Lover's Repose, Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, Indiana

Date: April 1920

Source Type: Photograph

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Brent Barber

Remark: The Valparaiso University Administration Building is visible in the background of this image.

Built in the late 1880s, the student foot bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, which was located adjacent to the Valparaiso University campus, was commonly referred to as "Lover's Repose." The foot bridge was common location for students to socialize; it also provided access to Sager's Lake on the opposite side of the tracks from the university. If a train happened to pass under the foot bridge while a young couple was crossing, then the couple was supposed to kiss until the train had passed. The bridge was condemned by the Valparaiso Board of Works and Public Safety on June 9, 1967, and dismantled later that year. The foot bridge was condemned because parts of the wooden structure were found to be decaying and unsafe. The steel portion of the bridge was purchased and removed by Bill Wellman and placed near Wellman's Restaurant on US Highway 30. On October 8, 2005, the original steel portion of the foot bridge was relocated back onto the Valparaiso University campus, led by the Valparaiso Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This view in this image is looking south toward Sager's Lake.

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COBOURG PORTER CO.

RES. OF H. W. FORBES

FOUNDED BY J. T. FORBES 1875.

RES. T. H. FORBES

STORE OF J. T. FORBES

FARM RESIDENCE OF H. W. FORBES

Date: 1876

Source Type: Engraving

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Baskin, Forster & Company

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: Coburg was located in the far northeast corner of Washington Township along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (NW¼ of NW¼ of Section 1 and NE¼ of NE¼ of Section 2). The land on which the village was erected was originally owned by Jacob T. Forbes.

During the morning of November 16, 1874, the first commercial Baltimore & Ohio train traversed across Porter County. Forbes, who homesteaded in the area in 1854, invested in the construction of a substantial grain elevator, two or three houses, and the railroad station in anticipation of an expanding community, which failed to materialize. He named the village Coburg after a town he had resided in for many years in Ontario, Canada, of the same name.

Many of the residents of Coburg were previously residents of Steamburg, which was located just over the township line in Jackson Township. When the Baltimore & Ohio Station was constructed in Coburg, most of the area's residents moved from Steamburg to Coburg. Steamburg received its name due to several steam-powered sawmills that operated in the southeastern portion of Jackson Township.

The Coburg post office was established on May 8, 1876, and ceased operations on January 15, 1906, with service transferred to nearby Westville. An “old fashioned store offering anything from machinery to groceries” was still operating in Coburg as late as 1936.

The top panel is looking west from present day County Road 600 East.

The structure shown as "STORE" on the lower left panel was constructed by George Longshore in 1875 at a cost of $1,600.

Sources:

Andreas, Alfred T. 1876. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Baskin, Forster & Company. 462 p. [p. 103]

Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; September 23, 1875; Volume 19, Number 38, Page 3, Column 7. Column titled "Valparaiso Builders Out of Town."

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Exchange Bank of H. J. Perrin Exchange Bank of H. J. Perrin & Co.

MARSHALL

MICH.

THE MICHIGAN CITY AND SOUTH BEND PLANK ROAD CO.

Will Pay Five Dollars to the bearer.

No. 875, Michigan City, Ind. April 1862.

FIVE

Wm Powell Secty.

J. Sibley Pres.

Date: April 1862

Source Type: Obsolete Scrip

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: American Bank Note Company

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: Stamped in blue ink is: We guarantee payment on demand

This note is listed in Wolka et al. as 498-3 with a rarity of R-7 and in Wolka as 1575-03 with a rarity of R-6. The rarity scale ranges from R-1 to R-7, with R-7 indicating that between one and five specimens are known to exist, while an R-6 indicates that six to ten specimens are known to exist.

The following is taken from Images of America: Marshall by Susan Collins and Jane Ammeson (2007 ,p. 111):

"The largest industrialist in Marshall’s history also had his own bank called the Exchange Bank of H. J. Perrin and Company. The bank was located on the northwest corner of Hamilton Street and Michigan Avenue. The safe is still in use in the shop there today. Horace J. Perrin acquired the water rights along the Kalamazoo River. He owned the old Ketchum mill on the river. He built a distillery, a flour mill, a foundry, and machine shops in the area that is still referred to as Perrinville. Just east of his industrial empire, he built a very large home, which burned in 1972. Perrin was undoubtedly the richest man in Marshall in the 19th century."

Horace J. Perrin was born in Penfield, Monroe County, New York, on June 16, 1819, the son of Hyde Perrin. He died on January 11, 1880, at Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan. Perrin is interred at Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall.

An act was approved on February 8, 1851, by the Indiana General Assembly to benefit the Union Plank Road Company and the Michigan City & South Bend Plank Road Company, both located in Michigan City. The act recognized both companies as (Indiana General Assembly 1851, p. 461):

"...bodies politic and corporate, by their respective names, each of them possessing all the powers of a corporation in perpetuity, and they are fully authorized to do any and all acts which may be necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of said companies…. said companies are authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and agreements with each other for their mutual accommodation whereby the gate keepers of either said roads may receive toll from, and issue tickets to persons desirous of traveling over parts of both roads…."

According to a 1909 biographical sketch of Daniel Ball, Ball formed an acquaintance with Chauncy B. Blair, a businessman and banker from Michigan City who had relocated to Chicago to establish the Merchants National Bank. Note that Blair’s brother, Lyman Blair, issued scrip from Michigan City. Prior to 1856, Chauncey B. Blair had purchased the right to issue a form of currency based upon a charter from the State of Indiana for the establishment of the Union Plank Road Company. The Union Plank Road Company was created to construct a plank road between Michigan City and Union City, Randolph County, Indiana, which are separated by a distance of 200 miles.

Bills for the Union Plank Road Company totaling an amount between $100,000 to $200,000 were soon in circulation. Observing Blair’s success, Ball decided to embark in a similar enterprise and acquired the stock of The Michigan City and South Bend Railroad Company, with a circulation based upon a charter very similar to Blairs’ Union Plank Road Company. It has been reported (Hollister 1909, p. 55) that “So largely was that form of currency [i.e., Michigan City and South Bend Railroad Company notes] used in this vicinity [Grand Rapid, Michigan] and in this part of Michigan, and so promptly was it redeemed, that it served to drive out many of the other forms of money then in vogue.” So widespread was the circulation of these notes that it was commonly referred to “Ball money” between 1857 and 1860.

The commencement of the Civil War, however, brought considerable trouble to issuers of unsecured notes, such as those notes issued by Ball, since the federal government was issuing a more secure form of money. Daniel Ball & Company began to sell assets to pay redemptions on their notes, but the quick collapse of asset values combined with the rapidly increasing circulation of a national currency made an impossibility of this task. Acceptance of a national currency combined with a rapid disuse of unsecured notes became so overwhelming to Ball that he placed all his personal property and the assets of Daniel Ball & Company in the hands of Judge Solomon Lewis Withey on October 4, 1861, to protect it from creditors. At this time, the total circulation of notes associated with the Michigan City and South Bend Plank Road Company amounted to $22,000.

It is believed that The Exchange Bank of Horace J. Perrin & Company took control of assets of The Michigan City and South Bend Railroad Company at some point between October 1861 and April 1862, and possibly other assets, if any existed, of Daniel Ball & Company. It is known for certain that all unsecured notes in circulation issued by Ball for the plank road had been retired and paid in full by 1863. Hence, Perrin likely issued his own unsecured notes in April 1862 to resurrect The Michigan City and South Bend Plank Road Company.

Little is known as to whether this plank road company actually established a road between the communities of Michigan City and South Bend - or even partial segments of a road. Research has yielded little information on this company.

Note that this obsolete scrip is often misidentified as "The Exchange Bank of A. J. Perrin & Co." rather than H. J. Perrin, most likely due to the use of a serif font.

Source Information:

Collins, Susan, and Jane Ammeson. 2007. Images of America: Marshall. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 128 p.

The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; October 9, 1861; Volume 25, Number 115, Page 4, Column 2. Column titled “Suspension of Daniel Ball & Co.”

Hollister, Harvey J. 1909. Daniel Ball as a Banker. Publications of the Historical Society of Grand Rapids 1(4):51-59.

Indiana General Assembly. 1851. Local Laws of the State of Indiana, Passed at the Thirty-Fifth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis, Indiana: J. P. Chapman. 592 p.

Wolka, Wendell. 2018. A History of Indiana Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip. Sun City Center, Florida: Wendell Wolka. 900 p. [see pp. 539-540]

Wolka, Wendell A., Jack M. Vorhies, and Donald A. Schramm. 1978. Indiana Obsolete Notes and Scrip. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. 306 p. [see p. 171]

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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

During the interwar period, the U.S. Navy Command had placed considerable emphasis upon the role of armed aerial reconnaissance aircraft. To meet this interest, during 1931, the young Great Lakes Aircraft Company (founded in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio) decided to embark on the development of a new naval combat aircraft to meet this role. The new aircraft, which was designated as the SBG, was a relatively modern all-metal design, even though some conservative traits like a fixed landing gear were kept.

In prewar use, SBG units were engaged in training and other operational activities and were gradually approaching the end of their useful service life with at least one aircraft being converted to target tug duty. By 1940, the US Navy was aware that the SBG had become outclassed by the fighters and bombers of other nations and a replacement was in the works, but it was not yet in service when the US entered World War II. By then, attrition had reduced their numbers to just over 60 aircraft, and with the arrival of the Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver” in December 1942, the obsolete SBGs were retired.

