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From the descriptive sign, believe what you will:
The Michael Ley Line runs from St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, passing through sacred sites such as Glastonbury Tor and the Avebury stone circle, it sweeps through Southern England in a west/east direction up to Bury St Edmunds and then finally on to Hopton before heading out to sea.
In the 1980s it was discovered that the Michael Line intertwined with the Mary Line bringing together two distinct paths of the earth's energy. Together these Lines are sometimes known as the Dragon or Serpent Line.
The Mary Line passes through Botesdale and the Michael Line runs from Thornham Magna to Eye, travelling through the gate of this sculpture. The Line also passes through other sites in Eye including the Castle, Church and Priory ruins before continuing its journey on to Hoxne.
The sculpture represents two birds; the White Eagle found at the top of the crest for the Borough of Eye, and a Swan commemorating the Black Swan public house of which this car park was once a yard.
It was created using two halves of one oak tree from Burgh-next-Aylsham in Norfolk and a piece of sweet chestnut from Copperas Wood in Essex.
Artist Ben Mills-Platt
Public Domain Book: Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions
Published 1884 in [New York] .
Written in English.
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Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
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Title:
A descriptive map of the region within one hundred miles of the capital of the United States : portraying the principal events and places of major interest in the nation's political, cultural, and religious history : commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington
Publisher:
Washington Cathedral
Printer:
William Edwin Rudge (Firm)
Creator:
Clegg, Ernest
Artist:
Clegg, Ernest
Name on Item:
designed by Ernest Clegg
Date:
1932
Public Domain: Descriptive sample book of goods manufactured by Dozier-Weyl cracker co.
St. Louis, Mo.
Published 1881 by Donaldson brothers in New York .
Written in English.
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Public Domain: Descriptive sample book of goods manufactured by Dozier-Weyl cracker co.
St. Louis, Mo.
Published 1881 by Donaldson brothers in New York .
Written in English.
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Title: Atlas of the descriptive anatomy of the human body [electronic resource]
Creator: Cruveilhier, J. (Jean), 1791-1874
Creator: Bonamy, Constantin Louis, b. 1812
Creator: Beau, Ãmile, 1810-
Creator: Lyle, Herbert Willoughby, 1870-1956, former owner
Creator: Burgess, H. active 1902 former owner
Creator: King's College London
Publisher: London : H. Baillière
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library
Date: 1844
Language: eng
Description: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London
King’s College London
If you have questions concerning reproductions, please contact the Contributing Library.
Note: The colors, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.
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Descriptive text describing the City Road & Shepherdess Walk traffic lights that used "Electro-matic" traffic signal control. Page taken from the catalogue.
Descriptive Title: Portrait of Vesalius: 'an. æt. XXVIII MDXLII.'
Actual Title: Andreas Vesalius Bruxellensis, invictissimi Caroli V. Imperatoris medicus.
Artist: Wandelaar, Jan, 1690-1759
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 29 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI038-0003
Scope and Content: Portrait of Vesalius, performing dissection on a hand and arm.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica
Author: Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Published: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud J. du Vivie, et J. & H. Verbeek, 1725
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Public Domain Book: Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions
Published 1884 in [New York] .
Written in English.
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Title: Track Speeder
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20864714
Date: Ca. 1961
Image ID: 5003pb59f119
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Industrial Siding
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434011
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f148
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[1948?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Libraries, Medical,
Library Materials,
Library Technical Services
Librarians,
African Americans,
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Pictorial Works
Abstract:
Interior view: Book shelves; a table with a paper cutter and materials; an enclosed bookcase and desk are in the background.
Extent:
1 photographic print : 11 x 13 cm.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101445587
NLM Image ID:
A016999
Permanent Link:
Title: Back of the yard
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434005
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f146
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Hygrade Meat Plant
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434118
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f170
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive Title: Letter I.
Artist: Calcar, Jan Stephen van, 1499-1546?
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: 7 x 7 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI035-0007
Scope and Content: Letter I. Decorative initial, illustration includes putti robbing a grave.
General: Same plate as #0052.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: De humani corporis fabrica
Author: Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Published: Basileæ [Basel] : Ex officina I. Oporini, 1543
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
The title is pretty descriptive. Blackberries (Rubus) are a common plant in Upstate South Carolina, and elsewhere. They often grow in disturbed areas, such as along roads, or in fields that have been unused for a few years. They have thorns, and are members of the Rose family, Rosaceae.
Since this was taken two weeks ago, these berries have probably gone from red to black, and perhaps been picked by humans or some animal. Lake Hartwell is a large artificial lake which is about half in Georgia, and half in South Carolina. It is used for recreation and hydroelectric power.
Isn't God a great artist?
I'm going on hiatus for a while. I need to concentrate on some other things. God bless you all.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Public Domain Book: Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions
Published 1884 in [New York] .
Written in English.
openlibrary.org/works/OL15737420W/Illustrated_descriptive....
