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Here is my first shot underwater today with the Olympus Tough TG-5. Not sure what type of fish it is, please advise if you know. This was in the sea off the coast of northern Lesvos in the Aegean Sea.

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a sunbeam to warm you

Good Luck to charm you

and a sheltering angel

so nothing can harm you.

Laughter to cheer you

Faithful friends near you

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Canvas Heart compliments Sabra Luscombe Park, artist.

 

Pulled this shot off on a cold night in March. It was underexposed but turning up the exposure and saturating the image with a soft focus effect saved it... and it was worth saving because the moon and the clouds were gorgeous. Now I look at it I kind of like the bold colours and the strong contrast of flavours.... I hope you like it too : )

 

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Compliments of Enrich Bros. 8th Ave. & 24th St.]

 

N.Y. : Burrow Giles Lithographic Co. 20 & 22 Gold St. ; [between 1880 and 1884]

 

1 photomechanical print : offset, color.

 

Notes:

Advertising card showing Oscar Wilde sitting on sofa with closed book in one hand and his head resting on the other.

Title from item. Date estimate based on Sarony photograph made January 1882 and the 1884 Supreme Court decision when Sarony brought suit against Burrow Giles Lithographic Co. to stop production of the cards.

On verso: Prices of Hats and Bonnets ... Enrichs' ...

 

Subjects:

Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900.

 

Format: Offset photomechanical prints--1880-1890.

Trade cards--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

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Call Number: LOT 10250 [item]

 

Chasing light and colour, Hastings Old Town.

 

Canon EOS 50e

Canon 40mm f2.8

Agfa Vista 200

Compliments of Tomorrowland in Disney's Magic Kingdom. One of the families living in our neighborhood had a silver tree with a rotating color wheel back in the 60's. Nostalgia!

 

Reached Explore December 17th, 2011 at #463. Thanks everyone!

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Henry Lyman Saÿen (1875-1918) was an American artist and scientist. This incredibly talented artist created beautiful cubist and fauvist artworks. He was a specialist in medical radiography and patented a self-regulating x-ray tube. Saÿen studied with Henri Matisse in Paris, and was one of the first American artists to join the Fauvism movement. His paintings incorporated “cubist compositions" and those from other modernist art movements. He believed that modernist art was “the making of reality, not the representation of it". We have digitally enhanced some of his public domain artworks of Paris city life, sceneries, portraits, and his own self-portrait. They are all free to use and download under the CC0 license.

 

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Vámos ~ Crete

 

Thanks to SkeletalMess for this great texture!

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Compliments of the season to all.

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Natal

Buon Natale

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"Jennie R. Baker. My card and my compliments. Please give yours in exchange."

20th biennial Finnish-American Festival, Naselle, Washington.

July 2022

 

Below are entries chock-full of information having to do with each of the plates shown above.

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Left: "Compliments of FORSMAN & COMPANY, Naselle"

 

This would be a useful plate to have around now, 102 years after it was made, because I've never had a good grip on the year the Great War (WWI) ended. The plate would reinforce the year the war began and ended. Or would it?

 

The prominence of the date 1920 might confuse matters further. However, with the war having ended in November, 1919, it makes sense that 1920 was when commemorative objects such as plates were produced.

 

While the passage of years appears to have erased all traces of Deep River's Forsman & Company, history has not forgotten the community of Deep River, not even a little bit!

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Many Finnish immigrants settled in Deep River and the surrounding areas of Washington. There were striking similarities between life in Finland and life in this area, including an economic life that depended largely on timber and salmon, both of which were plentiful in the Deep River area. The Pacific Northwest was an ideal destination for Finnish immigrants. There was free land that was covered with timber for them to claim.

Seasonal work opportunities were available all year. There was salmon fishing in the spring and summer. Work was available at logging camps the rest of the year.

 

The daughter of a Finnish immigrant described the early settlement of Deep River:

 

When asked how the area was settled, an elderly, buxom woman replied, "First the Finns came to fish. Then when Olsons opened the logging camp, they went to Sweden and brought back men to work in the woods. The Swedes married the Finn girls. Later a few Irishmen and Poles drifted in." (Appelo, 1986, p. 110)

 

This woman also related that her protective Finnish father had built the family’s house in the center of their property to prevent his daughters from seeing and associating with the railroad workers. In spite of his precautions, she waved at one of the railroad brakemen, a handsome Swede. She noted that this Swedish railroad worker later became her husband.

