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Full Address (Number, Street, Town, Zip): 26 Paris Avenue Rockleigh NJ 07647 By Alex Kaplan www.AlexKaplanWeddings.com
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2015
Leica M7, Super-Elmar 21, Portra 160
Vietnamese bonze
The 5 million or so overseas Vietnamese (Người Việt Hải Ngoại, Người Việt Tự Do or Việt Kiều) could be seen as a true ethnic group of Vietnam (5 %), a multi-ethnic country with a total population of nearly 95 million people and over 55 distinct ethnic groups.
Being a Treatise Addressing the Successful Photographic Capture of Airborne Raptors from a Vehicle
OK, so here's what happened. I was driving slowly up Cañada Larga Road just North of Ventura. I stopped and took some shots from my sunroof of a kettle of Turkey Vultures and Common Ravens; they were backlit by the sunny sky so I had my ev comp cranked up over a full stop. I put my camera down on the passenger seat, not following my usual practice of resetting the ev to zero, and drove further up the canyon. I rounded a curve about a mile past the gate and saw this young hawk perched on a tree on the right hand side of the road. He was obviously in flush mode and about to take flight.
It all happened in seconds -- with practiced precision I yanked the wheel to the right, threw the car into park and switched off the ignition, giving myself a shooting angle through my open window. I summoned all the poise born of years of BIF photography and reached for my camera. In one smooth motion I lifted it toward the window, and the Black Rapid strap caught on the parking brake handle. I remained calm and unfazed. Never taking my eyes from my target I easily flipped the strap off of the brake handle. With my thumb on the exposure dial I saw the hawk lift off from his perch. Still I retained my poise, but I knew that I had to move more quickly now. As I raised the camera it was nearly jerked from my hand. The strap was now looped over my gear shift knob. I was still undeterred, but I knew I had no time to again free the strap, but I could not bring the camera to my eye! Instead, in the style of Rosemary Woods I gracefully twisted in my seat and leaned back, bringing my eye behind the camera. Now I was nearly lying on my back. The corner of the center console dug into my ribs and the BR strap, still wrapped around the shift lever, tore at the skin on my neck. My right foot was trapped and twisted beneath the brake pedal. I ignored the pain and clicked off a couple shots toward the now departing raptor. I struggled back to an upright position and instinctively did my best "I meant to do that" face in case I had been observed. I did a quick scan of the area and was relieved to see that I was alone.
When I reviewed the shots I realized that I hadn't re-adjusted the exposure. The photos were blown-out bright - you can see the original below. "Oh well" I thought, "just another red-tail."
That was five weeks ago, and I didn't look at the shots since then until tonight. I liked the position of the hawk and the focus was sharp so I fiddled around with it, thinking maybe hi-key or something. For those who care about such things, the photo was shot in JPG and "recovered" using Paint Shop Pro X with baby-steps and lots of layers. I was surprised by these results, and now I have another raptor-shooting strategy added to my arsenal.
The techniques described above are potentially harmful and are recommended for use only by experienced photographers. Others should not attempt to utilize these methods without supervision by a responsible adult.
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Dear President Widodo!
Dear colleagues! The world’s majority, which stands with us!
I address you in Ukrainian, but in front of each of you on the table you will find our proposals. In your language. In demonstration of respect for you.
I have just returned to our capital. Returned from the city of Kherson.
Kherson is one of the key cities in the south of our country and the only regional centre that Russia managed to occupy after February 24.
And now Kherson is already liberated.
What does it mean? For Ukraine, this liberation operation of our Defence Forces is reminiscent of many battles of the past, which became turning points in the wars of the past.
Those battles symbolized such changes, after which people already knew who will be victorious even though the ultimate victory still had to be fought for.
It is like, for example, D-Day - the landing of the Allies in Normandy. It was not yet a final point in the fight against evil, but it already determined the entire further course of events. This is exactly what we are feeling now.
Now - when Kherson is free.
To liberate our entire land from the Russists, we still will have to fight for a while longer... To fight! However, if the victory will be ours in any case, and we are sure of it, then shouldn't we try to implement our formula for peace to save thousands of lives and protect the world from further destabilizations?
That is why I want to present our vision of the path to peace - how to actually achieve it. And not only for us, but also for all of you, your allies and partners.
In my statement in September of this year at UN General Assembly, I presented Ukraine’s formula for peace. A formula of peace for the world.
Just when the world was hoping to recover from the blows of the pandemic, the Russian war provoked a whole series of new global challenges. This must be stopped!
There is a set of solutions that need to be implemented. And I want the conversation about it to be public, not behind the scenes. I want it to be discussed in specific terms, and not in broad strokes.
Maybe I'll go over the allotted time limit.
But the issue of peace is worth it.
I want this aggressive Russian war to end justly and on the basis of the UN Charter and international law. Not "somehow" - according to the apt formulation of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Ukraine should not be offered to conclude compromises with its conscience, sovereignty, territory and independence. We respect the rules and we are people of our word.
Ukraine has always been a leader in peacekeeping efforts, and the world has witnessed it. And if Russia says that it supposedly wants to end this war, let it prove it with actions.
Apparently, one cannot trust Russia's words, and there will be no Minsks-3, which Russia would violate immediately after signing.
If there are no concrete actions to restore peace, it means that Russia simply wants to deceive all of you again, deceive the world and freeze the war just when its defeats have become particularly notable.
We will not allow Russia to wait it out, build up its forces, and then start a new series of terror and global destabilization.
I am convinced now is the time when the Russian destructive war must and can be stopped.
So, here are the proposals of Ukraine:
The first is radiation and nuclear safety.
No one has the right to blackmail the world with a radioactive disaster. This is an axiom.
However, in front of the eyes of the whole world, Russia has turned our Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant into a radioactive bomb that can explode at any moment. Where will the radiation cloud go? Perhaps towards the territory of the EU. Maybe to Türkiye. Maybe to the Middle East. I consider as criminal even a hypothetical possibility of such a scenario!
