Conversations

Here are conversations that have happened in the last week on Flickr Commons:

Colin Wyatt SLNSW_FL9723806

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    "With his marriage on the rocks and fearing his wife was having an affair, ex-champion skier Colin Wyatt decided to cope the only way he could think of.

    He began stealing rare butterflies.

    What unfolded over the following months in the late 1940s would become a bizarre search spanning multiple museums and crossing international waters.

    It would also involve thousands upon thousands of tiny flying insects.

    Hundreds of 'the best specimens' taken from museums across Australia
    The first sign of trouble came in early 1947 — some 825 specimens of rare Australian butterflies had disappeared from the Melbourne Museum's George Lyell collection.

    When Melbourne raised the alarm, other museums checked their own collections ... "
    More - www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-02/history-butterfly-theft-au...
    And - science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/museum-heist-70-years...
  • Jazz Guy said:
    Lower left hand corner... I think that is a blotter to dry off signatures on documents. What year did ball point pens replace quill pens? There's a plot twist in a movie titled "Angel Heart" that involves this.
  • Jazz Guy said:
    And now the big question... Is the bottle of gin in the drawer on his left or on his right? :-)
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    I read 'The Butterfly Thief' by Walter Marsh over the weekend and saw the image was in the Library collections. Really amazing that he was able to get them all over to the UK as well..
  • Narelle Jarvis said:
    What a story! So where was this picture taken and what is he doing with the photographs?
  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    Jazz Guy
    " It was not until the 1820s, when John Mitchell, Josiah Mason and others set up a factory in Birmingham, England to manufacture steel nibs, that their popularity took off. The metal nib retains a sharp point or edge much longer than the quill, which wears out more quickly and requires much skill to sharpen. Metal nibs are also easily manufactured to have different properties for different purposes. Also, they can now be attached to and removed from holders, allowing one to switch between nibs with relative ease."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nib_(pen)

    Steel nibs were in regular use in Australian primary schools through the 1950s, that's how many kids learnt to write.
  • Jazz Guy said:
    Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies I was raised in Texas in the 60s. We had to use a steel nib pen for cursive writing class in fourth grade, but we could use ball point pens in other classes. These days, many schools don't even teach cursive writing anymore.
  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    Jazz Guy 👍

Cúchulainn loved the Mód Direach!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Farrell's Barricade

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

26_0049323 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I recommend rotating this 90 degrees counterclockwise.

26_0049703 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Invar is used where you need a dimensionally-stable part: it will change size less than another material over a very big temperature range. 👍

26_0049708 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I would rotate this 90 degrees clockwise.

26_0049778 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    That's large rebar.

26_0049821 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Hysol was a brand of adhesives used in these kinds of applications. One web source confirms my recollection the brand was owned by Dexter. It also claims the brand was sold to Locktite in 2000.

26_0049439 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • TVL1970 said:
    Starboard side jet intake for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.

Elmhurst for the holidays but only in the summer

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    Quite a beautiful photo of a beautiful house.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Google maps gives an Elmhurst Road, but it is not very near Bournemouth and this house is not on it.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    UCD have a collection of correspondence of a Dr. William Frazer, who was a hobbyist in historical and archaeological stuff.

    www.ucd.ie/archives/t4media/la0041-frazer-william-descrip...

    Maybe not, he seems to have died in 1899: www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1...
  • John Spooner said:
    The Bournemouth Daily Echo of- Saturday 4 October 1902 carried an legal notice of an application to license a building for stage plays. William Frazer M.D. of Elmhurst, Bournemouth, is named.
    Bournemouth Daily Echo - Saturday 04 October 1902
  • John Spooner said:
    Dr Frazer of Elmurst had one daughter , Elsie Mary, who married Mr Edgar Grotrian of Wetherby, Yorkshire on on April 27th 1905. (Gentlewoman - Saturday 20 May 1905)
  • John Spooner said:
    The Bournemouth Guardian on 5th November 1887 published comprehensive list of residents and visitors. Dr and Mrs William Frazer are listed at Elmhurst Lodge, on Madeira Road (at the opposite end from the police station).

