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Welcome to Aberdeen: Come As You Are (Kurt Cobain Memorial)
romulusnr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: romulusnr.
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The Welcome to Aberdeen sign is located on US-12 entering the city of Aberdeen, WA, late musician Kurt Cobain’s hometown. The words “Come As You Are” are lyrics and the title of a song from the album “Nevermind”, released in 1991 by Cobain’s band Nirvana.
The sign was installed in 2005 due to the efforts of the Kurt Cobain Memorial Park project and was the city’s first official recognition of Cobain. A full park, known as Kurt Cobain Landing, was adopted by the city in 2015. The park resides on the Wishkah River near Young Street Bridge, which was the inspiration for Cobain’s song “Something in the Way”. A small collection of sculptures and a headstone memorialize the singer/songwriter, who died by suicide in 1994.
Cobain formed Nirvana in 1987 along with bassist Krist Novoselic. The band’s first album Bleach was released in 1989. Drummer Dave Grohl then joined the band and they released Nevermind, which was an enormous success and introduced the world to their “grunge” style of music. They released their third and final LP, In Utero, in 1993. Including compilations and live records, Nirvana has sold over 75 million albums worldwide.
Cobain married Hole frontwoman Courtney Love in 1991. Their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was born in 1992.
The city of Aberdeen is named after Aberdeen, Scotland due to its geographic similarities. It is a fishing, timber, and tourism town that is known as “The Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula”. The population is estimated to be about 17,000. Other musicians from Aberdeen include Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers and Cobain’s friends Dale Crover and Matt Lukin of The Melvins.

1999 South Dakota Learjet crash site
Mieguy (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mieguy.
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A Learjet 35 flying from Orlando, Florida to Dalls Love Field, Texas crashed in South Dakota.
For undetermined reasons the plane lost its cabin pressurization during flight. As the altitude warning alarm was raised, the crew failed to perform the complete emergency checklist for a loss of cabin pressurization because they did not apply the oxygen masks immediately.
Payne Stewart, two time winner of the Golf US Open, was on board of this flight. All crew member and passengers were killed. This plane crash was featured on Season 16 Episode 1 of "Mayday".

Kurt Cobain's Childhood Home
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
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Kurt Cobain lived in this home from when he was a few months old until he was nine, when his parents separated, and then again from age 16 until about 20. The house was put up for sale in 2013 for $500,000. It was sold in 2018 for $225,000 and was turned into an exhibit.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds Test Track
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
Aerdeen Proving Grounds tests vehicles for the military. This base has over 41 miles of test tracks. Test vehicle have included Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Humvees. Probably tanks too.

Violet Ripken's House
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
Violet Ripken, the 74-year-old mother of Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., was abducted at gunpoint from her Harford County home and returned there unharmed, according to authorities, who were searching for a motive in the bizarre kidnapping.

Underwater Explosion (UDEX) Test Facility
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
This is the Underwater Explosion Test Pond used for testing full scale underwater structures (submarines?).
Further to the ESE is the much smaller Briar Point Test Pond used for UDEX testing of surface models.
Picture of Briar Point Test Pond
http://www.dt.navy.mil/sites/uerd/briarpoint.html

280mm Field Gun, "The Atomic Cannon"
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
Part of the US Army Ordnance Museum collection

Large squadron of A-7 Corsair IIs in Aberdeen Proving Grounds boneyard
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

K-5 "LEOPOLD" 280 mm/11 inch railroad gun "Anzio Annie"
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
Part of the US Army Ordnance Museum collection

Damaged airliner
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Navy MK III, 16-Inch Coast Defense Gun
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
Part of the US Army Ordnance Museum collection

Aberdeen Proving Ground Craters
ry0ohki (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: ry0ohki.
Not quite sure what these are, but I believe they are craters in the mortar testing area? Although the size of them makes me think its something more? Anyone else know for sure?

Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ABCDF)
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
From Wikipedia:
The Edgewood Chemical Activity (abbreviated ECA) was a U.S. military site located in Maryland that stored chemical weapons. Since 1941, the U.S. Army stored approximately five percent of the nation's original chemical agent in steel ton containers, at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Construction of the Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility was completed in 2002, and agent destruction operations began in April 2003. Destruction was completed in February 2006, with 1,622 tons (1,472 metric tons) of agent destroyed. This facility used neutralization followed by bio-treatment to destroy mustard gas agent (HD) drained from ton containers. As of 2006, ABCDF personnel are currently working to safely close the facility.

Cal Sr. Yard
A miniature replica of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, complete with a replica miniature B&O Warehouse, has been home to the annual Cal Ripken World Series. The Stadium is named for Cal Ripken Sr, the father of Cal Ripken Jr and a long time Orioles coach.

Russian aircraft at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium
Home of the Aberdeen IronBirds

Boeing OC-135 "Open Skies"
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Chemical Agent Storage Yard (CASY)
photog (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: photog.
The Chemical Demilitarization Training Facility (CDTF) is a five-building complex located at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

C-54 Skymaster at Aberdeen Boneyard
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.

