Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax

Sandy_KoufaxIn June 1959, Koufax set the record for a night game with 16 strikeouts. On August 31, 1959, he surpassed his career high with 18 strikeouts, setting the NL record and tying Bob Feller's major league record for strikeouts in one game.

Born: December 30, 1935 (1935-12-30) Brooklyn, New York Batted: Right Threw: Left
MLB debut June 24, 1955 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Last MLB appearance October 2, 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Description: Publicity still photograph. Source: N.Y. Public Library Picture Collection. Date: circa 1965. Author: publicity still

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Career statistics

Win–Loss record 165–87
Earned run average 2.76
Strikeouts 2,396

Career highlights and awards

* 7× All-Star selection (1961, 1961², 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
* 4× World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965)
* 3× Cy Young Award winner (1963, 1965, 1966)
* 1963 NL MVP
* 2× World Series MVP (1963, 1965)
* 4× NL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
* 2× Babe Ruth Award (1963, 1965)
* 3× Triple Crown winner (1963, 1965, 1966)
* 1966 Hutch Award
* Pitched four no-hitters
* Pitched a perfect game on September 9, 1965
* Los Angeles Dodgers #32 retired
* Major League Baseball All-Century Team

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Monday, August 30, 2010

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Official portrait

Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) Marshall was confirmed as an Associate Justice by a Senate vote of 69-11 on August 30, 1967. || View Larger || JPEG (24kb) || TIFF (1.8mb) ||

Title: [Official portraits of the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Thurgood Marshall] Date Created/Published: 1976 January 28. Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-60139 (b&w film copy neg.)
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Venus and Adonis by Paolo Veronese

Venus and Adonis by the Italian late Mannerist artist Paolo Veronese in 1580. It is currently in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

The painting's subject is taken from Ovid. It portrays the hunter Adonis sleeping in the lap of Venus. With her is Eros and two sighthounds, he is portrayed while trying to quench the dog's desire to hunt, as Venus had forecast that Adonis would die during a hunt.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

ulnar collateral ligament

ulnar collateral ligamentFrom the 20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, originally published in 1918.

The Ulnar Collateral Ligament (ligamentum collaterale ulnare; internal lateral ligament) (Fig. 329).—This ligament is a thick triangular band consisting of two portions, an anterior and posterior united by a thinner intermediate portion. The anterior portion, directed obliquely forward, is attached, above, by its apex, to the front part of the medial epicondyle of the humerus; and, below, by its broad base to the medial margin of the coronoid process.

The posterior portion, also of triangular form, is attached, above, by its apex, to the lower and back part of the medial epicondyle; below, to the medial margin of the olecranon.
Between these two bands a few intermediate fibers descend from the medial epicondyle to blend with a transverse band which bridges across the notch between the olecranon and the coronoid process. This ligament is in relation with the Triceps brachii and Flexor carpi ulnaris and the ulnar nerve, and gives origin to part of the Flexor digitorum sublimis.

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Friday, August 27, 2010

The Battle of Long Island Brooklyn, New York -- August 27, 1776

The Battle of Long Island Brooklyn, New YorkLord Stirling leading an attack against the British in order to buy time for other troops to retreat at the Battle of Long Island, 1776.

Author: Alonzo Chappel (1828–1887)
Colonel Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, a hero of the Revolutionary War and father of Robert E. Lee, once commented that during the war "the state of Delaware furnished one regiment only; and certainly no regiment in the army surpassed it in soldiership." At the Battle of Long Island, the actions of the Delaware Regiment kept the American defeat from becoming a disaster. Indeed, the soldiers from tiny Delaware, fighting alongside the 1st Maryland Regiment, may well have prevented the capture of the majority of Washington's army, an event which might have ended the colonial rebellion then and there.

Organized in January, 1776 by Colonel John Haslet, the Delaware Regiment was noteworthy from the start as the best uniformed and equipped regiment of the Continental Army. Their blue jackets with red facings and white waistcoat and breeches would later become the uniform for all the Continental troops. During the Battle of Long Island, the Delaware and Maryland troops were positioned on the right of Washington's line, defending the most direct route from the British landing site in south Brooklyn to the American fortifications in Brooklyn Heights. Though they faced the fiercest fighting of the day, they held their ground, allowing the remainder of Washington's army to retreat to the safety of the fortifications.

