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MLEF research associate Mychal Amoafo (left), and CHRES research associate Dario Valenzuela working in the HyPer Facility at NETL in Morgantown, West Virginia.
BIG MILL AT POTLATCH, IDAHO.
[Potlatch Lumber Company]
Date: Circa 1910
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: E. C. Kropp Company
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
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Soviet GAZ 69 4x4 truck heads a line up of SALT Tourists at Chicksands - a military base long associated with security and intelligence operations, both British and American.
Taken during SALT 8, the UK's only rally for Cold War Classics, held June 6-8 2014.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
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One Liberty Place was built from 1984 to 1987 to the postmodern design of architect Helmut Jahn and his firm Murphy/Jahn. At 61-floors and 945-feet tall, it was the first building in Philadelphia to break the gentlemen's agreement not to exceed the height of the William Penn statue on Philadelphia City Hall. It was the tallest building in Philadelphia until surpassed by the Comcast Center in 2007.
Two Liberty Place, also designed by Jahn, was built as part of the second phase of the Liberty Complex from 1988 to 1990. Similar in design to the On Liberty Place, its spire features fewer gabled setbacks and it rises 58-floors and 848-feet.
The Comcast Technology Center, the tallest building in Philadelphia at 60-floors and a height of 1,121 feet, was built at the corner of 18th and Arch streets from 1994 to 2017 and opened in 2018. Designed by Foster and Partners, with Kendall/Heaton Associates the collaborating architect, the building consists primarily of workspace for Comcast employees and the Four Seasons Hotel.
The Comcast Center, also known as the Comcast Tower, was constructed from 2005-2008. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects for Liberty Property Trust, the 58-story, 974-tower, is named after its lead tenant, cable company Comcast, whose headquarters take up 89% of the building. The building's lobby features the Comcast Experience, a 2,000-square-foot high-definition LED screen that has become a tourist attraction.
I recently did a shoot for Integrated Pain Associates & the Central Texas Day Surgery Center in Killeen, TX. We were taking headshots of the staff and various facility photos. A friend of mine is building their new website so all the photos were taken for the site.
Lighting info was a 430EX II in 24" softbox camera left, 430EX II in 22" beauty dish camera right, and a 430EX II with blue/green gel directly behind the model for the background color - triggered by camera mounted 580EX II.
One of the keys to shooting Epic Landscape Photography is exalting the photograph's soul via golden ratio compositions, thusly wedding the photographic art to the divine proportion by which life itself was designed and exalted. The simple golden ratio PHI can exalt your art with the golden ratio harmonies in the form of golden rectangles, golden triangles, golden spirals, golden cuts, and more, all linked by the divine proportion!
Dr. Elliot McGucken's Golden Number Ratio Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography Composition Studies!
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Greetings flickr friends! I am working on several books on "epic photography," and I recently finished a related one titled: The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Why the Fibonacci Numbers Exalt Beauty and How to Create PHI Compositions in Art, Design, & Photography: An Artistic and Scientific Introduction to the Golden Mean . Message me on facebook for a free review copy!
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The Golden Ratio also informs the design of the golden revolver on all the swimsuits and lingerie, as well as the 45surf logo!
The Golden Number Ratio Principle: Dr. E’s Golden Ratio Principle: The golden ratio exalts beauty because the number is a characteristic of the mathematically and physically most efficient manners of growth and distribution, on both evolutionary and purely physical levels. The golden ratio ensures that the proportions and structure of that which came before provide the proportions and structure of that which comes after. Robust, ordered growth is naturally associated with health and beauty, and thus we evolved to perceive the golden ratio harmonies as inherently beautiful, as we saw and felt their presence in all vital growth and life—in the salient features and proportions of humans and nature alike, from the distribution of our facial features and bones to the arrangements of petals, leaves, and sunflowers seeds. As ratios between Fibonacci Numbers offer the closest whole-number approximations to the golden ratio, and as seeds, cells, leaves, bones, and other physical entities appear in whole numbers, the Fibonacci Numbers oft appear in nature’s elements as “growth’s numbers.” From the dawn of time, humanity sought to salute their gods in art and temples exalting the same proportion by which all their vital sustenance and they themselves had been created—the golden ratio.
