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Independence Hall is a part of the Independence National Historic Park and served as the first capitol building of Pennsylvania.
With construction of Independence Hall starting in 1732, it would take 21 years for the province of Pennsylvania to raise money to complete the building in 1753. It would serve as the State House, or Capitol building, for the Pennsylvania Province.
In 1775, the 2nd Continental Congress, which included members from all 13 colonies, met here to decide on the fate of all the colonies as a whole and for their mistreatment from England. Their decision was that their mistreatment from England was unjust and they have no other option but to claim their independence from England. The battleing had already begun in the Massachusetts Bay colony but this would let England no that as of this moment, they do not belong to them but are now their own country. 56 men from all over the 13 colonies, and from all different types of professions, signed their signatures to this Declaration making it official, the colonies would form to be their own country.
Over the course of the next seven years, Congress kept meeting here to decide the fate of the colonies while the war was going on. In 1777, the Articles of Confederation were written giving a brief outline of laws and government for the new country. It would take 4 years before every colony signed it making it an official colony. The last colony to sign was Maryland in 1781. The Articles of Confederation would start to go in effect right away, but with the war still happening, no signs of it would occur till the British surrendered 2 years later in 1783.
For the next 5-6 years, Congress still used the Pennsylvania state house to meet in and make decisions for America. In 1787, after problems with the Articles of Confederation were coming out with defining where the government starts and ends, Congress met one more time where after a vote, the Confederation was discarded and a new, longer, more defined Constitution was written. This time government would be split into 3 sections but a Bill of Rights would be added that still protected the people. After problem that the Confederation would bring, was answered in the new Constitution. It was here where America became the United States, and George Washington, the Commander and Chief of the Revolution, and the President of the Congress presiding over the ratification of the Constitution, would be nominated as first president.
In 1790, the Pennsylvania State House would also become the Capitol building of the United States when Philadelphia would serve as the 2nd national capitol after New York City. In 1799, Pennsylvania moved the capitol of the state out of Philadelphia and to Lancaster before moving it to Harrisburg in 1812 where it still is today. The State House still served as the national capitol for another year until 1800 when it moved to Washington DC.
Now named Independence Hall, the State House is part of the Independence National Historic Park owned by the National Park Service.
During solitary confinement, inmates were permitted two half hour sessions a day in an outdoor exercise yard adjoining their cell. The exercise yard was 8 feet x 16 feet with ten foot high walls, but open to the air. The yard would appear exactly like the one in the photo, except it would have solid steel bolted door and a dirt floor...
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most important and influental Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library and fire department in America. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence possible.
a few interesting tidbits:
U.S. statesman, inventor, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin is currently featured on the obverse of the bill, while Independence Hall is featured on the reverse.
The bill is one of two current notes that does not feature a President of the United States. The other is the United States ten-dollar bill, featuring Alexander Hamilton.
It is the largest denomination that has been in circulation since July 14, 1969, when the higher denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000 were retired.
The "average life" of a $100 bill in circulation is 60 months before it is replaced due to wear.
Approximately 7% of all notes produced today are $100 bills.
One-hundred dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in mustard-colored straps.
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Kopparstick föreställande Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), vetenskapsman, diplomat och politiker.
Konstnär: Le Beau
Located on the left side of the courtyard of Boston’s Old City Hall (assuming you are facing the structure) is the city’s first portrait statue. This 8’ bronze sculpture was erected in 1856 on the 150th birthday of its subject, Benjamin Franklin. The sculptor was Richard Saltonstall Greenough.
In viewing the statue we see Franklin standing in plain dress while holding a cane and hat. If you walk around the statue you will find four bronze bas-reliefs, each of which shows a significant event in U.S. history of which Franklin was a part of. If you begin on the side opposite the Old City Hall you will see Franklin as a young boy working a printing press. Just off towards the right we find a much older Benjamin Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence (that would be Ben in the center of relief). Continuing around in a counter clockwise direction is Franklin signing yet another significant document, the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. On the final side of the pedestal there is a relief showing Franklin conducting his infamous kite experiment.
Each of these events depicted on the base of this statue are ones which you are likely well versed and/or educated on via your US history lessons, so I thought we’d end with one tale of Mr. Franklin that you may not have come across in your history text books.
In 1781 Benjamin Franklin was serving as U.S. Ambassador to France and becoming increasingly frustrated by the significant number of pointless tasks being undertaken by the many European academia he was dealing with. In a letter of sarcasm to his fellow officials he drafted a proposal titled “A Letter to the Royal Academy” or what has become more commonly referred to now as “Fart Proudly.” In his letter, Mr. Franklin mocks the system by proposing that educational efforts be spent on analyzing the effects of human farting and trying to identify ways to improve upon its smell. So, there you have it, Benjamin Franklin…inventor, founding father and proponent of aromatic flatulence.
For more history regarding this site, including how you can visit this locale via one of our MP3 audio walking tours, check out our site here: iwalkedaudiotours.com/2011/06/iwalked-boston%E2%80%99s-ol...
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
Franklin Court cuts through an entire city block on the former site of Benjamin Franklin's home at 316-322 Market Street. Although razed in 1812, a "Ghost House" frame, built by Robert Venturi in 1976 for the Bicentennial, depicts the exact positions of the original 3-story house, 33 square-foot, ten-room house and adjacent print shop, while excavations underneath reveal the original foundations, privy pits, and wells. Six museums on the site, also built in 1976 for the Bicentennial, trace Franklin's life as a publisher, politician, postmaster, printer and inventor.
Below the court is an underground museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. The United States Postal Service Museum, at 314 Market Street, features exhibits that include Pony Express pouches and originals of Franklin's Pennyslvania Gazette. The B. Free Franklin Post Office, at 316 Market Street, is the the only active post office in the United States that does not fly a United States flag--because there wasn't yet one in 1775. At 318 Market Street is an architectural exhibit about Franklin's interest in fire-resistant buildings with fully exposed walls, revealing wooden joists separated by masonry and plaster. At 320 Market Street is the Printing Office and Bindery, with demonstrations of 18th century printing and binding equipment on display. At 322 Market Street is the General Advertiser, a the restored office of The Aurora and general Advertiser, the newspaper published by Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache. 322 Market Street also claims two famous connections--James Wilson, an editor of The Aurora, and grandfather to Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, who lived there; and Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book and author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," who worked there from 1837-1877.
This is Catch Photo #68 for a new game of Photo Catch I'm playing with my Husband Darek (aka blankspace321) . We each take turns adding something to the photo until we've each added ten. Darek added his so now it's my turn. This is my 10th and final addition. Now Darek will add his 10th and then start Catch Photo #69. I always look forward to seeing the starting photo.
To see the photo I started this game with: CLICK HERE!
To see D & J Photo Catch folder (1-20) CLICK HERE!
As of August 29, 2019 we have been doing Catch Photos for ten (ten) years.
Benjamin Franklin's head is on the $100 bill as a way to honor him because of his important contributions to history. One of Benjamin Franklin’s wisest and most famous sayings was, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Therefore it should come as no surprise that Franklin’s likeness appears on the U.S. hundred dollar bill.
Benjamin Franklin's image appears on the largest value bill in circulation in the U.S. today - the $100 bill. Some of the reasons that he is commemorated on the bill are:
- Franklin was one of the – if not the – most important founding father in our nation. His work in forging the Declaration of Independence is considered pivotal in the forming of the nation, so it is well-fitting that his likeness be on this important bill.
- Franklin effectively negotiated the French’s support of the colonists’ efforts toward independence, and that support amount to tens of thousands of francs spent on behalf of the future United States. What’s more, the French committed troops and education to the colonial effort, and Franklin’s role in securing French monies made the forging of the United States, and its currency, a reality.
- Franklin contributed much to what is deemed most “American” about the United States. He was tirelessly innovative, brave and capable, diplomatic and wise. All of these values are honored by Americans, and honored in the likeness of the unforgettable Franklin on the $100 bill.
The B. Free Franklin Post Office & Museum, part of Franklin Court at 316 Market Street, is the only Colonial-themed post office operated by the United States Postal Service. It is also the active post office in the United States that does not fly a United States flag--because there wasn't yet one in 1775 when Benjamin Franklin was appointed Postmaster General. The postmark "B. Free Franklin" is still used to cancel stamps. The museum on the second floor features displays of postal history and memorabilia.
Franklin Court cuts through an entire city block on the former site of Benjamin Franklin's home at 316-322 Market Street. Although razed in 1812, a "Ghost House" frame, built by Robert Venturi in 1976 for the Bicentennial, depicts the exact positions of the original 3-story house, 33 square-foot, ten-room house and adjacent print shop, while excavations underneath reveal the original foundations, privy pits, and wells. Six museums on the site, also built in 1976 for the Bicentennial, trace Franklin's life as a publisher, politician, postmaster, printer and inventor.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
Alphonse "Scarface" Capone's Cell at Eastern State Penitentiary...