General characteristics:

Crew: 3

Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.682 m)

Wingspan: 45 ft 9 in (13.95 m)

Height: 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)

Wing area: 288 sq ft (26.8 m²)

Empty weight: 4,251 lb. (1,928 kg)

Gross weight: 6,378 - 6,918 lb. (2,893 - 3,138 kg) for reconnaissance missions

7,705 - 7,773 lb (3,495 - 3,526 kg) for bombing missions

Fuel capacity: 200 US gal (740 l; 160 imp gal) in six wing tanks plus

7.9 US gal (30 l; 6.6 imp gal) in a gravity feed collector tank in the fuselage

18 US gal (70 l; 15 imp gal) of engine oil was also carried in a forward fuselage tank

Powerplant:

1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2180-A Twin Hornet 14 cylinder radial engine with 1,200 hp (865 kW),

driving a 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard Hydromatic, 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) diameter constant-speed

fully-feathering propeller

Performance:

Maximum speed: 245 mph (395 km/h, 213 kn) at 3,650 m (11,980 ft)

210 mph (338 km/h, 183 kn) at sea level

Stall speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)

Range: 1,260 km (780 mi, 680 nmi)

Service ceiling: 7,300 m (24,000 ft)

Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 4 minutes

4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 11 minutes 10 seconds

Wing loading: 116 kg/m² (24 lb/sq ft) to 130 kg/m2 (27 lb/sq ft)

Power/mass: 6.3–6.8 kg/kW (10.4–11.2 lb/hp)

Armament:

2x fixed forward firing 0.30 “ (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns in the spats, firing forward,

plus 2x flexibly mounted 0.30 “ (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns in ventral and dorsal positions

A total of up to 1,500 lb (700 kg) of bombs on hardpoints under the fuselage (max. 1.000 lb; the SCG-2

could carry a single Mk. XIII torpedo) and under the wings (max. 325 lb per hardpoint, SCG-2 only 200 lb)

The kit and its assembly:

I had the idea to convert a PZL.23 into a carrier-borne light bomber on the agenda for a long time and also already a Heller kit stashed away – but it took the “In the Navy” group build at whatifmodelers.com in early 2020 to dig everything out from the stash and start the hardware phase.

Originally, this was inspired by a picture of a Ju 87D with USN “Yellow wings” markings which I came across while doing online research. This looked really good, but since the USN would never have accepted a liquid-cooled engine on one of its pre-WWII aircraft, the concept had IMHO some flaws. When I came across the PZL.23 in another context, I found that the aircraft, with its cockpit placed well forward and the generous window area, could also be a good carrier-based recce/light bomber/torpedo aircraft? This was the conceptual birth of the SBG.

The basis is the vintage, original Heller kit of the PZL.23: a VERY nice kit. It has been crisply molded, fit is very good, and even the interior detail is decent, e.g. with a nice fuselage structure and dashboard. Surface details are raised but very fine, and the styrene is also easy to handle.

Basically the PZL.23 was built OOB. The only changes I made are a crew of three figures (all Matchbox WWII pilots, two of them with their heads in different directions), a tail wheel instead of the original skid, an opening for an arrester hook under the fin (there’s even plausible space available!) and a new engine: the PZL.23’s bulky 9 cylinder Jupiter radial engine with its generous cowling and the two-blade propeller was completely replaced. The engine dummy is actually a matching R-2600 and comes from a Matchbox SB2C, even though its rear bulkhead was trimmed away so that it would fit into the new cowling. The latter came from an Italeri La-5FN, cut off long time ago from another conversion project, and I added a carburetor/oil cooler fairing underneath. Inside of the new engine I implanted a styrene tube which attaches the engine to the fuselage and also takes the metal axis of the new propeller, a (rather clumsy) donor from a Matchbox Douglas A-20G. The whole package works well, though, and gives the PZL.23 a more modern and different look.

A late modification is the glasshouse for the rear gunner. Since the PZL.23 offered considerable comfort for its crew, at least for pilot and observer, I thought that a closed rear position would make sense. I found an old rear gunner station glaizing from a vintage Airfix B-17G in the stash, and with some tailoring (including an opening for the OOB manual machine gun) the piece could be inserted into the fuselage opening. Small gaps were left, but these were simply filled with white glue. I think this was a good move, since it changes the PZL.23’s profile a little.

Other small cosmetic changes include the machine guns instead of the original large landing lights on the spats, an additional antenna mast and a cranked pitot, made from brass wire. Furthermore, I added small underwing bomb pylons and a ventral hardpoint with a scratched swing arm and a 500 lb iron bomb from an Academy kit.

Painting and markings:

For proper anachronism and some color in the shelf, I wanted the SBG to be a pre-WWII aircraft in the USN’s bright “Yellow Wings” markings, just like the Ju 87 mentioned above. As a slight twist, the fuselage was finished in all-over Light Gull Grey (FS 36440, Humbrol 40) instead of a NMF – some aircraft like F4Bs were finished this way, even though some fabric-covered parts were still painted with alu dope. In 1940, however, the bright colors would be replaced by a uniform light grey livery with subdued markings, anyway.

The aircraft’s individual markings were a bit tricky, because the USN has a very complicated color code system to identify not only the carrier to which an aircraft would belong, color markings would also identify the individual aircraft within a full squadron of 18 aircraft and its six sections. I won’t go into details, but I chose to depict the lead aircraft of section two of the scout bomber squadron on board of USS Enterprise.

For this carrier, the tail surfaces became blue (I used Modelmaster French Blue for the authentic “True Blue”), while the 2nd section had white aircraft markings on fuselage and wings. The lead aircraft (connected with the individual aircraft code “4”) had a full ring marking around the cowling. The fuselage band seems to be rather optional on bomber aircraft (more frequent on fighters?), but I eventually decided to add it - pictures suggest that probably only lead aircraft of a Section in the scout or torpedo squadrons carried this marking?

Like the cowling ring, it was painted with white and then black borders were added with decal strips. The wings were painted with Revell 310 (Lufthansa Yellow, RAL 1028), which is a pretty rich tone, and the section markings on top of them were fully created with decal material, a white 5mm stripe over a black 6mm stripe on each wing.

The aircraft’s tactical code was created from single US 45° numbers; the “S” had to be scratched from an “8”, since the decal sheet did not contain letters… Other decals were gathered from the scrap box and improvised.

After the free-standing exhaust pipes had been fixed, the kit received a light weathering treatment and was finally sealed with a coat of semi-matt acrylic varnish (Italeri semi-gloss with some matt varnish added).

A colorful aircraft model, and the transformation from a Polish light bomber into an American armed scout aircraft worked well – for an interesting result with that anachronistic touch that many interwar designs carried. However, even though the conversion has been conceptually successful, I am not happy with the finish. The glossy Humbrol paints I used refused to cure properly, and the decals were also not without problems (e.g. when you realize that the roundels you wanted to use had a poor opacity, so that the yellow underneath shines blatantly through). But despite a lot of improvisation, the outcome is quite O.K.

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

During the interwar period, the U.S. Navy Command had placed considerable emphasis upon the role of armed aerial reconnaissance aircraft. To meet this interest, during 1931, the young Great Lakes Aircraft Company (founded in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio) decided to embark on the development of a new naval combat aircraft to meet this role. The new aircraft, which was designated as the SBG, was a relatively modern all-metal design, even though some conservative traits like a fixed landing gear were kept.

In prewar use, SBG units were engaged in training and other operational activities and were gradually approaching the end of their useful service life with at least one aircraft being converted to target tug duty. By 1940, the US Navy was aware that the SBG had become outclassed by the fighters and bombers of other nations and a replacement was in the works, but it was not yet in service when the US entered World War II. By then, attrition had reduced their numbers to just over 60 aircraft, and with the arrival of the Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver” in December 1942, the obsolete SBGs were retired.

General characteristics:

Crew: 3

Length: 31 ft 9 in (9.682 m)

Wingspan: 45 ft 9 in (13.95 m)

Height: 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)

Wing area: 288 sq ft (26.8 m²)

Empty weight: 4,251 lb. (1,928 kg)

Gross weight: 6,378 - 6,918 lb. (2,893 - 3,138 kg) for reconnaissance missions

7,705 - 7,773 lb (3,495 - 3,526 kg) for bombing missions

Fuel capacity: 200 US gal (740 l; 160 imp gal) in six wing tanks plus

7.9 US gal (30 l; 6.6 imp gal) in a gravity feed collector tank in the fuselage

18 US gal (70 l; 15 imp gal) of engine oil was also carried in a forward fuselage tank

Powerplant:

1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2180-A Twin Hornet 14 cylinder radial engine with 1,200 hp (865 kW),

driving a 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard Hydromatic, 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) diameter constant-speed

fully-feathering propeller

Performance:

Maximum speed: 245 mph (395 km/h, 213 kn) at 3,650 m (11,980 ft)

210 mph (338 km/h, 183 kn) at sea level

Stall speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)

Range: 1,260 km (780 mi, 680 nmi)

Service ceiling: 7,300 m (24,000 ft)

Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 4 minutes

4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 11 minutes 10 seconds

Wing loading: 116 kg/m² (24 lb/sq ft) to 130 kg/m2 (27 lb/sq ft)

Power/mass: 6.3–6.8 kg/kW (10.4–11.2 lb/hp)

Armament:

2x fixed forward firing 0.30 “ (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns in the spats, firing forward,

plus 2x flexibly mounted 0.30 “ (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns in ventral and dorsal positions

A total of up to 1,500 lb (700 kg) of bombs on hardpoints under the fuselage (max. 1.000 lb; the SCG-2

could carry a single Mk. XIII torpedo) and under the wings (max. 325 lb per hardpoint, SCG-2 only 200 lb)

The kit and its assembly:

I had the idea to convert a PZL.23 into a carrier-borne light bomber on the agenda for a long time and also already a Heller kit stashed away – but it took the “In the Navy” group build at whatifmodelers.com in early 2020 to dig everything out from the stash and start the hardware phase.