Ansel Adams is not only my favorite photographer, but he is one of the greatest photographers and artists of all time. And just like great artists including Michelangelo, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Botticelli, and Picasso, Ansel used the golden ratio and divine proportions in his epic art.
Not so long ago I discovered golden regions in many of his famous public domain his 8x10 aspect ratio photographs. I call these golden harmony regions "regions of golden action" or "ROGA"S, as seen here:
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And too, I created some videos highlighting Ansel's use of the golden harmonies. Enjoy!
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More golden ratio and epic photography composition books soon! Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Dr. Elliot McGucken :)
An Associate Degree in Science at The Finch Gallery
November 14, 2008
EC Brown curated "Liv Ullmann, Anaerobic Digestion, Post-Psychiatry"
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Catie Olson curated Spiderbug short film screening: The pH Show
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Surrey CC have given final details of changes associated with their review of bus services. This comes after their three stage review of services conducted in 2010, 2011 and 2012, so I'm calling it 'the fourth' bus review.
One change is to Abellio Surrey's Sunday 515A, a variation of the 515 which runs between Esher and Kingston via East Molesey and Hampton Court rather than Thames Ditton, Long Ditton and Surbiton.
From the late-August changes, the 515A will be dropped, with Sunday buses instead running to the standard 515 route. This will give Thames Ditton a Sunday service.
8074 is seen here at East Molesey, with Hampton Court station in the background.
Creek Road, Hampton Court, Surrey.
Dean's Honored Graduate 2012, Photo by Alex Wang
Karen Gustafsson is a Dean’s Honored Graduate in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. Karen is graduating with departmental honors in Human Development and Family Sciences, and is being recognized for her research described in her undergraduate thesis, “Men’s Sexual Behaviors Predict Cortisol Responses to a Passionate Love Prime,” performed under the supervision of Professor Timothy Loving.
Karen’s thesis explored the physiological and psychological consequences of falling in love. Physiologically, falling in love is associated with higher chronic and acute levels of cortisol, one of the body’s primary stress hormones. These higher levels of cortisol may be indicative of euphoric stress, a nonspecific stress reaction that occurs in response to a positive situation. Psychologically, falling in love is closely associated with sexual desire. Writes Professor Loving, “Karen reasoned that because men tend to equate love with physical intimacy, that they would show strong signs of physiological arousal (i.e., cortisol reactivity) when asked to reflect on falling in love with their current partners…to the extent that they engage in physical intimacy with their partners…As a result, the work has important implications for how love and sexual desire are associated with arousal in men, but not women. Moreover, to this point most of the research on passion, or falling in love, had relied on female samples… Importantly, Karen independently developed the hypotheses for the study.”
Throughout her undergraduate career, Karen has shown the independent drive to do original inquiry and research. Writes Professor Loving, who taught Karen in a large introductory course, “Karen approached me late in the spring 2009 about volunteering in my lab. Normally, I’m very hesitant to take volunteers, particularly those without any research experience, but something about Karen’s drive and passion convinced me to take a chance.”
Karen worked for a year with Professor Loving and Professor David Buss, learning the skills of interacting with study participants as well as collecting, transcribing, and coding data. As Professor Loving describes, “I had no hesitations when Karen asked if I would serve as her honors thesis supervisor beginning the spring 2011 semester. She had some loose ideas about what she wanted to research, so I gave her several articles to read over a weekend, thinking that they might spur a few concrete ideas. Sure enough, she e-mailed me on Monday morning to set up a time to meet – her e-mail included a brief literature review and a theoretically derived hypothesis that built off of two separate lines of research!”
An accomplished classical and bluegrass violinist, Karen will be recording an instrumental album in Sweden this summer. In the coming year, she will be teaching in New Delhi, India, at the Bhatti Mines School through the support of the Austin-based Amala Foundation. In the following year, she hopes to apply to PhD programs in either Human Development and Family Sciences or Clinical Psychology.
