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- from - "Official Henderson Gazetteer and Directory for 1904." NICOLA LAKE - A settlement in the Nicola Valley situated at the western end of Nicola Lake 12 miles west of Quilchena. Has money order and savings bank. Mail stage twice a week. Nearest railway and express office Spences Bridge distance 50 miles. Kamloops 60 miles. Has Presbyterian and Methodist churches, public school, good water power and extensive grazing lands. It is reached by the Kamloops and Spences Bridge stage. In Yale dictrict. Has telephone connection with Kamloops and Lower Nicola. The population in 1902 was 150.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA LAKE, a post village in Yale District, B.C., on the C.P.R., 50 miles from Spence's Bridge and 60 miles from Kamloops. The Government offices for the district are here. It contains 2 churches (Presbyterian and Anglican), 5 stores, 2 hotels and 1 branch bank. The population in 1908 was 100.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station on the Nicola branch of the C.P.R., 47 miles from Spence's Bridge Station, on the main line. It has a branch bank.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - NICOLA - a post office and station on the Kettle Valley Railway, at foot of Nicola Lake, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. telegraph office, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Stock-raising.
Named in association with Nicola River and Nicola Lake, in turn adaptions of the nickname of a famous Indian chief, grand uncle of the present chief at Douglas Lake (1915). His name was Nwistes-meekin, "walking grizzly bear", but the French-speaking fur traders nicknamed him "Nicolas" and spoke of the district and river as Nicolas' country. Lac de Nicolas and R. Nicholas are labelled on A.C. Anderson's 1849 manuscript map. The Indians pronounced the nickname N'kuala or Nkwala, and those spellings made their way into the records, eventually anglicized to "Nicola".
NICOLA LAKE Post Office opened - 1 August 1872 in the home of John Clapperton; apparently closed sometime thereafter, and was re-established - 1 April 1885. Name changed to NICOLA Post Office - 1 September 1905 and remained open until - 28 August 1960. NICOLA was the main centre of the valley until coal development at "the Forks" (confluence of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers) gave rise to Merritt in 1907.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the NICOLA LAKE Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... and the NICOLA Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record...
When this letter was posted at the NICOLA Post Office - the Postmistress was Mrs. M. Violet Munro - she served from - 1 May 1914 to - 19 July 1922.
Mrs. Mary Violet Munro
(b. 6 June 1864 in Ireland - d. 12 July 1950 at age 86 in Vancouver, B.C.) LINK to her death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/63... - LINK to her newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/116956238/obituary-for-isabel-e-m...
Her husband - William Munro
(b. abt 1856 - d. 7 March 1942 at age 86 in Vancouver, B.C.) - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/clip/116956498/obituary-for-william-mu...
- sent from - / NICOLA / OC 2 / 17 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1905 - (RF C).
Addressed to - (company issued envelope) - John A. Bruce & Co. Limited / Seed Merchants / Hamilton / Ontario / Canada
John A. Bruce & Co., seed merchants - 1893
Southwest corner of King and MacNab.
37-39 King St West / Hamilton, Ontario
The Seed Warehouse of this firm, one of the largest and best equipped in Canada, was situated in Hamilton on the corner of King and McNab Streets, had a frontage of 30 feet on the former and 130 feet on the latter, occupying 7 plots. The business was established by John A. Bruce in 1850, and in 1861 his brother, F. C. Bruce, became partner. They popularized soybeans in Canada and beyond. Brothers John and Frank Bruce had supplied a Canadian market for quality seeds of all kinds since 1850. By the time John A. Bruce and Company first offered soybean seed for sale, it had an established reputation for introducing new and improved varieties of field crop, vegetable and flower seeds, tools, and ideas to farmers and gardeners throughout the Dominion of Canada. Their exhibit mounted by the Bruce Company at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was awarded the World’s Fair Medal and a diploma “for the superior quality of our exhibit of Oats, Peas, Rye, Millet and Timothy Seeds.” While the Bruce Company maintained a seed farm and trial grounds on Main Street East, Hamilton, in addition to its offices and warehouse at the corner of King and McNab Streets, many seeds sold by them in Canada were imported from Britain, France, California, and a few from Holland and Denmark. By offering larger quantities of seed at more favorable prices per unit, the Bruce Company targeted farmers who intended to plant soybeans as a field crop, not a garden or vegetable crop. John A. Bruce's seed-house encouraged farmers to buy their products "Farmers all over the Dominion are awakening to the fact that it pays to buy the very best seeds that can be procured, and our long connection with the best growers in the seed producing districts gives us exceptional advantages in securing the best samples offered, while our cleaning facilities are unequaled. The large annual increase in our trade with the farmers of the Dominion is an evidence of the superiority of our stocks and of the personal attention we give to the interests of our patrons. Our first grades of Clovers and Timothy are in all cases export seed." In North America, more seed and nursery companies came into being during the 2nd half of the 19C, especially after the US Civil War. Mail-order became much more common due to improved transportation networks and US postal reforms in the 1860s that made it cheaper to ship seeds and plant material, as well as catalog. Mail-order companies increased the size and number, often including colorful art, of catalogs they produced, and most catalogs were shipped to customers free upon request. As more business was done by mail, catalogs contained more detailed ordering and shipping instructions. John A. Bruce & Company, produced mail order catalogs and instructional leaflets from 1862-1932. LINK to article - amerseed-plantcatalogs.blogspot.com/2019/03/john-bruce-co...
NICOLA LAKE is located six miles north of Merritt, at the west end of Nicola Lake.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station on the Nicola branch of the C.P.R., 47 miles from Spence's Bridge Station, on the main line. It has a branch bank.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - NICOLA - a post office and station on the Kettle Valley Railway, at foot of Nicola Lake, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. telegraph office, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Stock-raising.
Named in association with Nicola River and NICOLA LAKE, in turn adaptions of the nickname of a famous Indian chief, grand uncle of the present chief at Douglas Lake (1915). His name was Nwistes-meekin, "walking grizzly bear", but the French-speaking fur traders nicknamed him "Nicolas" and spoke of the district and river as Nicolas' country. Lac de Nicolas and R. Nicholas are labelled on A.C. Anderson's 1849 manuscript map. The Indians pronounced the nickname N'kuala or Nkwala, and those spellings made their way into the records, eventually anglicized to "Nicola".
NICOLA LAKE Post Office was opened - 1 August 1872 in the home of John Clapperton; apparently closed sometime thereafter, and was re-established - 1 April 1885. Name changed to NICOLA Post Office - 1 September 1905 and remained open until - 28 August 1960. Nicola was the main centre of the valley until coal development at "the Forks" (confluence of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers) gave rise to Merritt in 1907.
- sent from - / NICOLA • LAKE / NO 18 / 81 / B.C. / - split ring transit backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1) is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1872 - (RF D) - with a segmented cork obliterator. (Lacelle 1044) - Geometric design - it was first used at Nicola Lake in November 1873.
This was a multiple use cork cancel - probably prepared by P & A in Ottawa - although it does not appear in the Proof Books. It was also used at L'Original, Quebec; Toronto, Ottawa, Panmure, Ontario; Ripon, Quebec; Hilton, Ontario; Aylmer, Quebec and Thamesville, Ontario.
- via - / SPENCE'S BRIDGE / NO 21 / 81 / B.C / - split ring transit backstamp - this split ring hammer (A1-1 / dia - 20. 0 mm) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely proofed c. 1872 - (RF B).
