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To rescue six American diplomats who evaded capture during the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, on 4 November 1979, CIA technical specialists created a fake movie-production company in Hollywood and delivered disguises and documents that made possible the diplomats’ escape from Iran in 1980. The team set up “Studio Six Productions” and titled its new production “Argo.” This document includes an Introduction, Story Treatment & Locations, and Visuals.
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Notes: Unknown. Ukiyoe print - possibly the right half of a diptych? Looks like "something" is going to happen here? Wink wink. I need a kanji reader to help decipher the content.
I’m going to be posting images from my Ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock print) collection like this example - over the next few days. I have notes on some of the prints (like artist attribution, and subject matter etc.), but I know very little about some of the other prints. So, whatever info or references you can share will be most welcome. Comments from other collectors and members of the Ukiyoe Collecting Community are welcome and encouraged.
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Gordon E. Keith
Artist and Designer
From Captain Kangaroo to Rome, Italy.
Gordon Keith has made his mark in the world. This artist is well versed, in many different fields, from painting and sculpture to design of all kinds. He studied under Alice Schille of Columbus, Ohio and the late Chester Nichodemes, a sculptor. He served honorably in World War II in the 1621 st model making detachment where he was attached to the 5th army and made invasion models for Italy and Southern France. And work along side of Conger Metcalf another great painter for four years during the war effort.
In 1948 after the war, Gordon started his own store fixture and design company in boston called Gordon Keith Originals, Later move to Indian lake with his sister and did plaster castings before going back to his home town (Columbus Ohio) and setting up shop, In his hay day he had a company with store in the front call Gordon Keith’s Red Barn. Many that remember the barn will remember a giant rooster by the road side and when driving down into the complex seeing a fiberglass horse and cart outside the front door, A horse head above the entrance. This was the place to buy small nick nacks like glitter, ribbon and trinkets to grandma’s porch were one could get a bit to eat or a cold soda while enjoying a country setting. A second store on Wall St next to Lazarus and even one in side the Union Company. He created the Yankee Candle risers, Macy’s 1st foor cosmetics tables risers, Henry Bendel pink chandeliers Juicy Couture Carts
And the Macy’s, Waterford Crystal millennium collection, and over 300 hundred other major department stores coast to coast and abroad.
For over 65 years Keith has designed and installed major displays in eight different countries. From Talking Tree for Lazarus 6th floor for Christmas, Including the television show Captain Kangaroo and Lucy’s Toy Shop props to the Electric Company and the Union Company. From Downtown Christmas parades and Fourth of July parades to the State Auto Nativity Scene that at one time graced our State Capital building. The lighted trees in the windows of the German Village Tower and the doll cases at 180 West Broad street were also two very notable projects. Gordon Keith is a life time member of COSI for creating and building the Street of Yesterday Year in the old COSI location, On west Broad St. Complete with hoof prints in the cement to the five cent theater and penny candy store.
If you think Mr. Keith was one to rest while on vacation, think again. Gordon traveled to Tiki Gardens in Indian Rocks Beach where he visited life-long friends Frank and Jo Byars and designed a theme park that millions toured each year complete with Tiki Gods, fire torches and a Polynesian flavor. He went to Liberty parks and designed the hound dog plush animal for their theme park that is located in Tennessee, hometown to Elvis. Long term friend, Congressman Chalmers P. Wylie had Gordon do all of his campaign headquarters, from the Statue of Liberty of his TV spots. Keith also designed the famous 12 panel fiberglass screens that still ride the train to this day and voice over for the freedom train when it was here in 1976 depicting Betty Ross to landing on the moon. Gordon has helped with and contributed to special interest groups including Pilot Dogs Inc., the Symphony Ball, ARC, and the Candy Cane Ball. Gordon’s latest venture was selling 95 of his original paintings to the Le Veque tower for there renovations in 2012
Gordon’s art and sculptures have been exhibited in museums and galleries nationwide and are in many permanent collections. Some noteworthy exhibitions occurred at the French Art Colony, in Gallipolis, Ohio, the Licking County Arts Center, Middletown Ohio, and the Schumacher Gallery, in Columbus, Ohio, Springfield Art Gallery. Gordon’s work is also included in a private collection included in the Cincinnati Union Train Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio. Gordon worked with Steve Silken and created all the hanging train art that graced all of the hallways of the building as well as many of the store designs which still remain today.
His works have been shown at the Art Expo in New York, Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Grant Medical Center, Springfield Museum, Southern Hotel art gallery, and the Columbus City Hall where he has sold many original pieces of work.
Hand painted murals by Gordon Keith span from Tampa FL, Hilton Hotels all the way to Algiers, Africa, Malaga, Spain, Naples, Caserta, and Rome Italy. Several of his paintings are at the Tokyo Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and Brenan, University Granville.
If there is such a thing as a renaissance man of the century --- this is he. Look what God has given him to create with his heart, mind and talent.
Written on a toilet door!
Once was a very busy bar before the earthquake.. still in the Red Zone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=teicHEyJbf0
On a cold dull October 10, 2013, Christchurch New Zealand.
One of Christchurch's most popular entertainment spots lies in ruins.Poplar Lane, which was revitalised as part of the Lichfield St lanes project, is barely recognisable after the demolition of several brick buildings.
Twisted Hop co-owner Stephen Hardman said yesterday the lane was a sad sight.
"It's just changed out of all recognition," he said.
A 14-strong crew, two trucks and a crane took two days last week to remove brewing equipment from the Twisted Hop building, which had remained largely intact because it had been quake-strengthened.
The new Twisted Hop brewery will open in Woolston. Hardman said the beer in the recovered kegs was "just drinkable" but had been poured out. He hoped to return to Poplar Lane.
Taken from: www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6394458/Poplar-Lane-in-ruins
Note: 15 May 1811 is Paraguay's Independence Day
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [nb 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his nation's highest honour.
