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Title: Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20864777
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Plock, H.G.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
Image ID: 5003pb60f029
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Crew Switching Over Crossing and Around Curve
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20864957
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Strommen, Arnold
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb61f054
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Manhattan Brewery
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434085
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f159
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Maker:
Born: UK
Active: UK
Medium: book
Size: 6 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in
Location:
Object No. 2021.213
Shelf: ART-1876
Publication: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bronzes of European Origin at the South Kensington Museum, 1876
Other Collections:
Provenance: Besleys Books
Rank: 54
Notes: The South Kensington Museum was founded in 1857. The photographs were possibly taken by Isabel Agnes Cowper who took on the role of official museum photographer in 1868 upon the death of her brother, Charles Thurston Thompson, who was the first official museum photographer of the museum, which was renamed The Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design, as well as sculpture, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects.
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Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive Title: Abdominal muscles, testis.
Actual Title: Muscles: Pl. IX
Artist: Bell, John, 1763-1820
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI059-0026
Scope and Content: Abdominal muscles, testis, superficial dissection, in situ. Male cadaver dissected to show rectus abdominis, testis dissected free from the scrotum. Anterior view.
References: Male figure shown in an interior landscape.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Engravings, explaining the anatomy of the bones
Author: Bell, John, 1763-1820
Published: Edinburgh : Printed by John Paterson; for Bell and Bradfute, and T. Duncan; and J. Johnson, and G.G.G. and J. Robinsons, London, 1794
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive Title: Muscles.
Actual Title: Secunda musculorum tabula
Artist: Calcar, Jan Stephen van, 1499-1546?
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: 35 x 21 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI035-0009
Scope and Content: Muscles, superficial. Male figure, in vivo, lateral view.
General: Figure shown in a landscape.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: De humani corporis fabrica
Author: Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Published: Basileæ [Basel] : Ex officina I. Oporini, 1543
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive Title: Dissection of the brain.
Actual Title: Plate LVII
Artist: Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
Technique: engraving/etching in relief, with hand-coloured highlighting
Dimensions: 28 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI069-0060
Scope and Content: Dissection of the brain, in situ. Skull cap removed, dura mater shown in place on 1 hemisphere, removed from the other hemisphere to show brain, cranial sinus. Superior view.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: System of anatomical plates
Author: Lizars, John, 1787?-1860
Published: Edinburgh : Published by W.H. Lizars, London, and W, Curry junr., Dublin, [1825?]
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive catalogue of flowers seed plants, bulbs, cacti..
Ventura-by-the-Sea, Calif. :Theodosia B. Shepherd Co.,1903..
A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and figures of all the species
Darlington,H. Penney, Printer,1858.
Descriptive Title: Skull and mandible.
Actual Title: Plate III
Artist: Rymsdyk, Jan van, fl. 1750-1788
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 23 x 18 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI049-0004
Scope and Content: Skull and mandible, shown in isolation, in 2 numbered illustrations. Midface shown only, with full permanent dentition. Anterior and lateral views.
General: Plate unsigned. Dated May 15, 1771
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Natural history of the human teeth
Author: Hunter, John, 1728-1793
Published: London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1778
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive catalogue of new and beautiful roses :.
[Philadelphia] :M'Calla & Stavely, prs., 237-9 Dock St.,[1875].
Descriptive catalogue of new and beautiful roses :.
[Philadelphia] :M'Calla & Stavely, prs., 237-9 Dock St.,[1875].
Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, flowering plants, &c..
Rochester, N.Y. :Ellwanger & Barry,1875..
This is an artificial scene that was created by typing descriptive words at a computer prompt. It is not a photograph, only an imaginary image using adverbs, nouns and verbs that are interpreted by a computer bot. The Image was made on the Discount bot.
I was inspired by the book, The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto while making this. The idea is that our bodies are mostly water, and the messages we send our bodies are extremely powerful. He did many fascinating experiments showing the impact of the messages we send water and documented his process with photographs to back up his argument. I highly recommend the book! These earrings link to the wikipedia entry for gratitude using a QR code reader on your phone. :)
Descriptive Title: Nerves of the body, with skeleton.
Artist: La Rivière, Etienne de
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: 28 x 18 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI034-0006
Scope and Content: Nerves of the body, with skeleton, anterior view. Mandible removed from the skull, held in the hand. Spinal nerves, some cranial nerves, brachial plexus, lumbar plexus shown.
General: Figure shown in a landscape.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: De dissectione partium corporis humani
Author: Estienne, Charles, 1504-ca. 1564
Published: Parisiis : Apud S. Colinæum, 1545
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
A descriptive catalogue of choice vegetable, flower, and agricultural seeds /.
Boston, MA :Curtis & Cobb..
