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The Standard Hotel
I recently went to The Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on 6th and Flower. The hotel has a great club on the roof and a yummy restaurant downstairs. Aside from all that when I went to the room and saw this, I couldn’t resist sharing this photo with my friends. As if we [...]
Women and Children Affected by War
With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing."
Image-Alfred Palmer, February 1943
A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942." Image-Clem Albers, California, April [...]
South Pole Markers
South Pole Markers from 2005 to 2008
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On January 1st of every year a new brass marker is placed to designate the location of the Geographic South Pole at 90 degrees South. The ice sheet where the South Pole is located moves approximately seven to ten meters a year. Previous years’ markers are left standing [...]
10 Posters from World War II
Enlist Now." Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg
Remember Dec. 7th!" Color poster by Allen Saalberg
Join the Navy." Color poster by McClelland Barclay, 1942
Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of your choice." Color poster by Steele Savage, 1944
Color poster, 1942
Color poster by Roy Schatt, 1942
Movie star Rita Hayworth 1942
Color poster by [...]
Mount St. Helens Before and After
Before the devastating May 18, 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most frequently-climbed peaks in the Cascade Range. Spirit Lake was a vacation area offering hiking, camping, boating, and fishing. USFS Photograph taken before May 18, 1980, by Jim Nieland, U.S. Forest Service, Mount [...]
US Mexico Border
Border Patrol photo by Gerald L. Nino
The U.S. Mexican border. U.S. is on the left side of the photo.
Smoking Volcano
Found this at a .gov site. Would’ve added more, but this was my favorite.
Not sure what the location is and it wasn’t listed on the site. Still a great image.
fws.gov
Alaskan Volcanic Beauties
Augustine
Kanaga
Pavlof
Shishaldin
Amukta
Kiska
Chiginagak
Roundtop Peaks
Veniaminof
Mt. Peulik
Fourpeaked-Alaska
Image - Kay Lawson / AVO/UAF-GI
Mother Nature in a Cold Mood
Photograph by: Bill McAfee-National Science Foundation
The Dome at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is framed by ridges of snow called sastrugi.
Photograph by: Mike Usher-National Science Foundation
Photograph by: Chad Carpenter-National Science Foundation
The first glow of sunrise appears above McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica.
Photograph by: Patrick Rowe-National Science Foundation
Photograph by: Patrick Rowe-National Science Foundation
Photograph by: [...]