When they in turn were outflanked and forced to retreat, the Delaware Regiment conducted an orderly retreat through marshland and across the Gowanus creek, carrying off with them 23 prisoners. Two nights later, Washington entrusted his Delaware and Maryland soldiers to be the rear guard as he secretly withdrew his army from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Today, the 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, preserves the legacy of the 1st Maryland Regiment. The 198th Signal Battalion, Delaware Army National Guard, perpetuates the proud lineage of the Delaware Regiment.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Monster Trucks in Times Square

Monster Trucks in Times Square

Monster Trucks in Times Square
Monster Trucks in Times Square. Airmen, aircraft showcased in Times Square by Staff Sgt. Vanessa Young Defense Media Activity-San Antonio.

8/26/2010 - NEW YORK (AFNS) -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon and the Afterburner Monster Truck were two exhibits parked in the middle of Times Square here Aug. 26 as part of Air Force Week New York.

Various Air Force exhibits were spread over two blocks of Times Square to help educate citizens of New York about Airmen and the Air Force mission. Thousands of passersby visited the Thunderbird F-16 and Monster Truck display, listened to the sounds of the Air Force Band of Liberty's Afterburner, and took part in interactive Air Force displays.
Many New York City Air Force recruiters were on hand for the event, including Staff Sgt. Bryan Rivera, a New York native who is working as a recruiter in the same office where he joined almost eight years ago.

"Air Force Week is creating awareness in different communities and different boroughs," he said. "People who've never had any knowledge about the Air Force are getting the opportunity to see what we are about and ask questions. This helps us get out the message about what the Air Force does for the country. It's definitely allowing us to get more and more people to come into the office and find out about how they can be a part of the world's greatest Air Force."

The Air Force exhibits surround the Times Square Armed Forces recruiting station, a small building with American flags in red, white and blue bulbs on each side.

"We are out here saying hello and spreading awareness about the Air Force," said Staff Sgt. Kathleen Pena, the Times Square Air Force recruiter. "It's a great thing. I'm in awe about the things I've seen. Who would've thought we'd have an F-16 in the middle of Times Square? It's amazing."

Passersby in Times Square also witnessed a group of Air Force recruits taking the oath of enlistment.

"There's a lot of support out here," said Rosa Cruz, a Bronx native and one of the Air Force recruits who will be heading to Basic Military Training in September. "There were lots of people standing by, watching and taking pictures. It's a good feeling."

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Exoplanet

ExoplanetAn unusual, methane-free world is partially eclipsed by its star in this artist's concept. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence that a hot, Neptune-sized planet orbiting a star beyond our sun lacks methane -- an ingredient common to many planets in our own solar system.
Models of planetary atmospheres indicate that any world with the common mix of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, and a temperature up to 1,000 Kelvin (1,340 degrees Fahrenheit) should have a large amount of methane and a small amount of carbon monoxide.

The planet illustrated here, called GJ 436b is about 800 Kelvin (or 980 degrees Fahrenheit) - it was expected to have methane but Spitzer's observations showed it does not.

The finding demonstrates the diversity of exoplanets, and indicates that models of exoplanetary atmospheres need to be revised.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Curtiss SB2C HelldiverTwo Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers in flight in 1943.
The SB2C Helldiver was the replacement for the SBD Dauntless. It proved fast and tough, first seeing combat in 1943. The Helldiver was delivered in large numbers (7,140), equipped many U.S. Navy squadrons, and inflicted a lot of damage on the enemy in the Pacific. Helldivers could be seen operating from NAS Jax circa 1947.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

V-1 Flying Bomb Fieseler Fi 103 Buzz Bomb

V-1 Flying Bomb Fieseler Fi 103 Buzz BombThe V-1 was launched from a 200-ft. inclined ramp using a steam-powered catapult. Launching accelerated the missile to about 250 mph, fast enough for the winged bomb's jet engine to operate. Since the V-1's range was only around 150 miles, launch sites were set up on the French coast in order to bombard London.
Magnetic compasses, a timer and a system of gyroscopes guided Buzz Bombs along a preset course and distance at an average altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 feet.

