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Before WW I, Castle Green in Pasadena was one of America's most prestigious resort hotels. Now private residences.
Four soldiers, including two Kraftfahrer, in front of their Mercedes car. One can read 'Tel. K. K.' on the bonnet of the car. I couldn't find out what 'Tel. K. K.' means. 'Tel.' is probably short for 'Telegraphen' and "K. K." may stand for "Kraftwagen-Kolonne".
Cruisers have grown significantly during the 20th century.
During WW I most of them ranged from 2000 to 6000tons, the 1922 Washington Naval treaty limited their displacement at 10 000tons, a restriction which quite a few navies chose to cheat on.
By the end of WW II heavy cruisers had reached 17 000 tons, more than Pre-Dreadnought Battleships.
The Norwistani Tegethoff class (/soviet Kirov class) Missile Cruisers are even larger, with a displacement of About 25 000 tons they outsize even the Mighty Dreadnought herself.
Die Dr.I entstand aus dem Wunsch nach einer Kopie des britischen Dreideckers Sopwith Triplane, dessen gute Flugleistungen und Wendigkeit die deutschen Jagdflieger beeindruckt hatten. Auch Manfred von Richthofen hatte sich anerkennend über die Sopwith Triplane geäußert. Anstatt wie von der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen erwartet eine genaue Kopie des Sopwith Triplane zu bauen, schuf Fokkers Konstrukteur Reinhold Platz einen eigenen Entwurf, der an Fokkers Fertigungstechnik angepasst war.
Der Erstflug der Fokker DR.I fand am 5. Juli 1917 statt.
Der Fokker-Dreidecker, der mit einem nur 110 PS starken Umlaufmotor ausgestattet war, war im Vergleich zu anderen Jagdflugzeugen zwar relativ langsam, konnte aber dank des dicken Flügelprofils und des geringen Gewichts bei niedriger Geschwindigkeit sehr steil steigen und war in der Manövrierfähigkeit unübertroffen.
Die G-CFHY ist ein Nachbau aus dem Jahr 2010 und in Privatbesitz
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The Dr.I was born out of the desire for a copy of the British triplane Sopwith Triplane, whose good flight performance and maneuverability had impressed the German fighter pilots. Manfred von Richthofen had also expressed appreciative of the Sopwith Triplane. Instead of building an exact copy of the Sopwith Triplane as expected from the inspection of the flying squads, Fokker's designer Reinhold Platz created his own design, which was adapted to Fokker's production technology.
The first flight of the Fokker DR.I took place on 5 July 1917.
The Fokker Triplane equipped with a radial 110 hp engine, was relatively slow compared to other fighter aircraft, but was able to climb very steeply thanks to the thick wing profile and light weight at low speed, and was unsurpassed in maneuverability.
The G-CFHY is a replica built in 2010 and privately owned
Farnborough International Airshow 2018
I was surprised to come across this view of TT1, the ill fated Titan Titanic prototype, taken whilst operating from Walthamstow garage. (WW)
I had previously understood that it only ran in service from North Street (NS).
According to the reverse, these are the tallest and third smallest soldiers in the regiment.
Mailed as Feldpost in July 1917.
In 1919 Rushville Illinois decided to welcome the WW I veterans home with a celebration they called "Smiles Day" after the popular song "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag" that has the first verse "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile," Then they just never stopped having it.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Brant County War Memorial Park, located at 6 Dalhousie Street is bordered by Dalhousie, Brant, West and Bridge Streets, in the City of Brantford. The Brant County War Memorial is the major feature of the park and was designed in the Modern Art Deco style, by sculptor Walter S. Allward. It was constructed in 1933.
The property has been designated, by the City of Brantford, for its historic value, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 202-96).
Heritage Value
The location of the Brant County War Memorial is significant as it is close to the Dufferin Rifles Armouries, the Bell Memorial and the Boer War monument. Also within close proximity is the Grand River, which acted as a highway for Native American warriors, who made an early contribution to Brant County's military history.
The Brant County War Memorial was designed by Walter S. Allward, one of Canada's greatest sculptors. The original War Memorial, which was constructed in 1933, was dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in World War I. The memorial later commemorated those involved in World Ward II and the Korean War. The size of the granite memorial offers dignity and solemnity to its purpose. It is decorated with poppies and bares a cross, with an inscription, which reads: “In memory of the men who gave their lives for humanity 1911-1918”.
Allward also designed the Bell Memorial, which led to his commission for Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. Some of his work is on display in the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa.
