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What an amazing place - 'Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubi_sunt

my hometown wow

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Garneau
"Sir Jean-Georges Garneau (19 November 1864 – 5 February 1944) was a Canadian politician, the mayor of Quebec City from 1906 to 1910.

Sir Georges Garneau was a railroad engineer involved in the construction of track between Lac Saint-Jean and Quebec City. In 1904, he became an analytical chemistry professor at Université Laval, before becoming Quebec City's mayor in 1906. From 1908 to 1939, he served as the first president of the National Battlefields Commission, which manages the Plains of Abraham site in Quebec City."

I'm thinking his outfit may be from his time as a professor.

This looks like North Main Street, looking south. The building on the left is Kimball Library.

WDeFlorio Thank you.

Home of Lady Betty
www.askaboutireland.ie

Suck Diesel What a story!

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Via Trove more tales of Lady Betty - trove.nla.gov.au
(1919)

Roscommon Messenger 22 June 1907

Madame Louise Grafton and her clever Dramatic and Comedy Company have provided excellent entertainment for well filled houses in the old Church during the past week. "Under Two Flags," "Not Guilty", "The Shadows of a Great City", "The Lady of Lyons", and "The Unknown", were amongst the pieces staged. The performances as a whole were successful, and the staging and general arrangements astonishingly complete. Madame Grafton goes to Castlerea next week where she is sure of a warm welcome.

A longer version from 1884 replete with purple prose -
trove.nla.gov.au

Connaught Telegraph 29 January 1910

LOUISE GRAFTON DRAMATIC CO.

Madame Louise Grafton and her well-known Dramatic Corps are re-visiting Castlebar, where they will open a six nights' engagement in the Town Hall, on next Monday night. The repertoire includes a number of powerful plays, among which we need only mention "Grania Uaile," written by Madame Grafton, which has a special attraction for a Castlebar audience. This Company, which is very favourably known, is sure to receive very liberal patronage from Castlebar playgoers.

Seems Lawrence also visited
www.roscommontownheritage.com

Dún Laoghaire Micheál January 1910 for the poster is excellent, thank you. Would you think foliage means this might have been a bit later into Spring?

Possibly
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Lorenz
"Adolf Lorenz (21 April 1854, Vidnava – 12 February 1946, Sankt Andrä-Wördern) was an Austrian orthopedic surgeon."

See also:
The legacy of Professor Adolf Lorenz, the “bloodless surgeon of Vienna”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Thanks swanq, I believe you are correct. We'll add that info to the catalog record.

Presumably the opera singer Jeanne Hatto
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Hatto
"Jeanne Hatto (30 January 1879 – 26 March 1958), born Marguerite Jeanne Frère, was a French operatic soprano."

Marguerite is role in Gounod's Faust, which was one of the roles Hatto sang.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_(opera)

See Delmas as Mephistopheles


These two negatives have very close numbers
LC-B2- 128-9
LC-B2- 128-7
and could possibly be in the same setting.

They did sing together at the Paris Opera.
See gallica.bnf.fr

And here is the tenor who sang the role of Faust.

Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-François_Delmas_(bass-baritone)
"Jean-François Delmas (14 April 1861 – 29 September 1933), or Francisque Delmas was a French bass-baritone who created roles in many French operas.

See

Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.

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See oztypewriter.blogspot.com

This blog post suggests that this Bain photo is from 1907

(L to R) Lts Louis Schriber, Edwin DeGraffenreid, Paul Murphey.

Maj. Edward “Porky” Cragg, CO of the 80th FS. KIA 26 Dec 1943.

Could be
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Palmer
"Richard Holkins Palmer (1876–1931) of Ridgewood, New Jersey, also known by his nick name as Lefty Palmer was an American tennis player.

He was born on March 14, 1876, in Jersey City, New Jersey to Harriet Jane Holkins and Frederick Eugene Palmer. He married Marion Louise Aiken and they lived in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He died November 14, 1931, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

See

Louis "Screwie Looie" Schriber from Oshkosh, WI was credited with 5 confirmed kills, 6 probables and 1 damaged. His fifth and final kill that made him an ace on 26 Dec 1944 was also the 225th and final of the war for the 80th FS.

