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Margolies, John,, photographer.
Herb Furniture, S. Walker, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1993.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: General commercial; Main Street.
Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Furniture stores--1990-2000.
United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
Format: Slides--1990-2000.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00716
Call Number: LC-MA05- 716
The ancient village of Rockingham lies in the Welland Valley in the north of Northamptonshire. Rockingham Castle, which was founded by the Normans but largely rebuilt as a country house in the Tudor era, can be seen on the hill behind the village. The buildings in the village are constructed from ironstone, a limestone which is rich in iron ore. This gives it the orange-brown colour. Bands of oolitic limestone, which is white, are often used for decorative purposes.
The Sondes Arms was built as a coaching inn in 1677. It is said to have been a favourite destination of Charles Dickens. A later visitor was the US actor Clark Gable, when he was serving in the American forces.
April 25, 2022 - After lunch aboard Amadeus Princess we had a AHI Travel walking tour in the rain of Veere, Netherlands. The rain didn't dampen the mood since it is such a beautiful place! The bunting along the streets is for King's Day which celebrates King Willem-Alexander's birthday on 27th April. For more on Veere: www.zeeland.com/en/visit/islands/walcheren/towns-and-vill...
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Mother Goose Market, vertical view, Route 476, Hazard, Kentucky
1979.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Mimetic buildings; Main Street.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Houses--1970-1980.
Mimetic buildings--1970-1980.
United States--Kentucky--Hazard.
Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00656
Call Number: LC-MA05- 656
Inside the church of St Martin in Blyton, Lincolnshire. This church was open as fart of the ChurchesFest15, a celebration of churches in the West Lindsey area of Lincolnshire. 80 churches were open during two weekends in May 2015, many with craft stalls, local produce, school displays and some even serving dinners and cakes.
My images are processed to look good on my laptop, and they do look good on there - and on my phone and tablet - I am aware though that some other screens will show my images as either too dark or indeed too light. This is due to individual screen settings and not my inability to produce a clear image ....
I will upload some photographs of the interior sometime next week.
Situated on the banks of the River Corrib in Galway city, Galway Cathedral is the most recently built of Europe's great stone cathedrals.
The remains of military buildings at Charles Fort, on Kinsale Harbour guarding the town of Kinsale (West Cork, County Cork, in southwestern Ireland), on a very foggy midday in late September 2013.
This star fort was first built, by the English, in the 1670s-1680s. Following the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923, when it was burned, and the independence of the Republic of Ireland, it was perceived as a symbol of hated British rule and left to fall into ruin. Since 1973, however, when it was declared an Irish national monument, it has been in the process of being restored. Today it is in the care of Heritage Ireland -- Irish Dúchas (of the Office of Public Works), with exhibits that explain and illustrate its significance to Irish history.
Its name in Irish is Daingean Shéarlais (according to the Heritage Ireland website; or Dún Chathail, according to Wikipedia).
The current lighthouse, which dates back to 1929 (according to the Commissioners for Irish Lights website), is still in operation. Its light can be seen to some extent in this picture.
As this picture illustrates, the restoration of Charles Fort is still far from complete -- which makes parts of this very interesting historic site extremely spooky, especially in a heavy fog...
(A picture in my Halloween album.)
[Kinsale Charles Fort with lighthouse in thick spooky fog 2013 sep 25 p; P1040911]
Arched window in central tower. Sparrenburg Castle, begun in the 13th Century AD by the Counts of Ravensberg. Current buildings mid 16th Century AD, heavily restored in the 19th Century AD and 20th Century AD. Bielefeld, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier. Bielefeld was thoroughly flattened during WWII. Pleasant town center, but very few historical buildings.
I am sure this building is familiar to most of the residents in the UK. This little house was actually inhabited by a family at one time and sits over a lovely stream in the Lake District. It is now a tourist attraction and gift shop.
Taken at the Spruce house kiva in Mesa Verde National Park. There were people passing up and down the ladder, but they didn't appear on this time exposure.
Alley street in Edinburgh,
Photographed 1978
google street view:
maps.google.com/maps?q=31+leith+st.+Edinburgh,+scotland&a...
Old and new -- The ruins of an old stone house in the small village (or hamlet) of Killeany, on the island of Inishmore in the Aran Islands (County Galway, off the coast of western Ireland), on an evening of mixed sun and cloud in mid-September 2013.
In the background, some modern houses can just be seen toward the right, while an airfield is towards the left.
The original Irish name of Killeany, Cill Éinne ("Church of Éinne"), comes from an early Irish church established there by St. Enda, or Éinne. Because the Aran Islands have drawn spiritual questers from prehistoric periods, many of the place names there have their roots in sacred sites.
Inishmore -- in Irish, Inis Mhór or Inis Mór ("Big Island") or, more officially Árainn -- is, as its name implies, the largest of the Aran Islands (Irish: Oileáin Árann), which are located in Galway Bay (Cuan na Gaillimhe). It is the most easily accessible, as well. Despite the availability of flights and a ferry, however, it still retains an aura of separateness as well as the local Aran dialect, customs, and traditions.
(Please note: The Flickr map identification of the county as "Clare" is incorrect. While the Aran Islands are indeed close to the mainland of County Clare, which is east of the islands, they are administratively part of County Galway, which is north of them.)
[Killeany ruin autumn evening light 2013 sep 17 p; P1040191]
Unique amongst old building were second story doors that apparently went nowhere. This is a well restored example.
May 27, 2015 - "Indian Watchtower at Desert View (1932). The Indian Watchtower at Desert View (1932), the last of this series of Colter buildings, stands at the eastern end of the south rim of the grand Canyon. From a distance the building's silhouette looks like the Anasazi watchtower it was meant to mimic. In plan the structure is composed of one enormous circle at the north, a small circle at the south, and gently arched forms connecting the two. As Virginia L. Grattan wrote in Mary Colter Builder Upon the Red Earth, "The Indian watchtower at Desert View was not a copy, but what Colter called a 're-creation' of an Indian watchtower." Standing at 70 feet, with a 30-foot base, the tower was unique in having a concrete foundation and a steel framework well hidden in the stones of the tower. The ground level of the tower was a large, round observation room with a spectacular view of the Grand Canyon. Upstairs the Hopi Room presents paintings by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie, who took the room's theme from the Hopi Snake Dance. An outdoor observation deck is directly above the observation room." Text taken from the following website:
West Soar - rare survivor of a chain of flag signaling stations once lining the Channel Coast. Built by the Admiralty in 1794 - main job was to watch for approaching French ships and warn the English fleet.
Rose window. Gothic (1469 AD-1495 AD) rebuilding on top of Romaneqsque foundations (1229 AD by Frederick II of Swabia) of the Duomo. Old town (Centro Storico). Ostuni, the "White City." Apulia, Italy. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
A limestone and half-timbered gateway in the old town of Evesham (Worcestershire, in west-central England) on a partly sunny early afternoon in mid-May.
This historic gateway leads from the grounds of the former Evesham Abbey to a small square; it was initially built under Abbot Reynold, also known as Reginald, who was abbot of this Benedictine monastery from 1130 to 1149. The black-and-white half-timbered building towards the centre and right is named Church House.
Just on the other side of the gateway, a bit of the Gateway Tearooms can be glimpsed towards the right (including outdoor seating).
While not many of the older buildings survive in this market town, the small historic area is very appealing.
(A picture in my Tea, tea shops, tea rooms album / set.)
[Evesham gateway with Church House 2010 may 18 o; P5181709]
back view of langholm kirk. in a leaf strewn buccleuch park, langholm, dumfriesshire, scotland. with the young poser in foreground, caroline st, and castle hill in background, part suspension bridge on extreme right.
The caretaker's stone building (1890+) in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery came into being in 1890, through a joint effort by Morriburg's St. Paul's Lutheran Church and Knox Presbyterian Church; its one half acre of land gifted by Charles Casselman.
This cemetery is also known as the Mariatown Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Collier, John,, 1913-1992,, photographer.
Front view of the Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
1943 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Pan American Union Building (Washington, D.C.)
Organizations' facilities
World War, 1939-1945
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-45 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34535
Call Number: LC-USW36-739
This historic 1930 resort is situated on a 2,600-acre nature preserve in the Appalachian Mountains with elevations from 2,200 to 4,365 feet. It is 7.4 miles from downtown Pembroke in Giles County, (southwestern) Virginia. Dirty Dancing was a 1987 romantic drama film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Much of the movie was filmed at the Mountain Lake Lodge. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Another of the churches from a small Nottinghamshire (UK) village. This time from the village of Treswell. St John The Baptist is located just north of the village and surrounded by trees.
This is another HDR image, from three images combined in Photomatix 3.2.7 and then put through CS4.
Wow, sometimes life just gets away form you! I haven't posted anything to flickr for over two weeks. I have a ton of catching up to do, and I promise to get to all your streams soon... :)
this was shot recently at Willowwood Arboretum, and edited in PS to look old... :)
Overlooking the seafront at Beaumaris is the Grade I Listed Victoria Terrace, completed in 1833, a very impressive building whose reason for Listing was because it is "an outstanding and well-preserved late-Georgian terrace of national importance, and for its vital contribution to the historical integrity of Beaumaris sea front." For more information see: -
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300005636-victoria-terrace-i...
Solo Exercise walk from home to town during Coronavirus pandemic covid-19 : Good Friday 10th April 2020
The first time was in 1853 and 1854, when it was built as a home for lawyer William Richmond, his new wife Emily (nee Atkinson) and their first-born, Mary Elizabeth.
They were among the last of the inter-linked, middle-class Richmond, Hursthouse and Atkinson families to sail to New Zealand. ‘The Mob’, as they were called, arrived in Taranaki in dribs and drabs.
Finally the sun crept over the snowy hill and blasted the east side of the Doudy place with yellow light! It's almost full intensity but still carries the early color. This shot of the Sylvester Doudy house masks South Boulder Creek, which cuts across, left, through Eldorado Springs, Doudy was the first settler in the area. Doudy raised cattle and started both a grist mill and also a saw mill. The shadows of the branches are pretty distinct in the morning light. I had to post this version of the shot because the wave cloud really started to perform. NFL: Not For Long! It was in the capture and not in my grab bag. I could have cheated but didn't! I have several other captures but I think this warrants the extra work. This cloud can be classified as one of the stranger clouds I've seen and it transmogrified elusive shape regularly being a lenticular.
Apparently, I kicked Eddieout of the way to get this shot after dawn. The lenticular cloud is showing off a bit here but I had to sacrifice the presence of the moon with the wide angle. If lenticulars, the clouds should stay put. It's easy to see that they didn't travel for building materials. The rocks probably came down from the Flatirons in the distance. Eons of weather would have done that. The field stone found scattered about probably had to be cleared from the site itself before construction. They were largely sandstone of varied colors. That was the stone used to build what is seen here. In fact a couple of the earlier shots show stones cleared back to create pastures for the cattle. If Doudy wanted a house he had to build it himself. There was a lot of make-do masonry here. But here it stands after a century and some decades. I ask you... Was Doudy the first early-day Boulder stoner? He certainly has a lot of modern day disciples in town.
I had been rousted by Eddie because he wanted grand sunrise skies at his usual haunts. Jeeez, he woke me right up so I was too groggy after only a couple hours sleep. I was still too zoned out to find something to throw at him! OK, OK, I'll go because after his recent posts, I think he is bored. The Colorado Railroad Museum trek kept me worked up for over a month of processing. Viewers kept viewings well up but more will wait until another trip. And here's Eddie who's a process all in himself. I was too busy getting ready while he was lifting some jars of my marinara sauce. Can you imagine that Eddie changed his destination plans on the road and ended up at Doudy that was pretty sodden on the last visit. We waited for sunrise as we knew that there would be a payoff this morning, And we waited as the yuppies streamed past to the trails. The morning sun has just stuck the east side of to old homestead. The birds in the cottonwood were quietly waiting for the toasty rays of the sun. I was in a down jacket and just as happy as the birds to welcome the toasty rays. This weekend will burn off the left over snows. There were buds waiting their turn on the branches I found near the trail.
Perspetiva da Rúa Longa, situada no núcleo histórico de Padrón, na província da Corunha, Galiza. Esta artéria, ladeada por edifícios de arquitetura tradicional galega, caracteriza-se pela robustez da cantaria em granito e pelas varandas com gradeamento em ferro forjado, elementos típicos do urbanismo da região. O ponto focal da composição é a fachada lateral da Casa do Concello (Câmara Municipal), identificável pelas bandeiras oficiais — incluindo a de Espanha, a da Galiza e a da União Europeia — que se projetam sobre a via, sinalizando a função administrativa do edifício.
