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Saturday, August 02, 2014

 















busy pretty



















 
politics


 

fri we had a little storm with little sleet, then pea hail, then dime, then a few nickles. seemed to go on forever. 

 

old photo

 

estate sale tour

 

     ebay object

 

arne in wi

 

SATURDAY INQUISITION BLOGGING

 





































april drive

 

arne in buenos aires

 

arne in wi


 

amped car

 

ebay object

 

estate sale tour

 

hi-way harry drive

 

june drive

 




















kitty pron

 

lands & peoples

 
plastic lures

 

march drive

 

may drive

 

















photo album

 

SAD SHAKESPEARE

my uncle saved a bunch of books from the winter elements a year or so ago. its was sad enough, but then my cats barfed on it TWICE. i cleaned it off + i will try to ebay it. i will keep it if it does not sell. its 1880's + has illustrations. i do like saving shakespeares. 

 

SATURN'S DAY BUTTER STAMP BLOGGING

Friday, August 01, 2014

 

ebay hoard

cart

 

Tasmanian tiger

 

old photo

 

estate sale tour


 



 

341 object

1868 ILLUSTRATION steamer UNITED STATES wreck, burns to waterline- $9

In the early evening of December 4, 1868, snow began to fall just as the luxurious packet steamer, theUnited States. cast off her lines and departed the Vine Street wharf in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Almost immediately, increasing winds whipped the falling snow into a wall of purple blindness, but the highly experienced captain successfully navigated to the channel and headed downriver toward Louisville. Earlier in the day, another packet steamer, the America, departed Louisville, traveling upriver to Cincinnati, where one of her passengers, the famous concert violinist, a Norwegian nicknamed “Ole Bull,” along with his company, was to perform on the evening of the following day.

Fifteen miles downriver, the snow turned to freezing rain, and the ice covered all decks of the United States.  The ice-covered decks took on a golden glow as light from kerosene lanterns poured from the windows of staterooms, lounges, and the ship’s bar where Harry Brunswick, son of J. M. Brunswick of billiard table fame, stood hoisting a glass with a few other young men, as young men are prone to do.

 
Both ships reached the narrow channel at Rayl’s Landing near Warsaw, Kentucky at the same time. America’s pilot sounded his whistle two times as he was about to enter the channel. The pilot of the United States didn’t hear it due to the wind. Again, America’s warning whistle sounded twice. This time, the US pilot heard it, but it was too late.


 
Both pilots acted quickly and professionally, but in spite of their expertise, many souls were lost in the midnight crash, and, as the clipping says about the wreck towed to shore, burned to the waterline,  . . . “it is daily visited by thousands of people.”

 

arne in wi

 

FRIDAY ART BLOGGING

 

april drive

 

arne on the la plata

 

arne in wi

 

amped car

 

ebay object

 

estate sale tour

 

hi-way harry drive

 

   june drive

 

kitty pron

 

lands & peoples

 






















vintage lures

 

march drive

 

may drive

 

photo album

 

FRIG'S DAY BRIDGE BLOGGING

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