Between July 1943 and March 1945 Lou flew 191 missions and accumulated over 790 combat hours. He came back on one engine five times, crash landed another time and went through six different "Screwie Looie"s, including the first pictured here which was a J-5 model (he apparently didn't have his first assigned plane until Dec 1943).

A fun natured guy (hence the nickname), one of the things Schriber liked to joke about was how he measured up to fellow Wisconsin ace Richard Bong. The two crossed paths a few times at Dobodura and while they didn't have a ton in common, Lou said it was nice to talk to someone close to home. He remembered Bong as a funny guy who "sure could fly an airplane", and also said while Dick may have shot down more planes, Lou definitely shot AT (and missed) more aircraft. He once joked that his aim was so poor that he "couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a handful of peas".

Schriber transferred out of the group in March 1945 and went home. He left the USAAF after the war and started his postwar life in Oshkosh by marrying his sweetheart May Sawtell in 1946 and resuming his job at US Motor Corporation which was founded by his father.

Lou's love for flying faded away after the war and he didn't want anything to do with planes ever again; raising his family, golfing and sailing took its place. "Beefer" as he was known back home, spent many a day of retirement golfing at the Oshkosh Country Club or sailing on Lake Winnebago where he was a member of the Oshkosh Yacht Club.

Lou also loved keeping in touch with his old pals and was a fixture at the 80th FS reunions starting with their first meet up in 1970. He always attending them until his health began to fail in the early 2000s, but even then, he would still write in to the 80th's quarterly newsletter with his trademark sense of humor and always signed it with "Screwie Looie". After Capt. Schriber passed away in Dec 2003 at 83, the newsletter took out a full page to remember their buddy and finished the article with "Don't cry because its over; smile because it happened".

I remember, as a child, digging down in the sand in Skerries (perhaps 65 years ago). Obviously not digging far, but hitting a layer of black stuff. My parents told me it was oil. It had a very particular smell. I still remember it. I still wonder what it was. It happened more than once.

The answer, according to A.I.:

The Science Behind the 'Black Oil' Layer

The Lack of Oxygen (Anoxia): On popular beaches like Skerries South Beach or North Strand, the top few inches of sand are constantly turned over by waves and the tide, keeping them well-oxygenated and clean. However, just a short distance below the surface, the tightly packed sand particles block fresh water and oxygen from penetrating.

Decaying Organic Matter: Over time, bits of seaweed, marine organisms, and organic silt get buried under the shifting sand. In an environment devoid of oxygen, normal decomposition cannot happen. Instead, specialized anaerobic bacteria take over to break down this organic material.

The Chemical Reaction: These bacteria "breathe" sulfates (which are abundant in seawater) and exude iron sulfides. It is this iron sulfide that dyes the sand grains a deep, jet-black color and gives it a slick, greasy texture that looks identical to oil.

Boo hoo! The Tower Tearooms and The Tuck Shop are no more ...
In February (brrr!) 2023 via Paul McNamara [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljmcnamara/52713096446/]

Red Island again

This Faecsbook page reckons "circa 1928" - www.facebook.com
Includes another Eason near the tower with a motor car - catalogue.nli.ie

The ladies skirt lengths suggest the latter half of the date range.

Looks like the Tower Ballroom beside the Martello, so late 1920s, 1929 date could be correct

There is a sequence of Eason Skerries shots, and IF they are the same date, EAS_2001 shows the pre 1936 RC church, replaced by the one standing today from 1936-39, as does 2004.

2005 looks much earlier than todays shot, however. In 2007, Skerries Library built c. 1910 does not yet have its clock, so more than one date represented.

I think this is now the Gifford Pediatrics office on the corner of South Main Street and Maple Street.

A less nationally famous but documented J.A. Johnson from the same era was John Augustus Johnson (1842–1907), a Swedish immigrant who became a long-serving mayor of Fargo, North Dakota. He arrived in Fargo around 1880, ran a farm machinery business, served multiple terms as mayor (starting in 1885, totaling about ten years), and died in office in 1907. A posthumous collection of his letters, travels, and addresses was published as Hon. J.A. Johnson

What a character! I dislike hunting, but she's interesting!