Radiation safety must be restored. The IAEA has already provided respective recommendations, confirming all the risks that we have repeatedly raised. Therefore, Russia must immediately withdraw all its militants from the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The station must be immediately transferred to the control of the IAEA and the Ukrainian personnel. The normal connection of the station to the power grid must be restored immediately so that nothing threatens the stability of the reactors.
We proposed that IAEA missions are sent to all Ukrainian nuclear plants - four of them, 15 nuclear units in total. Plus the Chornobyl plant, which has been shut down and is under conservation. Such missions can verify that any hostile activity against Ukrainian nuclear facilities has indeed ceased.
How long does it take to implement it? Russia can begin the demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhia NPP as early as tomorrow if it is really ready to restore the radioactive safety it violated.
The same goes for the crazy threats of nuclear weapons that Russian officials resort to. There are and cannot be any excuses for nuclear blackmail. And I thank you, dear G-19, for making this clear.
However, please use all your power to make Russia abandon nuclear threats. The basis for such efforts can be the Budapest Memorandum and respective capabilities of the signatory states.
The second challenge is food security.
Thanks to the strong participation of the UN, Türkiye and other partners, we have demonstrated how the cooperation of a few can restore food security for the many.
I believe our export grain initiative deserves an indefinite extension - no matter when the war ends.
The right to food is a fundamental right of every person in the world.
Since July, Ukraine has exported over 10 million tons of food by sea. We can increase exports by several million tons per month. Thus for this I propose to expand the grain export initiative to our other ports - in particular, to the ports of Mykolaiv and "Olvia" in the Mykolaiv region.
I also call on all countries – and in particular your countries, dear G-19 leaders – to join our initiative to help the poorest with food.
We have already launched the initiative – "Grain From Ukraine". And the first vessel - Nord Vind - leaves for Ethiopia with 27 thousand tons of wheat on board. This is the amount that can feed almost 100,000 people per year. There can be many such ships from Ukraine, and therefore there will be many people in poor countries who are saved from starvation.
Ukraine can export 45 million tons of food this year. And let a significant part of it be directed to those who suffer the most.
What do we propose exactly? Each country can join with a specific contribution and become a co-creator of the victory over hunger and the food crisis.
The third is energy security.
All of you can witness what the Russian terror is aimed at now. This is an attempt to turn the cold into a weapon. A weapon against millions of people.
About 40% of our energy infrastructure were destroyed by the strikes of Russian missiles and Iranian drones used by the occupiers. Every week, Russia blows up our power plants, transformers, and electricity supply lines.
A related goal of this terror is to prevent the export of our electricity to neighbouring countries, which could significantly help them stabilize the energy situation and reduce prices for consumers.
Russia is interested in the energy crisis. And we should all be interested in ending terror.
I thank all our partners who have already helped Ukraine with the supply of air defence and missile defence systems. This allows us to shoot down some of the Russian missiles and Iranian drones. But we must fully protect our sky. I ask you to increase respective assistance!
We have already proposed that a mission of UN experts is sent to the objects of critical energy infrastructure of Ukraine to assess the scope of damage and the needs for restoration, as well as to prevent their further destruction. We need to speed up the dispatch of this mission!
This will be a specific contribution of the international community to the stabilization of the energy situation in Ukraine and Europe, and therefore in the global energy market.
However, regardless of the decisions of the world, any day Russia on its own can simply abandon strikes on Ukrainian energy generation and water and heat supply facilities. Let Russia prove by its rejection of terror that it is really interested in the restoration of peace.
We must also take a fundamental step so that energy resources are no longer used as weapons. Price restrictions on Russian energy resources should be introduced.
If Russia is trying to deprive Ukraine, Europe and all energy consumers in the world of predictability and price stability, the answer to this should be a forced limitation of export prices for Russia. So that the export price was not higher than the production cost. That's fair. If you take something away, the world has the right to take from you.
The fourth challenge is the release of all prisoners and deportees.
Thousands of our people - military and civilians - are in the Russian captivity. They are subjected to brutal torture - this is mass abuse!
In addition, we know by name 11 thousand children who were forcibly deported to Russia. They are separated from their parents in full knowledge that they have families.
Apart from the children, whose data we know, there are tens of thousands of those who were forcibly deported and about whom we know only indirectly. Among them are many, whose parents were killed by Russian strikes, and now they are being held in the state that murdered them.
Add to that hundreds of thousands of deported adults, and you will see what a humanitarian catastrophe the Russian war has caused.
Add political prisoners - Ukrainian citizens who are held in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territory, in particular in Crimea.
We must release all these people!
I want to point out that we did not find support from the International Committee of the Red Cross. We do not see that they are fully fighting to gain access to the camps, where Ukrainian prisoners of war and political prisoners are held. Neither they are helping to find deported Ukrainians. This self-withdrawal is the self-destruction of the Red Cross as an organization that was once respected.
We cannot wait.
Therefore, we must unite for the sake of the only realistic model of the release of prisoners - "all for all".
And also for the release of all children and adults who were deported to Russia.
I thank the partners for their efforts, which allowed the release of many Ukrainians and foreign citizens, who were captured by the Russians. And let your leadership and the sincere heart of other leaders, who are present now, help free other Ukrainians as well.
The fifth – implementation of the UN Charter and restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the world order.
Article 2 of the UN Charter defines everything very clearly. Everything that Russia violated by this war.
Therefore, we must restore the validity of international law - and without any compromises with the aggressor. Because the UN Charter cannot be applied partially, selectively or "at will".
Russia must reaffirm the territorial integrity of Ukraine within the framework of the relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the applicable international legally binding documents.
It is not up to negotiations.
The sixth challenge is withdrawal of Russian troops and cessation of hostilities.
There is a clear understanding of how to achieve this.
Russia must withdraw all its troops and armed formations from the territory of Ukraine. Ukraine's control over all sections of our state border with Russia must be restored.
This will result in a real and complete cessation of hostilities.
Every day of delay means new deaths of Ukrainians, new threats to the world, and an insane increase in losses due to continuation of the Russian aggression – losses for everyone in the world.
The seventh – justice.
This is what stokes the greatest emotions.
Everywhere, when we liberate our land, we see one thing - Russia leaves behind torture chambers and mass burials of murdered people.
This was the case in Bucha and other cities in the north of the country after the occupation. This was the case in the Kharkiv region. The same we observe now in the Kherson region.
As of today, we have a full information about four hundred and thirty children killed by Russian strikes. Only children! And only those about whom we know everything for sure.
And how many mass graves are there in the territory that still remains under the control of Russia? What will we see in Mariupol?
That is why the world should endorse establishment of the Special Tribunal regarding the crime of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the creation of an international mechanism to compensate for all the damages caused by this war. Compensation at the expense of Russian assets, because it is the aggressor who must do everything to restore the justice violated by it.
We have already proposed a resolution of the UN General Assembly regarding an international compensation mechanism for damages caused by the Russian war. It is endorsed. We ask you to implement it.
We are also preparing the second resolution - on the Special Tribunal. Please join and support it.
Because there is no such nation in the world that does not appreciate justice.
The eighth challenge is ecocide, the need for immediate protection of environment.
Millions of hectares of forest were burned by shelling. Almost two hundred thousand hectares of our land are contaminated with unexploded mines and shells. Dozens of coal mines are flooded, including the mine in which an underground nuclear test explosion was carried out in 1979...
This is the “Yunkom” mine in the Donetsk region. It is located on the territory occupied by Russia. It has been flooded for several years - precisely because of the occupiers. Everyone in Moscow knows what a threat it poses not only to the rivers in the Donetsk region, but also to the Black Sea basin. Only the de-occupation of our territory can provide the conditions for the elimination of this threat.
It is impossible to accurately calculate the amount of atmospheric pollution from burnt oil depots and other fires... As well as from blown up sewage facilities, burned chemical plants, innumerable burial sites of slayed animals.
Just imagine this – due to the Russian aggression, 6 million domestic animals died. 6 million! These are official numbers. At least 50,000 dolphins were killed in the Black Sea. Thousands of hectares of soil are contaminated with harmful substances - most of them are fertile soils. Were fertile soils.
During the last week’s Climate Summit in Egypt, I proposed a platform to assess the environmental damage of war. We have to implement it.
We must also find common responses to all environmental threats created by the war. Without this, there will be no return to a normal, stable life, and the reverberations of the war will remain for a long time - in the explosions of mines that will take the lives of children and adults, in the pollution of water, soil and atmosphere.
I thank all the countries that are already helping us with demining. There is an urgent need for an increased number of equipment and experts for these operations.
Funds and technologies are also needed for the restoration of water treatment facilities.
This is not just a Ukrainian problem. This is a challenge for the whole world.
The next - the ninth – is the prevention of escalation.
A risk that still exists and will remain until our security is properly ensured.
Ukraine is not a member of any of the alliances. And Russia was able to start this war precisely because Ukraine remained in the grey zone - between the Euro-Atlantic world and the Russian imperialism. Now we do not have any security assurances either. So, how can we prevent repetition of Russia’s such aggression against us?
We need effective security assurances. That is why we prepared a draft agreement – the Kyiv Security Compact, and have already presented it to partners.
Thus, we should hold an international conference to cement the key elements of the post-war security architecture in the Euro-Atlantic space, including guarantees for Ukraine.
The main outcome of the conference should be the signing of the Kyiv Security Compact.
We can do it any time - even this year. And we must do it.
And the tenth – confirmation of the end of the war.
When all the antiwar measures are implemented, when security and justice begin to be restored, a document confirming the end of the war should be signed by the parties.
I would like to emphasize that none of the steps above can take long. A month for one step at the most. For some steps, a couple of days are enough.
We already have a positive experience with the grain export initiative. How does it work?
There is the UN - and two other parties to the agreements: on one side Ukraine, Türkiye and the UN, and on the other side Russia, Türkiye and the UN.
Implementation of each of the points I have just presented can be worked out in a similar fashion. States ready to take the lead in this or that decision can become parties to the arrangement.
Once again:
radiation and nuclear safety; food security; energy security; release of all prisoners and deported persons; implementation of the UN Charter and restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the world order; withdrawal of Russian troops and cessation of hostilities; restoration of justice; countering ecocide; preventing escalation; and finally - confirmation of the end of the war.
Dear leaders!
I have outlined the paths each of you can choose for yourself - how to become a co-creator of peace.
Please choose your path for leadership - and together we will surely implement the peace formula.
What will it do?
It will save thousands of lives. It will restore the validity of international law. It will revitalize the security architecture. It will return the global stability, without which the whole world is suffering. In essence – this is what the honest countries of the world are cooperating for.
Peace is a global value. That, which is important for every person in the world.
I am confident that it is likewise for each of you, leaders of G-19.
I have outlined specific, practical solutions. They can be implemented. Quickly. They are effective.
And if Russia opposes our peace formula, you will see that it only wants war.
Ukraine is grateful to everyone in the world who helps us to protect freedom and to restore peace.
Let our joint efforts be crowned with success as soon as possible and be reflected in the outcomes of this summit.
Thank you for the invitation!
Glory to Ukraine!
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------------------------📜LITTLE STORY📜
🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - Have you heard what the papers are saying? The Titanic that everyone had such high hopes for has sunk. The whole thing went under when it collided with a block of ice. I was going to buy us tickets to the Titanic, it's like God took me away.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - God had nothing to do with it. I told you from the beginning that a huge object like that was dangerous. Imagine how many noble families have been affected? I wonder what will happen in the world now that most of the corporations are without their owners?
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - I heard even before the Titanic was built and all the noble families headed for the voyage on it, a lot of the shares in their companies were bought up by the Rockefellers and the like.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - I think it was a set-up too, but let's not talk about it in the train restaurant in front of everyone. Honey, what are you standing there for? There's a seat, sit down, have a nice cake and tea with us. We've got a long way to go.
