File:Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things" (1915) (14761374656).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,580 × 3,532 pixels, file size: 2.27 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



Description
English:

Identifier: pickshovelpluckf00bond (find matches)
Title: Pick, shovel and pluck; further experiences "With men who do things"
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-
Subjects: Technology Engineering
Publisher: New York, Munn & Co., Inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
by a violentrocking of the boat, which was a novel experience afterspending a month on a vessel so firmly wedged in the rocksthat it was as steady as a house. I tumbled out of bed andHghted a candle. Just then the ship gave such a suddenlurch that it rolled Bill out of his berth and sent him sprawl-ing on the floor. Wh-whats happened.^ he cried, rubbing a bruise on hishead and trying to get up. The ship is afloat, I guess. You guess! he exclaimed. Well, believe me, it xV,and whats more, they are going to have no cinch towingit around into the cove! Just then a wave Hfted the ship high and brought it downon a rock with a crash that made the old vessel tremblestem to stern. The candle was dashed out of my handand rolled off somewhere under the berth, leaving us indarkness. Some one staggered down the passageway and hammeredour door open. It was Howard, with a lantern. Say,fellows! its blowing great guns. Dad says its going to be areal hurricane, and weve got to give up the ship and make
Text Appearing After Image:
*I MADE OUT THE LIFE BOAT AND STRUCK OUT FOR IT.—See page 50. ^ I^H 3 ^^^^Jk^J^ ^^^ ^^^V; ^^^^m ^iwg^^gi^fflm M^Ht ^^ ^. ^39i^^^l &I g^ ^^^^1 IHI^^I ONE OF THE UNITS OF THE FLEXIBLE SHAFT. Raising a Wreck with Air. 49 for shore. And, I can tell you, its got to be some stormbefore Dad will give up to it. Get your things on, quick. Thats what were doing, as fast as we can, I said,groping for my clothes. Bring your light here; I cantfind my shoes! Whats happened to my collar? cried Bill, in desper-ation. Oh, you swell! what do you want of a collar—or shoeseither, for that matter? I tell you the old ship cant weatherthis storm; the only way they can save her is to sink her,and well have to swim for it. Swim for it! Sure! you cant expect to launch a boat in a hurricane.Besides, every boat we have is smashed except the motorhfe-boat. That is standing by, waiting to pick us up. It didnt take us a minute to complete our toilet after that,and we rushed out into the night; at least we t

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14761374656/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:pickshovelpluckf00bond
  • bookyear:1915
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Bond__A__Russell__Alexander_Russell___1876_
  • booksubject:Technology
  • booksubject:Engineering
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Munn___Co___Inc_
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • bookleafnumber:80
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014

Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14761374656. It was reviewed on 27 July 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

27 July 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:37, 27 July 2015Thumbnail for version as of 22:37, 27 July 20152,580 × 3,532 (2.27 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{subst:chc}} {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': pickshovelpluckf00bond ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fpickshovelpluck...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Pick,_shovel_and_pluck;_further_experiences_%22With_men_who_do_things%22_(1915)_(14761374656).jpg&oldid=718954044"