Demonstration of method to hinge a tree lodged against another tree. Open face and bore cut used to make a hinge. More info at www.truebluesam.blog spot.com.
Splitting a white oak log with black powder; a how-to with descriptions of actions. Boring a hole, loading with fuse, black powder, and dry dirt. Nice explosion action at end of video. More info at Truebluesam.blogspot .com.
Slide and video show of MCRR Number 2 and Number 6 Baldwin locomotives at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, at annual Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion. Fiddle music soundtrack.
Comedy song by the great Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder on Victor disc 70107. Twelve inch extended play with amusing narrative. Played on a Brunswick phonograph
Logger using open face method to fall a pin oak. Method is modified slightly by boring through behind the hinge at a slight downward angle. This prevents bypassed wood on the butt, which can be a safety problem in circular sawmills. Note how the logger is looking for his partner before he releases the tree.
Victor 78RPM acoustic disc of an Irving Berlin song from the Broadway play 'Jack O' Lantern.' This play ran from October 16, 1917 to June 1, 1918. There were 265 performances, and 65 in the cast. This song is performed by Ada Jones and Billy Murray.
Recitation of poem by Great War veteran Robert Service, set in the trenches of WWI. Story occurs on January 25, Robert Burns' birthday. Performed by WWI reenactor at Eisenhower home, Gettysburg, PA, in May of 1999.
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