Machine Gun Packing John Deere’s

In 1940 John Deere’s great grandson, C.D. Wiman, proposed to the U.S. Army that armored John Deere tractors be used as machine gun carriers – or at a minimum, as armored prime movers. Toward this end, a prototype was constructed based on the John Deere Model A, and shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, where testing began in January 1941. 

The Armored Indian

The Springfield Police Department once owned a small fleet of armored motorcycles. I suspect these were made during Prohibition when whiskey running was taken seriously. Both the motorcycle and sidecar were fitted with protective shields made of “crucible” steel and bulletproof glass. The shields had gun ports and folded down when not being used.

(via Touringroads — Ken Aiken: February 2010)

Street Sweeper, Anaheim

Elgin Steet Sweeper, Anaheim’s first power sweeper; image shows Elgin Motor Sweeper, manufactured by the Elgin Street Sweeper Company in 1914 in front of brick building housing Anaheim City Hall and Fire Station, located at 204 East Center Street (later Lincoln Ave.), with No. 1 fire truck visible inside; World War I Navy recruiting poster in background on fire station wall reads “THE NAVY / NEEDS YOU! / DON’T READ [AMERICAN HISTORY] / MAKE I[T]!”; white sheet posting “DRAFT NUMBERS” visible on wall to the left of the Navy recruitment poster.

(via Street Sweeper, Anaheim [graphic])

Linotype Machine

type writers are an important invention of our history because it is used greatly around the world now and it improved the knowledge of people. It made it easier for newspaper to give more information and it produced more newspaper greatly. Typesetting is a composition of type materials. type setting is important to typewriters because it was used so that it can make letter on paper easier. The linotype is the greatest advance because it enabled factories to produce newspaper easier because it contained more informations and be used by everyone. the key board is different from the modern keyboards because back then they did not have a shift key so they had a set of keys that had capital letters.

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mekquake:

android-dream:

kaiten:

pacalin:

Incredible Stormtrooper steampunk model by Albert Feliu.

Original Concept art by Bjorn Hurrl.

steampunkvehicles:

1920s homebuilt

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austin7nut/

“Wild Bill” Gelbke

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samurai7:

「台湾現代文学の父-賴和」/「KCN」の作品 [pixiv] #pixitail

Poster by Rob Jones

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sadburro:

One of my highlights at the show was meeting Jean-Baptiste Monge whose work reminds me of James Gurney and Brian Froud in its fully realized and detail glory. Jean Baptiste is a true world builder and in his own limited English - he is very kool.

You can see his pictures from our little show in Kansas City here: 

My Trip to Kansas City - Spectrum Fantasy Art Live ! 2012

eclecticprism:

Peter Milton

urbaninfluencer:

Requiem

Kazuhiko Nakamara

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1930c – Steel Humanoid – Yasutaro Mitsui (Japanese)

It appears as if Yasutaro Mitsui’s Steel Humanoid robot is the first known Japanese robot in humanoid form. Not being able to read nor write in Japanese makes it difficult to research.

The image is from Haruki Inoue’s 1993 book Nihon Robotto Soseiki 1920-1938.

(via The Propaedeuticist, via cyberneticzoo.com)

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