The Athenaeum, I've found the real Denouement
Jan 17, 2014 5:32:34 GMT -5
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Post by chronosorion on Jan 17, 2014 5:32:34 GMT -5
Athenaeum is a synonym of denouement and the one in pasadena is only a few blocks from the Cal. Institute of Tech. and oddly enough one in Portsmouth N.H. has a fire exhibit yall REALLY need to read this www.newburyportnews.com/lifestyle/x730432884/Great-Portsmouth-fire-recalled-in-Athenaeum-exhibit
heres a section from there that might get your heart pumping, ive found the V.F.D.
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Fire societies were formed to protect fire victims from thieves, Volk said. Members were unanimously elected.
“Members were taken to the houses of all the other members and shown where the valuables were kept,” Volk said. “Each one had to have two fire buckets, a big canvas bag to carry items in, and a bed wrench to take apart the four-posters, because the bed hangings were usually the most expensive items in a house. The society had one man stationed at the door; you had to give the password, so strangers couldn’t get in.”
At one time, there were six such societies in Portsmouth. Two survive and continue to meet — the Federal Fire Society, founded in 1789, and the Mechanic Fire Society, which dates to 1811.
“The fire societies were drinking and dining societies,” Rux said.
They still are, Volk said, pointing to the snuff box that the Mechanic Fire Society has passed around since 1821, and the Federal Fire Society’s 1876 punch bowl, which will be on display for the Athenaeum exhibit.
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So it's not V.F.D., is it M.F.S. or is it F.F.S.?
They are still Worldwide.
Also for your consideration from there.
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Rux, who is curator of the Portsmouth Historical Society, will talk about the Portsmouth fire of 1813 on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the opening lecture of the 2013 program series, “Great Fires: Conflagrations that Reshaped New England.” General admission is $10. Reservations are required for the lectures, which are in the Athenaeum’s Research Library.
On March 20 at 7 p.m., Tracy Messer and Charles Strickland will give the second lecture in the series and show their documentary film on the Great Marlow Fire of 1941. Admission is $10 for the 7 p.m. Third in the series is the Isles of Shoals Fires, presented April 17 at 7 p.m. by Ann Beattie and Melissa Saggerer.
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An Overview of fires, a fire related to the timber industry and i'll let wikipedia tell you one of the things that burnt on the Isles Of Shoals in Maine...
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It was home to a large hotel, The Appledore House, during the 19th century. Built in 1847 and opened the following year, the hotel was lost to a fire in 1914. According to Celia Thaxter, as late as 1873, "Philip Babb, or some evil-minded descendant of his, haunted Appledore."[8] Today, the island is the operating station of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, run cooperatively by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire. The island is mostly owned by the Star Island Corporation.
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Hmmmm Shoals Marine Lab sounds a lot like Anwhistle Aquatics to me....
heres a section from there that might get your heart pumping, ive found the V.F.D.
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Fire societies were formed to protect fire victims from thieves, Volk said. Members were unanimously elected.
“Members were taken to the houses of all the other members and shown where the valuables were kept,” Volk said. “Each one had to have two fire buckets, a big canvas bag to carry items in, and a bed wrench to take apart the four-posters, because the bed hangings were usually the most expensive items in a house. The society had one man stationed at the door; you had to give the password, so strangers couldn’t get in.”
At one time, there were six such societies in Portsmouth. Two survive and continue to meet — the Federal Fire Society, founded in 1789, and the Mechanic Fire Society, which dates to 1811.
“The fire societies were drinking and dining societies,” Rux said.
They still are, Volk said, pointing to the snuff box that the Mechanic Fire Society has passed around since 1821, and the Federal Fire Society’s 1876 punch bowl, which will be on display for the Athenaeum exhibit.
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So it's not V.F.D., is it M.F.S. or is it F.F.S.?
They are still Worldwide.
Also for your consideration from there.
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Rux, who is curator of the Portsmouth Historical Society, will talk about the Portsmouth fire of 1813 on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the opening lecture of the 2013 program series, “Great Fires: Conflagrations that Reshaped New England.” General admission is $10. Reservations are required for the lectures, which are in the Athenaeum’s Research Library.
On March 20 at 7 p.m., Tracy Messer and Charles Strickland will give the second lecture in the series and show their documentary film on the Great Marlow Fire of 1941. Admission is $10 for the 7 p.m. Third in the series is the Isles of Shoals Fires, presented April 17 at 7 p.m. by Ann Beattie and Melissa Saggerer.
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An Overview of fires, a fire related to the timber industry and i'll let wikipedia tell you one of the things that burnt on the Isles Of Shoals in Maine...
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It was home to a large hotel, The Appledore House, during the 19th century. Built in 1847 and opened the following year, the hotel was lost to a fire in 1914. According to Celia Thaxter, as late as 1873, "Philip Babb, or some evil-minded descendant of his, haunted Appledore."[8] Today, the island is the operating station of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, run cooperatively by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire. The island is mostly owned by the Star Island Corporation.
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Hmmmm Shoals Marine Lab sounds a lot like Anwhistle Aquatics to me....