Vostok 1 was Gagarin's only spaceflight but he served as the backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission, which ended in a fatal crash, killing his friend and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Gagarin later served as the deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre, which was subsequently named after him. He was elected as a deputy to the Soviet of the Union in 1962 and then to the Soviet of Nationalities, respectively the lower and upper chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Gagarin died in 1968 when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting with his flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Soviet Air Force service
3 Soviet space program
3.1 Selection and training
3.2 Vostok 1
4 After the Vostok 1 flight
5 Personal life
6 Death
7 Awards and honours
7.1 Medals and orders of merit
7.2 Tributes
7.3 Statues and monuments
7.4 50th anniversary
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
10.1 Sources
11 Further reading
12 External links
Early life and education
Yuri Gagarin was born 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino,[1] near Gzhatsk (renamed Gagarin in 1968 after his death).[2] His parents worked on a collective farm:[3] Alexey Ivanovich Gagarin as a carpenter and Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina as a dairy farmer.[nb 2][4] Yuri was the third of four children: his siblings were brothers Valentin (1924) and Boris (1936), and sister Zoya (1927).[5][6]
Like millions of Soviet Union citizens, the Gagarin family suffered during the Nazi occupation of Russia during World War II. Klushino was occupied in November 1941 during the German advance on Moscow and a German officer took over the Gagarin residence. The family were allowed to build a mud hut approximately 3 by 3 metres (10 by 10 ft) inside on the land behind their house, where they spent twenty-one months until the end of the occupation.[7] His two older siblings were deported by the Germans to Poland for slave labour in 1943 and did not return until after the war in 1945.[5][8] In 1946, the family moved to Gzhatsk, where Gagarin continued his secondary education.[7]
In 1950, aged 16, Gagarin began an apprenticeship as a foundryman at the Lyubertsy steel plant near Moscow,[5][8] and enrolled at a local "young workers" school for seventh-grade evening classes.[9] After graduating in 1951 from both the seventh grade and the vocational school with honours in mouldmaking and foundry work,[9] he was selected for further training at the Saratov Industrial Technical School, where he studied tractors.[5][8][10] While in Saratov, Gagarin volunteered at a local flying club for weekend training as a Soviet air cadet, where he trained to fly a biplane, and later a Yak-18.[8][10] He earned extra money as a part-time dock labourer on the Volga River.[7]
Soviet Air Force service
In 1955, Gagarin was accepted to the 1st Chkalovsky Higher Air Force Pilots School, a flight school in Orenburg.[11][12] He initially began training on the Yak-18 already familiar to him and later graduated to training on the MiG-15 in February 1956.[11] Gagarin twice struggled to land the two-seater trainer aircraft, and risked dismissal from pilot training. However, the commander of the regiment decided to give him another chance at landing. Gagarin's flight instructor gave him a cushion to sit on, which improved his view from the cockpit, and he landed successfully. Having completed his evaluation in a trainer aircraft,[13] Gagarin began flying solo in 1957.[5]
On 5 November 1957, Gagarin was commissioned a lieutenant in the Soviet Air Forces having accumulated 166 hours and 47 minutes of flight time. He graduated from flight school the next day and was posted to the Luostari airbase close to the Norwegian border in Murmansk Oblast for a two-year assignment with the Northern Fleet.[14] On 7 July 1959, he was rated Military Pilot 3rd Class.[15] After expressing interest in space exploration following the launch of Luna 3 on 6 October 1959, his recommendation to the Soviet space program was endorsed and forward by Lieutenant Colonel Babushkin.[14][16] By this point, he had accumulated 265 hours of flight time.[14] Gagarin was promoted to the rank of senior lieutenant on 6 November 1959,[15] three weeks after he was interviewed by a medical commission for qualification to the space program.[14]
Soviet space program
Selection and training
See also: Vostok programme
Vostok I capsule on display at the RKK Energiya museum
Gagarin's selection for the Vostok programme was overseen by the Central Flight Medical Commission led by Major General Konstantin Fyodorovich Borodin of the Soviet Army Medical Service. He underwent physical and psychological testing conducted at Central Aviation Scientific-Research Hospital, in Moscow, commanded by Colonel A.S. Usanov, a member of the commission. The commission also included Colonel Yevgeniy Anatoliyevich Karpov, who later commanded the training centre, Colonel Vladimir Ivanovich Yazdovskiy, the head physician for Gagarin's flight, and Major-General Aleksandr Nikolayevich Babiychuk, a physician flag officer on the Soviet Air Force General Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Air Force.[17]
From a pool of 154 qualified pilots short-listed by their Air Force units, the military physicians chose 29 cosmonaut candidates, of which 20 were approved by the Credential Committee of the Soviet Government. The first twelve including Gagarin were approved on 7 March 1960 and eight more were added in a series of subsequent orders issued until June.[18] Gagarin began training at the Khodynka Airfield in downtown Moscow on 15 March 1960. The training regiment involved vigorous and repetitive physical exercises which Alexei Leonov, a member of the initial group of twelve, described as akin to training for the Olympics Games.[19] In April 1960, they began parachute training in Saratov Oblast and each completed about 40 to 50 jumps from both low and high altitude, and over land and water.[20]
Gagarin was a candidate favoured by his peers. When they were asked to vote anonymously for a candidate besides themselves they would like to be the first to fly, all but three chose Gagarin.[21] One of these candidates, Yevgeny Khrunov, believed that Gagarin was very focused and was demanding of himself and others when necessary.[22] On 30 May 1960, Gagarin was further selected for an accelerated training group, known as the Vanguard Six or Sochi Six,[23][nb 3] from which the first cosmonauts of the Vostok programme would be chosen. The other members of the group were Anatoliy Kartashov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, German Titov, and Valentin Varlamov. However, Kartashov and Varlamov were injured and replaced by Khrunov and Grigoriy Nelyubov.[25]
As several of the candidates selected for the program including Gagarin did not have higher education degrees, they were enrolled into a correspondence course program at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. Gagarin enrolled in the program in September 1960 and did not earn his specialist diploma until early 1968.[26][27] Gagarin was also subjected to experiments that were designed to test physical and psychological endurance including oxygen starvation tests in which the cosmonauts were locked in an isolation chamber and the air slowly pumped out. He also trained for the upcoming flight by experiencing g-forces in a centrifuge.[28][25] Psychological tests included placing the candidates in an anechoic chamber in complete isolation; Gagarin was in the chamber on July 26 – August 5.[29][20] In August 1960, a Soviet Air Force doctor evaluated his personality as follows:
Modest; embarrasses when his humor gets a little too racy; high degree of intellectual development evident in Yuriy; fantastic memory; distinguishes himself from his colleagues by his sharp and far-ranging sense of attention to his surroundings; a well-developed imagination; quick reactions; persevering, prepares himself painstakingly for his activities and training exercises, handles celestial mechanics and mathematical formulae with ease as well as excels in higher mathematics; does not feel constrained when he has to defend his point of view if he considers himself right; appears that he understands life better than a lot of his friends.[21]
The Vanguard Six were given the title of pilot-cosmonaut in January 1961[25] and entered a two-day examination conducted by a special interdepartmental commission led Lieutenant-General Nikolai Kamanin, tasked with ranking of the candidates based on their mission readiness for the first human Vostok mission. On 17 January 1961, they were tested in a simulator at the M. M. Gromov Flight-Research Institute on a full-size mockup of the Vostok capsule. Gagarin, Nikolayev, Popovich, and Titov all received excellent marks on the first day of testing in which they were required to describe the various phases of the mission followed by questions from commission.[22] On the second day, they were given a written examination following which the special commission ranked Gagarin as the best candidate the first mission. He and the next two highest-ranked cosmonauts, Titov and Nelyubov, were sent to Tyuratam for final preparations.[22] Gagarin and Titov were selected to train in the flight-ready spacecraft on 7 April 1961. Historian Asif Siddiqi writes of the final selection:[30]
In the end, at the State Commission meeting on April 8, Kamanin stood up and formally nominated Gagarin as the primary pilot and Titov as his backup. Without much discussion, the commission approved the proposal and moved on to other last-minute logistical issues. It was assumed that in the event Gagarin developed health problems prior to liftoff, Titov would take his place, with Nelyubov acting as his backup.
Vostok 1
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On 12 April 1961, 6:07 am UTC, the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1) spacecraft was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Aboard was Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, using the call sign Kedr (Russian: Кедр, Siberian pine or Cedar).[31] The radio communication between the launch control room and Gagarin included the following dialogue at the moment of rocket launch:
Korolev: Preliminary stage ... intermediate... main... LIFT-OFF! We wish you a good flight. Everything's all right.
Gagarin: Off we go! Goodbye, until [we meet] soon, dear friends.[32][33]
Gagarin's farewell to Korolev using the informal phrase Poyekhali! (Russian: Поехали!)[nb 4] later became a popular expression in the Eastern Bloc that was used to refer to the beginning of the Space Age.[35][36] The five first-stage engines fired until the first separation event, when the four side-boosters fell away, leaving the core engine. The core stage then separated while the rocket was in a suborbital trajectory, and the upper stage carried it to orbit. Once the upper stage finished firing, it separated from the spacecraft, which orbited for 108 minutes before returning to Earth in Kazakhstan.[37] Gagarin became the first to orbit the Earth.[31]
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An April 1961 newsreel of Gagarin arriving in Moscow to be greeted by First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.
"The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared with Earth conditions. Here, you feel as if you were hanging in a horizontal position in straps. You feel as if you are suspended", Gagarin wrote in his post-flight report.[38] He also wrote in his autobiography released the same year that he sang the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" (Russian: "Родина слышит, Родина знает") during re-entry.[39] Gagarin was qualified a Military Pilot 1st Class and promoted to the rank of major in a special order given during his flight.[15][39]
At about 23,000 feet (7,000 m), Gagarin ejected from the descending capsule as planned and landed using a parachute. There were concerns Gagarin's spaceflight record would not be certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for setting standards and keeping records in the field, which at the time required that the pilot land with the craft.[40] Gagarin and Soviet officials initially refused to admit that he had not landed with his spacecraft,[41] an omission which became apparent after Titov's subsequent flight on Vostok 2 four months later. Gagarin's spaceflight records were nonetheless certified and again reaffirmed by the FAI, which revised it rules, and acknowledge that the crucial steps of the safe launch, orbit, and return of the pilot had been accomplished. Gagarin continues to be internationally recognised as the first human in space and first to orbit the Earth.[42]
After the Vostok 1 flight
Gagarin in Warsaw, 1961
Gagarin's flight was a triumph for the Soviet space program and he became a national hero of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, as well as a worldwide celebrity. Newspapers around the globe published his biography and details of his flight. He was escorted in a long motorcade of high-ranking officials through the streets of Moscow to the Kremlin where, in a lavish ceremony, Nikita Khrushchev awarded him the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Other cities in the Soviet Union also held mass demonstrations, the scale of which were second only to World War II Victory Parades.[43]
Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova (seated to his right) sign autographs in 1964
Gagarin gained a reputation as an adept public figure and was noted for his charismatic smile.[44][45][46] On 15 April 1961, accompanied by official from the Soviet Academy of Sciences, he answered questions at a press conference in Moscow reportedly attended by 1,000 reporters.[47] Gagarin visited the United Kingdom three months after the Vostok 1 mission, going to London and Manchester.[48][44] While in Manchester, despite heavy rain, he refused an umbrella, insisted that the roof of the convertible car he was riding in remain open, and stood so the cheering crowds could see him.[44][49] Gagarin toured widely abroad, accepting the invitation of about 30 countries.[50] In just the first four months, he also went to Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Hungary, and Iceland.[51]
In 1962, Gagarin began serving as a deputy to the Soviet of the Union,[52] and was elected to the Central Committee of the Young Communist League. He later returned to Star City, the cosmonaut facility, where he spent several years working on designs for a reusable spacecraft. He became a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Forces on 12 June 1962, and received the rank of colonel on 6 November 1963.[15] On 20 December 1963, Gagarin became Deputy Training Director of the Star City cosmonaut training base.[53] Soviet officials, including cosmonaut overseerer Nikolai Kamanin, tried to keep Gagarin away from any flights, being worried about losing their hero in an accident noting that he was "too dear to mankind to risk his life for the sake of an ordinary space flight".[54] Kamanin was also concerned by Gagarin's drinking and believed the sudden rise to fame had taken its toll on the cosmonaut. While acquaintances say Gagarin had been a "sensible drinker", his touring schedule placed him in social situations in which he was increasingly expected to drink alcohol.[5][10]