Originally, this was inspired by a picture of a Ju 87D with USN “Yellow wings” markings which I came across while doing online research. This looked really good, but since the USN would never have accepted a liquid-cooled engine on one of its pre-WWII aircraft, the concept had IMHO some flaws. When I came across the PZL.23 in another context, I found that the aircraft, with its cockpit placed well forward and the generous window area, could also be a good carrier-based recce/light bomber/torpedo aircraft? This was the conceptual birth of the SBG.

The basis is the vintage, original Heller kit of the PZL.23: a VERY nice kit. It has been crisply molded, fit is very good, and even the interior detail is decent, e.g. with a nice fuselage structure and dashboard. Surface details are raised but very fine, and the styrene is also easy to handle.

Basically the PZL.23 was built OOB. The only changes I made are a crew of three figures (all Matchbox WWII pilots, two of them with their heads in different directions), a tail wheel instead of the original skid, an opening for an arrester hook under the fin (there’s even plausible space available!) and a new engine: the PZL.23’s bulky 9 cylinder Jupiter radial engine with its generous cowling and the two-blade propeller was completely replaced. The engine dummy is actually a matching R-2600 and comes from a Matchbox SB2C, even though its rear bulkhead was trimmed away so that it would fit into the new cowling. The latter came from an Italeri La-5FN, cut off long time ago from another conversion project, and I added a carburetor/oil cooler fairing underneath. Inside of the new engine I implanted a styrene tube which attaches the engine to the fuselage and also takes the metal axis of the new propeller, a (rather clumsy) donor from a Matchbox Douglas A-20G. The whole package works well, though, and gives the PZL.23 a more modern and different look.

A late modification is the glasshouse for the rear gunner. Since the PZL.23 offered considerable comfort for its crew, at least for pilot and observer, I thought that a closed rear position would make sense. I found an old rear gunner station glaizing from a vintage Airfix B-17G in the stash, and with some tailoring (including an opening for the OOB manual machine gun) the piece could be inserted into the fuselage opening. Small gaps were left, but these were simply filled with white glue. I think this was a good move, since it changes the PZL.23’s profile a little.

Other small cosmetic changes include the machine guns instead of the original large landing lights on the spats, an additional antenna mast and a cranked pitot, made from brass wire. Furthermore, I added small underwing bomb pylons and a ventral hardpoint with a scratched swing arm and a 500 lb iron bomb from an Academy kit.

Painting and markings:

For proper anachronism and some color in the shelf, I wanted the SBG to be a pre-WWII aircraft in the USN’s bright “Yellow Wings” markings, just like the Ju 87 mentioned above. As a slight twist, the fuselage was finished in all-over Light Gull Grey (FS 36440, Humbrol 40) instead of a NMF – some aircraft like F4Bs were finished this way, even though some fabric-covered parts were still painted with alu dope. In 1940, however, the bright colors would be replaced by a uniform light grey livery with subdued markings, anyway.

The aircraft’s individual markings were a bit tricky, because the USN has a very complicated color code system to identify not only the carrier to which an aircraft would belong, color markings would also identify the individual aircraft within a full squadron of 18 aircraft and its six sections. I won’t go into details, but I chose to depict the lead aircraft of section two of the scout bomber squadron on board of USS Enterprise.

For this carrier, the tail surfaces became blue (I used Modelmaster French Blue for the authentic “True Blue”), while the 2nd section had white aircraft markings on fuselage and wings. The lead aircraft (connected with the individual aircraft code “4”) had a full ring marking around the cowling. The fuselage band seems to be rather optional on bomber aircraft (more frequent on fighters?), but I eventually decided to add it - pictures suggest that probably only lead aircraft of a Section in the scout or torpedo squadrons carried this marking?

Like the cowling ring, it was painted with white and then black borders were added with decal strips. The wings were painted with Revell 310 (Lufthansa Yellow, RAL 1028), which is a pretty rich tone, and the section markings on top of them were fully created with decal material, a white 5mm stripe over a black 6mm stripe on each wing.

The aircraft’s tactical code was created from single US 45° numbers; the “S” had to be scratched from an “8”, since the decal sheet did not contain letters… Other decals were gathered from the scrap box and improvised.

After the free-standing exhaust pipes had been fixed, the kit received a light weathering treatment and was finally sealed with a coat of semi-matt acrylic varnish (Italeri semi-gloss with some matt varnish added).

A colorful aircraft model, and the transformation from a Polish light bomber into an American armed scout aircraft worked well – for an interesting result with that anachronistic touch that many interwar designs carried. However, even though the conversion has been conceptually successful, I am not happy with the finish. The glossy Humbrol paints I used refused to cure properly, and the decals were also not without problems (e.g. when you realize that the roundels you wanted to use had a poor opacity, so that the yellow underneath shines blatantly through). But despite a lot of improvisation, the outcome is quite O.K.

Gangolihat Kalika Mata Temple - Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India.

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Gangolihat is a small Himalayan hill town in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, India. It is tehsil and sub divisional headquarters of the district. Gangolihat is famous for its Shakti Peethas of Hat Kalika of goddess Kali. Nearby at 'Patal Bhubneshwar', underground caves are major tourist attraction. Also nearby are the tiny hill stations of Chaukori and Berinag.From Gangolihat Panchchuli peaks and Nanda Devi are clearly visible.

Gangolihat is located at

29.48°N 80.05°E. It has an average elevation of 1,760 metres (5,773 feet). It is 78 km from Pithoragarh. The main town is at a hill top. The region is surrounded by two rivers Saryu and Ramganga. Which meet at Ghat at the foothill of the region. These two rivers make it like a Garland on the shoulders of mighty Himalaya. These two rivers gave the name to the region Gang (River in local dialect) + Awali (Garland) making Gangawali. Which became Gangoli later on. and Hat were the main markets/ gathering place for local people in past. Which made the name of Gangolihat.

Gangolihat is native of Pant Brahmins mainly. Along with Pant's, Joshi's, Upreti's, Pathak's, Mahar's, Negi's, Bisht, Rawal's, Verma's, Shah and Aryas are other major surnames found.

Gangolihaat is famous for its ancient temples and underground caves. 'Haat Kalika', 'Ambika Dewaal', 'Chamunda Mandir', 'Vaishnavi Mandir' are some of the famous temples here. 'Vaishnavi Mandir' is a special one because from here one can clearly view the Himalayas. This temple is situated on a mountain that is called 'Shail Parvat', which is notable in Hindu holy books.

There are many beautiful underground caves in Gangolihaat. 'Patal Bhuvneshwar', 'Shailashwer Gufa' and 'Mukteshwar Gufa' are most notable ones. A new underground cave has been also found recently and that is called 'Bholeshwar Gufa'.

'Haat Kalika Mandir' was chosen by Adi Guru Sankaracharya for installation of Mahakali Shaktipeeth. It is believed that the Original Goddes Kalika Mata, which supposed to be in West Bangal, shifted her place form Bangal to Gangolihat. This Temple is very famous all over the India, specially among Indian Armed Forces. Posthumous Param Veer Chakra award winner Capt. Bikram Batra was a great devotee of Goddess. The goddess Mahakali is the designated goddess of brave Kumaun Regiment which proved its unmatched bravery and patriotism during all major wars fought by India. Kumaun regiment has created an Army Rest House near the Temple for Army Personnel, who come Gangloihat to get the blessing of Goddess.

There are historical monuments made during 8-11th century near the famous temple. Which is a site preserved by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It depicts the nervelessness of the artistic creation at that time.

The highest peak in the range, Lankeshwar is a great picnic place. The view of greenery rich valleys of Kumaun Himalayas from this hilltop is memorable and heavenly.

SOURCE : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangolihat

ODC. Warmth.

A very applicable challenge for today seeing as its both cold and raining outside over here in England! Well there's nothing nicer than cuddling with your favorite warm jumper with a cup of tea eh? The story behind this little number is that I bought it in a shop the other day, tried it on, it fitted nice and snug... until I got it home and it transpires its a men's jumper, but who cares? Its staying ^_^ I hope everyone is wrapped up warm for the winter! Happy Thursday!

Idol of Goddess Durga of our Association - South Madras Cultural Association -2018.

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Durga, in Sanskrit means - She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach. Goddess Durga is a form of Sakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect. Mother of the Universe, she represents the infinite power of the universe and is a symbol of a female dynamism. The manifestation of Goddess Durga is said to emerge from Her formless essence and the two are inseparable.

The celebrations of Durga puja have references in Indian literature from the 12th century. Earlier the festival was performed only by the rich and powerful people like kings and feudal lords, but today the entire community celebrates Durga Puja.

Celebrated in month of Ashwin of the Hindu calendar (September / October), Goddess Durga (also referred to as "Maa Durga") is worshipped along with her four children - Kartik (The Protector), Ganesh (who symolizes prosperity), Lakshmi (who symbolizes wealth) and Saraswati (who symbolizes knowledge). Her four children complete the manifestation of Goddess Durga.

