Well ... Dam!

 

Ah, Civil Hydro-Electric Engineering. As usual, no info on the slide, but using my magical searching powers, I reckon that his is Moyie Dam in Idaho.

In fact, this news article has a very similar shot.

Bonus - 

Fishin' At The Hole

 It was an Idaho tradition, or so I am told. A family would dig a hole in their back yard, fill it with water, stock it with fish, and spend the summer at their "Cabin" with Papa fishing, and the family sunning themselves.

The tradition lasted until the late 70s, when a combination of cheap air fares and Trout Live disease mean that flying to Florida was a better summer break.

Bonus - Machine Hallucinations 

Shopping in Chinatown

 

A treat for after school on a FRiday -A trip with mom to Des Moine's Chinatown.

But .... Chinese in the American Mid-West?  Sure

Bonus - A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?

Uncle Will

Excellent !
  It happens rarely, but
a. A slide that doesn't deserve sneering at, and
b. A slide with useful info written on it.

9-5-1954 -  Vacation - Countryside near Caldwell, Idaho - Ed's Uncle  Will Kimple.

Googlesuggests Will Kimple

Bonus - Metal music is so popular in Finnish Culture, that there's a metal band in Finland targeted towards children. The band is called Hevisaurus and they are a heavy metal band that sings about Dinosaurs and Children's stories.

Hevisaurus - Juranoid

Melvin and Gloria

Ronald Reagan High School Homecoming King and Queen of 1924, reunited 42 years later.

NB : Today is the anniversary of the death of Ronnie Reagan and Dee Dee Ramone.   Makes you think, dunnit.


Bonus -

39 years since the failure of the Teton Dam.