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A note on the back of the photo reads, "Betty Archer, Summer 1929. Age 8." A boy can be seen in a hammock in the right background. Photo found at local antique shop.
I decided to brake the silence and to write my thoughts and feelings regarding to the production of Jem the movie.
Jem was my favorite cartoon as a child, and even today it is my favorite cartoon show. I love the beautiful animation, the amazing songs, the fascinating plot and the fact that the show has values and morel in it. Unfortunately where I live, the show stops to appear on the tv (also only few episodes appeared a and not the whole 65) and even the dvd of the show aren't available. That is the reason that in the country where I live not a lot of people remember it and know what it is and there even any merchandise that associate to it. But my family knows how much I love the show, my brother even sing until this day the song "glitter and gold". As the announcement video on the movie came out I was excited, like many Jem fans I was missing Jem and wanted a Jem movie for a long time.The movie (at least at the beginning) I thought the movie will help Jem to get more recoginaition where I live and maybe they will understand this magical and pretty show too.
Sadly the crew of the productation decieced to change Jem complatly and even lies and used the fans, but you won't be hearing about all the nasty things they did on the L.A times or at E! as a result I deiced to break my silence and share my thoughts about the movie. I am doing this because I need to express my frustration, anger and disappointed. I am doing that so my voice will be heard and since Flickr is the media which I most active on it (I don't have Tweeter, Instagram or Tumblr). I am hoping it will encourage more fans to speak and to understand what going on about the movie.
I want to apology if what I wrote is messy and too long, I had hard time writing this and maybe it will be hard to follow. But I want to give to all the Jem fans important link that explain all the dishonesty and the deception of the production, you can understand all the things that happened. bklynbarbie wrote to it all down impressively so If you want more explanations about the lies, she also found proofs, please go to bklynbarbie Tumbler : bklynbarbie.tumblr.com/post/85726414210/jem-the-movie-tru...
Let's start from the beginning- At end of March on youtube appeared video that call to world wide Jem fans to submit videos and take a part in the movie from the actors the to music "we want your creativity", "we want you to be our movie star" they said: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzVnNVrunAE
So fans spend time, money and efforts by creating videos. Only this is all was a set up, a trick to use the fans so that they will spread the world that Jem movie has been made while the casting and other aspects of the movie for example the music was already been made mouths before and so does the actors (will reach to it).
Let's start by the fact that Chu decided to "reinvent" Jem, he made her 17 teenager girl, an orhapn and that she and Holograms get famous on the web: " orphaned teenage girl who becomes an online recording sensation, she and her sisters embark on a music-driven scavenger hunt –- one that sends them on an adventure across Los Angeles in an attempt to unlock a final message left by her father". Source: variety.com/2014/film/news/jon-chu-to-direct-hasbros-live...
All those changing raise the question why? Why change Jem plot when it's already had been exceptional and amazing and it's attract fans, Jem was great show just the way it was. It has action, drama, comedy, love and good educational values. Another thing that has been change is the personality and psychology of the characters.
Jerrica was a grown up women, responsible, smart and caring and she (and so are Jem) was a role model. A teenage can't be a role model because he is busy on what the peer group think of him and he busy with building his personality, by changing her and the Holograms to teens he change their personality. Another thing that he chacacter's psychology. Jerrica turn to Jem after her death of her father. It was the trigger that led chain of events that made her become Jem. After his death she knew she needed to support the Satrlight girls and went to Starlight company only to find out Eric wants the company to support in the new band he found out The Misfit. So he planned to make a false competition and let the Misfit win on it. With the help of last gifts her father made for her (which also include Synergy and the Jem stars earrings) Jerrica mange to stop him and take the whole control on the company.