 

Carlton Appelo (1978, p. 12) listed the names of some of the early Finnish settlers in the Deep River area who arrived before Washington became a state in 1889: Erik Hanson; Henrik Denson (Deep River Cemetery land donor); Isak Herajarvi; Johan Pakanen; Antti Jakob Kantola (Kandoll); Henrik Harrison (Pirila); Mikael Homstrom; Lars Loukkanen (father of August and Chas. Larson); Johan Lueeni; Johan S. Nelson (Ahola); Antti Pirila (father of Albert and Gust Pirila); Johan Erik Rull; Johan Vilmi; Erik Johnson; Karl Forsman; Erik Melin; Antti Rippa (Andrew Rinell); Simon Keko (father of Ed Simmons); Johan Parpala; Johan Salmi (Santalahti); Johan Lamppa (Johnson); Matt, Fredricka, Matti, Joseph, Rosa, and Kalle (Charles) Riippa; Matt Hakala; Matti Harpet (Haapakangas); John Haapakangas; Antti Penttila; Gust Gustafson; Peter Maata; John Ehrlund Rantala; Erik Maunula; Andrew and August Eskola; Antti Johnson (Salmi); John Laakso; Matt Puskala; Abraham Wirkkala; Matt Mathison; and John Warra (Autiovarra).

 

The prevalence of Finnish immigrants in the Deep River area is evidenced by the many Finnish names that are listed in a cemetery transcription that was recorded for the Deep River Cemetery, and listed on a website that is maintained by the Genealogical Society of Finland. Many Scandinavian names are also found at a Wahkiakum County cemetery transcription site maintained by the "RootsWeb" genealogy organization that lists the names of persons buried in several cemeteries in the county.

 

The Early Deep River Community

 

The two major early industries of the Washington territory, particularly in Deep River, were the timber and salmon-fishing industries.

 

The Timber Industry.

 

An article in a special section of the Ilwaco, Washington Tribune in 1970 celebrated 100 years of logging at Deep River. The author, Larry Maxim, described the life of the men who worked in the timber industry and felled the gigantic trees as men who were "giants with muscles of laced steel cable and the stamina of an Olympic athlete." The men worked hard for extended periods of time and lived at the logging camps, which usually consisted of a bull barn, a cook shack, and a bunkhouse.

 

The bunkhouse was crude, just enough to keep out the rain. The bunks were just as crude, a few rough boards spread with straw. The logger had to do his own laundry. His laundry machine–each logger had one–was a five-gallon kerosene can in which he boiled his socks and underwear and sometimes took a sponge bath. (Maxim, 1970)

 

II. THE LASTING LEGACY OF THE DEEP RIVER FINNS

 

by Sandra Johnson Witt *

  

References

 

I. C. Arthur Appelö and Carlton Appelo: The contributions of two Swedish-Finns to Deep River, Washington and America

 

An important center of activity at the logging camps was the recreation hall, which the logging companies provided for their workers. The loggers and their families often gathered for dances that lasted until the early morning hours. Children came along too, and slept on mattresses that their parents brought.

 

Jessie Hindman, an Astorian Budget columnist, wrote an article about the history of the Deep River Timber Company in 1956.

 

This company owned 4,000 acres of land located above Deep River, one of the shortest and deepest rivers in the world. The logging area contained some of the best timber in the country, including top-grade fir, spruce, hemlock, and cedar.

 

She described how the local people and logging workers, mostly Finns and Swedes who had begun their lives here as fishermen, became the pioneers of the logging industry in this area. These early families lived together in close association with each other.

 

The early families along Deep River lived together in such a closely knit life that it was almost as if they had been hurled back into some clannish age. Travel was done entirely by boat as there were no roads except private ones. Towns just 50 miles away were spoken of as "The Outside." Yet, when talking to the older inhabitants of the valley, one is immediately impressed with the full realization that theirs was a happy, satisfying life. (Appelo, 1986, p. 103)

 

Early home life among the settlers in Deep River was simple. Kerosene lamps provided light and wood stoves provided heat. Most of the houses were made from rough unpainted boards. The women made the clothes and quilts for their families, which they washed by hand. They also planted the gardens and flower beds in addition to planning the recreational activities for their families, which included dances, picnics, boat rides, water carnivals, and playing cards. Playing cards was especially popular during the winter months when steady rainfall forced the families to stay inside. At times, the men would animate their poker games with the hard liquor or beer that they had purchased in Astoria.