- arrived at - / VICTORIA - B.C. / NO 30 / 81 / CANADA / - arrival backstamp.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - SPENCE'S BRIRGE, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station at the junction of the Nicola branch with the main line, 178 miles east of Vancouver.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - SPENCE'S BRIDGE - a post office and station on the C. P. and C. N. Railways, and on the Thompson River at junction of the Nicola, 170 miles northeast of Vancouver, and 25 miles south of Ashcroft, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. The Vancouver-Nelson line of the C. P. Railway and Kettle Valley Railway leaves the main line of C. P. Railway here. No churches. The population in 1908 was 200. Local resources: Ranching.
The Post Office at Spence's Bridge was established - 1 July 1872.
Canada Post Card addressed to - Custom House / Victoria / B.C.
The Old Victoria Custom House or Malahat Building, in Victoria was completed in 1875 and designated as a historic building in 1987. It is a three-storey, mansard-roofed, custom house overlooking Victoria's harbour, symbolic of the time when Victoria was the pre-eminent commercial centre on Canada's West Coast. The building is described by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as a "relatively plain example of the imposing Second Empire style adopted for these buildings under Thomas Seaton Scott, first Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works (1872-1881). Its modest design and materials are in keeping with the relative size of Victoria at that time. LINK to a photo - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Victoria_Custom_House#/media/Fi...
"Granite City" is the informal name for the mining settlement located near Granite Creek. Established during the 1885 gold rush, Granite Creek townsite is now a ghost town in the Similkameen region of British Columbia, Canada.
A cowboy and sometimes prospector named Johnny Chance discovered gold in Granite Creek in 1885. The discovery of gold led to the creation of a mining settlement, sometimes informally called "Granite City", in 1885. The federal Post Office named "Granite Creek" was opened on May 1, 1886. It remained open with only one temporary closure, until March 31, 1918. Granite Creek lay deep in the remote Tulameen country of southern British Columbia. By 1886 Granite Creek contained 300 European prospectors and 100 Chinese. On April 21, 1886 the newspaper called the Victoria Colonist reported Granite City had "9 general stores, 14 hotels and restaurants, 2 jewelers, 3 bakers, 3 blacksmiths, 2 livery stables, a shoemaker, butcher, chemist, attorney, doctor and 8 pack trains owned in the city. 200 buildings occupy the two main streets - Government and Granite." | year = 1885, 1886 and 1887. Annual report of the Minister of Mines. Granite Creek was mistakenly regarded as one of the largest cities in British Columbia. The town never contained a school, church nor a local governing body. The jail did not have bars on the windows. The windows were one foot square.
British Columbia Historian Bill Barlee reports the story of a Scandinavian by the name of Johanssen. Johanssen recovered a reported 300 ounces of platinum from Granite Creek, British Columbia. Johanssen is reported to have buried his cache of platinum in a bucket south of his cabin and visible from the cabin door. Granite City was destroyed by a fire in 1907. Johanssen's cabin was levelled by the fire. With the cabin lost so was the location as to where the cache was. The platinum cache is reported to still be there, close to $50,000 in platinum buried somewhere in Granite City. This legend should be lightly regarded as, other than N.L. Barlee's story, there is no evidence supporting this legend or of such a cache. Granite Creek was featured on the historical television series Gold Trails and Ghost Towns, Season 1, Episode 11 Link to video - (part 1) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDLsf1OEWkk (part 2) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk1MnZ9jI_c (part 3) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfkIl0NduCU
Gold production dropped sharply by 1889 causing many people to leave, and there was a major fire on April 4, 1907. Granite nevertheless survived for some years after that. In 1910 Columbia Coal and Coke Company opened their offices there, but with the building of Coalmont in 1912 there was less reason for the town to exist. Still, the Granite Creek Post Office didn't close until March 31, 1918. Over the next few decades Granite Creek became slowly abandoned and eventually overgrown but there were still people living there in 1925. LINK - Granite Creek Preservation Society - www.granitecreekbc.ca/history.html
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - GRANITE CREEK, a post settlement in Yale Cariboo District. B.C., 110 miles from Spence's Bridge, a station on the main line of the C.P.R. 25 miles southwest of Ashcroft. $400,000 worth of gold was taken out in 1885. The population in 1908 was 100.