U.S. Army’s most senior enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey, discusses his initiatives with senior enlisted leaders of the tenant units located in the Vicenza, Italy area, Nov. 17, 2016 at the post theater on Caserma Ederle. Dailey’s initiatives included: Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Schools, talent management, stewardship of the profession, and the American’s perception of the Army in comparison to other services. Dailey opened the room for questions at the conclusion of his presentation. (U.S. Army Africa photo by: Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds)
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Emo is like any style, fashion or culture. The term emo is loosely associated with emotionally charged punk rock, however it originally meant emotionally hardcore - modern 'emo' music is more of a branch off from what it started out as.
A lot of times, Emo is associated with being bitter, depressed, insecure and resentful.
A bizarre wave of mob emo-bashings is sweeping across Mexico. The movement is being generated on message boards and social networking sites by non-emo youth who highly dislike like the emo look and attitude.
The spark came first in Queretaro on March 7. An estimated 800 young people poured into the city's Centro Historico hunting for emos to beat the crap out of. They found some. The next weekend it spread to Mexico City, where emos faced off against punks and rockabillies at the Glorieta de Insurgents, the epicenter of emo social space in the capital. There's also been reports of anti-emo violence in Durango, Colima, and elsewhere.
The question on everyone's lips right now seems to be, "What the hell is going on?" Been reporting this story since it broke, and we're looking further into it. Updates in the near future.
A tour through the history of the Diocese of Würzburg
The were the first Christians in and around Würzburg at least since the mission of the Irish missionaries Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan who around 689 suffered the martyrdom. Boniface the creation of stable church structures is due to him. A center of earlier Christianization probably the monastery Karlburg at Karlstadt (district of Main-Spessart) may have been, which is associated with the Sacred Immina, as well as the of the Holy Leoba, a relative of Boniface, directed monastery of Tauberbischofsheim.
Burkard - the first bishop of Würzburg
End 741, no later than 742, consecrated archbishop Boniface Burkard first bishop of Würzburg. Burkard founded the St. Andrew's Abbey, on whose ground today stands the over 950-year-old parish church of St. Burkard. The life of faith in Franconia seems to have taken a rapid rise: Würzburg the Gospel soon proclaimed at the Upper Main, Steigerwald as well as with the Saxonians in Central and Northern Germany. The Diocese of Paderborn, from Main missionized, still today the Holy Kilian reveres as second patron.
In the Middle Ages, Würzburg had a high rank: imperial and court days took place, the wedding of emperor Frederick Barbarossa, also a German national council (1287). Numerous religious communities settled here; 1221 was born in Würzburg the first Franciscan monastery north of the Alps.
Reformation and Peasants' War brought changes
Würzburg under bishop Bruno saw the stable time of the Empire; later the conflicts in the Investiture Controversy, in which Bishop Adalbero played a prominent role. Also of social and religious grievances the city was not spared, in the aftermath of which Reformation and Peasants' War brought profound changes. A victim of the sectarian clashes was the martyr priest Liborius Wagner - now a warning voice for reconciliation.
To consolidation and a revival led the diocese especially bishop Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn. In addition to the Juliusspital other hospitals and charitable institutions emerged. Were promoted education and school system, in 1582 founded the university. Deep wounds inflicted the conflicts of the Thirty Years War. Swedish troops occupied the fortress Marienberg.
Baroque time - golden period
This confusion in the 18th century was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity. The Baroque era let flourish art and culture to amazing accomplishments. The art-minded prince-bishops from the house of Schönborn brought skilled artists to Würzburg. The construction of the residence and the Baroque transformation of the city began. On the country-side local artists created serene baroque churches. Church life flourished in solemn processions, festive liturgies and exhilarated music.
As a result of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the Bishopric of Würzburg perished with other ecclesiastical territories. The secularization of 1803 also the cultural and charitable commitment of many monasteries ended.
1821 the Diocese of Würzburg arose newly
From now on church life sought new paths. 1848, for the first time the German bishops met in Würzburg for an Episcopal Conference. New religious communities emerged which tackled the social distress of the industrial age. The Catholic associative network began to constitute itself and to become influential.
