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Source: Scan of a photograph.
Image: P...
Date: September 1990.
Copyright: © 1990 SBC.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an OS RP photograph.
Date: February 1953.
Grid: SU1585.
Copyright: Ordnance Survey.
Used here by very kind permission.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Norman ROCKWELL • American
* 3 February 1894 in New York City, NY.
✝︎ 8 November 1978 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Liberty Girl or Rosie to the Rescue.
Oil on canvas
41 x 31 inches or 104 x 78.5 cm,
📍Location unknown.
The Saturday Evening Post cover design.
September 4, 1943 issue.
This version of "Rosie" is apparently working very hard. She is working very hard just to carry all her tools. Of course, all those tools are just a visual device for Rockwell to convey just how important a part the women at home played for the United States during World War II.
If the women at home had not pitched in, the soldiers on the front lines would have run out of ammunition, clothing, boots and food. The women were the engine tha allowed to war to be effectively waged.
As many occupations as Rockwell has depicted in this painting, there is no doubt that he left some out. There is not enough room on the canvas to fit it all in. The women did too many jobs for them all to be painted on one canvas.
The tools depicted include:
a hoe,
a three pronged gardening rake,
a watering can,
a mop,
a telephone operator headset,
a pencil tucked behind her ear,
an oil can,
a pipe wrench,
a dust pan and whisk brush,
a lantern,
a pair of tailor's scissors,
a compass,
a change dispenser, and what looks like a typewriter on her back. It also looks like she will be delivering milk as well.
Se is wearing two hats. One is a nurse's cap. The other looks like a rail conductor's hat. Rosie looks to be straining under her load. And yet she keeps pressing onward. She wears the colors and design of the American flag. Her uniform looks dirty and grimy. There is still work for her to finish before she can clean herself up or let herself worry about her appearance.
This classic Norman Rockwell painting shows a World War Two era woman shouldering the load at home during the war.
The little red icon with the hand holding the liberty torch on the right side is captioned "Women War Workers."
Rockwell painted many pictures illustrating World War Two. None actually showed combat, nor did he put his characters in harm's way. And yet he still captured the struggle of America at war in his paintings. This is a more gritty depiction of World War 2 era woman than Rockwell's more famous Rosie the Riveter.
The location of the original oil on canvas painting is currently unknown. However, this charcoal on paper study , 41 x 31 inches or 104 x 78.5 cm, is currently part of the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum of Stockbridge Massachusetts.
#Source: Best Norman Rockwell Art.
Source: scan of an original image.
Grid: SU1483.
Date: 1953.
Copyright/photographer: OS-Crown.
Used here by permission.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
DC millivolt source PCB and enclosure. More description of this project is available at elect.wikispaces.com/Low+cost+DC+millivolt+source
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
Source: Scan of a print.
Image: P...
Date: 5th December 2001.
Copyright: ©2001 SBC.
Repository: Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/32721
Images shows street layout of the Extension Estate, Coowerwull (Lithgow)looking south from Scotchmans Hill towards Old Bowenfels. The road with trees is the Great Western Highway and Main Street is in the foreground. The buildings and clump of trees in the centre rear is the Cooerwull Academy. The street that runs off the Great Western High at an angle is Bayonet Street. Streets running off Main Street (right to left) are Musket Parade, Enfield Avenue, Rifle Parade and Martini Parade. Extension Estate was subdivided between 1908 and 1910.
Thomas James Rodoni was born in 1882 at Hotham East, Victoria, to Swiss and Irish parents. While living in Sydney in August 1914 as a man of 31, Rodoni joined the first Australian Imperial Force that would engage in the Great War: the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force.
A week after enlisting, Rodoni’s company embarked on the HMAS Berrima and sailed to German New Guinea among a fleet with orders to seize two wireless stations and to disable the German colonies there.
Rodoni’s unofficial photographs – many of them “candid” shots, captured in the moment – are a rare glimpse of this pivotal moment in Australia’s history. He has documented the energetic atmosphere of prewar Sydney and its surrounds, from civilian and military marches to battleships docked in Sydney Harbour, with accompanying crowds of people brought together for these special events. His camera voyaged with him on the expedition to the Pacific region, taking images both from the ship’s deck and then again on dry land after disembarking.
Rodoni was stationed in New Guinea for five months with the AN&MEF after the successful capture of territory from the German forces. His striking images are testament to his ease with the camera, and the ease of his fellow servicemen around this avid amateur photographer. He used his camera to record daily events and significant moments in the expedition, and made several group portraits of the officers and soldiers in his company. Yet his images also suggest a genuine curiosity for the foreign people and places where he was stationed, and a love of the photographic medium in which he practiced during this early period of the war.
After leaving New Guinea with the AN&MEF and returning home to Australia in January 1915, Rodoni left the force to work in a Small Arms Factory manufacturing munitions for the war. He soon married and settled in Newcastle with his wife, Catherine Annie Wilson, and had four children: Thomas, Mary, Jim and William (Bill).
The wider collection of glass plate negatives – over 600 in total and with many views of Newcastle and its surrounds is an incredible legacy to Thomas Rodoni and his family.
Rodoni died in 1956 as a result of a car accident in Waratah, Newcastle.
The original negatives are held in Cultural Collections at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle (Australia).
You are welcome to use the images for study and personal research purposes. Please acknowledge as Courtesy of the Rodoni Archive, University of Newcastle (Australia)" For commercial requests you must obtain permission by contacting Cultural Collections.
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These images are provided free of charge to the global community thanks to the generosity of the Bill Rodoni & Family and the Vera Deacon Regional History Fund. If you wish to donate to the Vera Deacon Fund please download a form here: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21528529/veradeaconform.jpg
The rufous-backed kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores and streamsides. The small bird is solitary and hunts from a low perch over the water by diving for insects and frogs. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Oriental dwarf kingfisher.
This is a small, red and yellow kingfisher, averaging 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, yellow underparts with glowing bluish-black upperparts. The nest is a horizontal tunnel up to a metre in length. The clutch of 4-5 eggs hatches in 17 days with both the male and female incubating. The birds fledge after 20 days and a second brood may be raised if the first fails. The young are fed with geckos, skinks, crabs, snails, frogs, crickets and dragonflies. (Source: Wikipedia)
Source: Scan of a photograph.
Image: P...
Date: 4th December 2001.
Copyright: SBC
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Digital image.
Set: SHE01.
Date: 1989.
Photographer: © 1989 Mr D. Sheppard.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Advanced Photon Source cooling towers at night, Argonne National Laboratory. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory
Source: scan of the original print from our collection.
Image: P...
Date: 1912.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Source: Scan of an OS RP photograph.
Grid: SU1287.
Date: April 1953.
Copyright: OS-Crown.
Used here by very kind permission.
Repository: Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
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A floodplain near Trinity Well, in the grounds of Newberry House, near the village of Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland. Trinity Well, known in ancient Irish legend as the Well of Sergais, is the source of the magical River Boyne.
The birth of the River Boyne has its roots in an ancient legend known as the Well of Sergais. It’s said that a long time ago when the Gods walked the earth there was a well shaded by magical hazel trees bearing crimson nuts. It was believed that whoever should eat these nuts would be graced with the knowledge of the world. The nuts fell off the trees and into the well, and were eaten by one of the vividly coloured salmon who swam there. For this reason, it became known as the salmon of knowledge. This well was owned by the God Nechtain, who was very possessive of the well. Only he and his three cup bearers were allowed anywhere near it. But one day his wife, referred to as Boann or Boínn (meaning she who has white cows; white cows were considered cows of the otherworld), was overcome with curiosity one day and went to the well without Nechtain’s permission or knowledge. There are various stories as to what she did there, but whatever it was resulted in the well overflowing and gushing forth onto the surrounding countryside and forming the Boyne Valley.
Legend says the Boann inhabits the Fairy Mound where Newberry House now stands.
It's here that the legendary Irish Giant, Celtic warrior and leader of the Fianna, ate the Salmon of Knowledge and gained the wisdom and power that enabled him to regain his rightful place as leader of teh Fianna and go on to become Ireland's greatest warrior and protector.
Dimensions: 45*27*30cm
Light: 2*18W PC (6500K)
Substrate: Power Sand (Bacter 100,Tourmaline BC), Shirakura Red Bee Sand, Mekong Sand
CO2: Inline diffusor
Filter: Eheim 2071
Fertilizer: Brighty K, Step 2
Red Moor wood
Plants:
Eleocharis parvula
Echinodorus tenellus
Cryptocoryne parva
Anubias petite
Staurogyne repens
Isoetes Japonica
Spiky moss
Riccia dwarf
(c) Copyright 2013 by Neall Calvert. . . . Summer afternoon sun at Safeway parking lot, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/1643
This photograph is from the archives of the Coalfields Heritage Group, based at the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum at Kurri Kurri. It was scanned by Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Source: NASA
Published: August 6, 2018
About the image: This picture of Neptune came from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL
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