(from 1918 - Wrigley's British Columbia directory) - GRANITE CREEK - a settlement at junction of Granite Creek and Tulameen Rive (north fork of the Similkameen River) 10 miles from Coutlee, and 12 miles west of Princeton, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. The Post Office has now closed so - address mail - "Granite Creek, via Coalmont Post office". F. P. Cook - was the owner of the general store in Granite Creek.
A post office by the name of "Granite Creek" was established - May 1, 1886 (June 1 1886) - the Granite Creek Post Office didn't close until March 31, 1918. The Granite Creek Post Office was closed temporarily during the winter of 1887 and re-opened 1 April 1887 with William Jensen in charge as Postmaster.
sent from - / GRANITE • CREEK / JU 25 / 98 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A-1 / first hammer) was proofed - 12 May 1886 - (RF D).
via - / NICOLA • LAKE / JU 27 / 98 / B.C. / - split ring transit backstamp - this split ring hammer is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1872 - (RF D).
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station on the Nicola branch of the C.P.R., 47 miles from Spence's Bridge Station, on the main line. It has a branch bank.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - NICOLA - a post office and station on the Kettle Valley Railway, at foot of Nicola Lake, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. telegraph office, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Stock-raising.
Named in association with Nicola River and Nicola Lake, in turn adaptions of the nickname of a famous Indian chief, grand uncle of the present chief at Douglas Lake (1915). His name was Nwistes-meekin, "walking grizzly bear", but the French-speaking fur traders nicknamed him "Nicolas" and spoke of the district and river as Nicolas' country. Lac de Nicolas and R. Nicholas are labelled on A.C. Anderson's 1849 manuscript map. The Indians pronounced the nickname N'kuala or Nkwala, and those spellings made their way into the records, eventually anglicized to "Nicola".
Nicola Lake Post Office was opened - 1 August 1872 in the home of John Clapperton; apparently closed sometime thereafter, and was re-established - 1 April 1885. Name changed to NICOLA Post Office - 1 September 1905 and remained open until - 28 August 1960. Nicola was the main centre of the valley until coal development at "the Forks" (confluence of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers) gave rise to Merritt in 1907.
- arrival - / VICTORIA / NT / JU 29 / 98 / B.C. / - cds arrival backstamp
Addressed to: Mr. R.T. Williams / Box 485 / Victoria, B.C.
Robert Taylor Williams was born in Rochester, New York, the son of William and Betsey Williams. With his family he came to Victoria via California in 1859 and attended St. Louis College. He married Martha Ann Smith and had three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Florence Phyllis. Williams ran a bookbinding business for many years and published directories of British Columbia. He was first elected to Victoria City Council in 1894 and served, with the exception of one year, until 1902. He was reelected to City Council in 1931 and at the time of his death in 1934 was the oldest member of that body.
R.T. Williams helped shape our history - By Dave Obee - Many people were around to witness the early years of Victoria, but Robert Taylor Williams had an advantage over most of them. How many people, after all, could honestly say that they were acquainted with every mayor the city had in its first seven decades? Williams could. He even knew some of the people who took office after he died, so it would be safe to report that every mayor in our first 80 years knew him. LINK to the complete article - www.daveobee.com/victoria/20080127.htm
Sgt. Donald Christensen, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves into position as helicopters prepare to land during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise here, Jan. 12. MEUEX, is a multi-week training exercise conducted prior to every 31st MEU deployment. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU, and remains the nation’s force-in-readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Vernon T. Meekins)
A sight that all visitors arriving by ferry, via Port Ellen, will be familiar with. Maybe a more humble version of New Yorks Statue of Liberty???
The lighthouse stands on the tip of Carraig Fhada at the top of Kilnaughton Bay. Its beacon providing a fixed light to the main approaches to the harbour.
