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Original German
"Seize the moment" nannte Lateefa aus den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten ihr geheimnisvolles Bild. Die 23 Jährige stammt aus dem Emirat Dubai undwurde alsFoto grafin bereits mehrfach preisgekrönt. Über ihr Motive schreibt sie:,,Als junge Araberin benutze ich den Schleier in meiner Arbeit, da er ein wichtiger Teil von mir selbst ist. Dennoch erzählen meine Aufnahmen nicht vom Schleier, sondern von der Frau dahinter - und die ist trotz der Verschleierung wie alle anderen Frauen. "In der linken Hand hält das Modell eine große indische Frucht.
Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, darunter Dubai, und grenzen an Saudi-Arabian, Oman und Katar. Die Binnengrenzen sind nicht exakt festgelegt und die Kustenlinie am Persischen Golf kann nicht genau bestimmt werden, da sie sich durch Verlagerung von Sand und Schlickmassen ständig ändert.
English translation : thanks to Jessica.
' The U.A.E citizen Lateefa has called her mysterious picture 'Seize the moment'. The 23 year old comes from the Emirate of Dubai and has received several prizes for her photography. She writes about her work; 'as a young Arab woman I used the veil in my work - as it is an important part of myself. However my photos aren't speaking about the veil but the woman behind it - and in spite of being veiled, she is the same as all other women. ' In the left hand, the model holds a large Indian fruit. The U.A.E of which Dubai is one emirate, borders with Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar. The internal borders are not precisely marked and the coastline if the Persian Gulf can't be exactly identified as it constantly changes with the movement of sand and sand banks. '
Note: this photo was published in an Oct 11, 2010 Celebrity Daydreaming blog, with the same title as the caption that I put on this Flickr page. It was also published in an Oct 20, 2012 blog titled "What Is Long Term Really?"
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Let me begin with a disclaimer: I do not dance the tango, and I know little or nothing about its history, its folklore, or even its steps and rhythms. I'm vaguely aware that it originated in Argentina (and Uruguay) in the 1890s, that a new style known as "tango nuevo" began to emerge in the late 1990s, and that various actors and actresses -- including Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Antonio Banderas, Madonna, Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger(!), among others -- have performed the tango in various movies. But beyond that, it never really occurred to me that it played any significant role here in the U.S.
That is, not until the summer of 2009, when I happened to return to my hotel, on a business trip to Washington, DC, just as a local gathering of tango aficionados was dancing to their music in a nearby square known as Freedom Plaza. I photographed the event (see my Flickr set Last tango in Washington) and learned from one of the participants that there were similar informal events in New York City, at the South Street seaport, during the summer and fall weekends. When I got back to New York, I searched on the Internet, and found a schedule of upcoming tango events just as my Washington acquaintance had indicated; but travel schedules, inclement weather, and other distractions prevented me from actually attending any of them; by the end of the autumn season, I had forgotten all about it.
For some reason, something reminded me of the tango again this spring -- perhaps some music that I overheard, perhaps a scene on some otherwise forgettable television show. In any case, I searched again on the Internet, and discovered that a tango "event" would be taking place on a Sunday afternoon -- but not at the South Street Seaport (on the east side of Manhattan, near the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges), but rather at Pier 45, where Christopher Street runs into the Hudson River in Greenwich Village. The event was scheduled to take place between 3:30 and 7:30 PM, and another quick search on the Internet informed me that sunset would occur at 7:30 PM. So I arrived a little before 6 PM, as the sun was beginning to drop down in the western sky, and photographed for a little more than an hour.
I captured some 522 images, of which 75 have survived in this Flickr set. For the majority of the photos, I stood at the end of the pier, with my back to the Hudson River and the sinking sun; the sun broken in and out of clouds on the horizon -- and because I was wearing sunglasses, I didn't fully appreciate the extent of sun-glare that was often striking the faces of the dancers, as well as the shadows where the sun wasn't hitting at all. But I think I recovered most of the inadvertent over-exposure and under-exposure with some post-processing on the computer... I was also able to get some shots facing westward and southward, so that you could see the New Jersey skyline behind the dancers; indeed, there are a couple of shots with the Statue of Liberty and the Verrazano Bridge in the background. (Note to self: come back here at twilight, on a Sunday evening in mid-summer; it could well be even more spectacular.)
Since I have no personal expertise (or even competence) at the dance, there's not much that I can say about what's going on; I have to let the pictures speak for themselves. Though it wasn't universally true, I noticed several occasions where the women were taller than their partners; I gather that that's an advantage when the dancers are twirling and twisting around. Also, I had the distinct impression -- just as was the case in Washington last summer -- that few (if any) of the dancers were "couples" in the traditional sense. Indeed, many of them seemed to be strangers who had met for the first time at this tango event, but who seemed to enjoy the experience of the dance together. And others, from what little I could tell, might have encountered one another at previous tango events -- but had no other interactions or relationship with one another.
In any case, I had photographed everything I could imagine photographing by a little after 7 PM. I put away my camera equipment, walked a few blocks east to Hudson Street to enjoy a delicious dinner at a local restaurant with my wife, and made a note to check the Internet again for future tango events in Central Park and the South Street Seaport. If you'd like to pursue this on your own, check out Richard Lipkin's Guide to Argentine Tango in New York City.
This photo of Selene Theia, Taken during her studio day at Inspire Studio has been published in the October issue of Femme Rebelle ALLURE.
The Postcard
A postally unused Peacock Autochrom Series postcard that was produced and published prior to 1918 by the Pictorial Stationery Co. Ltd. of London. The card was printed in Saxony.
On the divided back they inform the reader:
'Quadruple Screw Turbine Steamer.
