Royalty-free images by Mike¹ — No. 131 of over 1200 images

Hot Rod, Spearfish Canyon Road, South Dakota, August 25, 2007

This hot rod, likely from a car show that had been going on in Deadwood, South Dakota, was traveling on US 14 (Alt) when I panned my camera with its motion and was able to get several decent images.

Hot rod²

Hot rods are typically old, classic, or modern American cars that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines modified for more speed and acceleration. One definition is: “a car that’s been stripped down, souped up and made to go much faster.” However, there is no definition of the term that is universally accepted and the term is attached to a wide range of vehicles. Most often they are individually designed and constructed using components from many makes of old or new cars are most prevalent in the United States. Many are intended for exhibition rather than for racing or everyday driving.

The origin of the term “hot rod” is unclear. For example, some say that the term “hot” refers to the vehicle’s being stolen. Other origin stories include replacing the engine’s camshaft or “rod” with a higher performance version. According to the Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) the term changes in meaning over the years, but “hot rodding has less to do with the vehicle and more to do with an attitude and lifestyle.” For example, hot rods were favorites for greasers (1950s/60s youth subculture).

The term has broadened to apply to other items that are modified for a particular purpose, such as “hot-rodded amplifier.”

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Post Endnotes

1. I am sharing some of my public domain images in periodic blog posts.
2. Hot rod – Wikipedia

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• This image is also shared as public domain on Pixabay,  Flickr, and Pinterest.
• Images are being shared in the sequence they were accepted by Pixabay, a royalty-free image sharing site.
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• All other images are copyright protected by me, creative commons, or used under the provisions of fair use.

2020 Vintage Christmas¹ #27

A Merry Christmas.

S. Dattilo & C. (Publisher)
Place: Printed in Italy

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “A merry Christmas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-5d48-a3d9-e040…

1. I’m sharing some vintage Christmas images I “collected” from the New York Public Library online digital images. Some are neat, some are quirky and there’s a couple that are downright weird.

Royalty-free images by Mike¹ — No. 130 of over 1200 images

Fence line in Winter, Pope County, Arkansas, January 12, 2018

Just down the road a little ways on a cold winter morning on the west end of a ridge at the very southern edge of the Ozarks.

1. I am sharing some of my public domain images in periodic blog posts.

Notes:

• This image is also shared as public domain on Pixabay,  Flickr, and Pinterest.
• Images are being shared in the sequence they were accepted by Pixabay, a royalty-free image sharing site.
• Only images specifically identified as such are public domain or creative commons on our pages.
• All other images are copyright protected by me, creative commons, or used under the provisions of fair use.

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 30, 1861

Other images on the page are also in color.

I haven’t found any information on how these and other images in the Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility came to be colored.

2020 Vintage Christmas¹ #26

Merry Christmas.

Date Issued: 1910 (Approximate)

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “Merry Christmas.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-601a-a3d9-e040…

1. I’m sharing some vintage Christmas images I “collected” from the New York Public Library online digital images. Some are neat, some are quirky and there’s a couple that are downright weird.

Royalty-free images by Mike¹ — No. 129 of over 1200 images

Black-eyed Susans, West-Central Arkansas, July 27, 2018

These are from our property.

Rudbeckia hirta²

Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan, is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China. It has now been found in all 10 Canadian Provinces and all 48 of the states in the contiguous United States.

Rudbeckia hirta is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) growing 30–100 cm (12–39 in) tall by 30–45 cm (12–18 in) wide. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 10–18 cm long, covered by coarse hair, with stout branching stems and daisy-like, composite flower heads appearing in late summer and early autumn. In the species, the flowers are up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, with yellow ray florets circling conspicuous brown or black, dome-shaped cone of many small disc florets. However, extensive breeding has produced a range of sizes and colours, including oranges, reds and browns.  (read more)

1. I am sharing some of my public domain images in periodic blog posts.
2. Rudbeckia hirta – Wikipedia

Notes:

• This image is also shared as public domain on Pixabay,  Flickr, and Pinterest.
• Images are being shared in the sequence they were accepted by Pixabay, a royalty-free image sharing site.
• Only images specifically identified as such are public domain or creative commons on our pages.
• All other images are copyright protected by me, creative commons, or used under the provisions of fair use.

2020 Vintage Christmas¹ #25

May all your Christmas dreams come true and
each one hold much joy for you.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. “May all your Christmas dreams come true….” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-638e-a3d9-e040…

1. I’m sharing some vintage Christmas images I “collected” from the New York Public Library online digital images. Some are neat, some are quirky and there’s a couple that are downright weird.

2020 Vintage Christmas¹ #24

Merry Christmas from China: V-mail Christmas greeting

Date Issued: 1944
Publisher: US Government Printing Office

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “Merry Christmas from China” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 28, 2020. digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72ede290-c325-0135-0d2a…

1. I’m sharing some vintage Christmas images I “collected” from the New York Public Library online digital images. Some are neat, some are quirky and there’s a couple that are downright weird.

Royalty-free images by Mike¹ — No. 128 of over 1200 images

Condensation on Pewterware, Historic Arkansas Museum, May 12, 2007

It was a mild, but humid day at the 2007 Annual Territorial Fair at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Downtown Little Rock.

Condensation²

Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization. The word most often refers to the water cycle. It can also be defined as the change in the state of water vapor to liquid water when in contact with a liquid or solid surface or cloud condensation nuclei within the atmosphere. When the transition happens from the gaseous phase into the solid phase directly, the change is called deposition.  (read more)

Pewter³

Pewter (/ˈpjuːtər/) is a malleable metal alloy composed of 85–99% tin, mixed with approximately 5–10% antimony (in earlier times lead), 2% copper, bismuth, and sometimes silver. Copper and antimony act as hardeners but may be replaced with lead in lower grades of pewter, imparting a bluish tint. Pewter has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C (338–446 °F), depending on the exact mixture of metals. The word pewter is probably a variation of the word spelter, a term for zinc alloys (originally a colloquial name for zinc). (Read more)

1. I am sharing some of my public domain images in periodic blog posts.
2. Condensation – Wikipedia
3. Pewter – Wikipedia

Notes:

• This image is also shared as public domain on Pixabay,  Flickr, and Pinterest.
• Images are being shared in the sequence they were accepted by Pixabay, a royalty-free image sharing site.
• Only images specifically identified as such are public domain or creative commons on our pages.
• All other images are copyright protected by me, creative commons, or used under the provisions of fair use.