Chicago’s most famous mob boss spent eight months at Eastern State in 1929-1930. Arrested for carrying a concealed, deadly weapon, this was Capone’s first prison sentence. His time in Eastern State was spent in relative luxury. His cell on the Park Avenue Block had fine furniture, oriental rugs, and a cabinet radio.
Bust of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Antoine Houdon
Houdon's bust of Franklin was the first of his canonical portraits of leading figures in American history, among them Washington, Jefferson, John Paul Jones, the Marquis de Lafayette and Robert Fulton (1989.329). This marble, which follows the format of the original terracotta, captures those aspects of Franklin's somewhat sly persona, which so fascinated French society during his nine years in Paris (1776–85) representing the newly independent United States. His natural unpowdered hair, simple Quaker suits, and benign wit all stood in sharp contrast to the norms of diplomatic circles in which Franklin moved. Franklin's celebrity attracted fashionable hostesses and crowds in the street alike and his image was widely disseminated by the leading artists of the time.
Houdon himself produced numerous examples of his Franklin portrait in various formats and media. This cleanly truncated version, in modern dress, was clearly preferred by contemporary American statesmen and anticipates George Washington's insistence that Houdon's statue of him (1792; State Capitol Building, Richmond) show the American president in modern uniform rather than pseudo antique garb.
It has been much debated whether Franklin actually sat for Houdon or if the sculptor captured his vividly accurate image from mere passing acquaintance. He would have had ample opportunity to observe the American minister at the Masonic lodge of the Nine Sisters to which they, as well as many other artists and patrons in the expatriate community (e.g., Count Stroganov; see Voltaire and Diderot), belonged.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
This portrait statue of Benjamin Franklin, sculpted by Jacques Jouvenal, was originally located at 10th Street and Pennsylvania across the street from the Washington Post building. A gift of Stilson Hutches, founder of the Washington Post, it was originally dedicated on Franklin's birthday, January 17, 1889 by Franklin's granddaughter, Mrs. H. W. Emory. It was relocated to its present site in front of the Old Post Office Pavilion in 1982, as part of the Pennsylvania Development Corporation design plan. The 8-foot carrara marble statue was designed by Ernst Plassman, and the 5.5-foot Quincy granite base was designed by J.F. Manning.
The Old Post Office Pavilion, also known as Old Post Office and Clock Tower, located at the intersection of 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, was constructed between 1892 and 1899 to house both the U.S. Post Office and D.C. Post Office. Willoughby J. Edbrooke's design, with its rustication, strong semi-circular arches, and squat clustered columns united by a foliate Sullivanesque capital-frieze, make it the last major example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in the District of Columbia. When completed in 1899, it was the city's largest office building and its first to incorporate a steel frame. The 315-foot-high clocktower it the third tallest structure in Washington D.C. Today it has been rehabilitated today into office and retail space shared by the federal government and private businesses. The expansive interior atrium is now home to shops, federal offices, entertainment space, and a food court.
Old Post Office and Clock Tower National Register #73002105 (1973)
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
Franklin Court cuts through an entire city block on the former site of Benjamin Franklin's home at 316-322 Market Street. Although razed in 1812, a "Ghost House" frame, built by Robert Venturi in 1976 for the Bicentennial, depicts the exact positions of the original 3-story house, 33 square-foot, ten-room house and adjacent print shop, while excavations underneath reveal the original foundations, privy pits, and wells. Six museums on the site, also built in 1976 for the Bicentennial, trace Franklin's life as a publisher, politician, postmaster, printer and inventor.
Below the court is an underground museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. The United States Postal Service Museum, at 314 Market Street, features exhibits that include Pony Express pouches and originals of Franklin's Pennyslvania Gazette. The B. Free Franklin Post Office, at 316 Market Street, is the the only active post office in the United States that does not fly a United States flag--because there wasn't yet one in 1775. At 318 Market Street is an architectural exhibit about Franklin's interest in fire-resistant buildings with fully exposed walls, revealing wooden joists separated by masonry and plaster. At 320 Market Street is the Printing Office and Bindery, with demonstrations of 18th century printing and binding equipment on display. At 322 Market Street is the General Advertiser, a the restored office of The Aurora and general Advertiser, the newspaper published by Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache. 322 Market Street also claims two famous connections--James Wilson, an editor of The Aurora, and grandfather to Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, who lived there; and Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book and author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," who worked there from 1837-1877.
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Franklin Institute.
This is a bike on a tight rope and balanced so it can't fall. You ride up and over the heads of the people in the museum below you and the safety net, though you can't fall. I have never ridden it, because I am just to afraid of heights. Maybe when I go on the 16th. No promises.
SkyBike - how badly do you want to learn physics?
By Zack Phillips
GUEST WRITER
For most youngsters in the early stages of learning that skill of utmost importance – bike riding – the scary part seems to be the thought of falling and banging a knee on the pavement.
But what if the surface of the earth, instead of being only a few feet below, were a few stories under your cycling legs? And what if instead of training wheels, the vehicle were riding along a tightrope?
That’s the arrangement organizers at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute have developed. For only $2, cyclists of all ages can ride SkyBike, a high-wire apparatus designed to give a first-hand lesson in the laws of physics.
“It works primarily on gravity, balance and counterbalance,” says Jeff Guaracino, Director of Communications at the Institute. “You can’t weight more than 250 pounds because that’s how much the counterbalance is.”
Amazing for its simplicity. As one pedals the cycle – which actually resembles an exercise bike more than a typical ten-speed – a large ballast hanging from the apparatus follows along underneath, ensuring the device is secure enough for the non-daredevil crowd. The rider also wears a harness and a large net hangs in between the high wire and the museum floor thirty feet below.
Guaracino doesn’t deny this being something of an amusement park-like attraction.Along with the IMAX and 3-D theatres, this ride seems to indicate a new, more action-based direction for the educational institution. “Our job is to inspire kids to learn more about science,” he explains. “Without a doubt, things have changed. Kids today are a lot different than kids who grew up in the 50s. It’s the TV generation, the Nintendo generation. Everything is in Virtual Reality. So while we teach timeless science that will never change, the way we teach it does.”
And like the one-of-a-kind super-coaster that attracts crowds to theme parks, the SkyBike (one of only two such rides in the US) has been bringing in big numbers (though no specific figures are yet available). “We think it really has enhanced the [museum] experience,” Guaracino adds. “It’s one of those memorable things.”
Not that the high altitude hasn’t deterred a few riders. “I made it about three inches then stopped,” admits Guaracino. “I didn’t like it.”
“But I’m not a fan of heights.”
Benjamin Franklin went to and from his house through this original passage.
Franklin Court cuts through an entire city block on the former site of Benjamin Franklin's home at 316-322 Market Street. Although razed in 1812, a "Ghost House" frame, built by Robert Venturi in 1976 for the Bicentennial, depicts the exact positions of the original 3-story house, 33 square-foot, ten-room house and adjacent print shop, while excavations underneath reveal the original foundations, privy pits, and wells. Six museums on the site, also built in 1976 for the Bicentennial, trace Franklin's life as a publisher, politician, postmaster, printer and inventor.
Below the court is an underground museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. The United States Postal Service Museum, at 314 Market Street, features exhibits that include Pony Express pouches and originals of Franklin's Pennyslvania Gazette. The B. Free Franklin Post Office, at 316 Market Street, is the the only active post office in the United States that does not fly a United States flag--because there wasn't yet one in 1775. At 318 Market Street is an architectural exhibit about Franklin's interest in fire-resistant buildings with fully exposed walls, revealing wooden joists separated by masonry and plaster. At 320 Market Street is the Printing Office and Bindery, with demonstrations of 18th century printing and binding equipment on display. At 322 Market Street is the General Advertiser, a the restored office of The Aurora and general Advertiser, the newspaper published by Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache. 322 Market Street also claims two famous connections--James Wilson, an editor of The Aurora, and grandfather to Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, who lived there; and Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book and author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," who worked there from 1837-1877.
Erasmus Darwin House on the corner of Beacon Street and The Close in Lichfield, Staffordshire is the former home of the English poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin. The house is a Grade I listed building, and is now a museum commemorating Darwin's life.
Erasmus Darwin, was a renowned physician, scientist, inventor, poet, and educationalist lived on Beacon Street from 1758 until 1781. A founding member of the Lunar Society, it was here that he received many famous 18th-century personalities, including Josiah Wedgwood, Matthew Boulton, Benjamin Franklin and James Watt.
Darwin purchased a medieval half-timbered building on the west side of the lower courtyard of the Vicars Choral in 1758. From 1758-1759 Darwin converted the building into a large Georgian town house of red brick with stucco dressings and Venetian windows. At this time the front of the house was separated from Beacon Street by a narrow deep ditch which once formed the moat of the Cathedral Close. Darwin built a bridge across the ditch descending from his hall door to the street. The ditch was overgrown with tangled bushes, which Darwin cleared and made a terrace on the bank. He planted the ditch with lilacs and rose bushes which screened his terrace from passers by. After Darwin left in 1781 the next owner filled in the ditch to make a driveway from the street to his doorway.
Not long after the Darwins moved into the fashionable new front of their house, a wooden bridge was thrown across the ditch and a twin-tier terrace was built, causing alterations to be made to the basement windows. Anna Seward recollected that the bridge and terrace both had Chinese pailings.
For 20 years this house was the base for Darwin's medical practice, for his scientific experiments, meetings of the Lunar Society, and such inventive schemes as the construction of the Trent and Mersey Canal. Amid all this, the house was also the centre of family life.
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
Monticello was built by Thomas Jefferson between 1769 and 1809. Rejecting the British Georgian architecture that characterized his time, he instead chose to design the main house using neoclassical principles in the 16th-century Italian style of Andrea Palladi for this three-story, 33-room home with nearly 11,000 square feet of living space.
The parlor was the center of social life at Monticello. Family and friends would gather here for games, music, and conversation and was the site of weddings, dances and other important events. It held most of Jefferson's art collection, including portraits of many people whom he admired or considered noteworthy.
On the left, Jefferson acquired this portrait of Benjamin Franklin—a copy by Jean Valade of Joseph-Silfrede Duplessis’s work—in September 1786, the year after he succeeded him as minister plenipotentiary to the court of Louis XVI. He called his succession to Franklin “an excellent school of humility.” Whenever one asked him if it was he who replaced Doctor Franklin, Jefferson generally replied, “no one can replace him...I am only his successor.”
On the right is the religious painting of Salome holding the head of St. John the Baptist, Herodias Bearing the Head of Saint John.
Situated on the summit of an 850-foot high park in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna gap, Monticello, whose name derives from Italian meaning "little mountain", was originally a 5,000 acre plantation cultivated tobacco and mixed crops using the labor of enslaved African people. After Jefferson's death, his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph sold the property to Uriah P. Levy who preserved the property and left it to his nephew Jefferson Monroe Levy, who eventually sold it in 1923 to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which operates it as a house museum and educational institution.
National Register #66000826 (1966)
VLR #002-0050
UNESCO World Heritage Site #442
AIA150 #27
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
This bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin was erected in 1856 and was the first portrait statue in Boston. Located on School Street, this site was the location of the Boston Latin School. Started in 1635, the school was the first public school in the United States. Ben Franklin attended the school, as did other notable figures, such as John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Cotton Mather.
The building in the background is Boston’s Old City Hall. Built in 1865, it served as City Hall until 1969. It has since been converted into an office building.
Hidden within the City of Westminster, nearby Trafalgar Square is 36 Craven Street. Former home to Benjamin Franklin (on of the American Founding Fathers) - who lived here from 1757 - 1775.
It is a Grade I listed building. It dates from 1730. Opened as a museum in 2006. I enjoyed my visit here.
It has a Historical Experience, where you watch videos on walls, with a woman dressed as Polly Hewson, daughter of Franklin's landlady who becomes a "second daughter" to Franklin.
By Ignacio Garcia
North wall of Frey Financial at 2329 N. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ.
Look closely. There are many subtle details.
"If you wou'd not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
Or do things worth the writing."
— Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richard's Almanack, 1738
Image: Ernest Hemingway writing at a desk while on safari in Africa,1953. (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Library.) [He is a prime example of a person who both wrote things worth reading and did things worth writing about.]
She's attractively seductive, dresses very sexually...makes you want to do something that you would not otherwise do.
The American Tract Society Building (Robert Henderson Robertson, 1894-1895), a statue of Ben Franklin, and the old New York Times Building (George B. Post, 1888-1889).
I say a little more about the building and Newspaper Row in general on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
Fulton-Nassau Historic District: 05000988
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Kopparstick föreställande Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), politiker, diplomat och uppfinnare.
Konstnär: I. C. G. Fritzsch
The new 100 dollar bill has recently come out. If you have not seen one yet you will probably be shocked by how "fake" it seems. The paper itself has a different feel to it. The new bill has a bunch of built in anti-counterfeiting measures such as the blue ribbon down the center, a watermark (on the right) and a couple of holograms. The former 100 dollar note was the most counterfeited bill in the world. North Koreans had mastered faking the bills. Those counterfeits are known as "supermotes" and are extremely tough to detect.
Erected in 1856, this 8-foot tall bronze likeness of Benjamin Franklin by Richard S. Greenough is boston's first public portrait statue. Located in front of Boston's Old City Hall, an ornate 1862 French Second Empire style structure (appropriately so since Franklin was this country's first ambassador to France), and in front of City Carpet, a hopscotch-like mosaic that marks the original site of Boston Latin School, which Franklin attended before dropping out.