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - One can only hope that the new train we're travelling on doesn't suddenly collide with some moose on the way too and we don't die, haha.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - Oh my God, stop making jokes like that! Bone jokes don't make me happy.
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😿Girl without a cat😿: - I don't want to sit with you all! I wanted to be with my cat... I have a grudge against you all!
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🙋Snow Elf🙋: - So, what, a lot of the food and technology famous industries will now go to the Rockefellers?
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - It appears so. Now they will decide which nations will have the right to a cup of coffee and which ones will drink just dung. I feel we're not going to an industrialised world, but a world of slavery and Satanism.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - I'm asking you all to stop this conversation! Let's talk about something light and positive.
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😿Girl without a cat😿: - What's positive without that ginger lump?
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*Everyone switched to everyday conversations occasionally drinking hot tea and eating a tasty cake, and only the red-haired girl looked out of the train window into the distance, remembering the warmth and softness of the sleepy cat.*
The Rockleigh Country Club
Full Address (Number, Street, Town, Zip): 26 Paris Avenue Rockleigh NJ 07647 By Alex Kaplan www.AlexKaplanWeddings.com
Just after the New Years Eve firework display and the plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the Address Hotel Dubai.
Unfortunately, I guess I have to address something. If you favorite Isabel, or any other pictures of minors in my stream, and your favorites include porn, or if from looking at your favorites I see that your tastes run in a certain direction, I will block you.
A child's images don't belong among dildos, facials, anal sex, peeing pics, etc. Duh.
An early address label featuring Santa Claus. He doesn't look too happy about having to deliver all those packages!
Text on label: "To. From. Via Parcel Post. Christmas. Made in Saxony."
NICOMIN / NICOMEN - a station on the C.P.R. 52 miles east of Vancouver in the New Westminster District. The Fraser River is only a mile south and the Sumas Post Office just across the River. Nearest telegraph and railway is at Mission City, 10 miles distant. Mails tri-weekly.
The NICOMIN Post Office was established - 1 November 1890 and closed - 10 June 1911.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the NICOMIN Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
When this postcard arrived at NICOMIN, B. C. the Postmaster was Thomas S. Purdy - he served from - 1 July 1907 to - 7 April 1911.
Thomas Samuel Purdy
(b. 7 June 1859 in Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois, USA - d. 21 November 1945 at age 86 in Essondale, British Columbia)
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 23 November 1945 - PURDY - Passed away on Nov. 21, 1945, after a lingering illness, Thomas Samuel Purdy, of Mission City, B.C. In his 87th year. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving wife, Minnie L. Purdy; 4 daughters, Mrs. John Gourlay, of Duncan, B.C., Mrs. Thomas D. and Mrs. John Northcot, Mission City. Mrs. Albert Slaney, Powell River, B.C.; 6 grandchildren. Funeral service will be held from the Henderson Funeral Home, Mission City. Sunday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m., Rev. H. U. Oswald officiating. Interment family plot, Hatzlc Cemetery.
His wife - Minnie (nee Lewis) Purdy
(b. 26 May 1871 in London, England - d. 15 December 1951 at age 80 in Mission City, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/6f...
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 28 August 1937 - Celebrate Golden Wedding Day - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Purdy of Mission celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday. They were married In 1887 at Dresden, Ont., and have four daughters and four grandsons, who were able to be present at their golden wedding. The anniversary was spent at White Rock at a picnic given in their honor by their family and later followed by a dinner at home. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy received many congratulations and gifts during the day from friends and relatives.
- sent from - / KAMLOOPS / OC 15 / 07 (inverted 7) / B.C. / - duplex cancel (Cloutier - DBC-175)
- via - / DEROCHE / OC 16 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring transit - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 29 June 1891 - (RF B).
- arrived at - / NICOMIN / OC 16 / 07 / B.C. / - split ring arrival - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 3 November 1890 - (RF E).
Message on postcard reads: Have found some ink at last. This gives a fairly good idea of this little town, though I think it is rather prettier than the card represents. From Julia - 15 October 1907
Addressed to: Mr. J. E. Scott - Jones / Nicomen / B.C.
SCOTCH CREEK, British Columbia - located on the north shore of Shuswap Lake opposite Sorrento. It was named after Scottish prospectors who worker this creek for gold in the 1860's. There is still a bit of placer mining done near the creek. Scotch Creek began to significantly grow when the provincial park opened in 1958, welcoming a sudden influx of campers. To take advantage of the summer visitors, Frank and Akiko Imai built the Park Store across the street. LINK - shuswappassion.ca/communities/scotch-creek-was-once-part-...
The SCOTCH CREEK Post Office was established - 14 May 1958 and closed - 30 May 1970. LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/121423773/rural-mail-service-up-t...
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the SCOTCH CREEK Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this letter entered the postal system at the SCOTCH CREEK Post Office the Postmaster was Ernest George Cottrell - he served from - 23 March 1961 to - 31 March 1968.
Ernest George Cottrell
(b. 28 June 1898 in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada - d. 18 May 1978 (aged 79) in Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - He was a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces - Staff Sergeant
R.C.A.S.C. - after the WWII he had a taxi business in Nanaimo, British Columbia - LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420479/ernest-george-cottrell/ - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ac... - LINKS to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420546/obituary-for-ernest-geo... and www.newspapers.com/clip/121420774/obituary-for-ernest-geo...
His wife - Laura Emma (nee Van Vlack) Cottrell
(b. 13 March 1917 in Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada - d. 20 Jan 1991 (aged 73) in Salmon Arm, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada) - she took over from her husband and served as Postmistress at SCOTCH CREEK Post Office from - 1 April 1968 to (1970) ? - She was a resident of the Scotch Creek area from 1947 to 1979 and had resided in Salmon Arm until her passing Laura was predeceased by her husband Ernest in 1978. LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/121420908/obituary-for-laura-emma... LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/80...
- sent from - / SCOTCH CREEK / 3 VII / 61 / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF D).
Addressed to (favour cover prepared for) - Mr. W.E. Topping / 3227 West 28th / Vancouver 8, B.C.
