“Grand Central Terminal officially opened to great fanfare at 12:01 am on Sunday, February 2, 1913, and more than 150,000 people visited the new terminal on its opening day. Although construction was not yet entirely complete, Grand Central Terminal had arrived and New York City would never be the same again.
With Grand Central acting [...]
Archives for posts tagged ‘History’
Grand Central Terminal
Monday, 1 June 2009
American National Bank
Thursday, 28 May 2009
American National Bank Building in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1900:
Sourced from Virginia Commonwealth University Library Digital Collection.
Pilot G.R. Webber
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Flight Sergeant Pilot G.R. Webber waits on “readiness duty” at an RCAF station in northwestern Alaska during World War II. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) had five squadrons in Alaska between 1942 and 1943 to assist with the United States North Pacific defence. Between 1939 and 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force enlisted approximately [...]
HMCS Brandon
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
“HMCS Brandon… was commissioned in Quebec City on July 22, 1941 and arrived in Halifax August 1. She joined the Newfoundland Command in September after working up and left St. John’s September 26 for her first convoy, SC 46. She served as an ocean escort to and from Iceland until December, when she arrived in [...]
Major Harry Pike
Monday, 4 May 2009
“Maj. Harry Pike and his Flyin’ Fish was attached to the 16th Fighter Squadron when this picture was taken October 22, 1942 at Peishiyi. The following year he was shot down by flak over Hankow and survived a flaming crash although badly burned on his hands and face. A Japanese doctor in Hankow saved him [...]