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A second upload of the statue of Benjamin Franklin of 1889, by Jacques Jouvenal. When unveiled, it stood two blocks away from its present Pennsylvania Avenue site, but was moved to the corner of 12th Street NW to stand outside the Old Post Office Building in 1980.
Week 6: Going Green
For me, green means money. Houston is a very oil rich city, it's also the 4th most polluted city in the US (by ozone). If it weren't for the oil industry, I wouldn't have a job. It's harder for us to think green. We don't have a whole lot of mountains, trees and rivers to protect unlike the northwest. We don't have nice public transportation systems and we all drive huge trucks and suvs. Instead, we are surrounded by the major oil companies like Texaco, BP and Shell that fuel (pun intended) Houston's economy. For many, going green means looking out for the future. Pictured above represents my future in a different way, my "Nest Egg". For me, going green means saving up enough green-backs for the future even if that means the environment has to take a backseat.
This photo was rather difficult to pull off and was inspired by another fellow strobist by the name of "the light wisperer." Strobe #1 was used to project an image of ben franklin onto the egg by lighting up a 100 dollar bill and bouncing the light through a 50mm 1.4 lens. This strobe was also green gelled and snooted. Strobe #2 was fired through an umbrella for fill.
-Benjamin Franklin
I got this last week to start putting my coins in. I use the quarters for doing laundry but the other coins i have, I ve no idea what to do with them. So, i ve decided to save it up in this cute little piggy pank i found. I know it says trip money on there, but i think i m going to save up for my next lens instead.
Another one for the 10 meter challenge and the "Rule of Thirds"
Great Name - A Great Hotel
Chestnut at Ninth Street
Philadelphia's largest modern hotel located in the center of shopping, theatre and historic shrine district. 1200 modern rooms - 1200 baths; unexcelled cuisine in our modern restaurants and cocktail room. Banquet rooms for 10 to 1200 persons. Modern garage, owner and operated by hotel
Ed here Feb. 24-25, 1966
Published by Stand Photo Service, 2301 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 3, Pa.
Number: S24301
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Today we took a ride to clear our brains.
Needed some sun and a dose of laughter
to counterbalance the stressful week just past.
This did it!
“He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
“There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.- Mahatma Gandhi”
Macro Monday project – 03/17/14
"Green”
Honoring a Great Name
Chestnut at Ninth Street
Philadelphia's largest and most modern hotel located in the center of shopping, theatre and historic shrine district. 1200 modern rooms - 1200 baths; unexcelled cuisine in our modern restaurants and Cocktail Room. Ice Show and Dancing. Owned and operated by the hotel is a modern garage.
Richtone Exclusively by Steelograph Co., Brooklyn 15, N.U.
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is the genius who thought of posting signs asking people not to take pens. You may not have known that.
Independence Hall is where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. It is now the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The United States Declaration of Independence was approved there on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration was read aloud to the public in the area now known as Independence Square. This document unified the colonies in North America who declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. These historic events are celebrated annually with a national holiday for U.S. Independence Day.
Inside the chapel...Captured at Eastern State Penitentiary, mostly in the non-public areas — with NJ Photo Crew
boston, massachusetts
late 1950s
gate, old city hall
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
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#BenjaminFranklin, American politician, died #onthisday in 1790. Here is his statue by French sculptor J.A. Houdon
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Mühlenweg 3/2
3244 Ruprechtshofeng
Austria - Europe
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World War I-era photograph shows Marhsal Joseph Joffre and Philadelphia mayor, Thomas B. Smith, visiting Benjamin Franklin's grave on May 9, 1917. Marshal Joffre, the "Victor of the Marne," was visiting Philadelphia as a member of the French High Commission. Both France and Great Britain sent delegations to the United States following the American declaration of war against Germany on April 8, 1917.
Accession number: 7066.Q.10
Photographed is Benjamin Franklin bridge connecting the cities of Philadelphia and Camden across Delaware River. This shot was captured from Camden, NJ.
Through some borrowing and favors I assembled various states of #silver for the week's catchy colors theme.
At the top, a Reed & Barton "Lark" pattern silver spoon and a National Silverplate silver plated spoon sit atop an old silver ingot from the San Francisco Assay Office.
In the center, a 1969 Kennedy silver half-dollar and a 1954 Franklin silver half-dollar (yes, kids, the US used to make coins from real silver) lie at either end of what initially appears to be a dollar bill but is actually a silver certificate certifying that there is on deposit in the US Treasury one dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand.
At the bottom is a piece of Mexican silver jewelry.
The collection is sitting on a silver-plated serving tray.
As seen at The Bourse.
I'm so glad they included Oney Judge, a slave who escaped the clutches of George and Martha Washington.