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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 29th 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.
My photo Elizabeth is featured in the July issue of What Digital Camera Magazine!
I'm really excited about it, it's the first time my work has been published in a magazine.
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(the thumbnail photo of me there is horrid. They asked for a passport photo of me, so I gave them one... I didn't think they'd publish it, or I would have given a better one! Ah, oh well)
“The Gift” was an annual literary anthology published in a gift book format for the years 1836, 1837, 1839, 1840, and 1842-1845. Each book was published by Carey & Hart of Philadelphia in the fall of the year prior to the date given in the title, so that The Gift for 1836 was actually issued in October of 1835. Five of the gift books include new tales by Edgar Allan Poe – “Manuscript Found in a Bottle” (1836), “William Wilson” (1840), “Eleonora” (1842), “The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843), and “The Purloined Letter” (1845).
"The Purloined Letter" is the third of Poe's three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt." These stories are considered to be important early forerunners of the modern detective story.
Co. D, 104th N. Y. Infantry
History of Neosho and Wilson Counties Kansas, Published by L. Wallace Duncan, Monitor Printing Co., 1902. Pages 296-297
CHARLES L. DUTCHER—The veterinary practice of the vicinity of St. Paul is ably cared for and represented by Charles L. Dutcher, of this article. He is one of the “old settlers” of St. Paul or “The Mission”, as it was called then, and his livery business is the chief of its kind in this little city.
Mr. Dutcher is an eastern man. He was born in Tioga county, New York, (December 25, 1839) as was his father, Tracey E. Dutcher. His mother was Margaret Shackelton, was a Tioga county lady. The father of our subject was a farmer, a carpenter and a local Methodist Episcopal preacher. He and his wife were the parents of four children, two of whom still survive. In 1845 the wife and mother died, while the father lived till 1875. The latter was married a second time and had a family of six children.
Charles L. Dutcher and his sister Mary J. Fraley, are the surviving children of their mother. Mrs. Fraley resides in Elmira, New York. Mr. Dutcher spent the years from his sixth year to his fifteenth in Bradford county, Pennsylvania. At the latter age he retuned to his native state and county. He was apprenticed about this time to a cabinet and wagon-maker and when he had served his time he worked at the trade till 1860 when he went to Owego, New York, and ran a line of hacks and an ice business till the war of the rebellion came on. He enlisted in July, 1863, in Company D, 104th New York volunteer infantry. He served two years and over and his chief engagement was that of Rappahannock Station, out of which he came without a scratch from a rebel ball. At the close of the war he was discharged, went to New York City, and there in April, 1866, was married. Hen went to work in the Fifth Avenue livery, driving coaches, and remained in that place two years. He changed his business then, going to Towanda, Pa., by request of his father, and there he engaged in the business of contracting and building. He followed this till 1870, when he came to the prairies of Kansas and took a claim in Crawford county. He lived on and was engaged in its improvement for three years, then traded it for a block of ground in Osage Mission, erected a store building and engaged in merchandising. This business he followed some fifteen years and sold his lots and buildings to the Lindel Hotel company and began handling horses, buying and shipping for three years. He then built a large livery barn and stocked it with the best turn-outs that he had, rigs that would compete successfully for business in any city. He opened his livery with a genuine glare that probably surpassed anything of the kind in Neosho county and he has since conducted it with a skill that natural inclination alone can insure. As a “housekeeper” he is strikingly neat and tidy. His premises appear to have just been dressed, at all business hours. Repairing is done when it is first noticed and there is no unkempt and shiftless atmosphere pervading his premises. He has practiced veterinary work for many years and his success teaches that he has a perfect understanding of the ills of horse flesh.
Mr. Dutcher’s wife was, before her marriage, Miss Elizabeth S. Hollenbeck, of Hudson, New York. One child, a son, was born to them. He is Charles Wesley Dutcher, of Sugar City, Colorado.
Mr. Dutcher is a meritorious citizen and a good man for his town. His business is well followed and because of this fact the interests of St. Paul are better conserved. He is liberal and possesses the sentiment of push and progress and when anything is needed for his town he helps to get it.
Found this in my mailbox the day I arrived back in Los Angeles.
They contacted me from Austria last year and this the end product. I think they did a stellar job and it's quite the honor...
