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File name: 08_02_000790
Box label: Commercial buildings: M
Title: Mason Building
Alternative title: Mason Building, detail: 70 Kilby St., razed c. 1935, William G. Preston, arch.
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Date issued:
Date created: 1882 - 1895 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
Genre: Albumen prints
Subjects: Commercial facilities; Buildings; Facades; Doors & doorways
Notes: Handwritten note on item: Built 1879-82.
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Statement of responsibility:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
The Postcard
The card was posted in Oxford on Wednesday the 21st. October 1903 to:
Miss Dorothy Durrant,
Ellerey Court,
Beulah Hill,
Upper Norwood,
London S.E.
The enigmatic message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Dot,
I hope you are all
flourishing.
I am looking out for
'Rumbling Ebeneezer'
to send to Stu.
Until now my efforts
have been unsuccessful.
I have seen 'Mumblin' Mike'
but I do not know what it
is like.
Please give my kind regards
to all at Ellerey Court.
Yours very sincerely,
Horatio".
Tom Tower
Tom Tower is a bell tower named after its bell, Great Tom. It is over the main entrance to Christ Church in St. Aldates, Oxford.
Christ Church, as well as being a college, also embodies Christ Church Cathedral.
The square tower with an octagonal lantern and faceted ogee dome was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and erected in 1681-82 by the mason Christopher Kempster of Burford.
The tower of Dunster House at Harvard University is a direct imitation of Tom Tower, and stones from Christ Church are installed in one of the house's main entryways.
Great Tom is the loudest bell in Oxford. It weighs around seven tons. The original bell was moved from the 12th. century Osney Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. However, the original bell had caused problems since its casting, wearing out its clapper. (All clapped out?)
After a number of unsuccessful attempts it was successfully recast in 1680 by Christopher Hodson, a bell founder from London.
Aside from a student prank in 2002 when the clapper was lagged, Tom has sounded every night since WW2. It rings 101 times, which signifies the 100 original scholars plus one (added in 1663).
It is rung at 21.05, which corresponds to what used to be "Oxford time" (5 minutes later than Greenwich because Oxford is 60 miles west of Greenwich).
At one time this was the signal for all Oxford colleges to lock their gates.
The bell is only rung by swinging on special occasions.
The bell is the subject of a number of Oxfordshire Morris tunes and rounds, including "Great Tom is Cast", "Old Tom of Oxford", and "Bonny Christ Church Bells".
Llewellyn Thomas
So what else happened on the day that Horatio posted the card?
Well, on the 21st. October 1903, Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas was born. He was a British physicist and applied mathematician, best known for his contributions to atomic physics and solid-state physics.
In mathematics, his name is frequently associated with an efficient Gaussian elimination method for tridiagonal matrices—the Thomas algorithm. So now you know.
Death of Llewellyn Thomas
Llewellyn died on the 20th. April 1992.
The St. Giles Steam Fire Engine was built in 1908 and is one of the oldest horse drawn fire engines. Horsedrawn vehicles were the main form of transport from the early 1900's. Following a serious fire that completely destroyed the Parish Church at Wimbourne St.Giles in 1908, Lord Shaftesbury put in an order for a fire engine to be built by the well respected Shand Mason fire engine engineers.
Lord Shaftesbury wanted a steam fire engine that could be steamed in 9 minutes from cold with a pump that could pump 150 gallons of water a minute from a jet hose 150ft long and fire engine would be named the St. Giles Steam Fire Engine. The St. Giles Fire engine was stationed and maintained from the Wimbourne St. Giles House where it remained until 1946 during which time the fire engine was only once called out to put out a fire. Between 1946 and 1957 the St. Giles Fire Engine changed hands a few times and in 1987 the St. Giles Fire engine was purchased by its present owner Mr Rowan McDermont. It has made several public appearances including a spot on the TV show, Blue Peter.
Event: Heavy Horse and Working Animals Show, May 2009
Location: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Singleton, West Sussex.
There were four separate burial areas near Silver City, with a few very interesting stones remaining; some quite large and elaborately carved.
texture by skeletalmess
www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/collections/7215761567...
Golf balls decorated with the symbol of freemasonry for sale in a central London shop, opposite Freemasons' Hall on Great Queen Street.
Mason Lake is at 4200 feet above sea level, and gets a lot of snow in the winter. While its May and spring down near Seattle the high country is still covered in snow. Since its been a kind of chilly April and May, there was fresh snow falling and the lake was socked in fog. Peaceful with no one around and the still silence.
Sycamore Julia Henkel (5) spikes the ball pass Mason Katie Puisis (14) and Kelsey McKinley (2) in the first game. Sycamore High School battles Mason High School in a Volleyball game at Mason High School Tuesday September 17, 2013 in Mason. Mason won the first game 25 to 17. The Enquirer/ Joseph Fuqua II
Nick Mason in concerto all'Anfiteatro del Vittoriale a Gardone Riviera foto di Andrea Ripamonti per www.rockon.it
The Mason Aces 11U Baseball Team won the Ohio USSSA State Championship 11U AA Divison tournnament, held in Grove City, Ohio, June 25-26. The team is sponsored by New York Life, Jeffrey W. Slattery, Managing Partner.
Pictured in front row are: RJ Vogler, Dylan Waugh, Jack Sorce, Jack Stein, Nick Warren, and David Neal
Pictures in middle row are: Alex Rudy, Ryan Mueller, Ben Kraus, Grant Cottle, Garrett Blackwell, and Patrick Lantry
Pictured in back row are: Head Coach Greg Stein, Coach Mark Rudy, Coach Jerry Stein and Coach Steve Waugh.
Renee' Collins-Vogler/Provided
The Mason Marching Band performs at the Mid-States Band Association competition on Nov. 5. The band clinched its third consecutive win there in its class. Mason's score of 93.9 marked the highest score ever at the MSBA Championships. Photo provided
Mason Fuller, circa 1880. Mason was the grandson of Mason and Fanny Oviatt. The 1880 census lists his occupation as a "Flouring Mill Operator" in Lorain County. The 1910 census found him in Oregon as a "Prospector." He later returned to Ohio and lived in Akron with his sister Minnie.
Saturday at Taste of Cincinnati at and around the Metromix Stage. Kyla Goure of Loveland, Sarah White of Mason, Elisa Soll of Hyde Park and Kaitlyn Stratton of Loveland.
Photo: David Sorcher | special for Metromix
Mason Jar Series
Lighting Info:
AB800 in softbox, camera left and right Trigger: Optical
580EX and LP160 on BG Trigger:PWII and Optical
480EX Bounced into white above Trigger: PWII