GIZA
Sunset by Pyramids
PURCHASED: MAR 1992
10 March 2009
05 March 2009
01 March 2009
28 February 2009
Thirty Three
Key West: Hemingway Home
Ernest Hemingway owned this Spanish Colonial style home from 1931 until his passing in 1961. Constructed of native rock hewn from the grounds, it boasts the first pool built in Key West.
SENT: 06 NOV 2008
Ernest Hemingway owned this Spanish Colonial style home from 1931 until his passing in 1961. Constructed of native rock hewn from the grounds, it boasts the first pool built in Key West.
SENT: 06 NOV 2008
25 February 2009
23 February 2009
Twenty Nine
Bergisel Olympiaschanze
Innsbruck
Innsbruck, the Olympic Ski Jump at Bergisel Stadium for 60,000 spectators.
SENT: 18 FEB 2009
21 February 2009
Twenty Eight
ALFRED PACKER
Alfred Packer was not hanged. He escaped the noose on a technicality and was sentenced to 40 years labor in Canon City's State Penitentiary. His cause was taken up by a "progressive" newspaper, The Denver Post. It promoted the "man-eater's" victimhood and gained a pardon for Colorado's least picky gourmet. He died of natural causes in 1906.
SENT: 19 AUG 2008
19 February 2009
01 February 2009
31 January 2009
30 January 2009
28 January 2009
Twenty Three
Sumo
"Sumo" Japanese Wrestling by the traditional form upper photo, a hard fight of grand champions in the ring lower photo, Champion Yokozuna-no-Dohyoiri, A colorful show in which the champions, wearing costly embroidered apron, appears in the ring to clap their hands and stamp with time honored custom.
PURCHASED: JULY 1995
14 January 2009
09 January 2009
08 January 2009
07 January 2009
06 January 2009
04 January 2009
Sixteen
TAPISSERIE DE BAYEUX
Guillaume et l'Evêque Odon donnent l'ordre de construire une flotte.
William and Bishop Odo order a fleet to be built.
Wilhelm und Bischof Odon geben den Befehl eine Flotte zu bauen.
SENT: 9 APR 2001
31 December 2008
27 December 2008
Fourteen
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
"Ski Country, U.S.A."
Steamboat combines the relaxed atmosphere of a ranching community with the luxuries of a fine ski resort.
SENT: 12 SEP 2007
"Ski Country, U.S.A."
Steamboat combines the relaxed atmosphere of a ranching community with the luxuries of a fine ski resort.
SENT: 12 SEP 2007
26 December 2008
22 December 2008
Twelve
Helper
D & RGW Switchyard & Depot in Helper
Partly visible on the right side of this old photograph is the round house. Engines were lined up here and assigned to help the trains climb over the 7500 ft. summit of the Wasatch Mountains to the west. The town of Helper got its name from this practice of adding "helper" engines to the trains.
Partly visible on the right side of this old photograph is the round house. Engines were lined up here and assigned to help the trains climb over the 7500 ft. summit of the Wasatch Mountains to the west. The town of Helper got its name from this practice of adding "helper" engines to the trains.
SENT: 12 DEC 1996
21 December 2008
20 December 2008
Ten
Philadelphia
A spectacular view of the Philadelphia skyline and Penn's Landing for the banks of New Jersey.
SENT: 20 JUL 1998
17 December 2008
16 December 2008
15 December 2008
Seven
Old Town Albuquerque
The Plaza, site of Albuquerque's first settlement, still provides a cool, grassy oasis with benches for sitting in the sun or shade, visiting with friends. The bandstand is often used for summer entertainments.
SENT: 21 MAR 1999
14 December 2008
12 December 2008
11 December 2008
10 December 2008
08 December 2008
07 December 2008
One
Boulder, Colorado
The dramatic "Flatirons" of Boulder, Colorado after an early winter snow storm.
SENT: 10 AUG 1998
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