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Police Motorcycle Graveyard (Harley-Davidson)
These Harleys were previously owned by the National Police of Puente Piedra, which is located in Lima, Peru. Due to problems with the budget in operation and/or maintenance, they were taken out of circulation. Some of these Harleys were sold in bulk by Harley lovers due to the inability to obtain parts because there were no dealers or parts places in the area. So in order to make a good bike, they needed more than one bike to create it. The price for them in the auction was $1,300 but those who bought them in bulk and recreated a good one could sell it for $12,000.
These Harleys were previously owned by the National Police of Puente Piedra, which is located in Lima, Peru. Due to problems with the budget in operation and/or maintenance, they were taken out of circulation. Some of these Harleys were sold in bulk by Harley lovers due to the inability to obtain parts because there were no dealers or parts places in the area. So in order to make a good bike, they needed more than one bike to create it. The price for them in the auction was $1,300 but those who bought them in bulk and recreated a good one could sell it for $12,000.
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Helen Mirren, 1967.
Today, Dame Helen Mirren is known as a respected Shakespearean actress, one who cut her teeth in the Royal Shakespeare Company and has continued to act in stage productions by the Bard and other revered playwrights throughout her career. And they don't let just anyone play the sitting Queen of England, which she's done twice (she's also portrayed Queens Elizabeth I and Charlotte). But everyone starts out young, don't they? In the 1960s, while doing her Shakespearean thing, Mirren was also a budding sex symbol, flaunting her figure in such films as Age of Consent (1969), Savage Messiah (1972) and Caligula (1979). Mirren's tendency to get sexy -- if not naked -- on screen was so well known that in 2015 she announced she was officially retiring from nude scenes. She was 70.
Today, Dame Helen Mirren is known as a respected Shakespearean actress, one who cut her teeth in the Royal Shakespeare Company and has continued to act in stage productions by the Bard and other revered playwrights throughout her career. And they don't let just anyone play the sitting Queen of England, which she's done twice (she's also portrayed Queens Elizabeth I and Charlotte). But everyone starts out young, don't they? In the 1960s, while doing her Shakespearean thing, Mirren was also a budding sex symbol, flaunting her figure in such films as Age of Consent (1969), Savage Messiah (1972) and Caligula (1979). Mirren's tendency to get sexy -- if not naked -- on screen was so well known that in 2015 she announced she was officially retiring from nude scenes. She was 70.
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19-year-old Kurt Cobain, 1986.
Kurt Cobain was a tortured soul, a grunge poet, a rock 'n roll casualty -- and in this pre-fame shot, a happy and good looking kid. He was 19 at the time, and soon to form Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard. Of course, he'd had his share of difficulties -- trauma from his parent's divorce, bullying in school, vandalism and other antisocial behavior. But it's good to remember that even our brooding antiheroes have their share of fun. After all, Cobain was at this point committed to the rock 'n roll path -- it beats digging ditches. The darkness did catch up with him and he came to see Nirvana's massive success as more a curse than a blessing. He committed suicide in 1994 at the age of 27.
Kurt Cobain was a tortured soul, a grunge poet, a rock 'n roll casualty -- and in this pre-fame shot, a happy and good looking kid. He was 19 at the time, and soon to form Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard. Of course, he'd had his share of difficulties -- trauma from his parent's divorce, bullying in school, vandalism and other antisocial behavior. But it's good to remember that even our brooding antiheroes have their share of fun. After all, Cobain was at this point committed to the rock 'n roll path -- it beats digging ditches. The darkness did catch up with him and he came to see Nirvana's massive success as more a curse than a blessing. He committed suicide in 1994 at the age of 27.
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Colonel Sanders and Alice Cooper meet in Amsterdam, 1974.
Public relations makes for strange bedfellows. In 1974, rocker Alice Cooper and Colonel Harland David Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, were staying in the same hotel in Amsterdam. Each was there doing PR for his own business but even celebrities like having their picture taken with other celebrities. You have to wonder whether Cooper told Sanders the story of the "Chicken Incident" -- in which Cooper produced a live chicken on stage and proceeded to kill it (sources vary on the details of the execution). The Chicken Incident made Cooper the inventor and king of a new genre called "shock rock." Nah, he probably didn't tell that story.
Public relations makes for strange bedfellows. In 1974, rocker Alice Cooper and Colonel Harland David Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, were staying in the same hotel in Amsterdam. Each was there doing PR for his own business but even celebrities like having their picture taken with other celebrities. You have to wonder whether Cooper told Sanders the story of the "Chicken Incident" -- in which Cooper produced a live chicken on stage and proceeded to kill it (sources vary on the details of the execution). The Chicken Incident made Cooper the inventor and king of a new genre called "shock rock." Nah, he probably didn't tell that story.
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Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! You're gonna lose! Lose! Lose! A miffed Maureen McCormick on The Brady Bunch, 1972.
Here's Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady at the height of her miniskirt-enabled powers. Though she may have been every teenage boy's crush in 1972, on this particular episode of The Brady Bunch, "Greg's Triangle," she doesn't come out on top. See, her adopted brother Greg is to cast the deciding vote in the selection of head cheerleader (wait, why does Greg get to vote on-- oh, never mind), and he's torn between his sis and his girlfriend-du-episode, Jennifer. In the end, Greg does the somewhat-right thing and chooses neither of them, instead giving the top job to Pat, who is played by Rita Wilson in her first TV role. Jennifer, predictably, dumps Greg after the vote, but in a surprise twist, the normally self-centered Marcia praises her brother for his decision
Here's Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady at the height of her miniskirt-enabled powers. Though she may have been every teenage boy's crush in 1972, on this particular episode of The Brady Bunch, "Greg's Triangle," she doesn't come out on top. See, her adopted brother Greg is to cast the deciding vote in the selection of head cheerleader (wait, why does Greg get to vote on-- oh, never mind), and he's torn between his sis and his girlfriend-du-episode, Jennifer. In the end, Greg does the somewhat-right thing and chooses neither of them, instead giving the top job to Pat, who is played by Rita Wilson in her first TV role. Jennifer, predictably, dumps Greg after the vote, but in a surprise twist, the normally self-centered Marcia praises her brother for his decision
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Helensburgh railway tunnel, NSW, Australia
This tunnel was one of seven tunnels built back in the 1880s to provide a passageway through the hilly country between Waterfall and Otford. It was abandoned in 1920 when a double lane was needed rather than a single lane for the steam locomotives so they built a new double lane in a different location and closed this one down. Legends surround this and the other tunnels that create mystery as well as beauty to the tunnels. Up until it was vandalized, visitors were allowed to tour the tunnel. They were advised to bring their torches and mud boots as it would get very muddy. When it is dark, you can see the glow worms light the place up.
This tunnel was one of seven tunnels built back in the 1880s to provide a passageway through the hilly country between Waterfall and Otford. It was abandoned in 1920 when a double lane was needed rather than a single lane for the steam locomotives so they built a new double lane in a different location and closed this one down. Legends surround this and the other tunnels that create mystery as well as beauty to the tunnels. Up until it was vandalized, visitors were allowed to tour the tunnel. They were advised to bring their torches and mud boots as it would get very muddy. When it is dark, you can see the glow worms light the place up.
