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I just want to know what this originally was exactly (it's obviously a strongbox - of some sort), when it dates from - and why it survives. I remember coming across it on a night walk years ago, and then forgetting where it was. It's still peculiar. It's on a short street with no name (not even in the A-Z), between Laurence Pountney and Martin Lane, which strongly suggests to me that it is from the inside of a building destroyed in The Blitz - I think this street itself may be a postwar construction.
Odd thing to still be hanging around without a plaque. These days, it's cool to find some genuine Urban Decay in The City, I have to say, though.
Iron poison ring, made from a block of iron. The bottom of the chamber and the lid are made of pure iron. The hinge and the locker ring are silver.
The bottom of the chamber is inlayed into the body of the ring.
The "IIXIIXIIXII" signs on the bottom of the ring band are protective motifs they were used on old padlocks.
This ring -like my other poison rings - represents to me the desire to keep, save and protect something.
Weight: 17 gramm
Size: 7.5 (US) : slightly enlargable
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I was flattered to have Dan, who publishes the excellent Strongbox Magazine, ask me to contribute to the newest issue. I have piece on storefront churches entitled, "Rust Belt Deliverance." Strongbox has a lot of great material with each issue, so I urge you to go to strongboxmagazine.com and check it out for yourself.
Look at this amazing locking mechanism!
You might see a little shelf on the left of the inside of the box - that was another locked section.
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Greetings, arstechnica readers!!
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Todd and I have put together a free, downloadable magazine that will feature photography and art and anything else that we feel like throwing in there. The first issue is now available for download at www.strongboxmagazine.com so let us know what you think!
Back in the stone age, when I studied writing in college, there was a common phrase that was drilled into your head: "kill your darlings". What they meant by this was that sometimes, you'll come up with something you think is very clever, and whether it works or not, you'll fight to keep it in your story just so everyone will see how clever you've been.
Kill it.
So this photograph was the darling I killed when assembling my photo essay on Centralia for STRONGBOX Magazine. Originally, I was going to touch on surrounding areas in the piece, and since the story of Centralia is tragically tied to the Anthracite Mine Fire burning beneath it, I thought it was incredible that nearby Mount Carmel is home to the Anthracite Fire Company.
Not only that, but they have a rockin' neon sign on the building. I have never seen a neon sign on a fire house.
When I went to Mount Carmel to shoot this stunning building at night, there was a pep rally going on just across the street. The high-school football season was beginning the following night, and it seemed everyone in town was there. The street directly across from the station was blocked by a police car, which was perfect because that gave me the freedom of shooting from wherever I wanted without having to worry about getting run over.
About three shots in, I saw the fire truck's lights coming up the street. I couldn't believe my luck. Although it appears that the engine is racing out of the fire house, it's actually backing in.
I knew right away this would be one of my favorite shots from the trip, and I wasn't wrong.
But as I put the piece together, it became clear to me that talking about the surrounding areas was just not working. I had to leave it out.
Nonetheless, Mount Carmel is a really wonderful town from what I saw (we actually stayed in Mount Carmel at the Pine Burr Inn...I can't recommend that place highly enough). I'm headed back to the region in November, and hope to see more of Mt. Carmel this time around.