In the culture war since 1871, the Catholic Church stood under state pressure. Then there were conflicts in the course of theological education, the First Vatican Council and the anti-modernism. After the misery of the First World War and the inflation period, the church struggle of the Third Reich in Lower Franconia became very violent. The solidarity of Catholics with their church and bishop Matthias Ehrenfried was demonstrated in the upturn of pilgrimages to the grave of Kilian from the year 1935 on.
The consequences of World War II
On March 16, 1945, with the city of Würzburg also the churches were reduced to a pile of rubble. Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried died in 1948; he was succeeded by bishop Julius Döpfner. 1957 Döpfner was appointed bishop of Berlin. His successor, Josef Stangl, who guided the destinies of the diocese until 1979, for his paternal and benevolent nature today is still remembered of many Catholics.
In 1967, the rebuilding of the cathedral was completed. A response to the new challenges of the church by the presence found the Second Vatican Council, which was attended by bishop Josef Stangl and auxiliary bishop Alfons Kempf. For the implementation of the Council's decisions in Germany, the synod of the dioceses of the Federal Republic worked from 1972 to 1975 in Würzburg Cathedral. In 1968, the Diocesan Council of Catholics in the Diocese of Würzburg met for the first time. The involvement of the laity in the Church henceforth will become increasingly important. 1979 Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele in the long line of Würzburg chief shepherds became the 87th bishop. On 14 July 2003, after almost 25 years of fruitful ministry for the Diocese of Würzburg, Pope John Paul II. the age-related resignation of Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele as bishop of Würzburg accepted.
On September 19, 2004, Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann in Würzburg Kiliansdom in the office of bishop was inaugurated. Pope John Paul II. him on 25 June 2004 88th Bishop of Würzburg had appointed.
Ein Rundgang durch die Geschichte des Bistums Würzburg
Die ersten Christen gab es in und um Würzburg spätestens seit der Mission der irischen Glaubensboten Kilian, Kolonat und Totnan, die um 689 den Märtyrertod erlitten. Bonifatius ist die Schaffung stabiler kirchlicher Strukturen zu verdanken. Ein Zentrum früher Christianisierung dürfte auch das Kloster Karlburg bei Karlstadt (Landkreis Main-Spessart) gewesen sein, das mit der heiligen Immina in Verbindung gebracht wird, sowie das von der heiligen Lioba, einer Verwandten des Bonifatius, geleitete Kloster Tauberbischofsheim.
Burkard - der erste Bischof von Würzburg
Ende 741, spätestens 742, weihte Erzbischof Bonifatius Burkard zum ersten Bischof von Würzburg. Burkard gründete das St. Andreas-Kloster, auf dessen Grund heute die über 950 Jahre alte Pfarrkirche St. Burkard steht. Das Glaubensleben in Franken scheint einen raschen Aufschwung genommen zu haben: Würzburg verkündete das Evangelium bald am Obermain, im Steigerwald sowie bei den Sachsen in Mittel- und Norddeutschland. Das Bistum Paderborn, vom Main aus missioniert, verehrt heute noch den heiligen Kilian als zweiten Patron.
Im Mittelalter hatte Würzburg einen hohen Rang: Reichs- und Hoftage fanden statt, die Hochzeit Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossas, auch ein deutsches Nationalkonzil (1287). Zahlreiche Orden siedelten hier; 1221 entstand in Würzburg das erste Franziskanerkloster nördlich der Alpen.
Reformation und Bauernkrieg brachten Veränderungen
Würzburg sah unter Bischof Bruno die stabile Zeit des Kaisertums; später die Auseinandersetzungen im Investiturstreit, in denen Bischof Adalbero eine herausragende Rolle spielte. Auch von sozialen und kirchlichen Missständen blieb die Stadt nicht verschont, in deren Folge Reformation und Bauernkriege tiefgreifende Veränderungen brachten. Ein Opfer der konfessionellen Auseinandersetzungen war der Märtyrerpriester Liborius Wagner - heute ein Mahner für Versöhnung.
Zu Konsolidierung und neuer Blüte führte das Bistum vor allem Bischof Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. Neben dem Juliusspital entstanden andere Spitäler und karitative Einrichtungen. Gefördert wurden Bildung und Schulwesen, die Universität 1582 gegründet. Tiefe Wunden schlugen die Auseinandersetzungen des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. Schwedische Truppen besetzten die Festung Marienberg.
Barockzeit - Blütezeit
Diesen Wirren folgte im 18. Jahrhundert eine lange Zeit des Friedens und der Blüte. Die Barockzeit ließ Kunst und Kultur zu erstaunlichen Leistungen aufblühen. Die kunstsinnigen Fürstbischöfe aus dem Haus Schönborn holten qualifizierte Künstler nach Würzburg. Der Bau der Residenz und die barocke Umgestaltung der Stadt begannen. Auf dem Lande schufen heimische Künstler heitere Barockkirchen. Das kirchliche Leben blühte in feierlichen Prozessionen, festlichen Liturgien und beschwingter Musik.
Als Folge der französischen Revolution und der napoleonischen Kriege ging das Hochstift Würzburg mit anderen geistlichen Territorien zugrunde. Die Säkularisierung von 1803 beendete auch das kulturelle und karitative Engagement vieler Klöster.
1821 entstand das Bistum Würzburg neu
1821 entstand das Bistum Würzburg neu. Fortan suchte das kirchliche Leben neue Wege. 1848 trafen sich in Würzburg die deutschen Bischöfe erstmals zu einer Bischofskonferenz. Neue Ordensgemeinschaften entstanden, die sich der sozialen Not des Industriezeitalters annahmen. Das katholische Verbandswesen begann sich zu konstituieren und einflußreich zu werden.
Im Kulturkampf ab 1871 stand die katholische Kirche stark unter staatlichem Druck. Dazu kamen die Konflikte im Zuge der theologischen Aufklärung, des Ersten Vatikanischen Konzils und des Antimodernismus. Nach dem Elend des Ersten Weltkriegs und der Inflationszeit wurde der Kirchenkampf des Dritten Reiches in Unterfranken sehr heftig. Die Solidarität der Katholiken mit ihrer Kirche und Bischof Matthias Ehrenfried zeigte sich im Aufschwung der Wallfahrten zum Kiliansgrab ab dem Jahr 1935.
Die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Am 16. März 1945 sanken mit der Stadt auch Würzburgs Kirchen in Schutt und Asche. Bischof Matthias Ehrenfried starb 1948; sein Nachfolger wurde Bischof Julius Döpfner. 1957 wurde Döpfner zum Bischof von Berlin ernannt. Sein Nachfolger Josef Stangl, der bis 1979 die Geschicke des Bistums lenkte, ist wegen seiner väterlichen und gütigen Art bei vielen Katholiken bis heute unvergessen.
1967 war der Wiederaufbau des Domes vollendet. Eine Antwort auf die neuen Herausforderungen der Kirche durch die Gegenwart fand das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil, an dem Bischof Josef Stangl und Weihbischof Alfons Kempf teilnahmen. Für die Umsetzung der Konzilsbeschlüsse in Deutschland arbeitete die gemeinsame Synode der Bistümer der Bundesrepublik von 1972 bis 1975 im Würzburger Dom. 1968 trat der Diözesanrat der Katholiken im Bistum Würzburg erstmals zusammen. Das Engagement von Laien in der Kirche wird fortan immer wichtiger. 1979 wurde Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele der 87. Bischof in der langen Reihe der Würzburger Oberhirten. Am 14. Juli 2003, nach fast 25 Jahren fruchtbaren Dienst für das Bistum Würzburg, nahm Papst Johannes Paul II. den altersbedingten Amtsverzicht von Dr. Paul-Werner Scheele als Bischof von Würzburg an.
Am 19. September 2004 wurde Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann im Würzburger Kiliansdom in das Amt des Bischofs eingeführt. Papst Johannes Paul II. hatte ihn am 25. Juni 2004 zum 88. Bischof von Würzburg ernannt.
