Random Picture Thread

Typical, One man working/ trying to save the ship and 100 watching the show.
Of course I don't really know anything about the situation.

 

Leslie Jones: The Camera Man - - Boston Herald Traveler: 1917 - 1956 - - Results: 335 Items | Page 4 out of 7 - - Maritime: Accidents

‘‘ Power cruiser 'Pirate' capsizes in storm off Marblehead. Three of crew drowned. ’’​

‘‘ Marblehead: Power cruiser 'Pirate' - 40 feet - turns turtle in storm off Marblehead. Three in family die. Parents' bodies recovered - daughter missing. ’’



The mess on the boat shows she was refloated and re-turtled after the accident, it looks like an preannounced salvage entry in the harbor, so the spectators could gather for the event.

 

Someone really hated timing belts and chains at Ducati, so they came up with this set of timing gears for their V4 Desmosedici RR . . .

 

I like those large format photos of previous times. There is so much detail in the photo technique and in the cultural content.
Everyone's there and looking because it's an event and something to do. No tv, just radio. There was only a new movie at the movie house 2 or 3 times a year. The antique building leaning a couple feet, the three story New England buildings with the Puritan frugal no overhang gable ends. Maybe it's Sunday, some are dressed pretty good, of course it's back when a lot of tradesmen wore a vested suit and tie with a brimmed hat to work. If it's Sunday, blue laws made the day of rest a day with little to do. The street sewer opening divides the old and new stone blocks of the berth, or whatever that would be called. The kingpost ramp with plenty of cleats says a fairly large tide. Shutters missing but none sagging. The 'widows walk', I'm not sure if it's real or just for looks. Real ones were smaller and it seems someone would be up there if it was made for use.I'm thinking the bow is resting on the bottom, there's a pump hose hanging off the back with no water coming out, but the guy doesn't seem to be in a hurry.
It came from this site, 255 pages with 13000 images. Leslie Jones: The Camera Man | Boston Herald Traveler: 1917 - 1956 http://lesliejonesphotography.com/collection?search_api_views_fulltext=

 

Here's the photographer himself, obviously dressed for success.

 

Old and the new. Porto, Portugal.

 

Random movie. 1936 GM plant - Produced by Jam Handy.

 

The hurricane birds are back.

 

08_06_005620 | Leslie Jones: The Camera Man http://lesliejonesphotography.com/collection/0806005620

 

Catboat Mary (1893)





Abandoned their yacht.

The Elsworth Boys and Their Cousins Gave Up In a Bad Storm.

The fast-sailing cabin catboat Mary, owned by Capt. William E. Elsworth, a son of the veteran yachtsman, Capt. Joseph Elsworth of Bayonne, was abandoned at sea by her owner and crew a week ago last Sunday. At the time the Mary was about thirty miles off the South Carolina coast, en route for a pleasure cruise as far south as the Florida Keys. She had encountered a terrific wind and rain storm, and the skipper feared she would not weather the gale. He and his cousins, William B. Elsworth and Philip E. Van Buskirk, who comprised the crew, were taken from the yacht by sailors from a passing schooner, who were sent to their rescue in a yawl boat.

When the trio left the Mary she was just as sound and tight as the day they set out for the cruise. The schooner landed them at Norfolk, Va. Skipper Elsworth remained there to investigate the fate of his yacht, and his cousins sailed for home on the steamship Jamestown. Yesterday William B. Elsworth told this story of the unfortunate cruise:

“We left New York Bay on the 29th of October with all arrangements for the cruise complete. We sailed leisurely along the coast making stops at Annapolis, Hampden, Norfolk, and Beaufort where Phil Van Buskirk joined us. When we left Beaufort we had pretty fair weather which lasted until the 30th of November. When passing Frying Pan Lightship, off Cape Fear, we encountered very heavy winds, which finally turned into a gale. At 2 o’clock on Sunday morning the storm was at its worst, and rain was falling. The wind was northeast, and we were fighting alone under four-reefed mainsail. The gale continued until 4 o’clock that afternoon, when it died down somewhat.

“We were congratulating ourselves that everything was all right when the wind suddenly shifted, making terribly bad cross seas. We did our utmost to keep the yacht off shore, and dropped our sea anchors. The heavy wind and sea continued, and at 9 o’clock that night we sighted the lights of a schooner. We were then about 27 miles off Georgetown, S. C. The schooner was the Nellie W. Howlett of Bridgeton, N. J., Capt. Steelman. Loaded with phosphate rock, and bound for Norfolk, Va. Capt. Steelman answered our distress guns, and with great difficulty sent a boat to us. Beyond our clothing and a few trinkets we took nothing from the yacht. When we left the Mary was in good condition and had both anchors out. She may have weathered the gale, but I doubt it very much, as for fully five hours after we left her the storm raged unabated.

The deserted yacht was a cabin catboat 32 feet 6 inches over all. She was considered one of the fastest sailing yachts in these waters. Two years ago she was built by Town of Staten Island, and was designed by Capt. Philip Elsworth, uncle of the owner. She carried the colors of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and had won victories over the Almira, Kitty, and Onaway. The Elsworth and Van Buskirk boys keenly feel the loss of the boat.

 

Buckler's Hard, on the Beaulieu River, near Southampton


Where Henry Adams, Master Shipwright, built a prodigious number of ships for the navy, from around 1745 until his death in 1805.






This is his copy book, from when he was 9 years old:

 

Thanks to the British Navy for making the American Navy better, first as fellow countrymen, then as foes, then as allies.

 

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High tide is over the road today. There are going to be some rusty cars soon.