equipment

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Mengelberg
"Mengelberg was music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1922 to 1928."

Date written on negative is 4/19/24.

We have seen him before in the Bain stream, e.g.,

Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336725

His radio looks like one at the right in the first picture in www.radioheritage.com/radio-station-studios-in-the-1920s/

According to nyphil.org/explore/history "A media pioneer, the [New York] Philharmonic began radio broadcasts in 1922." Presumably Mengelberg was an enthusiast for radio. In the Washington Times. April 03, 1924, Image 24, right-hand column, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1924-04-03/ed-... the newspaper's music critic, William Moore, wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece beginning "A new day is dawning for the poor, overworked music critic. The time Is not far distant when no longer will he be compelled to personally attend three or four musical events each night, write his reviews, and catch the Bloodshot-and-Cinder for his suburban retreat." More seriously, he reviewed a WCAP broadcast of the New York Philharmonic conducted by Mengelberg using a crystal radio set he had built for 15 cents.

Thanks swanq. We'll update the catalog record.

Every photo is a real treasure of hidden knowledge. If it was not for this photo I would never discover the painful sides of the life of Australia's First Nations. History shapes us into who we are today.

According to an Honours thesis by Therese Forde (1990), Army Intelligence regarded the Lutheran Superintendent (George Schwartz, who was of German descent) at Hope Vale with suspicion, and he was taken into internment on 17 May 1942. Forde writes that when the army came to Hope Vale the mission itself was levelled: 'crops of maize, sweet potatoes and fruit were flattened, and the R.A.A.F. built an aerodrome and runway on the site' (p.41) Forde writes that while some elderly people were sent to Palm Island from Hope Vale, the majority were taken to Woorabinda in an arduous journey 'by steamer, train and cattle truck'. A Queensland Government website states that 60 of the Cape Bedford people died while at Woorabinda. The high death rate amongst the Cape Bedford people was partly attributable to inadequate housing and medical care at Woorabinda. The residents from Hope Vale were not equipped with clothing, blankets or bedding that was appropriate for winter conditions in southern Queensland. Forde writes that many people died from pneumonia shortly after their removal from Hope Vale. Source: www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00829

Basic equipment (brooms) is always useful, but more can be done when heavy machinery is engaged.