Sponsored images from 
View allAll Photos Tagged Duke
Duke has lost some weight over the past six months, and that's good. Now I have to monitor to make sure that he isn't continuing to lose weight.
This is Duke Farms Great Falls Lake, one of the many places to see on the property. This is looking in both directions from the bridge that crosses over the lake along one of the paved trails. This is a fairly even terrain so even those who can't walk much can navigate the trails and enjoy the many scenic places on the property. In the summer season there is a trolley that goes around the property with a number of stops along the way so that all may enjoy their stay.
An aerial shot of Duke Stadium, with Duke's West Campus in the background, taken during a 1943 Duke vs. UNC game. The stadium was renamed for legendary football coach Wallace Wade in 1967.
Repository: Duke University Archives. Durham, North Carolina, USA. library.duke.edu/uarchives
Trying to locate this photo at the Duke University Archives? You’ll find it in the University Archives Photograph Collection, Box 100 (UAPC-100-007-002).
what you shouldn't do at all :-) Morris Mandel
anemone, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
I thought it fit to re-post this photo of 'DUKE' , who died this last week ! An era of the really big old tuskers has come to an end ...
He probably reached the age of 55 years
The carcass was found by a ranger about 5 km from Croc Bridge
The remains (skull , tusks , etc) will probably be put on display somewhere in the park at a later stage
See my Set , "Duke, Last of the Magnificent Tuskers" , that I took just before he lost his tusks (2007)!
I hope and beleive that nature will be allowed to take its cause in developing more of these magnificent animals !!
RIP old big guy .........
(PS Thank you Oom Rus , for the comments and FAV's)
The Duke Street area lies to the south of the city centre in an area recently renamed 'RopeWalks'. The area consists of the south west part of the Duke Street Conservation Area plus two warehouses on College Lane and the Bluecoat Chambers on School Lane.
The growth of the Duke Street area commenced following the opening in 1715 of the Old Dock, or Steers Dock, which was located within the original pool and allowed secure moorings and access from the River Mersey.
The opportunity that this afforded to the merchants of the town led to a demand for premises near to the Dock and its Customs House.
The Duke Street area, due to its proximity to the Dock, and the nature of its topography, with the land running uphill from the Dock, was at the forefront of the first speculators boom in Liverpool.
Hanover Street was built up first, followed by Duke Street and Bold Street, and the fields that were an earlier feature of the area were also quickly developed. Although there had been port-related industrial activity in the area, with roperies occupying the site of what is now Bold Street to supply the sailing ships, this intensified along with a demand for residential properties so that the merchants could be located close to their business interests.
The Charles Eyes plan of 1785 illustrates that by this time, the area had been substantially laid out and developed, so that connecting streets such as Seel and Fleet Streets were present, and the plan of the area seen today was in place.
This grain follows a hierarchy of streets, with the broadest streets containing the residual merchants residences and shops, and the interconnecting and narrower streets to the rear containing the warehousing and poorer housing.
The earliest surviving trade directory for Liverpool, produced by J. Gore in 1766, indicates the population mix of the area of the time. In Cleveland Square, the list contains nine sea captains, six traders/merchants as well as artisans and professionals.
Originally the goods brought into the Dock were stored in the merchants houses, but as trade grew, they proved to be inadequate, and private warehouses were constructed adjacent to the houses.
Due to the huge demand for plots in this area, the new industrial and warehouse buildings took the form of deep plans front to rear, with narrow street frontages and they were extended in height to three or four stories with a basement.
The housing consisted of a range of buildings from grand Georgian town houses such as the Parr residence on Colquitt Street, to terraces as seen at 15-25 Duke Street.
Some of these were arranged around squares or gardens, such as Wolstenholme Square and Cleveland Square, and a Ladies Walk was provided along Duke Street. As the warehousing and industrial uses of the area grew, the merchants moved to more salubrious suburbs that were being developed higher up the hill in the Canning Street area and more distant areas such as Mossley Hill.
Some of the former residential properties were adapted to other uses, with ground floors converted to shops as the retail importance of the area grew.
As part of this process, the area also saw an increase in the number of labourers attracted to the port and its trades, and the accommodation for this group was provided in much poorer back-to-back housing such as Dukes Terrace and housing courts. Within the Duke Street area, a number of key buildings remain that help to define its history and character.
NOVEMBER 2011
Duke was a family member of mine from 2007 to 2020. He was always an elegant gentleman who trusted everyone he met.
I will miss him forever.
Recently I found this amazing wool felt artist who takes commissions. I sent her over 30+ photos of Duke, and she didn't let me down. She successfully reproduced a miniature version of him.
Now he came back to me with his iconic smile. My Jerryberry would make company with him. None of us would feel lonely ever again.
French postcard by Éditions du Désastre, Paris, no WC 13, 1989. Photo: William Claxton. Caption: Duke Ellington, Monterey Jazz Festival 1958.
American Pianist, bandleader and Songwriter Duke Ellington (1899–1974) was an originator of big-band jazz, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in Western music. He composed thousands of scores over his 50-year career and continued to play until shortly before he died in 1974.
Duke Ellington was born in 1899, in Washington, D.C., where he was raised by two talented, musical parents in a middle-class neighbourhood. At the age of 7, he began studying piano and earned the nickname 'Duke' for his gentlemanly ways. Inspired by his job as a soda jerk at the Poodle Dog Cafe, he wrote his first composition, Soda Fountain Rag, at the age of 15. He created it by ear because he had not yet learned to read and write music. Despite being awarded an art scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Ellington followed his passion for ragtime and began to play professionally at age 17. In late 1917, he formed his first group, 'The Duke's Serenaders'. He moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance. New dance crazes like the Charleston emerged in Harlem, as well as African-American musical theatre. From 1924 on, Ellington performed in Broadway nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group which in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. From 1927 on, he gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the legendary Cotton Club in Harlem. With a weekly radio broadcast, the Cotton Club's exclusively white and wealthy clientele poured in nightly to see them. At the Cotton Club, Ellington's group performed all the music for the revues, which mixed comedy, dance numbers, vaudeville, burlesque, music, and illegal alcohol. In 1929, the Cotton Club Orchestra appeared on stage for several months in Florenz Ziegfeld's Show Girl, along with vaudeville stars Jimmy Durante, Eddie Foy, Jr., Ruby Keeler, and with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Gus Kahn.
Duke Ellington made hundreds of recordings with his bands, appeared in films and on the radio, and toured Europe on two occasions in the 1930s. Ellington's film work began with Black and Tan (1929), a nineteen-minute all-African-American RKO short in which he played the hero Duke. He also appeared in the Amos 'n' Andy film Check and Double Check (1930). Ivie Anderson was hired as their featured vocalist in 1931. She is the vocalist on It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932) among other recordings. Ellington and his Orchestra also appeared in the films Murder at the Vanities (Mitchell Leisen, 1934) and Belle of the Nineties (Leo McCarey, 1934), featuring Mae West. The short film Symphony in Black (Fred Waller, 1935) featured his extended piece A Rhapsody of Negro Life. It introduced Billie Holiday and won an Academy Award as the best musical short subject. While the band's United States audience remained mainly African-American in this period, the Ellington orchestra had a huge following overseas, exemplified by the success of their trip to England in 1933 and their 1934 visit to the European mainland. Ellington's fame rose to the rafters in the 1940s when he composed several masterworks, including Concerto for Cootie, Cotton Tail and Ko-Ko. His blend of melodies, rhythms and subtle sonic movements gave audiences a new experience—complex yet accessible jazz that made the heart swing. He preferred to call it 'American Music'. During the early 1950s, Ellington's career was at a low point, with his style being generally seen as outmoded. Ellington's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956 returned him to wider prominence and introduced him to a new generation of fans. Ellington began to work directly on scoring for film soundtracks, in particular Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959), with James Stewart, in which Ellington appeared fronting a roadhouse combo, and Paris Blues (Martin Ritt, 1961), which featured Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as jazz musicians. Ellington earned 12 Grammy awards from 1959 to 2000, nine while he was alive. At the age of 19, Ellington married Edna Thompson, who had been his girlfriend since high school, and soon after their marriage, she gave birth to their only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington. In 1928, Ellington became the companion of Mildred Dixon, who travelled with him, managed Tempo Music, inspired songs at the peak of his career and raised his son Mercer. In 1938, he left his family and moved in with Cotton Club employee Beatrice 'Evie' Ellis. The relationship with Ellis, though stormy, continued after Ellington met Fernanda de Castro Monte in the early 1960s. Ellington supported both women for the rest of his life. In 1974, at the age of 75, Duke Ellington died of lung cancer and pneumonia. His last words were, "Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered." Following Duke's death, his son Mercer took over leadership of the orchestra, continuing until his own death in 1996.
Source: Bio. and Wikipedia.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Photographer: Stanley Lê
Model: Duke Pham
Make Up: Trung Huynh
Lighting: Le Khang, Nhim Cheo
Costume: Đàm Vĩnh Hưng (vì cái áo mẫu mặc do ĐVH tặng)
Location: Spotlight Studio
Canon 5D Mark II - 135 L
This is Duke, He is a Whippet
---------
Mark Farrington Photography
If you like this photo or have any feedback, please leave a comment or favorite the image - constructive comments always appreciated.
All my photos can be viewed on Mark Farrington Photography
Top Sets: Most Interesting | Black & White Photos | HDR Photos | Panoramas | Photos of Hampshire | Photos of Dorset
BOX DATE: 2003
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
DOLLS IN LINE: Duke de Sucre; Becky; Liana; Tamika
MISSING ITEMS: Hat, cape, pants
PERSONAL FUN FACT: I either got this shirt in the 2014 "Kelly bin" or the 2013 "Paper Bag Barbie lot." Regardless, this shirt originated from my local flea market, along with a bunch of other Kelly clothes. I still recall seeing the Sweetsville dolls for the first time at Target when I was growing up. The first thought that came to my mind was "Strawberry Shortcake ripoffs." Maybe it was just a coincidence, but since I had recently been lured by the Bandai Strawberry Shortcake dolls, I couldn't help but notice some sweets themed similarities between the Sweetsville dolls and the Strawberry Shortcake dolls. The Sweetsville dolls honestly weren't that appealing to me as a kid--I have found a few at the flea market in recent years, and they are more attractive than I initially gave them credit for. However would I say they are more adorable than Strawberry Shortcake dolls? No, I definitely favor my Bandai Strawberry Shortcake cuties, but I will always have nostalgia for this Sweetsville line too!
"Vepar. - The Forty-second Spirit is Vepar, or Vephar. He is a Duke Great and Strong and appeareth like a Mermaid. His office is to govern the Waters, and to guide Ships laden with Arms, Armour, and Ammunition, etc., thereon. And at the request of the Exorcist he can cause the seas to be right stormy and to appear full of ships. Also he maketh men to die in Three Days by Putrefying Wounds or Sores, and causing Worms to breed in them. He governeth 29 Legions of Spirits, and his Seal is this, etc. "
-The Lesser Key of Solomon
So in short, Duke Vepar is very bad, and you don't want to summon him unless you want putrefying sores the moment he thinks he can get away with it.
The figure is from the extremely obscure Demon's Chronicle line from Kaiyodo, which included everything from Goetic demons to Egyptian gods to Biblical angels to even the Four Gods from Chinese and Japanese mythology. I could have removed Vepar from his base, but the visible pegs in his tail would have been more of a distraction than that base of his (the figures are meant to be chess pieces), and it looks good as an altar rising from the water, anyway.
202/366: Duke University Chapel
On my visit to Duke University our first stop was by the Duke University Chapel which was constructed from 1930 to 1932, the Chapel seats about 1,800 people and stands 210 feet tall. It was a beauty to see the inside. When I entered there were a group of people getting ready to hear a concert.. I pulled out my tripod and setup my camera and was soon visited by a Chapel employee telling me that tripods are tripping hazards and I must put it away. I used my charm and said I would be quick and that seemed to appease her for a few minutes… I quickly snapped several photos of which, this one is my favorite. It truly shows the age, size and charm of the Chapel.
The 77 Chapel stained-glass windows were designed and constructed over a three-year period by 15 artists and craftsmen, including S. Charles Jaekle of G. Owen Bonawit, Inc. They are constructed from over one million pieces of glass, imported from England, France, and Belgium and varying in thickness between 1/8 and 3/16 inch. The largest window measures 17.5 by 38 feet, and the smallest measures just 14 by 20 inches.
I would love to revisit the Chapel when an event is not on going in order to get more symmetric photos.
Photo shot with my Nikon D810 for 1/3 second exposure time at f/11, ISO 800 – 14mm.
© Cathy Neth
Portfolio | thedook.com |
365 Photo Project | thedook.com/365 |
Follow me on Facebook | www.facebook.com/cnethphotography |
mini size Duke Fire,
from The Brave of Police J-DECKER
try to follow DX size toy's transforming way, still so hard to make :( but can transform!
These photographs form part of my blog, fragglehunter.blogspot.co.uk/
Please note the photographs are copyright of Sleepyg Photography. Please ask permission should you wish to use them for any purpose.
One of the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways she worked between 1956-79. Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1956 she was used as a passenger ferry and cruise ship. She was moved to Llannerch-y-Mor on 10 August 1979 and had a short-lived use as a 'Fun Ship' howver the only road to the ship goes under the main line railway bridge which is about 6ft 6in high! At present there are plans to turn it into an open air Art Gallery hence the graffiti painted on the exterior. The interior is said to be in good condition