In 1932, workers re-paint the Eiffel Tower. Built in 1887-1889 for the World’s fair, the tower has been completely repainted at least 19 times since its completion. A team of about 25 painters (now in full safety equipment) clean, rust-proof and hand-paint the structure using 60 tonnes of paint each time. To get the job, painters are still required to be “completely unaffected by vertigo”. Photo Credit: Reblogged from solitaryfossil.tumblr.comThe skyline of Paris taken in 1957 by the legendary French photographer Willy Ronis (1910-2009). Ronis is renowned as a photographer of ordinary life in Paris and Provence. Photo credit: Willy Ronis 1957.Passengers wearing masks get on and off a tram in Sydney during the Spanish Flu epidemic in Australia in 1919. Police ensured all travellers wore a mask. Source: theaustralian.com1912 Indian board track racer. This one is fitted with a 61 cubic inch (about 1000 cc) v-twin motor which propelled the machine around a banked wooden track at speeds in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h). The bikes had no suspension and no brakes. The pedals were to assist with starting. Source: From an article by Ben Branch in silodrome.com. Photo by Mecum.A unique DIY wood-fired backyard hot tub. Photo by @jacobwitzling and @saraunderwood. Source: #timeouthomes.pinterest.com.auPhoto Credit: @festivalchicks.facebook.comSource: lushstories.comSource: maturewomenpictures.netThe wings of an angel. Source: MAMY girl.facebook.comFour ladies enjoy a day at the beach. Photo probably taken the 1940’s.Source: satin doll.tumbral.comTu-Bardh Stormcrow Wilson, drummer in the Clanadonia Tribal Highland Band, a Celt and Pict-inspired drum and bagpipes band. Photo by Brad.T Riley. Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.comBathurst Lighthouse on Rottnest Island in Western Australia. The former lighthouse staff quarters are in the front left. Built in 1900, the lighthouse is a conical limestone tower 19.2 metres high (63 feet) and provides an important navigation aide to ships leaving from Fremantle. At night, the light flashes a white light 4 times every 16 seconds. Photo credit: theaustralian.comQuokkas at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Also known as the short-tailed scrub wallaby, quokkas are small native marsupials who are herbivorous and mainly nocturnal (although often seen during the day). In 1696, a Dutch sea captain, Willem de Vlamingh, mistook these animals for giant rats and named the island “Rat’s Nest Island (translated from the Dutch).Source: Photo reblogged from Mia-down-under.tumblr.com
