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BERELIA - NATIVE DANCER
brown colt
few white hairs-star; few white hairs between
nostrils
Left Hind Leg - pastern running up back of ankle;
black spot on coronet inside
rr rr tr front
KSK white hairs all through coat-may trun out...
The genesis of these Louisiana wooden ships is the huge saw mill where thousands of heavy timbers are cut by 'patterns to fin into the hull design, exactly as a dressmaker would cut material for a frock from paper patterns. Here's the Great...
While it would be possible to fly the Lockheed Constellation across the country non-stop in less than 9 hours, in actual scheduled service-allowing for one stop-it coud carry this group from Los Angeles to New York in less than 10 hours. This...
If you told the average man in the street that these chess men and poker chips were once just a couple of household chemicals he would probably laugh and tell you to stop kidding him. But carbolic acid (phenol to the chemist) and formaldehyde can...
Modern research takes time, manpower and money. Tools take a large share of the investment. The Semi-works unit shown here illustrates the complex, costly equipment needed in a modern industrial research laboratory. This reactor was a vital tool in...
Standard wood and metal turning equipment, including hand fed lathes, turret lathes and automatic screw machines, are suitable for turning Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. A tool used for cutting steel will perform satisfactorily. It can be...
Manufacturing Process of Dynamite including historic methods
This is an Atlas mixing machine, used in the manufacture of dynamite at Repauno about 1895. The box in the foreground contains inert ingredients which are placed in the trough. Nitroglycerin is added from the containers shown on the cart at the...
War plants (Hopewell, Virginia; Indiana Ordnance Works Charlestown, Indiana; Morgantown Ordnance Works)
This guncotton plant DuPont built and operated at Hopewell, Virginia during WWI, was the largest of its kind in the world. It turned out more than one billion pounds of material and employed more than 28,000 people.
Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows the Question Mark as it landed with Capt. D. Coste and Maurice Bellonte at Curtiss Field, Long Island, after they successfully completed their flight to Dallas, Texas for the $25,000 prize offered by Col. W....
Text from back of image: 'Just a small proportion of Honolulu residents who turned out to greet gallant naval flyers when they landed in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, after a epochal flight from San Francisco Bay. Comm. McGinnis is seen talking over a...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, surrounded by the throngs of their admirers, that turned out to greet them on arrival at airport in Washington, D.C. from New York. They will have luncheon with...
Text from back of image: "Machine of F. J. Courtney, winner of the London Aerial Derby was slightly injured when his machine upset while he was making a landing at Hendon. The plane is shown in the picture taken immediately after the accident was...
Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...
The three bridges at this location are evident in the picture - the original steel Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, was completed in 1884. In 1909, B&O built the stone arch bridge, and the old steel bridge was turned over to New Castle County. ...
The original steel Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge (background), was completed in 1884. In 1909, B&O built the stone arch bridge (foreground), and the old steel bridge was turned over to New Castle County. It was converted into a highway bridge...
