Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Zippythehog]

MOX is much more toxic than other available fuels. Notwithstanding, I am not enthusiastic about any nuclear energy. In the USA, we have no long term plans for permanent disposal of heavy waste. Yucca Mountain has been surveyed and analyzed and prepared for the waste, but no one wants it transported through their state.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for the info, Zippythehog.

A rare authentic Fuji Color photo of an IJN Mitsune garrison unit on Hachijo-jima island in July, 1945.

Looks like a rare legendary Ki-102 as Kamikaze fighter in Kyushu same period.

Source: History Photos of 30 Years Showa-era (1955)

 

[Shinpachi]

At random.

A rare tail photo of Ki-49 Donryu.

An old man defies a young man on the street of Ginza, Tokyo in August 1944.
"Sir, we are fighting a war. Please wear the national uniform"
"Young man, I am too old to fight" I don't know.

Source: History Photos of 30 Years Showa-era (1955)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

National Uniforms in Japan from 1940 to 1945.

Source: How to Sew Correct National Uniforms (1941)

 

[Shinpachi]

National uniforms for women. Basic concept was in recycling old Kimono.

Before(upper) and after(lower) 1940

Source: Japanese Women (April 1943)

How to reform

Source: How to Reform Kimonos into National Uniforms (1943)

 

[N4521U]

I miss SF

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Queued for hour to get a ride on that machine and that was when the fog rolled and it turned quite chill.

 

[MiTasol]

I miss SF
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Me too but only the original fishermans wharf complex circa 1971

Apart from that I found it cold and windy every time - even in summer

 

[N4521U]

Me too but only the original fishermans wharf complex circa 1971

Apart from that I found it cold and windy every time - even in summer

There is No summer in S.F. dontcha know.

 

[Shinpachi]

There is No summer in S.F. dontcha know.

All summer through the year?
I was there in July only.

 

[Shinpachi]

Opening match of a Japanese-American baseball game at the Meiji-Jingu Stadium in 1945.

Source: Tokyo in the Fall of 1945 (1946)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

A friendly walk through Ueno Park.

Learning to speak English at Kudan-shita.

Source: Tokyo in the Fall of 1945 (1946)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

NACA Wind Tunnel Langley.

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

Here's one to build, just the tail?

 

[Shinpachi]

Anticipating coming air-raids by the Allies, kids begin to evacuate from Tokyo and other major cities to the countryside in August, 1944.

Source: History Photos of 30 Years Showa-era (1955)

 

[Wurger]