Great old pics

The Lingotto building in Turin, had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time

As made famous...



Great idea!

Originally Posted by red red robbo

As made famous...



Great idea!

Thought you were going to call into question the nature of their "finished" products....

Ask any computer user today and s/he would instantly recognize the green hills, blue skies and the fluffy white clouds — the default wallpaper in Windows XP, Microsoft’s operating system (OS). But not many know that the wallpaper, called ‘Bliss,’ is not a digital creation; it’s an actual photograph of the wine region of Napa Valley, USA. Former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear took the photo in January 199



In January 1996, Charles O’Rear was on his way from his home in St. Helena, California, in the Napa Valley north of San Francisco, to visit his girlfriend, Daphne Irwin (whom he later married), in the city, as he did every Friday afternoon. He was working with Irwin on a book about the wine country. He was particularly alert for a photo opportunity that day, since a storm had just passed over and other recent winter rains had left the area especially green. Driving along the Sonoma Highway he saw the hill, free of the vineyards that normally covered the area; they had been pulled out a few years earlier following a phylloxera infestation. “There it was! My God, the grass is perfect! It’s green! The sun is out; there’s some clouds,” he remembered thinking.

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Microsoft said they wanted not just to license the image for use as XP’s default wallpaper, but to buy all the rights to it. They offered O’Rear what he says is the second-largest payment ever made to a photographer for a single image; however, he signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the exact amount. It has been reported to be “in the low six figures.” O’Rear needed to send Microsoft the original film and sign the paperwork; however, when couriers and delivery services became aware of the value of the shipment, they declined since it was higher than their insurance would cover. Instead, the software company bought O’Rear a plane ticket and he personally delivered it to their offices. “I had no idea where it was going to go,” he said. “I don’t think the engineers or anybody at Microsoft had any idea it would have the success it’s had.”



same hill in 2017 :

Originally Posted by est.1878

Ask any computer user today and s/he would instantly recognize the green hills, blue skies and the fluffy white clouds — the default wallpaper in Windows XP, Microsoft’s operating system (OS). But not many know that the wallpaper, called ‘Bliss,’ is not a digital creation; it’s an actual photograph of the wine region of Napa Valley, USA. Former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear took the photo in January 199



In January 1996, Charles O’Rear was on his way from his home in St. Helena, California, in the Napa Valley north of San Francisco, to visit his girlfriend, Daphne Irwin (whom he later married), in the city, as he did every Friday afternoon. He was working with Irwin on a book about the wine country. He was particularly alert for a photo opportunity that day, since a storm had just passed over and other recent winter rains had left the area especially green. Driving along the Sonoma Highway he saw the hill, free of the vineyards that normally covered the area; they had been pulled out a few years earlier following a phylloxera infestation. “There it was! My God, the grass is perfect! It’s green! The sun is out; there’s some clouds,” he remembered thinking.

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Microsoft said they wanted not just to license the image for use as XP’s default wallpaper, but to buy all the rights to it. They offered O’Rear what he says is the second-largest payment ever made to a photographer for a single image; however, he signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the exact amount. It has been reported to be “in the low six figures.” O’Rear needed to send Microsoft the original film and sign the paperwork; however, when couriers and delivery services became aware of the value of the shipment, they declined since it was higher than their insurance would cover. Instead, the software company bought O’Rear a plane ticket and he personally delivered it to their offices. “I had no idea where it was going to go,” he said. “I don’t think the engineers or anybody at Microsoft had any idea it would have the success it’s had.”



same hill in 2017 :

Always reminded me of the location of the battle at the end of the Phantom Menace.

The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair was a world’s fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York














U.S. Marine Corps marching in front of the USSR (Soviet) Pavilion, 1939 New York World's Fair

Originally Posted by est.1878

Ask any computer user today and s/he would instantly recognize the green hills, blue skies and the fluffy white clouds — the default wallpaper in Windows XP, Microsoft’s operating system (OS). But not many know that the wallpaper, called ‘Bliss,’ is not a digital creation; it’s an actual photograph of the wine region of Napa Valley, USA. Former National Geographic photographer Charles O’Rear took the photo in January 199



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In January 1996, Charles O’Rear was on his way from his home in St. Helena, California, in the Napa Valley north of San Francisco, to visit his girlfriend, Daphne Irwin (whom he later married), in the city, as he did every Friday afternoon. He was working with Irwin on a book about the wine country. He was particularly alert for a photo opportunity that day, since a storm had just passed over and other recent winter rains had left the area especially green. Driving along the Sonoma Highway he saw the hill, free of the vineyards that normally covered the area; they had been pulled out a few years earlier following a phylloxera infestation. “There it was! My God, the grass is perfect! It’s green! The sun is out; there’s some clouds,” he remembered thinking.

...

Microsoft said they wanted not just to license the image for use as XP’s default wallpaper, but to buy all the rights to it. They offered O’Rear what he says is the second-largest payment ever made to a photographer for a single image; however, he signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the exact amount. It has been reported to be “in the low six figures.” O’Rear needed to send Microsoft the original film and sign the paperwork; however, when couriers and delivery services became aware of the value of the shipment, they declined since it was higher than their insurance would cover. Instead, the software company bought O’Rear a plane ticket and he personally delivered it to their offices. “I had no idea where it was going to go,” he said. “I don’t think the engineers or anybody at Microsoft had any idea it would have the success it’s had.”



same hill in 2017 :

Brand new 1949 Fords are heading down the Mississippi to the dealers.

Originally Posted by est.1878

Nope.

Waist gunner on a B-17 only had a single .50 cal Browning gun.

That's got 4 belts = 4 guns. RAF tail gunner.

Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling & mebbe 1 or 2 others I forgot.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Nope.

Waist gunner on a B-17 only had a single .50 cal Browning gun.

That's got 4 belts = 4 guns. RAF tail gunner.

It looked to me like one of the wombles, about to even a score.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Nope.

Waist gunner on a B-17 only had a single .50 cal Browning gun.

That's got 4 belts = 4 guns. RAF tail gunner.

Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling & mebbe 1 or 2 others I forgot.

Al

Would like this on a 4 foot canvas

Originally Posted by Finport Red

It looked to me like one of the wombles, about to even a score.

Fotyness...

Originally Posted by est.1878

Al

Would like this on a 4 foot canvas





Fotyness...

Deffo a cool pic. The look in his eyes ....

Kaiser Willhelm II smoking in Silesia circa 1913.

Magnificent helmet.

Originally Posted by tatty

Magnificent helmet.

When he takes a drag on the fag, does the smoke come out of the holes in the spike bit on top?

We've got stuff from the 1970's, so I'm gonna sneak in a pic from 1982 (or possibly 1981)
Building the cityscape for the film Blade Runner.

Originally Posted by thatsfuctit

Kaiser Willhelm II smoking in Silesia circa 1913.

Cool smoker here



A young boy lights up one last cigarette before facing the repercussions for breaking into his father's automobile and crashing it. 1974