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Description: Notting Hill store and post office, 1889-1955 (after closure?)
The authors of Then and now: a pictorial history of the City of Monash recorded the varied history of the Notting Hill Post Office on page 18 of their fine work; noting that it was originally located on the south side of Ferntree Gully Road, just west of the corner with Howleys Road. See locale on Google Maps.
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I wonder if this is the original post office building before today’s post office that was built in 1926.
Manufactured by collaboration with Houghtons Ltd., London, UK and G.Gennert, New-York, USA, London Made
Model: c.1910, (produced between 1909-1915 ?)
There is a small round plate on the right side of the camera: Houghtons Ltd. London, G.Gennert New-York, London Made and Ensign logo
Folder bed film camera, film:122 roll-film "Post-card", picture size: 8.25x13.9cm (3.1/4''x5.1/2'') , (I suspect that this camera is a Dual concept one and maybe it uses plate film: 9x14 cm, but plate holder as a camera back cover is lost)
Lens: : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rapid Rectilinear, (Engravings around the lens), focal length and aperture numbers are not stamped on the lens,
must be f/6.3 as to aperture scale, filter slip-on, serial no.none
Aperture: f/6.3-f/45 setting: lever and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focusing: bellows focusing via an index pointer; distance scale on the left of the bed plate, sliding towards the index F P A, just behind it, (this feature must be for adjusting focusing range of distance scale for plate and roll-film)
Focus range: 5-25 feet (1.5-7.6 m) +inf
Shutter: Engraving on the dial: General, and above the aperture scale IIFX Shutters>, this is a simple, very old type leaf shutter, speeds: 1/5-1/100, +T& B
setting : dial on top of the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and Shutter release: same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once the lever then the shutter cocks, opens and closes
Viewfinder: Brilliant waist level finder, turning on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the top left of the lens standard, there are clues on the finder and lens standard that there were spirit level and a wire sports finder, (lost !)
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Bellows: single-extension, slides vertically by a latch on the lens standard for parallax correction,
Bellows opening: open the front cover by pressing the knob on upper right side of the camera (under the leatherette), then pull-out the bellows by handles on front of it engaging on the rails of bed plate until it clicks on the inf. on the distance scale, unlock for focusing or closing by small silver lever on the left side of the lens standard
Camera leg: on the front cover, removable, when closing the camera, it can be stored in the bed plate by special clamps
Flash PC socket: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Removable, opens by a latch on top of the camera, w/ red window
Film loading: by special spool loosening mechanisms, there is a wooden take up spool,
3.1/4'' in length
There is a sticker inside of the back cover: "Post Card "Ensign", Trade Mark "Ensign", Daylight Loading, Use the British Made "Ensign" Roll Films, They are Fastest and the Best, The 3.1/4'' A.Spool Fits This Camera, and Ensign Logo"
Tripod socket: two, 1/4'', on the right side and front cover
Lugs for hand strap
Body: metal, Weight: 1174g, Dimensions:12x22x24cm
serial no. 8595 (on the backside of the lens standard)
I named this camera as to the sticker and small round plate on it.
There is almost no info abut this camera in the Internet and McKeown's.
Matt Denton says:
"Patent June 14, 1910" (1914?)
and Canemah Studio, a member of Flickr, says in the description of his camera's photo:
"It was manufactured with a collaboration between the Houghton Ltd. of London and Gennert company of New York in the early 1900's, probably between 1911-1915. It's a very uncommon camera and information on this particular model has been difficult to find. The attention to detail is fantastic and the workmanship of British cameras is quite remarkable and beautiful."
A brief history about Houghtons in pre-WW1 era:
Haughtons dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the Daguerreotype requzites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghtons' cameras were German imports, primarily Dr.Krugener.
There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krugener models. So, it could be that my camera is a kind of copy of Krugeners.
More info and most similar ones in the internet: Rubylane, houghtonproducts,
Seen at Jarrow. Tyneside ... considered quite rare ?
King Edward Vlll (8th) letterboxes are very rear.
You know that feeling, when you've eaten too much and need to sleep?
Mallard duckling, Sheffield, UK
We decided "pack" down a few of our MOCs at the end of the Christchurch Brick Show. David couldn't get enough of it and decided to break a couple of Nick's builds as well :)
The last clip of me smashing my castle is a little wonky - I accidentally deleted it and had some trouble recovering it :(
And as for the recap... I'll get to it. Hopefully tonight, maybe tomorrow.
Mine are the green toes. You can tell because my skin is the most pale.
My mother is the foot in a sock. She doesn't like pedicures but we didn't want to leave her out.
Linotype-Post,
Hausmitteilungen der Linotype GmbH, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main,
Neue Folge, Heft 51, Juli 1961
Suhlendorf, Lower Saxony. Post mill built in 1810 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bockwindmühle "Auguste" aus dem Jahre 1810 in Suhlendorf, Niedersachsen.
Photo © Oxfordian
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.
Leon County. Photo by M Gollnick, Mar. 2013.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
The fountain in front of the Central Post Office at Paya Lebar. Behind is the Paya Lebar MRT Station.
My first test with a 10-20mm lens.
Built in 1940
Jenkins, Kentucky is a small town located in eastern Letcher County between Whitesburg and Pikeville.
The Arkansas Post National Memorial, in southern Arkansas.
A lot of history has taken place at Arkansas Post, which was established by the French way back in 1686 (which makes it the oldest European settlement west of the Mississippi River). The post was an isolated and lonely place, and it never had a large population. In 1723, the Inspector-General of the colony visited the post to find only 17 Frenchmen living there. In 1763, the post and surrounding land were given to Spain at the end of the French and Indian War. A census taken that year showed that only 31 people lived at the post.
One of the last battles of the Revolutionary War occurred at Arkansas Post, when British loyalists attacked the fort. Spain was an ally of the Americans, and the Spanish forces successfully defended the fort from attack. By 1798, the population there had risen to nearly 400. And in 1800, Arkansas Post and all of colonial Louisiana became the property of Napoleon’s France. The period of French rule was short-lived, as the U.S. government got all the land as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Arkansas Post remained a small and isolated town up until 1819, when it became the capitol of the new Arkansas Territory. The population here grew to over a thousand people, and several new buildings were constructed. That was again also short-lived, when the territorial capitol was moved to Little Rock in 1821. The town of Arkansas Post declined after this, only to see a lot of activity during the Civil War. A fort was constructed next to the town, which was attacked by Union troops in 1863. The battle destroyed the fort and most of the civilian buildings of Arkansas Post. In the decades after the war, the Arkansas River claimed the ruins of the civil war fort, and the town was moved a few miles upstream. By then all of the historic buildings were gone, lost to time or the waters of the river.
For all the history that has occurred in and around Arkansas Post, there really isn't much to see at the park. The visitor center sits near the plot of Arkansas Post back in the time when it was the territorial capitol. But it takes a lot of imagination to see what the town was like back in those days. The only remains are a few pieces of foundation, and an old cistern. Sidewalks criss-cross the park, following the path of roads in the old town.
Final Solution were this group of scenesters who booked (the) best shows in London between 1978-1983. They were the most consistant in booking line ups like this show! Bill Nelson former Be Bop Deluxe & Red Noise guitarist gone modern and solo! A Flock of Seagulls (early!) and the great Scottish band Josef K! The club Heaven was under arches in Charing Cross, W2 London and Final Solution booked alot of great shows at this notorious London club........
In the mountains, even in June, it gets cold pretty fast once the sun goes down around 8pm. If you want to extend your time outdoors, snuggling in a zero degree duck down sleeping bag is a good solution.
I enjoy both dawn and dusk in terms of observing wildlife and also just witnessing the majestic light transformation from night to day or vice versa.
The plan for the new van is to build an observation/sleeping deck on the roof, accessible by a boat hatch directly above the bed. The view from there should be impressive, especially in the desert.
My wife and daughter have taken to placing post it notes on the ceiling above the computer in the attic. Read and enjoy...