Sherborne School Archives, Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/
Title page of George Medd Butt's 'Sherborne Castle, A Descriptive Poem, in Two Cantos, with other pieces of verse'. The volume was printed by Cruttwell of Sherborne, Dorset (where G.M. Butt was bound as an apprentice), and published by subscription in October 1815 by Penny and Hodges.
The volume of poems was published when George Medd Butt was 18 years old, and also included the following poems: ‘Henry and Anna, A Ballad’, ‘To a Gentleman, on his presenting the author with the poems of Cowper’, ‘Sorrow, Pity, and the Muse’, ‘Lines occasioned by H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte’s visit to Earl Digby, at Sherborne Castle, November 9, 1814’, ‘The Tear of the Brave’, ‘Strephon and Love’, ‘Lines on the Conclusion of Peace with America, December, 1814’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘The Celestial Decree’.
The volume includes a list of subscriber and raised £100.
Five copies of the volume are known to exist: two are held at Sherborne Castle (both covered with grey boards), one copy is held at Sherborne School Library, one at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and one at the British Library.
GEORGE MEDD BUTT QC (1797-1860) was born on 18 January 1797 at Sherborne, Dorset son of John Butt [a cordwainer?] and Frances. He was christened at Sherborne Abbey on 25 February 1797. In 1797, John Butt owned and occupied premises in Hound Street.
Siblings: Thomas Butt; Sarah Butt; Susannah Butt (1794-); Frances Elizabeth Butt (1803-1875, married name Storey); Jane Butt (1807-), married name John Jeanes, New Bond Street, London).
George Medd Butt attended the writing school at Sherborne, Dorset. He was bound as an apprentice at the printing office of Cruttwell’s Journal in Sherborne.
George Medd Butt went on to became editor to one of the minor London papers which supported his establishment in the legal profession
In 1830, he was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, and went on the Western Circuit, where he soon rose into reputation, and acquired an extensive practice.
George Medd Butt was married by licence at Sherborne Abbey on 7 September 1830 to Frances Jane Ffooks. The marriage was conducted by the Rev. Thomas Woodforde. Frances Jane Ffooks (1808-1887) was the daughter of Thomas Ffooks (1775-1845) and Frances Sophia (née Woodforde) (1777-1842) of Greenhill House, Sherborne. Thomas Ffooks was a solicitor, Clerk of the Peace, Governor & Warden of Sherborne School, Steward of the Sherborne Hundred, and placed notices on certain bridges in Dorset: ‘ANY PERSON WILFULLY INJURING ANY PART OF THIS COUNTY BRIDGE WILL BE GUILTY OF FELONY AND UPON CONVICTION LIBABLE TO BE TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE BY THE COURT. T. FOOKS’ (Grey’s Bridge, Dorchester & Sturminster Newton Bridge)
In 1843, during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst, George Medd Butt was made a Queen’s Counsel (QC), and shortly afterwards was elected a bencher of the Inner Temple. He was also Conservative MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (returned 10 July 1852).
George Medd Butt made his last will and testament on 9 December 1858. He was then living at 17 Eaton Square, Middlesex. By his will, George left to his wife the dwelling house, stable, coach house and premises at 17 Eaton Square for life. After her death the same to my godson, Alan George Howell. Gives to his wife all my household furniture, plate, linen goods, chattels and effects belonging to the dwelling house, stable, coach house and premises. Leaves to his wife £100 immediately after my decease free of legacy duty. To my brother Thomas Butt, my trustee, £500. To my sister Susan Butt £400. To my sister Frances Elizabeth Storey, widow, £500. To my sister Jane, the wife of John Jeanes of New Bond Street, £400, for her sole and separate use free from the control of her husband. To Susan Salter, my wife’s maid, in case she shall be living with my wife at the time of my decease, £50 free and clear of legacy duty. Appoint my wife and my brother Thomas Butt executrix and executor. Residue of my estate and effects to Thomas Butt upon trust to pay the interest and annual proceeds to my wife for her life and after her death or remarrying, to be paid in equal share to: Thomas Butt, Susan Butt, Frances Elizabeth Storey and Jane Jeanes for life. One moiety of the residue to Alan George Howell and his sister Gertrude Lucy Howell. Witnessed by Charles Lempriere of the Inner Temple, Barrister, and William Henry Smith, 3 Tanfield Court Temple.
By a codicil made to his will on 31 May 1860, George Medd Butt, gave the additional legacies: to my brother Thomas Butt £200; to my sister Susan Butt £200; t my sister Frances Storey £200. Witnessed by F.J. Butt, 17 Eaton Square, George Morris, 17 Eaton Square.
George Medd Butt died on 11 November 1860 at 17 Eaton Square, London. Probate granted to his widow, Frances Jane Butt, and his brother, Thomas Butt of 46 Bedford Row, gent.
Frances Jane Butt installed a window, designed by Clayton & Bell, in the south aisle of the nave of Sherborne Abbey, in memory of her husband George Medd Butt.
Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 15 November 1860:
'Death of Mr G.M. Butt, Q.C. We regret to announce the death of Mr George Medd Butt, Q.C. formerly M.P. for Weymouth, which event occurred at his residence in Eaton Square on Sunday last. The deceased gentleman was the son of Mr John Butt, of Sherborne, and in early life practised for some years with great success as a special pleader. In 1830, being then 33 years of age, he was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, and went to the Western Circuit, where he soon rose in reputation, and acquired an extensive practice. In 1843, during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst, Mr Butt was made a Queen’s Counsel, and shortly afterwards was elected a bencher of the Inner Temple. At the general election in July, 1847, Mr Butt offered his services to the electors of Weymouth, but was defeated, losing his election, however, by only three votes. In July, 1852, he again stood for Weymouth, and this time with more success, as he was at the head of the poll, the other candidates being Colonel W. Freestun and Mr Oswald. Mr Butt during the time he was member for Weymouth was rarely absent from his Parliamentary duties, and was a frequent speaker, although he never addressed the House at any great length. He protested adherence to the Conservative party, but was opposed to the re-imposition of a duty on foreign corn. He was in favour of Mr Spooner’s annual motion for an inquiry respecting Maynooth, and was so far a Reformer that he desired the removal of all serious blots and anomalies in the representative system. It was confidently expected that Mr Butt would have been raised to the judicial bench during Lord Derby’s tenure of office, but his chance never came. In private life and in the profession of which he was a member, Mr Butt was held in high esteem.'
Dorset County Chronicle:
'George Butt (for so he was called at Sherborne) was the self-taught architect of his own fortune. He was born in that town, of poor but respectable parents, who gave him the education they could afford at a long established writing school, over-shadowed by the venerable old Abbey Church. Being naturally studious and plodding, he spent his evenings at home in eargerly reading whatever books he could procure. His mother was anxious that he should be early bound as an apprentice at the printing office of Cruttwell’s Journal. Here he began his literary career when about 13 years of age, and in his leisure hours at the office devoted himself to studies of all kinds. He had a taste for poetry, and this he fostered by copying into a common-place book every scrap of verse that passed through his hands in setting up the types. After this training he aspired to be himself an author and wrote a creditable poem, entitled “Sherborne Castle,” which was published by subscription, and patronised by the whole town and neighbourhood. The amount realised was £100, a great sum for George in those days, and which he richly deserved, from his unwearied assiduity. To make the best interest of his fortune, one of his patrons, Peter Batson, prevailed on a Quaker of unbounded reputation for honesty to take, as a great favour, the lad’s riches at five per cent., on his own security; but Obadiah soon after failed in business, and cheated George, and many other hard-working youths, of the fruits of their industry. The event was not without its moral, and its ultimate advantage – Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. George acted upon this advice, and struggled manfully against his misfortune, and years after, when he had been admitted as a barrister at the Temple, Peter Batson, the father of the Dorsetshire attorneys, gave him his first brief. The stepping-stone to the long robe was the press, for, on leaving Sherborne, he became editor to one of the minor London papers, by which he raised funds for his support until he was established in the legal profession. This was at length accomplished by close application to business, and taking pupils for instruction at his chambers, in Tanfield Court; and then he ventured on the Western Circuit, with what result we need not here detail, as his position in society, and his title Q.C., are the best proofs of his success. When in his zenith, Mr Butt offered himself as a candidate on the Conservative interest, to represent Weymouth, and sat for that borough during two consecutive Parliaments, but failed in again obtaining the hnour, after the dissolution in 1857. Mr Butt, in 1835 [sic], was married to Frances, eldest daughter of Thomas Ffooks, esq., many years Clerk of the Peace for the county of Dorset, but leaves no issue to inherit his fortune and his good name.'
E.C. Ffooks, 'The Family of Ffooks of Sherborne' (Privately printed in 1958): footnote on page 30: 'Frances Butt (née Ffooks) gave to Sherborne Abbey in her husband’s memory a stained glass window in the South Aisle embodying the History of St. Joseph of Arimathea.'
John Hutchins, 'History of Dorset' (3rd ed. Vol.IV), p.241:
'The south aisle, called St Mary’s Aisle, has three Perpendicular windows, of which two are filled with diapered quarries, and the central one with stained glass by Clayton and Bell, embodying the History of St. Joseph of Arimathea. It is intended as a memorial to the late George Medd Butt, esq., formerly MP for Weymouth and a native of Sherborne. The window was presented by his widow.'
List of subscribers to 'Sherborne Castle, A Descriptive Poem, in Two Cantos, with other pieces of Verse' (1815):
Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte of Wales.
The Right Hon. Earl Digby.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Miss Armitage, Sherborne.
Mr Allford, Henstridge, Somerset.
