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I got her in a terrible state, yellowed with rough sanding all over, nail varnish on her lips and lashes.
Her faceplate was restored by Freefall Creations and she did an amazing job.
Yous wouldn't believe this is the same doll!
Restored and maintained by Swedish Air Force Historic Flight. Airpower 2016. Read my complete report here: www.golfvictorspotting.it/wp/?p=272&lang=en
Restored LB&SC A1 Class 'Terrier' 0-6-0T 54 ''Waddon'' at Eastleigh works in August 1963.
A few 'classic cars' parked in the background..
The loco was donated by British Railways to the Canadian Railway Museum - 'Exporail' - near Montreal, and left the UK soon after this photo was taken..
Ten members of the class have been preserved...
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
Nicely restored Invader in the markings of the "The Hustler" serial 595924 at Tamiami Executive back in 92. Not sure if she is airworthy currently as of 2019.
Gracias a Inés por confiarme la restauración de su basaak. Ella me pidió un maquillaje suave y que solo arreglara nariz y labios.
Espero que Maria Carla te haga muy feliz!
This 1948 Bentley received it's current age related registration plate in 10/1989. The info. sheet on the windscreen says it was one of only 49 bodied by James Young and is believed to be the only surviving example. It required a total body-off restoration which took four years to complete. It is seen here on Dalton Road, Barrow-in-Furness, on 17/07/2021, on display at the Barrow Festival of Transport. © Peter Steel 2021.
"You can trust your car to the man who wears the star ".
"Texaco Fire Chief gasoline"
This station was in operation from 1933 to 1999.
There are few homes in Wellington today more readily recognizable than the gorgeous Italianate “painted lady” standing at 226 South Main Street. For nearly a century-and-a-half, the house gazed across the road at a bustling school campus. In 1867, the Union School had first been erected, and evolved over time into McCormick Middle School, which was sadly removed in 2016. By the mid-twentieth century, the once grand residence had fallen into a state of disrepair, and it is therefore fondly recalled by Wellington schoolchildren of that era as “the haunted house.”
The house may or may not be haunted, but its origins are somewhat mysterious, in the sense that they are obscured by the mists of time. The land on which 226 South Main stands is legally defined as block 1, lot 17. In 1852, early Wellington settler Loring Wadsworth first paid taxes on that lot. Wadsworth had been born in Becket, Massachusetts in 1800, emigrating to Ohio in 1821. In later life, he was one of the men charged in connection with the Oberlin-Wellington Slave Rescue of 1858, as he was believed to be an operator on the Underground Railroad. Wadsworth served twenty-one days in jail as a result, and was later elected mayor of Wellington, possibly in recognition of his principled actions. He served as mayor from April 1860 to April 1861, and died in 1862.
Wadsworth owned several lots adjacent to what is today 226 South Main. The 1857 Map of Lorain County, Ohio (which features a detailed inset of Wellington) shows that in that year, he owned block 1, lots 16, 17 and 90, with the family residence located on lot 16. The Greek Revival house that still stands today at 222 South Main is likely one of the older residences in town, erected by Wadsworth and his family as early as the 1830s.
Though Wadsworth died in 1862, his estate continued to be listed as the taxpayer of record on his former land holdings until well into the 1870s. This was not an uncommon practice; I have always assumed that it had something to do with settling the deceased’s estate, though in this instance, a much longer period of time passed than I have seen before. Whatever the financial or legal reasons, Loring Wadsworth was still listed on village tax rolls for block 1, lot 17 in 1871, when the value of the land suddenly jumped–after decades of remaining flat and unchanging–from $42 to $278. This strongly suggests that a house was first erected on the lot sometime in the period of 1870 to 1871.
Loring’s widow, Statira Kingsbury Wadsworth, died in 1871. Even then, the land and property formerly owned by her husband continued to appear in corporation tax records under his name. It was not until 1874–twelve years after Wadsworth died–that the property legally changed hands. In that year, block 1, lot 17, still valued at $278, passed into the ownership of Horace N. Wadsworth, William Gunn and local cheese dealer William D. Minor.