1908 postmarked postcard view of the Bartholomew County Court House in Columbus, Indiana. The court house stood on the northeast corner of the square that was bounded by Third Street on the north, Washington Street on the east, Second Street on the south, and Jackson Street on the west. This view was looking southwest across the intersection at Third and Washington Streets. The time on the tower clock was 11 am. The county jail was located south of the court house and was partially visible at the left edge of this view.
From the collection of Thomas Keesling.
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The following additional information is provided courtesy of David Enyart from his “Data Base of Indiana Court Houses.”
The first commissioner’s court met at the house of John Parker on Haw Creek on February 12, 1821 and fixed the county seat at a location they named Tiptona which was the site of a White River ferry. The town name was changed from Tiptona to Columbus at the second commissioner’s meeting in March, 1821. This is the fourth Bartholomew County Court House and has been in use since 1874.
Details: Castle style architecture; National Historic Place
Cost: Greater than $225,000
Architect: Isaac Hodgson
Paid: $8998.95
Ordered: 12/14/1870
Plans accepted: March 1871
Builder: McCormack & Sweeney
Contract: 4/18/1871
Bid: $139,900
Paid: $175,000
Dedicated: 12/29/1874
David has compiled additional information for this and the other 91 Indiana counties. Through David's generosity, all of that information can be found at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. The web address is www.genealogycenter.info/search_incourthousehistories.php.
UNDP Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan addressing northern Uganda Peace Conference
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The Postcard
This is the back of the Skegness clock tower postcard.
The Jolly Fisherman
Skegness is often associated with the railway poster 'Skegness is so Bracing'.
The poster, which features the Jolly Fisherman, was created by John Hassall (1868-1948). There is now a recently created statue of the Jolly Fisherman quite close to the clock tower.
The stamped date of the postmark is difficult to read. It looks like 1913, which would be about right - the stamp on the postcard features the 'Downey Head' of King George V which was engraved from a photograph by W and D Downey, the Court Photographers.
The Downey Head stamp was issued between 1911 and 1912, so in 1913 Nell must have had a stamp left over from the previous year, or maybe they were still being supplied.
W. & D. Downey
W. & D. Downey were Victorian studio photographers operating in London from the 1860's to the 1910's.
William Downey (14th. July 1829 - 7th. July 1915 in Kensington), who came to be known as the Queen's Photographer, was born in King Street in South Shields, a decade before commercial photography had become a reality.
William was initially a carpenter and boatbuilder, but in 1855 he set up a studio in South Shields with his brother Daniel (1831 - 15th. July 1881), and later established branches in Blyth, Morpeth and Newcastle.
Their first Royal commission was to provide photographs for Queen Victoria of the Hartley Colliery Disaster in January 1862.
In 1863 they opened a studio at 9, Eldon Square in Newcastle, in a building that was demolished in 1973. The same year William set up a studio in the Houses of Parliament and produced portraits of every parliamentarian of the day. The whereabouts of these photographs is unknown to this day.
William opened another studio at 57 & 61 Ebury Street in London in 1872 with Daniel continuing to manage the Newcastle branch.
The London studio enjoyed the patronage of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, with William taking photos at Balmoral and Frogmore during the 1860's. The first Royal image was of the Princess of Wales at the York Agricultural Show in 1865. The studio also produced the iconic carte-de-visite portrait of the Princess of Wales piggybacking Princess Louise. The studio received a Royal Warrant in 1879.
Downey used Joseph Swan's carbon process for their best work. In the 1880's Mawson, Swan & Morgan of Newcastle were the world's largest manufacturers of photographic dry plates, the convenience of which made photography a commercial reality. George Eastman spent some time there during the eighties, and afterwards invented the Box Brownie and roll film, ending the monopoly of studios on permanent images.
William Downey's son, William Edward Downey (1855–1908), managed most of the royal sittings during the Edwardian era.
Gladys Cooper, a child photographic model of the time, reminisces about the Downeys in her autobiography:
"I can remember the Downeys quite well – they were father and son. "Old" Downey was a very tall old man with a long white beard, and very red-rimmed eyes. He always wore a long frock-coat with a red ribbon in his buttonhole, and looked a dignified old gentleman, who was quite capable of receiving and greeting Royals with just the right manner of respectful homage.
