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December 3, 2014
Hay’s Gallery and “The Navigators”
Originally posted on For Whom the Gear Turns:
The Tower Bridge is worth visiting all on its own, but when I spent a day exploring the area I also found some other great things to tickle your Steampunk fancy. I could see on the map that St. Katherine���s Marina was nearby, and on my way I found a hidden treasure tucked away inside a Hay���s Gallery. In it���s heyday in the 19th century, the then-named Hay���s Wharf received 80% of the tea shipments bound for the Pool of London. Today the amazi...
An Amazing “Font of Literacy”
Originally posted on For Whom the Gear Turns:
Amelia Valerio Weinberg Memorial Fountain
This amazing book fountain has been outside the main public library at 800 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio since 1990.
Paper Mache Minotaur
Awesome
Originally posted on Gourmet Paper Mache Blog:
Okay, so this is weird.�� I���m absolutely sure that I posted photos of my Minotaur (for the Screamer Challenge on the Paper Mache Art Facebook page) here.�� But I don���t see it.�� It must have been in my dreams.�� It was the first of three non-dragon projects I made before allowing myself to get back to Drogon.�� So���ignore this if you���ve already seen it on Facebook.
Oh���and of course there is a video of this being made.��...
December 1, 2014
1864 November 26: Lincoln ��� “I give thanks to the Almighty for this evidence of the people’s resolution to stand by free government and the rights of humanity”
Originally posted on The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin:
The following two small articles were published in The Polk County Press of November 26, 1864.
A Speech of Mr. Lincoln on the Result of the Election.
At a late hour of Tuesday, the 8th inst., President Lincoln [Abraham Lincoln] was serenaded by a club of Pennsylvanians, headed by Capt. Thomas of that State. ��Being loudly called for, the President appeared at a window, and spoke as follows :
FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS :�� Even before I...
UNCLE ALBERT: SUBJECT OF A PAUL MCCARTNEY SONG, OWNER OF MAGNIFICENT MUSTACHE, AND HUSBAND OF PHOEBE
Originally posted on THE CABINET CARD GALLERY:
In 1971 Paul and Linda McCartney released a song called ���Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey���. It was a popular song from the ���Ram��� album. McCartney stated that the song is a tribute to his real life Uncle Albert. Finally, a portrait of Uncle Albert has been discovered and the Cabinet Card Gallery is proud to display it. Actually, I fabricated the connection between this cabinet card portrait and Paul McCartney���s uncle because I needed a story...
November 17, 2014
unbearable pain.
Originally posted on History Witch:
Such an sad story for a Friday, but here it goes.
Joanna of Austria (1547 ��� 1578) definitely came from a long line of royal blood. Her mother was Anna of Bohemia and Hungary and her father was Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. Also her paternal grandparents were Philip I of Castile (also known as Philip the Handsome) and Joanna of Castile (also known as Joanna the Mad.)
She was married to Francesco I de��� Medici in 1565 but it was a very unhappy marriage. T...
PORTRAIT OF AN ARMENIAN COUPLE IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS (PHOTOGRAPHED BY ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPHER)
Originally posted on THE CABINET CARD GALLERY:
One of the wonderful benefits of studying antique images is that they often are remnants of important and interesting history. This cabinet card image is a terrific example of a photographer capturing history with his/her camera. In this case, the photographer was just not cataloging history, but he was part of it. Lusadaran, the Armenian Photography Foundation, cites the photographer of this cabinet card. An article on their web site discloses t...
November 12, 2014
Malmo, Sweden
Originally posted on Natalia Maks:
It was a wonderful evening stroll in the retiring city of Malmo. Normally, during the day time, busy streets are deserted, and give us the pleasure to study beautiful architecture around.
Clay Gilbert- Author
Originally posted on Lenora's Culture Center and Foray into History:
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I would like to introduce you to Author and Poet, Clay Gilbert. Clay was born January 19,1971, which�� is also the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote his first novel, a Science Fiction�� short story about a robot,�� and he even did his own illustrations of stick figures, all at the very young age of four years.
Clay is an avid reader of science fiction and horror, fantasy, mysteries and mainstream fiction.He also reads the...
November 10, 2014
We should all see our memorials and cenotaphs, at least once in our lifetime.
Originally posted on If It Happened Yesterday, It's History:
From an Australian perspective, in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War on 11th November 1918, it is envisaged that the numbers of visitors to the First World War battlefields will reach record numbers. Sacred war grave and sites across Europe in particularly Flanders will be somber and emotional. In Belgium, where I have recently been preoccupied in my research for my ambitious blog series, covering the...