A real estate transfer published in the Oberlin Weekly News showed the sale of lot 17 was made by Benjamin Wadsworth to Horace Wadsworth and William Gunn for $667. Benjamin Wadsworth was the eldest son of Loring Wadsworth. By the end of the nineteenth century, he was known as “the largest landowner among the agriculturalists of Lorain County,” with over one thousand acres and a well-regarded sheep breeding operation. It has been suggested that Benjamin Wadsworth built 226 South Main as a “retirement home” for his own use. Wadsworth was forty-nine years old in 1870, the conjectured date of construction. Wellington tax records from the period show that he owned no property in the village; instead, he maintained a steady holding of 145 acres in lot 24, the southwestern corner of the township. The 1870 federal census shows Benjamin (49), his wife Maria (44), and children Elmer (18) and Jane (12) living in Huntington; in 1880, Benjamin (59) and Maria (54) were still in Huntington, living next door to Elmer and his wife, Mary, both aged 28. While Benjamin Wadsworth was somehow involved in the construction of the house on lot 17, he sold it soon after completion. The three men listed as taxpayers in the 1874 rolls were most likely conducting real estate transactions for profit, rather than purchasing the house for personal use.
In 1875, a small addition was put on the house, increasing its value slightly to $300. That same year, the property was sold again. From that point forward, the taxpayer of record was one Hattie McClaran. Harriet “Hattie” Lovett McClaran (ca. 1845-1889) was the wife of local physician Dr. Thomas M. McClaran. Harriet was born in Shreve, Ohio, approximately thirty miles southwest of Wellington. She and Thomas were married in Holmes County on March 20, 1866. Thomas had served as a private in the 4th Regiment, Co. E, Ohio Infantry of the Union Army. Wounded during his military service, he collected a disability pension later in life. After the war, Thomas decided to attend medical school, and graduated from the University of Wooster Medical Department in 1874. McClaran suffered from lifelong ill health and was frequently mentioned in the local newspapers as traveling to more beneficial climates, apparently without his family.
The 1880 federal census showed five adults and one child living together in the household: Thomas McClaran (37); Harriet McClaran (35); Lillian McClaran (11); servant Annie Spicer (24); and a young couple from Maine called Edward (24) and Lena (23) Everett. Edward was a druggist, perhaps boarding with the physician and his family during an apprenticeship, or while he attempted to establish his own business in the village. Maybe the McClarans found their quarters too cramped once they took in boarders. By 1881, they made major renovations to their home. The Wellington Enterprise commented on the ongoing work, and the tax-assessed value of the property skyrocketed from $300 to $1,890. This strongly suggests that the back wing of 226 South Main was added at that time.
The McClarans’ tenure in the residence did not end happily. They sold the property to John Britton Smith, owner and editor of the Enterprise, in June 1888. They then traveled to Springfield, Missouri, for a visit with their only child, a married daughter. By October, Hattie McClaran was back in Ohio and committed to the Newburgh State Hospital, an asylum in Cleveland. Dr. McClaran briefly returned as well, moving into the American House hotel during his wife’s committal. Tragically, Hattie died by suicide on a home visit with her sister in Wooster, in January 1889. She was buried in Wooster and Dr. McClaran soon returned to Missouri to live with his daughter. He died June 21, 1890 and is buried in Springfield National Cemetery. When he passed, the Enterprise printed a four-sentence remembrance which noted, “He and his faithful wife toiled here for a number of years and as a result of their labors secured a beautiful place to reside on South Main street, expecting to spend the balance of their days here”.
John Britton Smith occupied 226 South Main from 1888 until 1897. When the editor sold the Enterprise and left the village, the owner of the local boot and shoe shop, Hugh Comstock Harris, purchased the residence for himself and wife Ada Bacon Harris. The couple had no children, and when Hugh was elected to serve as Lorain County Treasurer, they also left Wellington, relocating to Elyria sometime after 1901.
As the twentieth century began, the house welcomed its second owner/editor of the Wellington Enterprise. Henry O. Fifield, recently arrived in the village, purchased the property sometime around 1902. Henry and his wife, Emma, lived with their widowed French Canadian daughter-in-law, Alice, and beloved granddaughter, Stella. Stella had been born in Canada and was a talented musician who went on to teach music herself. She was married in the house in 1920, and a front-page article in the Enterprise described the celebrations in great detail. The family home played a starring role: “The bride…advanced through the library to the living room. At the same time the groom…advanced to the living room from the front of the house. The bridal party…then gathered in a bower of evergreens and palms in the large bay window in the living room. This bower was a beautiful creation and the work of Miss Laura Tissot a friend of the bride. After the impressive ceremony, the bridal party was seated in the dining room…They and the guests were served sumptuously by Caterer Gunn of Oberlin”. Was Stella’s well-publicized nuptials the seed that blossomed into a popular story about 226 South Main being enlarged specifically to accommodate a bride descending the front curving staircase?
Henry Fifield lived to see his granddaughter engaged, but died nearly a year before the wedding. The Italianate at 226 South Main remained in the extended Fifield family for the first half of the century, belonging to Stella and her widowed mother, Alice, who later remarried and brought her second husband into the house.
