Archive for August 6th, 2012

PART OF PORTLAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Terwilliger_Parkway
Terwilliger Parkway, 1911

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FREE INSIDE EVERY BOX!

 rice crisp

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This 1950’s cereal premium was powered by ordinary baking soda

Baking-soda

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BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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ANGOLA GAY
The Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Super Fortress bomber

Tibbets-wave
Pilot Paul Tibbets waives from Enola Gay’s cockpit  before
taking off for the bombing mission   

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The atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Hiroshima

posted by Bob Karm in AIRCRAFT,ANNIVERSARY,DEATH,Disaster,Government,HISTORY,MILITARY,WAR and have No Comments

COMEDIAN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

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Lucille ball ol

        Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

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lucy

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,Comedy,HISTORY,TV and have No Comments