Photos tagged as museums

Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drill Bits

The bottom row is for hard rock that can be chipped. The top row are bits used for softer rock that responds better to scraping.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Diving Suit

Ultra-deepwater atmospheric diving suit capable of dives up to 2,300 feet.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Derrick

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Crew Qtrs

Crews on an offshore oil platform work 12 hour shifts.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star,

This is an old offshore oil platform that has been converted to a museum. You can walk around many sections of this, including the catwalk visible in the center.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Museum

This is in downtown Galveston in an old bank building. It has an exhibit on the Sep 8, 1900 hurricane.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cruise Ships

These are at the Galveston waterfront (bay side), near The Strand.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Cousins House

This is my cousins house in Lake Jackson, Texas - very nice.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa, Steve

Steve really made the tour of the old villa come alive. He has become quite close to Miss Betsy's ghost and keeps a picture of her in his jacket pocket.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa, Front Entrance

Our tour guide, Steve, is welcoming us through the front door.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ashton Villa

This was built in 1859 in the style of an Italian Villa. It was the first brick home on Broadway in Galveston.

• Date: 27 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Replicas of the salvaged ships

Viking Ship Museum

• Date: 26 January 2008
• Photographer: Hien: gallery
• Location: Roskilde, Denmark: gallery
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A model viking ship

Viking Ship Museum

• Date: 26 January 2008
• Photographer: Hien: gallery
• Location: Roskilde, Denmark: gallery
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One of the five salvaged ships

Viking Ship Museum

• Date: 26 January 2008
• Photographer: Hien: gallery
• Location: Roskilde, Denmark: gallery
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Viking Ship Museum

• Date: 26 January 2008
• Photographer: Hien: gallery
• Location: Roskilde, Denmark: gallery
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Malmo Castle

• Date: 22 January 2008
• Photographer: Hien: gallery
• Location: Malmö, Sweden: gallery
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nanyuemuseum(reduced)

Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou.

• Date: 21 January 2008
• Photographer: boy_fromOz: gallery
• Location: Guangzhou, China: gallery
• Tags: museums guangzhou guangdong
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Mound Builders Painting

This is an artists conception of what the Walton Mound may have looked like when it was still in use.

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
• Tags: museums native_american
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Mom

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Daily Household Items

These are common household items used by Women in the early 1900's

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, Carnival Glass

Tiffany for the working class - this style of glass was popular, but became so overproduced they were given as prizes in fairs and carnivals

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Museum, 6 sided bowls

These are unique to the Fort Walton culture. Over 350 bowls have been found, over 50 of those are the six sided type. Scientists don't know why they were made differently.

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Mound Sign

A little background on the mound builders (easier then typing it all in)

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Walton Mound

This is the mound as it looks today, it would have been higher and not as grown over when actually in use.

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
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Day 139 - Camp Walton Schoolhouse

This was used as a school from 1912 to 1936 for grades 1 through 8.

• Date: 18 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Walton, USA: gallery
• Tags: people museums schools phylisej
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