This is a shot of a Utica landmark, the former, gold domed Savings Bank of Utica, now run by M&T. A little bit of very early history: It begins with John C. Devereux who left Ireland and arrived in the just named village of Utica in 1802 and opened a general store. In 1806, his younger brother Nicholas joined him. At the time, Utica was at the center of Mohawk River trade and an important transportation point for pioneers moving westward. The brothers built a new brick store on the west side of Bagg's Square in 1814 which was comparatively fireproof and its strongbox was safe against ordinary theft. They soon began accepting cash, not only for safekeeping but for long term saving and they also began investing their depositors' savings and paying them dividends. This was the informal beginning of the Savings Bank of Utica which occurred two years before the formal opening of the county's first bank. It was said to be among the first savings banks in the U.S. After the first section of the Erie Canal was opened from Utica to Rome in 1819 trade flourished and the safekeeping of the workers money became very important. In 1821 they considered it would be wise to open a formal bank and applied for a charter. The charter was for a bank to be owned by the depositors and managed by a board of trustees. In 1937 the first of the great financial pancis swept the country but the Savings Bank of Utica was able to remain intact. In 1839 a second charter was applied for and the bank was then located in the offices of Nicholas Devereux on Bleecker Street. About 1852 a new bank was opened at 167 Genenesse Street, just south of Bleecker Street. During the Civil War years, in the 1860s, deposits increased and this made larger quarters a neccessity. A new building was constructed in early 1870 at the southwest corner of Genesee and Lafayette Streets which had an iron facade painted to resemble marble and it was nicknamed " the Iron Bank". By the end of the 19th-century the bank again needed more space so it purchased the former home of Alexander Bryan Johnson and began construction, in 1898, on the building with the gold dome. This gold dome bank is located in downtown Utica on on Genesee Street.
Photo essay in the current issue of Strongbox Magazine.
For a few years now I have been documenting the coal towns of Northeast Pennsylvania. When I was approached by my friend Dan Buczynski (macwagen) about writing something up for his magazine...I jumped on it.
It's a story that needs to be told.
Death by Ketchup themed photo shoot with Lacey (MM# 1167503) in my kitchen. Idea was inspired by a photo challenge involving Heinz ketchup by the guys at Strongbox Magazine.
Lighting was with a mix of a 22" white beauty dish with grid, AB800 with 20 degree grid, and a Pentax 540fgz flash with homemade snoot depending on the photo.
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Also in St Andrew's Church, this chest is known as "Cromwell's Money Box" and was used by him to carry gold bullion. It looks to be heavy enough in itself - I'd hate to think what it weighed when it was filled with gold
Iron poison ring, made from a block of iron. The bottom of the chamber and the lid are made of pure iron. The hinge and the locker ring are silver.
The bottom of the chamber is inlayed into the body of the ring.
The "IIXIIXIIXII" signs on the bottom of the ring band are protective motifs they were used on old padlocks.
This ring -like my other poison rings - represents to me the desire to keep, save and protect something.
Weight: 17 gramm
Size: 7.5 (US) : slightly enlargable
Iron poison ring, made from a block of iron. The bottom of the chamber and the lid are made of pure iron. The hinge and the locker ring are silver.
The bottom of the chamber is inlayed into the body of the ring.
The "IIXIIXIIXII" signs on the bottom of the ring band are protective motifs they were used on old padlocks.
This ring -like my other poison rings - represents to me the desire to keep, save and protect something.
Weight: 17 gramm
Size: 7.5 (US) : slightly enlargable
John and Charles Ruggles, originally from Tulare County, made a name for themselves here in Shasta County when they robbed a stagecoach of $5,000 in gold coins. Charles, a handsome kid with a college education, popped out from the bushes on May 14, 1892, and ordered the driver, John Boyce, to stop. He complied, then threw down the strongbox as ordered. Amos “Buck” Montgomery, the stage guard/messenger was riding inside the coach and fired his shotgun at Charles hitting him with buckshot in the face and upper body. As he fell, Charles discharged his gun spraying the driver and passenger George Suhr in the legs. John Ruggles, hiding nearby, returned fire wounding Montgomery and the stage took off and arrived in Old Shasta a few minutes later. After describing what happened, a posse was dispatched. Montgomery died a few hours later.
John, believing his brother was dying, hid the strongbox nearby and fled to his aunt’s home in Woodland. Charles was quickly found, and despite being severely wounded, was taken to jail in Redding. John supposedly hid the loot in Middle Creek. He made a clean getaway, until his aunt found out about the robbery, kicked him out and reported him to the local sheriff. Six weeks later, John was arrested at a restaurant in Woodland and was returned to Redding and jailed where he found his brother alive and recovering from his injuries.