William Ellis Topping (1928 - 2017), who died on October 21, 2017, was a prominent philatelist, especially in the field of British Columbia postal history, and the founder and long-time editor of the BRITISH COLUMBIA POSTAL HISTORY NEWSLETTER. He was born in Everett, Washington, and moved to Vancouver at the age of four.
These are two buildings with different addresses designed by the same architect Francis H. Kimball. Left:Trinity Building/111 Broadway Right:US Realty Building/115 Broadway. Floors:22 Construction period:1904-07.The Trinity Building is called that because the Neo-Gothic styled structure was purposely designed to fit in with the Gothic detail on the Trinity Church to its South.The footbridge was added in 1912.Historical site:In the 18th century a tavern known as City Arms Tavern (or originally called Hull's Tavern) stood on the site.Nov 25th,1790 is known as "Evacuation Day" because it marked the anniversary of the departure of British troops from NY in 1783,a group of patriotic citizens meet at the tavern to discuss the defense of their state and nation from possible foreign aggression.This info is written on a plaque on the side wall outside of the Trinity Building.Also:In Sept of 1777,a duel was fought by two British captains in an upstairs room of the Hull's tavern,first with pistols (to no avail),then with drawn swords.A Cpt. Pennington killed Cpt Tollemach in the fuel.Both men were seriously wounded,but Tollemach more seriously,was finally pieced through in the heart by Pennington (wounded in seven parts of his body).Tollemach was decently buried at the Trinity Church graveyard-fr the Guards;or The Household Troops of England Vol.1 by Michael Rafter
Address: 青森縣弘前市下白銀町1
「弘前城」指的為天守閣以及弘前公園的部分。為西元1603年津輕為信完成津輕地區的統一後開始計畫建造，由第二代繼承人津輕信枚於西元1610年進行築城，並於隔年西元1611年完成。當中的五層建築─天守閣於西元1627年遭雷擊燒毀，現今的天守閣為西元1810年時重建的三層建築，目前作為展示津輕籓政時代的歷史文物的「弘前城史料館」。
城內現存的三座塔台及五道城，皆被登錄為日本的重要文化財。此外由於整體狀態維持良好，在昭和27年(西元1952年)弘前城被登錄為日本的國家指定歷史遺跡。
現存的弘前城天守閣雖然是重建物，但卻是日本東北地區僅存江戶時代所建造的天守閣，至今仍是廣為人知的弘前市象徵性建築。
此外，公園內種植著2600棵櫻花樹，為日本國內著名的賞櫻勝地，每年春天都能吸引超過200萬以上的遊客前來。
Info: tcn-aomori.com
Mucking about spinning a Bitbanger Labs Pixelstick and waving a white light, various iterations of spin and zoom, all one exposure, no post processing. The anomalous blue dots are light reflected from the wall behind.
Incorporating elements of the work of the mighty Victor Vasarely
Inspired by a conversation with fellow photon-wrangler Auroramovement
It was amazing how this looked to the naked eye, I don't think I've ever seen the Milky Way more clearly!
Tipsoo Lake & Naches Peak, Mt. Rainier N.P, WA
Canon 5D Mark II
Sigma 12-24 @ 12mm
1 min., f/4.5, ISO 6400
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Selkent route 672: Hawksmoor School - Woolwich Arsenal Station
Approaching Plumstead Road / Plumstead Station (WM)
School route 672 runs from Hawksmoor School on Bentham Road, near Thamesmead, to Woolwich. It only runs in the afternoon and has a PVR of 3, although I've only been aware of 2 buses in service.
The interesting thing about the 672 is that it exposes the longevity of every other route between Plumstead and Thamesmead. The 177 and 472 run via Abbey Wood (the former) and Crossway; a map view of each route looks as if they are competing for the longest diversion to Thamesmead Town Centre.
Meanwhile, via Eastern Way, where the 380 terminates at Belmarsh Prison, and Central Way, the 672 offers a more direct alternative, albeit only operating towards Woolwich for PM duties. I haven't looked at the South East London Consultation yet, but perhaps this direct routing should be addressed beyond the school service.
©London Bus Breh 2017.
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It was my attention that 1st post in 2016 to be for the Address Hotel !
Rubbing Lincoln's nose for good luck.
Info can be found here.
gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/other-monuments/lincolns-ge...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
More info on the Gettysburg National Cemetery can be found here.
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/pennsylvania/ge...
Marpole is one of Vancouver's oldest communities. The Great Marpole Midden, an ancient Musqueam village and burial site, one of North America's largest village sites and "one of the largest pre-contact middens on the Pacific coast of Canada", has been a National Historic Site since 1933. Marpole was once known as Eburne Townsite (also “EBURNE STATION”). When Europeans began to settle the area the 1860s, it became known as Eburne after Harry Eburne, the first storekeeper and postmaster in the vicinity. It became important to distinguish ‘Eburne’ on the mainland (what is now called Marpole) from the ‘Eburne’ on Sea Island – where Mr Eburne ultimately moved (apparently, taking the name of the settlement along with him). To help distinguish the Sea Island Eburne from the Mainland Eburne, the latter became known as EBURNE STATION and, by 1916, as Marpole (after CPR executive, Richard Marpole). Link to the complete article - The Oldest Part of Vancouver Might Not Be Where You Think It Is - scoutmagazine.ca/2018/03/02/the-oldest-part-of-vancouver-...
Named after William Henry Eburne, who opened the first general store at the Sea Island end of the bridge across the Fraser. He was born in England c. 1856, he came as a youth of 18 to British Columbia, his uncle, Mr. Cridland, being one of the early settlers on the Fraser. The settlement that grew up [around Eburne's general store] and the post office were named after him. Originally the whole district was named after him, but to avoid confusion, the mainland portion was changed to Marpole, after the well-known general superintendent of the CPR. Mr. Eburne sold out his store business to Messrs. Churchill and McKay but he continued to reside in the district. Died at Marpole in June 1924 at the age of 68.