Shares with her sister ship the
Lusitania the distinction of being
the largest and fastest vessel in
the world'.
Note that ocean liners in those days didn't have the vast superstructures that exist today in order to cram as many passengers as possible on to the ship.
The RMS Mauretania
The RMS Mauretania was launched on the 20th. September 1906 by the Duchess of Roxburghe. The ship was built by John Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunter, of Northumberland, England.
The Mauretania's maiden voyage took place on the 16th. November 1907. She was running mate and sister ship to RMS Lusitania and RMS Aquitania.
The RMS Mauretania - The Early Years
RMS Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of the 20th. September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910.
Mauretania became a favourite among her passengers. She captured the Eastbound Blue Riband on her maiden return voyage in December 1907, then claimed the Westbound Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing during her 1909 season. She held both speed records for 20 years.
The Mauretania in the Great War
Shortly after Great Britain declared war on Germany on the 4th. August 1914, Mauretania made a dash for safety in Halifax, arriving on the 6th. August.
Shortly after, she and Aquitania were requested by the British government to become armed merchant cruisers, but their huge size and massive fuel consumption made them unsuitable for the duty, and they resumed their civilian service on 11 August. Later, due to lack of passengers crossing the Atlantic, Mauretania was laid up in Liverpool until the 7th. May 1915 at the time that Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat.
Mauretania was about to fill the void left by Lusitania, but she was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign. She avoided becoming prey for German U-boats because of her high speed and the seamanship of her crew. As a troopship, she was painted in dark greys with black funnels, as were her contemporaries.
When combined forces from the British Empire and France began to suffer heavy casualties, Mauretania was ordered to serve as a hospital ship, along with the Aquitania and White Star's Britannic, to treat the wounded until the 25th. January 1916.
In medical service the vessel was painted white with buff funnels and large medical cross emblems surrounding the vessel and illuminated signs starboard and port.
Seven months later, Mauretania once again became a troop ship when requisitioned by the Canadian government to carry Canadian troops from Halifax to Liverpool.
When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, she carried thousands of American troops. The ship was known by the Admiralty as HMS Tuberose until the end of the war, but the vessel's name was never changed by Cunard.
Starting in March 1918, Mauretania received two forms of dazzle camouflage, a type of abstract colour scheming designed by Norman Wilkinson in 1917 in an effort to confuse enemy ships. The first camouflage scheme, applied early in March 1918, was curvilinear in nature and largely broad areas of olive with blacks, greys and blues.
The second scheme was the more geometric design commonly referred to as "dazzle"; this design, applied by July 1918, was mostly several dark blues and greys with some black. After her war service, she was repainted in a drab grey scheme, and finally full Cunard livery by the middle of 1919.
The Mauretania's Post-War Career (1919–1934)
Mauretania returned to civilian service on the 21st. September 1919. Her busy sailing schedule prevented her from having the extensive overhaul scheduled in 1920. However, in 1921 Cunard Line removed her from service when fire broke out on E deck and decided to overhaul the ship.
She returned to the Tyne shipyard where she was built, where her boilers were converted from coal to oil, and returned to service in March 1922. However Cunard noticed that Mauretania struggled to maintain her regular Atlantic service speed - although the ship's speed had improved and it now burned only 750 short tons of oil per 24 hours, compared to 1,000 short tons of coal previously, she was not operating at her pre-war service speeds.
On one crossing in 1922, the ship managed an average speed of only 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Cunard decided that the ship's once-revolutionary turbines were in desperate need of an overhaul. In 1923, a major refitting was begun in Southampton.
Mauretania's turbines were dismantled, but halfway through the overhaul, the shipyard workers went on strike and the work was halted, so Cunard had the ship towed to Cherbourg, where the work was completed. In May 1924, the ship returned to Atlantic service.
In 1928 Mauretania was refurbished with a new interior design, and in the next year her earlier speed record was broken by a German liner, Bremen, with a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph).
On the 27th. August 1929, Cunard permitted the Mauretania to have one final attempt to recapture the record from the newer German liner. She was taken out of service and her engines were adjusted to produce more power to give a higher service speed; however, this was still not enough.
Bremen simply represented a new generation of ocean liners that were far more powerful and technologically advanced than the aging Cunard liner. However, even though Mauretania did not beat her German rival, the ship lost by just a fraction after decades of design improvement, and beat all her own previous speed records both east and westbound.
In 1929 Mauretania collided with a train ferry near Robbins Reef Light. No one was killed or injured, and her damage was quickly repaired.
In 1930, with a combination of the Great Depression and newer competitors on the Atlantic run, Mauretania became a dedicated cruise ship, running six-day cruises from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On the 19th. November 1930, Mauretania rescued 28 people and the ship's cat from the Swedish cargo ship Ovidia which foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
In June 1933, she was painted white for cruise service.
The Retirement and Scrapping of RMS Mauretania
When Cunard Line merged with White Star Line in 1934, Mauretania, along with Olympic, Homeric, and other ageing ocean liners, were deemed surplus to requirements and withdrawn from service.
Cunard White Star withdrew Mauretania from service following a final crossing from New York to Southampton in September 1934. The voyage was made at an average speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), equalling the original contractual stipulation. She was then laid up at Southampton, her twenty-eight years of service at a close.
In May 1935 her furnishings and fittings were put up for auction, and on the 1st. July that year she departed Southampton for the last time to Metal Industries shipbreakers at Rosyth.
One of her former captains, the retired commodore Sir Arthur Rostron, captain of RMS Carpathia during the Titanic rescue, came to see her on her final departure from Southampton. Rostron refused to go aboard Mauretania before her final journey, stating that he preferred to remember the ship as she was when he commanded her.
