It takes determination and a lot of hard work, in addition to a serious effort scrounging parts, to rebuild a classic military aircraft. Tucked away in a hangar at Birchwood Airport such a project ...
October is American Archives Month! To celebrate, Stars and Stripes Archives and Library is sharing some “behind the scenes” images of Stripes’ operations, its staff and its archives throughout the ...
According to an unpublished 1950 census of West Germany and Berlin, there were 21,974 residents professing the Jewish faith at that time, it was revealed here today. The Jewish total represented ...
A section of an ingenious buried pipeline built by U.S. and British spies to intercept Russian phone conversations in Cold War Berlin has been found in a forest about 90 miles from the German capital.
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Restoring a 1950s German Pencil Sharpener

I found this vintage 1950’s German pencil sharpener in rough shape, and decided to restore it to its former glory! In this ...
Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped in 2023 to their lowest levels since the 1950s, but Europe’s biggest economy is off track on its climate goals as most of the emission reductions were ...
Germany, July 10, 1950: Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, head of the Army Chemical Command, poses for a photo as he visits EUCOM headquarters soon after his arrival in Germany. McAuliffe was on his way to ...
The box camera design with simple one-speed shutter and two mirror/lens-based viewfinders goes back to the 1901 Brownie No. 2, and the 1950 Vredeborch Vrede Box Standard Menis camera shows that ...