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3D red/cyan anaglyph created from glass plate stereograph at Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/
LOC Title: Richmond, Virginia. Ballard house on Franklin Street
Date: April 1865
Photographer: John Reekie
Notes: A famous hotel and Richmond landmark for over half a century, there are hundreds of references to the Ballard House in the Library of Congress digital newspaper collection. I've transcribed a few below and for some more, including an interesting account of Col. Mosby meeting Generals Lee & Pickett here at the hotel, see my other postings.
Alexandria Gazette – July 21, 1865
"Applications for Pardons.
About a hundred and fifty applications for pardon were received at Washington by the Attorney General yesterday, among them….John P. Ballard, owner of the Ballard House at Richmond, recently seized under the confiscation act….”
Richmond Dispatch-February 20, 1868
"Trust Sale of Valuable Hotel Property in the City of Richmond, at Auction.
By virtue of three several deeds of trust…. the undersigned, as trustee named in said deeds....will offer for sale at public auction....on MONDAY the 24th February next....that valuable real estate in the city of Richmond known as the BALLARD HOUSE…The above property Is believed to be in perfect order, having recently undergone thorough renovation and repair, and is, in point of capacity, location, style, and convenient arrangement one of the most desirable properties in the South, and is so well known as to render any further description of it unnecessary…”
Richmond Times-Dispatch – October 30, 1904
“THE BAPTIST CITY MISSION
A Great Work Set on Foot by the Baptists of Richmond.
"NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES” The Old Ballard House Turned
Into One and Work Has Commenced.
The old Ballard House, corner of Franklin and Fourteenth Streets, has in recent years become a cheap tenement house, and in a general way has gone to rack. It is located in a section that policemen and others regard as about the most unsavory part of Richmond….. The old Ballard House has been leased and eight rooms fitted up for the work, thus carrying the gospel directly to those most needing it.”
The Washington Evening Star - June 27, 1920
“Richmond Landmark To Go
Richmond, Va., June 26 (Special). – Another of the landmarks of the city is soon to disappear - the old Ballard House. Charles Dickens and wife were entertained there in 1842, and in 1860 the establishment furnished entertainment for the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. President Rutherford B. Hayes was a guest in 1877. The Marquis of Lorne came in 1883.”
Notes on anaglyph: At the extreme left, missing from one side of the stereograph - everything from where the man is leading the horse to the edge - including the striped pole, sections of the buildings, and the carriage. I copied those from the other side and layered them in, adjusting their positions for the 3D effect. I also exercised some of my "artistic license" with the carriage wheel, copying the right half and flipping it horizontally to get the left half, for a 3d impression of a complete wheel - as opposed to presenting a blacked-out corner. The overall shape of the original photo was circular, so getting some good crops out it was like "fitting a square peg in a round hole." -PT
Link to glass plate at LOC: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/civwar/item/cwp2003005770...
Red/Cyan (not Red/Blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting.
This photo is dedicated to "Bangalore Photo Walk" group which is one of so many good things that happened to me while on flickr.
@BPW, All you guys are really good at photography and related skills and what is more striking is everyone's unique view and style! Keep clicking and enlighten the world of photography!
I learnt Selective coloring in Photoshop from You Tube today and tried on this shot. Hope it is working here. Anyways it is open for criticism.
In a window of sunshine during a break from the overnight rain which is supposed to start up again and continue for the rest of the day, I took a wander around downtown Grimsby, Ontario this morning to see what Spring colours are now showing up. After a prolonged and nasty winter, everything seems to be running about 2 weeks behind the usual blooming periods. But it seems that one of the local businesses located on the corner of Main and Ontario Streets has taken matters in its own hands and adopted a spring-like pastel colour theme on its side wall. That, combined with the message on its window, ‘Create Joy’, simply said Spring. - JW
Date Taken: 2018-05-04
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Olympus E-3 fitted with a Olympus Digital Zuiko 12-60mm f:2.8-4 lense set to 12mm (approx 24mm equiv in classic 35mm film terms), ISO100, Auto WB, Aperture priority mode, f/7.1, 1/500 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Olympus RAW/ORF source file: scale image to 9000 px wide, level image and also correct both perspective and barrel distortion, set exposure adjustment to approx 1 stop brighter than as-shot, increase contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, slightly increase vibrance, enable Shadows/highlights and recover highlights (but leave shadows alone), increase lack level slightly, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the levels tool Auto Adjust to set a good base overall tonality, duplicate the image to a new layer above the original layer and add a black/transparent layer mask, using a soft-edged brush paint the window area in white on the layer mask, adjust the top layer image area using the tone curve tool to get a clean white in the window lettering, create new working layer from visible results, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000x4500, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 1800 wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
A pair of fresh out of the box CP ECO geeps power the CREATE Special as it heads onto the Harbor at CP Park in Franklin Park.
Hello All-
This was last card for the evening. I had to use my favorite color - Orange and Kraft. Here;s the end result and I love it!
First, I stamped the Kraft cardstock using HA Cling Stamp Dots using VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it using clear powder.
I stamped the WHITE cardstock using the HA Friend Definition Stamp - CL125. I used the HA Hue Ink in Sand. I then used Distress Ink Spice Orange on the front and edges. I stamped the flower and the word sentiment. Lastly, I used some Prima Flowers in white, distressed them using the Spice Orange. I also stamped the flowers with the Friend Definition Stamp to add some fun.
Thanks for stopping by!
In this photoshop tutorial we will use some photo manipulation techniques to create sexy robot girl. We will use some filters, blending mods and textures.
this is equal parts my scanner sucks, this was too big for my scanner, and this is my first mixed media collage.
things used to make this:
film filter test strip, negatives, paper clips, staples, rubber bands, a ticket that i never used for a the dangerous summer show because i had an extra, AP magazine, an urban outfitters catalogue, transworld skateboarding magazine, watercolors, teen vogue, sharpies, sequins, double sided tape, tape, a stride wrapper, and a pen.
lyrics: sleepyhead by passion pit, that green gentleman (things have changed) by panic at the disco.
quotes: "we are here to laugh at the odds, and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us." -charles bukowski, and "create new, destroy old." -a snakes and suits shirt.
i was tagged!
1. i'm sorry my uploads have been so sporadic lately, and that my photos are going downhill. and i'm deeply sorry i haven't been a good contact.
2. next year is senior year, thank god. it needs to be college now. get me out of high school.
3. wantwantwantwantwant a 35mm f/1.8 and 80mm f/1.8 SO BAD.
4. i. fucking. hate. chemistry. i study so hard and i'm still not doing to well. gahhhh.
5. my first day of work this year is may 1. yahoooooo. i've actually sort of missed you, summer job.
6. haven't shot a show since 2/18. miss it. need to soon.
7. 43 days until i see my chemical romance. the last time i was this excited for a show was blink-182, almost 2 years ago.
8. i should go to sleep.
9. i love coffee way too much.
10. a while ago in a 10 facts post, i said i really wanted to meet pete wentz, but that'll never happen. well, on sunday, it happened.
14 tagged at random.
You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him. And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
[James 4:4-10 NLT]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Created in the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century by Melbourne stained glass manufacturer Ferguson and Urie, the Lamb of God window may be found in the western wall of the entrance porch of Christ Church, Brunswick. The Lamb of God is holding a banner of the triumphal cross, symbolising the victory of the resurrected Christ over death.
Christ Church has been constructed in a cruciform plan with a detached campanile. Although not originally intended as such, at its completion, the church became an excellent example of "Villa Rustica" architecture in Australia. Like other churches around the inner city during the boom and bust eras of the mid Nineteenth Century as Melbourne became an established city, the building was built in stages between 1857 and 1875 as money became available to extend and better what was already in existence. Christ Church was dedicated in 1857 when the nave, designed by architects Purchas and Swyer, was completed. The transepts, chancel and vestry were completed between 1863 and 1864 to the designs created by the architects' firm Smith and Watts. The Romanesque style campanile was also designed by Smith and Watts and it completed between 1870 and 1871. A third architect, Frederick Wyatt, was employed to design the apse which was completed in 1875.
Built in Italianate style with overture characteristics of classical Italian country house designs, Christ Church is one of the few examples of what has been coined "Villa Rustica" architecture in Victoria.