On the last day of the ten days of the puja, Goddess Durga who represents ‘shakti’ or power, kills the demon Mahishasura and thereby reinstates the triumph of good over evil.

The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumphant ovation of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through the descent of knowledge by the Grace of Goddess Saraswati. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or Satchidananda Brahman. This day celebrates the victory, the achievement of the goal. The banner of victory flies aloft. Lo! I am He! I am He!

It is on this day, the last and the tenth day, this picture was taken in Chennai during / after the traditional ritual to bid a goodbye.

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Elk River State Bank

Elk River, Clearwater County, Idaho

Date: 1929

Source Type: Stock Certificate

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Shaw and Borden Company

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: Elk River State Bank, located in Elk River, Clearwater County, Idaho, was incorporated in the State of Idaho on July 3, 1911. The company forfeited its corporate status on November 30, 1932, due to inactivity.

The cashier signing this stock certificate was William Henry Belideau. Belideau was born March 24, 1881, and died February 7, 1943, in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon; he was a pharmacist at the time of his death and resided in Halsey, Linn County, Oregon. William is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

The president signing this stock certificate was Allison White Laird, a lumberman and early leader of the Potlatch Lumber Company, known today [2021] as PotlatchDeltic. Laird was born in December 1863 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, and died on April 30, 1931, at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Laird Park in Latah County, Idaho, is named in honor of A. W. Laird.

The owner of this stock certificate, Hulda Sandberg Bloom, was the wife of Andrew Bloom; Andrew served as the vice president and a director of the Elk River State Bank till his death on December 27, 1927, at Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Andrew Bloom was born in Stockholm, Sweden, March 12, 1867, and came to the United States in 1882. In 1902, Bloom was superintendent of the St. Joe Boom and Development Company operating out of Coeur d'Alene and Harrison in Kootenai County, Idaho. In 1910, Bloom was appointed to the superintendent position for the Potlatch Lumber Company's Elk River Division.

Likely due to effects of the Great Depression, the Elk River State Bank was taken over by the Potlatch State Bank of Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho, in 1931.

Source:

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington; January 1, 1928; Volume 45, Number 232, Page 12, Column 7. Column titled "Honor Memory of Departed. Lumber Plant and Stores Close During Funeral of Andrew Bloom."

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5 CENTS

THIS

College Currency

GOOD FOR

FIVE CENTS IN THE

ACTUAL BUSINESS

DEPARTMENT

C. W. Boucher, Cashier

H. B. Brown, President

5

Date: Circa 1875-1900

Source Type: Obsolete Scrip

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Ames

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: The Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute, which operated from 1873 through 1900, later to be renamed Valparaiso College in 1900, and then renamed again as Valparaiso University in 1906, issued scrip as a form of trade. The Institute's Commercial College is known to have issued scrip in denominations of 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, and $5,000, which was fictitiously backed by its deposits held in the First National Bank located in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, or the Merchants Commercial Bank of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This represents an example of an uncirculated 5¢ scrip note.

The signatories to this scrip were associated with the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute. Schingoethe and Schingoethe (1993) do not list an example of this scrip though it is identical in appearance to the class of scrip listed as IN-770 (p. 82). Given that this scrip is unlisted in Schingoethe, it is assumed it has a rarity of R7, indicating that only one to four examples of this scrip are known to exist.

Source Information:

Schingoethe, Herb, and Martha Schingoethe. 1993. College Currency: Money for Business Training. Port Clinton, Ohio: BNR Press. 463 p. [see p. 82]

Wolka, Wendell. 2018. A History of Indiana Obsolete Bank Notes and Scrip. Sun City Center, Florida: Wendell Wolka. 900 p. [see p. 865]

Wolka, Wendell A., Jack M. Vorhies, and Donald A. Schramm. 1978. Indiana: Obsolete Notes and Scrip. Iola, Wisconsin, Krause Publications. 306 p. [see p.299]

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Kuakata, Bangladesh, 2011

Love ...Affair....Couple....Relation........

This type of word is only applicable for when two hearts unite

And when two heart unites.....no rules...no laws is applicable except the rules of romance......

........but for human perspective...its a bit different

Duga Puja - 2018 of our Association - South Madras Cultural association - Chennai, India.

In quest for the feel of Sacred Flames of the Sandhi Puja – The belief is, this will eradicate all the evils.

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Sandhi Puja -

An integral and important part of Durga Puja, Sandhi Puja is performed at the juncture of the 8th and 9th lunar day. Sandhi puja lasts from the last 24 minutes of Ashtami till the first 24 minutes of Nabami. During this juncture (the "Sandhikhan"), Durga is worshipped in her Chamunda form. Devi Durga killed, Chando and Mundo, the two asuras at "Sandhikhan" and thus acquired the name of "Chamunda".

Myth behind Durga being worshipped as Chamunda -

While the Goddess and Mahishasura were engaged in a fierce battle, the two generals of Mahisha, Chando and Mundo attacked the Devi from the the rear. Durga appeared to them, a brilliantly glowing woman with her hair knotted on her head, a crescent moon above her forehead, a 'tilak' on her forehead and a garland around her neck. With golden earrings and clad in a yellow saari she emitted a golden glow. Her ten hands possessed ten different weapons. Though she appeared beautiful her face turned blue with anger when she faced Chondo and Mundo. From her third eye then emerged a Devi with a large falchion and a shield. She had a large face, bloody tongue and sunken blood shot eyes. She was Chamunda. With a bloodcurdling shriek she leapt forward and killed them. This moment was the juncture of the 8th and 9th lunar day.

Age old yardsticks for measuring the "Sandhikhan" -

Long back devotees in order to perform the Sandhi Puja at the exact juncture used a number of methods. With the last 24 mins. of the Ashtami puja still left, a bronze bowl with a tiny hole was placed in a bucket full of water. The bowl with the tiny hole was made in such a way that it took exactly 24 minutes for the bowl to submerge in the water. The moment the bowl submerged in the water cannon balls were

fired announcing this moment of Sandhi Puja. This yardstick for measuring the "Sandhikhan" was very popular ages ago in many "Rajbaris". Many "Rajbaris", including, the zamindar of Sutanuti of Sobhabajar Rajbari fired cannon balls to announce the "Sandhikhan". People around Sobhabajar waited for this indication to proceed with their puja. King of Krishnanagar, Raja Krishna Chandra, was given the

cannon of Plassey as a gift from Robert Clive. In Shikharbhum Rajbari a platter with vermillion (sindur) used to be kept in front of the Devi. It is said the foot prints of the Devi could be seen in the platter. This moment indicated the commencement of Sandhi Puja. Sabarno Raychoudhury of Barisha worshipped the Chamunda Devi by burning 'Layta' and 'Pholui' (types of fishes) fishes.

Things needed to perform Sandhi Puja -

Sandhi Puja requires 108 lotus flowers, a single fruit, dry rice grain for "noibiddo", 108 earthen lamps, clothes, jewelry, hibiscus garlands and wood apple (bel) leaves. The almost non existent rituals which underwent changes with the changes in the society can still be seen in some of the 200-250 year old Pujas.

Source : www.bangalinet.com/sandhipuja_article.htm

Production Date: November 11, 1959

Source Type: Photograph

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Unknown

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: William M. Allen (right), president of the Boeing Airplane Company, was named "Industrialist of the Year" Saturday in San Francisco by the Society of Industrial Realtors. Presenting the award, tenth to be given by the society, is Gardner Cowles, editor of Look Magazine. the society, an international organization of industrial real estate brokers, chose Allen for the award on the basis of his company's initiative and achievement in the field of jet aircraft development.

William McPherson Allen was born September 1, 1900, in Lolo, Montana. After earning a degree at the University of Montana, he enrolled at Harvard University where he earned a degree on law in 1925. In 1930, Allen joined the board of directors of Boeing Air Transport while being employed as an attorney with Donworth, Todd & Higgins, a Seattle law firm.

The unexpected death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944 required that Boeing's chairman of the board, Claire Egtvedt, appoint a replacement. Egtvedt turned to Bill Allen, who initially refused to accept the position because he felt that he was unqualified to head the company. Allen, however, later accepted the position and served as the Chief Executive Officer (President) of The Boeing Company from September 1, 1945, to April 29, 1968. He then served as chairman of the company from 1968 to 1972.

Under William M. Allen's leadership, The Boeing Company launched the Boeing 367-80 (Dash 80), a jet-powered passenger airplane and the predecessor of the Boeing 707. Allen was also responsible for the development and launch of the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Boeing 747.

William M. Allen died on October 28, 1985. In 2003, an article published in Fortune ranked William McPherson Allen second among "The 10 Greatest CEOs of All Time," the top CEO being Charles Coffin, the founder of General Electric Company.

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Production Date: July 16, 1966

Source Type: Photograph

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Unknown

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: Guests at the head table at the civic banquet marking Boeing's first half century included, from left, William P. Woods of the civic committee and Mrs. Woods; C. L. Egtvedt, retired Boeing chairman and Mrs. Egtvedt; William M. Allen, Boeing president; Mrs. Juan J. Trippe, wife of the chairman of Pan American World Airways; Trippe, Mrs. William M. Allen; Gov. Daniel J. Evans, Mrs. J. D. Braman and Mayor Braman. Other head-table guests were not pictured. Guests were welcomed by the governor and the mayor.