"Friends of McMillan Park is a group of community volunteers who support sustainable development and long-term planning for McMillan Park and Washington, DC. We believe that historic preservation and sustainability go hand in hand, and we would love to see McMillan Park set a high standard as a great metropolitan park of the 21st century." - friendsofmcmillan.org/about-us/
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Select photos published in The Future of D.C.'s Abandoned McMillan Park | Architect Magazine | Urban Design, Urban Development, Developers, Development, Mixed-Use Development, Historic Preservation, McMillan Park, Frederick Law Olmsted
I was the set photographer for a short film by Brooke Shaden last fall. Kodak's In Camera magazine decided to run a story on her film and used one of my photos. Needless to say, I am thrilled. For those of you interested, the article can be found online here: http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Publications/In_Camera/Next_Generation/redVines.htm
Caption: (L-R) Cinematographer Kyle Pahlow, camera operator Kyle Depew and gaffer/ dolly grip John Sedlack rehearse a tracking shot of actress Vayia Karavangelas running. Photo by Andy Smith.
The Postcard
A Matteson Series postcard that was published by R. Steinman, St. Paul, Minn. The card was posted in Raton, New Mexico using a one cent stamp on the 30th. October 1907. It was sent to:
Miss O. S. Higgins,
East Gray,
Maine.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"A little different
from Maine.
E. M."
Sol Tax
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Not a lot, but the 30th. October 1907 did mark the birth, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of Sol Tax. The following obituary was published by the University of Chicago Chronicle on the 19th. January 1995:
"Professor Sol Tax
Sol Tax (Ph.D. 1935), an internationally renowned anthropologist, Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of Anthropology and former Dean of the University Extension, died on the 4th. January 1995. He was 87.
Tax organized anthropology as a global discipline, and helped establish the field of action anthropology, an approach in which researchers work to help solve social problems. He also was a specialist on Native American cultures.
In 1957, he founded Current Anthropology, an international journal that publishes research and commentary. He was editor of the journal from 1957 to 1974.
George Stocking, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Anthropology has said:
"More than any other single person, Sol Tax
was the facilitator and organizer of anthropology
as an international discipline.
He used Current Anthropology as a means of
providing communication worldwide on important
issues in anthropology.
Particularly in developing countries and in the
former Soviet Union in the 1960's and 1970's,
Sol Tax was the name people associated with
anthropology."
Throughout his career, Tax was a leader in bringing people together to discuss social and anthropological issues. In 1961, he was coordinator of the American Indian Chicago Conference, which brought 700 Native Americans from more than 80 tribal groups to the University in order to prepare a "Declaration of Indian Purpose."
The declaration sought for the first time to present a unified Native American position on the relation of native people to the federal government.
In 1968, Sol organized a conference on the military draft that brought together military leaders and political figures. The conference led to the publication the same year of Tax's book The Draft: A Handbook of Facts and Alternatives.
In 1973, Sol organized the Ninth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, "One Species, Many Cultures," which was held in Chicago.
More than 1,000 papers were presented at 85 conference sessions. The conference was attended by 4,000 scholars from more than 100 countries.
Tax's main area of specialization was the social anthropology of North and Middle American Indians. As a researcher in that area, he established the approach known as action anthropology.
Tax said in a paper that he delivered at a meeting of the American Anthropological Association in 1950:
"By definition, action anthropology is an
activity in which an anthropologist has
two coordinate goals, to neither one of
which he will delegate an inferior position.
He wants to help a group of people to
solve a problem, and he wants to learn
something in the process."
Tax received his Ph.B. in 1931 from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. in 1935 from Chicago. He was an ethnologist for the Carnegie Institution from 1934 to 1946.
Sol also served for much of his career, from 1938 to 1962, as director of the Fox Indian Project in Tama, Iowa.
Tax joined the University of Chicago faculty as Research Associate in 1940. He was named Professor in 1948.
From 1963 to 1968, he served as Dean of the University Extension. As dean, he oversaw the off-campus education programs of the University, and also organized conferences, including one held in 1965 on the theme "The Origins of Man."
The research presented at that conference added new insights to work that had been presented at a conference that Tax had organized and chaired in 1959 -- the Darwin Centennial Celebration held at the University.
In addition to being on the faculty at Chicago, Tax served as director of the Smithsonian Institution's Center for the Study of Man. He also served on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, and on President Johnson's special task force on American Indian Affairs.