Eastern bloc armor and missile launchers at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Looks like mostly Russian BMPs in this thumbnail.

C-130 Hercules at Aberdeen Boneyard
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.

D & R Theatre
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
The D&R Theater was built in 1923/24 by Ed Dolan hence the D in D&R. The original decoration was Adam in style with delicate plaster ornamentation and crystal chandeliers. The auditorium held 5 large chandeliers and 8 boxes, 4 on either side of the balcony. The walls were decorated with northwest logging and forest murals.
The original seating capacity was 1500. There is a large stage and 2 floors of dressing rooms. There was also a large pipe organ that accompanied the silent films. Vaudeville was the original main entertainment at the D&R.
The lobby had 2 large chandeliers and more murals with wicker furniture on the mezzanine level. The original exterior had a metal cornice on the top of the building, a simpler marquee and a box office built into the lobby between the entrance doors.
The original box office was on the outside of the theater but was built into the wall between the entrance doors like the 7th St theater. The current box office is actually the 3rd one to grace the theater. The current marquee is also the 3rd one. The original was quite simple, but there was a verticle blade sign running down the front of the building and there were no verticle stripes on the front.
During the 1930's the theater was remodeled, all the boxes were removed the plaster ornamentation was reduced and the whole building in and out was painted. The marquee was replaced and the versicle stripes seen on the outside today were added. During the 1940's the seating was replaced on the main floor, now about 1200.
The whole interior and exterior was again re-painted and the marquee was again replaced with the one that appears today. The box office was also replaced with the current free standing one we see today. Nothing much happened with the theater except lobby paint up to the closing in the 1980's.

Russian MI-24/25 Hind Attack Helicopter in the Aberdeen Proving Grounds

C-130 Hercules

Jagdpanzer IV (Sd.Kfz. 162) & Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz. 173)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

US 44,000 Pound Bomb, T12

British WW I Whippet and Mk IV Tanks
http://www.ordmusfound.org/whippet.html
http://www.ordmusfound.org/markiv.html

M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

US 155mm Field Gun, M1 "Long Tom"

The Juicy Tan and Massage
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
Ladies and gents, I give you The Juicy Tan and Massage... Hey now, it's not *that* kind of place.

Large Helicopters at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Helicopters at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Phillips Army Airfield
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

C-17 Globemaster III

Jagdtiger (Sd. Kfz. 186)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Panther tank (Sd.Kfz. 171)

'Light Lady II' by Lynn Carlsgaard
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1976

Small Helicopters at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Aberdeen Amtrak station
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
Aberdeen Station is a train station in Aberdeen, Maryland on the Northeast Corridor. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional and the MARC Penn Line. The station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad approximately in 1898, and inherited by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad. The current station is a modern structure built in 1943 by Lester C. Tichy for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and located at 18 East Bel Air Avenue at the intersection of Pulaski Boulevard (US 40) and West Bel Air Avenue (MD 132). It contains a 1960s-style pedestrian tunnel, with one of the entrances located at the former north station house. It also contains a pedestrian bridge built in 1982. Aberdeen was also served by an 1886-built Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station along what is now the CSX Philadelphia Subdivision just north of this one on West Bel Air Avenue.

Aberdeen BMX Track
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Tank entering bushes

Aberdeen Regional Airport (ABR)
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.

The Capitol Theater
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
In January of 1927, the glorious, french art deco theater that is now our home, Capitol Theatre, was opened. The marquee was lit for the first time later that month. A stage performance called, “The Green Hat: A Play with a Punch”, was included in the opening ceremonies of this new downtown attraction. That was followed by the theater’s first silent, motion picture screening: “Kid Boots”. A year later, the Capitol was outfitted with a Vita-Phone sound system for the widely popular.
The Capitol was Aberdeen’s premiere movie house until the late 1980′s, when it began to wind down and a new duplex theater was built in eastern Aberdeen. The last movie, “Robocop 2″, played at the Capitol in 1990.
In early 1990′s , a need arose for a permanent home of the Aberdeen Community Theatre which had incorporated in 1980. ACT, as they were known, used any theater space, or make-shift theater space, they could find to bring local live theater to Aberdeen. It wasn’t until 1992 that they would move permanently into the Capitol Theatre, which was converted from a movie house to a fully functional stage-production and movie facility. Since then, ongoing renovations and modifications have been enhancing the performance space as well as the theatre-going experience.
Local Aberdeen Quester’s groups started their own fundraising campaign to renovate the theater’s marquee. The magnificent Capitol Theatre marquee was dismantled and shipped off for complete restoration in 1997. A year later it was re-lit with great fanfare.

Brown County Courthouse
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

Paintball fields
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Alonzo Ward Hotel
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

United States Post Office and Courthouse–Aberdeen

Western Union Building

Aberdeen Blues marker and Blues mural
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
The Blues marker talks about influential Blues musicians (left to right) Howlin Wolf, Bukka White and Albert King and their association with Aberdeen, Mississippi.

'Model Lady' by Stephen Henslin
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1981
at the Federal Building