By 1976, the year of America’s bicentennial celebrations, a young local couple who also happened to be deeply committed to preserving Wellington’s past decided that a grand old home that needed love (and a great deal of work!) was exactly where they wanted to spend their married life. Today, 226 South Main Street is haunted no more. Home for more than forty years to beloved residents Tim and Leslie Simonson, its vibrant wine-red color and flower-filled yard are often the backdrop for large gatherings of friends and family. The renovated carriage house at the rear of the property is well-known in the village as the Simonson Clock Shop.
A friend of mine gave me a box of old model railroad stuff, and these were all busted up in the bottom of the box. Thought they deserved better, so I restored them and added a couple things.
This is an attempt to restore an old postcard that I have of the Burg Frankenstein (castle Frankenstein) from 1913. I scanned the original postcard (lower image) and then processed the scan in Photoshop (upper image). What do you think - I'm open for any comments.
Please view in full size for the best effect.
A newly restored Greenhill Colliery Brickworks wagon is posed in front of Ockley brickworks.
1:76 Scale, OO Gauge.
Wagon is by Oxford Diecast.
Diorama home made (Building is a one off hand made purchase)
I do this work from time to time for seniors who want their valuable photos digitized and restored for postairity.
He was in the building that houses a restored WW II B-17 bomber at Tucson's Pima Air and Space Museum, one of the best aviation museums in the U.S. (www.pimaair.org/explore/history) He was giving information to a couple of other visitors and it quickly became clear that he knew what he was talking about as he shared intimate details about the beautifully restored B-17 that was nearby. He was answering questions and his answers were coming from someone who had done more than read about the bombing missions over Germany during the war. They were told in first-person, in a very friendly tone and without any hint of bragging. He was telling it like it was and as I eavesdropped, it became clear that he had been the pilot and commander of a crew of 10 flyers on a plane just like the one we were standing near.
Meet Col. Richard Bushong, Ret., a retired Air Force pilot who had enlisted in the Army Air Force at the age of 19 during World War II. This was before the U.S. Air Force became a branch of the U.S. military after the war. Although he started his flying career as a 19 year old co-pilot of this menacing plane, by the age of 21 he was commanding the plane and crew on bombing missions over Germany.
He mentioned what it was like to fly this plane and its crew into an onslaught of German fighters, flak, and anti-aircraft fire. Many of his fellow pilots and crew did not return from these missions. On one occasion he was confined to the infirmary by illness and another pilot took over his plane for a mission. That pilot and Richard's crew did not return. Richard (he refers to himself as "Dick") flew in all 28 combat missions before the end of the war and later became a test pilot on the (then) new B-24 bomber and later flew F-4 jets in the Vietnam War.
Looking at this modest 92 year old airman, you would never guess he was a World War II hero. You could easily pass him in Wal-Mart and not give it a second thought. What was remarkable was his mental sharpness which went along with his great physical condition. i found out he wrote an autobiography titled "My Wars" which was on sale at the museum and which he would happily autograph with the message "Good luck. Richard Bushing, a very old and very lucky pilot." (www.amazon.ca/My-Wars-Richard-Bushong/dp/0615198325)
I had decided to invite Richard to be part of my 100 Strangers project but he was in the process of excusing himself because he had a speaking engagement with a Rotary Club group north of Tucson and had to hit the road (he drives himself). He offered to talk more if I wanted and said he would return in about 3 hours to complete his one day per week volunteer stint at the museum. He agreed, however, to delay his departure by a few minutes to pose for me in the walkway alongside the snack bar at the museum, one of the few nearby locations which was sheltered from the strong Arizona sun.
He invited me to meet him near the back door after he collected the projector he needed for his presentation. Outside he caught up with me and invited me to hop into the museum golf cart for the ride over to the main building. I told him if I'm lucky enough to live to 92 I'd feel lucky if I could still tie my shoes, not to mention recall the wealth of details from decades ago. He laughed and said "Well, tying my shoelaces is sometimes a problem for me too. After a well-timed pause he went on. I have a cat and he just loves to play with my laces when I'm putting on my shoes and it usually winds up a real tangle." We shared a laugh before getting off the golf cart and proceeding to the walkway for the photos which I took in just a minute or so after he removed his sunglasses. He approved the images and we exchanged contact information. When I commented on his youth during the war which was in contrast to his responsibility, he said "That's just the way it was. We were all kids but we did our best and helped win the war."