In 1952, a Memorial Gallery was added by, local architect, Charles Brooks. This granite addition serves as a backdrop to the original monument. In 1992 seven bronze statues were added, to the memorial. These figures represent the men and women who were involved in the wars and commemorate local armed forces veterans.
The park land on which the memorial sits was formerly used as a parade ground for those who left Brantford, for the front, during World War I. It is landscaped with low hedges and flower beds. Behind the memorial is a tall row of trees that creates a visual barrier between the park and its surroundings.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Brant County War Memorial Park include its:
- proximity to the Dufferin Rifles Armouries, the Bell Memorial, the monument to the Boer War, and the Grand River
- granite design by Walter S. Allward
- inscription commemorating those involved in WW I, and later WW II and the Korean War
- Memorial Gallery added by Charles Brooks
- 7 bronze statues which commemorate local veterans
- former use as a parade ground
The Poppies Field - November 11 Remembrance Day 2024 by Daniel Arrhakis (2024)
Throughout the 20th Century, Millions of young soldiers who died during WW I and WW II were unable to form a family or have a future so that others today would have freedom, democracy and tolerance!
The least we can do is honor their legacy in the fight against Today's Dictators!
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Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022801431
The Great War. Eerste Wereldoorlog : Mobilisatie, oorlogsverklaring : Kring soldaten houdt doek vast en werpt soldaat omhoog tijdens voorbereidingen op de strijd aan het front. Engeland, 1915.
First World War, mobilization, declaration of war: a group of soldiers with a cloth to throw one of them into the air during preparations for the battle at the front. England, 1915
Albin Egger-Lienz (Tirol, Austria, 1868-1926) painter, was trained by a.o. Hodler. He was enlisted as war-painter in WW-I. Experiences came back in several "Kriegsmalereien"(war-paintings), some done several times like this Der Totentanz (IV. version, 1915).
Photo by Drager Meurtant in Leopold Museum, Vienna.
more about the painter: www.albineggerlienz.at/de/kunstwerke/1
A postcard likely saved by a soldier coming home from WW I;
in 1919 the Aquitania was still "HMT" (Hired Military Transport).
Scanned by John Mack
Heritage Pace Museum
Lyn, Ontario
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The RMS Aquitania was the longest serving Cunard liner in
the 20th century, in service from 1914 to 1950. Cunard made
sure that lifeboat accommodation was provided for all those
on board, in the light of the Titanic disaster.
-- Cruise Line History. Com
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She originally started life as RMS Aquitania, this was changed to HMT Aquitania during the first world war when she was requisitioned as a hospital ship and also used as a troop transport for up to 7000 ... She made voyages to and from Halifax Nova Scotia, carrying American troops ... During nine voyages, she transported approximately a total of 60,000 men.
-- Steve (Visual Photons)
Tyne Cot Cemetery - Passendale - West-Vlaanderen
"When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say,
For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"
'Tyne Cot(tage)' was de naam die door het Britse leger werd gegeven aan een schuurtje dat stond te midden van een vijf- of zestal 'pillboxes'. Het werd door de 3rd Australian Division veroverd op 4 oktober 1917.
Tyne Cot Cemetery is de grootste Britse militaire begraafplaats op het Europese vasteland. Deze indrukwekkende begraafplaats telt bijna 12.000 grafstenen. De achterzijde van Tyne Cot bestaat uit een muur met 35.000 namen van vermiste soldaten en is het vervolg van de Menenpoort.
De begraafplaats voor Britse gesneuvelden uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog werd ontworpen door Sir Herbert Baker. Er zijn 11.952 graven, waarvan 70% van onbekenden, en vier met een Duitse nationaliteit. Aan de achterzijde zijn op marmeren panelen de namen afgebeeld van 33.783 vermiste Britse soldaten en apart nog 1.176 vermiste Nieuw-Zeelanders. De begraafplaats is vrij toegankelijk.
Het kerkhof biedt een uitzicht op het westen, met onder andere Ieper en het West-Vlaams Heuvelland, en op het noorden, met het silhouet van de Sint-Bavokerk te Westrozebeke dat op de heuvelrug Passendale-Esen gelegen is. Centraal op het kerkhof bevindt zich het Cross of Sacrifice, gebouwd bovenop de centrale bunker. De centrale bunker is tijdens de slag gebruikt als (nood)hospitaal. Overleden soldaten werden in de nabijheid begraven. Zo is de begraafplaats ontstaan. Achter de centrale bunker bevindt zich de Stone of Remembrance.
Naar Tyne Cot Cemetery komen jaarlijks meer dan 200.000 bezoekers, pelgrims en geïnteresseerden.
The largest British war cemetery in the world, Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. 11,908 graves are registered within Tyne Cot, making it a somewhat impersonal war cemetery: the sheer number of graves make it perhaps difficult to take in.
Of this total 70% are unknown. On the wall at the back of the cemetery are the names of 34,927 soldiers who have no known grave and died from August 1917 to the end of the war - a continuation of the names inscribed on the Menin Gate.
Gratefully to Joe Sistah for the use of the texture
I'm resuming my activities in electronics, after more than 15 years away... this time restoring an old radio from the late 20's, about ten years after WW I (or ten years before WWII... insanity of humanity!)
The owner has not asked to rework defective components (in this case you need to open them, to insert inside modern components, thus maintaining the original appearance of the circuitry of the radio), then I only had to move forward replacing everything that was damaged.
After careful alignment, here it is playing again - pity that here in Lisbon there is almost no AM broadcast
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Sensitivity: ISO 320
Exposure: 2,0 sec at f/10
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Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
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Wind-swept trees and fog surround limestone markers at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery located on Point Loma in San Diego. The military cemetery includes Veterans of WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf wars. The oldest markers include those who fell in the battle of San Pasqual in 1846. The cemetery is adjacent to the Cabrillo National Monument and Point Loma Lighthouse.
1913 Russo-Balt firefighters' truck. The Russo-Balt wagon company in Riga, then a major city of the Russian empire, began producing automobiles in 1909, becoming the by far the largest auto manufacture in Russia prior to WW I. Only two (!) Russo-Balts have survived, and this is one of them.
Пожарная машина "Руссо-Балт" 1913 г. Русско-Балтийский вагонный завод в Риге, начавший выпуск автомобилей в 1909 г., являлся крупнейшим автозаводом Российской империи вплоть до Первой Мировой войны. Всего лишь два (!) Руссо-Балта дошло до наших дней, и это один из них.
Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022802499
Eerste Wereldoorlog. Kerstmis in een Duits ziekenhuis voor oorlogsgewonden. Een gewonde soldaat in een bed. Een verpleegster is bezig een klein kersboompje te versieren , terwijl een andere op de rand van het bed zit en hem iets lekkers aanbiedt. Berlijn, 1914.
The Great War. First World War. Christmas in a German hospital for wounded soldiers. One nurse is decorating a small christmas tree, the other nurse is offering some sweets. Germany, Berlin, 1914.
On 26th of February 2010. Belgrade (Serbia) authorities conducted what you could call a tree genocide and an ecocide. A massive cut-down of about 500 of century old plane trees had taken place on one of the Belgrade's longest streets, The Boulevard of King Alexander. Lame excuses were made: it was said that "experts" have determined that "all trees are terminally ill and are dangerous for public", although the plane trees of the same generation were left untouched in the other half of the Boulevard. Protests failed and the cutting had taken place in the end of February, leaving one of the most busy and polluted streets of Belgrade bare naked, without shade and natural air filtering. Exact motives for this misdeed are still unknown.
Boulevard's plane trees were given to Belgrade by Austria after the WW I, as a part of the war reparations.
The photo of the train I took in 2006 with my old crappy sony camera while I was visiting my parents. The picture of Mari (WW) I took in Feb. right after I had de-boxed her.
This statue is in memory of men from Morgan County, Georgia, who fought in WW I. "This stone Doughboy is located in front of Morgan County Courthouse, across the intersection of Hancock and East Jefferson Streets. A memorial brick walk between the Doughboy and the Courthouse steps, sponsored by the local American Legion post, contains bricks with names of individuals and the wars in which they served. A section is devoted to those who died. The Doughboy was dedicated Sunday, May 4, 1930. This, and the Viquesney Doughboys in Parsons, Kansas and Madison, West Virginia, are made of stone. The primary visible differences between the stone and metal Doughboys are that the two tree stumps on the bases of the metal Doughboys are replaced on the stone Doughboys by the one large tree trunk that joins the statue at the left hip to help provide stability, and the rifle on the stone Doughboy is made of zinc. The stone Doughboy is also a little shorter. There are only three known stone Viquesney Doughboys in the country." doughboysearcher.weebly.com/madison-georgia.html.
Two freshly decorated soldiers. The full beards are typical of the early days of trench warfare up to 1915. When gas masks came into use, such beards were no longer permitted.
