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| Marion Sue Bradford Thompson 1926 - 2007 Official United States Coast Guard Artist |
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FOLLOWING EXCERPT TAKEN FROM The Arkansas City Journal, Arkansas City, Arkansas, Saturday, December 23, 1881, Vol. 4, No. 9
Early risers who were astir at daylight this morning were the first to catch the welcome sound of the long whistle of the Kate Adams as she came around Chocktaw bend, and in half an hour the whole town was agog with curiosity and excitement over the arrival of the new boat. A dense fog on the river prevented a sight of her, though many eyes were strained in the direction from which she was to appear. It had been arranged that a committee of city officers and citizens were to take a tug and meet her, to make the welcome more binding, as it were, but the impenetrable fog cut out this part of the programme. About eight o'clock it was known that she had passed the city and gone down to the levee camps to discharge some men and supplies, and when her whistle announced her approach to the elevator a rush of people to the wharf and the boom of anvils immediately followed. AT THE LANDING As soon as she was made fast, people flocked on board in crowds, and all confessed that no prettier or more complete steamboat ever touched at this port. Her magnificent cabin was an especial theme of admiration. The whole boat, from pilot-house to the railway tracks in the hold, were carefully inspected and the verdict was "She is a good one, and no mistake!" Maj. John D. Adams, who came down from Memphis on the boat, cordially received all callers, welcoming them on board in his heartiest manner. Capt. Cheek and the other officers gave every attention to visitors and sight-seers. Mayor Robb and the members of the City Government arriving on board, the multitude was brought to something like order and His Honor proceeded to deliver a feeling and appropriate address of welcome. |
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 ONE HUNDRED FAMOUS VIEWS OF EDO (TOKYO) NUMBER NINETY-ONE |
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| INSIDE AKIBA SHRINE, UKEJI (Ukeji Akiba no keidai) |
| As with the shadows in the previous print, Hiroshige here handles in his own distinctive way a visual effect borrowed from the west, in this case the reflection of trees in the water. As in plate 23, the artist has carefully muted the colors of the trees as they appear in reflection, so the green of the pines turns yellowish, and the red of the maples is softened to a light pink.
The red pigment used for the maples here is different from the red lead which has blackened in plates 88 and 94, so it is thus the only print in the series in which the glory of autumn colors can still be fully enjoyed. Perhaps by coincidence, the bright red color is appropriate to the nature of the deity worshipped here--the fire god of Akiba Shrine. Located in the village of Ukeji, east of the Sumida and west of the Yotsugidori Canal, this shrine seems to have had ancient local roots as an Inari shrine, with which the Akiba cult was merged under the patronage of a daimyo in 1702. |
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| BROWNIE TORT WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE |
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What did Chicago artist Dwight Kalb use to make a statue of Madonna?
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 | Meet Jake Barnes: working journalist, expatriate, tough talker, tragic hero. Jake was horribly wounded in the war--in fact, he was effectively gelded--so he spends his time in Paris getting drunk in cafes, nursing his ennui, bantering with his hard-boiled friends, and mooning over his unconsummatable love for a beautiful, aristocratic Englishwoman named Bret Ashley who dines on men three meals a day. This doomed pair, plus a lively cast of romantically reckless expatriates, head to Pamplona for the annual fiesta, where they drink vast amounts of wine, hook up, betray one another, and try to forget the caverns of loss and emptiness that gape inside them. The Sun Also Rises popularized the idea of the "Lost Generation"--but the anomie* and disappointment at its heart seem to come around for every generation, sooner or later. |
| Anomie: a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people; lack of social or moral standards in an individual or society. |
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| The Minnesota state flag is royal blue, with a gold fringe. In the center of the flag is the state seal. Around the state seal is a wreath of the state flower, the lady slipper. Three dates are woven into the wreath: 1858, the year Minnesota became a state; 1819, the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893, the year the official flag was adopted. Nineteen stars ring the wreath. The largest star represents Minnesota. |
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| WHITE-TAILED DEER Ann Telling Photo |
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What connection does Peter Cooper (inventor and founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art) and Pearl B. Wait (cough syrup manufacturer) have to a popular American dessert?
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| In my travels through the WorldWideWeb, I find some strange things. This is one of them. |
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| AUTUMN Ann Telling Photo |
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| MORI POINT, PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA |
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| MORI POINT, PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA |
