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Local call number:RC15510
Title: Camping out with all the comforts, near Pensacola
Date: circa 1920s
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: Reference Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of
Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/37003
According to my mom, this rocking chair has been in the family for around 100 years. My grandmother used to rock my mom in the chair when she was a baby, and mom fed me while rocking in the chair as well. It was painted bright blue in the 1950s by my grandma, unfortunately, and then they put a thick layer of black paint over that in the 60s or 70s that obscured the carved detail. Also, the chair was singed in a fire at some point, so when I was given custody of the heirloom in the 90s, we had it stripped and restored to our best guess at the original appearance. I know the Antiques Roadshow people wouldn't approve, but it was falling apart and now you can see the detail. It's quite comfortable, and low enough for my short legs to comfortably reach the floor. M-kitty likes to sit under it. Here she is on the left. In this view, dropcloths temporarily protect the carpet.
This is a photo I took of my son when he was only 2 years old. As you can see, he was having a great time in his own little rocking chair. Hope you like it : )
Title: Interior Room of Alumni Hall
Date: circa 1920s
Description: This photograph shows a couple of rooms on the first floor of Alumni Hall. The front room is furnished with two rocking chairs, a study table and chair, and an upright piano.
Image ID: 4-8-Alumni Hall interior
Copyright 2008, Iowa State University Library, University Archives
For Reproductions: www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html
Outdoors at the group home. (The rocking chair was bought specifically to give me a "socially acceptable" means of rocking.)
Creator: Forster, Edward H.
Location: Gympie, Queensland
Description: This cottage garden has an arbour for climbing roses and various shrubs close to the house. The resident is sitting on the verandah reading the paper. The shade awnings are rolled up and the house's windows are ajar.
Gympie is a city in south-eastern Queensland, situated on the Mary River about 162 kilometres north of Brisbane. Gympie is the centre of an important dairying and agricultural district. In the early days timber was a significant industry.
In 1867 James Nash found nuggets of gold in the bed of a dry gully in the district and a spectacular gold rush commenced. Gympie was originally called Nashville after the discoverer of the gold. In 1868 the name was altered to Gympie, an aboriginal term for the stinging trees found in the district. The discovery of gold proved the salvation of Queensland as, at that time, the colony was passing through financial difficulties. The largest mine was the Scottish Gympie which worked at levels from 650 to over 800 metres deep, and had underground roadways exceeding 50 kilometres in length. In 1909 fifty-one mining companies were operating. A huge nugget of pure gold, called the Curtis nugget was found in the Gympie district. It weighed about 18 kilogrammes. The gold petered out in the 1920's. (Information taken from: The Australian Encyclopaedia and Explore Australia, 2003, Sydney Australia, Penguin Australia).
This photograph was taken by Edward H. Forster who worked in Maryborough and Gympie during the 1870's. Forster called his first studio 'The Panopticon'. His next studio was 'The Australian & American Portrait Co.' Forster won photography awards at the Gympie show in 1879. During the goldrush he worked as a travelling photographer but his main premises were in Adelaide Street, Maryborough. Many of these studies capture early Gympie family groups standing in front of their cottages. (Information taken from S. Barrie, Queenslanders Behind the Camera: Professional Photographers in Queensland, 1987). ca 1871
View this image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/84275
Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland
You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Strobist - HLV36AM on camera bounce, YN460 @ 1/8 (i think) camera left bounce off foam board (DIY) set up just above the boys heads, RF602 triggers.
Do yourself a favour and look here.
Last night I had SO much fun hanging out with my high school friends! We didn't really celebrate Canada Day specifically, but we all had the night off so we just hung out and played Rock Band (which I had never played before). Suffice to say, I KICKED ASS at it!
Anyways, today I'm tired and don't want to go to work... but it won't be SO bad.
What is getting me through this week is knowing that this entire weekend will be spent with my amazingly beautiful and hilarious sister Jacquie. YAY!
Song of the Day (because I got 99% doing vocals for this song last night playing Rock Band) Rage Against the Machine - Testify
“Our love is like a ship on the ocean
We've been sailing with a cargo full of… love and devotion
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion
Said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
To rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby
Rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
Rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby
Rock the boat...”
We miss you Killer bunny :(
Having a pet put to sleep is such a hard thing to do, even if you know it's for the best. This was the last photo I took of her, so sad.
...placed upon my Grandmother's Singer sewing machine. The rag rug made by my other Grandmother, little rocking chair and stool from auction and garage sales. The kerosene heater was a gift from my sister-in-law. The rug was made in 1967 and is probably the only one left that she made. Behind the chair is the sewing box that belonged to Aunt Jean.
Pinehurst, NC
In the Pinehurst Historic District, National Register #73001361; it is also a National Historic Landmark.
A test shot from my Polaroid 250 conversion project with a Rodenstock-Ysarex f4.7 lens from a Polaroid 110A
It's that time of year; the lights are on the house, the tree is up...and our shopping is already pretty much done.
I didn't used to like Christmas much, but I've learned to. Having someone to celebrate it with helps.
My family has had a bunch of these wooden ornaments for as long as I can remember, and this one in particular has always been my favourite of them.
They had another one of these they sold at auction and the guy we spoke to didn't know the history (owner was in France last week while we were there). Never seen anything like this in the store, everything else is nice looking.
Is this not about most horrible rocking-chair that you've ever seen (although if none other available I'm sure a Poff would use it).