Padrón detém uma importância histórica e cultural nevrálgica, sendo um ponto de passagem fundamental no Caminho Português de Santiago e estando intrinsecamente ligada à tradição Jacobeia através do "Pedrón", a ara romana onde, segundo a lenda, foi amarrada a barca com os restos mortais do Apóstolo Tiago. A atmosfera tranquila da rua, com o jogo de luz e sombra sobre o pavimento empedrado, reflete a preservação do património numa vila que é também berço de ilustres figuras literárias, como Rosalía de Castro e Camilo José Cela.
View of Rúa Longa, located in the historic center of Padrón, in the province of A Coruña, Galicia. This street, lined with buildings featuring traditional Galician architecture, is characterized by its sturdy granite stonework and wrought iron balconies, typical elements of the region's urban design. The focal point of the composition is the side façade of the Casa do Concello (Town Hall), identifiable by the official flags—including those of Spain, Galicia, and the European Union—which hang over the street, signaling the administrative function of the building.
Padrón is of crucial historical and cultural importance, being a key point on the Portuguese Way of St. James and intrinsically linked to the Jacobean tradition through the “Pedrón,” the Roman altar where, according to legend, the boat carrying the remains of the Apostle James was moored. The peaceful atmosphere of the street, with the play of light and shadow on the cobbled pavement, reflects the preservation of heritage in a town that is also the birthplace of illustrious literary figures such as Rosalía de Castro and Camilo José Cela.
I went to the 1940s weekend at Lincoln on 30th May 2015, the Dakota aeroplane from the BBMF flew over the magnificent Lincoln Cathedral. This cathedral was once the tallest building in the word, now though it's 'just' one of the most magnificent religious buildings in the world.
My images are processed to look good on my laptop, and they do look good on there - and on my phone and tablet - I am aware though that some other screens will show my images as either too dark or indeed too light. This is due to individual screen settings and not my inability to produce a clear image ....
A view of Waltham Windmill and an historic Grimsby Fire Brigade horse drawn water tender. Both seen from the entrance to the Museum of Rural Life, well worth the donation entrance fee.
The Watermans Arms pub, seen from the pub beer garden beside Bow Creek (in the South Hams district of South Devon, southwestern England), near Bow Bridge and the village of Tuckenhay, on a clear evening in early May.
The cold winter of 2009/2010 had delayed spring by several weeks, so a fruit tree (plum or cherry?) is still in full flower. A sign at the pub entrance advertises its Devon cream teas, a well-known Devon treat.
(A picture in my Tea, tea shops, tea rooms album / set.)
For those not already familiar with "cream tea": In addition to the tea as a hot drink itself, a cream tea consists of scones served with clotted cream, which is an especially thick and rich cream, somewhat yellowish in tint and thick enough to spread. Unlike sour cream or yoghurt, clotted cream is very mildly flavoured, not tart. Jam is often included, as well. Some places that serve cream teas put the scone, cream, and jam together from the beginning, while at other pleaces, people spread things on their scones themselves. Clotted cream teas are the pride and joy of tea servers in the West Country of England -- Devon cream teas tend to be the best known, but cream teas are also a speciality in Cornwall and Somerset, for example -- and cream teas can be found in other parts of Britain, as well.
[Bow Creek pub fruit tree 2010 may 7 c; IMG_1289]
View along Main Street in the village of Newtonmore (Badenoch and Strathspey, Inverness-shire), as clouds roll over the Monadhliath Mountains behind the village, including Creag Dubh.
The name of the village in Scottish Gaelic is Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh; its English name, first recorded 1828, was based on being the new town on the moor, or "Newtown-more." It is located in the upper (southern) Spey Valley in the eastern Scottish Highlands, on the railway line between Perth and Inverness -- a major source of its development in the 19th century, according to the Newtonmore Community website (viewed 3 September 2014). (Other information from the Gazetteer for Scotland, plus the Gaelic name from Wikipedia, both consulted 3 September 2014.)
More recently, Newtonmore was also known as the filming location of some of the scenes in the television series Monarch of the Glen.
(From the "archive" -- 2007.)
[Newtonmore high street autumn morning 2007 sep 12 n; DSCN0174]
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Stone Restaurant, angle 2, Route 77, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
1992.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies category: Slides not on original list.
Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Restaurants--1990-2000.
United States--Oklahoma--Pauls Valley.
Format: Slides--1990-2000.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01402
Call Number: LC-MA05- 1402