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I have a collection of shells and I chose these favourite pearlised ones to try more monochrome pics. This one I used a geometric effect on from my Corel PSP which I was quite pleased with.
Shell (3,080 square feet)
2859 Caratoke Highway, Currituck, NC
This store was built and opened in 1987.
Trying the B/W setting on the camera...interesting...this is almost straight out of the camera...may try pp in Topaz and see what can be achieved.
Digital collage based around image of baby in shell using lots of free brushes - now finished off with hand dyed lace and space dyed ribbon bows.
Shell
Miller's (2,450 square feet)
948 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA
This location opened in fall 2000, replacing an older 1960s-built Shell/Miller Mart #66 that sat on the same site (known as "Bayberry Shell").
The pilgrim symbol of the scallop shell. Rue de la Citadelle, St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France.A welcome sight for the thirsty pilgrim on the way to Santiago de Compostella by this well-travelled road towards the high pass of Roncevaux.
The origins of the Shell petrol brand are somewhat surprising, but certainly explain how it came to be called that and how its logo evolved. In 1833, a chap called Marcus Samuel opens a shop in London selling oriental seashells, which became popular decor. Indeed, going back earlier in time, but discovered in 1835, was the Shell Grotto in Margate, Kent, which is a series of underground tunnels adorned with millions of seashells arranged in intricate patterns and symbols. Anyway, I digress.
In the 1970s, the sons of Marcus Samuel, apparently called Marcus Jr and Samuel (surely not!) expanded the business into Japan selling kerosene and other goods, and thus establishing the company's foundations in petrol. In 1897 the Shell Transport and Trading Co was founded in the UK. In 1907, and to be able to properly compete on the international market, the company merges with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company to form Royal Dutch Shell. By 1904 the instantly recognisable shell logo was introduced, based on a scallop shell, an earlier logo based on mussel design had been dropped.
By 1924 the company had its first refinery in Stanlow, Cheshire. In 1932, and to cope with the effects of the great depression, the Shell Mex-BP group was formed for UK operations and lasted up to its eventual break up in 1975-1976.
Bit by bit the company grew and grew into pretty much every part of the world and just over a century later there is hardly a place in the world where one doesn't see a Shell petrol station.
For many years of its operation, the word Shell did not need to appear on the signs as the logo was so iconic by then that pretty much everyone knew the brand.
For a much more comprehensive history of the company look here
www.shell.com/who-we-are/our-history/our-company-history....
I've collected quite a few Shell branded keyrings, featuring a few of their post war logo variations.
The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells
London :[s.n.] ;1832.
Title: Navel Shell
Designer: Tomoko Fuse
Paper: 15cm x 15cm
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