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Barack Obama took office without a stumble, except for that oath of office.  Just after World War II, the State of Georgia saw a much more difficult transition.
The November 1946 election for governor saw the people of Georgia do what they’d done three times previously – elect the red suspenders wearing Gene Talmadge to the [...]

Mat Resist was kind enough to scan and forward these manuals.  They’re in .pdf format. Enjoy.
Blickensderfer No. 5 (1896)
Corona 3
Oliver #5 Manual
Remington Rand Touch Typing Method featuring an early 50s Quietriter
Smith Corona Super-Silent, Silent and Sterling (late 40s- early 50s)
Textbook on Typewriter Repair, featuring Underwood, Royal, Smith Premier #2, Smith Premier Visible #10-11, Royal, Remington [...]

Welcome to your source for stock highway construction photography.  In this section, you’ll find signs, barrels, barriers and barricades, as well as other safety apparatus.  You can buy images as high quality prints, or as high resolution digital files.  Various licenses are available – send an email to the address to the left.
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Graflex, under various names, made great American cameras for almost 100 years. I use several of their cameras, and this section contains such information as I have gathered about them, and about non-Graflex equipment that would have been used with them.

Agfa says this is a vigorous, rapid tray developer, giving brilliant results.

The Bluenotes band began in Warner Robins, Georgia and consisted of Mark (Sandy) Bayer (organ), Randy Testo (sax), Ricky Harvey (guitar and vocals)) and Ed Cody (bass).  By 1966, the band migrated to Athens, Georgia as Sandy and Ricky attended school at the University of Georgia.  Added to the band at various times over the [...]

I inherited a 1974 Mercedes Benz 230 from the family of the original owners.  The car was obviously well cared for and maintained, but has been sitting for some time.  Lots of things are very stiff.  I’ll be posting on restoration efforts.