It was constructed to the memory of Lady Ellinor Campbell by her husband, Walter Frederick Campbell in 1832. The building work was undertaken by David Hamilton & Son.
[Port Ellen is also named after Lady Ellinor Campbell]
Over the door, there is the following inscription:
Ye who mid storms and tempests stray in
dangers midnight hour.
Behold where shines this friendly ray and
hail its guardian tower.
Tis but faint emblem of her light my fond
and faithful guide.
Whose sweet example meekin bright led
through this worlds eventful tide my happy course aright.
And still my guiding star she lives in realms
of bliss above.
Still to my heart blest influence gives and
prompts to deeds of love.
Tis she that bids me on the steep kindle this
beacons flame.
To light the wanderer o`er the deep who safe
shall bless her name.
So may sweet virtue lead your way that
when life`s voyage is o`er.
Secure like her with her you may attain the
heavenly shore.
- from - "Official Henderson Gazetteer and Directory for 1904." NICOLA LAKE - A settlement in the Nicola Valley situated at the western end of Nicola Lake 12 miles west of Quilchena. Has money order and savings bank. Mail stage twice a week. Nearest railway and express office Spences Bridge distance 50 miles. Kamloops 60 miles. Has Presbyterian and Methodist churches, public school, good water power and extensive grazing lands. It is reached by the Kamloops and Spences Bridge stage. In Yale dictrict. Has telephone connection with Kamloops and Lower Nicola. The population in 1902 was 150.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA LAKE, a post village in Yale District, B.C., on the C.P.R., 50 miles from Spence's Bridge and 60 miles from Kamloops. The Government offices for the district are here. It contains 2 churches (Presbyterian and Anglican), 5 stores, 2 hotels and 1 branch bank. The population in 1908 was 100.
- from 1908 "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada" - NICOLA, a post settlement in Yale-Cariboo District, B.C., and a station on the Nicola branch of the C.P.R., 47 miles from Spence's Bridge Station, on the main line. It has a branch bank.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - NICOLA - a post office and station on the Kettle Valley Railway, at foot of Nicola Lake, in Yale Provincial Electoral District. Has C. P. R. telegraph office, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Stock-raising.
Named in association with Nicola River and Nicola Lake, in turn adaptions of the nickname of a famous Indian chief, grand uncle of the present chief at Douglas Lake (1915). His name was Nwistes-meekin, "walking grizzly bear", but the French-speaking fur traders nicknamed him "Nicolas" and spoke of the district and river as Nicolas' country. Lac de Nicolas and R. Nicholas are labelled on A.C. Anderson's 1849 manuscript map. The Indians pronounced the nickname N'kuala or Nkwala, and those spellings made their way into the records, eventually anglicized to "Nicola".
Nicola Lake Post Office was opened - 1 August 1872 in the home of John Clapperton; apparently closed sometime thereafter, and was re-established - 1 April 1885. Name changed to Nicola Post Office - 1 September 1905 and remained open until - 28 August 1960. Nicola was the main centre of the valley until coal development at "the Forks" (confluence of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers) gave rise to Merritt in 1907.
- sent from - / NICOLA • LAKE / MY 23 / 00 / B.C. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) is not listed in the proof book - it was most likely proofed c. 1872 - (RF D).
Addressed to - Messrs. / Clayton & Sons / Halifax, Nova Scotia
Clayton & Sons – Clothing Factory, Barrington Street - One of the largest manufacturers of clothing in Canada for much of the late 19th and half of the 20th century was Clayton & Sons on the corner of Barrington and Jacob streets. The large modern textile factory was the home to over a five hundred employees at the height of its success. The company is interesting from the perspective of it being run for most of its history by women as the Clayton & Sons refers to Mary E. Clayton and her sons William and Edward. Link to the complete article - oldnorthend.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/clayton-sons-factory...
