Amersfort
Seal of New York City – P.S. 119 Amersfort School – Flatlands, Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
Previously posted earlier this week in TriBeCa, the Seal of New York City is pictured here on our school which was built in 1901. According to Wikipedia:
The seal of the city of New York, adopted in an earlier form in 1686, bears the legend SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI which means simply “The Seal of the City of New York”: Eboracum was the Roman name for York, the titular seat of James II as Duke of York.
In both decorative wall plaques, the bald eagle is looking to the “sinister” side where a Lenape Indian stands. The seal represented in the Wikipedia article shows the eagle looking towards the “dexter” figure, a mariner colonist who holds a plummet in his right hand.
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Jan Martense Schenck House – Brooklyn Museum – Nicholas Schenck House & Gravesite – Flatlands, Brooklyn
Jan Martense Schenck House, 1891 (photograph by the Reverend William Edward Schenck)
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Nicholas Schenck House – Canarsie – Brooklyn Museum – Taken by Frank H. Jump
Nicholas Schenck House – Canarsie – Brooklyn Museum – Taken by Frank H. Jump
Nicholas Schenck House – Canarsie – Brooklyn Museum – Taken by Frank H. Jump
Brooklyn Museum
Rockaway Parkway – Canarsie © Frank H. Jump
- Jan Martense Schenck House – Brooklyn Museum
- Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church – Wikipedia
Bed Bug – Flatlands, New Amersfort – Brooklyn
© Frank H. Jump
I’m assuming this is an ad to get rid of bed bugs and not to sell a single bed bug.
Wikipedia
- Bed bug – Wikipedia
Good night, Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.
Origin of this phrase according to The Straight Dope:
There are two possible explanations for this expression. We’ll start with the one I personally like, because it’s a lot more interesting, and then we’ll get to what in all probability is the real one.
Explanation #1. Here in Cajun country where I live, before the days of mattresses, beds were square frames elevated from the ground, with ropes tied across in a sort of weave. It was similar to a hammock in concept. Anyway, in order to sleep well, the “mattress” couldn’t sag, so the bed had to be “tight.” (And free of bed bugs, but I thought that went without saying.)
For further insight I spoke to Dr. Jerry Lee Cross, a historian with the state of North Carolina. He confirms that the beds were, in fact, made of ropes tied across a frame. He adds that the origin of the phrase “sleep tight” is almost common knowledge among historians, simply because the modern bed is a little over a hundred years old.
But first a little about bedbugs. The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, under “bedbug,” shows a critter not unlike a flea. Known to others as Cimex lectularius, this beast is a blood-sucker (literally). It is further described as nocturnal and capable of consuming its body weight in blood in five minutes. This one meal can provide nourishment for the insect for six months! This flat, oval, wingless bug measures about 0.6 cm long and produces irritating bites but is not known to carry disease. How comforting. — Hawk
Pink Saturday in Amersfoort NL on June 26, 2010!
Marty Markowitz Skypes with Amersfoort NL @ Brooklyn Borough Hall
Brooklyn's official motto is Een Draght Mackt Maght. Written in the (old) Dutch language, it is inspired by the motto of the United Dutch Provinces and translated as In Unity There is Strength. - Wikipedia © Frank H. Jump
Marty Markowitz Skypes with ANYtime Festival, Amersfoort NL © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Marty Markowitz Skypes with ANYtime Festival, Amersfoort NL - Koen Steenbergen - ANYtime-US liaison- in back - © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Marty Markowitz Skypes with ANYtime Festival, Amersfoort NL - Koen Steenbergen - ANYtime-US liaison- in back - © Frank H. Jump
Marty with Hugo Gajus Scheltema - Netherlands Consul General - talking about bicycles being a Dutch icon and the possibility of more bicycle lanes in Brooklyn © Frank H. Jump
Koen Steenbergen, Deborah F. Schwartz - President of Brooklyn Historical Society - Marty Markowitz & Hugo Gajus Scheltema © Frank H. Jump
Yusuf Sayman - Kurdish photographer - who was an exchange photographer in the Netherlands - © Frank H. Jump
Johannes van de Pol, Lisa Fernandez & Barbara Snow -Principal & Asst Principal of PS 119 Amersfort School - flanking Koen Steenbergen of ANYtime-US.NL © Frank H. Jump
Lexi Rene in front of photo of herself by Dutch photographer Chantal Spieard © Frank H. Jump
Frank Jump with Johannes van de Pol © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
