinia and Italy against an increasingly stronger Allied opponent. Eventually, after roundabout 180 aircraft had been delivered to the Regia Aeronautica, the I.M.A.M. factory was captured by Allied troops in September 1943, with the facilities and many airframes intact. From this stock, a further 30 aircraft in various states of assembly were made airworthy and immediately allocated to the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (Aeronautica Co-Belligerante, ACI), also known as Air Force of the South (Aeronautica del Sud). 15 more machines were built from spares and surplus parts until February 1944, two of these machines were sent to the United States for flight evaluation.
The ACI's Ro.70s never operated over Italian territory, its objectives being always in the Balkans (Yugoslavia or Albania). This was a general order to avoid any possible encounter between Italian-manned aircraft fighting on opposite sides, since the National Republican Air Force (Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, or ANR) was ostensibly part of the forces of the Benito Mussolini's Fascist state in northern Italy and fighting on the Axis’ side. During the entire history of ACI, though, no encounter, let alone combat, was ever reported between ACI and ANR aircraft.
Clashes with Italian aircraft still occurred, though, e. g. over Croatia in 1944, where about 20–22 C.202s were used by Croatia as interceptors of Allied bombers by the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia (Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske/ZNDH). Ro.70s of the 51° Stormo Caccia, based in Lecce, claimed a total of three victories against the Croatian forces over the Adriatic Sea and near Mostar.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 8.94 m (29 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
Height: 3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 20.00 m² (215.28 ft²)
Airfoil: NACA 2R 16 wing root, NACA 24009 tip
Internal fuel capacity: 550 l (121 Imp gal)
Empty weight: 2,630 kg (5,800 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,470 kg (7,650 lb)
Powerplant:
1× Alfa Romeo RA.1000 R.C.41-I Monsone liquid-cooled supercharged inverted V-12 engine,
rated at 1,175 PS (864 kW) at 2,500 rpm for takeoff
Performance:
Maximum speed: 580 km/h (360 mph) at 5,000 m (16,405 ft)
Range: 580 km (360 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,600 m (38,100 ft)
Rate of climb: 15.2 m/s (2,983 ft/min)
Wing loading: 173.5 kg/m² (35.5 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.25 kW/kg (0.15 hp/lb)
Time to altitude: 7.0 min to 5,000 m (16,405 ft)
Armament:
1× 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon, 200 rounds, firing though the propeller hub
2× 12.7 mm (0.50”) Breda-SAFAT machine guns with 250 RPG above the engine
2× 7.7 mm (0.303”) Breda-SAFAT machine guns with 500 RPG in the outer wings*;
*these were later often replaced by another pair of 12.7 mm (0.50”) Breda-SAFAT machine guns
with 300 RPG or two 20mm (0.787”) machine cannon with 150 RPG.
2× underwing hardpoints for 2x 200 l (44 Imp gal) drop tanks or bombs of up to 250 kg (550 lb) caliber
The kit and its assembly:
This Italian whif is both a simple and a complicated affair, because it is a travestied Kawasaki Ki-61 that fits into a small historic slot.
The Hasegawa kit was mostly built OOB, it is simple and easy to build - except for the sprue attachment points which extend on many parts onto the surfaces that are glued together. What did the Hasegawa engineers think, if they thought at all about it? O.K., it's just a matter of cleaning the parts, but that's an avoidable flaw!?
Only three small modifications were made:
- The wing tips were clipped into a square shape
- The stabilizers were replaced in order to match the wings' new outline
- I gave the kit a different spinner (from a Matchbox He 111, plus a central gun port)
The OOB drop tanks were left away, and I lowered the flaps since this was easy to realize. I also added short gun barrels to the wings, and the tail wheel became retractable through a pair of small covers.
Painting and markings:
This was supposed to become one of the machines that were found by Allied forces at the I.M.A.M. plant. Originally, it was built and painted according to German standards, but, as operational war bounty, its former markings were painted over, it received US markings and was quickly handed over to the co-belligerent air force. Hence, inspired by Allied aircraft like former USAAF P-39s that were operated by the ACI, the Italian roundels were simply and quickly painted over the US "Stars and Bars" markings.
Consequently, I gave the Ro.70 a conservative German splinter scheme in RLM 74/75/76 with some RLM 02 mottles added to the flanks and a black propeller spinner with a white spiral.