Jem and the Hologarms didn't want to be famous, they didn't become a band because they wanted fame, they became a band because the music helped them to support the Starligh girls. When Chu made Jerrica and her sisters to orphaned and "an online sensation" he changed the whole story and also the motives and the needs of the characters. It doesn't sound like Jem at all, it sound more like "Maxie's world" meets Justin Biber story (and honestly with all the changing it was better if was doing a "Maxie's world" movie, unless he wanted to "reinvent" Maxie and make her to a baby).
Another fact is that the story is set on nowadays. To be honest as a child I saw Jem in the early 90's and I didn't realize the show was on the 80's. I mean the clothes looked like Barbie 90's clothes and the character looked like Barbie (I even thought Jem was Barbie but that's story for a different time). Only as an adult I saw how the 80's were reflected in the show. I do think it was much more good to made the movie on the 80's or the early 90's. I understand that it's much more expansive, but I think that if the movie is set on nowadays at least put 80's elements on it, like 80's fashion (the 80's fashion did made a comeback), 80's instruments and make up and etc. I think that if the Synergy could do so much more amazing things in 21 century than just Holograms for start she could add textured to her Hologrmas, recently I saw this amazing clip of group called Enra: blog.petflow.com/these-japanese-girls/#ZcSxKml0B1d5UVdQ.01 I can totally imagine Synergy creating these wonderful effects on Jem clips and performances.
But Chu decided he want to aim this movie to new audience instead of aiming this movie the original audience. He decided to neglect the loyal fan base that grow with the show and turn the new audience without paying attention the initial crowed. Instead of trying to make a movie that will appeal the to initial fan base and then the new crowed will come he decided to make a movie to the new crowed regardless of what the initial crowed wants. Regardless of caring f if the original crowed will come. But the loyal fan base are the people who buy the Jem dolls and invest their money on it. These are the people who build Jem sites, making videos, making convection, going to them and of course watch their beloved show. These are the people who talk with the friends about Jem and doesn't let the name Jem to be forgotten, they are the ones who are devoted to it and because of them her memory isn't deleted.
But Chu and co. works made another worst move- they used fans for publicity. Like I pointed in the beginning they told in the fans that they would take part in this movie. But it was than reveled the professional actresses already had been chosen mounts before the announcement video , so does the make up artist and etc. In this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9QrGly3GE you can see two things: 1) the actresses didn't even who and what Jem is 2) they saw the youtube videos of the fans. So it's not that Chu and his co works that acted in dishonorable, misleading behavior towards the fans. I also agree the casting did not a good job in the casting of Aja and Shana. The other thing is that those actresses didn't even knew Jem. IMO an actor should understand the character to play her well. He needs to learn her personality, feelings, motives and etc. In this case they should have least known what is Jem (I do understand that they watched some episodes from the show, but in my impression they didn't saw all of it), they should have watched the whole episodes maybe even go the Jem convection just to understand how Jem fans feels about Jem. Evan thought the actresses saw some episodes by their expression on the social media they show their lack of understanding of the show and the characters (twitter.com/BklynBarbie/status/466021433190404096/photo/1)
For them the show is just a carton, for the fans it's more than a cartoon, it's something that inspire them and made them feel happy, gave them hope and lift their spirit. But than again what could you expects if the director don't even bother to stay true to the show and keeps making changing, is it surprise that the actors don't bother to understand the meaning of Jem and the characters and the plot?. Still this is show the lack of appreciation and caring from all the crew.(They casting did cast an actor to play Zipper but fans suspect that he already has been hired, he also actor with experience and his "fan video" he keeps talk on and on about his nuts, very classy 0_O no I am not putting link .).
Another thing that is simply annoys me! Is the fact that Christy Marx (Jem creator) isn't a part of this production: www.themarysue.com/jem-movie-christy-marx
and so doesn't the rest of the original crew (I am sorry I can't consider the gust show of Britta and Samanta because it's just a little cameo, it nice that they in it but they don't take a significant part in the movie). In fact Chu work with all the people that he worked with on past in his projects (LXD, Biber) and Ryan Landels write the script for the Jem movie.