William McPherson Allen was born September 1, 1900, in Lolo, Montana. After earning a degree at the University of Montana, he enrolled at Harvard University where he earned a degree on law in 1925. In 1930, Allen joined the board of directors of Boeing Air Transport while being employed as an attorney with Donworth, Todd & Higgins, a Seattle law firm.

The unexpected death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944 required that Boeing's chairman of the board, Claire Egtvedt, appoint a replacement. Egtvedt turned to Bill Allen, who initially refused to accept the position because he felt that he was unqualified to head the company. Allen, however, later accepted the position and served as the Chief Executive Officer (President) of The Boeing Company from September 1, 1945, to April 29, 1968. He then served as chairman of the company from 1968 to 1972.

Under William M. Allen's leadership, The Boeing Company launched the Boeing 367-80 (Dash 80), a jet-powered passenger airplane and the predecessor of the Boeing 707. Allen was also responsible for the development and launch of the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Boeing 747.

William M. Allen died on October 28, 1985. In 2003, an article published in Fortune ranked William McPherson Allen second among "The 10 Greatest CEOs of All Time," the top CEO being Charles Coffin, the founder of General Electric Company.

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Four-horned antelopes at Bandi National Park at Karnataka, Mysore.

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Bandipur National Park (Kannada: ಬಂಡೀಪುರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನ), established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. Bandipur is known for its wildlife and has many types of biomes, but dry deciduous forest is dominant.

The park spans an area of 874 square kilometers (337 sq mi), protecting several species of India's endangered wildlife. Together with the adjoining Nagarhole National Park (643 km2 (248 sq mi)), Mudumalai National Park (320 km2 (120 sq mi)) and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (344 km2 (133 sq mi)), it is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve totaling 2,183 km2 (843 sq mi) making it the largest protected area in southern India.

Bandipur is located in Gundlupet taluq of Chamarajanagar district. It is about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from the city of Mysore on the route to a major tourist destination of Ooty. As a result, Bandipur sees a lot of tourist traffic and there are a lot of wildlife fatalities caused by speeding vehicles that are reported each year. There is a ban on traffic from the hours of dusk to dawn to help bring down deaths of wildlife.

Bandipur National Park located between 75° 12’ 17” E to 76° 51’ 32” E and 11° 35’ 34” N to 11° 57’ 02” N where the Deccan Plateau meets the Western Ghats and the altitude of the park ranges from 680 meters (2,230 ft) to 1,454 meters (4,770 ft). As a result, the park has a variety of biomes including dry deciduous forests, moist deciduous forests and shrublands. The wide range of habitats help support a diverse range of organisms. The park is flanked by the Kabini river in the north and the Moyar river in the south. The Nugu river runs through the park. The highest point in the park is on a hill called Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta, where there is a Hindu temple at the summit. Bandipur has typical tropical climate with distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry and hot period usually begins in early March and can last till the arrival of the monsoon rains in June.

Biology and ecology:

Bandipur National Park helps protect several species of India's endangered wildlife and also provides refuge to other threatened and vulnerable species of flora and fauna.

Flora:

Bandipur supports a wide range of timber trees including: teak (Tectona grandis), rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia), sandalwood (Santalum album V), Indian-laurel (Terminalia tomentosa), Indian kino tree (Pterocarpus marsupium), giant clumping bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus), clumping bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) and Grewia tiliaefolia.

There are also several notable flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs including: kadam tree (Adina cordifolia), Indian gooseberry (Emblica officinalis), crape-myrtle (Lagerstroemia lanceolata), axlewood (Anogeissus latifolia), black myrobalan (Terminalia chebula), Schleichera trijuga, Odina wodiar, flame of the forest (Butea monosperma), golden shower tree (Cassia fistula), satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), black cutch (Acacia catechu), Shorea talura (E), indigoberry (Randia uliginosa)

Fauna:

Bandipur supports a good population of endangered and vulnerable species like Indian elephants, gaurs, tigers, sloth bears, muggers, Indian rock pythons, four-horned antelopes and dholes.

Mammals:

A gray langur

The commonly seen mammals along the public access roads in the park include chital, gray langurs, Indian giant squirrels and elephants.

Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandipur_National_Park

The Troy Chemical Manufacturing Company, Limited

Troy, Latah County, Idaho

Date: 1907

Source Type: Stock Certificate

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Goes Lithographing Company

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: The Troy Chemical Manufacturing Company, Ltd., of Troy, Latah County, Idaho, was organized as an Idaho corporation on August 27, 1906. Public records indicate that the corporation was dissolved on December 1, 1912.

According to incorporation records, the company was formed “to manufacture Charcoal, Tar, Creosote and all other by products from the distillation of wood, to vend and sell same, to buy, hold, bond, lease and sell real-estate, personal property, to sell patent rights for the manufacture of Charcoal, Tar, Creosote and all other by products under patents numbered 154,310 [Improvement in Brick Kilns] and 229,355 [Vapor Burner for Stoves] respectively throughout the United States of America, and to do all things essential or proper to be done in connection with the same in the premises – in the State of Idaho.”

The company was capitalized with $12,000 (12,000 shares at $1.00 par value per share). Initial investors were Peter Brown (6,000 shares), Luther W. Steelsmith (2,500 shares), John F. Ogden (2,500 shares), Oscar A. Johnson (500 shares), and Carl A. Broman (500 shares). By April 1907, the company had erected a manufacturing plant in Troy at the cost of approximately $3,000.

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The following newspaper article was published in the September 5, 1907, issue of The Spokesman Review:

CHARCOAL PLANT IS SUCCESS

Trial of New Company at Troy Proves Its Value.

Stockholders in the Troy Chemical Manufacturing company are considerably elated over the outcome of the initial run of the plant. From the first two retorts nearly 100 gallons of byproducts were obtained from the equivalent of a cord of wood, in addition to a fine grade of charcoal.

The condenser, which comprises the main patent, works well; as does the storage for gas, which is to be used for illuminating purposes.

Conservative estimates of the value of charcoal and byproducts of dry pine wood now place the figures at $26 per cord. However, it is not the intention of the company to buy cordwood cut for market. Contracts will be let with ranchers for stumps, small scrub pines, etc., and these will now prove a source of profit where they were formerly grubbed, or slashed, and piled up to burn, as the most expedient method of clearing the ground for farming.

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The following news item appeared in the November 29, 1907, issue of the Troy Weekly News:

TAR PLANT PROVES TO BE A BIG SUCCESS

Troy Has a New Industry Capable of Wonderful Development --- Stock Is Bound To Go Up.

The News editor visited the tar plan Wednesday and was shown through the plant. Everything was working fine. From eighty to one hundred sacks per day of charcoal was being turned out, and orders for two car loads were on file. This will go to Spokane. In the big vats were fifty barrels of crude tar and creosote, and piled up ready for shipment lay 800 sacks of charcoal. This coal will bring about $20 per day, the company getting 25 cents per sack, or almost enough to pay all operating expenses. Experiments were made during the week with the crude creosote as a paint and wood preservative, and was pronounced excellent. It beats anything now on the market, and can be had for about half the cost of prepared paint. And it's better. For roofs, barns, bridges, and for dipping fence posts, nothing on earth excells [sic] it. Then at half the expense of the paints now on the market it will certainly find a ready sale. The News invites the farmers to investigate this new product, and to assist in creating a demand for a really meritorious article. It is a matter than should interest the people as it means a saving of fifty per cent in the cost of a better paint than it is now possible to buy. The pain can be colored to suit. Samples are on exhibition at Olson & Johnson's hardware store.

Sources:

The Spokesman Review, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington; September 2, 1907; Volume 25, Number 82, Page 6, Column 2. Column titled "Charcoal Plant is Success."

Troy Weekly News, Troy, Latah County, Idaho; November 29, 1907; Volume 14, Number 22, Page 1, Columns 1-3. Column titled "Tar Plant Proves to be a Big Success."

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Production Date: April 23, 1962

Source Type: Photograph

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: News Bureau, The Boeing Company (#S-6880, #P 29424)

Postmark: Not Applicable

Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: The United States-Boeing Spacearium theater was dedicated last night with the snipping of this 70mm motion picture film by Mrs. William M. Allen (l), wife of the President of The Boeing Company and Mrs. Athelstan Spilhaus (r), wife of the Commissioner of the United States Science Exhibit. Matrons of Honor looking on are -- Mrs. Luther Hodges, wife of the United States Secretary of Commerce; Mrs. Craig Colgate, wife of the Deputy Commissioner of the United States Science Exhibit; and Mrs. D. M. Bernard, Jr., daughter of Secretary Hodges.

The United States-Boeing Spacearium was located within the United States Science Pavilion at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.

William McPherson Allen was born September 1, 1900, in Lolo, Montana. After earning a degree at the University of Montana, he enrolled at Harvard University where he earned a degree on law in 1925. In 1930, Allen joined the board of directors of Boeing Air Transport while being employed as an attorney with Donworth, Todd & Higgins, a Seattle law firm.

The unexpected death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944 required that Boeing's chairman of the board, Claire Egtvedt, appoint a replacement. Egtvedt turned to Bill Allen, who initially refused to accept the position because he felt that he was unqualified to head the company. Allen, however, later accepted the position and served as the Chief Executive Officer (President) of The Boeing Company from September 1, 1945, to April 29, 1968. He then served as chairman of the company from 1968 to 1972.