An ill-defined area on the North Arm of the Fraser River, this takes its name from W.H. Eburne. In 1881, fed up with farming, Eburne opened a store on the mainland opposite Sea Island. In 1891, after the bridges were built, he moved his store to Sea Island. The Post Office in his store had its name changed in 1894 from "North Arm" to "Eburne." The mainland portion of Eburne was renamed "Marpole" in 1916.
Link to - Eburne Station - May 10, 2011 - Marpole - By armstrongrealty - armstrongrealty.wordpress.com/tag/eburne-station/
North Arm Post Office was opened 1 January 1882. Re-named Eburne Post Office - 1 October 1892. Closed temporarily - 7 April 1914; re-opened - 23 April 1914. Eburne Post Office was closed - 31 March 1947.
The EBURNE STATION Post Office opened - 16 May 1911 and was renamed Marpole Post Office - 1 June 1916.
- sent from / EBURNE STATION / AU 12 / 11 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 2 May 1911 - (RF E now is classified as RF D) - early strike.
- arrived at - / KILSYTH / AU 17 / 11 / ONT / - split ring arrival backstamp (light strike).
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Message on postcard reads - Eburne Station / August 11, 1911 - My Dear Sis, I have been looking for letter but none came, so I will not write this week only this card, we are very well, and babe is growing fine & good as gold. Today we were at New Westminster for two hours, and she slept all the time. Hope mother is keeping better. I got this O.S. (Owen Sound) news and a little bit of news. How is Jessie? This is our school. Hope you got the box alright. Best Love to you all. Ewart, Jean & Kids
- the sender of this postcard - Ann Jean / Jane (nee Burr) Clugston
(b. 3 October 1881 in Kilsyth, Gray County, Ontario - d. 6 May 1948 at age 66 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c6... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-ann-...
Her husband - Robert Ewart Clugston
(b. 29 October 1877 in Euphrasia, Grey County, Ontario, Canada - d. 7 November 1965 at age 88 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - occupation - hardware merchant - they were married - 2 January 1907 in Kilsyth, Ontario - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/13... LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for...
LINK to a photo of his blacksmith shop in Eburne - m.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056/permalink/177928177...
Their daughter "babe" - Kathryn Maisie Clugston was mentioned in the message on this postcard.
Kathryn Maisie (nee Clugston) Groves
(b. 15 July 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - d. 1 May 1985 at age 73 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - occupation - registered nurse - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e4... LINK to her photo - www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Clugston-119
Postcard was addressed to her sister - Miss K.M. Burr / Kilsyth / Ontario - LINK to a photo of her - www.wikitree.com/photo.php/7/7c/Burr-2764.jpg
Katherine May (nee Burr) Clugston
(b. 3 June 1885 in Kilsyth, Grey, Ontario, Canada - d. 8 May 1967 at age 81 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - she arrived in British Columbia in 1914 - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cb...
She married Milton Taylor Clugston (1885 - 1974) — 31 January 1917 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Robert Ewart Clugston brother) - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/fc...
The Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Memorial is in the background.
More info on the Gettysburg National Cemetery can be found here.
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/pennsylvania/ge...
The community of BOUCHIE LAKE, British Columbia is located in the North Cariboo about 6 miles wet of Quesnel.
Following the Second Word War, Brazier Armstrong returned to BOUCHIE LAKE. Under the Veteran's Land Act of 1942, he and his wife, Louise purchased land across from the Farmer's Institute Hall and opened the BOUCHIE LAKE STORE. The store was the site of the BOUCHIE LAKE POST OFFICE. The property was eventually purchased by the Ministry of Highways, and the store was burned down to allow the Blackwater Road to be upgraded to a highway in 1985 - written by - Heloise Dixon-Warren
LINKS to the "History of BOUCHIE LAKE, B.C. - bouchielakefriends.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Othe... and - pub-crd.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=38115
BOUCHIE LAKE Post Office opened - 19 September 1950; closed - 31 May 1962. It was named after William Walker Boucher (Billie Bouchie) and Lizette Allard Boucher who were the first people to pre-empt land in 1902.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the BOUCHIE LAKE Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
Thomas Brazier "Bray / Tom" Armstrong
(b. 9 June 1909 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia - d. 20 May 2002 at age 92 in Quesnel, British Columbia) - From it's opening in 1950 until its sale in 1966, he and Louise and the family operated the Bouchie Lake Store and Post Office. He was Postmaster from - 19 September 1950 until - 31 May 1962.
A landmark of Bouchie Lake built by one of the pioneers of Quesnel will shortly disappear. The original Bouchie Lake store was built in 1950 by Thomas Brazier (Bra) Armstrong. The Observer called on Armstrong at his mobile home in the Red Bluff area. He recalls when he, his wife, Louise, and boys operated the store the only time Bouchie Lake area has had a post office. "People came all the way out to Bouchie Lake to mail parcels when there was such a line up at the post office in Quesnel." The store was sold in 1965 and after exchanging hands. LINK to more of the article - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer/12711...
LINK to the newspaper obituary for Thomas Brazier Armstrong - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer-obitu...
His wife - Louise / Louisa Smith (nee MacGillivray) Michaud / Armstrong
(b. 22 January 1913 in Vancouver, B.C. - d. 23 September 1990 at age 77 in Quesnel, British Columbia) - occupation - sales / retail - they were married - 15 September 1946 in Quesnel, British Columbia - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7d... - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3f... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/quesnel-cariboo-observer-obitu...
- sent from - / BOUCHIE LAKE / AM / 20 I / 62 / B.C. / - a cds favour strike on a postcard for collector W.A. Price of Penticton, B.C. - (RF D).
addressed to: H. A. Price Esq, / 1371 Leir St., / Penticton, B.C.