After finding all this info I don't think that there was any room for Christy or the original crew. What I mean is, if the cast already been selected, there was already a script. I think that when an actor goes to audition he needs to play the script before he is accepted to be in the movie. So if nobody in Hasbro bother to tell Christy on the new movie and only Chu did, I think that there already was a script that had been writhen according to Chu vision and well there isn't much Christy could do with it.
But Chu made more changes like no Misfits, no Jem star earrings and no Syrangy
Also the original music won't be in the movie and Eric character maybe will be now Erica (it could be the female version of Eric but it could be new character that wasn't in the original show). And he also said this movie is the "Batman begins" movie of Jem (twitter.com/CoolTrashMag). But Jem begins with Synergy and the Misfits and Eric, Jerrica become Jem because of them (and Jem without Synergy is like Sailor moon without Luna). And Synergy was the one of things that distinguish the show from any other shows. Honestly the analogy to Batman looks like an excuse to use less money (Jew is low cost movie and that why characters are disappear because if they will appear it will cost more money).
Another thing is that Jem clothes were colorful, fun and yes even a bit crazy but they always have unique glam style that made them look distinguish than the other bands in the show. In fact there were times where in the show you could identify the band by it's clothes and the punk, rock bands used to have dark back clothes just like you can see on the right pic. At the beginning I thought that they look more like the Misftis because of the dark color (which Pizzaz love) but while looking on the amazing and wonderful
"IT'S SHOWTIME SYNERGY!" tumblr I saw the pic of the rock band that Eric hired on the first episode and I thought that those clothes look like the rock style band.
So lets go over the outfits from the movie:
Aja- No, just no, maybe if you want to be a part of the PCD, this dark revealing look
isn't glam or colorful and don't even has any resemble to the clothes that Holograms wear, even when they weren't famous their clothes were colorful and chic.
Kimber- Again just no, it's not how Kimber will dress in the 21 century, she would rather break her keyboard than to wear this.
Jem- Cool dress but Jetta from the Misfits wants it back.
Shana- The nackles kinda neat and I like the heart shape line and the jacket, but skulls?!. This is not the Holograms style at all, it's punk rock style! and even it's it not 80's style you could used colors and more stylish girly clothes.
And even the makeup doesn't look like the Holograms at all, with all the changing can't you least be loyal the original make up, it's too much to ask right?. I don't like the half face make up, it reminds the creepy guy with the coin from Batman. The hair colors also look cheap, Aja has dirty blue color where you can see her black roots rather than soft light blue hair, Jem seems to have pink mix with blonde hair instead of soft pink luscious hair, Kimber hair is orange instead of red and Shana doesn't even have her big purple afro. They don't look like the Holograms at all, it may be silly to complain about the hair and makeup but with if you'll go to see "the Little Mermaid" movie and Ariel would have orange or blonde hair with purple lips?. Those things are matter even if they small and those little details help the actor to be the character and to portray the character well and the correct look help the viewers to see the actor more like the original characters (we wouldn't want a movie with blonde superman right? not because it's ugly or bad, but because it doesn't look like the character that we know and like).
So after the changing the looks, style, plot the personality of the characters (even the Jem logo had been changed)what left?. Only the name, it's awful Jem and Jem fans deserve a better production crew and Hasbro also shouldn't give Chu and his co workers free hand to change their franchise so much. It also shows the lack of caring Hasbro has to the fans and to Jem and to the original crew that created Jem.
I think that a good Jem movie needs to include as many people that were a part of the original show, it's has be with the original plot, characters and songs and to stay loyal to the show, which the fans love. I also think that maybe animation movie was better because we could see Jem in 3D or with computer animation that is close as much as it can be to the cartoon animation (a movie like this can also give Brittan and Samantha the opportunity to play Jem again and so for the rest of the people who did speaking nd singing voices in the show).
To all Jem fans out there I want to tell you to speak up! If what is happing in this movie upset you use the social media, you don't have to write it if you can't, you can just give the link that I posted: bklynbarbie.tumblr.com/post/85726414210/jem-the-movie-tru...
and show you protest by advertise it, just break the quite and speak.
