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This desk was once in an old brick general store in a part of West Caldwell then known as Franklin, near the current site of the town's fire department. It was used as a post office for the local farmers; they'd go to the store to send and collect mail.
The desk was later recovered during an auction in central New Jersey. The general store - the kind of place that would draw tourists if West Caldwell were still rural and still exists in out-of-the-way places in different parts of America - was demolished years ago.
The current post office, built in 1975, is a typical suburban U.S. post office - it looks like a fertilizer factory and is accessible only by car.
On the desk are newspapers from when Roosevelt was President.
Teddy Roosevelt. :-D
Company A, 8th Kansas Infantry and Company K, 12th U. S. C. Infantry
JOSEPH JAGGER
Captain Joseph Jagger, of Blaine township, Ottawa county, Kansas, whose post office address is Minneapolis, and who has been prominent in local affairs since 1866, enjoys the distinction of being an Englishman who fought for the preservation of the American Union in the Civil war of 1861-5.
Captain Jagger comes of a good old English family and was born in Yorkshire, July 1820, a son of John Dowson Jagger, a cloth dresser and a man of honesty, industry, morality and enterprise, who was of local importance and influence. Mr. Jagger’s mother was Mary Bolton, also a native of Yorkshire, and she died at the age of sixty-seven years. His father was a soldier under the Duke of Wellington in the great commander’s operations against Napoleon, died at the advanced age of ninety-two years. They had two daughters and three sons. Mr. Jagger’s brother Edward died in England in 1899. His sister, Mrs. Fannie Rogers, a widow, lives in Buffalo, New York. His sister, Mrs. Saran Crossly, lives at Leavenworth, Kansas. His brother John came to the United States at the age of eighteen and settled at Alton, Illinois. The subject of this sketch was early employed in the dyeing and finishing works of dress goods, in which business he became a foreman at the age of twenty-one. He was employed at such work in England , until 1849, when he went to Belgium, being located near Brussels, where he followed his vocation. In 1854 he moved to France to follow his occupation and was located near Lille. In 1856, he returned to England; in 1857 he came to the United States on board the City of Washington, on of the steamers plying between Liverpool and New York, arriving in New York thirteen days after his embarkation. He remained for a short time with his brother-in-law in Boston and after that lived for a few months in Canada. In 1858 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained for a few weeks, then moved up the Missouri river by boat to Leavenworth, Kansas. The county was then new and in many sections of the new populous state Indians were more numerous than white men and in nearly all parts buffaloes and lesser wild animals abounded. Mr. Jagger was employed as occasion offered until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in a Kansas company which was organized to guard the fort at Leavenworth against an anticipated attack by rebels. August 27, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel John A. Martin, afterward governor of Kansas. His company commander was Captain Abernathy. He served with that regiment for nearly two years and made a good record as a soldier. He was then discharged for promotion in the Twelfth Regiment United States Colored Troops, in which he served with great credit until January 20, 1866, winning the commendation of his superiors as a brave soldier and able officer. He fought with his company in the battle of Nashville.
Captain Jagger was married during the war to Catherine Elizabeth Nall, a patriotic southern girl, who was born near Nashville, Tennessee, a daughter of William Nall, a native of that state, and a niece of two soldiers of the war of 1812. Mr. Nall, who was of English descent, married Isabelle Laughlin of Scotch-Irish descent, who was born in Indiana. He was a farmer and a man of enterprise and influence, a Republican and a member of the Baptist church. He and his wife both died in Tennessee, at the age of ninety and seventy-nine years respectively. They had children as follows: John; Linden; Joseph; Rufus; William, who died at the age of six years; James, who lives at Gainesville, Texas; Andrew Jackson; Catharine Elizabeth, who married Mr. Jagger; Mary, who became Mrs. Taylor; and Frances, who became Mrs. Brown.
In 1886, Mr. Jagger took up a homestead, to which he has added until he now owns three hundred and twenty acres. Now, at the age of eighty-one years, he is so well preserved that he appears to be fifteen years younger and his military bearing is often remarked. He has been an extensive traveler and a close observer and is a diligent reader of good literature, both English and French. His pleasant home is noted for its generous hospitality and he is honored as a pioneer, a soldier and that noblest work of God, an honest man. Mrs. Jagger, who has been to her husband a most worthy helpmate, shares with him the honors of his advancing years. They have four children, named as follows in the order of their nativity; Minnie E, who is a popular and successful teacher, well known in the educational circles of Ottawa county; and Rufus Sidney, Joseph Frederick and George Charles, the last mentioned of whom is twenty-one years of age, are members of their father’s household. Captain Jagger is a Republican, heartily in accord with the purposes and policy of his party. Josephy Frederick Jagger is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The 2.7 mile Old Post Trail starts from its north trailhead off Shelby Road, turns west after 100 yards at its junction with the Ridge Trail, and continues for .4 miles, then turns south. The end of the Carroll Canyon Trail is intersected .1 miles later. The Old Post curves west, gradually ascending with nice views to the north. It tops out, turns south and descends for .4 miles to its intersection with the other end of Carroll Canyon Trail. The Old Post bears right, goes west a short way on level ground, then descends to the south. As the trail bottoms out, it meets the end of the Herkenham Trail. There are good views of Cathedral Rock and Courthouse Butte. The trail ends after another .6 miles at the Chavez Road trailhead.
For more information about Carroll Canyon trails: www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=72089
Photos taken 2/20/23 by Danika Thiele. Credit: US Forest Service, Coconino National Forest.
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* I loved see my photos on the newspaper, but my photos have all rights reserved. If you choose one of my photo please write a comment and I will send by email this photo with a better quality. Thank you!
I always thought there was a lot of similarity between Aboriginal art and circuit boards, so I tried combining them here (along with some other gimp magic)
Finally got off my lazy ass to do some pasting at Post Alley.
Saw a lot of familiar faces (teeth, hands, birds, flying daggers etc.) down there
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I was approached by a film company because they wanted to use my Delica while shooting a short film set in the near future.
They asked me to make it look as 'Post Apocalyptic' as possible. I did my best!
Fliming took place in South London on an abandoned/dereclict housing estate. A massive place with 2000+ apartments all empty. Quite eery!
I took these shots just after filming had finished and the crew had gone home. It made for a nice setting.
A Post Office B size wall letter box on Holyhead Road in Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch near the junction with Lôn Graig. Monday 10th January 2011
Note, the letter box was manufactured for the Post Office by W.T. Allen & Company
Ref no Canon EOS50D 3rd series - IMG_1944
The 2.7 mile Old Post Trail starts from its north trailhead off Shelby Road, turns west after 100 yards at its junction with the Ridge Trail, and continues for .4 miles, then turns south. The end of the Carroll Canyon Trail is intersected .1 miles later. The Old Post curves west, gradually ascending with nice views to the north. It tops out, turns south and descends for .4 miles to its intersection with the other end of Carroll Canyon Trail. The Old Post bears right, goes west a short way on level ground, then descends to the south. As the trail bottoms out, it meets the end of the Herkenham Trail. There are good views of Cathedral Rock and Courthouse Butte. The trail ends after another .6 miles at the Chavez Road trailhead.
For more information about Carroll Canyon trails: www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=72089
Photos taken 2/20/23 by Danika Thiele. Credit: US Forest Service, Coconino National Forest.
Decal is from Fine Clonier Hitman's chest. Carrying three Smith & Wesson 1917, chambered for .45. (Gun from Indiana Jones)
Two boys standing in front of Népstadion in Budapest, 1959. Vintage black and white image capturing Hungarian post-war architecture and sports culture.