Gagarin with U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou and the Gemini 4 astronauts at the 1965 Paris Air Show
Two years later, he was re-elected as a deputy of the Soviet Union but this time to the Soviet of Nationalities, the upper chamber of legislature.[52] The following year, he began to re-qualify as a fighter pilot[55] and was backup pilot for his friend Vladimir Komarov on the Soyuz 1 flight after five years without piloting duty. Kamanin had opposed Gagarin's reassignment to cosmonaut training; he had gained weight and his flying skills had deteriorated. Despite this, he remained a strong contender for Soyuz 1 until he was replaced by Komarov in April 1966 and reassigned to Soyuz 3.[56]
The Soyuz 1 launch was rushed due to implicit political pressures[57] and despite Gagarin's protests that additional safety precautions were necessary.[58] Gagarin accompanied Komarov to the rocket before launch and relayed instructions to Komarov from ground control following multiple system failures aboard the spacecraft.[59] Despite their best efforts, Soyuz 1 crash landed after its parachutes failed to open, killing Komarov instantly.[60] After the Soyuz 1 crash, Gagarin was permanently banned from training for and participating in further spaceflights.[61] He was also grounded from flying aircraft solo, a demotion he worked hard to lift. He was temporarily relieved of duties to focus on academics with the promise that he would be able to resume flight training.[62] On 17 February 1968, Gagarin successfully defended his aerospace engineering thesis on the subject of spaceplane aerodynamic configuration and graduated cum laude from Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.[27][63][62]
Personal life
Gagarin and his wife Valentina clapping at a concert in Moscow in 1964.
Gagarin and his wife Valentina at a concert in Moscow in 1964.
Gagarin was a keen sportsman and fond of ice hockey as a goal keeper.[64] He was also a basketball fan and coached the Saratov Industrial Technical School team, as well as being a referee.[65]
In 1957, while a cadet in flight school, Gagarin met Valentina Goryacheva at the May Day celebrations at the Red Square in Moscow.[66] She was a medical technician who graduated from Orenburg Medical School.[8][10] They were married on 7 November 1957,[8] the same day Gagarin graduated from Orenburg, and they had two daughters.[67][68] Yelena Yurievna Gagarina, born 1959,[68] is an art historian who has worked as the director-general of the Moscow Kremlin Museums since 2001;[69][70] and Galina Yurievna Gagarina, born 1961,[68] is a professor of economics and the department chair at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow.[69][71] Following his rise to fame, at a Black Sea resort in September 1961, he was reportedly caught by his wife during a liaison with a nurse who had aided him after a boating incident. He attempted to escape through a window and jumped off a second floor balcony. The resulting injury left a permanent scar above his left eyebrow.[5][10]
Death
Plaque on a brick wall with inscription: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин, 1934-03-09–1968-03-27
Plaque indicating Gagarin's interment in the Kremlin Wall
On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base, Gagarin and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died when their MiG-15UTI crashed near the town of Kirzhach. The bodies of Gagarin and Seryogin were cremated and their ashes were buried in the walls of the Kremlin.[72] Wrapped in secrecy, the cause of the crash that killed Gagarin is uncertain and became the subject of several theories.[73][74] At least three investigations into the crash were conducted separately by the Air Force, official government commissions, and the KGB.[75][76] According to a biography of Gagarin by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin, the KGB worked "not just alongside the Air Force and the official commission members but against them."[75]
The KGB's report declassified in March 2003 dismissed various conspiracy theories and instead indicated the actions of airbase personnel contributed to the crash. The report states that an air-traffic controller provided Gagarin with outdated weather information and that by the time of his flight, conditions had deteriorated significantly. Ground crew also left external fuel tanks attached to the aircraft. Gagarin's planned flight activities needed clear weather and no outboard tanks. The investigation concluded Gagarin's aircraft entered a spin, either due to a bird strike or because of a sudden move to avoid another aircraft. Because of the out-of-date weather report, the crew believed their altitude was higher than it was and could not react properly to bring the MiG-15 out of its spin.[76] Another theory, advanced in 2005 by the original crash investigator, hypothesizes that a cabin air vent was accidentally left open by the crew or the previous pilot, leading to oxygen deprivation and leaving the crew incapable of controlling the aircraft.[73] A similar theory, published in Air & Space magazine, is that the crew detected the open vent and followed procedure by executing a rapid dive to a lower altitude. This dive caused them to lose consciousness and crash.[74]
On 12 April 2007, the Kremlin vetoed a new investigation into the death of Gagarin. Government officials said they saw no reason to begin a new investigation.[77] In April 2011, documents from a 1968 commission set up by the Central Committee of the Communist Party to investigate the accident were declassified. The documents revealed that the commission's original conclusion was that Gagarin or Seryogin had manoeuvered sharply, either to avoid a weather balloon or to avoid "entry into the upper limit of the first layer of cloud cover", leading the jet into a "super-critical flight regime and to its stalling in complex meteorological conditions".[78]
A Russian MiG-15UTI, the same type as Gagarin was flying
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, a member of a state commission established to investigate Gagarin's death, was conducting parachute training sessions that day and heard "two loud booms in the distance". He believes that a Sukhoi Su-15 was flying below its minimum altitude and, "without realizing it because of the terrible weather conditions, he passed within 10 or 20 meters of Yuri and Seregin's plane while breaking the sound barrier". The resulting turbulence would have sent the MiG-15UTI into an uncontrolled spin. Leonov said the first boom he heard was that of the jet breaking the sound barrier and the second was Gagarin's plane crashing.[79] In a June 2013 interview with Russian television network RT, Leonov said a report on the incident confirmed the presence of a second, "unauthorized" Su-15 flying in the area. However, as a condition of being allowed to discuss the declassified report, Leonov was barred from disclosing the name of the Su-15 pilot who was 80 years old and in poor health as of 2013.[80]
Awards and honours
Medals and orders of merit
Jânio Quadros, President of Brazil, decorated Gagarin in 1961.