Links:
The cartoon pics of Jem taken from the amazing "IT'S SHOWTIME SYNERGY!" tumblr:
The cast link take from farrian twitter, she just like bklynbarbie, is a Jem fan that speaks her mind against all the lies in the movie:
The pic of the Chu and his co workers were taken from the the announcement video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzVnNVrunAE
More links to fans the trying to show the lies:
leggyone.tumblr.com/post/83910320326/jemthemovie-jem-movi...
everybodywearsamask.tumblr.com/
This is an example of how modern Jem movie could look like, I do admit that Jerrica is a bit out of her character and I don't like the fact everybody knows she is Jem. But you can see the respect to the show and it's always an amazing thing and the style is great and the whole video looks so cool: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGKqjs3KDiw
This is another example to a person who appreciate Jem and show his dedication and respect to the show, I don't always agree with the casting choice (or with the outfits) but the music and the little comic in the video is really lovely:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghAdiwvvVpo
Thank you for taking the time to read it, even if you just read just some of the things it's enough for me.
© István Pénzes.
Please NOTE and RESPECT the copyright.
13th December 2019, Roermond, The Netherlands
Leica M-P Typ 240
Leica Summilux 35mm pre asph
Note: for reasons I don't understand at all, this photo was published as an illustration in an undated (Feb 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Barely Balanced."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in an equally strange context, in a "Team Wedding" blog titled "‘Shacking-Up’ Before Getting Married."
Note: A large percentage of my "landscape" photos (including the ones in this set) are now copyright-protected, and are not available for downloads and free use. You can view them here in Flickr, but if you would like prints, enlargements, framed copies, and other variations, please visit my SmugMug "NYC HDR" gallery by clicking here.
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With the frigid weather these past couple of weeks, and with the sun way far south on the horizon, we've had some spectacular sunsets here in New York City. Unfortunately, they only last for a few minutes; you're either out there, ready to photograph, or you're not. If I were leading the life of sloth and leisure that I'd prefer, then I'd set aside an hour each afternoon, and just watch the progress of the sun and sky; but it doesn't usually work that way. Instead, I'm usually in my office, staring at boring, work-related trivia on my computer screen, and my wife yells at me from the kitchen, "... wow, that's a really great sunset tonight!"
On this particular occasion, it was not only bone-chilling cold outside, it was also quite blustery. I'm not talking about a few modest puffs of wind from time to time, but a steady (frigid) blast punctuated by gusts almost strong enough to knock me over. Meanwhile, the light was changing rapidly; and while I had brought my camera with me when I scampered out onto our 21st-floor balcony to get a better look at the sky, I had not brought my tripod.
Indeed, the light was fading so quickly that I figured I had only one chance to capture the scene. In the few seconds that it took to adjust the camera settings to capture a 5-shot HDR image, my fingers had become almost numb. I could see that I would need a fairly high ISO setting to ensure a fast enough shutter speed to allow a hand-held shot; and then I balanced the camera on the balcony railing and pressed the shutter speed, and waited to hear five consecutive "clack" sounds of the shutter.
Unfortunately, a huge gust of wind hit me at just that moment -- and it almost made me lose my grip on the camera. Rattled, I let go of the camera's shutter button after only four "clacks" -- so this is a four-image HDR shot, instead of the five I intended. Also, because of the high ISO setting, there's a fair amount of noise in the resulting image. I did my best to improve it with a plug-in program called "Noise Ninja," but it's barely adequate.
Normally, my reaction to a situation like this would be to shrug and delete all of the images; after all, tomorrow is another day, and there's a sunset every single day. But even on the non-cloudy days, we often have one boring sunset after another ... so it could be weeks before I'll see anything like this again. To make matters worse, I'll be out of town next week; and by the time I get back, the sun may have shifted, the temperature will (hopefully!) be warmer, and consequently the colors may be different.
