Marine Corps Birthday!
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Continental Navy Ship Alfred,Philadelphia December 1775-CAST OFF ALL LINES, MR.NICHOLAS!
Here is a book with flipping pages. This is a nice presentation for drawings, painting details, or antique document details. With some fine tuning, these flipping books might present related 1700 Philadelphia buildings. A few pages of Tun Tavern are presented as an example. See PDFs below for the full developing story.
The Search For Tun Tavern PDF doc Philadelphia of mid 1700s, Tun Tavern and Samuel Nicholas-This is the same PDFs as the below except for hyperlinks to wmv video files featuring related sights and sounds relating to The Search for Tun Tavern. The short video files are/will be in this site. PDF
The Search For Tun Tavern,scribd PDF version In this version, the document is embedded in the HTML (web page) code. This scribd version adds reading ease for the viewer. The scribd site format is designed to enhance the viewer reading experience compared to other document web presentations. The simple PDF file above or this scribd view, your choice. With some additional web design work in this site- this SCRIBD process allows a really dynamic reader experience
Carpenter's Wharf...This one minute video featuring a pan of the Delaware River at Penn's Landing. It is a wmv file created on an RCA Small Wonder. Carpenter's Wharf,long since decayed, was one of the first docks built in Philadelphia in the late 1600s. Due to fill that made room for a major highway (I-95) plus the Penn's Landing concrete complex, the waterline is much further out into the river compared to 1600.
Sleet and winter to come... and Snow at Valley Forge... and... Valley Forge Spring... and.... Mid Summer at Valley Forge... These videos feature the changing seasons along the valley creek area approaching the Isaac Potts Farm and Forge, which became Washington's Headquarters during the winter of 1777-1778. Valley Forge. The fine 18th Century house in now the VF Library and was the headquarters of one of Washington's staff generals. (minimize video player, select back to return to web lab page and next video.)
Philadelphia Map 1750s...This famous map appeared in a gentleman's magazine in mid 1700. Created by Scull & Heap it is a whose who of Philadelphia Society of that period. Properties of middling and lower sorts are few. The names of founders Humphreys, Wharton, Morris and the Colony at Schuylkill populate the map. This map will feature hyperlink image map spots at the various properties generating quick videos or still shots of that location today. At present there are no links embedded in the map.
Colonial Roads from Philadelphia A photo gallery of existing 18th Century buildings and structures along the old roads from Philadelphia .
Gulf Oil Leak Containment:An Idea Rather than oppose the pressure of the leaking oil and ocean depth, here's a design concept that would use the leak pressure to contain the oil and slow,even restrict, the oil hemorrhage.
Animation Project 101 Various object and shape renderings. This is the first step in building the object to be animated.