On 14 April 1961, Gagarin was honoured with a 12-mile (19 km) parade attended by millions of people that concluded at the Red Square. After a short speech, he was bestowed the Hero of the Soviet Union,[81][82] Order of Lenin,[81] Merited Master of Sports of the Soviet Union[83] and the first Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.[82] On 15 April, the Soviet Academy of Sciences awarded him with the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal, named after the Russian pioneer of space aeronautics.[84] Gagarin had also been awarded four Soviet commemorative medals over the course of his career.[15]
He was honoured as a Hero of Socialist Labor (Czechoslovakia) on 29 April 1961,[85][86] and Hero of Socialist Labor (Bulgaria, including the Order of Georgi Dimitrov) on 24 May.[15][chronology citation needed] On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of Cuban Revolution (26 July), President Osvaldo Dorticos of Cuba presented him with the first Commander of the Order of Playa Girón, a newly created medal.[87]
Gagarin was also awarded the 1960 Gold Air Medal and the 1961 De la Vaulx Medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Switzerland.[88] He received numerous awards from other nations that year, including the Star of the Republic of Indonesia (2nd Class), the Order of the Cross of Grunwald (1st Degree) in Poland, the Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary, the Hero of Labor award from Democratic Republic of Vietnam,[15] the Italian Columbus Day Medal,[89] and a Gold Medal from the British Interplanetary Society.[90][91] President Jânio Quadros of Brazil decorated Gagarin on 2 August 1961 with the Order of Aeronautical Merit, Commander grade.[92] During a tour of Egypt in late January 1962, Gagarin received the Order of the Nile[93] and the golden keys to the gates of Cairo.[50] On 22 October 1963, Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova were honoured with the Order of Karl Marx from the German Democratic Republic.[94]
Tributes
The date of Gagarin's space flight, 12 April, has been commemorated. Since 1962, it has been celebrated in the USSR and most of its former territories as Cosmonautics Day.[95] Since 2000, Yuri's Night, an international celebration, is held annually to commemorate milestones in space exploration.[96] In 2011, it was declared the International Day of Human Space Flight by the United Nations.[97]
Yuri Gagarin statue at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London
A number of buildings and locations have been named for Gagarin. The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, was named on 30 April 1968.[98] The launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome from which Sputnik 1 and Vostok 1 were launched is now known as Gagarin's Start. Gagarin Raion in Sevastopol, Ukraine, was named after him during the period of the Soviet Union. The Russian Air Force Academy was renamed Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1968.[99] A street in Warsaw, Poland, is called Yuri Gagarin Street.[100] The town of Gagarin, Armenia was renamed in his honour in 1961.[101]
Gagarin has been honoured on the Moon by astronauts and astronomers. During the American space program's Apollo 11 mission in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a memorial satchel containing medals commemorating Gagarin and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on the Moon's surface.[102][103] In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin left the small Fallen Astronaut sculpture at their landing site as a memorial to the American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who died in the Space Race; the names on its plaque included Yuri Gagarin and 14 others.[104][105] In 1970, a 262 km (163 mi)-wide crater on the far side after him.[106] Gagarin was inducted as a member of the 1976 inaugural class of the International Space Hall of Fame in New Mexico.[107]
Gagarin is memorialised in music; a cycle of Soviet patriotic songs titled The Constellation Gagarin (Russian: Созвездье Гагарина, tr. Sozvezdie Gagarina) was written by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov in 1970–1971.[108] The most famous of these songs refers to Gagarin's poyekhali!: in the lyrics, "He said 'let's go!' He waved his hand".[35][108] He was the inspiration for the pieces "Hey Gagarin" by Jean-Michel Jarre on Métamorphoses, "Gagarin" by Public Service Broadcasting, and "Gagarin, I loved you" by Undervud.[109]
Russian ten-ruble commemorating Gagarin in 2001
Vessels have been named for Gagarin; Soviet tracking ship Kosmonavt Yuri Gagarin was built in 1971[110] and the Armenian airline Armavia named their first Sukhoi Superjet 100 in his honour in 2011.[111]
Two commemorative coins were issued in the Soviet Union to honour the 20th and 30th anniversaries of his flight: a one-ruble coin in copper-nickel (1981) and a three-ruble coin in silver (1991). In 2001, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gagarin's flight, a series of four coins bearing his likeness was issued in Russia; it consisted of a two-ruble coin in copper-nickel, a three-ruble coin in silver, a ten-ruble coin in brass-copper and nickel, and a 100-ruble coin in silver.[112] In 2011, Russia issued a 1,000-ruble coin in gold and a three-ruble coin in silver to mark the 50th anniversary of his flight.[113]
In 2008, the Kontinental Hockey League named their championship trophy the Gagarin Cup.[114] In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Gagarin was ranked as the sixth-most-popular space hero, tied with Star Trek's fictional James T. Kirk.[115] A Russian docudrama titled Gagarin: First in Space was released in 2013. Previous attempts at portraying Gagarin were disallowed; his family took legal action over his portrayal in a fictional drama and vetoed a musical.[116]
Statues and monuments
