Blast from the past
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I like the title "Blast from the past" 
Reminds me of Dad, Mum and me in the big Ford V8 with a sunroof, Blasting bunnies, Hollywood style!
*Dad driving.
*Mum spotlighting.
*Son with the shotty, braced in the sunroof to blast some of those pesky wabbits.
Yes, I know, about the bang-stick rule, so it will be the first and last!
Reminds me of Dad, Mum and me in the big Ford V8 with a sunroof, Blasting bunnies, Hollywood style!
*Dad driving.
*Mum spotlighting.
*Son with the shotty, braced in the sunroof to blast some of those pesky wabbits.
Yes, I know, about the bang-stick rule, so it will be the first and last!
Guys this link will take you to The Australian National Archives, where you can find historical images and information regarding family history etc.
For example, say you typed in the Photo listing "Bargo" it might come up with an image of Bargo Post Office.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/PhotoListing.aspx
For example, say you typed in the Photo listing "Bargo" it might come up with an image of Bargo Post Office.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/PhotoListing.aspx
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;[a] February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 ? March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/a?n/), was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays.
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Hyperinflation affected the German Papiermark, the currency of the Weimar Republic, between 1921 and 1923, primarily in 1923. It caused considerable internal political instability in the country, the occupation of the Ruhr by France and Belgium as well as misery for the general populace.
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The Battle of Antietam was fought in Maryland in September 1862, producing horrific casualties on both sides of the U.S. Civil War. This image shows dead Confederate soldiers on part of the battlefield. Photography would be heavily used during the Civil War, allowing for people far away from the battlefield to see pictures of the carnage and destruction. Before the development of photography, those not at a battle had to rely on written reports and illustrations to learn about the events.
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Chrysler TurboFlite Concept ? 1961
The cars of the 1950s had taken their cues from the burgeoning jet age so we saw fins galore, tail lights that resembled afterburners and bumper overriders like nose cones. The following decade was all about the space race and the TurboFlite looked like it had come straight out of the Jetsons. Another Exner creation ? and his last at Chrysler ? the car was again built by Ghia.
Like a lot of companies, Chrysler was experimenting with turbine-powered road cars, intended to whisk their occupants in comfort and at high speed on America?s growing network of interstate highways. So the TurboFlite featured a (non-functional) turbine unit, a lifting glass canopy, retractable headlights and an air brake. The tall rear wing would appear again later on the legendary Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Charger Daytona.
The cars of the 1950s had taken their cues from the burgeoning jet age so we saw fins galore, tail lights that resembled afterburners and bumper overriders like nose cones. The following decade was all about the space race and the TurboFlite looked like it had come straight out of the Jetsons. Another Exner creation ? and his last at Chrysler ? the car was again built by Ghia.
Like a lot of companies, Chrysler was experimenting with turbine-powered road cars, intended to whisk their occupants in comfort and at high speed on America?s growing network of interstate highways. So the TurboFlite featured a (non-functional) turbine unit, a lifting glass canopy, retractable headlights and an air brake. The tall rear wing would appear again later on the legendary Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Charger Daytona.
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war. The aircraft made only one brief flight, on November 2, 1947, and the project never advanced beyond the single example produced.