Mr James Allford, Axbridge, Somerset.
Sir Richard Borough, Bart, Baseldon Park, Berks.
Hon. Lady Borough, Baseldon Park, Berks. (2 copies)
E.R. Borough, Esq., Baseldon Park, Berks.
Mrs Burland, Leweston House, Dorset.
Rev. W.L. Bowles, Bremhill, Wilts. (2 copies)
Mr Batson, Sherborne.
Edmund Batten, Esq., Yeovil, Somerset.
H. Biging, Esq., Bourton, Dorset.
Mr J.K. Biging, Penzelwood, Somerset.
Mr T. Bartlett, junior, Wareham, Dorset.
Mr T. Brown, junior, Salisbury.
Mr William Brown, Tooley Street, Southwark.
Mr J. Burfit, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr T. Blake, Sherborne.
Mr C. Brooks, Sherborne.
Mrs J. Bishop, senior, Sherborne.
Mr John Bishop, junior, Sherborne.
Mr Bridle, Milborne Wick, Somerset.
Mrs Bradshaw, Cumberland Street, London.
Rev. J. Cutler, MA, Sherborne. [John Cutler (1756-1833), Headmaster of Sherborne School 1790-1823]
Rev. Dr. Colston, Lydford Rectory, Somerset.
Rev. B. Cooper, Yetminster, Dorset.
B.F. Coleman, Esq., Holwell, Somerset.
Mrs Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Miss Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Mr J. Cruttwell, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. R. Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Mr Cooper, Sherborne.
Mrs Cooke, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Chaffey, Sherborne.
Mrs Cox, Sherborne.
Mrs T. Cox, Sherborne.
Mr Charles Cox, Sherborne.
Mr S. Cox, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr P. Crocker, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr T. Charlton, senior, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr G. Clark, Dorchester.
Mr William Carter, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Clayton, Whitchurch.
Mr J.M. Cape, Sherborne.
Mr C. Cape, London.
Miss S. Cape, Freemantle Park, Southampton.
Mr James Crofts, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr John Corbin, Sherborne.
Mr Joseph Coombs, Henstridge, Somerset.
Captain Digby, Royal Navy, Holnest Lodge, Dorset.
Rev. Charles Digby, Bishop’s Caundle, Dorset.
Rev. William Douglas, Canon of Salisbury and Prebendary of Westminster.
James Dale, Esq., Glanville’s Wootton, Dorset.
G.S. Dawe, Esq., Ditcheat, Somerset.
Miss Dalton, Lattiford House, Somerset.
Mrs A. Deering, Sherborne.
Mr S. Dibsdall, Bristol.
Mr Dando, Bristol,
Mr James Drew, Bath.
John Edye, Esq., Pinney House, Somerset.
Mr J.B. Evans, Hindon, Wiltshire.
Rev. Mr. Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Mrs Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Rev. G. Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Mr T. Fooks, Sherborne. [Thomas Ffooks of Greenhill House, Sherborne (1775-1845). In 1830, G.M. Butt married his daughter, Frances Jane Ffooks]
Mr Fellows, Sherborne.
Mr Fleetwood, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Fawcett, Holland’s Cottage, Yeovil.
Rev. J. Fullager, Isle of Wight.
Mr R. Fitchett, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr H. Feaver, Milborne Port, Somerset.
Mr Grantham Farrow, Reading.
Mr James Farrow, Reading.
Miss Farrow, Reading.
R. Gordon, Esq., MP, Leweston House, Dorset.
Robert Goodden, Esq., Compton House, Dorset.
Wyndham Goodden, Bath.
Mr Gray, Sherborne.
Miss Gray, Sherborne.
Mr S. Gould, Sherborne.
Mr H. Gifford, Sherborne.
Mr Gutch, Wincanton, Somerset.
Mrs G. Hawker, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Hawarden, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr N. Highmore, Sherborne.
Mr John Hellyar, junior, Sherborne.
Mr William Hodges, Sherborne.
Mr T. Hilliar, Sherborne.
Miss Hill, Compton, Dorset.
Miss E. Henning, Milborne Port, Somerset.
Miss Hyde, Castle Cary, Somerset.
Mr J. Hawkins, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr Hebert, Bishopsgate Street, London.
Mr Hardyman, Bristol.
Mr James, Sherborne.
Mrs W. Jeffery, Sherborne.
Miss Jeffery, junior, Sherborne.
Mr J. Jeanes, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr Kidgell, Pangborn, Berks.
Mr L. King, Sherborne.
Mr James Knight, Castle Cary, Somerset.
Rev. Mr Lynam, Silton Rectory, Dorset.
[] Lydiatt, Esq., Sherborne.
Mr James Langdon, Sherborne.
Mr John Longman, junior, Sherborne.
Mr R.S. Langdon, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Josiah Lowe, Goldsmith Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, London.