There are statues of Gagarin and monuments to him located in Gagarin (Smolensk Oblast), Orenburg, Cheboksary, Irkutsk, Izhevsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and Yoshkar-Ola in Russia, as well as in Nicosia, Cyprus, Druzhkivka, Ukraine, Karaganda, Kazakhstan, and Tiraspol, Moldova. On 4 June 1980, Monument to Yuri Gagarin in Gagarin Square, Leninsky Avenue, Moscow, was opened.[117] The monument is mounted to a 38 m (125 ft) tall pedestal and is constructed of titanium. Beside the column is a replica of the descent module used during his spaceflight.[118]
Bust of Gagarin at Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, India
In 2011, a statue of Gagarin was unveiled at Admiralty Arch in The Mall in London, opposite the permanent sculpture of James Cook. It is a copy of the statue outside Gagarin's former school in Lyubertsy.[119] In 2013, the statue was moved to a permanent location outside the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.[120]
In 2012, a statue was unveiled at the site of NASA's original spaceflight headquarters on South Wayside Drive in Houston. The sculpture was completed in 2011 by artist and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and was a gift to Houston by various Russian organisations. Houston Mayor Annise Parker, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were present for the dedication.[121][122] The Russian Federation presented a bust of Gagarin to several cities in India including one that was unveiled at the Birla Planetarium in Kolkata in February 2012.[123]
In April 2018, a bust of Gagarin erected on the street in Belgrade, Serbia, that bears his name was removed, after less than week. A new work was commissioned following the outcry over the disproportionately small size of its head which locals said was an "insult" to Gagarin.[124][125] Belgrade City Manager Goran Vesic stated that neither the city, the Serbian Ministry of Culture, nor the foundation that financed it had prior knowledge of the design.[126]
50th anniversary
50th anniversary stamp of Ukraine
The 50th anniversary of Gagarin's journey into space was marked in 2011 by tributes around the world. A film titled First Orbit was shot from the International Space Station, combining sound recordings from the original flight with footage of the route taken by Gagarin.[127] The Russian, American, and Italian crew of Expedition 27 aboard the ISS sent a special video message to wish the people of the world a "Happy Yuri's Night", wearing shirts with an image of Gagarin.[128]
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation released gold and silver coins to commemorate the anniversary.[129] The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft was named Gagarin with the launch in April 2011 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first manned space mission.
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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
September 9, 2018
This report is posted on Flickr at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/43803974704/ Hopefully, the character shown can draw a few readers into the web and intrigue of this report. He came and sat beside me during a pre-dawn cup of coffee on the back deck earlier in the week.
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An old Miami Eagles jersey
This report departs from the usual format of obituaries first and all else later.
During the week a note arrived from a gentleman in Tulsa, Oklahoma inquiring about a photo he had received from the daughter of a former KOM leaguer. It read “Hi John- I’m researching the Miami Owls/Eagles. Have you ever heard of Ken Gladhill? I spoke to his daughter recently. According to Baseball Reference he played for the Miami Owls in 1948. He would later go to be a professional wrestler. I’m curious if you have any information about him. His family also sent me a picture of his uniform. (It’s attached to this email.) What’s interesting about the uniform is that it has an eagle on the sleeve but Gladhill played for the Owls. It’s the same eagle patch shown in some of the pictures you sent me. I haven’t previously seen that eagle on the Owls jersey. Do you know anything about that? Have you seen that Eagle patch on an Owls jersey before? Any information you have would be great.” Dan B.
(At this juncture a number of e-mails went back and forth from Tulsa and Miami, Oklahoma and Columbia, Missouri.)
That former player, was Kenneth Eugene Glahill who pitched and played first base for the 1948 Miami Owls. At this site is a photo of a Miami Eagles uniform that was worn during the years 1950-52. Miami operated independently in 50-51 but was affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1952. www.miamihistory.net/2017/12/28/professional-baseball-in-...
There are a number of articles on the aforementioned link and a couple of things that might need a little clarification. One article mentions Siloam Springs, Arkansas would probably be a member of the KOM league in 1946. But, the articles were mostly factual, when they were written and since this is not a publication approving a Supreme Court justice, I shall not be picky.
A number of notes were passed among the gentleman from Tulsa, Jim Ellis-Editor of the Miami News-Record and Yours truly. The subject matter was about Kenneth Gladhill who reached his fame as Ken Hill. If you are curious click on this site: www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl= If you are patient enough there are items you can click on that site such as : Places, Matches, Years, Opponents & Partners. Yep, Ken Hill aka Kenneth Gladhill was a professional wrestler. He was a member of a group that was headed up by promoter named Leroy McGuirk who had a former Oklahoma A& M wrestler by the name of Danny Hodge. dannyhodgeok.com/ in his stable of grapplers.
Some good reading on Leroy McGuirk can be found here: search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=avast&hsimp=yhs-se...