When the course was complete, the 1-ton warhead armed automatically and the engine shut off. The bomb then free-fell onto its target. The V-1's unique pulse-jet engine gave the Buzz Bomb its nickname: Louvers opening and shutting rapidly near the intake made a distinctive buzzing noise as the engine's "pulsating" thrust gave the V-1 a cruising speed of about 360 mph.

A single Luftwaffe Flak (antiaircraft) regiment launched all Buzz Bombs in combat. These specially chosen troops had good technical skills, and they trained at Peenemunde and other sites for months before setting up V-1 operations on the coasts of France and later Holland. Each of the 64 original V-1 units consisted of 55 soldiers and could usually launch one missile in an hour. Some V-1s were also launched from Heinkel He 111 bombers, but this effort was mostly unsuccessful.

Germany produced more than 30,000 V-1s in 1944-1945, and an estimated 8,000+ actually reached England and Belgium between the first launch on June 12, 1944, and the last impact on March 30, 1945. About half the missiles fell within eight miles of their targets. Allied countermeasures included bombing launch sites, antiaircraft fire, barrage balloons with wires to snag the missiles, and fighter interception. The Allies dropped some 98,000 tons of bombs on V-1 launch and manufacturing sites. Combined defenses in England and on the continent destroyed a total of 6,176 Buzz Bombs, and an estimated 25 percent of V-1s launched crashed due to malfunction or manufacturing defects.

In England, more than 6,000 people died in V-1 attacks, and another 18,000 were wounded.

TECHNICAL NOTES: Armament: 2,100-lb. high-explosive warhead, Operating speed: 375-400 mph. Range: 150 miles. Operating altitude: 2,000-4,000 ft. Span: 17 ft. 8 in.
Length: 27 ft. 1 in. Height: 4 ft. 8 in. Weight: 5,023 lbs. loaded

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Captain Bill McDonald Texas ranger

Captain Bill McDonald Texas rangerTitle: Captain Bill McDonald, Texas ranger: a story of frontier reform. Publisher: J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. Original from: the University of California. Digitized: Jun 4, 2007. Length: 448 pages.

Captain Bill Mcdonald is a name that in Texas and the districts lying adjacent thereto makes the pulse of a good citizen, and the feet of an outlaw, move quicker. Its owner is a man of fifty-six, drawn out long and lean like a buckskin thong, with the endurance and constitution of the same.
In repose, Captain Bill is mild of manner; his speech is a gentle vernacular, his eyes are like the summer sky. I have never seen him in action, but I am told that then his voice becomes sharp and imperative, that his eyes turn into points of gray which pierce the offender through.

Two other features bespeak this man's character and career: his ears and his nose—the former, alert and extended—the ears of the wild creature, the hunter; the latter of that stately Roman architecture which goes with conquest, because it signifies courage, resolution and the peerless gift of command.

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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Benny Goodman The King of Swing

Benny Goodman The King of SwingBenny Goodman The King of Swing.

Title: Benny Goodman at rehearsal with his new group / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo. Creator(s): Palumbo, Fred, photographer. Date Created, Published: 1952. Medium: 1 photographic print.
Summary: Benny Goodman (third from left) with some of his former musicians, seated around piano left to right: Vernon Brown, George Auld, Gene Krupa, Clint Neagley, Ziggy Elman, Israel Crosby and Teddy Wilson (at piano)

Part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-130041 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Call Number: NYWTS - BIOG--Goodman, Benny--Music [item] [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Notes: NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Thursday, August 19, 2010

New York Times Building

New York Times BuildingNew York Times Building. General information, Location 620 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10018. Constructed: 2003-2007.

Height: Antenna or spire 1,046 ft (319 m) Roof: 748 ft Technical details: Floors: 52. Floor area: 1,540,000 sq ft. Elevators: 32 (24 passenger, 8 service)

Architect(s): Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE Architects. Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Contractor: AMEC Construction Management. Developer: Forest City Ratner Companies. Owner: The New York Times Company (58% owner) and Forest City Ratner Companies (42% owner) Management: Forest City Ratner Companies.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Polo Grounds

The Polo GroundsPolo Grounds during World Series game, 1913. Digital ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b16684 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b16684. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w film copy neg.)
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Title: Baseball parks - Polo Grounds during World Series game, 1913. Date Created/Published: 1913. Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Call Number: LOT 11147-3 item [P&P] [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Notes: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Photographic prints--1910-1920. Collections: Bain Collection

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by baseball's New York Metropolitans from 1880 until 1885, New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963, the New York Football Giants of the National Football League from 1925 to 1955 and by the New York Titans in the American Football League 1960 until 1962 and the successor New York Jets of the American Football League 1963. It also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. From Wikipedia Polo Grounds

the "Shot Heard 'round the World" is the term given to the game-ending home run hit by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010) off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds to win the National League pennant at 3:58 p.m. EST on October 3, 1951. Shot Heard 'Round the World

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Woodstock Music & Art Fair Plaque

Woodstock Music & Art Fair PlaqueSummary: The plaque commemorating the Woodstock Festival of 1969. Bethel, New York. Oddly, after all these years, Quill and The Keef Hartley Band remain omitted from the plaque's performers list.

This plaque has been placed at the original site commemorating the festival. The field and the stage area remain preserved in their rural setting.
In the middle of the field, there is a totem pole with wood carvings of Jimi Hendrix in the middle, Janis Joplin on top, and Jerry Garcia on the bottom. A concert hall has been erected up the hill, and the fields of the old Yasgur farm are still visited by people of all generations.

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Woodstock Crowd mud and blankets

Woodstock Crowd mud and blanketsDescription: Blankets.jpg. Source: my own collection. Author: Mark Goff, Photo I took at Woodsotck. Date: August 2069(2069-08). During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of 500,000 concert-goers

Woodstock Music & Art Fair, "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Woodstock Music & Art Fair An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music

Woodstock Music & Art Fair An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & MusicDescription: Swami opening.jpg. Opening ceremony at Woodstock. Date: 15 August 1969 (1969-08-15) Author: Mark Goff.
Woodstock Music & Art Fair, "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.

Swami Satchidananda - gave the invocation for the festival. The Swami came to public attention as the opening speaker at the Woodstock music and arts festival in 1969.

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Times Square kiss Alfred Eisenstaedt

Times Square kiss Alfred Eisenstaedt. Seward Johnson's sculpture "Unconditional Surrender", a 26-foot-tall statue of a sailor kissing a nurse on 44th Street and Broadway NYC, is a recreation of the Life Magazine photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that became a symbol of the celebration of the end of World War II.

The event was sponsored by the Times Square Alliance as part of the "Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive!" campaign.

Edith Shain, the nurse depicted in the photograph, died in June 2010 at age 91 at her home in Los Angeles. She leaves behind three sons, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

The identity of the sailor remains disputed and unresolved, although a man named Carl Muscarello has claimed it was him.

Times Square kiss Alfred Eisenstaedt

Times Square kiss Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Power Plant, Harlem 1939

Power Plant, Harlem by Aaron Douglas in oil, 1939Power Plant, Harlem by Aaron Douglas in oil, 1939.

Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 3, 1979) was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Aaron Douglas has been called the father of African American art.
Creator(s): Harmon Foundation. Type(s) of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials. ARC Identifier 559058 / Local Identifier H-HN-DOU-8. Item from Collection H: Harmon Foundation Collection, 1922 - 1967

Contact(s): Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3530; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpixorder@nara.gov.

Production Date(s): 1939. Part Of: Series: Artworks by Negro Artists, compiled 1922 - 1967.

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted. Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted.

Specific Records Type(s): paintings. General Note(s): Oil. Original painting is in color. Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-200-HN-DOU-8. NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-H-HN-DOU-8. Select List Identifier: HARMON FOUNDATION #022.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Christy Mathewson

Christy MathewsonChristopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty".

Lineup for Yesterday: M is for Matty, Who carried a charm. In the form of an extra brain in his arm.
Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)

# World Series champion (1905)
# 373 career wins (3rd all-time)
# 2.13 career ERA (8th all-time)
# 1.059 career WHIP (5th all time)
# Won 20 games or more 13 times, won 30 games or more 4 times.
# Pitched 79 shutouts (3rd all time)
# Won NL Pitcher's Triple Crown in 1905 and 1908
# Five-time ERA champion (1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913)
# Five-time strikeout champion (1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908)
# Pitched back to back no-hitters.

Title: Mathewson of N.Y. Nat. Creator(s): Thompson, Paul, photographer. Date Created, Published: c1910 Dec. 14. Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. Summary: Photograph shows Christy Mathewson, pitcher for the New York Giants, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-13527 (digital file from original print)

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Call Number: LOT 13830, no. 3 [P&P] Other Number: J148724. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print.

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* Stamped on verso: Copyright by Paul Thompson, 10 Spruce Street, New York.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Islamic Center in Washington D.C.

Islamic Center in Washington D.C.Islamic Center in Washington D.C. The Islamic Center of Washington is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C., It is located on Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue just east of the bridge over Rock Creek. Some 6000 people attend prayers there each Friday.
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Monday, August 09, 2010

Bockscar

Boeing B-29 "Bockscar" en route to Japan with the atomic bomb on board. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Bockscar, is the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 that dropped the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan.
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Saturday, August 07, 2010

Bloodhound

BloodhoundBloodhound, The following are the distinctive marks of this dog, which should make their appearance even when one only of the parents is thorough-bred:—Hight, from 24 to 25 or even 2G inches peculiarly long and narrow forehead: ears from 8 to 9, and even 10, inches long; lips loose and hanging; throat also loose, and roomy in the skin; deep in the brisket, round in the ribs, loins broad and muscular, legs and feet straight and good, muscular thighs, and fine tapering and gracefully waving stern color black-tan, or deep and reddish fawn (no white should be shown but on just the tip of the stern),
the tongue loud, long, deep, and melodious, and the temper courageous and irascible, but remarkably forgiving, and immensely susceptible of kindness. The illustration is a portrait of the fine head of a dog owned by Mr. Reynold Ray, an old and well-known breeder, and a prize-winner at various shows.

Title: The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries, their breeding, training, and management in health and disease. Author: John Henry Walsh. Publisher: Orange Judd, 1906. Original from: the University of California. Digitized: Nov 30, 2007. Length: 369 pages.

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Friday, August 06, 2010

Tibetan Mastiff The Thibet Dog

Tibetan Mastiff The Thibet DogThe Thibet Dog. This animal to some extent resembles the English mastiff in general appearance, and, being also put to the same use, the two may be said to be nearly allied. According to Mr. Bennet, he is bred on the Himalaya Mountains, on the borders of Thibet, for the purpose of guarding the flocks and the women who attend them. The portrait annexed sufficiently describes the shape of this dog, whose colour is a dark black, and his coat is somewhat rough.
Title: The dog in health and disease: Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten.

Author: John Henry Walsh (Stonehenge). Edition: 4. Publisher: Longmans, Green, 1859 1887. Original from: Harvard University. Digitized: Jul 18, 2008. Length: 432 pages.

Currently, some breeders differentiate between two "types" of Tibetan Mastiff: The Do-khyi and the "Tsang-khyi". The "Tsang-khyi" (which, to a Tibetan, means only "dog from Tsang") is also referred to as the "monastery type", described as generally taller, heavier, more heavily boned, with more facial wrinkling and haw than the "Do-khyi" or "nomad type". Both "types" are often produced in the same litter.

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Thursday, August 05, 2010

John Marshall

John MarshallTitle: John Marshall. Year: 1832(1832) Technique: Oil on canvas. Current location: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, United States. Artist: Henry Inman (1801–1846)

Notes: Henry Inman painted his original portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall in September 1831, when the jurist sat for Inman in Philadelphia. This painting is a copy of Inman's original that he made in 1832 for an engraver. John Marshall bought the painting for his daughter who passed it to her daughters. Marshall's granddaughters lent the portrait to the Virginia State Library in 1874 and the surviving granddaughter bequeathed it to the Library in 1920.
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American jurist and statesman who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from January 31, 1801, until his death in 1835.

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and also in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris in this case Henry Inman (1801–1846) and that most commonly run for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31st of that year.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus)

Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus)Description Pasta-Brontosaurus.jpg

Illustration of a Brontosaurus (nowadays called Apatosaurus) known to have been published in "Animals of the past" by Frederic A. Lucas in 1902. The idea that Apatosaurus was wholly or mostly aquatic is now considered outdated.

Date: 1902.
Title: Animals of the past: an account of some of the creatures of the ancient world Issue 4 of Handbook series. Author: Frederic Augustus Lucas. Edition 6. Publisher: American Museum Press, 1922. Original from: Harvard University. Digitized: Apr 23, 2008. Length: 207 pages illustration by Charles R. Knight (1874 - 1953). Date: 1902(1902).

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Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Triceratops

TriceratopsTitle: Animals of the past: an account of some of the creatures of the ancient world Issue 4 of Handbook series. Author: Frederic Augustus Lucas. Edition 6. Publisher: American Museum Press, 1922. Original from: Harvard University. Digitized: Apr 23, 2008. Length: 207 pages
Description: Triceratops - 1904.jpg. 1904 illustration by Charles R. Knight (1874 - 1953). Date: 1902(1902). Source: "Animals of the past" Author: Frederic A. Lucas.

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Monday, August 02, 2010

CSS Shenandoah (1864-1865)

CSS Shenandoah (1864-1865)CSS Shenandoah (1864-1865) Hauled out for repairs at the Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne, Australia, in February 1865. Note Confederate flag (possibly retouched) flying from her mizzen gaff, and fresh caulking between her planks.

Courtesy of Martin Holbrook, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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CSS Shenandoah, a 1160-ton screw steam cruiser, was launched at Glasgow, Scotland, in August 1863 as the civilian steamer Sea King. After the Confederate Navy secretly purchased her, she put to sea in October 1864, under the cover story that she was headed for India on a commercial voyage. Sea King rendezvoused at sea off Madeira with another ship, which brought Confederate Navy officers, some crew members, heavy guns and other equipment needed to refit her as a warship. This work was completed at sea under the supervision of C.S. Navy First Lieutenant (later Commander) James Iredell Waddell, who became the cruiser's first Commanding Officer when she was commissioned as CSS Shenandoah on 19 October.

Waddell took his ship through the south Atlantic and into the Indian Ocean, capturing nine U.S. flag merchant vessels between late October and the end of 1864. All but two of these were sunk or burned. In late January 1865, Shenandoah arrived at Melbourne, Australia, where she was able to receive necessary repairs and provisions, as well as adding more than forty "stowaways" to her very short-handed crew. Following three weeks in port, the cruiser put to sea, initially planning to attack the American south Pacific whaling fleet.

However, discovering that his intended targets had been warned and dispersed, Waddell set off for the north Pacific. He stopped in the Eastern Carolines at the beginning of April, seizing four Union merchantmen there and using their supplies to stock up for further operations. While Shenandoah cruised northwards in April and May, the Confederacy collapsed, but this news would spread very slowly through the distant Pacific. Following a month in the Sea of Okhotsk that yielded one prize and considerable experience in ice navigation, she moved on to the Bering Sea. There, between 22 and 28 June 1865 the now-stateless warship captured two-dozen vessels, destroying all but a few. Soon afterwards, Waddell started a slow voyage towards San Francisco, California, which he believed would be weakly defended against his cruiser's guns.

Though Shenandoah's late June assault on the whaling fleet was accompanied by many rumors of the Civil War's end, she did not receive a firm report until 2 August 1865, when she encountered an English sailing ship that had left San Francisco less than two weeks before. Waddell then disarmed his ship and set sail for England. Shenandoah rounded Cape Horn in mid-September and arrived at Liverpool in early November, becoming the only Confederate Navy ship to circumnavigate the globe. There she hauled down the Confederate Ensign and was turned over to the Royal Navy. In 1866 the ship was sold to the Sultan of Zanzibar and renamed El Majidi. She was variously reported lost at sea in September 1872 or in 1879.