J. Melliar, Esq., Sherborne.
Rev. Thomas Maurice, MA, British Museum. (2 copies)
Miss Mitchell, Sherborne.
Mr J.P. Melmoth, Sherborne.
Mrs Messam, Baseldon, Berks.
Mr G. Mayo, Compton, Dorset.
Mr D. Maggs, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr Morris, Titchfield, Hants.
Mr H. Melhuish, Wincanton, Somerset.
G.M.B. Napier, Esq., Pennard House, Somerset.
Mrs Noake, Sherborne.
Mr H. Newman, Babcary, Somerset.
W.M. Pitt, Esq., MP, Kingston House, Dorset.
Rev. J. Parsons, Sherborne.
Dr Pew, Sherborne. (2 copies)
S. Pretor, Esq., Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. Mr Putt, Trent Rectory, Somerset.
Rev. E. Poulter, Close, Winchester. (2 copies)
Miss Poulter, Close, Winchester.
Rev. C.H. Pulsford, Charlton Adam, Somerset.
R. Pattison, Esq., Dorchester.
J. Parry, Esq., Chester.
Rev. D. Phelps, Snodling Parsonage, Kent.
Rev. J. Page, Baseldon, Berks.
W. Price, Esq., Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Mr E. Penny, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr C. Penny, London.
Mr Prebble, Pangborn, Berks.
Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart., Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Lady Rycroft, Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Miss Rycroft, Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Henry Rycroft, Esq., Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
J. Rogers, Esq., Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Mrs Rogers, Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Miss Rogers, Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Mrs F. Rogers, Yarlington.
J.F. Reeve, Esq., Glastonbury, Somerset.
Miss Jane Ridout, Sherborne.
Mr J. Randall, Wincanton, Somerset.
Mrs C. Ridout, Bath.
Mrs J. Ridout, Bath.
[] Schuyler, Esq., Wooland House, Dorset.
Mr C. Score, Sherborne.
Mr G. Score, Sturminister Newton, Dorset.
Mr Stone, Sherborne.
Mrs Serle, Sherborne.
Miss Spratt, Sherborne.
Miss Scott, Sherborne.
Mr William Simmonds, Sherborne.
Mr Sampson, Farnham, Surrey.
Mr Smith, Whitchurch.
Mr Shortney, London.
W. Toogood, Esq., Sherborne.
Rev. C. Toogood, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. Dr. Toogood, Writhlington, Somerset.
Mr Turner, Sherborne.
Mr J.M. Thorne, Sherborne.
Rev. B. Treleaven, Dorchester. (2 copies)
Mr Thompson, Compton, Dorset.
Mr Jonah Thompson, Compton, Dorset.
Mrs Thompson, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London. (2 copies)
Mr W. Trim, Yetminster, Dorset.
Mr T. Titcombe, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Mr W. Towers, Sherborne.
Mr Trulock, Leweston House, Dorset.
Mr John Trowbridge, Sherborne.
Mr E.H. Turner, Sherborne.
Mr William Usher, London.
Rev. Mr Wyndham, Corton Rectory, Somerset.
Mrs Wickham, Horsington Rectory, Somerset.
Miss M.H. Williams, Marston, Somerset.
Rev. D. Williams, Sherborne.
Rev. Mr. Woodforde, Ansford, Somerset.
W. Whitaker, Esq., Motcombe, Dorset.
Rev. G.M. Webster, B.D., Bourton, Dorset.
Mrs W. Wickham, Bullington, Hants.
Mr Wickham, Frome, Somerset.
Mr Winter, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr G. Warry, Sherborne.
Mr Woodforde, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Weston, Sherborne.
Mr T. Whitty, Sherborne.
Mr J. S. Ward, Bruton, Somerset.
Mr John Woolcott, junior, Salisbury.
Mr Wyatt, Sherborne Castle.
Mr S. Whiffen, Sherborne.
Mr Israel Watts, Sherborne.
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Stow, Massachusetts
Descriptive Catalogue of Farms in Massachusetts
by William Robert Sessions (1891)
"Farm of 120 acres mowing 30 pasture 50 woodland 40 suitable for cultivation 50 Grass can be cut with a machine No house Barn 36x40 in poor repair Mostly fenced with stone wall in fair condition Good water supply Two hundred and twenty five apple trees 14 pear 3 quince 6 cherry and 20 peach trees besides 6 young grape vines and a quantity of raspberry and blackberry bushes Railroad station Whitman's Station J mile post office Rock Bottom 1 mile Price $4,000 cash at sale $2,500 interest on balance 5 per cent Address Jerome Barton Rock Bottom Mass "
Stow
1683-1933
published by
REV. AND MRS. PRESTON R. CROWELL (1933)
On Gleasondale:
"The village of Gleasondale is of no small importance to the town, not only in its early historical interest, but in its later industrial and business development and connection with the cherished names of its patriotic and enterprising citizens, indicated in the village names, "Randall Mills" (1776-1815); "Rock Bottom" (1815-1898); "Gleasondale" (1898-1933).