    I didn't spot Elmhurst on a quick streetview saunter along Madeira road.
  • John Spooner said:
    But the list in the same paper on April 21st 1888 puts Elmhurst Lodge in Dean Park Road . It looks from a quick streetview scan much more likely to to have large houses such as Elmhurst, but they're all hidden by mature leafy trees (and none of the streetview versions were capture in winter).
  • John Spooner said:
    Bournemouth Daily Echo - Friday 28 July 1905:
    It is with feelings of profound regret—in which feel sure our readers will join—that have to announce the death of Dr. William Frazer, one of the oldest local medical practitioners. which occurred his residence. Elmhurst, Dean Park-road. Bournenmouth.

    The deceased gentleman, who was 54 years of age, bad been in failing health for some little time past, but be had only kept to his bed for the past three weeks. He gradually sank, and became weaker at the beginning of the present week, and expired between the hours of twelve and one yesterday morning.

    He was attended during his illness by Dr. Gregory White.

    Dr. Fraser, who was respected and highly esteemed by all who know him, came to Bournemouth in 1878, and although his professional duties prevented his taking any active part in the public life of the borough, was all times ready and willing to do all in his power to advance the welfare of the town which has resided for so many years.

    He was a B.A.T.C.D. in 1871. M.U., 1878; M.B. 1873; M.K.Q.C.P. (Ireland). 1877; L.R. C.S.L, 1873; L.M. (Rotunda Hospital, Dublin). 1879; Member British Medical Association; Irish Graduates' Association. and Bournemouth Medical Society. He was hon. physician to Bournemouth National Sanatorium, hon. physician the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, and the St. Mary’s Home for invalid ladies. He was also late Resident Medical Officer the Royal National Hospital for Consumption. Ventnor. and was formerly surgeon in the P. and 0. Company.

    Some years ago was asked to be President of the Irish Graduates' Association, but his health prevented him from accepting the invitation.

    For many years he acted as one of sidesmen of Holy Trinity Church, and took an active interest in the work of the parish. was an ardent lover of sport, and was ever ready to encourage athletic and other sports in Bournmouth.

    The deceased gentleman, who was son the late Dr. William Frazer, of Dublin, leaves a widow, one son and one daughter, with whom the greatest sympathy is felt in the bereavement which has overtaken them. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. the cortege leaving Elmhurst at two o'clock.


    Perhaps the Dr William Frazer Niall McAuley found was his dad.
  • John Spooner said:
    In September 1905, not long after Dr Williams' death and her daughter's marriage, two unfurnished rooms at Elmhurst were advertised by Mrs Williams as being to let. (Bournemouth Daily Echo - Tuesday 19 September 1905)


    In June 1906 it was proposed that the County Borough Council borrow £6,100 to purchase Elmhurst and a property called "Leyton Mount" for the purpose of a museum. This would have to be approved by the Local Government Board. (Bournemouth Guardian - Saturday 02 June 1906)

    Fast forward 25 years and the Bournemouth Times and Directory of Friday 8 May 1931 reported that a sub-committee was considering a Municipal Museum, and the Town Clerk
    made a statement with regard to the purchase of “ Leyton Mount,” Old Christchurch-road, and “East Hillside,” Dean Park-road, which were purchased in 1906 for museum purposes
    . So did Elmhurst become East Hillside? Did they purchase the property and not get round to making it a museum?

Identified! 6033 and 6039 Fernwood Lane

from Halifax Municipal Archives

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Colby Rice said:
    I'm pretty certain that this is fernwood lane in the south end of halifax. 6033 on the right and 6039 on the left.
  • Colby Rice said:
    I've walked by these recently, they look just the same. According to google maps the addresses are 6033 and 6039 Fernwood Lane, just off of Franklyn.
  • Halifax Municipal Archives said:
    Hello Colby Rice - thanks a lot for the identification on this one! We've updated the description in our database with the location.

26_0045487 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Mitch Barrie said:
    I love these kinds of manufacturing floor photos. In 1981 I worked for a small defense subcontractor that machined and marked all kinds of aerospace and other weapons systems parts. This photo reminds me of that experience.