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Map in blue show an area of St Bernard Parish Louisiana where this set of images was taken in 2012/ 2013 Map marking in red shows a part of the protective flood wall that helps to protect New Orleans area
Title: Coach Yard, West Oakland
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20433289
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Vawter, Howard M.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
Image ID: 5003pb54f092
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
1897 Bright & Son's "ABC" Descriptive Priced Catalogue of the World's Postage Stamps. (15/31)
F J Bright & Son, The Arcade, Bournemouth, England.
Title: Hygrade Meat Plant
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434120
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f171
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Title
Statue of Anne Hutchinson with Descriptive Plaque, East Wing of Massachusetts State House
Contributors
researcher: Gyorgy Kepes (American, 1906-2001)
researcher: Kevin Lynch (American, 1918-1984)
photographer: Nishan Bichajian (American, 20th century)
Date
creation date: between 1954-1959
Location
Creation location: Boston (Massachusetts, United States)
Repository: Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
ID: Kepes/Lynch Collection, 54.08
Period
Modern
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Techniques
documentary photography
Type
Photograph
Copyright
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access Statement
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Identifier
KL_001094
DSpace_Handle
Fernando Botero calls this painting Still Life with Watermelon / Naturaleza muerta con sandia. He has very descriptive titles.
Desert Botanical Garden as part of the Fernando Botero installation has an exhibition highlighting his paintings, drawings, and smaller sculptures in Dorrance Hall.
Fernando Botero (Colombia, 1932-2023) Still Life with Watermelon / Naturaleza muerta con sandia 1973. Oil on Canvas / Oleo sobre lienzo. 68 5/7,x 74 5/8 inches / pulgados. Private Collection / Coleccion privada
The neutral quality of the subject matter in still life enables the painter to focus on purely formal matters. As Botero once stated, "I do not wish to convey metaphysical feelings . . . I want to view themes from a painterly perspective, not as a commentator, a philosopher or as a psychoanalyst. I do not want to express profound thoughts on the world or on life in general. I wish I could always paint as if I were depicting fruits."
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Desert Botanical Garden proudly presents the iconic work of Fernando Botero in Fernando Botero: The Master marking the first major Botero exhibit in Arizona. The exhibit highlight includes significant works from the Colombian artist’s career and will open Oct. 7, 2023 and run through March 31, 2024. Tickets on sale July 14 at dbg.org.
Fernando Botero: The Master showcases voluminous sculpture playfully intertwined with the Garden’s own large-scale living collection of magnificent saguaros, towering cardons and the beautiful Papago buttes, the exhibit is complimented with a colorful indoor gallery in Dorrance Hall, highlighting Botero’s paintings, drawings and small sculpture.
“The Garden is thrilled to bring the first major Botero exhibit to Arizona. The Garden’s art exhibitions have become a vibrant and compelling point of pride in the Valley’s cultural scene since 2009,” says Ken Schutz, the Garden’s Executive Director. “In 2021-2022, Dale Chihuly’s work drew more than 601,000 visitors to the Garden and drove more than $23 million in economic impact. With several successful ‘blockbuster exhibitions’ under our belt, the Garden is excited to host the artwork of one of the most important artists in the world”.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023)[2] was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor.[3] His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He was considered the most recognized and quoted artist from Latin America in his lifetime,[4][5][6] and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris, at different times.[7]
Self-styled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists",[8] Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s.[9][10] His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors, sometimes selling for millions of dollars.[11] In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.[12]
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
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"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
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I went up early to the Grand Canyon South Rim for a big backpacking trip and visited several of the tourist destinations. These are Trail Descriptions outside the new Visitor Center.
www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm
www.nps.gov/grca/parkmgmt/cvip09.htm
The Grand Canyon Visitor Center (on the South Rim by Mather Point.)
Stop by the Visitor Center and the Books and More bookstore across the Plaza. Outdoor exhibits provide information about Grand Canyon National Park and what to do when you arrive. Watch the film, Grand Canyon: A Journey of Wonder, in the theater. The movie is 20 minutes long and starts on the hour and the half-hour. The Visitor Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
From the Visitor Center, its just a short walk - or shuttle ride to Mather Point for a spectacular view of the canyon. Many visitors choose to park their vehicles in one of the 4 lots that surround the Visitor Center, then use the free shuttle buses to get around the village and out to the scenic overlooks.
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Title: Fireman taking signals
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434126
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f177
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Burnham Yard Shops
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20988488
Date: Ca. 1961
Creator: Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA)
Image ID: 5003pb63f146
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Description: Descriptive information glued to the back of a stereograph of the Perkins Institution Concert Hall.