Sol was a consultant for the U.S. Office of Education, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Tax was widely honored for his work. In 1962, he received the Viking Fund Medal and Award from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for his outstanding achievements.
He was an honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, the Chilean Anthropological Society, and the Czechoslovakian Anthropological Society.
From 1958 to 1959, he was president of the American Anthropological Association."
The Death and Legacy of Sol Tax
Sol Tax died of a heart attack following a short illness on the 4th. January 1995, at his home in Chicago.
Sol was laid to rest at the Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Tax was survived by his wife, Gertrude Katz Tax; daughters Susan Freeman of Chicago, and Marianna Choldin of Champaign, Ill.; and three grandchildren.
Sol's published works include:
-- "Penny Capitalism: A Guatemalan Indian Economy" (1953).
-- "Evolution After Darwin," co-author and editor (1960).
-- "Horizons of Anthropology" (1963).
-- "The People vs. The System: A Dialogue in Urban Conflict" (1968).
-- "The Draft: A Handbook of Facts and Alternatives," co-author and editor (1968).
At Sudeley Castle & Gardens on the Early May Bank Holiday.
It is near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
The castle was home to Queen Katherine Parr, 6th and final wife of King Henry VIII. She lived here after his death with her final husband Thomas Seymour (uncle of King Edward VI).
Monday 5th May 2014 was Victorian May Day at Sudeley Castle & Gardens.
Most of the entertainment took place during the day on the terrace, near the cafe.
The Pell Organ act.
To be published in the Birmingham Mail readers letters page: on Wednesday 6th August 2014.
My photo was selected for the LPWA light-painting expo in Hongkong, September, 2014.
-Original image: www.flickr.com/photos/jelle-s/6814152467
1907 postmarked postcard view of the south side of the courthouse square in Bedford, Indiana. This view was looking east along Sixteenth Street from the J Street intersection.
The character of this block changed in the period between 1904 and 1910 when two Sanborn™ fire insurance map sets were published. In 1904, five saloons were located in this block. Four of them were in the east half of the block at 900, 904, 906 and 914 Sixteenth Street. The fifth was at 924 Sixteenth Street. All were gone by 1910.
The small two-story brick building on the corner at I Street (900-02 Sixteenth Street) was replaced with a new two-story building after 1904 and before this photograph was taken. The new building had a stone façade. A clothing store occupied that newer building (900 Sixteenth Street) when the 1910 Sanborn™ map set was being prepared.
Business signs in this view identify several of the businesses in existence when this photograph was taken in 1907 or earlier. Beginning near the east end of the block, the round sign appears to be in front of the building at 906 Sixteenth Street with the stone façade. That was the location of one of the saloons in 1904 and a soft drinks business in 1910. The first readable sign was the HOT & COLD BATHS sign that appears to be at 910 Sixteenth Street. However, both the 1904 and the 1910 Sanborn™ map sets show a boots and shoes business at that address. Partially hidden by the baths sign was a sign advertising a DENTIST. It may have been J. G. Hogan. Another sign, below the baths sign, advertised the office of DOCTOR ______. A little farther west, the DRUGS and NEWS DEPOT signs identified the location of the drug store at 912 Sixteenth Street. The 1904 map set shows a drug and stationery store at that address while the 1910 map set shows simply a drug store.
The oval sign west of the drug store at 914 Sixteenth Street appears to read WALKER RYE. In 1904, one of the saloons was located at that location. By 1910, a bakery had moved into the building. A tall, decorated post at the curb in front of that building probably advertised the location of the barbershop at 916 Sixteenth Street.
Farther west, the RESTAURANT sign was at 922 Sixteenth Street, but the address changed to 924 Sixteenth Street by 1910). The restaurant was identified in the 1910 Sanborn™ map set, but the 1904 set shows a novelties store at that location. Next door, the round sign advertised GERMAN HOUSE RYE and identified the location of the saloon at 924 Sixteenth Street. The GEO. W. HAY sign advertised a store at 926 Sixteenth Street. A clothing store was at that location in 1904 and in 1910. The container on the sidewalk in front of that store has UNION printed on it.