The demise of the beloved Mauretania was protested by many of her loyal passengers, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wrote a private letter against the scrapping.
En route to Rosyth, Mauretania stopped at her birthplace on the Tyne for half an hour, where she drew crowds of sightseers. Rockets were fired from her bridge, messages relayed, and she was boarded by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. The mayor bade her farewell from the people of Newcastle, and her last captain, A. T. Brown, then resumed his course for Rosyth.
Approximately 30 miles north of Newcastle is the small seaport of Amble, Northumberland. The local town council sent a telegram to the ship stating, "Still the finest ship on the seas." To which Mauretania replied with:
"To the last and kindliest port in
England, greetings and thanks."
Amble, to this day, is still known as 'Amble, the Friendliest Port', and this is still seen on signs when entering the town. With masts cut down to fit, the ship passed under the Forth Bridge and was delivered to the breakers.
Mauretania arrived at Rosyth in Scotland at about 6 am on the 4th. July 1935 during a half-gale. By 6:30 am she passed the entrance to the Metal Industries' yards. A lone kilted piper was present at the quayside, playing a funeral lament for the popular vessel.
It was reported that upon the final shut-down of her great engines, she gave a dark "final shudder...".
Mauretania had her last public inspection on the 8th. July, a Sunday with 20,000 in attendance, with the monies raised going to local charities. Scrapping began shortly after, and with great rapidity.
Unusually, she was cut up afloat in drydock, with a complex system of wooden battens and pencil marks to monitor her balance. In a month her funnels were gone. By 1936 she was little more than a hulk; she was beached at the tidal basin at Metal Industries, and her remaining structure was scrapped by 1937.
To prevent a rival company using the name and to keep it available for a future Cunard White Star liner, arrangements were made for the Red Funnel Paddle Steamer Queen to be renamed Mauretania in the interim before the launch of the new RMS Mauretania in 1938.
Post Scrapping of the Mauretania
Some of the furnishings from Mauretania were installed in a bar/restaurant complex in Bristol called the Mauretania Bar (now Java Bristol), situated in Park Street. The bar was panelled with great quantities of richly carved and gilt old growth African mahogany, which came from her first class lounge.
The neon sign made for the 1937 opening on the south wall still advertises Mauretania, and her bow lettering was used above the entrance.
Additionally, nearly the complete first class reading-writing room, with the original chandeliers and ornate gilt-grilled bookcases, has been serving as the boardroom at Pinewood Studios, west of London. The colour is no longer shimmering silver sycamore – it has been altered over the years to an amber.
According to a Channel 4 programme about coastal properties, the whole of the Second Class drawing room from the ship form the interior of a white and blue house overlooking Poole Harbour. The drawing room is overlooked by a balustraded circular veranda which is also original.
Other panels and fittings were used to decorate the foyer and auditorium areas of the now defunct Windsor Cinema in Carluke.
Some of the timber panelling was also used in the extension (completed in 1937) of St John the Baptist's Catholic Church in Padiham, Lancashire.
An original model of the Mauretania is displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. after a long stay on the retired Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. A gift from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it was repainted white and green in the 1930's.
The ship's bell is currently located in the reception of the Lloyds Registry of Shipping, Fenchurch Street, London. Annually for Remembrance Day, Lloyds Register observe two minutes of silence and lay a wreath at its base in honour of fallen servicemen and women.
A large builder's model, showing Mauretania in her white cruising paint scheme, is displayed in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Cunard exhibit in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Originally a model of Lusitania, it was converted to represent Mauretania after Lusitania was torpedoed.
Another large builder's model is situated aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, currently located in Dubai. This model was also originally Lusitania, and, like the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's model, it was converted into Mauretania after Lusitania was lost.
When inspecting the model, one can tell it was originally Lusitania by examining the different boom crutches and bridge front, which is on the boat deck level.
A model of the vessel which was originally commissioned by Cunard is now held in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
In 2010, a complete African mahogany pilaster from the first class lounge, fluted with an intricate gilt acanthus motif and intact rams head capital, was discovered and restored to its former glory.
Since 2012, it has been on permanent display in the Discovery Museum's Segedunum Annex at Wallsend, just a few hundred yards from where it was carved and installed in the Swan Hunter fitting out basin, over a century earlier.
Many examples of the liner's fixtures and fittings exist in private collections as well, including large sections of moulding, panelling, ceilings, samples of her turbine blades and much more.
Mauretania is mentioned in Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Secret of the Machines":
'The boat-express is waiting your command!
You will find the Mauretania at the quay,
Till her captain turns the lever 'neath his hand,
And the monstrous nine-decked city goes to sea.'
The historical novel Maiden Voyage by British writer Roger Harvey set in Newcastle in the 1900's gives an accurate account of the building of Mauretania, and features characters involved with her turbine engines. The climax of two love stories and a thriller comes as the ship approaches New York on her maiden voyage.
The Postcard
A postally unused Norman Series postcard that was published by Shoesmith & Etheridge of Hastings.
The card has a divided back.
Hastings
Hastings is a large seaside town in East Sussex on the south coast, 24 miles (39 km) east of the county town of Lewes, and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London.
The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings.
In the 19th. century, Hastings was a popular seaside resort, as the railway allowed tourists and visitors to reach the town.
Today, Hastings is a fishing port with the UK's largest beach-based fishing fleet. The fleet has been based on the same beach, below the cliffs, for at least 400, and possibly up to 600, years. Its longevity is attributed to the prolific fishing ground of Rye Bay nearby.
The town had a population of 92,855 in 2018.