Full text: The Perkins' Institution and Mass. School for the Blind is a purely educational establishment for children, who, for want of sight, cannot be instructed in teh common schools. It is located on Dorchester Heights, at South Boston, and,-as can be seen by several photographs taken from the top of its main building-commands a most magnificent view of Boston Harbor, of the city proper, and of the neighboring cities and towns. The establishment was incorporated in 1829, and was the first institution of this kind established in America. In 1831, Dr. Samuel G. Howe undertook its direction, and went to Europe in order to seek information at kindred institutions there, and to collect books and educational apparatus. On his return to America, he organized the school in July, 1982, and for nearly forty-five years devoted his talents and influence to its success, until he made it the most efficient and famous school of its kind in the world. Here was educated that remarkable child of nature, Laura Bridgman. Here are gathered the sightless children of all the New England States, for the purpose of receiving instruction in various branches of learning, and of acquiring some profession or trade, in order to earn their own living by their own exertions. The Institution is well supplied with all the necessary instruments and appliances for fitting its beneficiaries as music teachers, pianoforte tuners, and workers at various kinds of handicraft. It is managed by a board of twelve trustees, and is open to visitors every Thursday during the school year, from 11 A. M. to 1 P. M., holidays excepted. South Boston horse cars marked "Broadway" pass by its door.
Date: circa 1890
Format: Stereographs
Accession note: Gift of Larry Melander, 2016
Digital Identifier: AG16-33b
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
World's End! What an evocative name, so final and dramatic, child-like in its descriptive simplicity but so right for the location it attempts to describe. I first came across the name when I was a young boy and had found a map illustrating a part of the English and Welsh border country near to my home. I've always had a love of maps, especially the Ordnance Survey maps which are amongst the best in the world and incredibly detailed. Learning how to interpret the symbols used in the map's Key was a mystery equal to understanding Egyptian heiroglyphics at that tender age and just as exciting in what was revealed. Just like books (I was/am a serious bookworm), maps transported me away from the mundane world, taking me off on strange adventures. I loved trying to imagine the terrain and look of the landscape described by the esoteric-looking symbols and map graphics. Being so young I had no reference points of experience to help me in my imaginings but with age comes wander-lust, travelling and an accumulation of visual memories, making my later assumptions that I drew from the maps much more accurate. The first time I read that name, World's End – English words hidden amongst the strange sounding and even more strangely spelt Welsh names – all sorts of wild and exciting images were conjured up in my head and I thought, "I have GOT to go there!". Many years later in my early twenties I did go, and the reality of what the place looked like was nothing remotely like the assumptions that I'd drawn from looking at the map as a young boy. Instead, what I saw as I came over the top of the bare moors and looked down the valley for the first time blew me away and that 2D map from childhood finally came to life. Seeing the huge cliffs of the limestone escarpment snaking off into the horizon was like coming across the Himalaya in my own back garden.
SInce then I've poured over many a map, working out routes to walk, backpack or mountainbike over. Some of the best 'map v reality' moments occured when I did Alfred Wainwright's famous Coast-to-Coast Walk, a 200 hundred mile, two week jaunt across the backbone of England going from the North Sea in the east to the Irish Sea in the west whilst taking in various national parks along a conveyorbelt of gobsmacking scenery. Each day was a revelation as I experienced the symbols and imagery of the maps made real. One of my abiding memories of doing the CTC was the buzz of excitement as I set out each morning, map in hand and tried to imagine what was around the next bend in the path or over the next hill top just from the map symbols, only to be surprised and awed by the reality every time. To me, every map is a pirate's treasure map and just as exciting, and these days even though X now more often than not marks the spot of a photographic pov, the adventure still lies not so much in the arriving but in the journey getting there and seeing the map symbols and graphics come alive around me as I move through the landscape.
Back to the present day and I was once again fortunate to be able to visit World's End along with my partner and budding tog, Jay. The sun had been playing push and shove with the clouds all day, occasionally bursting through gaps in the grey with "Ta daa!" exclamations of light. The clouds, though, remained unimpressed by their dazzling friend and slowly but surely drew together like a set of grey stage curtains to form an overcast sky of soft pale yellow and murky white. With only a light breeze to stir the air and nudge the lazy clouds along the light conditions were definitely here to stay. Remarkably, for such a dramatic landscape, the soft, flat light didn't do it any favours and left me struggling for shots until, that is, I came to the edge of the escarpment and looked down the valley...wonderful, the world just seemed to fade out of existence, for along with the overcast sky a haze had developed, softening the landscape even more and dissolving the horizon into layers of receding ephemeral hills, their slopes interlocking like the fingers of a green Buddha. Standing there, with only the ascending song of a skylark and the occasional "kronk-kronk" of a solitary raven to break the silence, I was reminded of how important it is to get to know the spirit/essence of a place before you even think of taking a shot, and that for me personally, getting to do that usually starts with a piece of paper full of strange symbols.
This slice of heaven captured here is better viewed in L.
Public Domain Book: Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions
Published 1884 in [New York] .
Written in English.
openlibrary.org/works/OL15737420W/Illustrated_descriptive....
Title: New Century Plant
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434075
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f156
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Title: Hygrade Meat Plant
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20434107
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Anderson, Donald H.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb56f167
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Descriptive Title: Added title page.
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 25 x 17 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI014-0001
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica
Author: Highmore, Nathaniel, 1613-1685
Published: Hagæ-Comitis [The Hague] : Ex officina Samuelis Broun, 1651
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm