Category Archives: architecture

Ireland – Cistercian Abbey 1996

Posted on August 9, 2007 by

Ireland Cistercian Abbey 4 bw Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) colour print scanned and converted to BW, original taken with a Pentax PZ-1 with a Pentax FA 28-80 zoom lens I have forgotten the town name, but it was … Continue reading →

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door latch 1640s reconstruction

Posted on July 31, 2007 by

door latch Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) Ste. Marie Among the Hurons is a reconstruction of the 1640s fortified French mission located just east of Midland, Ontario. The reconstruction was undertaken in 1967. The original buildings were burned to … Continue reading →

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Monticello

Posted on April 1, 2007 by

Monticello Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson). visited here back in 2002, have only travelled twice since then, maybe it is time for another journey, however without a current passport I may have to limit myself to Canada, which is … Continue reading →

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across to Port McNicholl

Posted on November 9, 2006 by

across to Port McNichol Originally uploaded by “canuckshutterer” wj gibson. the old grain elevators at Port as seen from the Albert St. dock in Victoria Harbour, Ontario taken around noon on November 8, 2006. (Nikon 5700 camera zoomed out to … Continue reading →

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men who died building the Empire State Building

Posted on November 7, 2006 by

“On January 31, 1931, two Italian day laborers, Luis DeDominichi and Guiseppi Tedeschi, died as the result of a fall. Four others — steelworker Reuben Brown and carpenters Sigus Andreasen, Frank Sullivan, and A. Carlson — would join them before … Continue reading →

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