Washington DC - National Museum of American History: America on the Move - Chicago Transit Authority Rapid Rail Transit car 6719
Image by wallyg
By the end of World War II, many of Chicago's privately owned bus, rapid-transit, and streetcar companies were nearly bankrupt. In 1947, the city purchased most of the lines and unified them under the newly created, semipublic Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA had to modernize rolling stock, pay wages, and improve service solely on money raised from fares, even as ridership and receipts fell.
Car 6719 was one of hundreds of transit cards purchased by the CTA in the 1950s to replace obsolete trains. This carried carried L and subway passengers for almost 30 years.
America on the Move, an ongoing exhibition, fills transportation hall's nearly 26,000 square feet with 340 objects, and features 19 historic settings in chronological order from the coming of the railroad to a California town in 1876 to the role of the streetcar and the automobile in creating suburbs to the global economy of Los Angeles in 1999.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, million renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Washington DC - National Museum of American History: America on the Move - Chicago Transit Authority Rapid Rail Transit car 6719
Image by wallyg
By the end of World War II, many of Chicago's privately owned bus, rapid-transit, and streetcar companies were nearly bankrupt. In 1947, the city purchased most of the lines and unified them under the newly created, semipublic Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA had to modernize rolling stock, pay wages, and improve service solely on money raised from fares, even as ridership and receipts fell.
Car 6719 was one of hundreds of transit cards purchased by the CTA in the 1950s to replace obsolete trains. This carried carried L and subway passengers for almost 30 years.
America on the Move, an ongoing exhibition, fills transportation hall's nearly 26,000 square feet with 340 objects, and features 19 historic settings in chronological order from the coming of the railroad to a California town in 1876 to the role of the streetcar and the automobile in creating suburbs to the global economy of Los Angeles in 1999.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, million renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Milestone 64 : first page completed
Image by fdecomite
1. Build your own one, 2. Slide-together : now with cards, 3. Infinite game, 4. Rhombic triacontahedron, 5. Modular Origami : C240 finished, 6. Colloque, 7. Circle inversion, 8. Hand-made Icosahedron,
9. Meccano C60 / the discovery of fullerenes, 10. Ring macro leds, 11. jm03symetrique, 12. reflect2, 13. Gummy Bear Moon Eclipse, 14. Feeding, 15. Dentelle, 16. San Marino dreamscape,
17. bubble8, 18. Walking on, walking on the Moon, 19. First steps on the Moon, 20. Death of an HP Photosmart 945, 21. Stained glass, 22. Manhole cover variation, 23. Walls against the sky, 24. Closter à la Bonnemaison,
25. Moon-Venus June 2007 conjunction, 26. Long Jump, 27. Lavandula, 28. Counterlit Papaver, 29. Moon and Venus, 30. Myosotis, 31. Moon shifting, 32. Droplet 4,
33. Gummy Bear Eclipse I, 34. Hard Wired Flickr, 35. Passage, 36. Convergence, 37. Hexa Fractal, 38. Fractal Jing Mao, 39. Hell's Pit, 40. Eon,
41. Unreachable Moon Again, 42. Infinite Tree, 43. The goal, 44. Infinite Iridescence, 45. Holy beary, 46. Colors on the wall, 47. Fly to the Moon, 48. Fan of light,
49. Stained Glass in Treguier, 50. First Playmobil on the Moon, 51. I don't live near a lake, 52. Santa Claus involved in a traffic accident : one wounded, 53. Police brutality against cultural symbol, 54. Red Sun, 55. Sanguine sunset, 56. Blueing the sky,
57. Part of Moon's Corona, 58. Untitled, 59. Lautrec, 60. Caustic light, 61. Yellow, 62. The name of God, 63. swedish moon, 64. sun pillar
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
9/11 tribute
Image by grytr
My own tribute to 9/11 taken in November 2003.
I just noticed there is no exif data. That is because I ran out of data cards during the trip and had to use a kodak photo booth to create CD's of the card contents so I could take more pictures. The booth must have deleted the Exif data
Milestone 65
Image by fdecomite
1. kiss surface, 2. Build your own one, 3. Slide-together : now with cards, 4. Infinite game, 5. Rhombic triacontahedron, 6. Modular Origami : C240 finished, 7. Colloque, 8. Circle inversion,
9. Hand-made Icosahedron, 10. Meccano C60 / the discovery of fullerenes, 11. Ring macro leds, 12. jm03symetrique, 13. reflect2, 14. Gummy Bear Moon Eclipse, 15. Feeding, 16. Dentelle,
17. San Marino dreamscape, 18. bubble8, 19. Walking on, walking on the Moon, 20. First steps on the Moon, 21. Death of an HP Photosmart 945, 22. Stained glass, 23. Manhole cover variation, 24. Walls against the sky,
25. Closter à la Bonnemaison, 26. Moon-Venus June 2007 conjunction, 27. Long Jump, 28. Lavandula, 29. Counterlit Papaver, 30. Moon and Venus, 31. Myosotis, 32. Moon shifting,
33. Droplet 4, 34. Gummy Bear Eclipse I, 35. Hard Wired Flickr, 36. Passage, 37. Convergence, 38. Hexa Fractal, 39. Fractal Jing Mao, 40. Eon,
41. Hell's Pit, 42. Unreachable Moon Again, 43. Infinite Tree, 44. Infinite Iridescence, 45. The goal, 46. Holy beary, 47. Colors on the wall, 48. Fly to the Moon,
49. Fan of light, 50. Stained Glass in Treguier, 51. First Playmobil on the Moon, 52. I don't live near a lake, 53. Santa Claus involved in a traffic accident : one wounded, 54. Police brutality against cultural symbol, 55. Red Sun, 56. Sanguine sunset,
57. Blueing the sky, 58. Part of Moon's Corona, 59. Untitled, 60. Lautrec, 61. Caustic light, 62. Yellow, 63. The name of God, 64. swedish moon,
65. sun pillar
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
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