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An image of Sir Walter Raleigh bowing to an image of the state captiol labeled "1792-1831"
and another of the capitol building that is labeled "1833-1942."
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.;
Date:
1942
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.); Wake County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052), collection guide available online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/52postc.html
Had to use the flash on the camera at the state fair since I didn't want to lug around equipment all day.
The Tennessee/Georgia state line at this point is about 12 miles south of where I grew up in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee. Back before there was an interstate highway, this was the quickest way from Cleveland to Atlanta, Georgia, where my Conn grandparents and lots of other extended family lived. It was a 120 mile trip (one way) and we made it several times a year. Dad always honked the horn and my siblings and I yelled and clapped every time we crossed the state line, either going to Atlanta or returning home again.
Delaware State Police
2008 Ford Crown Victoria
Picture Date: 01/29/2009
A standard Ford Crown Victoria owned by the Delaware State Police. This cruiser was spotted outside of an auto body shop in Newark, Delaware.
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Indiana State Police Post 52 Dodge Charger Pursuit slick top. As of now, the majority of CVPIs and 1st generation Chargers have been taken off the road, while these are the majority of their fleet.
Got to finally try out my new, but old, lens that I just purchased. The flaring is kind of a nice accent.
The Ghost Town of Bannack is located in the mountains of Southwest Montana. The town began in 1862 when gold was discovered along Grasshopper Creek. It quickly flourished into a boom town of over 4000 people and was briefly the Territorial Capital of Montana. As with most mining towns, the boom turned to bust, and the town was down to one resident by the 1950's. Today it is a Montana State Park and is one of the best preserved ghost towns in the American West.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_State_Penitentiary
The Missouri State Penitentiary was a prison in Jefferson City, Missouri, that operated from 1836 to 2004. Part of the Missouri Department of Corrections, it served as the state of Missouri's primary maximum security institution. Before it closed, it was the oldest operating penal facility west of the Mississippi River. It was replaced by the Jefferson City Correctional Center, which opened on September 15, 2004.
Source: www.missouripentours.com/history/
Still owned by State of Missouri, The Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) opened in 1836 along the banks of the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Missouri, the state capital. The prison housed inmates for 168 years and was the oldest continually operating prison west of the Mississippi until it was decommissioned in 2004. Now the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a wide variety of tours at the site, once named the “The bloodiest 47 acres in America” by Time Magazine.
In 1831 Jefferson City’s hold on the capital city status was a tenuous one. To ensure that it remained the seat of government, Governor John Miller suggested a prison be built in Jefferson City. Construction began in 1834 and the first inmate arrived in 1836. From then on the prison became famous for being one of the most efficient in the country…and infamous for its notorious inmates and the 1954 riot on its grounds.
A former Union General, the first train robber, 1930s gangsters, world champion athletes, and the assassin that killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. all came through the gates of the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) as inmates. Some left MSP for successful careers in the arts, sports, and even state government; others chose a life of more crime.
In September of 1937, Governor Lloyd Crow Stark signed a bill calling for execution by lethal gas. No longer would the local sheriff be responsible for carrying out the death penalty for those convicted in his county. The days of public hangings in Missouri were to finally come to an end. Many members of the legislature were strongly opposed to the bill and argued that more death sentences would result. Nevertheless, Missouri was, on the whole, a state that supported the death penalty for serious crimes. The bill was changed to lethal gas instead of the electric chair, and passed. In total, 40 inmates were put to death in the gas chamber between 1937 and 1989 when MSP death row ended and all capital punishment inmates were moved to the new prison at Potosi.
In 1985, officials from the MSP, the Department of Corrections, and the Division of Adult Institutions unearthed an old cell block that predated the Civil War. The discovery happened after a court order was issued to put in a recreation yard for offenders that were on death row. When the construction between Housing Units 2 and 3 began, and the crews started digging, they realized they hit something solid. This finding led to an exploration of six cells built around 1848, which were part of the long-buried Centennial Hall. Based on research, this is now believed to be the oldest existing building on the MSP property.
From the earliest days there was a need to isolate the female convicts that came to the Missouri State Penitentiary. Unfortunately, there was little provision for their incarceration. A number of female federal prisoners were sent to MSP because there were no federal facilities for women at the time. Their crimes were, in many cases, violations of immigration, naturalization or conspiracy laws, which coincided with the heightened fears during WWI.
During the years of 1953 and 1954 there had been a rash of prison riots across the United States. Many feared the Missouri system was ripe for an outbreak as well. The potential for riot became a popular topic of conversation which the Missouri Highway Patrol took very seriously, drafting a plan and training officers how to respond to such an event. The advance preparation would come in handy before long.
Keeping desperate and restless people behind bars will always present challenges to corrections officials. Early in the Missouri State Penitentiary’s history escapes were commonplace. Between a lack of a secure perimeter and prisoners working in the community, many escapes were accomplished without much planning or ingenuity.
In conjunction with the Missouri State Penitentiary tours, the museum residing in the lower-level of the Col. Darwin W. Marmaduke House provides additional historical information about the famous prison that operated for 168 years. The museum houses MSP memorabilia as well as a replica cell that demonstrates the living conditions at the prison. Visitors can view the many displays that provide information on prison industries, contract labor/private industries, life inside the walls and control/counter-control as well as items on loan from former Deputy Warden Mark Schreiber.
Delaware State Police
Ford Crown Victoria
K-9 Unit
Picture Date: 04/06/2010
This older DSP Crown Victoria was parked at DSP's headquarters complex. This picture was taken in April of 2010, when DSP's K-9 vehicles did not have any extra markings. Now, all DSP K-9 vehicles signify that they have a dog inside.
Delaware State Police
Two Chevrolet Tahoe's
Picture Date: 09/14/2012
Two Delaware State Police Chevrolet Tahoe's sit parked in West Chester, Pennsylvania during an all police car show.
The closer one is four wheel drive to aid in poor weather conditions. The far one with the black wheels is two wheel drive and pursuit rated.
The Empire State Building looks better than ever with its new LED light system - lit green, white and red tonight for the Robin Hood Foundation 12/12/12 Concert for Hurricane Sandy Relief. There was a light show going on just before I snapped this photo. The lights were dancing and the red white lights at the top were spinning around the spire.
[G1x-1949 acr(R)cs6]
02/11/18. Bondi Junction, Sydney, NSW. A Volvo B12BLEA chassis and Volgren CR228L body.
[Route 333]
Australian bus collection: www.flickr.com/photos/hhhumber/collections/72157674552562...
Bus collection: www.flickr.com/photos/hhhumber/collections/72157603287230...
Saw this horse and rider at Farragut State Park today. The rider indicated her horse was a rescued mustang from the Rock Creek area in Nevada. The horse was very docile.
Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.
Please visit my collection of Motor Vehicles on Flickr where you will find over 10,000 car and truck photos organized in albums by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.
The Chinese silk wall coverings, painted in watercolor and tempera, are original and are almost 3 centuries old. They were removed for safekeeping during the war, when the Nazis sacked and fired the palace, and underwent some restoration post-war. The bed, of German manufacture, is original to the period, though not to this palace. In the foreground is a magnificent opus sectile stonework table.
Delaware State Police
Ford Crown Victoria
Picture Date: 04/30/2015
A Delaware State Police Ford Crown Victoria sits parked.
Harriman State Park is a state park in eastern Idaho, United States. It is located on an 11,000-acre wildlife refuge in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and is home to an abundance of elk, moose, sandhill cranes, trumpeter swans, and the occasional black or grizzly bear.Two-thirds of the trumpeter swans that winter in the contiguous United States spend the season in Harriman State Park. The land was deeded to Idaho for free in 1977 by Roland and W. Averell Harriman, whose insistence that the state have a professional park managing service helped prompt the creation of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation in 1965. The park opened to the public in 1982.
Delaware State Police
Chevrolet Caprice
Picture Date: 09/13/2013
Fully marked Chevrolet Caprice. Sorry the front is cut off, I snapped this one from a moving vehicle.
Mall shooting in Columbia, Md. Jan 26, 2014 - Maryland State Police patrol the mall in Columbia, Md., after three were fatally shot inside.
Delaware State Police
Pipes & Drums Unit
The DSP Pipes & Drums participated in the parade held for Police Week 2014 in Washington D.C.
This beautiful male is part of a study being done by Lisle Gibbs' lab at Ohio State University on the evolution of venoms.