Children outside the migration centre, Uranquinty, New South Wales, 1950

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    "Uranquinty played role in Populate or Perish Policy
    Excerpts “From Our Past” by Sherry Morris, the Daily Advertiser Jan 20,1996
    The migrant hostel was established in December 1948 on the site of the former RAAF Air Service Flying School, some 5 Kilometres north west of the township of Uranquinty. During the occupancy through to its closure as a migrant centre in 1952, near 28,000 displaced persons/ refugees migrants passed through the facility, by far the greater majority of these being women and children.

    Male migrants were contracted to work on projects at the discretion of the Commonwealth Dept. of Immigration.

    As accommodation became available in proximity to where the workers were situated, then the families moved on from the hostel centre, hence the large figure shown as having been housed at Uranquinty in a relatively short period of time.

    The NSW Department of Education opened a school for immigrant children. Staff at the centre totalled 100 by April 1949.

    The huts were unlined corrugated iron with few provisions for comfort — suitable for toughness-building austerity in single men, but not suitable for women, children and particular young babies. Accommodation was dormitory-style for up to 22 people in separate single or family blocks. Though expected to be temporary, the immigrants were often kept there for up to three years..."
    More - afuo.org.au/ukrainians-in-australia/history-of-ukrainians...

Looking southeast from above Market & Valencia Streets, May 1906

from San Francisco Public Library

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Warren Wulzen said:
    D H Wulzen climbed to the roof of the apartment building on the east side of Laguna St, just off Market St, to take this photo, AAG-0505 and AAG-0507.
  • jessamyn west said:
    Warren Wulzen Neat fact. Are you a relative?

Interior of City Hall, June 12, 1900

from San Francisco Public Library

  • Warren Wulzen said:
    Western Neighborhoods Project/Open SF History has this in lantern slide format, wnp13.022.

East on Market Street from above Valencia Street, May 1906

from San Francisco Public Library

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Warren Wulzen said:
    Same camera location as AAG-0507 and AAG-0515, atop the apartment house on Larkin, just off Market St.

Looking West on Market Street near Buchanan Street, May 1906

from San Francisco Public Library

  • Warren Wulzen said:
    D H Wulzen climbed to the roof of the apartment building on the east side of Laguna St, just off Market St, to take this photo, AAG-0505 and AAG-0515.

Roseville residents really relished raising roses

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 54 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    " Reference Code: IE/WCA/PP/LISM/243
    Title: Parker Family, Roseville
    Creation Dates: 17 April 1883-5 July 1900
    Level of Description: Item
    Extent: 174 items
    Creators: Lismore Castle Estate
    Scope and Content: File containing correspondence, legal briefs and
    affidavits regarding the Parker family, tenants of
    Roseville, Tallow, co. Waterford. Originally held by
    William Parker and inherited by his children.
    Includes reference to the malicious burning of
    Roseville in June 1899 and the eventual conveyance
    of Roseville to David O’Keefe and John O’Connell
    after considerable legal difficulties that arose in this
    conveyance with the Parker family. "

    From page 81 of - waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/11/LISMORECASTLEPAPE...

    So before the malicious burning in June 1899.
    (See also condensed script of the titling)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Which would explain why it does not look the same since 1899 ...

    www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22902...
    &
    www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22902...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another photo with an ugly yew(?) tree in the way. - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000339191
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia That would have been a much better spot for a grand monkey puzzle.

    And intrigued by the "malicious burning" in 1899. Personal rather than political reasons?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons I'm not sure about any of the above. I could be barking up the wrong tree on a wild goose chase for red herrings whilst not taking time to smell the roses.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia And swaying wildly from [Aside] to [Aside] like on a runaway tram (horse-drawn).
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Looks like grandfather seated right, father left and 4 children, no mother...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is a William Parker Solicitor, of Tallow getting married in 1846.


    Yes, here is the 1880 death at Roseville of William Henry Parker, Solicitor, aged 65.

    RJ Parker present.
  • Mike Grimes said:
    I don't think there are many roses there now.

    maps.app.goo.gl/38nznB7HGMmVBFbNA?g_st=ac

Wulzen's Pharmacy on the southwest corner of Castro & 17th with a food line to the basement, May 1906

from San Francisco Public Library

  • Warren Wulzen said:
    After the 1906 earthquake and fire, the basement of the drug store became a food distribution center. People here are lined up along 17th street, past the Wulzen home behind the drug store building.

26_0043629 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Wishing this were readable.