Hastings in Pre-History
Evidence of prehistoric settlements has been found at the town site, including flint arrowheads and Bronze Age artefacts.
Iron Age forts have been excavated on both the East and West Hills. The settlement was already based on the port when the Romans arrived in Britain for the first time in 55 BC. They began to exploit the iron (Wealden rocks provide a plentiful supply of the ore), and shipped it out by boat.
Iron was worked locally at Beauport Park, to the north of the town. It employed up to a thousand men, and is thought to have been the third-largest mine in the Roman Empire.
With the departure of the Romans, the town suffered setbacks. The Beauport site was abandoned, and the town suffered attacks from nature and early adversaries.
The Sussex coast has always suffered from occasional violent storms, and with the additional hazard of longshore drift (the eastward movement of shingle along the coast), the coastline has been frequently changing. The original Roman port is probably now under the sea.
Medieval Hastings
The Battle of Hastings heralded the start of the Norman Conquest. The battle was fought on the 14th. October 1066, although it actually took place 8 miles (13 km) to the north at Senlac Hill, and William had landed on the coast between Hastings and Eastbourne at Pevensey.
Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Idrisi, writing circa 1153, described Hastings as:
"A town of large extent and many inhabitants,
flourishing and handsome, having markets,
workpeople and rich merchants".
Hastings and the Sea
By the end of the Saxon period, the port of Hastings had moved eastward to near the present town centre in the Priory Stream valley, whose entrance was protected by the White Rock headland (since demolished).
It was to be a short stay: Danish attacks and huge floods in 1011 and 1014 motivated the townspeople to relocate to the New Burgh.
In the Middle Ages Hastings became one of the Cinque Ports.
Much of the town and half of Hastings Castle was washed away in the South England flood of February 1287.
During a naval campaign of 1339, and again in 1377, the town was raided and burnt by the French, and seems then to have gone into a decline. As a port, Hastings' days were finished.
Hastings had suffered over the years from the lack of a natural harbour. Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in terrible storms. Accordingly the town's fishing boats are still stored on, and launched from, the beach.
Hastings was then just a small fishing settlement, but it was soon discovered that the new taxes on luxury goods could be made profitable by smuggling; the town was ideally located for that purpose.
Near the castle ruins, on the West Hill, are St. Clement's Caves, partly natural, but mainly excavated by hand by smugglers from the soft sandstone.
Their trade came to an end with the period following the Napoleonic Wars, for the town became one of the most fashionable resorts in Britain, brought about by the so-called health-giving properties of seawater, as well as the local springs and Roman baths.
The double decker promenade that runs from Hastings Pier beyond Marine Court, with a break at Warrior Square, was built by the borough engineer Sidney Little.
The building of Pelham Crescent necessitated cutting away of the Castle Hill cliffs. Once that move away from the old town had begun, it led to the further expansion along the coast, eventually linking up with the new St. Leonards.
Judges Postcards
Between 1902 and 1919, Fred Judge FRPS photographed many of the town's events and disasters. These included storms, the first tram, the visit of the Lord Mayor of London, Hastings Marathon Race, and the pier fire of 1917.
Many of these images were produced as picture postcards by the firm he founded which is now known as Judges Postcards.
Hastings' Bathing Pool
In the 1930's, an Olympic-sized bathing pool was erected. Regarded in its day as one of the best open-air swimming and diving complexes in Europe, it later became a holiday camp before closing in 1986. It was demolished, but the area is still known by locals as "The Old Bathing Pool".
Hastings' Sunshine
Hastings, tied with Eastbourne, recorded the highest duration of sunshine of any month anywhere in the United Kingdom - 384 hours - in 1911.
A new record temperature of 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) was recorded for the town on the 19th. July 2022.
St. Leonards
The original part St. Leonards was bought by James Burton and laid out by his son, the architect Decimus Burton, in the early 19th. century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off.
It also included a central public garden, a hotel, an archery, assembly rooms and a church. Today's St. Leonards has extended well beyond that original design, although the original town still exists within it.
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre
Hastings' main shopping centre is the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre. It was built on the site of the old Central Recreation Ground which had played host to some Sussex CCC first-class fixtures, and famous cricketers such as Dr. W. G. Grace and Sir Don Bradman.
The Central Recreation Ground was one of England's oldest, most scenic and most famous cricket grounds. The first match was played there in 1864, and the last in 1989, after which the site was redeveloped into the shopping centre. The centre houses 56 stores, and covers around 420,000 square feet.
Marine Court
On the seafront at St. Leonards is Marine Court, a 1938 block of flats in the Art Deco style that was originally called 'The Ship' due to its style being based upon the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary.
Marine Court can be seen from 20 miles (32 km) away on a clear day from Eastbourne.
The Memorial
An important former landmark was the Memorial, a clock tower commemorating Albert the Prince Consort which stood for many years at the traffic junction in the town centre, but was demolished following an arson attack in the 1970's.
The Hastings Miniature Railway
The Hastings Miniature Railway operates along the beach from Rock-a-Nore to Marine Parade, and has provided tourist transport since 1948. The railway was considerably restored and re-opened in 2010.
Hastings' Tram Network
Hastings had a network of trams from 1905 to 1929. The trams ran as far as Bexhill, and were worked by overhead electric wires.
Notable People
Many notable figures were born, raised, or lived in Hastings, including computer scientist Alan Turing, poet Fiona Pitt-Kethley, actress Gwen Watford, comedian Jo Brand and Madness singer Suggs.