Slipping through the front door at the bottom of the campanile, the rich smell of incense from mass envelops visitors. As soon as the double doors which lead into the church proper close behind you, the church provides a quiet refuge from the busy intersection of Glenlyon Road and Brunswick Street outside, and it is quite easy to forget that cars and trams pass by just a few metres away. Walking up the aisle of the nave of Christ Church, light pours over the original wooden pews with their hand embroidered cushions through sets of luminescent stained glass windows by Melbourne manufacturers, Ferguson and Urie, Mathieson and Gibson and Brooks Robinson and Company. A set of fourteen windows from the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century by Ferguson and Urie depicting different saints are especially beautiful, filled with painted glass panes which are as vivid now as when they were created more than one hundred years ago. The floors are still the original dark, richly polished boards that generations of worshipers have walked over since they were first laid. The east transept houses the Lady Chapel, whilst the west transept is consumed by the magnificent 1972 Roger H. Pogson organ built of cedar with tin piping. This replaced the original 1889 Alfred Fuller organ. Beautifully executed carved rood figures watch over the chancel from high, perhaps admiring the marble altar.
Albert Purchas, born in 1825 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, was a prominent Nineteenth Century architect who achieved great success for himself in Melbourne. Born to parents Robert Whittlesey Purchas and Marianne Guyon, he migrated to Australia in 1851 to establish himself in the then quickly expanding city of Melbourne, where he set up a small architect's firm in Little Collins Street. He also offered surveying services. His first major building was constructing the mansion "Berkeley Hall" in St Kilda on Princes Street in 1854. The house still exists today. Two years after migrating, Albert designed the layout of the Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton. It was the first "garden cemetery" in Victoria, and his curvilinear design is still in existence, unaltered, today. In 1854, Albert married Eliza Anne Sawyer (1825 - 1869) in St Kilda. The couple had ten children over their marriage, including a son, Robert, who followed in his father's footsteps as an architect. Albert's brother-in-law, Charles Sawyer joined him in the partnership of Purchas and Sawyer, which existed from 1856 until 1862 in Queens Street. The firm produced more than 140 houses, churches, offices and cemetery buildings including: the nave and transepts of Christ Church St Kilda between 1854 and 1857, "Glenara Homestead"in Bulla in 1857, the Melbourne Savings Bank on the corner of Flinders Lane and Market Street (now demolished) between 1857 and 1858, the Geelong branch of the Bank of Australasia in Malop Street between 1859 and 1860, and Beck's Imperial Hotel in Castlemaine in 1861. When the firm broke up, Albert returned to Little Collins Street, and the best known building he designed during this period was St. George's Presbyterian Church in East St Kilda between 1877 and 1880. The church's tall polychomatic brick bell tower is still a local landmark, even in the times of high rise architecture and development, and St, George's itself is said to be one of his most striking church designs. Socially, Albert was vice president of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects for many years, before becoming president in 1887. He was also an inventor and philanthropist. Albert died in 1909 at his home in Kew, a wealthy widower and much loved father.
The stained glass firm of Ferguson and Urie was established by Scots James Ferguson (1818 – 1894), James Urie (1828 – 1890) and John Lamb Lyon (1836 – 1916). They were the first known makers of stained glass in Australia. Until the early 1860s, window glass in Melbourne had been clear or plain coloured, and nearly all was imported, but new churches and elaborate buildings created a demand for pictorial windows. The three Scotsmen set up Ferguson and Urie in 1862 and the business thrived until 1899, when it ceased operation, with only John Lamb Lyon left alive. Ferguson and Urie was the most successful Nineteenth Century Australian stained glass window making company. Among their earliest works were a Shakespeare window for the Haymarket Theatre in Bourke Street, a memorial window to Prince Albert in Holy Trinity, Kew, and a set of Apostles for the West Melbourne Presbyterian Church. Their palatial Gothic Revival office building stood at 283 Collins Street from 1875. Ironically, their last major commission, a window depicting “labour”, was installed in the old Melbourne Stock Exchange in Collins Street in 1893 on the eve of the bank crash. Their windows can be found throughout the older suburbs of Melbourne and across provincial Victoria.
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