26_0043660 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This may be a marine turbine engine and that part a few pictures ahead may be the internal part that spins.

26_0043682 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This might be whatever you call the rotating part of a turbine. There's a turbine marine engine a few photos back. Possibly related?

26_0043671 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This is a gauge that measures how many pounds of force are needed to make some part of this assembly move. I'm not sure what they're testing. They're testing tension (pulling).

26_0043699 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

26_0043718 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Note the runout gauge measuring movement of the seat bottom.

26_0043726 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Note the mechanical runout gauge at the seat bottom. It is used to measure how much the seat is deflecting under load.

26_0043722 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    These weights are the same type used to test elevators after a repair is effected. Here, a transit vehicle seat is being tested to see if it will break when this load is applied to it. This is probably part of validating the seat structure design.

    Please remove tires from the description.

26_0044177 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This was misidentified as a police car. Please correct and delete this when convenient. This is why I'm complaining about 800-pixel images.

26_0044211 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This looks like a Corvair engine except it has a turbocharger?

26_0044350 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    It's a turbocharged diesel engine. Is it a Cummins?

26_0044408 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    It looks like a mechanical tool measuring the distance of the glass from the window frame.

26_0044416 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The stand these are on is labeled, identifying what they are. I was confused because Allisons on L-188 Electras have the inlet above the prop.

26_0044456 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This is one of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District stations north of Fremont Station. I can't identify it.

26_0044760 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Possibly an assembly jig for bus or train assembly.

26_0044787 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    A coworker used to work in a jet engine shop. When an engine was repaired, they were required to bolt it into a test stand and run it at rated thrust for something like ten minutes. This proved it was ready to fly. I think that's what's occurring here. An engine that got a new Rohr nacelle and thrust reverser would be required to go through a similar test?

26_0044837 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Glad I'm not the crane operator.

26_0045112 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    These look like transceivers that would be the other half of the black, 19-inch rack mount orderwire and baseband electronics in other pictures. These may be millimeter wave based on the small waveguide flange.

26_0045115 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Looks like baseband and order wire for a microwave radio communications system.

26_0045126 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    These people should probably have gloves and safety glasses on. This looks like circuit board etching equipment.

26_0045113 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Some kind of millimeter wave transmitter or receiver?

26_0039549 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • bob robshobert said:
    Engineering trade studies in the Don Draper era 😄

26_0045314 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The resolution on these images is so low that it prevents people from tagging the images because you can't see identifying details.

26_0044725 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This might be called precast concrete or pre-stressed concrete.

Abraham Lincoln conducts routine operations 251017-N-XR642-1024

from Navy Medicine

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • xprocessed said:
    Spotlight moment, Navy Medicine! Congrats on Explore! 🌟 ✨ 🎆

Portrait: Stedman, Myra (nee Sadd-Brown)

from LSE Library

  • Danilova V said:
    !

Portrait: Vickery, Alice Drysdale

from LSE Library

  • Danilova V said:
    :

Three hundred and sixteen years between them

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 22 older comments, and then…
  • Tom Brown said:
    Without cardio, vitamins supplements, yoga or low fat diets.

Portrait: Smith, Katharine Douglas

from LSE Library

Richard's Restaurant - Northbrook - 1950s?

from Cloyne and District Historical Society

  • cindy bolton said:
    Sheila and Cheryl are Hawley sisters and the little girl in the blue dress is their little sister Joanne Hawley Neal. Beccie Snider is Cheryl’s daughter and would be a generation later than this photo.

Unknown People at the Northbrook United Church

from Cloyne and District Historical Society

  • cindy bolton said:
    This building is the former United Church in Northbrook.
  • Cloyne and District Historical Society said:
    Thanks, Cindy.
  • cindy bolton said:
    Back Row from Left
    Phyllis Vaness (Mrs. Odey Snider), Geraldine Cox (Mrs. Art Reid) centre girls (unknown), dark haired girl with glasses second from right Gladys Northey (Spicer)
    Middle Row from left:
    Glenna Drysdale (Mrs. Gerry Tully)
    Little dark haired girl with bangs Joyce Cox (Mrs. Percy Parks)
  • Cloyne and District Historical Society said:
    Awesome. Thanks!

1st Co. North Addington Guides - Northbrook

from Cloyne and District Historical Society

  • cindy bolton said:
    These are named in the wrong order. Left is Hilda’s Woodman, centre Shirley Rosenplot and Right Laura Wood (Drysdale)
  • Cloyne and District Historical Society said:
    Thank you for the corrections.

Learning to Play Hockey - Northbrook

from Cloyne and District Historical Society

  • cindy bolton said:
    The man in this photo is Ted Courneya. He and his brother Vern owned the Northbrook Hotel from 1946-1951 when they sold to Joe and Madeline Bolton.
    Ted had two sons so these boys are likely Courneya boys.

Richard's Dry Goods/Hardware - Coffee Bar - 1950s

from Cloyne and District Historical Society

  • Bo Dudas said:
    Ok, what is it about this snapshot that is distinct from so many others? Yes, the endearing vintage look is appealing as is the interesting unfolding of the ‘dance’ event. But it’s really just some guy sweeping up in a hardware store. —- that’s exactly right - it’s not a kissing couple on a foggy Parisian boulevard or a busy street corner in New York. You really don’t need a professional master photographer to create beauty. —— the hues are fabulous in this indoor flashbulb that exposure. The two gestures are so wonderfully choreographed. And most of all it’s the solid structure of the picture. Look at the harmonious diagonal lines created by his leg, broom stick, bar edge, her leg. And how everything fits into where it should be so casually. Nice photo
  • Cloyne and District Historical Society said:
    Thank you for the kind comments! Mary Lloyd Johnson carried her camera everywhere, capturing local events and people. She has captured our local history like no other person.

Competition could hardly get any closer!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Two other photos of the Belfast (left) bank show a different building on the right. Odd, 'cos I would have thought the Belfast would be newer, but the Hibernian is more recent ...

    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319777
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336288
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Green lights means GO on streetview - maps.app.goo.gl/RhYPJvWW3sRkpoRK7
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Yeats Memorial Building
    The building was erected by the Belfast banking Company back in 1899. The building is a multi-gabled style red brick building. The building was donated in 1973 to the Yeats Society which is still housed in the fabulous building."

    via - www.choosesligo.com/architecture-of-sligo.html
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Clear as mud ! The Belfast Bank is "c. 1899", and the Hibernian "c. 1900" -
    www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/32007...
    www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/32007... (fixed)

    Perhaps local newspapers will be clearer.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    beachcomber australia Later than that, maybe 1910

    www.dia.ie/works/view/3040/building/CO.+SLIGO%2C+SLIGO%2C...
  • Foxglove said:
    The flan o'brien bicycle looks to be financially balanced
  • John Spooner said:
    To mark the opening of the new bank:Sligo Champion - Saturday 13 May 1899
  • John Spooner said:
    And from the accompanying text:
    The new premises occupy a commanding site close to the Victoria Bridge, on the Wine-street side. The building, which has been designed in a free treatment of the Early English, presents facade carried out in Belfast red bricks, with light coloured stone facings. The first floor walls being finished roughcast form, with handsome tasteful half timberwork gable and the tiling of the roof, a tout en semble exceptionally pleasing to one accustomed to the somewhat sombre architecture of Sligo. The Bank office entrance, conspicous above which are two quaint griffins, (foolishly called “red eagles” by a local antiquarian), bearing in their grasp armorial shields, has been mode feature of, and great credit is due to the carver for the manner in which he has carried out the architect's designs in this and other portions of the stonework. Another noticable feature which should not escape mention is the red brick tower, with its dome-shaped roof, which rises above the entrance to the Manager's house, and is happily relieved by the pure, white cement of the adjacent half-timber work.
  • John Spooner said:
    Sligo was proud of its banks. The Sligo Champion, shortly after the opening of the new Hibernian Bank (" magnificent new premises") in 1910.
    It is averred that there is not another town in Ireland that possesses a better "bank"-d thoroughfare than that portion of our Borough extending from The Mall to Wine-street
    (Sligo Champion - Saturday 7 May 1910)

Now where are those otters?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 32 older comments, and then…
  • wakethesun. said:
    DannyM8 Extremely late on this, but I'm counting 24 dogs. Ones you might have missed - one behind the man on the right, one sitting on the very far right, and one lying down behind the standing dog in the center.