Local ladies found John and Charles to be handsome bandits and started pampering them with cakes, fruits and flower bouquets; even offers of marriage. This enraged the local men, who on July 24, formed a lynch mob 40 strong that stormed the jail, blew up the safe to get the keys and took the pair from jail. Knowing they were about to be hanged, John Ruggles was quoted as saying “Spare Charley and I will tell you” where the loot is. It didn’t work. They drug the men to an oak tree next to the Redding Blacksmith Shop, at Shasta Street and the railroad tracks, and hanged them.
Redding residents awoke the next day to the two bandits hanging by there necks. They remained there for three days for all to see. An editorial in the local paper summarized the event by stating “It was a disagreeable job, but under the circumstances appeared to be necessary for the public good and is an example to the courts”.
The loot has never been found. They did find the express bag pouch, but no gold coins were ever recovered. Sounds like a great opportunity for treasure seekers!
One of the first American architects to break free from the influence of classical revival styles, Louis Sullivan completed a series of eight banks in small Midwest towns during the last years of his career. The National Farmers’ Bank of Owatonna is arguably the best. Sullivan, known for a “form follows function” philosophy epitomized in his prototype skyscraper designs, applied those principles to the smaller scale of the Prairie School bank’s still-monumental form.
Sullivan designed the bank to resemble a jeweled strongbox, giving depositors a sense of security. The building is bathed in a symphony of color, as Sullivan described it. Green and brown terra cotta panels and blue and gold glass mosaic bands contrast with the reddish brick walls and the red sandstone base that anchors the bank to its site. Elegantly arched stained-glass windows are mirrored on the interior by murals of dairy and harvest scenes painted by Chicago artist Oskar Gross. The lavish organic ornamentation, designed largely by Sullivan’s partner George Elmslie, carries through all interior elements, from 18-foot-tall light fixtures down to the tellers’ window grills.
This tombstone, with its heartfelt lament, belongs to Regina (whose name means ‘Queen’), a freedwoman and wife of Barates. Though she came from the Catuvellauni tribe of southern England and he from the great oasis trading city of Palmyra in Syria, they lived and died (she aged 30) on Hadrian's Wall. A freedwoman wife suggests initial enslavement as Barates's concubine. Inscribed in Latin with its lament in Palmyrene, it was possibly made by a Syrian sculptor at Arbeia fort (which could mean 'place of the Arabs'). Regina sits on a wicker chair, spinning thread (holding a distaff and spindle) from a basket of wool, lower right. On the lower left of the relief, Regina holds open a lockable strongbox, indicating the wealth of her household. The lock is very detailed, and there’s a crescent moon appliqué at the bottom of the box.
The Latin inscription translation: ‘ To the spirits of the departed (and to) Regina, his freedwoman and wife, a Catuvellaunian by tribe, aged 30, Barates of Palmyra (set this up)’.
Palmyrene Arabic translation: ‘ Regina, the freedwoman of Barate, alas!’ This is a format seen on tombs in Palmyra.
Arbeia fort, Tyne and Wear, England
AD 100-200. Arbeia, South Shields Roman Fort
This chest, with its fake keyholes to confuse thieves and elaborate locking mechanism to frustrate them, stands in the Great Hall of Bramall Hall.
the 2cv Polaroid we took almost 2 years ago got a full page on the last Strongbox magazine issue, wich is the film Issue.
It's good to have a paper bag on the head, just try it
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Created a locking strong box out of one of the storage areas. Stored cameras and laptops in here, resists break n grab thefts!
I've been researching Centralia, Pa for the past two months or so. I read several books, watched a documentary, read as many facts and accounts online as I could find. I took copious notes and drew maps and thought that by the time I headed there last Wednesday, I'd be completely prepared to shoot a photo essay for STRONGBOX. I was wrong.