Under William M. Allen's leadership, The Boeing Company launched the Boeing 367-80 (Dash 80), a jet-powered passenger airplane and the predecessor of the Boeing 707. Allen was also responsible for the development and launch of the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Boeing 747.

William M. Allen died on October 28, 1985. In 2003, an article published in Fortune ranked William McPherson Allen second among "The 10 Greatest CEOs of All Time," the top CEO being Charles Coffin, the founder of General Electric Company.

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Cartoon from Punch magazine 1885.

Punch the London magazine of wit, satire and political humour.

Seagulls at Flight - @ Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary - Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Pulicat lake bird sanctuary is a saline backwater lake lying along the T.N.-A.P coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of T.N. It has an area of 481 sq.KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa. The area on the TN side is 153.67 sq.km.

The Pulicat sanctuary is drained by Arni river while the Buckingham canal brings in the city’s drainage water. At the southern end is an opening on to Bay of Bengal through a shallow mouth of 200 m in width. The rest of the lake is closed by a sand bar running parallel to the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Sriharikota island.

The sanctuary has an area of 321 Sq. KM with 108 sq.KM of National Park area.

It lies within 11o 30’ N to 11o 42’ N and 76o 30’ E to 76o 45’ E.

Rainfall ranges from 800 - 2000mm. Temperature varies from 14o C to 33o C.

Altitude ranges from 100’ MSL to 1200’ MSL.

The wetlands eco system are considered as among the richest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 species of polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 speceis of birds are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.

Among the most spectacular is the flamingo-a tall gaunt, white-coloured bird with a touch of pink on the wings, pink beak and legs, seen feeding in shallow water. The squat, large-billed grey pelican with gular pouch and a number of ducks are commonly seen. Flocks of sea gulls and terns circling in the sky or bobbing up and down on the water are an added attraction at pulicat. Besides, there are a number of waterside birds and waders such as curlews, stilts, plovers, sand pipers, lapwings, redshank. Egrets, herons, kites etc. are some other birds found here. The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects, spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species like gilled leech, an unidentified bloodred fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of bio diversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the resons hastening siltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisherfolk of their livelihood.

Source : www.forests.tn.nic.in/wildbiodiversity/bs_plbs.html

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Production Date: January 4, 1970

Source Type: Photograph

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Richard S. Heyza

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: William Allen, Boeing Co. Board Chairman, shook hands with astronaut Richard Gordon. Senator Warren G. Magnuson introduced them at Boeing Field.

William McPherson Allen was born September 1, 1900, in Lolo, Montana. After earning a degree at the University of Montana, he enrolled at Harvard University where he earned a degree on law in 1925. In 1930, Allen joined the board of directors of Boeing Air Transport while being employed as an attorney with Donworth, Todd & Higgins, a Seattle law firm.

The unexpected death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944 required that Boeing's chairman of the board, Claire Egtvedt, appoint a replacement. Egtvedt turned to Bill Allen, who initially refused to accept the position because he felt that he was unqualified to head the company. Allen, however, later accepted the position and served as the Chief Executive Officer (President) of The Boeing Company from September 1, 1945, to April 29, 1968. He then served as chairman of the company from 1968 to 1972.

Under William M. Allen's leadership, The Boeing Company launched the Boeing 367-80 (Dash 80), a jet-powered passenger airplane and the predecessor of the Boeing 707. Allen was also responsible for the development and launch of the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Boeing 747.

William M. Allen died on October 28, 1985. In 2003, an article published in Fortune ranked William McPherson Allen second among "The 10 Greatest CEOs of All Time," the top CEO being Charles Coffin, the founder of General Electric Company.

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Collection: Porter County Public Library, Valparaiso Branch, Genealogy Department

Remark: Lewis Henry Robbins residence was a fourteen room Queen Anne style house considered exceptional when it was constructed in 1897. The home was located Robbins Road (County Road 875 North) and east of McCool Road in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana. The structure was razed in the late 1980s.

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PRADERA

FARM

VALPARAISO, IND.

NATURAL

GUERNSEY

MILK

Date: Circa 1950s

Source Type: Milk Cap

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: This dairy cap is four inches in diameter and was used to cap crocks of milk. Pradera Farm was located along County Road 500 North in Washington Township, Porter County, Indiana, and operated a dairy; the farm also had a very active Guernsey cow breeding program that was recognized nationally for the production of milk produced by its cows.

Pradera Farm was owned by Arthur Horton. Arthur Horton was born May 25, 1911, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On November 22, 1937, Horton married Ethel Vanek. In addition to farming and dairy operations, Arthur was an executive of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Chicago for many years. At the time of his death, Arthur was the chairman of the board of the company.

The first manager of Pradera Farm was Earl Hanrahan. Earl was a younger brother of Leroy "Pete" Hanrahan. Pete was the first farm manager of Colonel Robert Heffron Murray's Sunset Hill Farm in Porter County's Liberty Township. Robert Murray's first wife was Sue Mary Horton, the aunt of Pradera Farm's owner Arthur Horton.

Pradera Farm ceased dairying operations during the fall of 1959, selling its herd of 110 Holstein dairy cows and heifers, dairy equipment, 700 bales of alfalfa feed and hay, and 400 bales of straw.

Sources:

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; November 9, 1938; Volume 12, Page 10, Columns 1-3. Column titled "First Year of Herd Testing is Completed."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; August 2, 1939; Volume 13, Page 8, Columns 1-2. Column titled "First Year of Herd Testing is Completed."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; March 11, 1949; Volume 22, Number 10, Page 9, Column 3. Column titled "Horton Cows Are Given National Recognition."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 4, 1959; Volume 33, Number 129, Page 10, Column 8. Column titled "Public Sale."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; February 3, 1973; Volume 46, Number 180, Page 9, Column 1. Column titled "Obituaries. Arthur Horton, 61."

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Date: Circa 1920

Source Type: Photograph

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown

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Remark: A note handwritten in ink and dated October 26, 1994, is attached to the back of this photograph. The note reads:

"This man is Uncle Bill Martinsen, his wife and mother. Some place in Indiana way out in the country. I went along with dad. I was about 6 or 7 - no date. Slept over nite. I walked all over that store, got candy. It was alongside there [sic] house. Nobody ever mentioned our grandpa Martine. Never ever went back. 10/26/94."

This photograph was obtained from an individual located in Portage, Porter County, Indiana. Research using genealogy databases and commercial directories strongly suggest that this was the mercantile store operated by William M. Martinsen in Kingsbury, LaPorte County, Indiana. Kingsbury remains relatively rural today and in the early 1920s would have likely been perceived by a six or seven year old as "way out in the country."

Given information in the note, the man behind the counter is believed to be William M. Martinsen. He was born September 24, 1868, in LaPorte County, Indiana, the son of Johann F. Martinsen and Caroline (Lortz) Martinsen. He died on September 6, 1942 at Holy Family Hospital in LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana, and was buried in Tracy Cemetery in Tracy, LaPorte County, Indiana.

William married Mary Diedrich on October 19, 1892, in LaPorte County, and she is believed to be the woman in the center behind the counter. Mary was born February 6, 1877, the daughter of Johann and Christina Diedrich, and died on September 9, 1930, in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. She is buried next to William.

The woman to the right behind the counter seems to be identified by the note as being the mother of William. However, William's mother died in 1906. Perhaps this is the mother of Mary. Mary's mother, Christina Diedrich, was born on May 13, 1847, and died on May 17, 1930. If this is indeed Christina, then she would have been about 70 to 75 years old when this photograph was taken.

Federal census records are consistent in indicating that William was a farmer. However, it was not uncommon for general stores located in rural areas to be operated by farmers.

Sources:

Ancestry.com, federal census records.

The Shoe and Leather Mercantile Agency, Inc. 1924. General Rating Book. July Issue. Chicago, Illinois: The Shoe and Leather Mercantile Agency, Ind. 1,348 p. [see p. 249]

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Date: July 10, 1938

Source Type: Photograph

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Chicago Daily Times

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Remark: This photograph was taken by a photographer employed by the Chicago Daily Times, which merged with the Chicago Sun to form the Chicago Sun-Times in 1948. Typed on the reverse of this 8" x 10" photograph is the following: "Edwin Furness Leigh, 57, in garden of his home at Furnessville, Ind. - grandson of founder of Furnessville." Edwin Furness Leigh was born on June 27, 1881, in Indiana, and died on November 11, 1949, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Edwin was married to Maud Norris on November 21, 1906, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona.

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Camp Bungalow at Night

Civilian Conservation Corps

Production Date: 1935

Source Type: Photograph

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Remark: Camp Bungalow was located on the North Fork of the Clearwater River near the mouth of Orogrande Creek and was established by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The camp was situated just north of the Bungalow Ranger Station, which no longer exists. Camp Bungalow was officially registered as Camp F-193, Company 603 in the CCC. Headquarters, Idaho, is located approximately 12 miles west of this former CCC camp.

Wendell M. Stark writes in his book North Fork of the Clearwater River the following passage concerning this CCC camp (p. 260):

"By 1934, there were two permanent camps on the Clearwater National Forest. The first to be established was Camp Bungalow (F-193), located along the North Fork of the Clearwater River just north of the Bungalow Ranger Station.... At Camp Bungalow, comprised mostly of men from Arkansas, Missouri, and Minnesota, jobs included improving and widening the Bungalow road, building bridges, and improving campsites along the North Fork.... Camp Bungalow was vacated in November 1941, thus ending the presence of the CCC camps within the forest."

Information Source:

Stark, Wendell M. 2013. North Fork of the Clearwater River: The Almost Forgotten History. Bloomington, Indiana: Xlibris Corporation. 352 p.

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Date taken: 14th February 2022.

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My first shot of Spring, 2010. Hopefully, I'll have time to shoot many more.

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LOGIE-BUCHAN, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Ellon; containing 713 inhabitants.

The word Logie, expressive of a low-lying spot, was given to this place on account of its applicability to the tract in which the church is situated; while the affix is descriptive of the position of the parish in that part of the county called Buchan.

Logie-Buchan Parish Church is located on the southern slope of the River Ythan valley, in gently rolling countryside with small fields, rough grazing and enclosures of trees. There is a narrow trackway and footbridge across the river a short distance to the north. The church stands in a sloping graveyard, bounded by a rubble wall. The large former manse is positioned to the south and the church itself closed recently and a new use had not been found when it was visited (2012).

A church here was granted to Aberdeen Cathedral by David II in 1361, while the current church was built in the late 18th century with later additions and alterations.

Description (exterior)

The church is a small, simple building with little architectural detailing. It is aligned roughly east-west and has harled, rubble walls and a slate roof. There are narrow strips of granite stone around the windows and doors. The church is rectangular on plan, with a small, gabled porch and a lean-to vestry at the west end.

The east elevation has a hipped or piended roof rather than a gable. There are two rectangular windows with simple timber tracery and small panes of leaded glass. There has clearly been alterations carried out at this end of the church, shown by two blocked openings, a doorway and window, in the centre of the east elevation.

The north elevation of the church has four equally-spaced rectangular windows, each with simple tracery and latticed glazing. The opposite south elevation has two larger rectangular windows, towards the centre, again with tracery and latticed glazing.

The west end of the church has a small, gabled porch with a rectangular doorway on the south side, which is the main entrance into the church. There is a rectangular window in the west gable of this porch and a tall chimney rises from the apex, serving a fireplace in the small lean-to vestry extension to the north of the porch. The church has a tall gable at the west end, topped by an ashlar-built bellcote, which has a stone ball finial.

Description (interior)

Some of the fittings remain in the church but are likely to be removed if and when a new use is found for the church, which is no longer in use.

People / Organisations:

Name RoleDates Notes

William RuxtonRecast the interior 1912

Robert MaxwellMade the church bell1728

Events:

Church built on site of older church (1787)

Porch and vestry added to west (1891)

Interior recast (1912)

Logie-Buchan is separated on the east from the German Ocean by the parish of Slains, and is intersected by the river Ythan.

The river abounds with various kinds of trout, also with salmon, eels, lounders, and mussels; and pearls are still occasionally found.

It has a ferry opposite the parish church, where its breadth at low water is about sixty yards; and two boats are kept, one for general passengers, and the other, a larger boat, for the conveyance of the parishioners to church from the northern side.

A tradition has long prevailed that the largest pearl in the crown of Scotland was obtained in the Ythan; and it appears that, about the middle of the last century, £100 were paid by a London jeweller to gentleman in Aberdeen, for pearls found in the river.

Most of the inhabitants of the district are employed in agricultural pursuits, a small brick-work recently established being the only exception.

The great north road from Aberdeen passes through the parish, and the mail and other public coaches travel to and fro daily. On another road, leading to the shipping-port of Newburgh, the tenantry have a considerable traffic in grain, lime, and coal, the last procured from England, and being the chief fuel.

The river Ythan is navigable for lighters often or twelve tons' burthen at high water. The marketable produce of the parish is sent to Aberdeen. Logie- Buchan is ecclesiastically in the presbytery of Ellon, synod of Aberdeen, and in the patronage of Mr. Buchan.

The church was built in 1787, and contains 400 sittings.

Cemeteries - Presbyterian / Unitarian

Logie Buchan Parish Church, Logie-Buchan, Church of Scotland

The church of Logie-Buchan was dedicated to St Andrew.

St Andrew's Church was built in 1787 and has been much altered. It contains a 1728 bell.

Logie-Buchan (Aberdeen, Buchan). Also known as Logie Talargy, the church was granted by David II in 1361 to the common fund of the canons of Aberdeen cathedral, and this was confirmed to the uses of the canons by Alexander, bishop of Aberdeen in 1362, both parsonage and vicarage fruits being annexed while the cure was to become a vicarage pensionary.

Although possession was obtained by the dean and chapter, this was subsequently lost, and the church had to be re-annexed in 1437, the previous arrangement being adhered to, with both parsonage and vicarage remaining annexed.

St Andrew's Kirk, 1787. Undistinguished externally, porch 1891, inside original ceiling with Adam-like centrepiece and two-light Gothic windows, part of 1912 recasting, William Buxton. Pulpit was originally in the centre of the N wall with a horseshoe gallery bearing the Buchan coat of arms (George Reid, Peterhead, carver). Monuments to Thomas (d. 1819) and Robert (d. 1825) Buchan.

Bell, 1728, Robert Maxwell. Church bought by Captain David Buchan to ensure access and survival.

Kirkyard: plain ashlar gatepiers and rubble walls; some table tombs.

Production Date: October 19, 1958

Source Type: Photograph

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: United States Air Force (#4244 3)

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: Major General Ben I. Funk, Commander, AMC Ballistic Missiles Center, and Mr. William M. Allen, President, Boeing Airplane Company, have just signed the initial development contract for assembly and testing of the solid fuel MINUTEMAN Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Brigadier General O. J. Ritland, Deputy Commander, Air Force Ballistic Missiles Division, and Lt. Colonel James H. Foster, Director, MINUTEMAN Weapons System, Ballistic Missiles Center, look on.

William McPherson Allen was born September 1, 1900, in Lolo, Montana. After earning a degree at the University of Montana, he enrolled at Harvard University where he earned a degree on law in 1925. In 1930, Allen joined the board of directors of Boeing Air Transport while being employed as an attorney with Donworth, Todd & Higgins, a Seattle law firm.

The unexpected death of Boeing president Philip G. Johnson in 1944 required that Boeing's chairman of the board, Claire Egtvedt, appoint a replacement. Egtvedt turned to Bill Allen, who initially refused to accept the position because he felt that he was unqualified to head the company. Allen, however, later accepted the position and served as the Chief Executive Officer (President) of The Boeing Company from September 1, 1945, to April 29, 1968. He then served as chairman of the company from 1968 to 1972.

Under William M. Allen's leadership, The Boeing Company launched the Boeing 367-80 (Dash 80), a jet-powered passenger airplane and the predecessor of the Boeing 707. Allen was also responsible for the development and launch of the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Boeing 747.

William M. Allen died on October 28, 1985. In 2003, an article published in Fortune ranked William McPherson Allen second among "The 10 Greatest CEOs of All Time," the top CEO being Charles Coffin, the founder of General Electric Company.

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I visited this box on 4 August 1966. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.

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In 1973 there were 2 sets of signalling alterations affecting Derwenthaugh box.

In the first stage, from 8 April 1973, Norwood's semaphore signals were replaced by colour light signals. Absolute Block Working was applicable between Norwood and Derwenthaugh and the lines between the 2 boxes were renamed Up and Down Blaydon lines. Courtesy of The Signalling Record Society www.s-r-s.org.uk/home.php they can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51830057008/in/album-...

The next part affected Blaydon - Derwenthaugh - Norwood and abolished the semaphore signals at Blaydon and Derwenthaugh, replacing them with colour light signals. Track Circuit Block Regulations were applied to the lines between all three boxes. Courtesy of The Signalling Record Society www.s-r-s.org.uk/home.php they can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51750491833/in/album-...

Although the date on the notice was 12 August 1973 the work was postponed until 2 September 1973.

The lever frame was taken out and a temporary panel installed.

On 6 December 1973 the box closed with Tyne Yard Power Signal Box controlling the signalling.

On 12 April 1997 - Tyneside (Gateshead workstation) takes over the signalling. A work desk photo is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51830219471/in/album-...

Additional Links can be seen here

www.swalwelluk.co.uk/picpages/pic-raines.html

www.swalwelluk.co.uk/railways.html

I didn't take an exterior photo of the box but the links below will show you some excellent photos taken by Trevor Ermel, and used with his kind permission:

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My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51814507265/in/album-...

and one Trevor Ermel took is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51814554480/in/album-...

The Sectional Appendix pages are here

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The quite accurate location of the box was 420670 (Easting) 563220 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....

A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....

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VALPARAISO, IND.

1873

1898

Date: 1898

Source Type: Medal

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: S. D. Childs

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: The Northern Indiana Normal School was the predecessor of Valparaiso University. The school was founded by Henry Baker Brown in 1873 after the Valparaiso Male and Female College closed in 1871 due to financial issues brought about by the Civil War. The Valparaiso Male and Female College was founded by Methodists in 1859.

In 1900, the Northern Indiana Normal School was renamed Valparaiso College and then rechartered as Valparaiso University in 1906.

This medal commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Northern Indiana Normal School.

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Flamingos - @ Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary - Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Pulicat lake bird sanctuary is a saline backwater lake lying along the T.N.-A.P coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of T.N. It has an area of 481 sq.KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa. The area on the TN side is 153.67 sq.km.

The Pulicat sanctuary is drained by Arni river while the Buckingham canal brings in the city’s drainage water. At the southern end is an opening on to Bay of Bengal through a shallow mouth of 200 m in width. The rest of the lake is closed by a sand bar running parallel to the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Sriharikota island.

