July 2015 - Filling the House and the Internet with Junk

The Illustrated London News Lamenting British Navy using the Civil War, 1862

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by hiramk

British Navel Assessment Based on American Civil War Battle (Merrimac vs Monitor at Norfolk), 1862 As a child I clearly remember my history book briefly outlining the famous battle between two iron-clad steamers during the Civil War. So when I saw this picture of the Confederate iron-plated steamer Merrimac (aka Virginia, Union) ramming the Union Sloop Cumberland I had to have it. After liberating the one page publication, The Illustrated London News, from its frame,…

Dual Purpose Engineering Document Card, NATSF COPY, 1966

Posted on July 19, 2015July 20, 2015 by hiramk

Dual Purpose Engineering Document Card (Aperture Punch Card), (Naval Air Technical Services Facility) NATSF COPY, 1966 I love business problems. Imagine you are working for the Department of Defense in 1966 and you have to keep detailed records of paperwork, equipment schematics and a host of other paper based material. How are you going to house all this material? How are you going to duplicate it and get it to maintenance facilities? How can people at…

U.S.S. Zeppelin Postcard, 1919

Posted on July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 by hiramk

U.S.S. ZEPPELIN Postcard, 1919 (SS Zeppelin, RMS Ormuz, SS Dresden) While flipping through some old postcards in Llano Texas, I ran into a fairly mundane picture of what appeared to be a military transport, the U.S.S. Zeppelin. Pictures of military sailing ships are literally a dime a dozen and I started to pass it by when I noticed the post mark date, June 3, 1919. Knowing that Germany formally surrendered in 1918, this set off…