It was considered a great honour to be photographed by "Old" Downey himself. He never "took" anyone lower than one of the Princesses, or perhaps a duchess now and then, if he felt in the mood. His staff treated him rather like Royalty itself, and, when he rode abroad in his carriage, they would stand round with rugs, cushions, etc., until he waved them aside in lordly fashion.
"Young" Downey (he was always known as "Young" Downey to distinguish him from his father) was a big man – or so he seemed to me then – with a bald head. He was an artist in his work, and used to say that he always knew the best side of anybody's face after one good look at them. He certainly made some fine photographs of the famous beauties of his time, and possessed the art of retaining character in the face of his sitter. I used to enjoy my visits to the Downey père et fils. "Young" Downey was very fond of children, and my sisters Doris and Grace and I had plenty of fun playing about in the great studio, or dressing ourselves up in the wonderful assortment of garments that he kept there".
William Downey's Personal Life and Death
William senior was married to Lucy, who had been born in Speenhamland, Berkshire in 1843, and they had one son and one daughter. He joined the Photographic Society (later The Royal Photographic Society) in December 1870. The 1891 and 1901 census records show that he was living at 10 Nevern Square, Warwick Road, Earl's Court, Kensington.
Downey's prized silver collection was stolen from his Earl's Court home in November 1914 – the burglary is said to have brought on his death 7 days before his 86th. birthday.
The Assassination in Sarajevo
Little did Nell know when she posted the card on Tuesday the 5th. August 1913 that 46 weeks later in Sarajevo, on the 28th. June 1914, 19 year old Gavrilo Princip would use a Belgian-made 1910 semi-automatic pistol to put a bullet into the jugular vein of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Princip fired only two bullets; the second inflicted a fatal abdominal wound on Franz's wife Sophie who, contrary to a popular myth, was not pregnant at the time - she was 50, and IVF had not yet been invented.
The world would have to wait another 64 years and 27 days for the world's first IVF baby - Louise Brown - to enter the world with a huge yell at Oldham General Hospital UK on the 25th. July 1978.
The Archduke died in his car before he could be driven to the Governor's Residence. His last words were said to be: "Sophie! Sophie! Don't die - stay alive for the children".
The assassination set in motion a series of events that led directly to the greatest human conflict that civilisation had ever known.
A Major Error
It was a conflict which might not even have happened had it not been for a stupid error - Franz Ferdinand's chauffeur went the wrong way during a cavalcade.
He unwittingly stopped the car in a dead-end in front of Gavrilo Princip, thereby giving him an unobstructed opportunity to take the shots.
If the chauffeur had practised the route the day before, the Great War might never have happened.
An Associate Degree in Science at The Finch Gallery
November 14, 2008
EC Brown curated "Liv Ullmann, Anaerobic Digestion, Post-Psychiatry"
and
Catie Olson curated Spiderbug short film screening: The pH Show
Frank DiGiovanni
Brandon Heuser
Michael Morris
Richard O'Sullivan
This memorial is in Winster Cemetery.
In 2013 I took a photo of an informal memorial to Stanley Clives in the Cemetery which is elsewhere on this site. Clives is not a surname which I associate with Winster. At today's date the informal memorial to Stanley had been viewed 1772 times.
When I photographed the memorial yesterday I was intrigued to discover the couple's association with Winster. Someone viewing this post may be able to help me with some background information.
What have I discovered by a quick desk-top review of public records?
In the 1939 Register a Stanley W. Clives is recorded as being born in 1926 and was at School living in Birmingham. In 1952 a Stanley William Clives married Beryl Jean Hodgkins in Birmingham,
In the 1939 Register a Beryl Jean Hodgkins is recorded as born in 1933 also at School and was also living in Birmingham. In an Electoral Register up to 2014 there was a couple with these names living in Wales
Finally, a Google search of the name Stanley William Clives credited an author with that name with "The Centenary Book of the Birmingham FA 1875-1975."
So, can anyone assist me with information about the couple's connection with Winster, please?
Michael Greatorex
31 March 2018
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