The first certain record of the establishment of mills of any kind is in the deed of February 19, 1770 by which John Gordon and his wife Mercy conveyed to Timothy Gibson for $300, land with a grist and saw mill, previously the property of their father, Ebenezer Graves--land purchased by him September 17, 1716 from Zachariah Whitman. The dam and mills were built by Mr. Graves before 1750.
Timothy Gibson sold this property (sixty acres with corn and saw mill) to Abraham Randall for $462; from whom it received its name, by which it was known for more than half a century. These mills were located on the east side of the Assabet river; the dam
being some five or six rods below the present dam of B. W. Gleason & Sons. On the death of Mr. Randall early in 1815 these mills became the property of his two sons Abram and Paul, who deeded them; one, August 20, 1819 for $471.50, and the other February 12, 1822 for $1200 to Joel Cranston, Silas Felton and Elijah Hale, enterprising merchants of that part of Marlboro, now the town of Hudson. These gentlemen together with Silas Jewell, an old resident of the vicinity, are chiefly responsible for the early development of the cotton manufacturing enterprise, which was finally conducted under the name of the Rock Bottom Cotton & Woolen Company. The first record of the name of "Rock Bottom" is in connection with this factory. According to tradition, the name had its origin with the remark of Joel Cranston who, when his men were digging the foundation of the factory and came to solid rock, said to them, "you've reached rock bottom." At first this was a by-word, but soon this chance remark became the permanent designation of the locality.
After being conducted with varying success and passing through the hands of different operators, the manufacturing interests of the village were absorbed February 14, 1849 by B. W. Gleason & Co.; the firm included Benjamin Gleason of Andover, Mass. and Samuel Dale of Ware, Mass. Both were fitted by experience and executive ability to handle an enterprise of the kind and under these new auspices, the business soon assumed a new aspect of vigor and energy. In the next year an addition and improvements were made. A serious interruption was caused by a fire May 9, 1852 which entirely destroyed the mill. Out of the ashes however, arose a new brick mill, 125 feet long, 50 feet wide and 5 stories high, ready for operation in 1854.
On the death of Mr. Dale, March 1, 1853, his brother Ebenezer Dale became a partner with Mr. Gleason; the name of the firm remaining as before. Thereon J. Dale, youngest brother of Ebenezer Dale, became a partner in 1850. In 1860 the firm name
was changed to Dale Bros. & Co. On the death of Ebenezer December 3, 1871, Mr. Gleason purchased from his heirs their interest and on June 1, 1872, received into partnership his three sons, Charles Whitney, born April 9, 1841, Stilman Augustus, born
August 12, 1843, Alfred Dwight, born February 7, 1845; all of them in North Andover,Mass. The business was continued under the name, B. W. Gleason & Sons. After the death of Benjamin W. Gleason, the firm was known as B. W. Gleason's Sons; later, C. W. & A. D. Gleason; then Gleasondale Mills and the prestige and substantial prosperity of the concern has been continued to be maintained throughout.
The Humphrey Brigham Shoe factory, located near the Fitchburg Railroad Station, carried on a large business for many years. This four story building, with cupola, was burned to the ground in 1878.
From 1875-1878, we find "Reed Bros.," cabinet-makers, manufacturing chairs, frames and doing all kinds of upholstering work, in this section of Gleasondale.
In the early days there was no railroad, and wool and all supplies for the mills and stores were brought from Boston by teams of horses. Gilman Hapgood of Feltonville was a familiar sight to the villagers as he drove in with his large four-horse team loaded down with wool, and later on loaded up with bales of flannels as he started off over the hills for Boston. Another familiar sight was Amos Sawyer of Berlin as he drove his four horse mail coach over the road from Berlin to South Acton, in the early morning, returning at nightfall, always stopping at the store to take and leave the mail bag. Daily papers were scarce in those days and Sunday papers unheard of.
To protect the fish, laws were passed obliging all mill owners to provide fish ways. By this means a direct communication was made from the ocean to Boon's pond by way of the Merrimac, Concord and Assabet rivers. Capt. Thomas Whitman, being at "Ram's Horn Brook," so-called from its crookedness, saw a large quantity of fish. He came home, took his team of four oxen, and with his boys, dipped up over sixty bushels, making the largest amount of fish ever caught in one day in town.
In the more prosperous days of the town, we find a physician living in Gleasondale, named Dr. John Whitman. He had a very fine house, said to be three stories high. This house was burned and the ruins were in what is now Herbert Underwood's door-yard.
In 1830, there was a store in Rock Bottom, kept by Col. Elijah Hale. He was succeeded by his nephews for a time.
Opposite the place now owned and occupied by Clifford Martin, is the "Sibley Place." At one time there was a saw-mill on this place.
Just below the home of F. Keeler Rice, opposite Mrs. Charlotte Hearsey's house, was a brick-yard owned by Abijah Parks, great-grandfather of Miss Clara Houghton, of Hudson. He lived in a house on the site of the Whitney Ferguson homestead. Abraham Priest 2nd began working there when 16 years old. Quite a lively business was carried on there about 1830-40.
On the Hallock farm, formerly the Wolcott farm, stood a building which was started for a hotel thinking the main road to Boston was going past the place. As the road went in another direction, this building was never finished and was later used for a cider-mill. Ox-teams carted cider from this mill to Boston, over the old road that goes past the Lake Boon monument. On more than one occasion the oxen were so tired on the return trip,
that they were unyoked, so they could climb the hill.
In colonial days ox-teams were used for all trucking and carting. The oxen were also used for ploughing and other farm work.
About 1880, horses began to be used on the farms; they were quicker in motion and because of this were considered to be more advantageous, as more could be accomplished in one day. But many of the farmers reluctantly changed to this new method, as the steady pull of the oxen and their ability to haul greater loads, could not be replaced by horses. The "gee" and "haw" of the farmer is no longer heard and we find no yoke of oxen in town today.
About 1920, tractors were seen ploughing and hauling out the big rocks and boulders in parts of the town. Today, tractors are in common use."
"From the " Haletonian, 1889"-"The highways are in good condition, the distances on the street from Rock Bottom to Stow center were marked by Elm trees, the space from tree to tree being one-half of a mile. The first from Rock Bottom, being the one in front of "Minister" Randall's, now owned and occupied by Joseph Hale. The second, a little to the west of Grove School, on the site of the old school-house. The third, at Mark Whitcomb's. The fourth, at A. J. Smith's. The fifth, at Robert Carr's, and the distance from there to the store being one-half of a mile. "
From www.farnwr.org/news_details/AssabetTripNotes.html
3. Orchard Hill
Orchard Hill lies directly behind (to the west) of the mill buildings at the Route 62 (Gleasondale Road) crossing over the Assabet River in Gleasondale. The hill has played a fascinating role in the overall topographical scheme of the SuAsCo rivers system. Ron McAdow described this role in his book, The Concord Sudbury And Assabet Rivers, as follows:
New England bedrock lies beneath a thin layer of broken and powdered rock left when the ice sheet melted. A little fresh soil has been produced in the short time since glaciation, from decomposing stone and decaying vegetation. Soil is thinnest on ridges and hillsides, where it varies from inches to a few feet in depth. It becomes deeper along the bases of hills and in the valleys.
In some places glacial debris is piled high. Oval hills called drumlins are scattered throughout the Concord Basin. Orchard Hill (AS mile 17.0), at the Stow-Hudson boundary, is an example. The gentle form of this drumlin is all the more observable because it has been kept in grass. At the top of Orchard Hill, not visible from the river, is a "meltwater channel" washed out when ice melted from the glacier that once lay overhead.
Today the Assabet winds around the north of Orchard Hill. It is thought that prior to the Ice Age the Assabet ran to the south of the hill, through the current locations of Lake Boon and White's Pond, to merge with the Sudbury near Heard Pond (SU mile 18.1). This change of course was caused by the sudden drainage of a glacial lake.
Topographical maps of the area serve to underscore Ron's point. The maps indicate that the high ground or "continental divide" between the Sudbury and Assabet basins lies along Hudson and Sudbury Roads, suggesting that the Assabet River could well have flowed towards Sudbury and Wayland if the river had gone south of Orchard Hill.
4. Gleasondale (a.k.a. Randall's Mill and Rock Bottom)
Gleasondale has a long and illustrious history as a major milling center in New England. The first mill and dam - for grist and lumber - in what is now Gleasondale was built by Ebenezer Graves prior to 1750. The dam was located 80 to 100 feet downstream from the current dam. In 1769 the town built the first bridge over the Assabet (then known as the Elizabeth River) so that Abraham Randall, a respected citizen and scion of one of the first settlers, could get to his Methodist Church on Gospel Hill without getting his feet wet. In honor of the Randall family, the area in the vicinity of the dam and crossing was known at the time as Randall's Mills. (One local historian speculates that this first bridge was located just above the current dam behind the double white house at 457/459 Gleasondale Road where a number of large rocks along the bank may have served as bridge abutments.)
In 1813, the Rock Bottom Cotton & Woolen Company built a wood-framed textile mill at Randall's Mills and the emerging village and new post office became known as Rock Bottom. The current five-story brick mill building was built in 1854 after the original wooden building burned. A second building was added in 1919. Upwards of a hundred people, most living locally, were employed in the mill during this period. Textile milling continued until after World War II when operations were shut down and the building subsequently sold and converted into the Gleasondale Industrial Park.
