Oaks Park Pentimento
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Oaks Park Pentimento
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Author : Inara Verzemnieks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Oaks Park Pentimento written by Inara Verzemnieks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Over two days in 1982, Jim Lommasson photographed the strange and beautiful paintings that decorated the center column of the historic carousel at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. The original carousel images - painted by German and Italian immigrants around 1912 - were an exotic assortment of Edwardian pastoral scenes featuring western explorers, Native Americans, an Arab riding a camel, and idealized women. When these paintings began to show signs of wear in the 1940s, two itinerant artists brothers from Vashon Island, Washington - were hired to paint over the eighteen panels with depictions of such local landmarks as the Columbia River Highway, Mount Hood, Multnornah Falls, and scenes from the Oregon coast. Eventually, the surfaces of these new paintings also began to flake and fade, revealing parts of the original images in unusual and unexpected ways. The resulting double exposures or "pentimentos" included a ghostly sailboat gliding through a forest, an Indian chief looming over the Columbia River Gorge, and a parasoled woman with the road to Crown Point emerging from her loins. Each new image created a completely accidental, even surreal, story about the juxtaposition of two generations of paintings. Just three years after Jim Lommasson captured these images on film, the original paintings were restored and the mysterious double exposures disappeared under yet another layer of paint. Oaks Park Pentimento preserves these haunting photographs and also includes an appreciation by art historian Prudence Roberts and a look at Oaks Park, past and present, by journalist Inara Verzemnieks.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
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Author : Oregon Historical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Oregon Historical Quarterly written by Oregon Historical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Northwest, Pacific categories.
Michigan State Business Directory
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Michigan State Business Directory written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business enterprises categories.
The 20th Century Go N
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Author : Frank N. Magill
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-05
The 20th Century Go N written by Frank N. Magill and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with Reference categories.
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Official Gazette Of The United States Patent And Trademark Office written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Trademarks categories.
Shadow Boxers
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Author : John Gattuso
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Shadow Boxers written by John Gattuso and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Boxers (Sports) categories.
Boxing gyms are uncovered in all of their glorious grunge in these photographs and essays that reveal both the stark reality of success and the possibility of promise in the sport of boxing. This intimate look at the fighters, trainers, and hangers-on who inhabit these gyms brings to life the tough—and surprisingly tender—world of American boxing. Evocative images reveal the pain, sacrifice, and discipline of the "sweet science" as well as the triumphs, tragedies, and big dreams of the men and women who practice it. A dozen essays by veteran boxing writers such as Katherine Dunn, Carlo Rotella, Kate Sekules, F. X. Toole, Lucius Shepard, Robert Anasi, Loic Wacquant, Joe Rein, and Ralph Wiley explore the community and culture of boxing gyms, an endangered American institution that serves not only as the training ground for the next generation of great fighters, but as a sanctuary in tough neighborhoods, a lifeline for troubled kids, and a repository of a centuries-old tradition of pugilistic knowledge.
Among The Living And The Dead
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Author : Inara Verzemnieks
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2018-04-05
Among The Living And The Dead written by Inara Verzemnieks and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A powerfully told memoir of family, separation, and the things left unsaid, in the wake of the Second World War Raised by her grandparents in the USA, Inara Verzemnieks grew up among expatriates, scattering smuggled Latvian sand over the coffins of the dead, singing folk songs about a land she had never visited. Her grandmother Livija's stories recalled the remote village in Latvia left behind, where she and her sister, Ausma, were separated during the Second World War. They would not see each other again for more than fifty years. Coming to know Ausma and the trauma of her exile to Siberia under Stalin, Inara pieces together her grandmother's survival through the years as a refugee, and her grandfather's own troubling history as a conscript in the Nazi forces. As she interweaves two parts of the family story in spellbinding, lyrical prose, she offers us a profound and cathartic account of loss and survival, resilience and love. Inara Verzemnieks teaches creative non-fiction at the University of Iowa. She has won a Pushcart Prize and a Rona Jaffe Writer's Award, and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
Sporting Oregon
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Author : Brian S. Campf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Sporting Oregon written by Brian S. Campf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Sports & Recreation categories.
For more than twenty-five years, Brian Campf collected vintage photographs and ephemera related to Oregon sports. Sporting Oregon includes approximately 350 images from Campf's extensive collection that offer an overview of the first fifty years of organized sports in Oregon, primarily baseball, football, and basketball, but also such pastimes as horse racing, track, hockey, tennis, and cricket.0In his introduction, Campf traces the origins of team sports in Oregon, using period newspaper accounts to chronicle the increasing participation in and popularity of organized sports in the state. Detailed captions provide additional information on how and where the sports developed, on team histories, and on records of games and seasons. The book features a number of images from early Oregon Agricultural College (now OSU) and University of Oregon teams.0The book's images range from historically significant (the earliest original photo of Oregon sports) and diverse (women's basketball, African American baseball) to athletes representing towns, schools, and organizations across Oregon. It is a book about sports but the images also reflect the people, places, and society of their time.0Sporting Oregon is intended for readers interested in sports history, Oregon history, vintage photography, Americana, and local history. A foreword by historian Carl Abbott and an afterword by special collections librarian John Hawk provide additional context for the visual treasure trove. Packed with images from the past that provide a fascinating lens through which to view Oregon history, Sporting Oregon's pages will be savored and lingered over by people of all ages, by scholars and casual readers alike.
A Likely Story
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Author : Rosemary Mahoney
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1998
A Likely Story written by Rosemary Mahoney and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mahoney recalls her summer as a domestic servant for the famous playwright.
Oregon Painters
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Author : Ginny Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04
Oregon Painters written by Ginny Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04 with categories.
The book is an expanded, pictorial review of the history of painting in Oregon from 1859-1959. The first edition was published as an encyclopedia and index of Oregon painters with historical data about the evolution of painting styles, educational institutions, and exhibition venues in the Northwest; this book expands the focus on the history of painting in Oregon, adding essays on Impressionism and Modernism while using more and better visual examples to illustrate the strength of the state's early painters. In addition, the original indexed content has been edited and condensed. Oregon Painters fills an important niche, as little has been written about the early history of Northwest art and this volume serves as a valuable resource for discovering artists who remain largely unknown but whose works continue to gain in reputation and value.