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Sheepeaters Monument Thunder Mountain Idaho

July 25, 2010

The striking photograph reproduced above shows a curious work of Nature near Thunder Mountain, Idaho, U.S.A. This gigantic monolith is eighty feet high, and about ten or twelve feet square at the base, tapering towards the top to about seven feet or less. The great rock poised on the top is estimated to weigh fully [...]

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At the Mercy of a Bear in 1844

July 24, 2010

Here is an interesting true tale from an adventure  magazine published in 1898
AT   A   BEAR’S   MERCY.
THOUGH during my sojourn in Scandinavia I was in at the death or capture of one hundred and two bears, the larger portion of which were bagged when I was alone, so to say, and   though   often   in   considerable  jeopardy,   [...]

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Tigers on the Indian Railways 1900

July 19, 2010

(Newsclip from an adventure magazine ~ 1900)
Railwaymen in foreign lands often carry on their work under conditions that would appal their fellow-workers at home. On certain Central African railways, for instance, trains have frequently been charged by rhinoceroses and other large beasts ; and an unhappy telegraph operator on the Uganda Railway, on returning to [...]

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Oil Fire at Spindle Top 1900

July 15, 2010

(Newsclip from an adventure magazine ~ 1900)

This photo shows an oil “gusher”, and a tank containing 37,000 barrels of oil on fire at the “Spindle Top”  oil-field in Texas. Just 3 weeks after the great fire at Jennings, the tank seen on the left of the photograph was mysteriously ignited. Everything hereabouts, even the very [...]

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Sleeping ship on the Delaware River – 1900

July 11, 2010

(Newsclip from an adventure magazine ~ 1900)
This striking photograph shows a unique accident which happened recently at Marcus Hook, on the Delaware River. The French barque Alice and Isabelle was lying at the Standard Oil Company’s pier, after her cargo had been unloaded, when suddenly, after a few preliminary shakes to warn the crew, [...]

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Belgium – Procession of the Holy Blood

July 10, 2010

Watching the Tour de France reminded me of some of my Belgium prints..soon to be available…Here’s one from the 1930’s…..a tradition which continues up to this day, so I believe.
“On the first Monday after the 2nd of May, Bruges celebrates the ” Procession of the Holy Blood.” The houses are decorated with flags and [...]

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