Vintage shots from days gone by!

what is this.." Playboy's girls of the KKK?"

 

Kurt
300 of the Lancaster B II fitted with Bristol Hercules engines were constructed; this was a stopgap modification caused by a shortage of Merlin engines as fighter production was of higher priority

Not all Lancs had merlins. This plane, the one my father flew in had the radial engines. Wrench 409 THanks for the photoshop!

 

300 of the Lancaster B II fitted with Bristol Hercules engines were constructed; this was a stopgap modification caused by a shortage of Merlin engines as fighter production was of higher priority

 

This pic makes me sick...especially when i am looking for a nice old car to buy

 

wow

 

Now this car is a thing of beauty

 

Several years ago, I would stop at Nanton to look at the then derelict Lanc. on my way
down to Coaldale from Calgary. Good to hear they are restoring it finally. Funding was
always an issue for that group, if I recall correctly.....

 

Could that be Valerie Perrine?

 

Looks like an old Monogramm model kit i built as a kid

 

I remember going by that one in Naton in the eary 80s. I took my parents by the one in NE Calgary and showed that to them in 1981 when they where on a visit out there from the east coast.

 

NO 2 Valerie Perrine ? my quess also

 

The Calgary Lancaster was taken off the pedestal back in the early 90s and moved to the southeastern end of the airport, the plane rest on its wheels and is slowly been restored, in addition the museum has received funds to restore a Mosquito, ( plane not the insect) and a Hurricane which the city =has in its possession

 

And the one in the Ottawa Museum.

 

I was not aware there were so few flying, there is one I see a couple times a year flying over my house near Edmonton, I have not been able to grab a photo of it yet...

 

Yes!! I remember that kit. Two dragsters, IIRC.

 

This is one of my favorite 54 Corvette race cars. Fairfield/Hamilton Ohio based car that ran at Tri State, Edgewater, Kil Kare, National Trials and Indy. This 6 Cylinder Vette made it to the 10's and was a record holder.

 

On the scales at Edgewater

 

That's who I thought it looked like too. I just couldn't find any thing that confirmed she did a try-out for Addams Family. She would have been about 21 in 1964, and she was working as a stripper in Vegas, so she might have given Hollywood a try too.

 

Thanks, I didn't know that. You learn something everyday on the HAMB!

Kurt O.

 

A couple of snap shots my Dad took as a teenager. This is either the USS Akron or the USS Macon flying over his house in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.





Cheers,
Kurt O.

 

Here is Mantle's salary history. It's not huge money, but was better than average in the early 50's and pretty good in the later 50's.

Jim B.


<table width="50%" bgcolor="#000080" border="10" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20%" align="center">1951</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$5,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1952</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$7,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1953</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$17,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1954</td> <td align="center">$21,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1955</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$25,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1956</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$32,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1957</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$60,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1958</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$65,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1959</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$70,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1960</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$60,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1961</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$70,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1962</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$90,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1963</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1964</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1965</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1966</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1967</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="center">1968</td> <td width="50%" align="center">$100,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

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Prescott

 

Shelsley Walsh

 

Shelsley Again

 

When you put it into today's money context the differences are startling. Mickey was flush, but not like today's players. Mickey made between 13 and 36 times the National per capita income. The highest paid player in 2009, Alex Rodriguez, made 656 times the average per capita income. WOW what a difference, is Alex that much better? IMHO sports/movie people are paid too much now.

This was done quick, so feel free to blast for any mistakes in the chart.

 

Cool photos! It is amazing how many people don't know the difference between a blimp and a dirigible (zeppelin).