There are a lot of things I’d like to share but at this time I’ll hold off. A number of years ago I spoke with Gladhill’s widow, Monta, who told me a lot of things regarding his life. As with any conversation a lot of things I should have asked went unaddressed. Within the past few hours I have been in touch with Gladhill’s daughter and was happy to learn her mother is still living. In recent research I now know that Gladhill wasn’t born in Wyoming but that in wild and wooly town of Kansas City at the start of the “Roarin’ 20s.” He even lived in the town of Noel, Missouri, the site of my first pastorate and the name of my first wife. Well, almost. She was Noel Wallace. Those of you who know my wife understand that she has endured a lot in 58 years of being with me. However, I always told people we stayed together all thses years since my second pastorate was Aurora and that I didn’t think anyone had that as a first name. Surprise, surprise. I once told that story to a former KOM league player and he said his wife was named Aurora and he was going to keep her. So, there you go.
One more thing. Kenneth’s daughter has posted notices, online, where she has asked for photos, film clips or anything else about her father’s wrestling career. Since this reading audience covers a wide range of folks with many interests, feel free to share anything you might know about the wrestler, Ken Hill.
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Charles Augustus Matzen, Jr.
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Anthem - 10/15/1933 - 08/16/2018
Charlie entered peacefully into eternal rest on August 16th, in Anthem, Arizona. He was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, where he graduated from Lincoln High School and San Francisco State University. He went on to play minor league baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and served proudly in the US Army. He had a distinguished career with the Borden Company (Chemical Division) and went on to become Vice President of Consumer Products. While at Borden, he lived in California, Ohio, and New Jersey.
He was the consummate gentleman. He loved and cherished his family, was fun loving, welcoming, and kind to all. Throughout his life Charlie was an avid golfer, and his favorite course was Roxiticus in Mendham, NJ, where he was a member for fifteen years. In retirement he enjoyed golf, gardening, fishing, and spring training baseball games. One of his greatest pleasures was preparing the Five Star breakfast for family and friends.
Charlie is survived by his devoted wife of 61 years, Suzanne (Ludlow), loving sons, Michael (Julie) Moraga, CA, Mark (Peggy) Basking Ridge, NJ, and Matthew, Las Vegas, NV. He was especially proud of his seven grandchildren, Kellie, Kristin, Ryan, Brett, Katie of New York City, Scott of Nashville, TN, and Mallory of Boulder, CO. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles, Sr. and Helen Matzen of Burlingame, CA, and Joan Wentworth of San Mateo, CA. A Memorial Mass and celebration of his life will be held later on.
Donations in Charlie's memory may be made to Arizona Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Foundation and (), both of Phoenix, Arizona.
Published in the Arizona Republic on Sept. 8, 2018
Ed comment:
As the obituary indicates, Charlie was a great gentleman. When I finally caught up with him in Anthem, Arizona on one of my “stab in the dark” telephone calls, I found him to be a pleasant and interesting gentleman. He recalled joining the Bartlesville Pirates in 1952 and then winding up with that team at Pittsburg, Kansas after the 4th of July. Owner Dick Nash and his father-in-law, Hershel Martin, moved the team to Kansas for financial reasons and wound up leaving Pittsburg, a month later, with the team bus loaded with the uniforms, bats, balls and anything else of value. I reminded Charlie that had it not been for the 1951 Carthage Cubs uniforms being housed at the Carthage YMCA the Pittsburg Pirate players would have had to wear street clothes for the remaining games, in 1952.
Matzen was a right-handed pitcher and won nine games while losing 13 for a team that was in flux for most of the season. He went on to play for Billings, Mont. in the Pioneer league in 1953 and then closed out his playing career with Salinas of the California league in 1954 as well as at Bisbee-Douglas in the Arizona Texas league.
There would probably be a photo of the 1952 Bartlesville-Pittsburg team in this report if there was a good one. However, the only team photo was taken at Bartlesville and the team didn’t know how to pose for a photo or else the photographer wasn’t skilled in that line of work. Both Matzen and I agreed that particular team photo wasn’t even up to Class D standards.
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The passing of a pitcher for Chanute and Iola
Lawrence Thomas Jaros
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Lawrence T. “Baldy” Jaros, 89, of Granite City, Illinois passed away at 11:57 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2018 at Granite Nursing and Rehabilitation in Granite City.
He was born August 7, 1928 in Glen Carbon, a son of the late Anton and Mary (Nekola) Jaros.
He married Dolores (Jacobson) on March 17, 1951 at the former St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Mitchell and she survives.
He retired in 1984 from Consolidated Aluminum after over 31 years of dedicated service as a plant worker with Dow Chemical.
The United States Army veteran proudly served his country during the Korean War. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Granite City, a member of the Knights of Columbus Tri-cities Council, the AMVETS Post #204 and the American Legion Post #199. He enjoyed his days of playing golf, fishing and hunting and will be remembered for the love and special times shared with his family and friends.
In addition to his beloved wife, he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Michael Ahrens of Granite City; two granddaughters, Kassy Ahrens of St. Louis and Katy Ahrens of Collierville, Tennessee; two sisters, Emily Porter of Virginia and Katie Konsky of Maryville; other extended family and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Michael Jaros and several brothers and sisters.
In celebration of his life, memorial visitation will be at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Granite City on Friday, July 27, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until time of a Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. with Father Zachary Edgar as celebrant.
Burial will follow at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates in Glen Carbon.
Memorials may be made to St. Elizabeth Church or to masses.
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Ed comment:
Larry Jaros had three seasons in the KOM league spending time with both Chanute and Iola. His won-loss records went from one extreme to another and had more to do with the level of talent on the teams for whom he pitched during those seasons.
Jaros was initially signed, in 1948, by the New York Giants as a pitcher. However, he made just 11 appearances during the season and didn’t post any record. He made it to the plate 11 times in 11 games and managed to go hitless but drove in one run while striking out four times.