A couple of Scania Omnicitys newbies from the North East parked in Chambers now part of the Go Ahead Group yard in Meekins road Sudbury
Ghost Creek Falls and Natural Bridge~
The Natural Bridge and Ghost Creek Falls are located in Marshall County near Grant, in the community of Honeycomb. Set amid the hills of the Cumberland Plateau physiographic section, the 25-foot-long natural bridge is the remnant of a collapsed cave. Ghost Creek Falls runs a few yards away alongside the natural bridge. The creek is so named because it meanders in and out of the rocky cliff, appearing and disappearing as it runs down the hill. There are also two smaller waterfalls near the home the owners built on the property that emerge from other underground areas along the cliff. In 2007, the site was named one of the Seven Wonders of Marshall County by area residents.
The natural bridge is located on private property, but the owners, James and Carol Meekins, permit visitors, given the site's uniqueness. The property, which encompasses 40 acres, is located in a clearing at the bottom of a limestone cliff riddled with small underground waterways and springs; the type of geologic structure is known as karst. Over millions of years, the mildly acidic water has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns in the region. The natural bridge is actually the remnant of such a cavern. Over time, the walls and roof of the opening were gradually worn away, and portions collapsed, leaving the natural arch as all that remains of the cavern's roof. The bottom layer of the natural arch continues to be very fragile, and sections of rock still occasionally fall out of the layers supporting the natural bridge. An attempt several years ago to open a quarry on adjoining property was thwarted by residents concerned about its effects on the natural bridge.
The Meekinses are collectors of azaleas and rhododendrons, and since purchasing the site, they have planted more than 1,000 native and cultivated azaleas and rhododendrons in the vicinity of the bridge, and they continue to look for new species. Visitors are encouraged to stop and see the natural bridge and the surrounding area. The site can be accessed by turning northeast onto Cottonville Road at mile marker 308 on U. S. Hwy. 431, near Guntersville, and traveling for half a mile as the road curves sharply right. The arch is located 100 feet straight back from the entrance to the property.
The property averages 25 visitors every week, with slightly more during spring flower season. There is a campground, beach, and public boat launch nearby for visitors to the area.
Another view of the old mill in Hatfield, MA. Here is some additional information I dug up from the Business West publication.
"The Old Mill has a rich history that certainly adds to its appeal. Built in 1881, the three-story building was constructed on land that served as one of the first settlements in the Connecticut River Valley. Thomas Meekins, a miller, was granted the land on the Mill River in 1661, in order to use the river’s natural water power to grind grain for the local community.
In the mid-1800s, miller Harvey Moore purchased the site, and following the Civil War it became a center of activity as the manufacturing sector grew in the area. The Crescent Pistol Company was established on the north side of the falls, and it later became the Shattuck Gun Shop; that business operated at the site for 35 years.
The original mill, however, was destroyed by fire, and what is now known as the Old Mill on the Falls was constructed in its place. From 1881 to 1932, the building housed several businesses, including the Shattuck Gun Shop, a lathe-manufacturing business, and a manufacturing facility for automotive spark plugs. In 1932, it was purchased for use as a gristmill, then sold again in 1965 to serve as home for an antiques dealership. Finally, from 1980 to 2000, the Old Mill served as the headquarters for Advocate Newspapers, now located in the Eastworks building in Easthampton."
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Lance Cpl. Nicholas Meekins and Lance Cpl. Michael Hince simultaneously spin rifles during a performance at the U.S. Ambassador House in Paris, France, June 1. The Honorable Charles H. Rivkin, the U.S. Ambassador to France, invited the United States Marine Battle Color Detachment to perform at his home. (Photo by Cpl. Bobby J. Yarbrough)
Photos from the book:
Knit. Sock. Love (A How to Knit Guide)
by Cookie A (knitting superstar)
to be published and released in February 2010
Styling: Sarah Beaver
Model: Marlo Meekins
Photography: ©Laura Kicey
Just keeping up my painting skills, inspired by Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks video.
All painted by hand except the curtain which is of course real!
Photos from the book:
Knit. Sock. Love (A How to Knit Guide)
by Cookie A (knitting superstar)
to be published and released in February 2010
Styling: Sarah Beaver
Model: Marlo Meekins
Photography: ©Laura Kicey
Be on the lookout as I release more of the photos in the coming days. There are LOTS.
Photos from the book:
Knit. Sock. Love (A How to Knit Guide)
by Cookie A (knitting superstar)
to be published and released in February 2010
Styling: Sarah Beaver
Model: Marlo Meekins
Photography: ©Laura Kicey
Be on the lookout as I release more of the photos in the coming days. There are LOTS.
Photos from the book:
Knit. Sock. Love (A How to Knit Guide)
by Cookie A (knitting superstar)
to be published and released in February 2010
Styling: Sarah Beaver
Model: Marlo Meekins
Photography: ©Laura Kicey
Be on the lookout as I release more of the photos in the coming days. There are LOTS.
Blogged here: wp.me/p2aDO-2n3
Day of the Dead is Celebrated in the Hilltowns
(Williamsburg, MA) - Sienna Wildfield of Hilltown Families and Marie Westburg of ArtStar in Williamsburg, MA have partnered up and joined the Meekins Library's Day of the Dead Community Celebration with the culinary folk art, Mexican Sugar Skulls.
These sweet Mexican culinary folk art pieces were made at ArtStar, an art enrichment studio in Williamsburg, MA. Hilltown Families joined in and documented the craft of making sugar skulls by putting together a do-it-yourself post with photos and directions for people to follow at HilltownFamilies.org. The sugar skulls are now on display at the Meekins Library in Williamsburg, MA as part of their annual Day of the Dead Alter.
On Saturday, October 31st, all community members are invited to join in the celebration of this traditional Mexican holiday by bringing mementos in memory of ancestors and lost loved ones to add to this annual community alter. Photos, cards, sugar skulls and real or paper marigolds are welcomed. The Meekins Library is opened Tues. 12Noon-5pm, Wed. 10am-8pm; Thurs. 3pm-8pm; and Sat. 9am-3pm. For further information, call the Meekins Library at 413-268-7472.
Find out more about the Day of the Dead (known as El Diá de los Muertos in Spanish) at HilltownFamilies.org.
Working at: Loaded Ink
Loaded Ink had a side project called Apple Pie Pussy where they specialized in selling Lucky Cat charms. They asked me to illustrate some of them to be printed on T-shirts.
CATCHLINE COMING
PARIS - Lance Cpl. Nicholas Meekins and Lance Cpl. Michael Hince simultaneously spin rifles during a performance at the U.S. Ambassador House in Paris, France, June 1. The Honorable Charles H. Rivkin, the U.S. Ambassador to France, invited the United States Marine Battle Color Detachment to perform at his home.
shoot with Ms. Beaver styling Marlo Meekins at a place with a ton of elephants. Work in progress.
© 2008 Dustin Fenstermacher/Wonderful Machine Inc. Still copywritten, so don't copy me.
more photography at http://www.dustinf.com
The old Donnellan homestead has probably drawn my attention more than any other inhabited home, perched on some small spit of land between Meekin Brook, the shore road, and the sea. Surrounded by scattered driftwood, and a couple old millstones from the mill long gone – it lives a pretty silent life most months. In fact, I've never actually seen someone here. But the power is on and the lawn still mowed, and I pass most often in the off-season. The stream widens here to a sort of natural swimming hole, freshly fed and partly brackish from the last high tide. It's still enough to steal a perfect reflection, just a little darker than the real one above. That's not unlike my photography as a whole, always chasing down a shadow in favour of my favourite reality. If there's a murkier memory for me to make, I do and have, like a marriage vow unbroken in me as the frame of this centuries-old home. Wrapped up in a beauty that brings me gently down to dark.
