Photos From History Thread

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Chicago Rat Hole, circa January 2024

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First Mobile Phone Picture (1997)

Waiting around for his wife to give birth, Philippe Kahn wrote some code on his laptop for his mobile then attached a digital camera to the phone. He captured his daughter's very first moments in a landmark occasion. Three years later in 2000, he had refined his prototype and Sharp was the first company to sell a mobile phone with a built-in camera.

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I bet your dad/mum owned at least one of those motors from the 80’s.
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Not only my parents but me as well bought my first car in 1984 , a Hillman Avenger for £250 , then i bought a mk2 Ford Secort 1.3 Ghia (CBX858V) .
 
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Not only my parents but me as well bought my first car in 1984 , a Hillman Avenger for £250 , then i bought a mk2 Ford Secort 1.3 Ghia (CBX858V) .
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My Ma had a Fiesta XR2 with the pepper pot wheels. After the Cortina of course. Traded in for a Chevette 3 door, then 5 door. I think it’s a Gemini elsewhere in the world.

I surely remember the “Rattler” - my grandfather’s MK2 Escort estate with a 1.6 pinto. We journeyed from London to Devon at about 55mph and I sat in the back on the luggage and demanded that my Bad album (5 track cassette) was played the whole 8 hour journey.

Nobody on that journey will ever forget the lyrics to P.Y.T lol.
 
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East London, Dagenham c.1983.

My maternal family before I existed.

Left to right - my dad, eldest aunt sitting, mum in the middle, aunt with my cousin John and my grandad with a rare cigarette (he was a pipe smoker). My youngest aunt was behind the camera. And my nan was in the kitchen making (probably) the worst meal anyone in London had eaten that day.
 
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de Havilland Comet Prototype (1949)

The world's first commercial jet plane with the rectangular windows that would play a part to three hull losses in the space of a year, forever dooming the Comet's reputation.

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Czas Apokalipsy

In 1981, as a response to the Solidarity movement in Poland that stood up against the Soviet Union, martial law was declared in Poland. Chris Niedenthal took this photo on the first day of an APC parked in front of the ironically named Moscow Theatre which happened to be showing Apocalypse Now (PL: Czas Apokalipsy - "Time Of The Apocalypse"). The apt title reflected anti-communist sentiment in Poland at that time and become one of the most famous images of 1981-83's martial law in Poland.

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"Byrd" (there is a season, turn, turn, turn) Gene Clark at the wheel of his Ferrari 250 Europa GT, a very pretty maroon with tan sliding ragtop and interior.

Possibly from 1966 or thereabouts?

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There's a much more famous shot of Françoise Hardy on her Honda (a rear 3/4 view with her looking back) but here it is kitted out with extra lights and a windscreen.

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Failure Of The Teton Dam (1974)

An earth-filled embankment dam, the dam failed whilst filling up for the first time. The soil used was more porous than first thought, creating internal erosion and essentially leaving the dam hollow in places. Several unpluggable leaks resulted in a complete dam failure.

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I wonder why it was built. They KNEW that the ground was bad.

Did they HOPE that it would fail?

I want the entire story, not just the result.

It was a sad day.

But, it also proved how well the communication worked in the community. There were only 6(?) deaths. Because everyone got the call about an hour before total failure, and just ran.

So...

It was an amazing day. For good and bad.
 
Turbinia & RMS Mauretania

Turbinia (the white vessel in the foreground) was the world's first steam turbine sailing vessel and built in 1894. Here it is alongside RMS Mauretania, built in 1906, showing how far the technology had grown in just 12 years.

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The Turbinia was a proof of concept built by the person who invented the steam turbine. It was built on a VERY meager budget. The cruise ship, however, wasn't on a (very) limited budget. ;)
 
Meeting Of Supreme Allied Command Europe (February 1944)

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Lieutenant General Omar Bradley (US Army)
Admiral Bertram Ramsay (Royal Navy)
Air Chief Marshall Arthur Tedder (Royal Air Force)
General Dwight Eisenhower (US Army)
General Bernard Montgomery (British Army)
Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Lieutenant General Bedell Smith (US Army)

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Liverpool Overhead Railway

Although many metro and suburban railways have overhead sections, dedicated overhead railways have been fairly uncommon throughout the history of rail travel. The Chicago L is arguably the most well-known but for 63 years from 1893-1956, Liverpool had its own overhead railway running approximately north to south along Liverpool's many docks.

It held several world firsts for electric railways; the first electric overhead railway, the first railway to use automatic signalling, the first railway to use electric coloured light signals and the first railway to use electric multiple units.

At its peak it carried over 20 million passengers per year and was extremely popular and beloved. Sadly, in 1955 a survey of its bridges and viaducts showed significant decay and the cost of maintaining the line was beyond the operator's means. In spite of protests, it was completely demolished two years later in 1957 and all traces of it removed.

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