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4 cubic yards. Only one left like this that I know of. Most have had those weird "stilts" removed, had the chainlink replaced with sheet metal, and have plastic lids now. This one hasn't ever been repainted!
I see this old car on 16th every day on my way to work, so one day I simply had to stop and take a photo of it.
Steampunk weekend at the 2013 Old West Festival in Williamsburg, Ohio. Of all the characters I saw that day, this guy looks more like the real deal than any other right down to the bullet hole in his hat. I don't know if he was a sheriff, deputy or what, but the badges make me certain he was some type of law enforcement agent. There was no steampunk influence so, I have to say he was a regular.
The story of a woman. She was born in Romania in year 1930. At 18 years old, in 1948, she married. In Romania the communist regime was already established. One by one she lost her religion, land and the values system in which she believed. Five children were born. From time to time the husband is taken from the family. This is how it was then. She endures and keeps going. Better times arrive, but it is still very hard. She struggles with her husband to raise and educate their five children. Back then education and training ensured you a chance in life. Time passes and year 1989 arrives. In Romania the political regime changes. The battle starts again to retake her lost land. She wins it. She understands fast that it is harder and harder to work it. Sometimes she probably asks herself if it was worth it. In short, this was the story of this woman. The story of my mother.
According to Wikipedia: "Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an Elizabethan mansion, built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and twice visited by Queen Elizabeth.
The house was built partly from bricks taken from the old Abbey buildings at St Albans, then in process of demolition following the Benedictine priory's dissolution some 25 years earlier. It was used as a residence by his youngest son, the polymath (scientist, philosopher, statesman and essayist) Sir Francis Bacon, before being bequeathed by him to his former secretary, Sir Thomas Meautys, who married Anne Bacon, the great-granddaughter of the Lord Keeper.
The estate passed in 1652 to Anne's second husband Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls and Speaker in the Convention Parliament of 1660. The estate is owned by the Grimston family to the present day, having been passed via Harbottle Grimston's son Samuel, who died childless in 1700, to his great-nephew William Luckyn, who in turn became the first Viscount Grimston in 1719.
Towards the end of the 18th century, in 1777-84, a new building was built nearby (the current Palladian-style Gorhambury House, designed by Sir Robert Taylor and commissioned by James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston). Old Gorhambury House itself was left to fall into ruin. The surviving remains include a two-storey porch, chapel and clock tower."
i love to collect old japanese items.
not to sure about the age on this.
The texture i use i created myself thru photoshop.
feel free to download the texture and use
This was found on an ex-family member's front yard for a rubbish clean out. Couldn't bear to see it go to rubbish so claimed it. Might be worth something - must check EBay :)
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
― Gabriel García Márquez
Naughara (literally nine house) is a small gali (alley) off Kinari Bazar. There used to be many of these tiny gated streets in Old Delhi in the days of Shah Jahan, but sadly few remain.
The nine houses, which are still residential homes, feature carved stone facades with latticed balconies and scalloped archways, typical of Mughal architecture, framed with carved flowers and vines. The havelis have beautifully carved wooden archways around brightly coloured doorways. Most of the facades are now painted in a rainbow of colours, but the base is the same sandstone seen on havelis throughout the old city. Outside each door is a ‘potted garden’ of greenery.
The houses are situated on the right of the gali and on the left is a walled common area (entered through an old doorway under a pointed arch) that was shared by these households. At the end of the cul de sac is the entrance to a carved white marble Jain Temple which is believed to be more than 2500 years old although much of it has been rebuilt.
This tranquil residential street is a very welcome break from the mind-bending chaos of Old Delhi.
An old motel on east Van Buren Street in Phoenix. The street used to be a highway going through town so a lot of motels exist on the street.
Taken for our new May tabletop theme: OLD AND CRUSTY. Join us at: www.flickr.com/groups/creative_tabletop_photography/.
50 year old wheel brace in old vice grip
Jornada Fotográfica do Museu da Cidade de São Paulo – A semana do Patrimônio, coordenada por André Douek.
OLD CALEDONIA
Built 1934, by William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, UK (Yard # 1266) as CALEDONIA : ON : 161981
GRT : 623 / DWT : ??
Length(LPP) : 68.2 metres x Beam 9.2 metres.
Machinery : Paddle Steamer driven by a Triple Expansion (3 cylinders) steam engine built by William Denny & Bros
Speed : 16.5 knots
History POR = Port of Registry
1934: CALEDONIA : London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Glasgow : POR Glasgow
1939: CALEDONIA : Caledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd., Glasgow : POR Glasgow
•1939: Requisition by the Admiralty
•1939: HMS GOATFELL (J125) Minesweeper
•1941: HMS GOATFELL (J125) Anti Aircraft Ship
•1946: Returned to owners
1969: CALEDONIA : Arnott Young (Sold for demolition)
1970: OLD CALEDONIA : Bass Carrington : For a Floating Restaurant
•1972: Towed from Clyde to Thames Embankment site
•1980: 27 April : Suffered extensive fire damage and subsequently Declared a total loss
•A 15-pump fire destroyed the retired Paddle Steamer Caledonia, moored on the Thames. A flashover injured five firefighters, according to the Soho Fire Station web site. Renamed Old Caledonia, the vessel was serving as a floating pub at the Embankment..
