Vintage shots from days gone by!

photo 10616 looks like Mike Hanigan and Dick Mello from Antioch Cal. with Yosemite's Half Dome in the back ground. Is It?

 

Somebody thought this was a good idea....

 

i remember when i was a newby, i started reading this thread after there were only a few hundred pages, it was hard to catch up then, i cannot imagine goin back to the beginning again,, wow,, just too much good stuff

 

i am guilty,, hope this makes up for it :

 

Just wondering why people who insist on writing on the front of photographs do so with the worse hand writing ever.

 

You got that right JVD, most photos that I have seen have a reverse side as well and you can still buy pencils I'm pretty sure

 

Sometimes the written word can be as - or more - interesting, especially if they add depth or correctness to the photos. Many of us may not have lived the life depicted in some pictures; explanations or testimonials from those who have can add a lot of flavor to what may be 'just another picture'.

 

^Maybe it's just me, but whatever this is does not look like it is going to be fun for the guy in the cage!
I'm sure people don't look that scared in the electric chair!

Doc.

 

Wow. That must have been something to see.

 

Thanks for that post David. Awesome pics and that Stude convert is really neat also.

 

How about the wall behind him? Maybe that is why he looks scared! Any info on this photo?

 

I need more info on this WTF??? How can a German U-boat "wash ashore"?

 

dodge Body Plant 1956

 

Can you spot the 'car connection' ?

 

OK - It wasn't really that difficult !!

 

This happened post surrender of Germany in WWI, the submarine a type UE-II. After the sub had surrendered it was taken in tow by a British ship. While traversing the English Channel they were struck by severe storm, during which the tow parted setting U-118 adrift and unmanned.
This same storm blew the sub up onto Hastings beach during the night.

Check out here, the full story and some additional pictures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-118


Doc.

 

Barbara Eden

 

I think he is testing the acoustics of speakers for cinema use.