Richard wished me well and said to feel free to stop by the museum any Thursday which is his volunteer day. What a gracious and impressive fellow. After I made a few notes on my phone I returned to the building where we met and chatted with another volunteer, Finn, who said he finds Richard every bit the fascinating gentleman I found him to be and said that his memory is absolutely stunning. "Last week he told me '71 years ago yesterday we flew a mission over [German city]." I was told that Richard is a pleasure to work with and Finn then asked if I would like to go upstairs and see a photo of Richard and his crew taken during World War II. Are you kidding? I went upstairs with him and was shown the photo of the young men with the flying caps set at a jaunty angle posed as a group in front of their bomber. Richard had mentioned that he had flown seven different B-17s for his combat missions and when he researched the tail numbers he learned that only one of the planes he flew returned to the U.S. after the war. "That's how lucky I am" he said with a gentle smile.
You can read a newspaper item about Col. Bushing here: www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031610_b17/soar-with-...
Thank you Richard for taking the time to meet and tell me about your wartime experiences and about the B-17 you flew. Thank you also for participating in 100 Strangers. You are #702 in Round 8 of my project. Clear skies and tailwinds.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by the other photographers in our group at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
GRX 310D displayed ay the London Classic Car Show 2023.
Information on the internet says that this vehicle competed in at least 11 events.
Nice combination of old and newer equipment on the Scot. Note the cut-down crossed flags head badge and Campagnolo Mk.II Super Record rear derailleur.
She looks way better then yesterday. I have tons of these purple dresses, but none of them have the sparkly skirt thing, or the head band. So naturally being me, who thinks she needs them(lol) made her temporary ones until I find some:) which will be hard because they aren't the easiest things to come across. But these will do for now:) this jasmine doll is really doing it for me:) she's very pretty, and she stands out from the rest. It's her eyes I'm sure. I think she's a first release, but not completely sure. But all the evidence is pointing to that:) and if she is, she's my first 1st release jasmine doll!lol
For Photoshop Talent Weekly Contest #19~
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Inside the East Room of the Morgan Library and Museum, now restored to its original 1906 appearance.
Detail of the upper half of the west window depicting the Last Judgement. The Last Judgement is Fairford's most celebrated window for its dramatic composition and graphic depiction of the horrors of hell in the lower half. The window sadly suffered badly during the great storm of 1703 with the upper half depicting Christ in Judgement and the surrounding company of saints and angels the most seriously affected part.
A substantial amount however still remained until it was unfortunately 'restored' in 1860 by Chance Bros of Smethwick, whose approach was to substitute all the surviving glass in the upper half of the window with a carefully created replica. It is clear that the design is a faithful copy of what was there originally, but none of the surviving material was reused, parts of it being secretly kept by the studio and probably sold (some elements have resurfaced much more recently).
St Mary's at Fairford is justly famous, not only as a most beautiful building architecturally but for the survival of its complete set of late medieval stained glass, a unique survival in an English parish church. No other church has resisted the waves of iconoclasm unleashed by the Reformation and the English Civil War like Fairford has, and as a result we can experience a pre-Reformation iconographic scheme in glass in its entirety. At most churches one is lucky to find mere fragments of the original glazing and even one complete window is an exceptional survival, thus a full set of 28 of them here in a more or less intact state makes Fairford church uniquely precious.
The exterior already promises great things, this is a handsome late 15th century building entirely rebuilt in Perpendicular style and dedicated in 1497. The benefactor was lord of the manor John Tame, a wealthy wool merchant whose son Edmund later continued the family's legacy in donating the glass. The central tower is adorned with much carving including strange figures guarding the corners and a rather archaic looking relief of Christ on the western side. The nave is crowned by a fine clerestorey whilst the aisles below form a gallery of large windows that seem to embrace the entire building without structural interruption aside from the south porch and the chancel projecting at the east end. All around are pinnacles, battlements and gargoyles, the effect is very rich and imposing for a village church.
One enters through the fan-vaulted porch and is initially met by subdued lighting within that takes a moment to adjust to but can immediately appreciate the elegant arcades and the rich glowing colours of the windows. The interior is spacious but the view east is interrupted by the tower whose panelled walls and arches frame only a glimpse of the chancel beyond. The glass was inserted between 1500-1517 and shows marked Renaissance influence, being the work of Flemish glaziers (based in Southwark) under the direction of the King's glazier Barnard Flower. The quality is thus of the highest available and suggests the Tame family had connections at court to secure such glaziers.
