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The flier arrows made of metal, described in this historical document, were about 12 cm long and thrown off by hand from the aircrafts.
The translation of the document:
Mr. colonel!
I come with the polite request at you, to grant me the necessary credit for the acquisition of 100.000 flier arrows. Because of the available offers, with this quantity an arrow costs 16 cts.
The swiss military aviation possesses today still no weapons of attack any kind.
It's well-known to me, that german companies for the german army administration want to place orders of millions for flier arrows at companies here. I believe this is the proof, that the flier arrows work satisfactorily as weapon of attack, and we therefore without doubt to dare may the acquisition of these flier arrows.
Command of the Swiss flier department
10,000 (ten thousand) arrows can be ordered for a way of trial.
On a further acquisition one decides later.
The chief of general staff of the army
(Photo taken in the airforcecenter in Dübendorf)
Title: A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member., 03/27/1894 - 04/10/1894
Production Date: March 27, 1894 – April 10, 1894
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4th August 1916.
My dearest Eileen,
First let me thank you for the box of good things which arrived recently from Fortnum and Mason. The chocolate was most opportune yesterday, during an intermittently slow railway journey in cattle trucks and on a still longer march on roads deep in chalk dust. How often when travelling in France in happier days, one noticed on railway sidings large waggons with ‘Hommes 40, Chevaux 8’ written on their sides and to think that one should have travelled-slowly and lumberingly for four hours , lying upon the dirty floor and in blazing heat!
We had all been led to understand that we were at last in for a decent rest. It would indeed have been delightful to have had a few weeks, or even days, repose along the lower reaches of this lovely river-that is not to be.
It is something all the same to be thankful for, to have even a 24 hours respite. This place is a lesson in the blessings of peace. Even though the very distant rumble of the heavy guns can be heard when the wind is from the east one might almost think that peace had come again.
This village is sat between hills white with the harvest. Our regimental mess is in the cure’s house, where I am billeted. My window looks out across his neglected garden-sweet with the heavy scents of late summer, and the hum of bees. These are some of the minor blessings of peace, and the scarred hills torn into craters by our shells and mines, and the villages piled into heaps of rubble which we have left behind us, are some of war’s curse. Had France (her detestable government) spent on preparing for war, half the money that they spent fighting religion, robbing her priests and turning her nuns on to the streets, her fairest provinces would not now be ravished by the stranger.
The chateau here is glorious. I am to dine there tonight as the guest of M. le Comt de S. Pol and his lady. They are neither of them, picturesque figures, but their halls are splendid in their decay and they are delightful people.
It was a great surprise when I opened mother’s letter of July 27th to read that Pat was home on leave. How splendid. My turn may come soon if leave reopens.
The cigs were very good, but I think the kind Co. used to provide at G. from Lalor in Dublin are even better.
I hope Martin is getting his veins seen to-it is well he was not at home when Pat came back for his few days leave. Even though it may not be his fault, it is supremely annoying to see him loafing at home these times especially.
Letters are taking very long these times, and the censorship is most severe. Hence so little about the war in this.
I am so sorry that you failed to let Gormanston this summer.
Your devoted brother, Dick.
This is an image of 3 [=37] from University of Pennsylvania LJS 198: De simplicibus, a document on parchment, by Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311, from Spain, dated to between 1350 and 1380.
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First in Rotherham depot open day celebrating 100 years of motorbuses in Rotherham & 40 years of South Yorkshire PTE
Five short pieces by Beckett, directed by Peter Brooke, starring "Jos Houben and Marcello Magni, co founders of theatre company Complicite and the Olivier Award winning Kathryn Hunter". Enjoyed it, it was interesting, and several things will stick with me for a long time, although I wasn't wowed.
My wife and I went to the first exhibition in Germany about Adof Hitler since the end of the war,needless to say its a touchy subject. The exhibit was located in the German national history museum and when you went inside the museum you would never know there was an exhibit about Hitler. I asked if i could take pictures and i was told i could without a flash but i managed to go in and snap a few pictures before i was told i was not allowed to,
The exhibit makes a strong point to explain the rise of Hitler,his impact on Germany,its people and crimes the crimes committed by this regime. The stories i read about it in English language German newspapers say they did not want the exhibition to be something Neo Nazis would not flock to.