The sign on the building west of the Hay store advertised the ADES store. Both Sanborn™ map sets show a clothing store at this address. There was a stairway between the Hay and Ades stores leading to the second floor. A sign posted above the Hay store advertised S. B. LOWE. Another sign, S. B. LOWE LAW OFFICE, was reflected in the Ades display window next to that stairway.
The large DRUGS sign advertised the OWL DRUG STORE on the corner (930 Sixteenth Street). The 1904 Sanborn™ map set shows this as a drug and jewelry store. Signs mounted on the utility pole at the curb in front of the drug store advertised AT&T LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, HARRISON'S TOWN & COUNTRY PAINT and KODAKS. Signs painted on a display window advertised SODA WATER and STICKNEY's SEGARS. A sign below that window advertised DR. A. C. DANIELS MEDICINES. Signs below the windows on either side of the store entrance advertised STICKNEY’S NEW TARIFF CIGAR and STICKNEY’S CHANCELLOR CIGAR.
This photograph appears to show a stairway between the drug store and the Ades clothing store. However, neither the 1904 nor the 1910 map set shows the stairway. The signs at that stairway advertised THE CLIMAX STONE CO., M. OBRIEN REAL ESTATE LOANS and INSURANCE, and the NORTON BLUESTONE CO. All of these were presumably located upstairs. The name C. S. NORTON BLUE STONE DARK ______ was painted on a window above the drug store.
From a private collection.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
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Please donate to the Earthquake/Tsunami Victims in Japan at one of the links found here.
In this week's issue of Metropolis Magazine here in Tokyo, one of my shots appears in their feature story. You should be able to find a copy for the next week wherever they are available.
EDIT:
There is a link to the online version of the story here.
For those that are interested, you can follow me on Instagram at: @the_real_jason_combs
The People’s Bicentennial Commission formed by democratic socialists Jeremy Rifkin and John Rossen published a Declaration of Economic Independence in 1976 in conjunction with demonstrations and July 4, 1976 rallies in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The declaration identifies corporations as the cause of economic distress in the United States and calls for a decentralized ownership of the means of production.
Rifkin was a relatively young anti-Vietnam War activist and Rossen a former member of the Communist Party from the 1930s-50s. Both took part in the founding of the New American Movement. In 1983 NAM merged with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee to form the Democratic Socialists of America.
Some excerpts from the declaration:
“The history of the present giant corporations is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having as their direct object an establishment of absolute tyranny over the states.”
“We therefore, the citizens of the United States of America, hereby call for the abolition of these giant institutions of tyranny and the establishment of new economic enterprises, with new laws and safeguards to provide for the equal and democratic participation of all American citizens in the economic decisions that effect the well-being of our families, our communities, and our nation.”
“In furtherance of our joint hopes and aspirations and mindful of the lessons of history, we steadfastly adhere to the general principle that a democratic republic can only exist to the extent that economic decision making is above the exercise by the people and not delegated to a few.”
“Such is the necessity which compels us to act in support of decentralized economic enterprises with ownership and control being shared jointly by the workers in the plants and by the local communities in which they operate, with similar patterns of shared representative control being exercised on a regional and national level to insure the smooth and efficient coordination of all economic operations.
“For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection, of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”
For a PDF of this one-sided, 22 x 16 inch broadside, see washingtonspark.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/1976-the-decl...
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskt5piyp
Created by the People’s Bicentennial Commission. Courtesy of the National Museum of American History.
Flashlight Photography with long exposure. Published on www.dailydot.com/business/darkcoing-anonymous-cyptocurren...
also:
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Budo mentioned me he only just published new Higashiosaka sim. What the hell is going on? Have I died gone to hell?
Retro Japanese house on Higashiosaka(June,18 2007. from my Flickr! photostream)
Past days of Higashiosaka (April, 2007, four photographs, Japanese language description)
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A settembre è uscito il loro ultimo album, anticipato dal singolo Sei tu la mia città, e per la gioia di tutti i fan, a partire da novembre è ripartito il loro La Rivoluzione Sta Arrivando Tour che porta l'energia e la musica del gruppo del Salento in tutta Italia.
I Negramaro arrivano a Milano, per un triplo imperdibile concerto al Mediolanum Forum: 14, 15 e 16 dicembre.
La band, autrice di singoli di successo come Mentre tutto scorre e Nuvole e lenzuola, ha all'attivo sette album, fra cui un live e una raccolta.