H. A. Price - Harold Alexander “Alex” Price passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015. Alex was born in Vancouver November 18, 1921. He started railway work in 1940, enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, and completed 58 missions overseas; he returned to BC in 1945 and obtained his Engineering degree at UBC. He then went directly to work at Canadian Pacific Railway—a 33-year career. He collected British Columbia postal history with particular emphasis on CPR-related material and on the Vancouver area. His grandfathers were pioneers in North Vancouver (Moodyville) and in the Yukon, respectively. Alex’s talks on BC postal history were marvelous, riddled with many personal experiences. He wrote few articles on his own but assisted many of us when we were writing, insisting on remaining anonymous. His e-mails were long, educational, and enjoyable. He was the person who saved the Bailey correspondence from Ashcroft. He will be long remembered by all those of us who were fortunate enough to know him.
Harold Alexander Price - by Tracy Cooper - It is with great sadness that we note that one of the giants of BC philately closed his albums for the last time on January 18, 2015, in Kelowna, BC. Alex (pronounced “Alec”) was born on Nov 18, 1921, in Vancouver. Others have commented on Alex’s achievements in the Second World War, his community contributions, his love of wife and family, and his long association with the Canadian Pacific Railway in western Canada. I would like to reflect briefly on his passion for history—especially for CPR postal history in British Columbia. - (Link) Read the complete article in - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 24 - Number 1 - Whole number 93 - March 2015 - (page 848) - www.andrew-scott.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BCPHN93.pdf
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Built in 1836 at no. 22 Washington Square North.
"In the 1840s, New York City's elite established Washington Square, far from the increasingly commercial environment of Lower Manhattan, as the address of choice. Anchored by the mansion of William C. Rhinelander at the center of Washington Square North, "the Row" of Greek Revival town houses on either side of Fifth Avenue presented the unified and dignified appearance of privilege. When the center of New York City society moved north after the American Civil War, the houses on the square came to represent the gentility of a bygone age. Henry James, whose grandmother lived at 18 Washington Square North, depicted this nostalgic view in his 1880 tragicomedic novel, Washington Square. Today, the buildings all belong to New York University.
The 1830s row house at 1–3 Washington Square North may be the house in the city most closely associated with a single artist. From 1913 until his death in May 1967, the artist Edward Hopper and his wife, Josephine, lived in a studio on the building's top floor. Chosen for its low rent and the artist's belief that his hero, the American artist Thomas Eakins had painted there, Hopper and his wife leased rooms that lacked central heat or private baths. They decorated their rooms simply, with pieces of early American furniture.
Greenwich Village (/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ GREN-itch, /ˈɡrɪn-/ GRIN-, /-ɪdʒ/ -ij) is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village.
Its name comes from Groenwijck, Dutch for "Green District". In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. Greenwich Village contains Washington Square Park, as well as two of New York City's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and The New School.
Greenwich Village is part of Manhattan Community District 2, and is patrolled by the 6th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Greenwich Village has undergone extensive gentrification and commercialization; the four ZIP Codes that constitute the Village – 10011, 10012, 10003, and 10014 – were all ranked among the ten most expensive in the United States by median housing price in 2014, according to Forbes, with residential property sale prices in the West Village neighborhood typically exceeding US$2,100/sq ft ($23,000/m2) in 2017.
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. The city is within the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area – the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. New York is the most photographed city in the world. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.
This article was written by ANDREW SCOTT - MASSETT - The other commercial centre is Masset (or Massett, as the post office name was originally spelled), located at the mouth of Masset Inlet on the north shore of Graham Island. It also got its start in the early 1900s. An application submitted in 1900 by post office inspector W. H. Dorman proposed Charles Harrison as postmaster but was rejected. “Residents at Massett now receive their mail from Port Simpson,” wrote Dorman, “from which place all supplies are obtained, by means of an Indian schooner which makes occasional trips between these places. It is possible that arrangements might be made to have an occasional mail conveyed between Massett and Port Simpson, but there would be no regularity about such a service. I do not consider a post office at Massett is required at present.” The post office was eventually authorized in 1906, it seems, but its opening was delayed until 1909 (Archives Canada lists Jan 6, 1910, as the date of establishment but Aug. 1, 1909, as the date of appointment of the first postmaster). This was Rev. William E. Collison, son of the noted Anglican missionary William Henry Collison. Do a search of "Early Postal History of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii" where you can read the complete article.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia Directory) - MASSETT - a post office, fishing and lumbering village on the northern part of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 86 miles from Prince Rupert, in Prince Rupert Provincial Electoral District, reached by Grand Trunk Pacific boats from Prince Rupert. Has telegraph office. Anglican church. The population in 1918 was 150. Local, resources: Lumbering, farming, mining and fishing.
MASSETT Post Office was opened - 1 August 1909. The spelling adjusted to MASSET Post Office - 28 May 1948.
LINK - to a list of all the Postmasters who served at the MASSETT / MASSET Post Office - central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=posoffposmas&id=2...
- sent from - / MASSETT / AU 25 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 25 June 1909 - (RF C).
- arrived at - / SOUTH HILL / AU 28 / 11 / B.C. / - split ring backstamp (poor strike) - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 15 September 1908 - (RF D).
The South Hill Post Office was established - 1 October 1908 - it became Vancouver Sub Office South Hill - 1 July 1914.
Addressed to: Miss Dora Erlindsson / South Hill / B.C.
Halldóra Maren (nee Erlandsson) Glenzer / (Dora Marie Erlandson)
(b. 22 April 1894 In Winnipeg, Manitoba – d. in Washington, USA)
Her father - Vigfies Erlindsson
(b. 1859 in Iceland – Deceased)
Her mother - Oddbjorg (nee Saemundsdottir) Erlindsson
(b. 1857 in Iceland – Deceased) - they were married - 28 November 1885 in Stokkseyri, Árnessýsla, Suðurland, Iceland.
Her husband - John William Glenzer
(b. 20 February 1882 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States – d. 31 March 1944 at age 62 in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States) - they were married - 23 May 1917 in Bella Bella, Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada. Occupation - Mill worker.
Cleaning up 2 cubic meters of mulch that was dumped on my driveway by mistake. A bit of on-line sleuthing and fuzzy images from my neighbor's security camera helped me track down the garden center that screwed up. Once I contacted them they showed up in 15 minutes to clean up the mess. They brought me a 25 kilo bag of lawn fertilizer as a gift and offered me the mulch at no charge, if I wanted it. Class act!! Lucky they weren't a wrecking crew!
In 2016 they erected this statue . Abe Lincoln let an American read the Gettysburg Address."We've had a very vigorously election this year and thought bringing Honest Abe back in the final days of this dialogue we might remind people that one of the most fundamental things we should be striving for is honesty in our political dialogue,
I think nowadays they need Abe more than ever.
افكارنا هي التي تنتج احاسيسنا واحاسيسنا هي التي تنتج سلوكياتنا وسلوكياتنا هي التي تحدد انجازاتنا عظيمة او تافهه ............فلو اردت ان تحدث تغيير جذري في نفسك عليك الانتباه لما يدور في عقلك من افكار واحذر لما تقوله لنفس وما تقوله للاخرين وما يقوله الاخرين لك واستمر في تخيل نفسك وانت على قمة المجد........^_^
دبي ..1431 هـ
- ex - Melvin 1973...
ARROWHEAD is a former steamboat port and town at the head of Upper Arrow Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Though the initial site has been submerged beneath the waters of the lake, which is now part of the reservoir formed by Hugh Keenleyside Dam at Castlegar, the name continues in use as a reference for the locality, and is sometimes used to refer to the local region. Although the most obvious origin of the name is that Arrowhead is at the head of the Arrow Lakes, another version claims that it relates to the finding of arrowheads in the ground during construction of buildings in the area, left from an ancient battle between First Nations peoples. Another version says that it is because of the arrowhead-shaped appearance of the lake from high ground in the vicinity. The name of the Arrow Lakes is credit to "Arrow Rock", a large cliffside pictograph shot through with clusters of arrows, again relating to an ancient battle (in this case known to be between the Sinixt and the Ktunaxa), which stood above "the Narrows", a stretch of fast-flowing channel connecting Upper Arrow to Lower Arrow Lake.
LINK to postcard views of Arrowhead, B.C. - www.prairie-towns.com/arrowhead-images.html
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - ARROWHEAD, a post village in the district of Yale and Cariboo, B.C., on the Columbia River, and a station on the C.P.R., it is also port of landing for C.P.R. boats. It contains 2 churches (Episcopal and Presbyterian), 4 stores (2 Chinese), 3 hotels, 2 lumber mills capable of turning out 2,500 feet per diem, and a branch of Imperial Bank. The population in 1908 was 400.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - ARROWHEAD - a post office and farming town at mouth of Columbia River, where it empties into the Upper Arrow Lake, in Revelstoke Provincial Electoral District, connected with Revelstoke by C. P. R. and with West Robson, at south end of Arrow Lakes, by C. P. R. lake steamers, distant 106 miles. Has Anglican and Presbyterian church services. The population in 1918 was 100. Local resources: Farming.
The ARROWHEAD Post Office was established - 1 July 1896 and closed - 28 September 1968 due to the resignation of the PM and limited usefulness.
LINK to the list of Postmasters who served at the ARROWHEAD Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
When this letter entered the postal system at ARROWHEAD, B.C. the Postmaster was George T. Newman - he was the first Postmaster at ARROWHEAD and served from - 1 July 1896 to - 17 March 1903.
George Thomas Newman
(b. 14 July 1868 in London, England - d. 11 June 1929 at age 60 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - occupations - road master for the CPR / Postmaster at Arrowhead, B.C. - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-geor...
His wife - Florence (nee Pinder) Newman
(b. 20 February 1871 in Ropsley, Lincolnshire, England – d. 2 May 1964 at age 93 in Vancouver, British Columbia) - they were married - 24 November 1891 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/25... LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-obituary-for-flor...
sent from - / ARROWHEAD / AP 22 / 01 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1896 - (RF C).
- via - / REVELSTOKE STATION / AP 22 / 01 / B.C. / - cds transit backstamp - (RF D).
- arrived at - / 13 / TORONTO / AP 27 / 01 / - arrival - Toronto letter carrier mark - LINK to article reference carrier marks - (page 43) - bnaps.org/hhl/Topics/BNA%20Topics,%20Vol.%2023,%20No.%202...
Addressed to - Wm. Rennie / Toronto, Ont. / Canada
WILLIAM RENNIE agriculturist, seed merchant, farm superintendent, and author; b. 15 March 1835 in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada, son of Robert Rennie and Elizabeth Fife; m. 13 March 1862 Sarah Glendinning of Scarborough, and they had four sons; d. 24 July 1910 in Swansea (Toronto).
Link to a biographical article on William Rennie - www.biographi.ca/en/bio/rennie_william_13E.html
Behind the memorial.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
Info can be found here.
gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/other-monuments/lincolns-ge...
More info on the Gettysburg National Cemetery can be found here.
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/pennsylvania/ge...
Après une journée complète à arpenter le gigantesque centre commercial "Dubai Mall", j'ai pu faire quelques photos à la tombée de la nuit. Vous pouvez voir ici l'hôtel The Address Downtown. J'aurais aimé pouvoir apprécier la vue depuis le Neos Bar au 63e étage mais ce dernier imposait un dress code un minimum soigné... Ce sera pour une prochaine fois !
Cristina María del Pino Segura was a trapeze artist. She was known as "Pinito del Oro". She worked with Ringling Brothers until 1960. This photo was taken in 1951 by Charles Cushman.
Cushman ID:
351.16
Archives ID:
P04996
Date:
Jul. 20, 1951
Description (Slide):
Ringling Circus Pinito Del Oro
Description (Notebook):
Pinito Del Oro | Behind the scenes at Circus
Street Address:
(None)
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (Cook county)
Camera Settings:
(None)
Roll Number:
3-51
Frame Number:
16
Personal Names:
Oro, Pinito Del
Corporate Names:
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Other Names:
(None)
Genre Headings:
Ethnographic photographs
Subject Headings:
Circus performers
Clothing & dress
Other Subject Headings:
(None)