31 januari 2017

Yevgeni Oskarovich Paton

The T-34 medium tank was superior to the German Panzer tanks because it had a more powerful cannon, a higher top speed (32 MPH to 25 for the Panzers), the armour was so superior that German shells bounced off it, superior welded construction invented by Academician Paton, and it had a wider track so it did not get bogged down in mud like the German Panzer. The Germans decided that the Ukrainian T-34 tank was so superior to the Panzer that they would have copied it but "Unfortunately for Germany this was not possible. German engineering technology was not up to it, many of the special alloys used in its construction were not available," states Andrew Kershaw in Weapons & War Machines (New York 1976) p. 192.

Image & text: World War II in Ukraine

Євген Патон

Everyday I Die

Chinese New Year festivities, The Hague NL, 28 January 2017. Photo: Robert van der Kroft, Olympus Trip 35
Dead-cell Olympus Trip 35 with expired Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400. Since the selenium cells stopped functioning, the light meter is out. But all in all the results are not too bad, if you don't mind a bit of rustic grain.

The photo was taken during the Chinese New Year festivities in the City Hall Atrium, The Hague, NL, 28 January 2017.

Stained Teeth?

Stained Teeth?
Image source: Coloribus
Industry: Oral Hygiene
Media: Print, Magazine & Newspaper
Market: India
Agency: Lowe Lintas Mumbai
Executive Creative Director: R. Balakrishnan
Account Supervisor: Jai Tanna
Art Director: Tasneem Ali
Photographer: Karticjh
Released: April 2006

Pepsodent, Malawi

For healthy, strong and white teeth
Image source: TrekLens
Copyright: phil simmonds (philsim)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1994

Thou canst kiss us thou knowest where

‘‘The date we write not for no calendar have we got; the moon is in the sky, the year is in a book, and the day is the same with us here as with thee over there, and thou canst kiss us thou knowest where!’’

Image & text source: Ukrainian history in 500 words or less (M-Ukraine)



Radio Broadcast

Cover illustration to Radio Broadcast, November 1925
Cover illustration to Radio Broadcast, November 1925.

Radio Broadcast, a trade publication, regularly printed a list of active radio stations operating at a minimum of one kilowatt. By 1926, there were six radio stations operating in Virginia. WRVA was the most powerful.
Image & text source: The Library of Virginia > Radio in Virginia - The Development of Radio

29 januari 2017

Declassified

The declassified Simple Sabotage Field Manual, written in 1944 by the CIA’s precursor, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

Weersportkampen

Nederlandsche jongens!
Weersportkampen


De Germaansche weersportkampen wachten je. Daar leer je bij dienst en spel jongens uit alle Germaansche landen kennen. Iedere flinke Nederlandsche jongen in den leeftijd van 16 tot 28 jaar kan aan een kamp deelnemen.


--

Leidsch Dagblad | 24 december 1943 | pagina 5 (5/8)

26 januari 2017

Boris Mikhailov, Untitled

Бори́с Андрі́йович Миха́йлов
Boris Mikhailov (Ukrainian, born 1938)
Untitled, from the series Case History
1997-98
Chromogenic color print 93″ x 49 15/16″ (236.2 x 126.8 cm)
Courtesy the artist, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
© 2011 Boris Mikhailov
Image source: Art Blart

Boris Mikhailov (photographer) - Wikipedia

Clearly dubious

Arnhem, Bovenbrug, januari 2017. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.
Zevenaar, januari 2017. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.
Zevenaar, januari 2017. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.
Zevenaar, januari 2017. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.
Station Zevenaar, januari 2017. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.

Yashica FX-3 met Helios 44M-4. Foto: Robert van der Kroft.
Occupational therapy: putting a Helios 44M-4 58mm f/2 lens on a Yashica FX-3 body. The tape was applied to prevent light leaks. No infinity yet, but that will be the next step. Non-branded ISO400 film, expiration date unknown. The burn marks are a Murphy's Law thing, some issue during developing, but the shots did turn out interesting enough to post.



Teckning gjord av ett av barnen i lägret.

Teckning gjord av ett av barnen i lägret. Foto: SVT
Image source: SVT Nyheter