I Negramaro sono: Giuliano Sangiorgi (voce, chitarra, piano), Emanuele Spedicato (chitarra), Ermanno Carlà (basso), Danilo Tasco (batteria), Andrea Mariano (piano, tastiera e sintetizzatore) e Andrea De Rocco (campionatore).
Published in 1985 the cover is a little modern for my tastes but I am a fan of Walter Popp's artwork . I love how the light spills from that window!
Public Domain Book: The Scottish clans & their tartans
history of each clan and full list of septs.
22nd ed.
Published 1931 by Musson in Toronto .
Written in English.
openlibrary.org/books/OL16640868M/The_Scottish_clans_thei...
Suspended Animation Classic #79
Originally published July 1, 1990 (#26)
Taboo
By Michael Vance
As a little boy, when I broke the rules, mother would spank my hand and say, “That’s a No No!” I quickly learned what was taboo. As editors and publishers, Steve Bissette and Nancy O’Connor have broken rules, and my mother would spank more than their hands. Their new horror anthology, “Taboo”, is meant to shock, to disgust, and trigger shudders. In this case, accomplishing two of these three goals isn’t good.
“Taboo” suffers from the same weaknesses that plague every prose anthology, stories that are uneven in quality. A second flaw is that each story is reaching for a different response, a special kind of horror. There’s no single climax, and a reader is left with a vague and jumbled catharsis, especially when the book is read at a single setting. And, finally, readers need full and believable men and women. That’s an almost impossible task within the limited space of a comics short story.
The visual short stories in this collection range from unintelligible (“Catus Water” by Peter Grimes) to excellent. The best of this volume must include “A Touch of Vinyl” by Veitch and Weiner, and “From Hell” by Moore and Campbell.
I spent too much energy trying to understand what was happening in “Catus Water” to feel any sense of suspense or suspension of disbelief. Characterization is non-existant.
The strength of “A Touch of Vinyl” lies in its twisted, black humor as a man’s obsession with a vinyl doll turns into insanity. The power of “From Hell” is its wealth of detail and its luck at being long enough to build suspense and characterization. It’s the only serialized piece in “Taboo”.
Certainly not for the squeamish, “Taboo” is best suited for lovers of horror who can overlook the flaws of their beloved.
“Taboo” #3/$9.95, 128 pages/published by spiderbaby Grafix/available in comics stores.
The Postcard
A postally unused Cameracolour postcard published by J. Salmon Ltd. of Sevenoaks. The card has a divided back.
The narrow-boat on the left is being weighed by a weighing machine that was originally used on the Glamorganshire Canal. (..... Why is it important to know the weight of a narrow-boat? Answers on a postcard please).
Stoke Bruerne
Stoke Bruerne is a small village and in Northamptonshire, 10 miles (16 km) north of Milton Keynes. The village is typical of this area of south Northamptonshire, containing many traditional stone and thatched cottages.
The village's main claim to fame is its situation on the Grand Union Canal, making it a favourite destination for tourists. In the 2001 census, the population was split 196 male and 199 female in 169 households.
The nearby country estate of Stoke Park along Shutlanger Road is occasionally open to the public in August, but all that remains of the main house are the two east and west wings known as the Stoke Park Pavilions.
Walks
Many public footpaths cross the area around Stoke Bruerne. One such walk, taking in Grafton Regis, was the subject of a Daily Telegraph article. Other walks in and around Northampton are mentioned in the County Council Right of way site.
Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
The village is home to one of the three museums owned and run by Canal & River Trust. The others are at Ellesmere Port and Gloucester Docks.
The museum is housed in a restored corn mill at the top of a flight of canal locks. The museum tells the story of Britain's inland waterways and the people who worked on them. It provides an insight into the transport system which was fundamental to the industrial revolution in Britain.
There are working models and 3-D displays, including a model of the short-lived inclined-plane mechanical lift at Foxton in Leicestershire.
Exhibits include models of working boats including narrow boats, barges, butties and tugs, painted ware and canal crafts, traditional clothing, canal-side signs and specialist tools.
The Blisworth Tunnel
About half a mile north of the village is the south portal of Blisworth tunnel - accessible by a walk along the old towpath The tunnel is 3,075 yards (2,812 m) long and is the longest wide, freely navigable tunnel in Europe. The tunnel was awarded a Transport Trust 'Red Wheel' in recognition of its industrial heritage and importance on the 22nd. August 2014 (the 30th. anniversary of the reopening of the tunnel in 1984). The Red Wheel is on the blacksmith's forge in Stoke Bruerne.