The sanctuary has an area of 321 Sq. KM with 108 sq.KM of National Park area.

It lies within 11o 30’ N to 11o 42’ N and 76o 30’ E to 76o 45’ E.

Rainfall ranges from 800 - 2000mm. Temperature varies from 14o C to 33o C.

Altitude ranges from 100’ MSL to 1200’ MSL.

The wetlands eco system are considered as among the richest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 species of polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 speceis of birds are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.

Among the most spectacular is the flamingo-a tall gaunt, white-coloured bird with a touch of pink on the wings, pink beak and legs, seen feeding in shallow water. The squat, large-billed grey pelican with gular pouch and a number of ducks are commonly seen. Flocks of sea gulls and terns circling in the sky or bobbing up and down on the water are an added attraction at pulicat. Besides, there are a number of waterside birds and waders such as curlews, stilts, plovers, sand pipers, lapwings, redshank. Egrets, herons, kites etc. are some other birds found here. The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects, spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species like gilled leech, an unidentified bloodred fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of bio diversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the resons hastening siltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisherfolk of their livelihood.

Source : www.forests.tn.nic.in/wildbiodiversity/bs_plbs.html

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Three Painted Storks waiting for a pray - @ Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary - Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Pulicat lake bird sanctuary is a saline backwater lake lying along the T.N.-A.P coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of T.N. It has an area of 481 sq.KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa. The area on the TN side is 153.67 sq.km.

The Pulicat sanctuary is drained by Arni river while the Buckingham canal brings in the city’s drainage water. At the southern end is an opening on to Bay of Bengal through a shallow mouth of 200 m in width. The rest of the lake is closed by a sand bar running parallel to the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Sriharikota island.

The sanctuary has an area of 321 Sq. KM with 108 sq.KM of National Park area.

It lies within 11o 30’ N to 11o 42’ N and 76o 30’ E to 76o 45’ E.

Rainfall ranges from 800 - 2000mm. Temperature varies from 14o C to 33o C.

Altitude ranges from 100’ MSL to 1200’ MSL.

The wetlands eco system are considered as among the richest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 species of polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 speceis of birds are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.

Among the most spectacular is the flamingo-a tall gaunt, white-coloured bird with a touch of pink on the wings, pink beak and legs, seen feeding in shallow water. The squat, large-billed grey pelican with gular pouch and a number of ducks are commonly seen. Flocks of sea gulls and terns circling in the sky or bobbing up and down on the water are an added attraction at pulicat. Besides, there are a number of waterside birds and waders such as curlews, stilts, plovers, sand pipers, lapwings, redshank. Egrets, herons, kites etc. are some other birds found here. The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects, spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species like gilled leech, an unidentified bloodred fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of bio diversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the resons hastening siltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisherfolk of their livelihood.

Source : www.forests.tn.nic.in/wildbiodiversity/bs_plbs.html

Week 39

This week's shot is brought to you by the Kongos - Come With Me Now. (the cool part... they live in Phoenix! :D )

All parts of the song are applicable... the bold parts, most of all.

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Afraid to lose control

And caught up in this world

I've wasted time, I've wasted breath

I think I've thought myself to death

I heard him say (come with me now)

lesson learned this week... if you are there for a friend when they need you, you are a friend. if a friend isn't around when you need them, they weren't ever a friend in the first place.

Flower Aparajita or Clitoria ternatea (Sanskrit: श्वेतां, विष्णूक्रांता)is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family. A Macro shot.

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This plant is native to tropical equatorial Asia, but has been introduced to Africa, Australia and America.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant. Its leaves are elliptic and obtuse. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist neutral soil. The most striking feature about this plant are its vivid deep blue flowers. They are solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4 cm long by 3 cm wide. There are some varieties that yield white flowers.

The fruits are 5 – 7 cm long, flat pods with 6 to 10 seeds in each pod. They are edible when tender.

It is grown as an ornamental plant and as a revegetation species (e.g., in coal mines in Australia), requiring little care when cultivated. Its roots fix nitrogen and therefore this plant is also used to improve soil quality.

In traditional Ayurvedic medicine, it has been used for centuries as a memory enhancer, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing and sedative agent.

Flower and pods in different states of ripenessIn Southeast Asia the flowers are used to colour food. In Malay cooking, an aqueous extract is used to colour glutinous rice for kuih ketan (also known as pulut tai tai in Peranakan/Nyonya cooking) and in nonya chang. In Thailand, a syrupy blue drink is made called nam dok anchan (น้ำดอกอัญชัน). In Burma the flowers are used as food, often they are dipped in batter and fried.

In animal tests the methanolic extract of Clitoria ternatea roots demonstrated nootropic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant and antistress activity. The active constituent(s) include Tannins, resins, Starch, Taraxerol & Taraxerone.

Clitoria ternatea root extracts are capable of curing whooping cough if taken orally[citation needed]. The extract from the white-flowered plant can cure goiter. The roots are used in ayurveda Indian medicine.

Recently, several biologically active peptides called cliotides have been isolated from the heat-stable fraction of Clitoria ternatea extract. Cliotides belong to the cyclotides family[4] and acvities studies show that cliotides display potent antimicrobial activity against E. coli, K. pneumonia, P. aeruginosa and cytotoxicity against HeLa cells. These peptides have potential to be lead compound for the development of novel antimicrobial and anti-cancer agents.

Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoria_ternatea

Lake at Sand Dunes

Date: 1928

Source Type: Photograph

Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: This photograph was part a group of photographs taken on a family's vacation to the Indiana Dunes State Park in 1928.

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RED LANTerN INN Beverly Shores

Date: Circa 1980s

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Remark: Text on reverse - The beautiful Red Lantern Inn is a resort hotel on the shores of Lake Michigan at Beverly Shores, Ind. It features intimate dining rooms. Large banquet facilities (for up to 500). Private business meeting and dining rooms. Hotel rooms opening onto beautiful Lake Michigan. Superb beaches. Phone (219) 874-6201 for banquet, dining, or hotel reservations. Ray Stuermer, A.I.A. Architect.

Formerly Lenard's Casino, the Lenard family sold their property to Bill Dubulak, Jack "Red" Panazzo, Neil Ruzic, and Joseph Ruzic in 1967. These men created the Red Lantern Inn. Dibulak and Panazzo were former owners of the Red Lantern Inn supper club on West 63rd Street in Chicago.

A resort, The Red Lantern Inn was designed around the existing Lenard's Casino structure by Long Beach, LaPorte County, Indiana, architect and Notre Dame University professor Ray Stuermer.

The first event took place in the facility's Lake View Banquet Room on Saturday, April 26, 1968, when Rose Kennedy was the featured speaker at a political gathering for her son Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign.

The property was purchased in 1971 by the United States Department of Interior's National Park Service. The purchase included a Reservation of Use Permit issued to Ralph and Grace Larson, of Minnesota, who continued operation of the facility until Saturday, October 4, 1986, when the Red Lantern Inn permanently closed and soon demolished. The site is now the picnic and parking overlook along Lake Michigan in the Indiana Dunes National Park.

Information contributed by Carl O. Reed.

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VALPARAISO CITY PUBLIC GRADED SCHOOL

PORTER CO., INDIANA. - {ERECTED 1871.}

TRUSTEES

A. FREEMAN, Pres.

A. E. LETTS, Treas.

T. T. MAULSBY, Sec.y

Date: 1876

Source Type: Engraving

Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Baskin, Forster & Company

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Collection: Steven R. Shook

Remark: This particular site located at 305 North Franklin Avenue has been occupied by four different school buildings - Valparaiso Collegiate Institute (1861-1871), the first Central School seen in this image (1871-1903), the second Central School (1904-1938), and Central Elementary School (1938-present).

The Valparaiso Collegiate Institute was a four-room structure opened by the Presbyterians in 1861. When the Valparaiso Collegiate Institute went defunct, the school trustees for the City of Valparaiso purchased the site and buildings on it for use as a public school.

The construction of the original Central School, seen here, commenced in 1871. The general contractor for the building was Bonham and Winslow. Stone and brick was contracted to Shade and Gregg, James O'Keefe had the painting contract, and R. Rose was architect. Incidentally, R. Rose was also the architect of the Porter County jail constructed in 1870. This school building was made using more than 1,017,000 bricks and 150,000 board feet of lumber. Each quadrangle tower was 100 feet in height, and a veranda was constructed on the east side of the building. The stone steps used at the entrances were quarried from Joliet, Illinois. The structure consisted of sixteen study rooms, an intermediate floor on the second floor, and an assembly room, sometimes referred to as a chapel, measuring 64 by 36 feet in dimension and lit by four hanging chandeliers. A large restroom was also located within the building.

It has been noted that the towns of Wanatah and Wheeler could be seen from the towers without the aid of optical equipment. The school opened with an enrollment of 400 students and with William H. Banta serving as superintendent. The first Valparaiso High School class graduated from this building in 1874. This building was replaced in 1904 by the Central School Building, which was later destroyed by fire in 1938. Today, the site is occupied by the Central Elementary School.

The following news item appeared in the December 16, 1875, issue of the Porter County Vidette concerning this image:

"The pictures of the Normal, high school, and other building were drawn during the last week, designed as illustrations for the forth-coming state atlas."

Sources:

Andreas, Alfred T. 1876. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois: Baskin, Forster & Company. 462 p. [p. 32]

Porter County Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 16, 1875; Volume 19, Number 50, Page 3, Column 2. Column titled "Local."

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