 

Salmon Fishing.

 

The other major early industry in Deep River was fishing. Astoria had become a major salmon-fishing area by 1870. Because of its location on the Columbia River near the Pacific Ocean, riverboats provided access to the transcontinental railroad. Astoria’s facilities had access to the Pacific Ocean on the west.

 

Their experiences in Finland made many of the Finnish immigrants ideally suited for successful careers in the salmon-fishing industry.

 

The Columbia River Fishermen’s Protective Union was incorporated in 1884 and is one of the oldest conservation unions on the West Coast.

 

In 2003, an article in the Columbia River Gillnetter, the union’s official publication, outlined its early history. "The Story of Two Hundred Fishermen" describes how a group of fishermen successfully established the Union Fishermen’s Cooperative Packing Company in 1896 during troubled economic times, when the salmon industry’s future was uncertain because of some unethical practices that had taken place for 30 years.

 

The founders, many of whom were from Finland, risked their savings and worked hard to establish this company. They were convinced that their efforts to offer the consumers superior canned salmon would succeed. The cooperative was incorporated by Sofus Jensen, Anton Christ, Ole B. Olsen, J. W. Angberg, and Matt Raistakka:

 

With their savings for capital, our founders entered into the highly competitive and well-financed salmon packing industry of the Columbia…

 

Building of the net racks, except for pile driving, was done without charge by stockholders. They received $1.50 a day working on the cannery. They were eager and capable craftsmen. Many had been brought up in Scandinavia and Finland where they had learned trades under masters.

 

All were imbued with the cooperative movement then taking root in Western Europe. They had acquired a practical understanding of what it means to run a cooperative business successfully. (p. 19)

 

Community Life, Schools, and Churches.

 

Many of the immigrants’ children did not learn English until they attended school. The early rural schools in the area were small. The elementary schools were usually one-room buildings that served as many as 80 pupils. It was common for one female teacher to be responsible for teaching the children in all eight grades. Teachers were generally brought into the area from the "Outside," but often married the local farmers, loggers, or fisherman and stayed in Deep River to raise their families.

 

Church activities were an integral part of community life. The Finnish settlers of Deep River, Naselle, and Salmon Creek organized into a congregation in 1894 as the Finnish Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. They shared a pastor with the Astoria Finnish Church. The Deep River Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1898 near the Deep River Cemetery. The church was the first organized Evangelical Lutheran Church in the area and has been officially proclaimed a National Historical Site.

 

Women were deeply involved in community life. In 1906, the female members of Naselle Church formed the Nasellin Ompelu Seura (Naselle Sewing Circle), which functioned for 71 years to support missions and hospitals, with an emphasis on salvation and benevolence.

 

Athletic Activities and Music.

 

Finnish immigrants knew how to work hard, but they also knew how to play hard. They actively participated in all aspects of Deep River community life, including athletic activities. Baseball was especially popular. Most of the members of the official Deep River team, the "Coyotes," were Finnish loggers and fishermen. The team had a very successful pitcher, Arvo Davis, and catcher, Arthur Anderson.

  

Athletic activities, including footraces and baseball, were often held on the boardwalk road from the Deep River landing to Pentti’s Pool Hall. When the weather was good, Fred Pentti was often observed sitting on a bench in front of the pool hall to view the athletic events.

 

The Swedes used to sit on the railing on one side and the Finns on the other–hurling insults at one another. When things got too rough, Pentti would wind up his phonograph and play some nice accordion music. Even the kids were allowed to come down and listen to the music. (Appelo, 1997, p.1)

 

The Finns have always enjoyed music. Many of the Finnish settlers were accomplished musicians. Axel Larson, a well-known fiddler from the Olson’s Logging Camp, played for hundreds of dances with his wife Matilda, who played the piano, and his brother Ernest on the accordion. Charles Hertzen, a talented violinist, and Fred George, who played the guitar, later joined their band. Axel liked to relate their experience of leaving the logging camp by pump cars (also known as hand speeders, operated on railroad tracks) with their musical instruments, and pumping their way four miles to Deep River:

 

They transferred to row boats and rowed two miles to Svenson’s Landing, then walked nearly six miles by road (carrying their dress shoes in the pocket of their coats) wearing boots. Arriving at Meserve’s store they climbed the stairs to the large hall on the second floor to play for a local crowd plus the ten dancers they brought with them. This lasted until 3 a.m. and they retraced their route only to find that the railroad rails had become frosted. The hand speeders had to be pushed rather than pumped over the slippery areas. They arrived back at Olson’s camp in time to hear the breakfast bell at the cook house. Some of the men had to go to work for a full day in falling timber. (Appelo, 1978, p. 41)

 

Axel Larson, long-time employee of Deep River Logging Company, playing his fiddle as he did for countless local dances in southwest Washington.

