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The Nlak’pamux Church, also known as St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church. c. Early 1900's
Believed to be built sometime between 1905 - 1907
A photographer's favorite.
A small wood framed, Gothic Revival building, it is quite straightforward in design, with a small narthex at the front of the rectangular nave, a small bell tower over the entrance and a small altar extending out the rear. The bell tower is of interesting design, rising out of the gable of the narthex, with a shingled steeple like a little brown helmet, surmounted by a wooden cross. The belfry vents, with gable tops, are open all around, exposing the 26 inch bell which still hangs within. The building is clad entirely in shingles, many of which are now coming adrift, indicating its recent years of inactivity. All openings are rectangular, lacking Gothic arches, doubtless concessions to economics and the need to complete the church in a timely fashion.
Spences Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, situated 35 km north east of Lytton and 44 km south of Ashcroft. In 1892, the population included 32 people of European ancestry and 130 First Nations people. There were five general stores, three hotels, one Church of England and one school. Wikipedia
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DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
The Alex Houston Residence consists of a modest 1 1/2 storey wood-frame house on a country lot. It is within view of the Fraser River and is located in the Greater Vancouver Regional District's Derby Reach Park in NW Langley, British Columbia.
HERITAGE VALUE
Built in 1909 by Alexander Houston, the Houston Residence is important for its historic significance in terms of its association with the Houston family, its location, and the period in which it was built. It is also an important example of a community-led restoration that combined the resources of the Langley Heritage Society and the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
The Houstons were an important family in British Columbia's history. Alex's father, James, is credited for being the first European to discover gold along the Fraser River, the first independent farmer in the Fraser Valley, one of 33 men to petition the government for an incorporation of the district, and one of the first councillors when Langley was incorporated as a District in 1873.
Alex took over the family cattle and dairy farming business in 1902 (after the death of his father). He was the only son of James and was himself an important pioneer in the Derby area. His family was very active in the community until the 1950's, having established and hosted the community May Day celebrations and donating land for a commemorative cairn across the street from his house, marking the site of the first Fort Langley.
The farmsite stands on what was originally land occupied by the first Hudson's Bay Company Fort (1827) and later by the Townsite of Derby (1859). It is a focal point for Derby historical interpretations.
The Houston farmsite reminds visitors that resource-based industries found throughout the province (mining, logging and fishing) were only some of the major forces shaping British Columbia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The resource-based industries were comprised primarily of single men, while the small farms were comprised of families. Small-scale family farms like this one provided an economic base for the industries mentioned above, and they provided the social stability that was necessary for a growing colony.
Source: Langley Centennial Museum Heritage Files.
British Columbia
Canada
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Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses.
Anytime, day or night that you visit Gastown, there always seems to be street artists present in this exact location.
This particular night (at 10:30 P.M.), the artist was busily working under the light of the street lamp.
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The town of Lovelady was founded by investors of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad as a railway line. It was built through a land grant of Cyrus Lovelady, prior to 1872. This place might have been a hotel prior to its' use as an apartment house.
Essondale East Lawn HDR ( Please see previous image )
Coquitlam, BC Canada
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Riverview Hospital is a Canadian mental health facility located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It operated under the governance of BC Mental Health & Addiction Services when it closed in July 2012.
In 1904 the provincial government purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) in then-rural Coquitlam for the construction of Riverview Hospital.
Patients were originally housed in temporary buildings, and in 1913 the building that would eventually be called West Lawn began treating the 300 most seriously ill male patients. The building was originally constructed to hold 480 patients. By the end of the year it housed 919.
Information compiled from Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview_Hospital_(Coquitlam)
Today the building stands condemned and the site is often used for movie sets.
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A beautiful, century-old wrought iron garden pergola. Reminiscent of grander days gone by. Beautiful and playful scrolling in a sunburst. It made an excellent abstract.
Gilcrease Museum & Gardens, Tulsa, OK
Been a long while since I did a black and white. :)
The Røros mountain town (Trøndelag county, Norway) in winter (early 1900s). My colorization of Peter Mølner´s photo in the Rørosmuseet archive (Digital Museum).
"The mining town of Røros (the administrative centre of the municipality) is sometimes called Bergstaden which means "mountain town" due to its historical notoriety for copper mining. It is one of two towns in Norway that were historically designated "mining towns", along with the "silver-town" of Kongsberg. The modern-day inhabitants of Røros still work and live in the characteristic 17th and 18th century buildings which led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Røros has about 80 wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards. Many retain their dark pitch-log facades, giving the town a mediaeval appearance."
(Wikipedia)
Lott, Texas used to have two banks. This looks like it could have been one of the two. The First National Bank was built in 1903. The Lott State Bank was built in 1909. Pure guess work on my part. Lott, Texas 2010.
Maplewood flats,
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area,
District of North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Eastern gray squirrels, including their black morphs, were introduced into British Columbia during the early 1900s.
In the Generator Hall of the old Niagara Power Generation, in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
In full colour, it almost looked like a B&W image except for the Blue painted old generators and the openings around the overhead doors. I created a B&W version layer where I brought back about 15% of the background colour and 100% of the actual blue.
From my camping trip last month: the old mining town of Animas Forks above Silverton, CO is preserved and maintained by several historic organizations. The town is a kind of self-guided historic tour of mining in the last century in Colorado.
Remnants of an early 1900's pier'
Point Roberts,
Whatcom County
WASHINGTON, USA
On the horizon you will have left USA waters and entered Canadian waters ( my home )
BC Canada
Strait of Georgia ( Pacific Ocean )
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Rising sun motif on a Federation or turn-of-the-century (early 1900s) build house in Killara, Sydney, NSW
How a motif can come to signify a period, in this case the hopeful "rising sun" of the early days of Federation.
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The adobe bricks appear to be hand made and the wood for the roof appears to be hand cut . The bricks for the chimney look a little more refined and perhaps city made. This was located somewhere between Gardner and Westcliffe on CO-69 N. in either Huerfano or Custer County. Guessing it's from early 1900s or earlier. Didn't see a well or signs of any other buildings. Perhaps a hunter or trapper called this place home ages ago.
Sepia-toned vintage portrait of a woman in an elegant Victorian-era dress, standing beside an ornate chair, early 1900s. The picture was taken by photographer Carl Pietzner, Wien
I am sad and angry.
The wooden church in neogothic style from the early 1900s in Bollstabruk.
The Lutheran prayer house was for a long time demolition threatened, until it was purchased in 2011 by a private person and was renovated. In April 2017, when the renovation was almost completed, the house was subjected to extensive vandalism, where windows and furnishings were crushed.
And last night it burned down to the ground.
I took these photos 5 years ago and was waiting to take new when the renovation was completed.
Excerpt from www.unionvillesstivermillmarket.com:
Unionville’s Stiver Mill, situated in the heart of Heritage Unionville, is Markham’s last standing grain elevator, and one of the very few left in the Province of Ontario with original grain mill equipment. The important role it played through the 1900s has given it great significance culturally, and adds to the economic viability of the Tourist area.
The Stiver Family was part of the prominent Berczy Pioneer Settlers that came here in 1794 and the first European baby born that year in the Town of Markham was a Stiver.
Over the years, the Stivers were involved in building, owning, leasing and living in more than 17 now heritage houses still standing in Unionville and elsewhere in Markham. The Stivers built the Stiver Mill on Station Lane in the early1900s, also a Mill in Stouffville and Aurora, running their considerable business until 1968.
The City of Markham took possession of the Stiver Mill in 1993 and it remained unused and began to deteriorate. In 2008, the City put out an Expression of Interest looking for ideas for the Mill’s future use.
The City received only one response. This came from Bob Stiver, a direct descendant of that first Stiver baby born in Markham. Bob was born and raised in Unionville, living right next door to the Mill as a boy, and worked there after school.
Realizing the future of the Stiver Mill was in jeopardy, Bob decided to spearhead a movement to restore the Mill with a vision to bring it back for community use with museum agricultural artifacts on show.
In 2009, Bob Stiver had the idea of starting a farmers’ market on the Stiver Mill grounds. This would be run by himself and other volunteers each week during the summer primarily for Public Awareness of the plight of the Stiver Mill. The City of Markham decided to give the market a chance.
The City invited the pubic to get involved with a Visioning Workshop in May 2010 to determine the uses of the Stiver Mill. A number of themes resulted from this exercise including Food-related activities, Cultural, Educational and Environmental uses.
In 2011, the City of Markham put funds into their budget to preserve the foundation and exterior of the mill and in 2012 a grant application was submitted to the Federal Government. This was successful
The restoration project was approved by the Federal Government and we are proud that the first phase of the restoration of the Stiver Mill was completed on budget and on time. The official opening of the newly renovated Stiver Mill took place in June 2014. The outside is restored to its traditional red colour and the inside is decorated with pictures and artifacts from Markham’s original grain mills.
Once upon a time, though I cannot tell when, and in what country I do not now remember, there lived a maiden as fair as a lily, as gentle as a dewdrop, and as modest as a violet. A pure, sweet name she had, - it was Blanche.
A small set of classic Dutch postage stamps featuring the young Queen Wilhelmina, issued in the early 1900s. These beautifully engraved definitives show the elegant “fur collar” portrait style and come in several values and colors. A fine example of early Dutch philatelic design.
While the lavanderia or laundromat is for rent, folks are still living in the upstairs apartments in El Segundo Barrio, adjacent to downtown El Paso.
El Segundo Barrio is a historic Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in El Paso. It was one of the main ports of entry into the United States from Mexico for many years, and became known as the "other Ellis Island" as a result.
According to information written on the back of this early 1900's photograph, this house was on Walnut Street in Kewanee, and was the home of the Edward Anderson family.
candid photography ... low tide, Spanish Banks, Vancouver ... don't know the kids but they were having a 'whale' of a time .. dad was nearby supervising their carefree state
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in Vancouver for a few weeks visiting family
Don't know the name of this well maintained building or when it was built. (Early 1900s?) It's got a pretty interesting history though. Upstairs has always been apartments and many years ago it housed a roller-rink in the back.. The first floor on the left was a saloon that connected to a dance hall on the right. Today, on the left, is the Lazy 6 Cattle Meat Market where the saloon used to be. On the right is the El Sazon de Martha Restaurant and former dance hall. (Good grub and no sign!) The original well-worn dance hall hardwood floor is still in use as is the bar from the old saloon. The ceiling features the original decorative pressed-tin panels. 221 N. 2nd St. (US 87)
Original photograph by Masters & Skolds, Princeton, Illinois. Ed Trimmer was a gunsmith, locksmith & machinist and for a few years during the early 1900's, an automobile dealer. The automobiles are all Ramblers, of various models. I believe this photo was probably taken in about 1905. This was on the east side of the South Main Street business district, about where the Prouty Building now stands. Ed Trimmer was still in business as a gunsmith & locksmith until around 1960. One of his grandsons was in my class in school and is still a friend of mine.
Unknown publisher - could be Léopold Mercier or Léon & Lévy (using the "LL" mark).
The building shown in the image above is the Sorbonne Chapel (Chapel of Sainte-Ursule de la Sorbonne) in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France.
Overview of the Sorbonne Chapel:
Location: The chapel is an iconic and historic building located at the heart of the Sorbonne university complex in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
History: The original college was founded in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon. The current chapel building was commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, the Minister of State for King Louis XIV, in the early 17th century.
Architecture: It was designed by the architect Jacques Lemercier, a key figure in French classicism. The building is known for its domed design, the first of its kind in Paris modeled on classic Roman architecture, which inspired later structures like the Val-de-Grâce and Les Invalides.
Notable Features: The chapel houses the monumental tomb of Cardinal Richelieu, a masterpiece of 17th-century sculpture created by François Girardon.
Current Status: The chapel has been closed to the public for safety reasons since a storm in 1999. However, extensive restoration projects are underway with the goal of reopening it to students and the public in the coming years.
Playing with lightroom, there was a picture in the shop on the left with the street as it was in the late 1800s/early1900s, I took a picture of it and a picture of the street and created ghosts
The Dublin hurling team look on, as a very happy Harry Boland smiles directly at the camera while Michael Collins shakes hands with a gentleman we thought was G.A.A. General Secretary Luke O'Toole. DannyM8 proved otherwise, and now thanks to guliolopez, we know this is Alderman James Nowlan (ex-GAA president and Sinn Féin rep of "Nowlan Park" fame).
Plus, great pen portrait of Alderman James Nowlan by his great grand nephew, davidnolanartist:
"Hi my name is David Nowlan, Alderman James Nowlan was my Great Grand Uncle. He was born in Monasterevin, as he is listed in the local church as baptised, Cowpasture, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare in 25.5.1862. His father Patrick Nowlan an early member of the IRB and friend of James Stephens, was a cooper from Kilkenny city and who more than likely moved to work at Cassidy's whiskey monasterevin. A member of the Gaelic League, he was a lifelong supporter of the Irish language revival movement and a supporter of Sinn Féin from its foundation in 1905. In 1898 he was elected an alderman of Kilkenny Corporation, and used his time in the position to help promote the GAA, which having been set up 14 years prior was a relatively new organisation at the time. In 1900 he became the first chairman of the Leinster Council of the GAA. He was elected President of the national GAA at the 1901 Congress held in September of that year. He would hold that position for twenty years making him the longest serving president. During his time in office he attempted to steer the organisation on a more republican path."
This photograph was taken on the day of the 1921 Leinster Hurling Final. Dublin beat Kilkenny, naturally, and the score was Dublin 4-4 : Kilkenny 1-5!
Date: Sunday, 11 September 1921
NLI Ref.: BEA44
I am sad and angry.
The wooden church in neogothic style from the early 1900s in Bollstabruk.
The Lutheran prayer house was for a long time demolition threatened, until it was purchased in 2011 by a private person and was renovated. In April 2017, when the renovation was almost completed, the house was subjected to extensive vandalism, where windows and furnishings were crushed.
And last night it burned down to the ground.
I took these photos 5 years ago and was waiting to take new when the renovation was completed.