I had a definite game plan going in. I wanted to focus on more than the smoking hill and the highway that has cracked and fallen in on itself. But what do you train your lens on when you can't even tell what street you're on despite having several maps and a GPS?
The 23rd Euronaval show took place from 22 to 26 October 2012 at the Paris – Le Bourget Exhibition Centre. Sir Peter Ricketts visited Euronaval on 25 October to tour the UK pavilion. UKTI DSO colleagues from both the Paris Embassy and London HQ along with the Director of Programmes at the Society of Maritime Industries Captain Christopher S McHugh accompanied Sir Peter on his tour. Companies visited included major primes (BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Babcock) as well as SMEs (Strongbox Marine Furniture, MacTaggart, Chemring, MSI Defence Systems, ScotSeats, Vitavox...).
Sir Peter Ricketts a rendu visite aux exposants du pavillon britannique au salon Euronaval le 25 octobre 2012. L'ambassadeur a notamment visité les stands de BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Babcock ainsi que des PME telles que Strongbox Marine Furniture, MacTaggart, Chemring, MSI Defence Systems, ScotSeats, Vitavox etc.
Credits: X. Owen / British Embassy, Paris
In this photo: Multi role military camera built by Safran and recently bought by UK MoD.
The 23rd Euronaval show took place from 22 to 26 October 2012 at the Paris – Le Bourget Exhibition Centre. Sir Peter Ricketts visited Euronaval on 25 October to tour the UK pavilion. UKTI DSO colleagues from both the Paris Embassy and London HQ along with the Director of Programmes at the Society of Maritime Industries Captain Christopher S McHugh accompanied Sir Peter on his tour. Companies visited included major primes (BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Babcock) as well as SMEs (Strongbox Marine Furniture, MacTaggart, Chemring, MSI Defence Systems, ScotSeats, Vitavox...).
Sir Peter Ricketts a rendu visite aux exposants du pavillon britannique au salon Euronaval le 25 octobre 2012. L'ambassadeur a notamment visité les stands de BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Babcock ainsi que des PME telles que Strongbox Marine Furniture, MacTaggart, Chemring, MSI Defence Systems, ScotSeats, Vitavox etc.
Credits: X. Owen / British Embassy, Paris
A woman looks at a cameo showing Roman Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) during a press preview of the exhibition 'Myth and Power Relief Images in Precious Stone that Stand Out' at the Altes Museum in Berlin July 26, 2007. This is the first exhibition in which the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities presents a selection of its cameos - lustrous masterpieces from the period of antiquity to the 19th century otherwise safeguarded in a strongbox. For Educational Use Only
Withy Grove Stores, 35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, England. In 1799, the Richmond Safe Company was set up by John R. Solomon. The company supplied the maritime trade between England and the United States with iron branded or iron clad wooden strongboxes and seaman's chests. As the business grew, new offices were opened in Manchester circa 1840. As Manchester grew in reputation, the offices relocated to Withy Grove Street and in 1850 the company was renamed Withy Grove Stores. In addition, offices were opened in Leeds. The company began to design and patent steel safes, strongboxes, firesafes, and vaults, many of which are still in use today. They also sold office furniture, shop counters, and made bespoke cushioning. Withy Grove is still in business today, selling safes and office furniture, and is still owned by the Solomon family.
Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the library, kept his belonging in this strongbox. This is the intricate lock in the lid.
BPM sede storica di Milano.
Addetto: "Adesso vi faremo vedere come si apre il caveau"
Iaia: "Ma si può provare?"
Ecco ora ne abbiamo le prove, Iaia è Eva Kant.
I currently have an article focusing on a set of my work from Detroit in Strongbox magazine. Click the link, my work is on page 40-53 - but check out the whole issue. Dan Buczynski does a great job running this Pittsburgh based magazine.
**For my full Detroit Set, click here.