So ... I've decided to keep the image. You may not like it, and you're welcome to stick out your tongue and make rude noises at it. Meanwhile, I'll just add it to my collection of sunset photos. Some are better than others -- but I'm a sucker for sunsets, so just about anything will do...
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Note: This is one of 12 photos that I've culled from several thousand that I took in 2009, for possible presentation at a Jan 2010 class I'm taking at the International Center of Photography (ICP), called "On Seeing What's Right In Front of You." The photos already exist in various other Flickr sets -- often just one or two out of a group of hundreds of related images -- and I've just pulled them together for this occasion.
In the spirit of the ICP class title, all of these photos were taken "right in front" of where I live -- i.e., within a hundred feet of my apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
The photos are organized as 6 separate pairs -- each pair illustrating a specific situation, close to home, where I had a particular motivation or strategy for taking photos. This particular photo illustrates the principles that you may have lots of potential shots "right in front of you," but they may last only a moment -- so you have to be prepared to grab your camera, and take advantage of the moment. Case in point: winter sunsets in NYC, which can be spectacular, but which only last a moment.
Note by Dido Haaas - Nitroglobus Gallery
"Forbidden Fruit by Monique (Moni) Beebe,
the December 2019/January 2020 exhibition @ Nitroglobus.
I am really happy to present for the 4th time an exhibition by my SL and RL friend Monique (Moni) Beebe.
Next to images in her more 'usual' sensuous, evocative style which present studies of the female body (her own), Moni got inspired by a RL exhibition of famous Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, which she visited last Spring in the Gemeente Museum The Hague. Especially the mood of the early series 'Squares' and 'Chessmen' by Mr Olaf you will notice are reflected in some of the images of this present exhibition 'Forbidden Fruit'.
For those not familiar with the works of Erwin Olaf, here's a link to his work: www.erwinolaf.com/art
Moreover, Kai Kohime created an awesome mesh vulptuous female sculpture, that fits perfectly with the exhibition.
I hope you will enjoy this end of the year exhibition as much as I do.
Dido Haas, owner/curator
Nitroglobus
Opening party: Sunday 29 December, 12 pm SLT (= 21 hrs Amsterdam time)
Music by DJ Ferdy"
Visit this location at Nitroglobus Roof Gallery in Second Life
Aerial view of Hunslet Lane Goods Yard, Leeds, taken on 18th June 1981, showing the site which is now Crown Point Retail Park. This was the Hunslet Lane Midland Station before it became Hunslet Lane Goods Yard.
See the notes on the photo for the names of places shown.
Copied, with permission, from D.R.C.'s photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/danielrobot/2326252589/in/set-72057...
A much earlier aerial photo of this area, but from a different angle, can be seen at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002820_66...
Another couple of views of this yard can be seen at:
www.flickr.com/photos/24040948@N08/2938904975/?addedcomme...
www.flickr.com/photos/cliffordstead/5388386451/in/faves-2...
The notes on this photo identify the following:
Yorkshire Chemicals, Black Bull Street, currently being demolished (19/4/08) Can be seen at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20071010_1...
The Black Bull Pub, can be seen in a 1951 photo at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=6960.
The Crown Hotel, Crown Point Road, currently derelict (see set at www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyg1955/sets/72157604442385374/) nad www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002610_10...
The ex-Hunslet Road Police Station can be seen at:
www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyg1955/sets/72157606956681723/
Tetley's Brewery. Can be seen in a few 1999 photos at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002610_14..., www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002610_10..., and www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002610_42....
The latest story on Tetley's:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7710244.stm
Crabtree-Vickers, Leathely Road, now Costco.
Crabtree-Vickers is on the site of John Fowler & Co Ltd, apicture of inside Fowlers can be found at:
www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002911_28...
Details of John Fowler & Co can be found at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowler_&_Co.
