hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share #276 Posted April 3, 2009 Page 12a. Close up of aviation ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share #277 Posted April 3, 2009 Page 12b. Ad showing picture of General "Black Jack" Pershing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share #278 Posted April 5, 2009 Page 34. Ad for Army & Navy electrical trade training in six months time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share #279 Posted April 5, 2009 Page 34a. Close up of Army & Navy ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share #280 Posted April 8, 2009 Page 38. "Let me train you . . . AVIATION" ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share #281 Posted April 8, 2009 Page 38a. Close up of Aviation ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share #282 Posted April 10, 2009 Page 43d. Ad for electrical training suggesting it is useful for the war effort, perhaps as electricians working as military contractors or as soldiers qualified in same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #283 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 482. "War Machine Salvages Tangled Barbed Wire." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #284 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 482a. (Close up of article on barbed wire.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #285 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 486. "The 'Quistconck,' the first ship launched at Hog Island, gliding from its ways to the water: The vessel was sponsered by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who stands at the left of the President on the platform near the middle of the picture." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #286 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 487. "THE ROMANCE OF HOG ISLAND: How, in the span of a few months, an army of industrial warriors has built and begun the operation of the most marvelous shipyard in existence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #287 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 488. "This picture, taken last spring, gives but scant idea of the immense amount of work accomplished during the bitter winter months. In September of last year, Hog Island consisted of 846 acres of swamp land. It is now a remarkable city in which more than 30,000 men are building ships in record time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share #288 Posted April 20, 2009 Page 489. "Cutting out, with a carefully adjusted torch, rivets that have failed to pass inspection: Speed is the watchword, but haphazard workmanship, althout it ocassionally creeps in, is not countenanced." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #289 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 490. "The Romance of Hog Island." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #290 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 491. "The Romance of Hog Island." "Gas Bag for Sidecar Like Automobile Outfit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #291 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 491a. "One charging of the coal-gas bag supplies the combination with fuel for a 12-mile trip." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #292 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 492. "Steel-Wedge Wire Cutter Tested At Capital." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #293 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 493 "Steel-Wedge Wire Cutter Tested At Capital." (Continued from page 492.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #294 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 493a. "Cutting a swath through an entanglement: A wire-cutting machine of recent development and interesting design. Interior view of steel wedge. Showing a manually operated lever that actuates the knife bar mounted in front of prow." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #295 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 493b. Picture showing inside of the mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share #296 Posted May 3, 2009 Page 494. "Would Put Saving of Fat in Charge of Experts." "Hun Propaganda Fought With Moving Pictures." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share #297 Posted May 6, 2009 Page 495. "Hun Propaganda Fought With Moving Pictures. (Continued from page 494.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share #298 Posted May 6, 2009 Page 495a. "Ten of these mobile moving-picture outfits are now in use in certain districts of England, Scotland, and Wales, spreading war propaganda intended to counteract defeatist and pacifist sentiments, Fifteen similiar ones are being built." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share #299 Posted May 6, 2009 Page 495b. "The generating equipment, consisting of a 12-horsepower gasoline motor directly connected with a dynamo, is illustrated here. Although the projector is mounted on the same foundation, steady pictures are obtaied, it is said." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhbooker2 Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share #300 Posted May 6, 2009 Page 495c. "With its sides closed for overland touring, the machine looks not unlike a moving van. Hammocks are provided inside and afford members of the crew facilities for sleeping with the equipment when en route or temporarily stationed at some point." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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