In 1949 Jaros was back with Chanute where he posted a 16-7 record and was one of the top hurlers in the league. He came back in 1950 when Chanute and Iola combined to post the worst winning percentage in organized baseball. When a player was cut by Iola he’d head to Chanute and vice-versa. That year Jaros pitched in seven games for Chanute, was cut, and signed on with Iola. He pitched in 30 games for them and posted a combined record of 7-20 for 1950.
It was a bad year for the Allen and Neosho County, Kansas teams at Iola and Chanute, respectively. Iola eked out a 7th place finish by going 35-84. Chanute played five more games than Iola and went 35-89. Somehow that seems unfair. Iola should have had to play those five other games to find out which team really deserved the designation as the “cellar dweller.” Even with a 7-20 combined record in 1950 Jaros still won 10% of the total games those two clubs won. On the other hand he lost 11 % of the games where those two teams wound up on the short end. Thus, he was truly a “7-11” guy long before that convenience market became popular.
Never could I get Jaros to comment on his KOM league experiences. But, I did assure him that he was a very good pitcher for what he accomplished in 1949 against the best competition the KOM league ever had. That year alone saw the likes of future big leaguers; Lou Skizas, Harry Bright, Bob Speake, Bill Upton, Bob Wiesler, Steve Kraly and Mickey Mantle all perform and another future big leaguer, Jake Thies was a teammate, at Chanute, with Jaros.
A team photo with Larry Jaros in it was the feature graphic in the Flash Report of two weeks ago. You can look at it again at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/42418276610/
Jaros is 5th from the left in the back row. And, by the way, he wasn't called “Baldy” when he played in the KOM league.
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Remembering Frank “Goldie” Howard
With regard to recent mentions of Chanute in this forum this note came from the Kansas City area. “Read it all and of course I pay close attention to the Chanute team since daddy was there. Robert and our son Jay Groves and 2 grandsons Joel Palecek and Robert Carter Groves went to the baseball hall of fame induction the end of July. Picked up some stuff on daddy but you have it all. Hope you are well. Sally Groves
Ed comment:
Goldie Howard was one interesting man. He played in the St. Louis Cardinal chain in the 1930’s, playing in the Industrial leagues in Wichita, Kansas during the war years and played on some championship teams while there. He managed the Chanute Owls in 1946 and then was “stolen” by Tom Greenwade to manage the Independence Yankees in 1947. He came back in 1948 and when the team got good Burleigh Grimes had him fired and brought in Malone Battle “Bones” Sanders to replace him. Goldie’s line about that was taken from Tom Greenwade, “Whatever Burleigh Wants, Burleigh Gets.”
After his KOM days, Goldie worked at the Art Gaines baseball camp and returned to Kansas to manage the Liberal B-jays and led them to a National Baseball Congress title just to prove he was still “the man.” It was my joy to spend a lot of time conversing with him over the telephone and in person during his latter years. If you ever felt down in the dumps it didn’t last long in his presence. In December he will have been gone 16 years but I still miss hearing from him.
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The end
Weather “experts” are predicting that the remnants of a tropical storm are going to dump buckets of water on my yard today. Take that for what its worth. However, if they happen to be correct, for a change, then I will not be able to go out and play. Thus, if you make it through this report and wish to drop me a line to inform me you made it through yet another boring missive, I’ll have something to read. Bye!!!
Its the twilight I suppose,
I see that painting there,
A tune floats across - Piano Man he played,
Tip my hat, say hello and on my way I go.
Chanced upon him after stepping out from work, disappointed that I didn't get my perfect shot of a London Eye capsule against the setting sun. Later in the evening I chanced upon this software which allows one to add a retro feel to a shot. And this is the output which I wanted. Just the way I had visualised it.
The original is in the comments section. Which one you think is better?
There is enough for everyone. I laugh when I hear kids say, "I liked that song first and now she likes it.....GOSH!"
Gray langur ( Semnopithecus entellus )
Family: Cercopithecidae.
Genus: Semnopithecus
Body length:65–75 cm .
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
The note reads:: Thank you for sacrificing yourself to protect America. - Ella
This is a note handed to us by a little girl at the Veterans Day parade. For all of the Veterans out there, we thank you! And a special thanks to the young lady who took the time to write this - this note is very special. Also, thanks to my Son, my Dad, my Grandfathers,, Uncle George (Bartko), Uncle Harold (Bartko), Uncle Dan (Bartko) Cousin Doug (Bartko), Uncle Butch (Bartko), Uncle Harry Schultz, brother Wm. G. Schultz, and all of our military family who served. We appreciate you. And thank you, Ella, for recognizing them this beautiful way. Although there were not many people there to support this wonderful event, your efforts will be shared and remembered.
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Notes: Enlarged portion of a larger print, taken in the Grose Valley on the second artists' camp (Oct. 1875) under the patronage of Frederick Eccleston Du Faur, see comment box below. The man in the photo, and his distinctive hat, appear in a photo of Du Faur's 'camp keepers', and is named as Lewis Thompson. He also acted as photographic assistant to Bischoff and is shown in an 1875 photograph taken in the Grose, see p.27 in Blue Mountains Pictorial Memories by John Low (1991).
Described as a 'modest unsophisticated bushman', he was the sole survivor of the ill-fated 1874 Andrew Hume expedition in search of Adolph Classen, the sole survivor of Ludwig Leichhardt's 1848 inland expedition, and 'whose loyalty to his leader no one can doubt after hearing his simple tale', see link and full article below.
Format: Albumen silver photo print by Joseph Bischoff (c.1832-1903).
Date Range: about 1875
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection, the Bibliophile Album
Provenance: From a photo album produced in the mid 1880s
Links:
albumen.conservation-us.org/library/c20/reilly1980.html
XPEDITION IN SEARCH OF CLASSEN. (1875, February 13). Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter (NSW : 1868 - 1875), p. 4. Retrieved October 23, 2023, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104117718
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