The cockpit interior was painted in "Verde anticorrosione", which is a unique Italian tone and a relatively bright and intense green, I used Modelmaster's RLM83, which comes IMHO close. The landing gear interior was painted in aluminium (Humbrol 56)
As Allied ID markings for the Mediterranean TO I added yellow bands on the wings and around the fuselage (created with yellow decal sheet, except for the nose ring, which was painted with Humbrol 69). Inspired by Allied aircraft like former USAAF P-39s that were operated by the ACI, the Italian roundels received additional bars. These had the star simple painted over by the Italian roundel, sometimes the bar was overpainted, too, and I adapted this weird detail. The place where a former Regia Aeronautica tactical code or national marking had been placed was overpainted with US olive drab (Neutral Grey under the wings), and the new code letter placed on top of that. Since the aircraft would have been pressed quickly into service, I did not give it any other extra markings beyond the code letter.
Finally, some soot stains around the gun nozzles and the exhausts were created with graphite and the wings' leading edges treated with dry-brushed light grey, before the kit was sealed with matt acrylic varnish (Italeri).
A relatively simple what-if model, but an exotic an effective one: a Japanese aircraft in a German livery, outfitted with US "Stars & Bars" eventually in Italian hands! The paint finish turned out nicely, as well as the mottled fuselage flanks (always a challenge, esp. w/o an airbrush).
The ACC Manufacturing Careers Expo event at the Highland Campus, Building 2000, on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
Fresh from the factory. Get them while they're hot!
(Trash the dress test shoot from way back in the day. On location in Utah.)
A (concrete?) manufacturing plant in Leicester's West End. This area's distinctive terraced housing can be seen in the background.
Crane Co. Aerial - 9/9/63
American Metals in the forefront of the photo. Crane is in the background across the railroad tracks
Photograph taken by Jim Slaughter.
The 2017 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference Competition Medalists were announced Friday, June 23, 2017 at Freedom Hall in Louisville.
Automated Manufacturing Technology
Team I (consisting of Salvador Alcala, William Kipp, Madison Gigliotti)
High School McCann Technical High School
Gold North Adams, MA
Automated Manufacturing TechnologyTeam B (consisting of Logan Bruneau, Tobias Schmidt, Jake Stein)
High School S & W Washtenaw Consortium
Silver Saline, MI
Automated Manufacturing TechnologyTeam H (consisting of Sudarshan Kadalazhi, Tomas Ponce, Dylan Hulstedt)
High School Paradise Valley High School
Bronze Phoenix, AZ
Automated Manufacturing TechnologyTeam J (consisting of Peter Prombo-Cates, Matthew Roderick, Patrick McDermott)
College Ranken Tech College
Gold Saint Louis, MO
Automated Manufacturing TechnologyTeam O (consisting of Quacy Wilson, Jason Hall, Tucker Hildreth)
College Gillette College
Silver Gillette, WY
Automated Manufacturing TechnologyTeam D (consisting of Trevor Purdy, Elijah Buist, Andrew Ketchum)
College Ferris State University
Bronze Big Rapids, MI
The Ford Ranger is a compact pickup truck that was manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company between 1982 and 2011 for the 1983 to 2012 model years. Introduced as a replacement for the Mazda-produced Ford Courier sold from 1971 to 1982, the Ranger was produced in three generations. Introduced a year after the Chevrolet S-10, the Ranger would go on to become the best-selling compact truck in the United States from 1987 to 2004.
Production of the Ranger was sourced from three different assembly plants. Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota produced the Ranger for its entire model run; the last vehicle produced at Twin Cities Assembly was the final 2012 Ford Ranger. But from 1983 to 1999, production was supplemented at Louisville Assembly Plant in Louisville, Kentucky and from 1993 to 2004, Edison Assembly in Edison, New Jersey.
Although Ford began to use the Ranger name on all compact trucks worldwide starting in 1998, global export of the North American version was primarily limited to South America, including Argentina, Brazil, and Chile; South American versions of the Ranger were produced in Argentina from 1998 to 2012.
Rebadged variants of the second-generation Ford Ranger were marketed by Mazda as the B-Series with Mazda using engine displacement for their model designation: the B2500 had the 2.5-liter inline-four engine and the B4000 has a 4.0-liter V6. For 2002, the B-Series was renamed to simply Mazda Truck in the United States.
Second generation
1992–1997
The redesign in 1992 for 1993 featured mild restyling, flush-mounted door glass, wider doors, and slight fender flares. The 1989-style dashboard remained, but the seats and door panels were new. The 2.9-liter engine was discontinued. For the first time, every model was produced with a flareside bed. The engines offered were offered in displacements of 2.3-, 3.0- and a 4.0 liters. The Mazda M5OD-R1 was now the sole manual transmission option. A new "Splash" model was introduced, which had a flare side bed, unique chrome wheels, 1 inch (25 mm) lowered rear suspension and a 2 inch lowered front suspension (on 4x2 models), and special vinyl "Splash" decals on the sides and the tailgate.
The 1993 Splash trim level was offered with regular cab in arctic white, gloss black, red orange, and sky blue. The Mazda B-Series became a re-badged Ranger for the 1994 model year, but the Mazda B-Series did not offer an equivalent to the Splash model. While 1993 Rangers used R-12 Freon, 1994 model year saw the transition to CFC-free air-conditioning systems in compliance with the Clean Air Act. For the 1994 model year, the Splash trim had options which all included; a 1 in (25 mm) lowered rear suspension and 2 inch lowered front suspension (on 4x2 models), flare side bed, an extended cab, and unique chrome wheels. The decals also underwent subtle changes. While the 1993–1994 models sported red, yellow and blue stripes, the 1995–1996 models had lime green stripes. Additionally, the available colors for the Splash model changed from the 1993–1994 models to the 1995–1997 models. The latter were offered in Maroon Red, Gloss black, White, and Canary Yellow.
Ford Ranger jump seat open
Fall 1994 production (1995 model year) included a steering wheel modified to include a driver's side airbag and a redesigned dashboard which included a double DIN radio head unit. Also for 1995 (model year), SuperCab trucks could have a power driver's seat. The A4LD transmission was updated. 2.3 L and 3.0 L models got the 4R44E, while 4.0 L trucks got the 4R55E. The front brakes were changed to use the same 2-piston brake calipers as the second-generation Explorer, and four-wheel anti-lock brakes were added as standard on 4x4 and 4.0 L models. From October 1995 (1996 model year), an optional passenger airbag (the first compact truck to offer one) became available, with a key-operated cutoff switch that allowed the airbag to be turned off for smaller passengers riding in the front seat. In October 1996, the 1997 model year brought in the first ever five-speed automatic transmission to be used by an American manufacturer. The 4.0-liter models were equipped with the 5R55E, while the 3.0-liter was still mated to the 4R44E.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_(North_America)
This miniland-scale Lego Ford Ranger X Cab Pickup (1996 - North America Offroad Custom) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 92nd Build Challenge, - "Stuck in the 90's", - all about vehicles from the decade of the 1990s.
This model was a 'By Request' offered up by Lino, for a Ford 1996 Ranger customised to the gills. I chose for this model to present the vehicle as specified by a horse-riding enthusiast. Styling-wise, my two daughters assisted in how the car should look, including the matching horse trailer.
The Ranger sports a custom full-width chrome grill treatment, including headlight covers. The paintwork is two-tone aqua and white, and appears as a miniland-scale version of what Lego 'Friends' vehicular sets would look like (without some of the colour-blindness which blights them). The Ranger also boasts moon-disc wheels, chrome tube side steps. White lifting cover for the pickup tray, monochrome tail lamps and a tow hitch, for the one-horse trailer.
Scenes from the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Manufacturing Camp held July 18-22 through Sandburg's Workforce Development and Community Education.
Designer: Giugiaro Giorgetto
2-litre dohc-engine, 131 PS @ 6000 rpm, 4 Cylinder in-line, top speed: 205 km/h
29 May 2011, Kudamm, Berln
The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars manufactured from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car. These appealing cars were made in a wide variety of models over a period of 13 years, so they provide a lot of material for study by Alfa Romeo enthusiasts. The basic body shape shared by all models was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Bertone. It was one of his first major projects for Bertone, and borrowed heavily from his earlier design for the Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint/2600 Sprint. The balance of glass and metal, the influence of the shape of the front and rear glass on the shape of the cabin, and the flat grille with incorporated headlamps were groundbreaking styling features for the era.All models feature the four cylinder, all-light-alloy Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine in various cubic capacities from 1290 cc to 1962 cc. All versions of this engine fitted to the 105 series coupes featured twin carburettors. Competition models featured cylinder heads with twin spark plugs. Common to all models was also a 5-speed manual transmission and disc brakes on all four wheels. The rear suspension uses a beam axle with coil springs. Air conditioning and a limited slip rear differential were optional on the later models. The 105 series coupés featured the GT (Gran Turismo) model description, which was common to all models in one form or another.The various different models in this range can be considered in two broad categories.On one hand were the various Gran Turismos and Gran Turismo Veloces. These were meant to be the most sporting cars in the Alfa Romeo range and sold very well to enthusiastic motorists around the world. The first model available was the Giulia Sprint GT (1963) which evolved into the Giulia Sprint GT Veloce (1965), the 1750 GTV (1968) and the 2000 GTV (1972–1976), with engines increasing in cubic capacity from 1570 cc (Giulia Sprint GT/GTV) through 1779 cc (1750 GTV) to 1962 cc (2000 GTV).On the other hand was the GT Junior range, which featured engines with smaller cubic capacities. GT Juniors sold in great numbers to people who wanted a sporting, stylish car that handled well, but either did not require the maximum in engine power, or could not afford the taxation on larger engine capacities in some markets - most notably, Alfa Romeo's home Italian market. Junior models began with the first GT 1300 Junior in 1966. The GT 1300 Junior continued until 1976 with the 1290 cc engine and various modifications incorporating features from the evolution of the GT's and GTV's. From 1972 a GT 1600 Junior model was also available, with the 1570 cc engine.Both categories were used to derive GTA ("Allegerita") models, which were specifically intended for competition homologation in their respective engine size classes. The GTA's featured extensive modifications for racing, so they were priced much higher than the standard models and sold in much smaller numbers. Practically all GTA's made were used in competition, where they had a long and successful history in various classes and category. These models included the Giulia Sprint GTA and GTA 1300 Junior.The 2000 GTV (Tipo: 105.21) was introduced in 1971 together with the 2000 Berlina sedan and 2000 Spider “Fastback” (Series 2). The 2000 range was the replacement for the 1750 range. Once again the engine was rationalized throughout the range. The engine displacement was increased to 1962 cc with a change of the bore and stroke to 84 mm × 88.5 mm. Oil and radiator capacities remained unchanged. The engine produced 132 PS (97 kW; 130 hp) at 5500 rpm.The interior trim was also changed, with the most notable differences being the introduction of a separate instrument cluster, instead of the gauges installed in the dash panel in earlier cars.Externally the 2000 GTV is most easily distinguished by the following features:Grille with horizontal chrome bars, featuring protruding blocks forming the familiar Alfa heart in outline; Smaller hubcaps with exposed wheel nuts; Optional aluminum alloy wheels of the same size as the standard 5. 1/2J × 14 steel items, styled to the "turbina" design first seen on the alloy wheels of the Alfa Romeo Montreal. "Turbina" refers to the wheel's resemblance to a jet engine inlet; The larger rear light clusters first fitted to United States market 1750 GTV's were standard for all markets on the 2000 GTV.The 2000 GTV is most easily distinguished by its different grille. From 1974 on, this became standard on the GT 1300 Junior and GT 1600 Junior as well when the 105 Series coupe models were rationalized and these external features became common to post-1974 GT 1300 Junior and GT 1600 Junior models, with only few distinguishing features marking the difference between models.37,459 2000 GTVs were made before production ended. (© en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Giulia)
I took this image in Huntsville, AL., during a tour in/from the US Space & Rocket Centre (I think - looking at the site on GoogleEarth I note there appears to be no connection between the Centre and the adjacent Redstone Arsenal where I would expect such activities to take place). Regrettably I did not make a note of what was being constructed! - but it looks like it might have been a module for the International Space Station.
What I find fascinating about this shot is that everyone seems to be working in clean-room conditions - and yet here were us space tourists in our ordinary outdoor clothing, standing in an overview position inside the room (I don't remember anything like a screen or plexiglas wall between us and what you can see above, although there may have been...).
From a different angle of a shot I posted earlier in the week. Scanned from a negative.
Today, the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 243,000 jobs-including 50,000 in the manufacturing sector alone-in January and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent. With 257,000 jobs added by private businesses, this marks the 23rd consecutive month of private sector job growth.
Governor Kitzhaber highlights progress on job creation, legislation on industrial lands and tax policy in meeting with leading Oregon manufacturers
governor.oregon.gov/Gov/media_room/press_releases/p2011/p...
Vigor Industrial - Portland, Oregon
Check out this beautiful tray ceiling! (3 Bedroom / 2 Bath, 32x80, Approx. 2280 Sq. Ft. DV-80324)
For more information or to see other models of Deer Valley homes, contact Cumberland Homes at CumberlandHomes.mhvillage.com
Manufactured by Kodak AG, Stuttgart, Germany
Model: c. 1954, Kodak type 018,
produced between 1954-57 with quantity about 161,000 units
35mm film folder viewfinder camera
Engraving on the top plate: Retina Ib
Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenar 50mm f/2.8
filter slip-on, serial no.3780280
Aperture: up to f/22 setting: coupled with speeds ring according to Exposure Value system, EV 3-18; manual possible with a lever and scale under the lens
Focus range: 0.9-20m +inf
Focusing: manual helicoid focusing, gueass the distance, by a thumb handle beneath the lens-shutter barrel, with distance and DOF scales
Shutter: Synchro-Compur, speeds: 1-1/500 +B setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel, coupled with apertures according to Exposure Value system
Shutter release: on the top plate w/cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the bottom plate
Frame counter: additive type, aouto-reset, window on the top plate
Viewfinder: reverse telescopic finder with parallax correction frame
Re-wind lever knob: on thetop-plate
Re-wind release: a knob beside the frame counter
Front cover: opens by a small knob on it; closing: press the knobs on the struts, when focus on infinity
Flash PC socket: on the lens-shutter, setting for x and M with a green lever on V X M dial
Cold-shoe
Memory dial : on the rewind knob
Self-timer: set to V on V X M dial
Back cover: hinged, opens by a lever and a small knob beneath the tripod socket
Embossings on front cover Kodak and on the back cover Retina camera
Tripod socket: ¼"
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 584g
serial no. 58238
More info: McKeown's 12th ed. p.522
in Camerapedia, Kodak AG in Camerapedia, in Photoethnography by Karen Nakamura, in Eyescoffee, Manual in Butkus org, in Captain Jack website
Westclox Manufacturing Plant in the Westclox Manufacturing Plant Historic District, Peru, IL (originally c. 1885, major expansion c. 1920). Westclox was founded as the United Clock Company in 1885 by Charles Stahlberg. Stalberg and other founders came to Peru from Waterbury, Connecticut. Stahlberg had identified a technological innovation for watches and wanted to start his own brand to take advantage of it. However, shortly after its founding, the company went bankrupt. In 1887, it was reorganized as the Western Clock Company. It again went bankrupt, and was purchased by F. W. Matthiessen in 1888 as the Western Clock Manufacturing Company. The company finally hit its stride, and in 1908, it patented its most famous clock--the Big Ben. The design fused the case with the alarm bell, allowing faster manufacture. It was the first alarm clock sold nationally. The company's name was shortened back to the Western Clock Company in 1912. "Westclox" began appearing on the backs of alarm clocks in 1910, and became a popular nickname for the company. In 1916, the company officially adopted the name. The company was incorporated in 1912, and in 1931, it merged with the Seth Thomas Clock Company. The consolidated companies became a division of the General Time Corporation. Shortly before World War II, the company introduced a portable version of the alarm clock. During the war, they made aviation instrumentation and compasses for the Army. From 1942 to 1945, Westclox exclusively produced for the war effort. In 1959, they introduced the first electric alarm clock which was also the first to include a "snooze" function. Quartz movements were introduced in 1972. Operations ceased at the plant in 1980. Salton, Inc. acquired the rights to the name during a bankruptcy organization in 2001. The name was sold to NYL Holdings in 2007.
A fire broke out at this factory on January 1, 2012, destroying over 25% of the factory. Two teenagers were charged with aggravated arson.
Ivory
Raw material and manufacture waste
Dimensions of slice: 76 x 72 mm, 9mm thick
Diameter of holes 9mm
Acquired in the mid-1970s in Erbach, Germany. Erbach is the German centre of ivory manufacture. Encountered during thr clean out of a flat.
At the time of photography held in Bad Soden/Germany
Australia is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and as such has legislated that the import of species and specimens of animals listed in Appendix I (ie species threatened with extinction) is illegal unless the specimens were acquired prior to 1975. Since a member state may have stricter import rules Australia has declared all elephant species to be part of Appendix I. Since the objects shown here were acquired around the mid 1970s, they are deemed to fall under CITES rules, and thus an import to Australia is considered illegal.
Shot with a not-so-tough-at-all, broken Olympus Tough TG-1. Stitched from two frames.
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