The whole exhibition covers Hitler's rise from obscurity,the Nazis grab of power,life in Nazi Germany,Racial laws,the start of the war to the end and Hitler's legacy.
As well as the public's perception of Hitler from his time to present. I found it a bit strange to hear laughter during the exhibit but this came from scenes from Charlie Chaplin's parody of Hitler to videos from youtube with the meme of "Hitler's reaction to.." from the movie the Untergang. The youtube video "Hitler's reaction to Micheal Jacksons death" was on display which garned alot of laughs.
The whole exhibit had many relics from Nazi Germany. There were all sorts of uniforms from the 3rd reich like posters,children's books,painting,nazi street signs,Field Marshall baton's, strips of uncut yellow fabric the with star of David and "jude" written on it. Some of the artifacts were in such pritine condition they were down right errie looking.
The whole exhibit was really interesting but the disappointing part is that the main sections of the exhibit were described in English as well as German but alot of the individual artifacts and displays were only in German which gave me the impression that the exhibit was mainly for Germans.
Local Accession Number: FA_CC.000169
Connick Job Number: 5019
Title: Christ blessing little children, west aisle window, first from entrance, Church of the Good Shepherd, Dedham, Mass.
Creator/Contributor: Charles J. Connick Associates (creator)
Genre: Design drawings; Gouaches
Date created: 1945-1967 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 gouache : color ; 30 x 22 cm.
General notes: Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library.
Date notes: Date supplied by cataloger.
Biographical and historical notes: Window designed for Church of the Good Shepherd, Dedham, Massachusetts.
Subjects: Stained glass; Windows
Collection: Charles J. Connick Gouaches - Massachusetts
Location: Boston Public Library, Arts Department
Shelf locator: Massachusetts Box #3
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
The S4 Craft & Design class are now using this site as their primary source of teacher/peer review and feedback. Observations on work in progress will be made by Mr. Jennings on a regular basis. Comments from the class will be encouraged and moderated by Mr. J. Comments and tags will be altered over time to better reflect the content. Given the massive quantity of paperwork generated by classes in the department this would appear to be the most efficient feedback mechanism.
William Charles Harry Hibberd 1924-1944 of Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Bulldozer driver, Royal Engineers, who arrived in Normandy in the first assault on 'D' day.
He was killed in action on the 13 August 1944 during the break-out into the Falaise Gap in Normandy.
Son of Kate and William, husband of Joyce, brother of Barbara, June and Grace.
Photo from Neil Pickering
POETS PAST AND FUTURE
edited by George Woodcock.
Vancouver, University Of British Columbia, spring 1973.
6-13/16 x 9-3/4, 32 sheets ivory wove folded to 128 pp in 8 signatures of 4 sheets each, sewn ivory in 7 double stitches & glued into tan Beckett laid card wrappers, all printed black, letterpress interiors in offset covers with brown spine & additions to front cover & title page.
32 contributors ID'd:
Patrick Anderson, Douglas Barbour, Pat Barclay, Fred Cogswell, Roy Daniells, Frank Davey, Barry Davies, Sandra Djwa, Dennis Duffy, Mary Jane Edwards, Northrop Frye, Dave Godfrey, Phyllis Grosskurth, Charles W.Humphries, Archibald Lampman, Douglas Lochhead, Seymour Mayne, W.H.New, Alden Nowland, Desmond Pacey, James Polk, David Rosenberg, Stephen Scobie, Alan Shucard, Peter Stevens, Fraser Sutherland, Warren Tallman, Audrey Thomas, Clara Thomas, Germaine Warkentin, Tom Wayman, George Woodcock.
includes:
i) A DASH FOR THE BORDER, by Stephen Scobie (pp.89-92; prose review of bpNichol's Monotones with quotes from
--1. "That night as I lay by the sea I" (last line)
--2. "already it passes" (lines 18, 19))
ii) JOURNEY INTO A MYTHIC LANDSCAPE, by Douglas Barbour (pp.93-97; prose review of the martryology books 1 & 2 with quotes from
--1. bpNichol, "the circus finally grows old & jaded (lines 6-7)
--2. ____ "dedicate the poem to a whim" (line 16 misquoted ("the" for "a"))
--3. ____ "how could you? saint reat's been" (lines 4-11)
--4. ____ "may you be laid to rest in Shanghalla" (line 16)
--5. ____ "so much lost" (lines 5-8)
--6. ____ "i wanted to end it" (lines 9-11)
--7. ____ "this time the sky screams BLUE" (part of line 4)
--8. ____ "surely when they fell" (lines 1-2)
--9. ____ "lady i know nothing more" (lines 2-5)
--1o. ____ "lift up your eyes my lady" (lines 28-29)
--11. ____ "she is a ghost who walks among my feelings" (line 12)
--12. ____ "for friendship's sake my house is set" (part of line 28)
--13. ____ "the window reverses itself" (lines 14-18, 23-24)
--14. ____ "so it is that you traverse a continent" (lines 2o-24, 37-38)
--15. ____ "this morning talking with grant rob gestures at the snow" (lines 2o-21)
--16. ____ "we buried terry beyond the orchard" (line 12)
--17. ____ "the white flows" (lines 9-12)
--18. ____ ""in the midst of life we are in death" draco" (lines 13-14)
--19. ____ "speech" (in full, unlineated)
--2o. ____ "later there is quietness & love" (lines 9-15)
--21. ____ "death is real or sensed is as death is always" (part of line 14)
--22. ____ "early morning victoria's streets" (line 6 misquoted ("now" for "not"), part of line 12)
--23. "sleepless night nothing takes shape (lines 39-44)
--24. David Saint Alwart, An Afterword to THE MARTYROLOGY
--25. [unID'd], "created a personal mythology out of language itself" (from ?))
iii) LACONIC TERRORS, by William H.New (pp.123-125; prose essay quotes Nichol's "early morning victoria's streets", lines 1-8, with further reference to Four Horsemen's CANADADA)
iv) OPEN LETTTER Second Series, by Frank Davey (rear cover; advertisement with Nichol included in contributors lists)
When our crews learned that there might be an 80-year-old time capsule buried within the Vida McKenzie Center, they went to work. While unearthing a piece of history, they unlocked something equally precious — the smiles and excitement of community members.
Found in a shed somewhere in Sussex.
As an historian and a trained archivist, the loss of historic documents such as these saddens me, but of course, not everything can be saved or kept....
This letter was written on 21 April 1942 inquiring about a lost letter from an Interment Camp (POW) in Dehra Dun, British India. The letter that was lost was dated 30 December 1941.
Johann Johannsen was a Harbour Captain at Bandar Pahlevi on the Caspian Sea - during the invasion by British and Soviet forces he was detained in Persia in 1941 - and ended up in the POW Camp 33 in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada - in Sept of 1943 he was transferred to a POW Camp No. 13 in Great Britain - after that I don't know what happened. Most of the letters I have were written to his wife Erna Johansen who lived in Hamburg Germany....this is my small collection...
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This document is a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Central Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva, dated May 14, 1942, concerning a British Indian prisoner of war during World War II.
Document Summary
The letter, primarily in German script with a French heading, provides an update on a prisoner of war named Bahouram.
Sender: Comité International de la Croix-Rouge - Agence Centrale des Prisonniers de Guerre (International Committee of the Red Cross - Central Agency for Prisoners of War) in Geneva.
Recipient: A relative or representative of the prisoner of war.
Date: May 14, 1942 (indicated by the stamp at the top right, "punon 1.4.49" which likely refers to an internal filing system and a date in May 1942).
Case Reference: Réf. 5278.
Prisoner Details - Name: Bahouram
Nationality: British Indian
Prisoner Number: 390380
Location/Camp: Dehra Dun POW camp (Dehra Dûn)
Key Information:
Health and Status: The letter confirms that Bahouram was transferred to the camp hospital on December 30, 1941, due to frostbite ("infolge Wiesenzetzung").
Condition Update: The prisoner reports feeling better under the care of German doctors ("Er fühlt sich jetzt besser unter der Pflege deutschen Ärzten").
Communication: He has not received any news from his wife or other relatives since May 1941 ("Seit Mai 1941 hat er keine Nachricht von seiner Frau oder anderen Verwandten erhalten").
Request: He wishes to write a letter to his wife immediately ("Er will uns bitten, seiner Frau schreiben"). The ICRC offers to forward letters to the addressee.
Translation
Sender: Central Palace of the Waisenhaus, Geneva
International Committee of the Red Cross - Central Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva
Reference number in reply: laa 5278
Cheminement personnel 5627
Telephone & 2364
Zeig... prisoner of war
British India following query received from Dehra Dun no. 390380:
Johann Josef Hickl was transferred to the camp hospital on December 30, 1941, together with the onion (Hicke in this camp) due to frostbite. Since May 1941 he has not received any news from his wife or other relatives. He feels much better under the care of German doctors. He wants us to write to his wife and that he will do so immediately.
We are happy to forward your letters for you. For postage we ask for a stamp.
This document was filed with W C Fields 1919 passport application. It shows two versions of his signature and the letterhead of his professional stationary.
"W. C. Fields
Eccentric Juggler
Touring the World"
Fotografía de Leandro Piñeiro, incluida en el libro "Formas Zoológicas", publicado en 2006. Edición de autor. Tapa/Información: www.flickr.com/photos/31271394@N07/2967581046/
Todos los derechos reservados
Formas Zoológicas & Fotografías Mínimas por Kekena Corvalán, para LEEDOR.COM: www.leedor.com/notas/3587---leandro_pineiro.html
FZ por Ataulfo perez Aznar: www.fotomundo.com/nota.php?id=619
The Argentina Independent, by Kate Stanworth: www.argentinaindependent.com/culture/art/formas-zoologica...
Thursday 15 August 2013 - Day 27 - Machu Picchu (2,400m) - Aguas Calientes (2,040m) - Cusco (3,399m)
Atmospheric cloud cover cleared during the course of Julia's guided tour of Machu Picchu - a good sunrise is rare there, so Julia's "7.15am at the bus stop" had suited everyone. A final set of goodbyes and we were left on our own again, holding with vouchers for the bus back to Aguas Calientes, lunch, the late afternoon train back to Poroy (not Ollantaytambo) and a taxi transfer to the lovely Amaru Hostal in Cusco. The "we" of the trip notes was back to Hazel and me.
We pottered around the main site for a while then caught the bus down to the town for what proved to be an unexpectedly excellent al fresco lunch at the newly opened Chulpi, then back to Inka Town to use their internet and to wait for our train. The departure system felt a little chaotic, but our coach and allocated seats were easy to find. H and I weren't originally going to be sitting together (thanks ExploreAndes!), but a local family we were intermingled with suggested rearranging, which suited us all. Good journey back, complete with complimentary refreshments, albeit mainly in the dark and with a few heart-stopping moments when it looked like there was no one to meet us at Poroy.
It was gone 9pm by the time we were back at the hotel, where we got a lovely corner room in the older part of the building. We made the most of the internet PC facility to check-in online for tomorrow's flight back to Lima - once again we were unable to check-in for the main flight, weird. The lovely team at reception even printed out our boarding pass PDFs for us - for free.
Read more about the Cordillera Huayhuash Circuit plus Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
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Fotografía de Leandro Piñeiro, incluida en el Libro "Fotografías Mínimas", publicado en 2008. Edición de autor. Tapa / Información: www.flickr.com/photos/31271394@N07/3083620916/
Todos los derechos reservados
Formas Zoológicas & Fotografías Mínimas por Kekena Corvalán, para LEEDOR.COM: www.leedor.com/notas/3587---leandro_pineiro.html
La nación Revista, "Una década, diez fotógrafos, diez imágenes": www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1215959
book review by Kate Stanworth, lensculture: www.lensculture.com/pineiro.html