 

World War I.

 

Twenty five years after the Washington territory became a state, the young Finnish immigrant men were asked to defend their new country in World War I. Carlton Appelo (1978) cites an article from the June 1917 edition of the Deep River newspaper:

 

A party of well known young men residing in Deep River were en route to Cathlamet to take physical exams for the selective service under which they were recently called to colors.

 

363 Arthur C. Appelo

 

368 Henry J. Johnson

 

373 Henry W. Lassila

 

379 Jacob W. Matta

 

383 Charles L. Eskola

 

388 Charles Koski

 

390 Arvo Davis

 

All seven are fine specimens of physical manhood and will no doubt pass the required examinations enabling them to enter the military service with the national army which is to be mobilized in the near future. (p. 78)

 

Accomplishments of Early Finnish Immigrants.

 

Many of the children of the Finnish immigrants were able to move into professional careers through hard work and steadfast personal dedication to education. At times they pursued adult education programs at night while they worked during the day to make a living for themselves and their families.

 

In a brief history of Finnish settlements along the Columbia River that Carlton Appelo prepared for the 1999 FinnFest USA, he listed the accomplishments of several Finnish immigrants to the Deep River area, B. S. Sjoborg, Erikki Maunula, and Oscar Wirkkala. B. S. Sjoborg (1841-1923) immigrated from Kristinestad. He was the cannery foreman at Astoria in 1875. After changing his name to Seaborg, he founded the Aberdeen Packing Company at Ilwaco and Aberdeen. He was Washington’s first senator when it became a state in 1889.

 

Erikki Maunula–who invented numerous devices that were used in the salmon-canning industry–donated land for the Deep River Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church has been designated a National Historical Site.

 

Oscar Wirkkala (1881-1959) was an extremely successful inventor of items used in the logging industry. He held more than 20 patents, including the Wirkkala choker hook, the Wirkkala propeller, and the widely-used skyline logging system.

 

In addition to the considerable professional accomplishments of many of the Finnish immigrants, certain aspects of the Finnish culture that the immigrants brought with them contributed to the culture of Deep River and the surrounding area. In addition to the immigrants’ willingness to work hard to improve the future lives of their families, there was a pervasive sense of community and mutual respect among the Finnish immigrants. This sense of community could be observed in all types of activities, including those related to the area schools, churches, athletics, and social events.

 

Many immigrant Finns became prominent entrepreneurs in business in industry as well as professional fields, but it was the rural Finnish immigrant who created a sense of community. Neighbors came to the rescue when misfortune hit, and food was shared at school gatherings or social events.

 

Attendance at Cottage Church Services was done without worrying about denominational sponsors. It is that same familial spirit uniting entire communities that survives today. We care about each other. (Appelo, 1999, p. 1)

 

The Finnish immigrants supported each other through difficult times. In 1918, when Fred Pentti–an immigrant from Kannus, Finland–was severely injured while working as a brakeman on the logging train, Deep River residents and businesses readily assisted him. The logging camp workers donated $5 each to him, the Deep River Land and Wharf Company donated a piece of land to him, the Olson brothers gave him lumber from their mill, and the community joined together to build a pool hall for Fred.

 

His business became the focal point for all types of sport including his favorite, baseball. It was the social club for many young men of the area…It was commonly called "Pentti’s College" (pronounced collitch). No one would say that moonshine didn’t change hands out front during those days of prohibition. When 3.2 beer became legal, it was Pentti’s tavern. (Appelo, 1978, p. 41)

 

In order to successfully farm the land, much of which was wetland, the settlers had to install dikes and extensive drainage systems. Because of the primitive roads that were generally limited to use in the summer, almost all travel was by water.

 

The riverboat "General Washington" made daily round trips to nearby Astoria–the source of supplies, mail, and medical services to Deep River–and provided the residents with transportation to and contact with the outside world.

 

This riverboat was built in 1909 by the North Shore Transportation Company. It served Deep River, Knappton, and Frankfort until the early 1930s, when the newly built area highway became more competitive for passenger and freight travel.

 

The General Washington steamship approaching Deep River Landing, circa 1915

  

II. THE LASTING LEGACY OF THE DEEP RIVER FINNS

 

by Sandra Johnson Witt *

  

The labor of immigrants was essential in order to build the infrastructure of North America. The immigrants cut timber and cleared land to build their homes and farms. Because there were no roads (only rivers) in the early Deep River area, travel was usually by foot or boat. The immigrants (and their horses) worked hard to build the roads in their new country.

 

Immigrant road builders

 

Ironically, the advent of the better roads that the Deep River citizens had worked so hard to construct resulted in a decline in the town. Construction of the bridge one mile downstream from the Deep River landing diverted traffic away from the main part of town. The railroad that had provided economic resources and brought people to the town was doomed by the use of trucks to transport lumber.

 

Although the improved roads relieved the isolation of the area, they brought an end to the riverboat era. Trucks replaced the boats as the main means of transporting various types of cargo to and from the community. The Deep River Timber Company ceased operating in 1956.

 

The elementary school was consolidated with other schools.

 

The movie house and Pentti’s Tavern closed. The Shamrock Hotel had depended on the loggers as boarders, and was forced to close.

 

Only local residences, the post office, and Appelo’s General Merchandise and Insurance Agency remained in Deep River.

sydaby.eget.net/emig/deep_river.htm

 

RIGHT: CHARLES A. NIEMI (ca. 1884-1961)

 

1930 Federal Census

 

Birth Year: abt 1894

Gender: Male

Race: White

Age in 1930: 36

Birthplace: Washington

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1930: Naselle, Pacific, Washington, USA

Home Owned or Rented: Owned

Home Value: 3000

Radio Set: Yes

Lives on Farm: No

Age at First Marriage: 26

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Finland

Mother's Birthplace: Finland

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Retail Merchant

Industry: General Merchandise

Class of Worker: Employer

Veteran: Yes

War: WW

 

Household Members Age Relationship

Charles A Niemi 36 Head

Esther E Niemi 35 Wife

C Albert Niemi 9 Son

Henry W Niemi 7 Son

Hilda M Nasi 27 Servant

 

31 August 1917: Charles A. Neimi was accepted by the local draft board, presumably in connection with military service in WWI.

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, p. 6.

 

26 April 1928: Niemi sues the state road contractor for $5,031.44 for materials and merchandise furnished in connection with the contractor's work in Wahkiakum and Pacific Counties in Washington.

The Olympian, Olympia, Washington, p. 14.

 

compliments of RMT

Compliments of Mr O'Dea we are in the vicinity of the West Clare Railway. I don't know about you but every time I hear about the WCR the tune of "Are You Right There Michael" comes mind!:

 You may talk of Columbus's sailing

 Across the Atlantical Sea

 But he never tried to go railing

 From Ennis as far as Kilkee

 

Based on inputs today, it seems that while the "pedestal" in question was still in place for some years afterwards, the 5C locomotive itself has been restored to working order....

  

Photographer: James P. O'Dea

 

Collection: James P. O'Dea

 

Date: 16 May 1962

 

NLI Ref.: ODEA 30/84

 

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

Compliments of ToolWiz Photos for aiding in this creation. As a result, camera info has been dropped.

Apparently fishing is no longer just for old men accompanied by their grandchildren...

Tarajalejo, Fuerteventura

Compliments of ToolWiz Photos for aiding in this creation. As a result, camera info has been dropped.

"With my compliments."

 

Why would someone be giving away lemons "with my compliments"?

 

It helps to know that handing someone a lemon in the early twentieth century when this postcard appeared was actually a way to say "scram," "beat it," or in the parlance of the day, "skidoo" or "23 skidoo."

 

For more information about "23 skidoo" and how it related to lemons, see Skidoo 23 Is Now 37.

Compliments of the House.

Fujifilm X100V (Fujinon Super EBC 23mm f/2 ASPH).

COMPLIMENTS OF JAMES (JMAC)

but it's not doing my hair any favors.....

"Chas. H. Smith. Compliments." (I'm not whether the middle initial is H, W, or another letter, however.)

 

An impressive example of ornamental penmanship on a hand-drawn and -lettered "flourished" calling card that likely dates to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Note how the bird appears to be eyeing an insect of some sort.

 

See below for some other similarly ornate cards.

 

Originally posted on Ipernity: Charles Smith—Ornamental Pensmanship on a Calling Card.

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