This is sort of a no winner and no loser contest to see what weird, eye catching or wacky pictures we can find on the Library of Congress web site. Instructions on how to get there are in the previous topic.

You can post the pictures right here in the message by:

Clicking on the browse button on the lower right.

Selecting the image from one of your computer's foders.

Then click on upload.

Put you cursor where you want the image to appear in your message and clcik on Manage Current Attachments.

Here's mine:

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I was 11 moths old when this was taken. Perhaps it doesn't quite live up to the rules set down about being eye catching. To me it brings back one of the most poignant scenes in my life.

In September of 1960 I was aboard the USS Cavalier and we docked at Echo Pier in Pearl. This was a Tee shot away from the USS Arizona. At that time there was no memorial on it, just a pontoon with a flag pole. A detachment boated out every morning at 8:00 to raise the flag.


Within a few minutes, maybe an hour after we tied up I was on deck and saw one of our gunny sergeants sitting, staring out at the Arizona, with tears streaming down his cheeks. I backed away and saw one of my friends waving me back. Now Marine gunnies aren't supposed to cry, at least not in 1960, so I went up to my friend with a puzzled look. One sentence:

"His father is on board."

--Dick

I had this search bookmarked for a long time...finally deleted it, but it is fun to search for various panaramic shots of old. This one is interesting, being relatively local and the use of the word "wonderful" and the image of hortizontal redwoods at the same time.

vaughn

PS...don't know why the image is so small.

It's probably the size of the thumbnail. They vary. You could have downoaded one of teh larger scans.
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Ok, mine blows up much bigger when you click to enlarge.

You must have saved the thumnail. I went there and clicked on it and saved the bigger image.--Dick