Portrait: Stedman, Myra (nee Sadd-Brown)

from LSE Library

Tall hats and tall columns at Bellamont Forest

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I wonder if this is them ?

    " ... In 1875 the house was acquired by Edward Smith for a sum of £145,000. Smith had made a fortune from trading coal on the Newry to Liverpool route and married an Isabella Cullen of Liverpool. He later became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1878.
    Later his son Major Edward Patrick Dorman Smith became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1897 and 1898 after marrying Amy Patterson in 1894. ... ..."

    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamont_House

    Popcorn time - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nFuJFo7sAE
  • beachcomber australia said:
    No! They are Cootes ! Image 2 has a 13 September 1870 date.
    (13 September 1870 was a Tuesday)
  • Mike Grimes said:
    beachcomber australia I wonder about the gentleman seated to the left of the door wearing the pale hat. Is it the same hat as the one that is hanging on the hatstand in the Wikipedia photo of the billiard room taken c1870?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mike Grimes Likely! The billiard room is Image 10 in the album.

    Lord Belmont has the family sorted, but a bit vague around 1870 -
    lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2013/08/bellamo...

    Including the fabulous 1st Earl of Bellamont KB -
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Google maps link

    NIAH link
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The house was completed around 1730 for Judge Thomas Coote.
    It is widely considered to be the first and one of the most perfect examples of a Palladian villa in Ireland, designed by Coote's nephew, the architect Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.
    Pearce also designed the former Houses of Parliament in College Green, now the Bank of Ireland building.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr amazes! Before 2012 via Kerrie Brown
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Recent interior photos - theirishaesthete.com/2013/01/21/la-belle-au-bois-dormant/
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The dedication in pic 2 is Lady Dartrey, from Richd Coote, 13 September 1870.

    Per wikipedia:

    Charles Johnston Coote became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1807 and later in 1810 married Louisa, a daughter of Richard Dawson of nearby Dartrey Forest, and he lived until 1842 when the house passed to his eldest son, Dawson Richard Coote (1811–50).

    The house was owned and occupied by a minor, Richard Coote, at the time of Griffith's Valuation around 1857 and administered by Colonel Charles George Henry Coote of H.M. Indian Service.

    In 1857 and 1859 portions of the extensive land holdings in the estate were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court.

    The house was later sold on by George Coote in 1875.

Australian artists Tom Roberts and GVF Mann painting on boat, 1896

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The yacht 'Antidote's owner Mr Alexander Oliver (1832–1904) -

    adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oliver-alexander-4329
  • beachcomber australia said:
    And another ...

    On the Beach, Port Macquarie, 1896
    signed and dated 'Tom Roberts 96' lower right; inscribed 'Lake Macquarie by Tom Roberts' in pencil verso
    oil on wood panel
    19.0 x 43.0cm (7 1/2 x 16 15/16in).

    ... Resting on the sandy banks of the river, our subjects are presumably of the Antidote's party. Possibly fellow artists, the models may also be of the four other guests also on board – D.W. Roxburgh, Professor Richard Threlfall, Hugh Pollock, and W.C. Shipway. A letter on day nine of the journey described the party as very happily 'tossed, delighted, swearing, fresh, fagged, chirpy, sunsick, seasick, & perfectly well, growling, content, symposiums on the stern at evening, & upping anchor after midnight.' ...

    Lots more information on the trip here, press 'Read More' -
    www.bonhams.com/auction/22084/lot/1/tom-roberts-1856-1931...

26_0042657 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Rolf Schmidt said:
    Lockheed L-400 "Twin Hercules"

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  • Eagle0025 said:
    N743R was a North American Sabreliner 60 (c/n 306-11) that was owned by Continental Airlines. She was written off 13 April 1973 in a crash when the left thrust reverser (the one in the photo) deployed shortly after takeoff from Montrose County airport, CO. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

26_0033174 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Lockheed Constellation and Electra were two completely different aircraft and they cannot be intermixed
    The year 1979 is highly doubtful
    Stig

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Printed in reverse
    And no, that does not make a F-104 Starfighter into a F/A-18 Hornet
    Stig

Crew and officials onboard a spectator vessel, possibly NEWCASTLE, during the Pittwater Regatta

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons