St. Elmo Post Office.

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Wonderment at The Akron Zoo.

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A young Barred owl named, by the resident, Stormy Daniels, who, we presume, was out learning to fly and perched here to rest. The nest is in tall trees behind the home, in woods, in the hollow of a dead or dying tree.

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Built between 1903 and 1905, the Darwin Martin House complex, Buffalo, New York, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is from his Prairie School era.

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How many fathers have done the same as Leonard Bernstein who is comparing bellies with his expectant daughter Jamie (NYC, 1986)?

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Moose on the loose last week on Guanella Pass hike.

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Grinnell Lake and waterfall - Glacier National Park, Montana [OC] [2560X1709]

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Cleveland, Ohio - second Union Station built in 1864 after a fire destroyed the first one. This was the largest railroad station in the US until 1871, when Grand Central Depot was built in NYC. Demolished in 1959.

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Seen coming into Ophir from the pass in 2011

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George Gershwin meets Maurice Ravel at a soiree in NYC, March 7, 1928, hosted by mezzo-soprano Eva Gauthier on the occasion celebrating Ravel's fifty-third birthday.

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The view from Tincup, Colorado.

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A Lake Shore Electric Railway interurban passes a car in the 1920's in Cleveland, Ohio.

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1932 Studebaker President Convertible Coupe

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Aaron Copland, Irving Mills (music publisher), Walter Arlen (composer), Anna Mahler (sculptor and daughter of Gustav Mahler) and Lukas Foss in 1965.

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Shirt from before the pandemic says it.

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Colorado River at Moab, Utah, USA. [OC] [4288X2848]

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Magnolia tree in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood

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A home in the East High Street Historic District, Springfield, Ohio, USA.

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The Meyer May House was constructed from 1908-1909 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School design. [4288X2848]

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Two fishermen trying their luck at the bottom of the power house at Crystal

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Brandywine Falls in the fall after an unusally heavy rain - Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

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Illinois Central #790 2-8-0 built by American Locomotive in 1903 at Steamtown National Historic Site. Details in link in comments.

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On the azure waters of Lake Huron, an empty freighter eases into the calcite port at Rogers City on Saturday afternoon, August 27, 2022.

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1956 Packard Caribbean Hardtop on loan to America's Packard Museum.

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Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (yes, I sang in this concert with the Chorus) score from July 9, 1970 autographed by conductor Leonard Bernstein from Blossom Festival Concert. His only appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra.

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Young Bard Owl named Stormy Daniels paying a visit in a local Cleveland neighborhood.

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Ophir Pass in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado [OC] [1414X1414]

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The world-renown Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus at Severance Hall.

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Severance Hall with rennovations and expansion, 2000. Ovations for our finest, since 1918! The world renown Cleveland Orchestra.

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Camp Bird Road (Co Rd 361) Ouray, Colorado.

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Paul Dukas (center) with students of his composition class, includes Georges Favre (left of Dukas), Maurice Durufle (standing far right), and Oliver Messiaen (seated far right).

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Terminal Tower and Union Station under construction, 1926-1927. At 708', it was the tallest building in the world outside of NYC until 1967! The first train entered the depot Oct. 23, 1929 and the last left in 1977. Photo: Case Western Reserve University

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Buffalo ranch near Fairplay in July, 2021.

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A hybrid New York Central observation car circa 1910. Photo: G.G. Bain

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Near Ouray, Colorado [OC] [1424X1424]

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Armor in The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Blossom Music Center August 2018 - We are fortunate to have such a venue for world-class performances. Musicians and audiences alike are starved for live music with the pandemic. We remain hopeful that next year will be a better one.

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A Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway passenger car, circa 1920.

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Cleveland Orchestra Chorus - historic (July 9, 1970) - Leonard Bernstein autographed Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 choral score treasure. The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus with Loma Haywood and Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein, conducting, gave a matchless performance at Blossom Music Festival.

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Cog Railway approaching the summit of Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.

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From the dock at Topinabee on Mullett Lake. [OC]

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Interior dome ceiling of the James A. Garfield (20th U.S. President) Memorial located in Lakeview Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Avenue

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One of the many locks along the Ohio and Erie Canal constructed in 1825. It connected Lake Erie to the Ohio River and helped to develop the USA, and is managed by the National Park Service or the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

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Interesting historic home in Bucyrus.

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Just off Burt Lake heading to beautiful downtown Indian River, Michigan and on to Mullett Lake.

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Leonard Bernstein conducting a rehearsal of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at Blossom Music Center in July, 1970. It was his only appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra; a benefit for the recently constructed summer home of the Orchestra. (Photo: Peter Hastings)

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Cleveland's second Union Depot 1866, located near the hill at Bank Street (W.6th) and Water Street (W.3rd) was the largest building in the country under one roof 603'X180'. Made from Berea Sandstone, and one of the first in the country using structural iron. Razed in 1959. Photo: CWRU

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The view from Tincup, Colorado.

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World's largest, fully functioning pipe organ, the Wanamaker Organ, in the Grand Court Macy's Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 287 tons, 28,750 pipes, 464 ranks, 6 manuals, 729 color-coded stop tablets, 168 pistons. Largest pipe more than 32'. Shortest 1/4.

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Casement window c.1904, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Linden Glass Company, maker. Leaded glass in metal frame. Made for the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York. Displayed in Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Eleven year-old Leonard Bernstein, future conductor, composer, pianist, author, educator and humanitarian, climbing a mountain with his father, Samuel, in 1929.

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Cleveland's Music Hall (1928) has yet to be added to the south end of Public Auditorium. Notice that Cleveland Municipal Stadium has yet to be constructed (1931-1932) in this photo from about 1922.

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Gyorgy Legeti - Articulation - Electronic Music

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Robert Shaw conducts final rehearsal for Severance Hall, Cleveland Orchestra premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Cleveland All-City High School Chorus and Children's Choir, March, 1968.

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Leonard Bernstein autographed my score from our performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with The Cleveland Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, July 9, 1970 at Blossom Music Center. It was the only time he directed TCO. Links to the recording in my comments.

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World's largest, fully functional pipe organ, The Wanamaker Organ in the Grand Court of Macy's Center City Store, Philadelphia, Pennsyvania. 287 tons, 28,750 pipes, 464 ranks, 6 manuals, 729 color-coded stop tablets, 168 pistons. Largest pipe more than 32', smallest pipe 1/4.

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Wonderment at The Akron Zoo.

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My sister has the reins as we are about to leave for a drive from my grandfather's farm with friends, circa 1958

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Just a few of the 28,750 pipes of The Wanamaker Organ - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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1910 Packard Model 18 Runabout is the 138th oldest complete Packard known to exist. Its owners are Henry B. Joy IV & Lauren N. Joy and is, here, on display at the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio.

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1910 Duyea

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Stalactites in the Ohio Caverns, West Liberty, Ohio, USA. [OC] [3648X2736]

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