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An up-market version version of the Hillman Imp, Singer Chamois WWP174G was pictured in the Summerlee - Museum of Scottish Industrial Life on September 15th 2018. One extra over the Imp was the false grill!
I had the great fortune to shoot with rising
star, singer-songwriter Aubrey Burchell. This industrious songstress is busy gigging around the local area, and beyond, while also creating original songs, the next of which will be released during the coming month or so.
Her musical stylings convey a bold contemporary vibe with undertones of blues and funk. Be sure to catch her at one of Westmoreland County's many cozy local live music venues, or find her work online!
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Singer Nine Sports Special (1932) Engine 972cc S4 OC
Registration Number GY 2793 (London)
SINGER SET
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Built from 1932 to 1939, the Nine employed a 972cc 26.5bhp version of the engine first introduced for the Singer Junior. in an entirely new chassis. A four-speed freewheel gearbox was standard, while both the Nine Sports and the more powerful and faster Nine Le Mans came with hydraulic brakes. Although the Le Mans was more suited for the track the Sports Special in trials events
Despite having been in production for only one season, the Nine was completely redesigned for 1933, retaining the engine capacity of 972cc but benefiting from a more powerful and much more strongly built unit, new chassis, and Lockheed hydraulic brakes all round
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Shot at the NEC Classic Car Show 13:11:2015 Ref. 112-482
The Singer Building was located at 149 Broadway corner of Liberty Street. Built in the Second Empire Baroque style it was completed in 1908, It's acclaim as the city's tallest building was brief. A year later in 1909 The Metropolitan Life Tower was completed surpassing it's height.
In 1965 with the passing of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Act, some of the most iconic buildings in the city were considered. Including, The Singer Building, The Woolworth Building, along with The Metropolitan Life Tower. Sadly, The Singer Tower was not granted landmark status and demolished in 1968.
This image restoration and enhancement is the product of Photoshop, Akvis Sketch, Exposure X, Topaz and Nik plugs.
The original photograph was obtained from the Library of Congress, and can be seen via this link: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014648262/resource/
Strobist: Sunpak Auto 26SR in collapsed shootthrough umbrella to camera right. Triggered with PocketWizard Plus III's.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. He is also well known for his memoir of his life, A Day Of Pleasure. (Wiki)
Tyrolese Singers, 1851-2, by Richard Beard
This photograph is included in the exhibition Victoria & Albert: Art & Love at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 5 December 2010.
The Royal Collection © 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
German postcard by Film-Foto-Verlag, no. A 2797/1, 1941-1944. Photo: Harcourt.
Margarete Slezak (1901–1953) was an Austrian singer and actress, who appeared in several films between 1928 and 1953. She was the sister of Walter Slezak.
Margarete Slezak was born in 1901 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland); She was the daughter of the opera singer and film comedian Leo Slezak and actress Elsa (née Wertheim) Slezak. Her brother was the actor Walter Slezak. Her father trained her soprano voice and had her learn several instruments such as violin and saxophone. When she was ten years old she sang at the choir of the church in Tegernsee, Bavaria. Her first engagement took her to the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin from 1930 to 1933 and soon became a popular opera singer. From 1935 to 1943 she was a member of the ensemble of the Städtischen Opernhauses Berlin-Charlottenburg. She also appeared in several films. Her debut was the silent film Das Mädel aus der Hödrichsmühle/The girl from the Hödrich mill (Herr Stumfekl, 1928). Among her sound films are the comedy Ich heirate meine Frau/ I Marry My Wife (Johannes Riemann, 1934) with Lil Dagover, and the crime film Der Vorhang fällt/The Curtain Falls (Georg Jacoby, 1939) starring Anneliese Uhlig. After the Second World War, Slezak also appeared in South America and Southeastern Europe . She also sang in Berlin at the Theater des Westens, at the Staatsoper Berlin and in the Wintergarden. After her father's death in 1946, she managed the Slezak house in Rottach-Egern, where she lived with her husband, the singer Peter Winter. The book Mein Lebensmärchen (My Life's Fairy Tale), which she published in 1947, is a record of her father's memoirs, which she collected in his last months and published on his behalf after his death..
After the war, Margarete Slezak played a supporting role in the West German sports film Derby ( Roger von Norman, 1949) starring Hannelore Schroth and Willy Fritsch. With Fritsch, she also appeared in the historical comedy König für eine Nacht/King for One Night (Paul May, 1950). Then followed a part in the romantic comedy Des Lebens Überfluss/Abundance of Life (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1950) one of the last of the Trümmerfilme (Rubble films) made in the immediate post-war years. It updates a story by Ludwig Tieck to modern-day Hamburg, addressing the shortage of housing in the heavily bombed city. During the 1950s she played supporting parts in operetta films like Die Csardasfürstin/The Csardas Princess (Georg Jacoby, 1950) starring Marika Rökk and Johannes Heesters, and Die Blume von Hawaii/The Flower of Hawaii (Géza von Cziffra, 1953) featuring Maria Litto. Her final film was the circus film Keine Angst vor großen Tieren/Not Afraid of Big Animals (Ulrich Erfurth, 1953) starring Heinz Rühmann. Margarete Slezak died in 1953 in Rottach-Egern, West Germany. After her death her biography Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (The apple does not fall far from the tribe) was published.
Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Filmportal.de, Androom, Wikipedia (German and English), and IMDb.