January 4, 2023
Ogilvie, Nova Scotia
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Oh LOOK! One of the fantastic publicity photos I took of that mega-talented minx Marlo Meekins a few months ago has just been published in Australia's leading men's magazine - ZOO.
Leathery crocodile hunters will now be pleasuring themselves to my photo.
What's not to get excited about!!
Model: Marlo Meekins
Photo: © Laura Kicey
Styling: Stacey Appel
IE SHIMA ISLAND, OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 12, 2012) - Sgt. Donald Christensen, an explosive ordinance disposal technician attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, moves into position as helicopters prepare to land during an exercise. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU, and remains the nation's force-in-readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Vernon T. Meekins)
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Calatrava Archive Background image local NBC station. Behind Jacobs and Meekins for almost 10 yrs.
Photos from the book:
Knit. Sock. Love (A How to Knit Guide)
by Cookie A (knitting superstar)
to be published and released in February 2010
Styling: Sarah Beaver
Model: Genevieve at Reinhard
Photography: ©Laura Kicey
Be on the lookout as I release more of the photos in the coming days. There are LOTS.
PEARL HARBOR (May 31, 2019) Operations Specialist Seaman Jamal Meekins, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), greets his mom during a homecoming ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Chung-Hoon is returning to its Pearl Harbor homeport following a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operation as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Holly L. Herline/Released)
Sudbury based Chambers now part of the Go Ahead group A selection of Volvo plaxtons Scania Omnidekka Mercedes and a Dennis Alexandria parked in the Meekins road yard
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American boxer Aaron Lester Brown or Aaron Lister Brown
born in 1883 in Fulton MO
Brown fought most of his career (1910-1920) in Europe where he mentored African-American flyer, boxer and musician, Eugene Bullard.
"Dixie Kid was a welterweight who often fought heavier men; He was clever and fast with quick reflexes -- a counter-puncher deluxe; Kid fought with his hands at his sides and his chin stuck out, inviting attack; His favorite punches were a right uppercut followed by a left hook to the head
He defeated such men as Joe Walcott, Georges Carpentier, Jeff Clark, George Cole, Al Neill, Dick O'Brien, Frank McConnell, Mose LaFontise, George Gunther, Young Loughrey, Jack Goldswain, Arthur Evernden, Jack Meekins and Johnny Summers
Nat Fleischer ranked the “Kid” as the # 5 All-Time Welterweight; Herb Goldman ranked the “Kid” as the #16 All-Time Welterweight; The "Kid" was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1975 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002" - www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/dixiekid.htm
Brown died in Los Angeles in 1934 after a fall from a building, widely believed to be a suicide. He struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction throughout his adult life.
The personal cost of a prize fighting career is painfully obvious from Brown's badly damaged hands and ear in this photo.
Fort Meade Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley signs a proclamation declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2015. Family Advocacy employees from left Rafiah Meekins, Katherine Lamount, Lauran Blyther, Colaina Townsend, and Celena Flowers.
Valerie Meekins, a registerd nurse from Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, is greeted by the Nittany Lion at the hospital as she starts her shift on Friday, May 6, 2022.
Sammy Adams will be performing at Irving Plaza with AJR and Cam Meekins on December 28th, 2015 and we’ve got tickets to give away! Enter below for your chance to win!
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It's a convoluted story, started in a factory somewhere. Rolled off the line, drove a few decades, and eventually left at the bottom of a hollow. Rusting in peace on the shores of Meekin Brook, meet me with the mess of the past. A lot of people ask how and who, but I'd rather believe in no explanation. Spontaneous appearance of history, it just happened somehow, like the rocks and trees did. I don't worry where it started, because it's going away soon. Just like all the already missing memories of whoever drove her last, even every mechanic who kept her on the road. Maybe some young gas station attendant is still living, relic of time ticked off. Maybe some little kid who sat shivering the back seat, headed home on winter roads. It's all comes down to this, and it's never coming up again.
September 28, 2020
Ogilvie, Nova Scotia
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