Alf Cooke's, Hunslet Road. Now empty, but can be seen in 1980 at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004728_59....
Sulzers, on Jack Lane, now gone to Manor Mill Lane, Leeds11.. Their Jack Lane premises can be seen at www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=1298 and www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002424_82... and in 1974.
Hunslet Engine Co, Jack Lane, now at Lowfields Avenue, Leeds 12. See set of Hunslet at Jack Lane at www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyg1955/sets/72157604533111606/
UP 8444 passes a clear (green over red) signal on the approach to Denver Union Station and about to pass underneath the Broadway St bridge.
I made no notes for this shot, but it looks as though I used no more than 4 bulbs for this sync flash photo circa 1975-76.
Sidebar note loosely connected to this image. I've always wondered what happened to US-6 inside Denver. Comes into Denver from the east via Brighton Blvd and leaves to the west via 6th Ave, but...no street signs for US-6 inside the Denver City Limits. A little research on the Broadway St bridge, barely visible behind the signal in this photo, and now I know the answer. Prior to 1956 and construction of the Valley Highway, US-6 was Brighton Blvd to Broadway, thence south to Colfax Ave, thence west on Colfax along with US-40 and US-287. Broadway also was the route of US-85 and US-87, which sure made that corner of Broadway and Colfax mighty busy.
This little ice crystal is in the exact shape of an eighth note! (Click on my photo to view it large.)
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Frost and ice in Florida? Yes! We have many winter days with temps (F) in the 20s. Hard freezes and frost are not uncommon. One year it was so cold that the giant wild pythons in the Everglades were freezing to death, and it even got to freezing temps in the Keys. Not anywhere near as severe as the NY winters I used to experience, but 25 degrees anywhere is cold!
These are micro shots of ice crystals from the frost on various bits of vegetation in my yard. I have to shoot them early in the morning because even the heat from my breath will start them to melting, and even if the temp is 30F, when the sun hits the yard the frost vanishes in minutes so I have to move fast.
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An assortment of micro (macro) photographs of various and sundry subjects in my set, "Assorted Micros:"
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/sets/72157631525787513/
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Here both X's can be seen: The X is cut out from the front cover and glued onto the back cover. Bound in a buttonhole style, 272 pages.
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Schuylkill County Courthouse, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
1995.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Municipal courthouses; Main Street.
Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Courthouses--1990-2000.
United States--Pennsylvania--Pottsville.
Format: Slides--1990-2000.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03889
Call Number: LC-MA05- 3889
Two people share something using their cell phones, outside Kings Landing barber shop in Toronto.
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Found two of my husband's grandfather's ledgers in a drawer in the garage. It reminded me so much of the Field Notes notebook, I had to photograph them together. However, Grandpa's "Field Notes" has much more cred containing, as it does, all kinds of planting and farming tables in the back, and tractor info. Mine contains dirty stories and notes on the bathroom tile.
Just thought I'd add more info in light of the additional visitors the past few days: Grandpa was a real farmer right here in Los Angeles before it got so crowded. He immigrated in 1908 from the Basque country on the border between Spain & France. He started with a dairy farm in the neighborhood of El Sereno for about 20 years, then moved to Alhambra (so his four lovely daughters would have easy access to the big city) and ran a hay farm in the nearby neighborhood of Monterey Park. There's no evidence anymore of these farms other than photos, these ledgers, and a few milk bottles and scraps of rather terrifying cattle equipment in the back of our garage.
My husband and I live in the 1936 house in Alhambra that grandpa bought to be closer to the hay farm. A friend of mine lives just down the road in what used to be the middle of the farm. It's so fascinating to me to imagine what Los Angeles used to be like - say when Grandpa arrived from France in 1908, or when his daughters were running around in 1930's LA, making shopping trips, going to movies in the old movie houses, riding the Red Cars, going over the border to Mexico for some partying.