Note on reverse: "Bois la Vaux de Fumin [?] - so heißt die Farm wo das Bild verfertigt wurde. Zum Andenken an den Welt-Krieg 1914-15 übersende ich Ihnen, lb. Frau Bauer, eine Aufnahme. Ihr Chr. Eckardt"
‘Bois la Vaux de Fumin [?] - that is the name of the farm where the picture was taken. As a memento of the world war of 1914-15, I am sending you, dear Mrs Bauer, this photograph. Yours, Chr. Eckardt’
Lossiemouth War Memorial is built into the rock-face on Pitgaveny Street opposite where the old railway station used to be.
It is constructed of polished freestone from Greenbrae Quarry with a heavy moulded base about 12 feet wide with bronze plaques listing names of those from Lossiemouth who died in WW I and II.
Two bronze reliefs below the plaques show wreathed shields. One has the figure of a robed man, the other shows a rigged shipped moving towards a robed figure with outstretched lamp.
The monument is crowned by a seated bronze male figure, representing ‘Victory and Peace’ rests on the top. In his left hand is a sword pointing downwards. Both arms rest on the entablature.
WW I Memorial in the Hungarian part of the cemetery
Segesvár / Schässburg / Sighisoara, Erdély / Transylvania
Again sorry for the hand but darn it my phone's camera won't focus. Anyways the figures are:
WW: I decided to give him a darker color scheme that still has green unlike his New 52 look.
Inertia: I like the torso 'cept for the purple. I also saw Gallishuchus use the hydra soldier head on him.
Mirror Master: Used Helmet to remake my Angle Man (I already posted him, my second or third post I think) so I gave him a new look that kinda reminds me of his JL Doom outfit.
Black Flash: Not sure if I should keep the red part on top or just have a plain helmet.
Enjoy the figs!
Fuzz seems rather proud of his new U-Boat uniform hat. Definitely a distinct style from his knit cap. I think we have a winner here!
Photo taken at our favorite vintage German sim, Tempelhof, on the u-boat docks.
though Fuzz and I are decidedly WW-I (not II) in our theme, Tempelhof has a great ambiance and style.
An infantryman with ribbon and a flag on his rifle prepares to leave for the front. What is that item on his chest?
Die struck aluminum medallion given as a souvenir at the homecoming celebration honoring those returning home from serving in World War I. Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, September 9, 1919.
Elsass Lingekopf WW I
Where they have found victims of the fights here they put a cross ( a white one for french and a black one for germans) . Maybe this is the cross of a french soldier shooten from that place by a german soldier ...
WW I era German aircraft at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, VA. This is a great museum for aircraft lovers. Most of the airframes in this museum are actually air worthy and are flown.
Webley Mk VI .455 Service Revolver. No. 34 Mk III Egg Grenade. Vest Pocket Kodak 'Trench' Camera. Whistle 1917 model and Trench Lighter.
Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022802127
Oorlog, Eerste Wereldoorlog, zeeoorlog. Stoet ruiters te paard van de kustwacht cavallerie patrouilleert langs het strand van Hartlepool. Engeland, 1914.
The Great War. First World War, war at sea. Coast guard cavalry (soldiers on horseback) patrolling alongside the beach of Hartlepool, England. 1914.
Fort Zachary Taylor,or Fort Zach as the locals refer to it, was completed in 1845 as the US protective outpost for the Gulf of Mexico.It was under Union control during the Civil War,which prompted Union soldiers to tell Southern leaning locals they would have to "head north" to join the Confederacy.It played an important role in the Spanish-American War and was revamped in 1898 to better serve during that war,and WW I and II.It was decommissioned in 1945 and is now part of a state park.It is listed on the National Register for Historic Places.
Some info on the history of the fort here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Zachary_Taylor
a link to a painting of the original fort,circa 1860 here:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_taylor.jpg#mediaview...
Purple Heart medal awarded to Private 1st Class John J. Warnock, of Hartford, Connecticut and Randolph, Massachusetts. Props: US M1905 bayonet for M1903 Springfield rifle; US 1918 grenade vest / bandolier. Private collection.
Warnock served in Co. A, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, I Corps, AEF. On the morning of October 12, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, a bullet struck Warnock in the head taking three inches of bone from over his right eye. Warnock lived into the late 1930's.
The modern Purple Heart was first issued in 1932. Warnock's purple Heart was awarded during that first year of production. Since then an estimated 1.7 million Purple Hearts have been awarded to American soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen.
An anthropomorphic 42 cm shell of the famous Dicke Bertha gun mocks the Belgian, French and British "bandits".
Creating a u-boat style stage for reading HP Lovecraft's "The Temple", which is set in a WW-I u-boat
Visit this location at Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft Tribute - early 1930s Massachusetts in Second Life