1980: July : Towed to Milton Creek on River Swale near Sittingbourne for demolition.
Fire damaged views of the OLD CALEDONIA photographed 21 July 1980 on River Thames.
Ship Details : Miramar / www.clydeships.co.uk / londonfirejournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/caledonian.html
The old city of Jerusalem is like a theme park of the ancient world. Never have I seen such a place where you can cover so much different things and people in so little time.
Old Courthouse, Manatee Village Historical Park, Bradenton, Florida
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Returning to The Netherlands also means being reunited with some of my older MOCs, many of which have never been seen on flickr before.
It is likely that I'll try to update this model when I get the chance. I fear that my minifig scale schoolbus actually is more detailed!
"A highlight for visitors traveling Arkansas is the Old Mill, a favorite attraction that provides both a glimpse of history and a very beautiful photographic opportunity. (Don't forget to bring your camera!) The Old Mill, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the T.R. Pugh Memorial Park, at the corner of Fairway Avenue and Lakeshore Drive in North Little Rock. The structure is most famous for its part in the opening scenes of Gone With The Wind.
Guided tours, which last approximately 30 minutes, are available for groups of 10 or more people, with advance reservations and are conducted by trained volunteers by calling (501) 758-1424.
In 1931, Justin Matthews, developer of the Lakewood neighborhood of North Little Rock, contracted for the construction of a replica of an old, water-powered grist mill dedicated to the memory of Arkansas's pioneers. Neither the stone mill building, nor the general layout is a reproduction of any particular mill, but is a familiar design of early Arkansas, designed to fit the contour of a rough area.
The Mill, completed in 1933, is intended to appear abandoned - absent of doors and windows due to thieves or decay - just as old mills that were in service in the early 1800s had become by the 1930s. The image is that the old gristmill and driving equipment have fallen away or been disconnected from the water wheel; and the water gate on the flume above, although closed, is leaking enough water to turn the old wheel, which is idling away through the years.
Frank Carmean, a German immigrant, worked for Matthews as a builder/architect and designed the basics of the Old Mill. Carmean went on a tour of southwestern states in search of new architectural styles, at which time he "found" Senòr Dionico Rodriguez.
Rodriguez, a sculptor and artist, was responsible for all the details of each piece of concrete work made to represent wood, iron or stone, as well as the designing of the foot bridges and rustic seats. Rodriguez's secret techniques were so detailed and exacting that you can identify the species of trees in most of his work. Rodriguez worked without any written plans, but there are unwritten stories that describe how Rodriguez envisioned many of his works. "A black locust tree grew in the soft earth on the bank of the little stream. When it reached a certain height it was blown down, but continued to live. A woodsman who wanted to use the trunk of the tree as a footbridge cut off the limbs and..."
During the summer of 1991, Rodriguez's work at the Old Mill was renovated by Carlos Cortes - Rodriguez's great nephew and the son of Rodriguez's assistant Maximo Cortes. The Old Mill, along with other structures located in the Lakewood Property Owners Association Park and Crestwood Park in North Little Rock, were nationally recognized in 1986 by being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Old Mill was given to the City of North Little Rock as a gift by the former Justin Matthews Company on May 24, 1976. Justin Matthews has been described as a visionary real estate developer for conceiving the idea of the Old Mill as part of a comprehensive system of recreational lakes and open spaces in the Lakewood residential area.
Matthews, who had been successful in the cottonseed oil business, had a tremendous impact on the shaping of the city's neighborhood character starting with his initial efforts during the 1920s and 1930s in developing the nearby Park Hill addition.
Several of the items found in the Old Mill are actual historic relics including:
* the grist mill itself on the first floor dates back to 1828;
* large mill rocks used for seats bear picking (deepening of furrows on the face to increase their grinding capacity) dates of 1823 and 1840;
* mill rocks on the second floor came from the plantation of Tom Knoble, the grandfather of Tom Pugh, in whose honor the Mill is dedicated;
* two original mile stones moved here from a road laid out more than 150 years ago by Jefferson Davis (who later became President of the Confederacy). Along this road (roughly along the route of present day Arkansas State Highway 22), the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians traveled from the present town of Dardanelle into the Indian territory, now Oklahoma;
* three sections of a wrought iron shaft were cut from the stern wheel of a passenger steamboat which traveled the Arkansas River in the 1800s.
Silver Screen Star
The Old Mill was filmed in the opening scenes of the famous award-winning movie, Gone With the Wind, which was released in 1939. Although it is not known why David Selznick of Selznick Studios chose the Old Mill, it is believed to be the only remaining structure from the movie.
The Old Mill was honored on the fiftieth anniversary of the movie. It was also the site of the unveiling of the Gone With the Wind commemorative stamp. Through the years, stars from the movie such as Rand Brooks (Charles Hamilton) and Ann Rutherford (Carreen O'Hara) have visited the Mill.
Attesting to its popularity, postcards featuring the Old Mill have been circulated all over the world. It is constantly being photographed and has become a popular site for outdoor weddings. Pugh Memorial Park and the Old Mill serve as hosts for over 200 weddings and 100,000 visitors each year. Please join the thousands of visitors who enjoy the vanished era that has gone with the wind."
The above excerpt was taken from www.northlittlerock.org/entries.aspx?id=233 as it appeared on 12 APR 2013.