tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post8211069229421019380..comments2009-06-08T15:33:15.246-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-75238245246893120262009-06-08T15:33:15.246-07:002009-06-08T15:33:15.246-07:00The elephant picture definately shows one of two elephants who helped cleaned up the destroyed city of Hamburg. http://orchifant.de/50.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-10681789468778103932009-05-18T15:34:00.000-07:002009-05-18T15:34:00.000-07:00I think that the mistery pic is from Berlin, not Hamburg, after the downfall of the German Reich, in 1945. Immediate post-war. Sad, sad times, those, even for the poor animals...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-52142405046326820612009-05-18T15:02:00.000-07:002009-05-18T15:02:00.000-07:00Oops, should have used preview. Oh well, each link is still clickable.Clarissahttp://www.talktotheclouds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-88961289247100796942009-05-18T15:00:00.000-07:002009-05-18T15:00:00.000-07:00Yup, here are my own photos of the same places at the Ghibli museum: <br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wintersweet/383486173/" REL="nofollow">"Manhole" cover</A><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wintersweet/383486171/" REL="nofollow">Soot sprites in a window</A>The entire museum is itself a work of art.Clarissahttp://www.talktotheclouds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-30132693283947804772009-05-18T14:29:00.000-07:002009-05-18T14:29:00.000-07:00The surviving elephants of Hamburg Zoo (Hagenbeck's Tierpark) helped clean up the rubble in the destroyed city after WW2. Don't know whether this picture shows Hamburg, but it's not implausible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-31636637957701907152009-05-18T12:12:00.000-07:002009-05-18T12:12:00.000-07:00The watch with evolution is an old SWATCH.Aleksundrahttp://hrenovina.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-14679383715005666692009-05-18T11:06:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:06:00.000-07:00that Elephant picture is from WW2 <br />i thinking from Germany <br />where zoo or circus elephants are used as working animals<br /><br />Michel VanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-9977518794284471612009-05-18T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:00:00.000-07:00Spock-Obama is from the New York Times, I belive. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/05/10/opinion/10dowd_ready.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-52093862417654431262009-05-17T22:57:00.000-07:002009-05-17T22:57:00.000-07:00The two top ones in the "street art" paragraph are from the studio Ghibli museum in Mitaka outside Tokyo in japan: http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/Andreashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788857788703391993noreply@blogger.com