Stoke Bruerne's Facilities
There are two canal-side public houses, The Boat Inn (on the postcard), and The Navigation, both serving a variety of meals and drinks. There is a restaurant/takeaway, The Spice of Bruerne, various bed and breakfast facilities and tearooms.
The village attracts many visitors all year round, and especially during the summer months. A variety of boat trips may be booked. Most of the time there is plenty of activity on the canal, with boats going through the locks regularly and plenty going in and out of the tunnel.
The Railway
Stoke Bruerne had its own railway station, part of the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. It was misnamed Stoke Bruern. The station building has been converted to a private house and is just outside the village. The line of the railway, and station platform, are still visible and the Blisworth road has a railway bridge still in position near the former station.
Stoke Bruerne in the Media
Stoke Bruerne appears, along with neighbouring Blisworth, in the Ealing Studios film 'Painted Boats' (1945), filmed at the end of World War II and directed by Charles Crichton whose notable successes include 'The Lavender Hill Mob' (1951) and 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988).
J. Salmon Ltd.
Alas, J. Salmon no longer produce postcards. Having churned out small coloured rectangles of card from its factory in Kent for more than 100 years, the company stopped publishing postcards in 2017.
The fifth-generation brothers who still ran the company sent a letter to their clients in the autumn of 2017, advising them that the presses would cease printing at the end of 2017, with their remaining stock being sold off throughout the following year.
The firm’s story began in 1880, when the original J. Salmon acquired a printing business on Sevenoaks high street, and produced a collection of twelve black and white scenes of the town.
In 1912, the business broke through into the big time by commissioning the artist Alfred Robert Quinton (1853 - 1934), who produced 2,300 scenes of British life for them up until his death.
From Redruth to King’s Lynn, his softly coloured, highly detailed watercolours of rosy milkmaids, bucolic pumphouses and picturesque harbour towns earned him a place in the hearts of the public, despite references to Alfred's 'chocolate-box art' by some art critics.
J. Salmon also produced photographs and cheery oils of seaside imagery captioned with a garrulous enthusiasm: “Eat More Chips!”, “Sun, Sand & Sea”, “We’re Going Camping!”
It commissioned the comic artist Reg Maurice (who often worked under the pseudonym Vera Paterson), to produce pictures of comically bulbous children with cutesy captions, alongside the usual stock images of British towns.
It was this century’s changing habits – and technology – that did for Salmon. Co-managing director Charles Salmon noted:
“People are going for shorter breaks,
not for a fortnight, so you’re back home
before your postcards have arrived."
He barely needed to say that Instagram and Facebook had made their product all but redundant, almost wiping out the entire industry in a decade.
Michelle Abadie, co-director of the John Hinde Collection, said:
“When I heard the news, I was
actually surprised they still existed."
John Hinde was once J Salmon’s biggest rival; it sold 50-60 million postcards a year at its peak in the 1960's, but it, too, shuttered four years previously. The licensing for its rich archive of images was sold off, and repurposed in art books.
However, in one sense, the death of the postcard is overstated. Like vinyl records, our fetish for the physical objects we left behind is already making its presence felt.
Michelle Abadie points out:
“If you go into Waterstones now, they
sell lots of postcards of book covers.
The idea itself isn’t dead – as a
decorative object, people still want
them.”
Fiber Art Now magazine (US) Summer issue in the pages of 'Flora and Fauna' as a result of a call for entries. ; )
The Thermophone utilised the small variation in resistance of wire due to heat generated by sound waves.
Engraving from Electricity in the Service of Man 1890 translated from the German of Dr Alfred Ritter Von Urbanitsky, edited by R. Wormell and R. Walmsley.
Published by Cassell & Company, London Blue gilt cloth boards 892 pages 24cm x 16cm
Kaiser Permanente Digital Health and Center for Total Health host a forum on the technologies that will allow "Leo" and "Rosemary" from the Baby Boomer generation manage their health in the future see: centerfortotalhealth.org/techforum/
Published in Millennials Aren't The Only Ones Who Want Meaningful Work | Fast Company | Business + Innovation