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15 April 1913 was a Tuffy Tuesday ...

An unusually clean floor at Poole Towers.

beachcomber australia Was it already Wuffy Wednesday in Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Cecil_Rhodes,_Bulawayo

"The statue of Cecil John Rhodes in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is a bronze sculpture of the British colonialist, businessman and politician who was the founder of the British South Africa Company (BSAC), through which he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia.
The statue was sculpted by a Scottish sculptor, John Tweed and was erected in Bulawayo city centre in 1904. In February 1981, after Southern Rhodesia's independence as Zimbabwe in 1980, the statue was removed from the city centre; it was relocated to the centenary park at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe."

note correct Spelling: Bulawayo

“The golden sun is sinking far
Beyond Kilcummin shore,
The pale faced moon of rosy June
Doth rise to waken lore;
The evening star illumines far
Around old Nephin’s crown,
And muffled roar of Rosses shore
Doth swell these valleys round;
This silent strand, these waters grand,
So deep, so lone, so blue;
This Abbey Moyne whereon I stand,
This prospect of Moyview,
The calm repose of evenings close
That wraps this pool of Moyne,
And wailing cry of seabirds high
Deep silence all enjoin.”
(Rev. James Greer)

HNY 2026 - Trifecta Time !

catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320969 ROY (this photo)
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333039 CAB
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326982 IMP

beachcomber australia A low ROY, a medium CAB and a huge IMP catalogue number. I think a date is unlikely from catalogue neighbours!

Happy new year, all.

EDIT: Wait, it is not a low ROY number 607 as indicated in the link, it should be 6072 - hope for a nearby dated shot after all.

There is another photo - L_ROY_06075 - which shows a newish grave stone with "1898" (or possibly 1888) see - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320972

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq 1898, definitely

findagrave says its Rev Nolan, P. P.

There are many wonderful Googleball views around the ruins; here is Rev Nolan's grave 120+ years later - maps.app.goo.gl/E7xo8qdcVfgs2FdQ7

And a similar but closer view to Mr French / Lawrence's; he was up the hill behind with the cows nibbling at his tripod - maps.app.goo.gl/mzrKnPmfX8u5yfvo7

Pigeonview - maps.app.goo.gl/bGKZzUndmnbbKhic7

I would like to have a snoop around there, perhaps not in January!

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq Certainly not in the sort of January weather we are currently "enjoying"! Thanks for 1898.

And thanks Niall McAuley for the date confirmation.

L_ROY_06077 of Killala has the 1900 causeway. I see some possibility at findagrave that Rev. PJ Nolan did not die until 1906, in spite of the 1898 date there.

maps.app.goo.gl/BWznwBAqo2M8Ww3P6

Please let us know if you can help identify these children. Thanks!

A great work! one of the best!
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May 27 was the date for the 1908 commencement at Columbia, including Barnard.

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See East Oregonian : E.O (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.;Pendleton, OR), May 27, 1908, (EVENING EDITION), P. 3
- www.loc.gov/resource/sn88086023/1908-05-27/ed-1/?sp=3&...

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Alexander_Hamilton_(Columbia_University)
"An outdoor 1908 sculpture of Alexander Hamilton by William Ordway Partridge is installed outside Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in Manhattan, New York, United States."
See also Foundry Father from 2007
magazine.columbia.edu/article/foundry-father

The statue was installed on May 27, 1908
See New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), May 7, 1908, P. 7
- www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1908-05-07/ed-1/?sp=7&...
"Gift of Columbia Alumni To Be Dedicated on South Field.
A bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton, of heroic size, by William Ordway Partridge. the New York sculptor, will be unveiled and dedicated In the court south of Hamilton Hall, on South Field, on the afternoon of commencement day of Columbia University, May 27."

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See New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), May 24, 1908, P. 55
- www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1908-05-24/ed-1/?sp=55
"KINGSTON TO CELEBRATE HER 250TH ANNIVERSARY
Reinterment of the Body of Governor Clinton Principal Feature."

"New York City will have a chance to share in the honors done to the first executive when the body arrives at the Battery from Washington. it will be escorted by between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers, sailors, Clinton descendants, city officials, committees and citizens through the lower streets of the city to the City Hall, passing Fraunces's Tavern, where Clinton entertained Washington, and St. Paul's Chapel, where he was in the habit of attending religious service when in the city. The body will lie in state at the City Hall throughout the day until sunset, when it will be placed on a naval vessel for transfer to Kingston. It will be accompanied by a fleet of torpedo craft, and, it is expected, will be saluted at various points along the river."

I guess this depicts the command link for the remotely-piloyed airborne thing.

Thanks!
All I have is -
Born 1895 St Francisville, IL
Inducted 1917 Montana.
348 FA Regt, 166 FA Br, 91 Div. Overseas 1918 - 1919.
Possibly also - Aviation Cadet, 27th Aero Squadron.
I cant find him in the 41st at all
cool though, I will have to dig more :-)

I hadn't realized these Allisons originally shipped with three-blade props.

At right: possibly Lieutenant General John Macnair Wright, U.S. Army (14 April 1916 – 27 January 2014).

Left: the late Colonel Ward Hemenway, U.S. Air Force.

I don't think this is Fox Field. Any idea which airfield? Please tag...

Tags added based on Wikipedia entries. Please feel free to post corrections or ask for incorrect tags to be deleted.

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This may be Martin O'Donnell but I couldn't link him more specifically.

www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-commercial/168415676/

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prang
'Louis Prang (March 12, 1824 – June 15, 1909) was an American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist. He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".'

Text at lower left is: "E.P. & L. RESTEIN'S OIL- CHROMO."
See digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A79685
"E. P. & L. Restein, the Philadelphia chromolithographic firm established by brothers Edmund Prosper and Louis (Ludwig) Restein, operated ca. 1864-1912."

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On recommendation of friends I visited in Paonia (in Delta County) in 2016 I stopped in the town of Delta to buy a box of them, here's the true color (and the taste was divine)

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2026!