Tag Archives: fire

As Seen on Youtube

How the produce vendors keep warm in the Italian Market. This is a different angle of the same burning barrel featured in this amusing Yuletide video.

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Erin go ARRGGHH!

On my way to Saint Rita’s on Broad Street this past Sunday I was dismayed to find what looked like the remains of a Saint Patrick’s Pub Crawl that went very badly.

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Friday Five – Number Ninety Seven

Ninety-seventh in a series creating a collage using five elements.

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Fire at St. Mary’s School

On the morning of January 30, 1953, there was a disastrous fire at St. Mary’s School in Willimantic, CT. The fire, which originated in the boiler room, raged for five hours and destroyed the building. I found these going through some of … Continue reading

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Friday Five – Number Seventy One

Seventy-first in a series creating a collage using five elements.

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Friday Five – Number Sixty-Eight

Sixty eighth in a series creating a collage using five elements.

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Independent Fire Company No. 2

Here’s another image from the 200 glass negatives in the Capewell Glass Negative Collection that I’ve been publishing every Thursday for the past 38-odd weeks. This is a shot of the members of the Independent Fire Company No. 2 of … Continue reading

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