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Le port Saint-Goustan (ou « de Saint-Goustan ») est un ancien port de pêche et de commerce, situé en bordure de la rivière d'Auray (ou rivière du Loc'h), devenu l'un des quartiers d'Auray dans le département du Morbihan. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Saint-Goustan
Maisons à pan de bois : Monuments historiques - 19 et 21 place Saint-Sauveur/ 1, rue Franklin (Bar Franklin) : 16ème siècle, inscrites MH, 1935, façade et toiture.
Auray fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auray en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auray
Rivière d'Auray - C'est une ria (ou aber) qui commence à Auray, dans le département du Morbihan, dans la région Bretagne. C'est la ria du Loc'h. La rivière d'Auray se jette dans le golfe du Morbihan et est navigable. La longueur de son cours d'eau est de 56,3 km. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re_d%27Auray
February 2023 - Edited and uploaded 2023/02/26
Many viewers may know that Benjamin Franklin, a statesman, scientist and one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, is pictured on the U.S. $100 bill, shown above. But a little known fact is that his younger brother, Kenny, was considered for the $1,000 bill.
The decision was ultimately made to instead feature Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th U.S. president, on the $1,000 bill. But I have managed to lay hands on one of the Kenny Franklin prototype bills, which is pictured here. He actually looked a lot like his brother, doncha think?
...just kidding. I've been fooling around with Photoshop again...with apologies to Ben. 😋
Crazy Tuesday: "Currency and/or Banknotes" theme
HCT
Philadelphia native Ben Franklin has been lounging on a McMinneville bench since April 2010. He was sculpted by Gary Price.
Stamp collecting was something I did as a kid and learned so much about history and geography. These one cent stamps are from a letter to my grandmother that was mailed in 1916.
They come in handy as bookmarks for those little booklets that you can buy in Las Vegas that tell you how to "win." ;-)
Macro Mondays: "Bookmark" theme
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ADAC Luftrettung
Eurocopter EC135 P2
Reg.: D-HLGB
@ Germany, Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin
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A whimsical abstract silhouette sculpture of Benjamin Franklin on N 17th Street overlooking the Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia
I got rained on while taking this shot of the Benjamin Franklin Monument in Lafayette Square. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Upon great reflection, I wonder?
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Albert Camus
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants--everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world.
Franklin Roosevelt
Liberties aren't given, they are taken.
Aldous Huxley
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Macro - Laowa CF 65mm f/16.0 Macro 2X
Actual image is 1.125" wide, and is taken from a USA $100 bill.
Visitors toss a penny onto the stone at Philadelphia's Christ Church burying ground (something of a tourist attraction) for good luck, because of Ben Franklin's saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned." The caretakers at say this has caused the crack there.
This photo is the fifth in this mini-series on the former Franklin Life Insurance Company complex in Springfield. The three office buildings shown in the first and second photos in this series are now owned by the State of Illinois, and today house the offices of the Illinois State Police.
Standing on the east side of South Sixth Street between the first Franklin Life building completed in 1916, and the 14-story second building completed in 1949, is this statue of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States.
The statue, dedicated in 1949, is the work of the highly respected and prolific American sculptor James Earle Fraser (1876-1953). In the statue Franklin is seated, legs apart, with his right hand rested on his stomach and his left hand resting on his right shoulder. He is draped with a cloth that hangs over the back of chair.
Behind the sculpture, inscribed on the exterior wall of a 1952 addition that connects the 1916 and 1949 buildings, is the following inscription: "GOD GRANT THAT NOT ONLY THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BUT A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN MAY PERVADE ALL THE NATIONS OF/THE EARTH SO THAT A PHILOSOPHER MAY SET HIS FOOT ANYWHERE AND SAY THIS IS MY COUNTRY - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN."
Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River at the southern edge of Fairmount Park East with the Schuylkill Rowing Basin in the mid-ground and the Fairmount Dam in the foreground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking north northwest.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Buddha
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
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The flurry of activity through South Broad Street with a view of City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking north northeast.
The skyline of downtown (Center City to locals) east of the Schuylkill River with the Schuylkill River Park on the right hand side mid-ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking northeast.
A candid street photo of a young couple who meets under the Benjamin Franklin's portrait. They are to hug each other. The decisive moment of their meeting. May the happiness be with them. Square format photo.
Leaving Point Hope...
Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin
- A hospital that has been build 50 years ago. The complex has been financed by the Benjamin Franklin Foundation in the US to support Western Berlin. The building has been designed by Curtis & Davis Architects in New Orleans. It combines a huge hospital with medical research. Today, after the re-unification of Berlin, the Campus belongs to the Charité which provides four hospital sites and two medical universities. The facade should remind on a human spine.
The title is a quote from "For Now" (Thomas Feiner & Anywhen). I admit it might be a little bit too depressive for the last days of a year like 2018. Never mind!
A view of the skyline of Center City with Old City in the mid-ground as seen from the pedestrian pathway on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking west.
The ceiling inside the rotunda of the Franklin Institute. Home of the Benjamin Franklin memorial. www.fi.edu/exhibit/benjamin-franklin-memorial
At the courtyard of the City Hall in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking west northwest. Congratulations to the Eagles as the Super Bowl LII Champions!
The Old Meeting House (Unitarian Chapel) Tenterden.
In 1774 the American Statesman & Philosopher Benjamin Franklin visited Tenterden and worshiped in this house with his friend Joseph Priestly.
Photography © Jeremy Sage
Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River at the southern edge of Fairmount Park East with the Schuylkill Rowing Basin in the mid-ground and the Fairmount Dam in the foreground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looking north.
I had to look up what the quote about "Sense being preferable to sound" on the statute base was referring to.
This is from Wikiepedia:
"It was hoped that Benjamin Franklin would donate a bell for a church steeple in the town, but donated 116 books instead, beginning a debate over who should be allowed access to these books. On November 20, 1790, it was decided that the volumes would be lent to the residents of Franklin for free via its library, which has been in operation since then. "
In a nutshell, they got books (sense) instead of a bell (sound). Now I know!