Additionally :
-- John Logie Baird lived in Hastings in the 1920's where he carried out experiments that led to the transmission of the first television image. In 1938, Baird Noel Gordon (of Crossroads fame) to take part in his colour television experiments. She became the first woman to be transmitted in colour from a camera to television sets later that year. (Earlier tests had shown static photos in colour, this was the first motion transmission of colour).
-- Robert Tressell wrote 'The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists' in Hastings between 1906 and 1910.
-- Gareth Barry, who holds the record number of appearances in the Premier League, was born in Hastings.
-- The author who worked as Grey Owl was born In Hastings and lived there for several years.
-- Harry H. Corbett (Steptoe & Son) lived in Hastings up until his death in 1982.
-- Anna Brassey, a collector and feminist pioneer of early photography, was based in Hastings until her death in 1887.
Anna Brassey
Baroness Anna "Annie" Brassey was born in London on the 7th. October 1839. Annie was an English traveller and writer. Her bestselling book 'A Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months' (1878) describes a voyage around the world.
Anna Brassey - The Early Years
Annie Brassey was born Anna Allnutt. As a child, she faced serious health problems. In his preface to Annie's book 'The Last Voyage', her husband recalled that she suffered from an inherited "weakness of the chest", apparently a form of chronic bronchitis.
As a young woman, she also suffered severe burns when she stood too close to a fireplace and her skirt caught fire. It took six months for her to recover from them.
Annie's Marriage to Lord Brassey
In 1860, she married the English Member of Parliament Thomas Brassey (knighted in 1881, becoming Earl Brassey in 1886), with whom she lived near his Hastings constituency. Thomas was born in 1836 and died in 1918.
The couple had five children together before they travelled aboard their luxury yacht Sunbeam. The yacht was said to have been named after their daughter - Lady Constance Alberta - who was nicknamed Sunbeam; she died of scarlet fever, aged four, on the 24th. January 1873.
The golden figurehead of the yacht depicting Constance is at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Annie's Travels and Publications
'A Voyage in the Sunbeam', describing their journey round the world in 1876–1877 with a complement of 43, including family, friends and crew, ran through many English editions, and was translated into at least five languages.
Her accounts of later voyages include 'Sunshine and Storm in the East' (1880); 'In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties' (1885); and 'The Last Voyage' (1889, published posthumously).
Annie had published privately earlier works including 'A Flight of the Meteor', detailing two cruises in the Mediterranean on their earlier yacht Meteor, and 'A Voyage in the Eothen', a description of their travels to Canada and the United States in 1872.
In July 1881, King Kalākaua of Hawaii, who had been greatly pleased with her description of his kingdom, was entertained at Normanhurst Castle, and invested Lady Brassey with the Royal Order of Kapiolani.
Annie was also involved with the publication of Colonel Henry Stuart-Wortley's 'Tahiti, a Series of Photographs' (1882).
The Death and Legacy of Lady Brassey
Lady Brassey's last voyage on the Sunbeam was to India and Australia, undertaken in November 1886 in order to improve her health. On the way to Mauritius, Annie died of malaria at the age of 47 on the 14th. September 1887, and was buried at sea.
At home in England, she had performed charitable work, largely for the St. John Ambulance Association. Her collection of ethnographic and natural history material was shown in a museum at her husband's London house until it was moved to Hastings Museum in 1919. There are also several photograph albums and other ephemera held at Hastings Library.
However, the vast majority of her photograph albums are now housed in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The collection of 70 albums, each containing 72 to 80 thick board pages, contains pre-eminent examples of historical travel.
The albums contain works by Annie and others she collected, including those of commercial photographers. Annie herself was an accomplished photographer. She joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1873 and remained a member until her death. She exhibited some of her work in its exhibitions in 1873 and 1886.
Lady Brassey was survived by four of her five children:
-- Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey
-- Lady Mabelle Brassey
-- Muriel Sackville, Countess De La Warr
-- Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon.
Note: this photo was published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) Wild Exploration Travel Photography blog, titled "Cool “Digital Photography” Images," with the same detailed notes as what I had written here on this Flickr page. It was also published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) Digital Camera Product Reviews blog titled "Online Digital Photography Course – Take Your Skills to Another Level!" And it was published in a Dec 2, 2010 Photography Method blog, with the same title that I used as the caption on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2011, the photo was published among a collection of other photos in a May 11, 2011 Ruby Jayelle Tumblr page.
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a May 9, 2013 blog titled "Best Portable Toilets in Central Park, New York." And it was published in a Nov 22,2013 blog titled "10 Best Places to Visit in New York," as well as an undated (early Dec 2013) blog titled "Applaud Mayor for Replacing Landfill with Solar Panels."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an Oct 10,2014 blog titled "New York City’s Central Park in Autumn."
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On Nov 6, 2009 a group of roughly 150 members of the NYC Digital Photography Meetup Group (which comprises some 2,556 members, according to its website) assembled at the southeast corner of New York's Central Park for a "meetup" that consisted of a walk through Central Park to capture the fall foliage. A few people knew each other from previous meetups, but most of us were there for the first time, and knew only that we were in the midst of a lot of people with "serious" cameras. Introductions were made, hands were shaken, cameras were compared, but with rare exceptions, names were quickly forgotten -- except for lyman91, who served as the organizer for the afternoon's activities. After all, it wasn't a college mixer; we were there to get some nice photographs...
Once we got started, we walked past the pond in the southeast corner of the park, up to a picturesque bridge, and then along the southern edge of the park until we reached another picturesque bridge by the southwest corner of the park. From there, we ventured north, past Tavern on the Green, past the Sheep Meadow, up to the 72nd Street entrance (where many photos were dutifully snapped of Strawberry Fields, and the Dakota apartment building where John Lennon lived at the time of his death). We then walked around parts of the boat pond, and a little further north into the Ramble ... at which point, the late-afternoon shadows were dark enough that I decided to call it a day and head on home.