A variety of other businesses came and went in Rock Bottom during the village's heyday in the bustling 1800's. These ranged from small artisan-type operations in woodworking, leather, farm implements, wicks, furniture, toys, and the like to the large Humphrey Brigham Shoe Factory at Railroad Avenue and Marlborough Road which employed over 100 people until it burned down in 1875.
As if in a final remembrance to a remarkable century, the name of the village and new post office was changed in 1898 from Rock Bottom to Gleasondale in honor of Benjamin Gleason and Samuel Dale who had been partners in the mill which spawned and nurtured this bustling community on the Assabet.
5. Historic Gleasondale Homes
Various of the older homes in Gleasondale reflect the golden era of New England textile milling. Unlike most of the rest of Stow the architecture in Gleasondale center is Victorian. Ethel B. Childs in her 1983 book, History of Stow, described it very eloquently (pp. 74-75) as follows:
The architecture reflected the prosperity of Rock Bottom. There was an elegance, Victorian in all its glory, quite different from the quiet conservatism in the center of [Stow]. The Gleason houses in particular are notable. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perkins - nee Emily Gleason - have a house that has been greatly altered from its earlier style with four white columns on the front. No expense was spared; a mansard roof, a tower, and a verandah were added; the back extends from the kitchen some distance to connect with a carriage house and stables beyond.
Howard Gleason's house, built for his parents by their parents, is less ornate and more compact. A gable is arte neuveau, done in carved wood applique. Its interior is comfortable and handsome in its detail, and its fence deserves more than a passing glance. Flowers grow profusely, and lawns bounded by stone walls slope down to the Assabet River that curves around the side of a very fine drumlin on which there is a substantial farm. Still pasture for cows, one is reminded that after all, without the farmer, none of the rest could be.
The yellow Perkins house is at 449 Gleasondale Road. The original house was built in 1836. Next door at 451 Gleasondale Road is the wedding gift house of Howard Gleason and across the road at 452 Gleasondale is the Dale house which was built in 1803. A trolley line from Stow Center to Gleasondale ran across the front lawn of the Dale house in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Behind the Steamboat Spring (see descriptive sign which totally ignores the fact that the Native Americans had been using the springs for yonks before any fur trappers came) we found a young bear had been traipsing through the warm mud barefoot, as well as a possum? and miscellaneous other hard to ID critters.
Stilted English lessons are free.
Bremen Town Musicians, The
Record number: 23052403
Artist: Herrfurth, Oskar (German, 1862-1934)
Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten / O. Herrfurth, pinx.
Item caption/descriptive text, back: 3. Als die vier Musikanten im Walde nächtigen wollten, kamen sie an ein Räuberhaus. Der Esel sah, wie die Räuber sich an Essen und Trinken gütlich taten. Da ratschlagten sie, wie sie es anfangen müßten, um die Räuber hinauszujagen. Bald waren sie einig: sie wollten die Gesellschaft mit ihrer Musik überrumpeln. = As the four musicians prepared to spend the night in the forest, they upon a robbers' house. The donkey saw that the robbers were feasting on food and drink. So they took counsel as to how they might contrive to drive away the robbers. Soon they agreed: they would surprise the robber band with their music.
Uniform title: Grimm: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (“The Bremen Town Musicians”)
Dimensions: 141 x 93 mm.
Date: ca. mid-1920s or earlier
Nationality: German
Publisher: Uvachrom Gesellschaft für Farbenphotographie m.b.H., Stuttgart, [Germany]
Series: Serie 285 Nr. 4697
Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting
Interpretive notes: Looking through the window of the robbers' lair, the donkey observes that they have plenty of good food and drink. The four animals decide to play their music in hope that the noise will startle the robbers.
Subject headings: Donkeys; Dogs; Cats; Roosters
Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Read the small print on this ad for men's underwear. It raised my eyebrows, then gave me a chuckle. Then I read it a second time to make sure it really said that.
Descriptive catalogue of flowers seed plants, bulbs, cacti..
Ventura-by-the-Sea, Calif. :Theodosia B. Shepherd Co.,1903..
Descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants, dahlias, chrysanthemums, geraniums, fuchsias, carnations, verbenas, phloxes, &c. for spring, 1873, cultivated and for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seed grower and importer..
Washington, D.C. :John Saul ;1873..
Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.560
Title: Descriptive catalogue of some posters chiefly American in the collection of Charles Knowles Bolton, May 1895
Date issued: 1895
Physical description: 1 print ; 20 x 13 cm.
Summary: A tree stands next to a body of water.
Genre: Catalogs; Prints
Subjects: Trees
Notes: Title from item.
Date note: Date from item.
Statement of responsibility: Rene Weir
Collection: American Art Posters 1890-1920
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.