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Moneda acuñada durante el gobierno de la junta de gobierno de 1973.
Se aprecia la celebración del golpe de estado del 11 de septiembre de 1973 en el motivo de la moneda.
Shop sign of a Claddagh ring jeweller’s shop at High Street in the Latin Quarter of Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
Some background information:
The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish ring. Its heart represents love, its crown stands for loyalty, and ist two clasped hands symbolize friendship. The design and customs associated with it originated in Claddagh, a small fishing village and district of Galway City. Its modern form was first produced in the 17th century. The ring is usually made of gold or silver. The traditional type doesn’t include a gem, but in the case of some contemporary ones the heart consists of or includes a gem.
There are many legends about the origins of the ring, particularly concerning Richard Joyce, a silversmith from Galway, who is said to have invented the Claddagh design as we know it. Another early designer of Claddagh rings was Bartholomew Fallon, who made Claddagh rings until circa 1700. His are among the oldest surviving examples of the Claddagh ring, in many cases bearing his signature.
An account written in 1906 by William Dillon, a Galway jeweller, claimed that the "Claddagh" ring was worn in the Aran Isles, Connemara and beyond. Knowledge of the ring and its customs spread within Ireland and Britain during the Victorian period, and this is when its name became established.
While Claddagh rings are sometimes used as friendship rings, they are most commonly used as engagement and wedding rings. Mothers sometimes give these rings to their daughters when they come of age. There are several mottos and wishes associated with the ring, such as: "Let love and friendship reign." In Ireland, the United States, Canada, and other parts of the Irish diaspora, the Claddagh is sometimes handed down mother-to-eldest daughter or grandmother-to-granddaughter.
According to the Irish author Colin Murphy, a Claddagh ring is traditionally worn with the intention of conveying the wearer's relationship status: On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is single and might be looking for love. On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the wrist: the wearer is in a relationship and someone "has captured her heart". On the left ring finger with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is engaged. And finally on the left ring finger with the point of the heart toward the wrist: the wearer is married.
Galway is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, one of the four historic provinces of Ireland. It is also the county town of County Galway. Galway City lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. With a population of roughly 86,000, it is the most populous settlement in Connacht, the fifth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland.
Today, Galway has a strong local economy with complementary business sectors, including manufacturing industry, tourism, retail and distribution, education, healthcare and services that include financial, construction, cultural, and professional. But Galway is also a renowned university city. There are two university campuses located in the city, the University of Galway and the Atlantic Technological University, and the city is popular among students from home and abroad.
The reverse side of my 3 monorail tokens. One with the Harbour Bridge, then a Frill Neck Lizard & finally a Koala.
RH&DR no.1 'Green Goddess' arrives at New Romney from Hythe and collects the New Romney - Romney Sands token from the signalman.
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Mamiya C220/ 80mm Mamiya-Sekor lens
Ilford Delta 400
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A small (18mm in diameter) token from 1939, issued as part of a fundraising campaign in the pre-Israel Palestine.
You can read interesting article about this tax in a site called "Collect".
Palmer persuaded the government to implement a project for the creation of mounted postal carriages. The experiment took place in August 1784, when the cart Palmer left London at 8:00 am and arrived in Bristol at 11 pm the same day. Later, Palmer was appointed Chief Inspector of Post office with a salary of £ 1,500 per year and the percentage of each transportation administration, although this part of the agreement has not been ratified by Parliament. But Palmer's plans to reform the postal traffic were not approved by the postal managers and in 1792 he was forced to retire with a pension of £ 3000 a year. He died in 1818.
As we have traveled through Ghana I used to take out my old Polaroid to offer a portrait, a small token of friendship, to persons we met and got along well. In few minutes the photograph was ready, the negative stuck in my bag, smiles were shared and people got closer together. Friendships are instant in Ghana.
After a "pack" Polaroid photograph is peeled apart it can be handed out almost immediately, however the negative is very fragile and it takes hours or even days to dry completely. Actually they are not designed to be copied, the negative is meant to be discarded. I kept them all in my backpack: some of them stuck together, some got covered in children fingerprints or mold stains. But most of them survived. The quality is not as good as the original, they are full of scratches, stains and whatnot, but the spirit remains.
We shared many wonderful moments with the people portrayed here, we shared words, small gifts, photographs, time, rooms, smiles, cars, our good will. I want to take this sharing a little further and share these portraits with you.
This token in poor condition. The legend reads "PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO T..." I am not sure what the last word beginning with "T" is. Trade perhaps.
Die for a UK advertising disc (aluminium, 1930s?) for Peek Frean's Teddy Bear biscuits showing a Teddy Bear. Peek Frean is a very well known London biscuit maker. The maker is Wright & Son of Edgware. Photo provided by Philip Mernick.
UK advertising disc (aluminium, 1930s?) for Peek Frean's Teddy Bear biscuits showin a Teddy Bear. Peek Frean is a very well known London biscuit maker. The maker is Wright & Son of Edgware. Photo provided by Philip Mernick.
I got these yesterday from the veterinarian that helped me with Nikita. They did the clay paw print and gave me the Rainbow Bridge token, that is a picture of the front and the back. They made a donation in her name to RIVMA (Rhode Island Veterinarian Medical Association). It was so nice to receive these things along with her ashes and such very nice cards too.
youtu.be/N18m1uoA8Ts?t=3s Full Feature
Starring Marguerite Chapman, Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, John Litel and Morris Ankrum. Directed by Lesley Selander.
This fun gem hailed from the beginning of the 1950s science fiction craze and found a group of scientists (and one token newspaper reporter) taking a rocket for the first inter-planetary trip to Mars. Of course once they're there, they discover an underground society populated by attractive Martian women led by a Queen Alita (Marguerite Chapman). It was a popular theme that would be repeated in such films as Queen of Outer Space (set on Venus) and Fire Maidens of Outer Space (set on Jupiter).
This little movie is actually a gem of a B-movie. Monogram was a B studio, but they put a lot into Flight to Mars (FTM). For one thing, it's in color. They put more than usual into the sets. It's still a B-movie, but it's a B+. The plot is derived from Alexsei Tolstoy's novel Aelita but drew from the book more than from the 1924 movie, which was also (loosely) based on the book. It's more of an adventure than political commentary. Most of the action takes place on Mars. The pacing fairly brisk, for a B movie. Despite using several B-movie cliches, the overall effect works pretty well.
Synopsis
Several scientists (including the requisite one woman) and a reporter take off on an exploratory mission to Mars. The ship is damaged by meteors (which just always seems to happen) such that they have to crash land on Mars. They survive, but the ship is too damaged to return. The crew must go EVA in just flight jackets. They find building structures and encounter the Martians (in space suits) who have cities underground. While industrialized and supposedly technologically advanced, the Martians have never figured out space travel, so aren't much help. Their ruler, Ikron, offers to help the earth men build a new ship based on the design of the one they came in. In reality, he plans to imprison the earthlings and take their rocket when their done. He then plans to copy the earth rocket, creating a fleet, by which he can invade and colonize the earth. "Ours is a dying world" he tells the council. Ikron's plot is discovered as the earthlings are aided by the lovely martian babe: Alita. She helps the crew narrowly escape the guards and commandeer the duplicated ship so they can return to earth. Alita and her father (the "good" councilman) return with the earthlings so that they might get help to overthrow the tyrant Ikron. The End..
Lots of reasons. First off, this is a fresh sort of space adventure unencumbered with Cold War gloom which was already pervading films. The rocket itself is a cool example of 50s thinking. The smoky flames coming out of the model-on-a-string scenes are pure B-film stuff.
The prevailing notion that alien clothes simply had to have a big lightening bolt icon emblazoned on the chest, is fun to see too. Then there are the huge shoulder pads! Where did that come from? Mars, apparently. It's also kind of amusing that alien workers (especially if employed by the bad guy) tended to wear leather with studs, as if re-used from some sword and sandal flicks. Why are advanced technology workers wearing leather vests with studs? There's some quirky social mythology at work there.
And, speaking of costumes, it's fascinating that 1950s directors (and audiences) were so decided that alien women would be pretty, young, tall, leggy and dressed in micro-skirts and very high heels. Space, it seemed, was imagined to be like Las Vegas.
Another fun thing was that there were no space suits for the earthlings! They just went out in leather bomber jackets, caps and oxygen masks. The martians, however, greet them wearing the michelin-man space suits!! (These were left over from Destination Moon.) THAT is an interesting scene. The earthlings are in caps and leather jackets while the aliens are in space suits...on their own planet!
Actually FTM has none of the usual Cold War themes. This is, of course, because it was based on a pre-war book, and a Russian one at that. Still, the writers avoided grafting in any Cold War themes, so FTM comes across as more adventure than moralizing.
If you had seen the 1924 film, Aelita: Queen of Mars you would probably not think of FTM as a remake. They seem like very different stories, except for there being earthlings which land on Mars and find martians. The key female martian in FTM is named Alita. That's about your only clue. In FTM, she's a good guy -- dressed in the appropriate white silky short dress, while the other ("bad") woman gets a dark red short dress with spiky shoulder pads. If you saw the 1924 film, Aelita, you'd see a hint at the rebellion subplot repeated. Viewers are told there are those who oppose Ikron and that he'll be overthrown once Alita and a "good" councilman get to earth with our earthling crew.
If you watch FTM, notice the colors. It's shot in CineColor. This two-strip process had more a limited color rendering range than Technicolor's three-strip, but was much cheaper. It was something like 20% more expensive than black and white, and required less lighting, so it wasn't out of the realm for a small studio like Monogram. Since CineColor captured colors using a blue and a red filter, it was good at blues, browns, reds, and flesh tones. CineColor didn't do green or yellow very well. As a result, FTM has a decidedly blue-gray and red-brown coloring. The colors seemed very 50s.
For actor-watchers, the venerable Morris Ankrum plays the part of sinister martian ruler: Ikron. Ankrum often plays the role of Army General in these B-films, so it's kinda fun to see him out of uniform and in the role of villain. It looked like he had fun doing it.
Bottom line? FTM is a fun B film. For as early as it came in the Golden Decade of sci-fi, it's a fine space adventure. The sets and costumes are very much a product of the times. FTM is worth the search to find it.