Entering the nave one is immediately confronted with the largest and most famous window in the church, the west window with its glorious Last Judgement, best known for its lurid depiction of the horrors of Hell with exotic demons dragging the damned to their doom. Sadly the three windows in the west wall suffered serious storm damage in 1703 and the Last Judgement suffered further during an 1860 restoration that copied rather than restored the glass in its upper half. The nave clerestories contain an intriguing scheme further emphasising the battle of Good versus Evil with a gallery of saintly figures on the south side balanced by a 'rogue's gallery' of persecutors of the faith on the darker north side, above which are fabulous demonic figures leering from the traceries.
The aisle windows form further arrays of figures in canopies with the Evangelists and prophets on the north side and the Apostles and Doctors of the Church on the south. The more narrative windows are mainly located in the eastern half of the church, starting in the north chapel with an Old Testament themed window followed by more on the life of Mary and infancy of Christ. The subject matter is usually confined to one light or a pair of them, so multiple scenes can be portrayed within a single window. The scheme continues in the east window of the chancel with its scenes of the Passion of Christ in the lower register culminating in his crucifixion above, while a smaller window to the south shows his entombment and the harrowing of Hell. The cycle continues in the south chapel where the east window shows scenes of Christ's resurrection and transfiguration whilst two further windows relate further incidents culminating in Pentecost. The final window in the sequence however is of course the Last Judgement at the west end.
The glass has been greatly valued and protected over the centuries from the ravages of history, being removed for protection during the Civil War and World War II. The windows underwent a complete conservation between 1988-2010 by the Barley Studio of York which bravely restored legibility to the windows by sensitive releading and recreating missing pieces with new work (previously these had been filled with plain glass which drew the eye and disturbed the balance of light). The most dramatic intervention was the re-ordering of the westernmost windows of the nave aisles which had been partially filled with jumbled fragments following the storm damage of 1703 but have now been returned to something closer to their original state.
It is important here not to neglect the church's other features since the glass dominates its reputation so much. The chancel also retains its original late medieval woodwork with a fine set of delicate screens dividing it from the chapels either side along with a lovely set of stalls with carved misericords. The tomb of the founder John Tame and his wife can be seen on the north side of the sanctuary with their brasses atop a tomb chest. Throughout the church a fine series of carved angel corbels supports the old oak roofs.
Fairford church is a national treasure and shouldn't be missed by anyone with a love of stained glass and medieval art. It is normally kept open for visitors and deserves more of them.
Under Willys auspices, Jeep’s first Civvy Street venture, but not a sales success at the time. A very collectible car today.
Restored and shipped from California.
This is a quick phone pic.....until I get the official invite to get more from the owner !
Rememeber monkey bike Steve who owns the dragster bike from last summer......well, this is his.
a year ago, this edge of the marsh at Fairfield Osborn Reserve was choked with himalayan blackberry, an invasive species -- then a bunch of our students attacked it & cleared it out, and now, native marsh grasses have taken back over...
BAe Jetstream 31 G BLKP at the South Wales Air Museum St Athan (EGDX) south Wales, reconstructed by the SWAM volunteers after arriving by road in 2019, built in 1984 at Prestwick and briefly in service with Netherlines also a trainer at Macclesfield College.
First registered in 02/1970, and powered by a 1798cc engine, this nice MG is seen here at Glyndyfrdwy Station, Wales, during the Llangollen Railway Classic Transport Weekend on 07/07/2024. © Peter Steel 2024.
From the original photo "August 1976 - camera club 3" © Suzanne R, JWFotos 1976, 2023.
Suzanne and Johnny have kindly allowed me to apply some restoration to several of their brilliant photos from the 1970s and since. I thought this would be an interesting example of what can be done using simple (non-AI) tools in PhotoShop to bring out more detail than can be seen in the original.
Having spent some time studying digital signal processing I know that no passive filter can increase the information in an image but it is quite possible to make detail information more visible using the right process, in this case the sharpening filter called "unsharp mask", or more correctly "partial negative unsharp mask" which is based on the Fourier spectrum of spatial frequency, a precise measure of detail. With this the detail amplified is everything smaller than the pixel-size chosen. This is based on the finest detail that is adequately visible in the original. But this mainly enhances detail about half that size, which may still look obviously unsharp. So you can repeat the process choosing half that size, and again until you get down to around 1 pixel – and at each stage more and more detail becomes clear. Unfortunately grain, dust and scratches are also "enhanced" so this limits how strong you set the filter each time, and you usually have to do some "cleaning up" afterwards. The process is actually pretty quick but it takes a bit of trial and error to get the settings right and you often have to back-track if you find it producing negative fringes around hard edges or too much grain pattern.
PS, if anyone would like to find out more, from later this summer I am starting to arrange residential courses on apects of photo taking and processing in SW England and the Charente region of France.