As someone observed early in the walk, "fall foliage" in New York City is not the same as it is up in Vermont and New Hampshire. There are no fiery reds, no mountainsides of bright orange trees. Our trees are more subdued: there were a few bright yellow ones (don't ask me what kind they were; I have no idea), but most of the trees were "rust-colored" at best.
Still, it was a pleasant walk; the temperature was a little cool, but the skies were a brilliant blue, and there wasn't a cloud to be seen. I took fewer photos than I would have expected -- only about 300 -- and I'll upload the "keepers" throughout the week, as I edit them and put them in reasonable shape... and I'll look forward to another photo meetup sometime in the future. Next time, hopefully I will remember a few names...
The Postcard
A Colourmaster International Series postcard published by Photo Precision Ltd. of St. Ives, Huntingdon. On the back of the card they state:
'This fine aerial photograph features
Westminster Abbey, the Houses of
Parliament, Westminster Bridge,
Hungerford Bridge and, on the south
side of the River Thames, London
County Hall and part of the Royal
Festival Hall.
Photo by Aerofilms Ltd.'
The card was posted in Acton on Monday the 12th. July 1976 to:
Miss A. F. Wilson,
Staff,
Jubilee Hospital,
Woodford Green,
Woodford,
Essex.
The message on the back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Sally,
Thank you for your holiday
card - it was nice to have
the latest news from Steyning.
We have had very little rain
in the last 6 weeks - it seems
to be the same story everywhere.
We enjoyed our caravan holiday
with Phil & Betty.
Since then we have seen Lilly's
sister Caroline from the States.
We are now taking care of Tim's
cat for 3 weeks whilst he is in
Italy.
Hope you are well.
Love from Liz & Jim".
The Woodford Jubilee Hospital
The Woodford Jubilee Hospital, which was financed by Sir John Roberts, was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It opened in 1899 with 12 beds. The patients were looked after by their GP's.
In 1911 it was extended to 54 beds, the money being raised by public subscription.
In 1937 a new X-ray room and apparatus was installed. The women's ward was extended, with an additional 6 beds. The work cost £3,877.
In 1948 the Hospital joined the National Health Service.
The Hospital closed in 1986 under the orders of the then Health Minister, Kenneth Clarke, because it was considered to be too small, with only 47 beds.
The Hospital building was demolished and the site redeveloped in 1988 for retirement homes.
Features which were originally part of the Hospital have been incorporated into the new buildings - a cameo plaque of Queen Victoria, a commemorative plaque, a sundial and a weather vane.
Aerofilms Ltd.
Aerofilms Ltd. was the UK's first commercial aerial photography company, founded in 1919 by Francis Wills and Claude Graham-White.
Wills had served as an Observer with the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. He was the driving force behind the expansion of the company from an office and a bathroom (for developing films) in Hendon to a business with major contracts in Africa and Asia as well as in the UK.
Co-founder Graham-White was a pioneer aviator who had achieved fame by making the first night flight in 1910.
County Hall
County Hall is a building in London that was the headquarters of London County Council (LCC) and later the Greater London Council (GLC). The building is on the South Bank of the River Thames, with Westminster Bridge being next to it. It faces west toward the City of Westminster and is close to the Palace of Westminster. The nearest London Underground stations are Waterloo and Westminster.
Today, County Hall is the site of businesses and attractions, including the London Sea Life Aquarium, London Dungeon and a Namco Station amusement arcade. The London Eye is next to County Hall, and its visitor centre is inside the building.
There is also a suite of exhibition rooms which was home to the Saatchi Gallery from 2003 to 2006. Other parts of the building house two hotels (a budget Premier Inn & a 5 star Marriott Hotel), several restaurants, the UK headquarters of the company Cloudflare, and some flats.
Various spaces are available for hire for functions, including the council chamber at the heart of the building. Until January 2010 the Dali Universe was also in the building but this has now closed.
The main six storey building was designed by the 29-year-old architect Ralph Knott. His design bested 50 other entries in a ‘Design County Hall’ contest. It is faced in Portland stone from the Isle of Wight in an Edwardian Baroque style, and the foundations are composed of Cornish granite.
County Hall has seven miles of corridors. The total cost of construction was nearly £4 million.
Before its completion in 1922, the building was damaged by six bombs during the First World War.
Ralph Knott died in 1929; four years before the entire complex of seven buildings was completed.
The construction, which was undertaken by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, started in 1911, and the building was opened in 1922 by King George V. The North and South blocks, which were built by Higgs and Hill, were added between 1936 and 1939. The Island block was not completed until 1974.
For 64 years County Hall served as the headquarters of local government for London. During the 1980's the then powerful Labour-controlled GLC led by Ken Livingstone was locked in conflict with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher. Since the Parliament buildings were just across the river from County Hall, the façade of County Hall frequently during her tenure served as a billboard for opposition slogans.
When the government of Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC in 1986, County Hall lost its role as the seat of London's government. Talk soon became of what was to happen to the building, and plans to relocate the London School of Economics to the site from its Westminster campus were overruled by Mrs Thatcher, seemingly disapproving of further slogans from students.
The building remained in use by the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) until its abolition in 1990 when the building was transferred to the London Residuary Body and eventually sold to private investors.
On the 21st. October 2005, the High Court of England and Wales upheld a bid by the owners of the building, Shirayama Shokusan, to have the Saatchi Gallery evicted on grounds of violating its contract, particularly using space outside of the rented area for exhibits.
Today (2019), a large proportion of the building, including the entire fifth floor, remains empty since the dissolution of the GLC.
The County Hall Island Block, an annex of the main building, was demolished in 2006 to make way for a hotel, the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. The building, also known as No 1 Westminster Bridge Road, had been disused since 1986 and had become a derelict eyesore.
The Fullerton Massacre
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, the 12th. July 1976 was the date of the Fullerton Massacre - a mass murder committed by a library custodian at California State University at Fullerton.
The custodian was Edward Charles Alloway aged 37. Armed with a semi-automatic rifle he purchased at Kmart, he killed 7 people and injured 2 others in the library's first floor lobby.
He fled the campus and went to a hotel in Anaheim where his former wife worked. From there he phoned the police and told them:
"I went berserk at Cal State
Fullerton, and I committed a
terrible act.
I'd appreciate it if you would
come down and pick me up.
I'm unarmed".
Alloway had a history of violence and mental illness. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and judged to be insane after being convicted by a jury.
Alloway is imprisoned at Patton State Hospital under medical treatment.
A couple of years ago, another photo of mine: www.flickr.com/photos/markop/2257548184
was used as a bookcover for "Sociologists Backstage: Answers to 10 Questions About What They Do":
PLEASE NOTE BEFORE USING THIS PHOTO: Your license to use it is restricted to purposes that are affirming of equal access to facilities for all LGBTQ humans. Any use of this photo surrounded by homophobic, transphobic, or discriminatory language is not permitted and license to use is invalid per the respect of moral rights in the Creative Commons license. Any uses of this photo discovered to violate these terms will have license immediately revoked as well. Thank you! :)
This photo replaces a previous photo that I did not take. I took this one. See the rest of the photos in Gender Neutral Restrooms group for more inspiration.
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"A Moment of Clarity" was chosen for Oxford American's Best of the South Issue! I'm really excited about this since this is such a great magazine.
This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 1st of October 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
Chasing Daylight for Cosmopolitan HK
Photography : Shavonne Wong/ Zhiffy Photography
Art Direction & Styling : Irene Chan
Model : Ting Wai /Style Management
Make-up & Hair : Angel Wong
Styling Assistant & Coordination : Tammy Chan
Blog post and BTS images:
I am proud to say that I am now a published photographer and artist hehehehe
The millions are coming soon :))
There is another half page in the inside with full credits, great deal for me!
Credits inside the Magazine:
Reel seat engraved by Alfred Kypta of Lewiston, ME.
This work was commissioned by Michael D Abraham for a rod he built for his wife, Mary.
Builders interested in contacting Mr. Kypta may do so
at: alfred@alfredky.com
This swap was made for Annette Jensen from the AG Collector list. It is for her American Girl Kit doll.
I made the dress with embroidered collar and the cloth doll with a dress to match. The doll is made from the dollhouse doll pattern in Edith Flack Ackley's Dolls to Make for Fun and Profit which was published in 1938, just a few years after Kit's time.
I also knitted matching sweaters for Kit and her EFA doll. The Kit sweater is from a slightly adjusted (I left out a couple of rows and used sport weight yarn and small needles) Five Hour Baby pattern. It really does work up nearly that fast.
As a finishing touch I made Kit a diary with the story of her new dress and doll's dress written in it by hand.
This was a really fun swap to work on.
Kit's Diary written for the AG Spring Swap on Friday, March 28, 2003
Jan 3
Dear Diary,
Aunt Millie says if I want to be a famous author, I need to keep a diary.
Mother helped me to make this book. I wanted one of those cute little leather ones that are red and have a lock and key, but of course we can't afford one. This will serve very well I think. Mother says I don't need a key because we don't have any snoops!
Jan 10
Dear Diary,
We have a new boarder. He is an artist with the WPA. He is going to paint a mural on the courthouse. All the girls at school are jealous because he is young and quite handsome. I think I am going to like him because he is funny.
Jan 14
Dear Diary,
Betsy Moore is having a birthday party next week. I hope her mom makes her coconut cake! I am embroidering a handkerchief.
Jan 21
Dear Diary,
Betsy's party was fun. We had cake and her father made ice cream. WE played Drop the Clothespin in the Bottle, Musical Chairs and Truth or Dare.
Jan 22
Mr. Connoughly has started sketches for his mural. He says there is a lot of preliminary work to do.
Jan 27
Dear Diary,
Mrs. May gave me an "A" on my composition. I was worried that she wouldn't like it.
Feb 2
Dear Diary,
The groundhog saw his shadow. It looks like more winter.
Feb 6
Mr. Connoughly asked mother if I can sit for sketches. She said I may if one of the boarders is there to chaperone.
Feb 7
Dear Diary,
We had our first sitting today. I had to stay very still, but Mr. C told me about his family so it was easy.
He has 7 brothers and sisters. Connie is just my age. She sounds like a lot of fun. I think he misses them.
Feb 11
Dear Diary,
Tom Snead broke his arm today at school. He was showing off as usual. I still feel sorry for him. The girls can't wait to see what I look like in the mural. I told them Mr. C may not use my face in it.
Feb 13
Dear Diary,
Charlie and Miss P are sitting for sketches too. We take turns chaperoning. Of course Charlie doesn't need a chaperone, but he makes a good one. It makes me feel grown-up to need one.
Feb 24
Dear Diary,
Tom's arm itches him. He scratches it with a broom straw when Mrs. May isn't looking. He makes the awfulest faces. Mary C. has a new kitten.
Feb 26
Dear Diary,
I wonder if spring will ever arrive. I am so tired of wet and cold.
At least the sittings are fun. Mr. C and Miss P tell the best stories. They even listen to my stories. Of course Charlie is Charlie.
Feb 28
Dear Diary,
Mr. C got a letter from Connie and it had a special letter in it for me. We are going to be pen pals.
March 2
Dear Diary,
Betsy M has been telling us about the Easter dress that her mother is ordering her from the Sears catalog. It sounds lovely. I don't suppose I'll get a new one this year.
March 4
Dear Diary,
I am getting a new dress. Mother bought the prettiest feed sacks yesterday. We will have fittings tomorrow. Fittings and sittings, what's next?
March 6
Dear Diary,
Fittings are tiresome. Mother sticks pins in me. Her stories aren't as funny either.
Mr. C is working on a surprise for Mother and Father. He is going to paint me! A real portrait. He says that we have all made him feel at home and he wants to repay them. I guess he doesn't think the rent is enough.
We had a long sitting today, but he wouldn't let me see what he had done. I've been telling them a made-up story. Miss P says that I have a way with words and should write it down.
Funny thing - May Belle wasn't on my bed when I got home from school today. When I went back after the sitting, there she was. A mystery!
Maybe I'd better start hiding you, dear diary.
March 11
Dear Diary,
Betsy's dress has arrived. I went to see it. It is pretty, but it doesn't have embroidery on the collar like Mother is putting on my dress. Mary's mother is making her an Easter dress too. Tom says girls are silly for worrying about dresses.
March 13
Dear Diary,
My dress is almost done. It is turning out pretty.
We had another long sitting today. I told them more of my story about Princess Kittriana. I think I will put Tom in it. He can be the fool!
May Belle was moved again today. I'm sure of it. Who would want to bother my doll?
I'm going to lay a thread across her lap when I leave tomorrow morning.
March 14
Dear Diary,
I knew it. The thread was gone. This is really strange. I wonder if anything is missing.
Mr C still won't let me see the painting. He is going to give it to them on Easter.
The mural is starting to look like our town. I go by every day and see what has been finished.
March 18
Dear Diary,
We are going to Grandma's for Easter. All of the boarders have been invited too, and Aunt Millie will be there. I miss her.
I got another letter from Connie today. This time Mr C's letter was in my envelope. I am going to tell her that I think Miss P is sweet on her brother.
March 21
Dear Diary,
Spring is officially here today, but it is still cold and dreary.
I went by and played with Mary's kitten after school today. I told her about the mystery with May Belle. She is going to come over tomorrow and we are going to look for more clues.
March 22
Dear Diary,
The mystery is getting deeper. When Mary and I looked for clues, the white thread I had put on May Belle was gone and a blue one was there instead! Mary thinks someone is playing tricks on me. Could it be Charlie? I don't think he would come in my room. Tom would do it if he could get away with it, but someone would see him.
March 27
Dear Diary,
Mr. C has finished Mother and Dad's painting. He took it to the farm, so Grandpa could make a frame. Miss P says it looks just like me. I wouldn't know since I still haven't seen it. I did see some daffodils today. Spring can't be far off.
Easter is next week. I can't wait.
March 29
Mary's dress is finished too. All of us will look so spiffy at church on Sunday. Even Tom has a new white shirt. He says he's not wearing a tie, but I bet his mom makes him.
Easter Morning
Dear Diary,
This has already been a fun day. I can't wait for the rest of it to come. When I came down for breakfast there was an Easter egg peeking out behind Mother's vase. Mr. W had hid them while everyone else was getting ready for church. Maybe he isn't so bad. Got to run. I'll write more tonight.
Easter Evening
Dear Diary,
What a day!! First some more about the egg hunt. They were the prettiest eggs I've ever seen. Mr C showed Mother and Miss P how to make them. They thinned his oil paints with oil and floated the paint on water. When they dipped the eggs, they came out all different colors. Mr. C calls it marbled.
Mother made me go back upstairs after breakfast to get my old navy blue sweater. I didn't want to cover up my dress, but Mother said it's still chilly.
You will never guess what I saw on my bed when I went to get the sweater. May Belle was wearing a new dress just like mine! It even has embroidery on the collar. Mother made it on the sly. Mary and I had a good laugh at church when I told her. I guess that clears up our mystery.
I gave her and Betsy one of the pretty eggs. The others we took to Grandma's and made deviled eggs with them. Mother says we can't afford to waste anything.
The painting was waiting at Grandma's house when we all got there. She had a sheet over it and had it propped up on a chair. Mother wanted to know what it was and Grandpa said Mr. C would have to show us. He made a little speech and pulled off the cover. Mother had tears in her eyes and I couldn't believe my eyes. He had painted me as Princess Kittriana! I had on a beautiful pink dress and even a crown! No wonder he didn't want me to see it. Everyone said it looks just like me.
Grandma had another surprise for me. She gave me a package wrapped in tissue paper. In it was a navy blue sweater for May Belle! We really look like twins now!
I have written so much tonight that my hand hurts. This has been the best day! To make it even better, I think Spring is finally here.
Photo with sweaters below.
Sopranos Tour: The beautiful and real-life Soprano house in North Caldwell, NJ. (June 2007)
Flickr Explore: July 9, 2007 #481 (dropped)
Published on Wikipedia entry for "North Caldwell, New Jersey"
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Published in 1976 by Bodley Head.
Beetle was a small green Volkswagen with a powerful Porsche engine. One winter evening he was stolen by jewel thieves who used him as a getaway car, driving him at top speed and changing his colour after every raid until he was quite worn out. Beetle decided that he had had enough and took the matter into his own hands, but in thwarting the thieves he nearly brought about his own downfall too and was saved in the nick of time from a car dump by the family from whom he was stolen.