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London: Eaton Square
Eaton Square is actually a long narrow square west of Buckingham Palace in Belgravia, a district of Central London. Most of Belgravia was developed, under the supervision of Thomas Cubitt, when George IV commissioned the rebuilding of Buckingham…
Local Children
Journey to Ribeira Grande, one of the most spectacular road trips a visitor to Cape Verde can experience. This was taken during David Baxter's journey and is believed to be the town of Povoac
Livestock in Truck
Pigs loaded in a vehicle in Ribeira Grande.
Litchfield - Old Housing in the Fall
An example of housing in Litchfield, CT. Litchfield is a historically affluent town with a median income of $58k per household. It is interesting to note that Chet Smolski includes this photograph within a collection largely composed of public and…
Lisbon: 25 de Abril Bridge at Sunset (Salazar Bridge)
The 25 de Abril Bridge in Portugal is the largest suspension bridge in the world. Crossing over the Tagus River, the bridge was built by the American Bridge Company and inaugurated in 1966. It connects the capitol, Lisbon to Almada. Until 1974 the…
Linn Creek, MO (Ozarks)
Linn Creek is located in Camden County, Missouri. Linn Creek is close to the Lake of the Ozarks, a large reservoir created by the Osage River in the Northern part of the Ozark Mountains. In 2000, the population of Linn Creek was approximately 280…
Lexington: Thoroughbred Park
Thoroughbred Park in Lexington, a tribute to the thoroughbred racehorse, is adorned with life-size statues of the horses and riders. Lexington is considered the “Thoroughbred City” and “Horse Captial of the World.”
Lexington: Thoroughbred Park
Thoroughbred Park in Lexington celebrates the cities reputation as the “Horse Capital of the World.” The park has life size bronze statues of horses and riders. They were made Lexington native sculptor Gwen Reardon.
Lexington: Gainesway Farm Entrance
The entrance to Gainesway Farm, an American Thoroughbred horse breeding business. Originally called Greentree Farms when it opened in 1914, until it was sold in 1989 following the death of the previous owners.
Lexington: Ashland (Henry Clay Estate)
The Henry Clay Estate, also known as Ashland, is the mansion on the plantation owned by Henry Clay, Sr. Henry Clay represented Kentucky in both the House and Senate in the first half of the 19th century. His mansion was originally constructed in 1806…
Levittown Shop-a-Rama
The Levittown Shop-a-Rama, originally called the Levittown Shopping Center, was a pedestrian shopping mall, planned and developed by William Levitt, the then-president of Levitt and Sons, a real estate development agency responsible for building the…
Letter to Sir, 1891-01
Description of spirit intervention which protected Hazard from a potentially dangerous encounter with a bull.
Letter to Mrs. F.W. Masters, 1891-02-08
Letter attesting to Hazard's personal experiences and belief in Spiritualism--that Hazard "never felt any apprehension of fraud at any of the thousands of Spiritual Seances" he had attended--and notes that the presence of skeptics at authentic…
Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. Ward, 1890-07
Letter discussing Spiritualism within the Hazard family, including employment of healing mediums by Rowland G. Hazard. Includes account of "the Banshee" and Hazard's travels in Italy and Ireland.
Letter to Luther Colby, with Reply to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1890-04-13
Request from Joseph Peace Hazard for recommendations for materializing mediums in the Boston area. Includes response from Luther Colby with names and addresses of materializing mediums.
Letter to Luther Colby, 1890-11-11
Letter regarding the "Haunted house" in Wilmington, Delaware, which Hazard had mentioned to the Seybert Commission. Mentions Hazard's friendship with Henry Seybert. Includes account of John Ladd, a Newport carpenter-turned-"Spiritual Medium" who…
Letter to Luther Colby, 1889-11-14
Letter asking for recommendations for "Healing Medium" in Boston. Mentions Sarah Rockwood, a healing medium who attended Rowland Gibson Hazard at the end of his life, and Mary Hull, who was employed as a medium by Thomas R. Hazard.
Letter to Luther Colby, 1889-05-03
Letter regarding eulogy for Mr. Ayer, builder of "The Spiritual Temple" in Boston. Includes Hazard's thoughts on the Christian Church's beliefs in "the reality of Spiritual Manifestations of today, though most of them are opposed to them"; and notes…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-11-19
Letter regarding mediums in Boston, including a healing medium who cured Colby of pneumonia while 100 people died in the care of "'regular' medical practitioners".
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-11-04
Letter in which Colby describes divided state of Spiritualism:
"We are being kicked, as usual, by Spiritualists, who want to boss us, but can't - as well as by enemies of the Cause. I am getting tired of this sort of life. Do you…
"We are being kicked, as usual, by Spiritualists, who want to boss us, but can't - as well as by enemies of the Cause. I am getting tired of this sort of life. Do you…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-05-09
Letter defending medium Miss Debar, who is accused of "swindling" Judge Marsh. Includes note regarding "ascended brother Thomas":
"Whenever your ascended brother Thomas reports, I will send you whatever he communicates. He is somewhat annoyed…
"Whenever your ascended brother Thomas reports, I will send you whatever he communicates. He is somewhat annoyed…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-05-01
Letter regarding persona article Hazard sent, which Colby does not wish to print. Includes message from "Spirit brother Thomas":
"While answering your note, I get this communication from your Spirit brother Thomas. He says, (which I copy below)…
"While answering your note, I get this communication from your Spirit brother Thomas. He says, (which I copy below)…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-04-09
Letter responding to inquiry regarding Mrs. Hull, who holds private sittings in Boston. Includes post-script regarding Dr. Slade, a "drunk" medium in Maine: "What a pity it is that our psychics, after - like an unruly cow - giving plenty of milk,…
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-02-16
Letter acknowledging Hazard's donation to "God's Poor Fund" and relaying message from Hazard's brother Thomas, "now a resident of the Spirit World" who "would like to communicate privately" through Colby's office's new medium, Mrs. Smith.
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1889-02-12
Letter describing "needy and sick Spiritualists and mediums" and recommending working mediums. Includes instructions to send lock of hair to a healing medium if medical treatment is needed.
Letter to Joseph Peace Hazard, 1886-04-20
Letter relaying message from Joseph Peace Hazard's recently deceased brother Thomas. Includes query regarding $600 Thomas had put up to bail out a medium.
Letter to John C. Bundy, 1889-03-14
Letter in which Hazard comments on "The Fox Girls" who have "in their old age - disavowed Spiritualism" and confessed their fraud. Hazard notes that because the women have become "intemperate" that their confessions are suspect. Includes mentions…
Letter to John C. Bundy, 1889-02-02
Letter describing the use of a water divining "wand" to find a stream.
Letter to James Angell, 1891-02-21
Letter describing how Hazard scored eleven points in a billiards game through spiritual intervention.
Letter to Henry Bede, 1890-09-20
Letter in which Hazard, at 83 1/2 years of age, expresses a "wish to be on the other side, so soon as I can arrange my affairs." Includes account of the "Palatine Ship", a ghost ship apparition around Block Island.
Letter to Hamilton, Hancock Co., 1891-03-03
Incomplete letter describing an Irishman's account of the Banshee.
Letter to Abby Quincy, 1891-02
Incomplete letter regarding tour of Scotland, including sitting with former servant of Sir Walter Scott and encounter with the ghost of Robert Burns.
Letchworth Garden City: Town Center
Letchworth was one of the first of England’s “new towns,” and Sir Ebeneezer Howard’s first Garden City. While living in the United States, Howard was influenced by the poet Walt Whitman, among others, to tackle the problems of urban life. His idea…
Laundry day
Another view of the previous picture with the women at the bottom. Here you can see they are washing their clothes at a rural fountain.
Large Building at Vila do Maio
A large building of unknown importance sits brightly against a clear sky in Vila do Maio. It is located next to the Nossa Senhora da Luz cathedral, and may perhaps be associated with it in some way. The terra-cotta roof and cobblestone roads are…
Lake Kittamaqundi and the “People Tree” Sculpture
The Tree of Life sculpture, commonly referred to as the “People Tree”, is the symbol of Columbia, Maryland. The People Tree is located next to The Rouse Company headquarters (the large building in the background) along the bank of Lake…
Lafayette Park - Washington D.C.
Lafayette Park, or Lafayette Square, is a seven acre public park located in Washington D.C. Lafayette Park is directly across from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Originally part of the White House grounds, Pennsylvania Avenue bisected what…
L’Enfant Plaza
L’Enfant Plaza in Washington D.C. is a complex of several commercial and government buidlings. “La Promenade” shopping mall is also a part of the plaza. Named for Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the man responsible for the design and plan of Washington…
Kneeling Fisherman Among his Catch
Fisherman kneels among his catch on a beach in Boa Vista.
Kirkby: Low-Income/Substandard Housing
This image shows low-income housing in Kirkby, a town in the Metropolitan county Merseyside. This slide is labeled as ‘slum housing’. Kirkby, which was once largely farmland, experienced massive growth following the destruction in Liverpool during…
Kings Chapel - Boston
King’s Chapel is an Anglican congregation that was organized in 1686. King’s Chapel was a small wooden chapel located on the corner of Tremont and School streets in Boston. Construction of King’s Chapel “Stone Chapel” began in 1749 and was…
Kharkov Square & Lenin monument - Ukraine
Chet Smolski describes this building as a science research building of the 1920s. This building is part of Karazin Kharkov National University. The park from which the photo was taken is called Svobody Square or Freedom Square. The building is a…
Kharkiv: Annunciation Cathedral
The Annunciation Cathedral is a Neo-Byzantine building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was designed at the end of the Byzantine Revival by Mikhail Lovtsov, an architect local to Kharkiv. Completed in 1901, it’s 80-meter bell tower made it one of the tallest…
Key Biscayne, Miami: Aerial Photo
This west facing aerial photograph shows Key Biscayne and, on the horizon, Downtown Miami. Seen here on Key Biscayne is Crandon Park and Crandon Park Golf Course. Crandon Beach was formally a zoo, but is now a park where creatures like turtles,…
Kennedy Plaza, Financial District, Industrial National Bank Building
According to Jordy, Walker and Gillette’s Industrial National Bank Building (1926-8) is still Providence’s finest skyscraper as it is a “superbly Art Deco culmination of the Providence skyline in a major example of a setback.” Though stepped…
Kennedy Plaza, Burnside Park
In the foreground are Union Station, Burnside Park and the Federal Building Annex. This view gives a sense of the separation that existed between downtown and the Capital Center prior to redevelopment in the 1980s and 1990s. On the right, the…
Kennedy Plaza, Burnside Park
The area that comprises Kennedy Plaza and Exchange Terrace has been so constantly reworked that hardly ten years passes without its appearance being significantly altered. According to Woodward, tracking all these alterations in order to “fully…
Kennedy Plaza Construction & Union Station
This photo was taken in 1979 and shows the deconstruction of a parking garage in front of Union Station on Exchange Terrace. Union Station was designed by Stone, Carpenter, and Willson in 1893 and constructed three years later by the New York, New…
Kavala: NATO
This photo from Kavala is dated October 1968. A year and a half earlier the Greek military lead a coup d’etat and the country went into a police state in which torture was common, and all activities were under surveillance. In late 1967 King…
Judge Luigi DePasquale and his daughter Eva (Zito) DePasquale
Entering Our Lady of Mount Caramel Church on her wedding day - March 4, 1957 - is Eva DePasquale (Zito), escorted by her father Judge Luigi DePasquale. Unfortunately, Mrs DePAsquale died on February 24, 1957, and was buried on February 27, four days…