Bottle of Notes is a sculpture by internationally renowned artists and creators of public artworks, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Unveiled in 1993, it was commissioned by Middlesbrough Borough Council as the first public artwork to be installed as part of a regeneration initiative for the Tees Valley region.
Situated in Middlesbrough Centre Square, outside Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), the sculpture takes the form of a giant bottle, standing nine metres high – twice the height of a giraffe. The shape of the bottle is made from a continuous, off-white swirl of steel letters. Blue letters spiral upwards from the inside.
The artists took their inspiration from the local area’s industrial heritage, its relationship with the sea and from Captain Cook, one of the area’s most famous sons. The intricate steel lettering reflects the region’s rich heritage in steel production and fabrication. It was constructed in Hebburn, helping to provide employment for steel workers in the shipyards.
For the outside of the bottle, van Bruggen selected a line of text from Captain Cook’s Journals, written during his first voyage of exploration in the Pacific in 1769: We had every advantage we could desire in observing the whole of the passage of the planet Venus over the Sun’s disk. The text on the inside comes from a poem she wrote, ‘Recalling Amsterdam’, which links the English shore to the European continent: “I like to remember seagulls in full flight gliding over the ring of canals.”
The sculpture is positioned on a slant, to appear as if it had been left stuck in the sand by a receding wave – a giant message in a bottle to local people and the wider world.
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Having bagged his spot on a trolley, a spotter notes down 86030 as it runs through Crewe light engine on 30th May 1978. White Adidas bag is a classic!
Zenit EM Scanned from a Kodacolour negative
Stripping molds from steel ingots, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, 1918. Note the three gentlemen up on the overhead crane.
From the National Archives Catalog- part of an incredible group of 1917-18 photos called "the Industries of War". These are three of the photos depicting the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
This is just another example of the ever growing wealth of historical research material available on the internet, kudos to the team at the National Archives!
The National Archives page with this image is found here: catalog.archives.gov/id/45488002
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I haphazardly collect old and new hymn books. I bought these two from the historical library at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, while doing some research there. The open book is The Sacred Hymnal, a shape note tunebook from the Ruebush Kieffer Co., the main focus of my recent research efforts. Edited by J. H. Hall, J. H. Ruebush, and W. H. Ruebush, the book was published in 1899 and intended for worship services, prayer meetings, Sunday school, revivals, and other religious meetings. It contains 200 hymns divided into 7 sections: worship, man’s ruin and redemption, the Christian life, the Christian church, young people’s department, the life beyond, and miscellaneous.
The other book is Sacred Songs No.1, edited by Ira D. Sankey, James McGranahan, and George C. Stebbins. The book is in round notes and published by the Biglow and Main Company of New York in 1896. Sankey and Philip Bliss were instrumental in the formation of gospel music, publishing their first collection of songs for gospel meetings in 1875. The book includes many new songs along with “useful and popular pieces,” making it “practical and desirable.” Many sacred and gospel music publishers in the late 19th century issued new songbooks on a regular basis, suggesting that the public sang regularly from the published books and had an appetite for new songs. The editors express their hope that the book will be useful in churches and prayers meetings, as well as in the home so that “the good old-time custom of singing the praises of God in the home may again be revived.”
I keep a paper record of the photos I add to my two 365 groups. This is the list for the daily self-portrait group 365 Days of which (by dint of long-service) I'm one of the admins.
You will note that this is photograph 3543 of my daily selfies. Early in 2007 I saw Flickr folk posting daily self-portraits but I'd missed the obvious starting point of the First of January so I waited until my 65th birthday on 21 April 2007
The hereios of the We're Here! group have paid a visit to a group which we have each set up for the purpose. I have set up the Bulldog clips group. Admission is free to all, but submissions will be ruthlessly moderated. BULLDOG is a registered trademark of Brandsley Limited which is licensed to Faire Bros & Co Limited. Its registration as a trademark in the United Kingdom dates back to 1944.
Stuck for an idea for your daily 365 shot? Try the hereios of the We're Here! group for inspiration.