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Proposed revision of Lucia Fairchild Fuller article

Greetings. I see that you have made contributions to the Lucia Fairchild Fuller article. I have become interested in the topic and have drafted an expansion at my sandbox: User:CornishFourColumns/sandbox. You are welcome to make further edits before I transfer it into the article space. Additionally, I welcome comments that you may have at User:CornishFourColumns/sandbox. Sincerely, CornishFourColumns (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Read this (if you're so inclined)

@Carptrash, Lockley, Beyond My Ken, Smallbones, and Ser Amantio di Nicolao:
Okay, I've been off on one of my major obsessions, but I've been curious about Joseph Harrison Jr. since college. Who the hell WAS this guy? How did he amass the wealth to build one of the grandest city houses in Philadelphia? And how did he assemble such an extraordinary art collection?
So, now I'm feeling sated and happy. No disappointment at even beginning the article (this time). It hits a lot of my buttons -- Philadelphia, Architecture, History of Technology, American Art. I hope you guys -- why are almost all of my wiki friends guys? -- will like it, too.
Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 01:03, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just got back from one of the first jam sessions in a long time. Will check it out tomorrow. Carptrash (talk) 06:56, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ed that is Good Stuff! What a satisfying arc of a career. And of course Harrison was the Iron Worker -- that makes me wonder how he was received by Philadelphia society, a mechanic returning with Russian money. To the 19th century -- (clink!) --Lockley (talk) 09:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Lockley: Thanks. Imagine what it was like to live surrounded by those masterpieces.
My impression is that the REAL Philadelphia snobbery began after the Civil War, a reaction to the Robber Baron mega-fortunes of people like Peter Arrell Brown Widener. Of course, he was a crook, with a net worth at death of $27 to $29 billion (in 1999 dollars). Still, all three of his children married into Old Philadelphia families.
Directly across Rittenhouse Square from Harrison lived Fairman Rogers, a friend of Thomas Eakins and architect Frank Furness. Rogers's sister married Furness's brother, and Furness expanded Rogers's city house. Rogers taught engineering at Penn, so I suspect he appreciated the value of Harrison's inventions.
Best, BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 22:17, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some Building Research Help

Drexel Building & 2nd Bank

Hi BoringHistoryGuy. I'm doing some research for the American Philosophical Society on the origin of some of our buildings. I was researching the Library Hall and the preceding buildings. I found some information on Wilson Brothers & Company about the Drexel Building which was incredibly helpful. However, it was lacking sources for me to verify the information. I saw that you made the edit and was hoping you could point me in the direction of where you found this information. --CfoxAPS (talk) 01:27, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@CfoxAPS: Hello, Craig Fox. I started this article more than a decade ago, when I was much less scrupulous about citing sources. Much of the information came from a lecture by George Thomas in the mid-1980s (when he was still at Penn). Thomas compared Drexel Brothers' 10-story expansion hemming in 3 sides of the bank next door with what Donald Trump did to a modest Atlantic City bungalow, whose owner refused to sell out for his casino's parking garage.
Little has been written about the Wilson Brothers, but Thomas (at CivicVisions) and Jeff Cohen (at Bryn Mawr College) should know a lot. For photos of the Drexel Building's façade (and the bank next door), look in the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Photo Albums (1903-1908) at HSP. The PRT photos were taken for insurance purposes to document all the buildings ahead of blasting for the Market Street Subway.
== BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 11:04, 5 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much! Any chance you remember the name of that lecture or if it is digitized anywhere? --108.2.126.97 (talk) 00:16, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@CfoxAPS: You're welcome. The lecture was part of a graduate course I took with George Thomas in Spring 1984. I doubt it was videotaped.
I recall that there was something special about the X-bracing Wilson Brothers used for the Drexel Building expansion. (I don't remember what, specifically.)
== BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:01, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Thanks for all the help. It has already proved to be useful for my project. CfoxAPS (talk) 20:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Johnbod: Thank you, Johnbod. I wish the same to you. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Hello BoringHistoryGuy: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:47, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you, Captain. Right back atcha. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:29, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Season's doohickey and all that

Hi, hoping you are well. Remembering happy times with the exploded Shakespeare. MinorProphet (talk) 14:21, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Season's greetings

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Peace, joy and comfort gladly bestow
Harbor no ill 'gainst sister or brother
Smooth life's journey as you onward go.
Broad as the sunshine, free as the showers.
So shed an influence blessing to prove;
Give for the noblest of efforts your pow'rs;
Blest and be blest, is the law of love.

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@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Thank you very much. I wish you the best this holiday season.
You may be interested in my current obsession: Widehall, a Georgian house in Chestertown, MD. About 20 years ago the restoration architect then at work on it gave me a private tour, and she spent perhaps two hours explaining the details and decisions, from the cellar to the widow's walk. It's a day I won't forget (although I can't remember her name).
Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:23, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year

I want to thank you for the New Year greetings that you sent me. Health wise it has been a tough year for me but, when I receive greetings like yours, it makes my life much better. May the Lord cover you and your loved ones with wonderful blessings this coming year. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:35, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, BoringHistoryGuy!

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BoringHistoryGuy,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year!

BoringHistoryGuy,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 19:44, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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For your awesome contributions and countless editing, you have been inducted into my "Wall of Honor" Tony the Marine (talk) 20:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wall of Honor
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2021
@Marine 69-71: Thank you. You're very kind. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:06, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

happy new 2022

Happy New Year to you and yours, BHG, with continued admiration for your work ethic and your patience. All best! --Lockley (talk) 00:02, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Lockley: Thank you. I wish you and yours the best, also. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:54, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, BoringHistoryGuy!

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@Davey2010: Thank you. I wish the same to you. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:57, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

BoringHistoryGuy,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:17, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you. I wish you the same. Hope all is well in MI. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:07, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
One year!

Happy 2022, and thank you for good wishes! Let' build the mansion of friendship. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you very much. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 15:24, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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in friendship

January songs
in friendship

Thank you for being around, and your good wishes! - Happy new year, in friendship! - One of my pics was on the Main page (DYK) and even made the stats. - In this young year, I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a fine photo. Congratulations.
I too am hoping for a return to normalcy. After a relatively free October and November, the Omicron variant is forcing meetings back onto Zoom. This coming week is expected to be its peak in the U.S.
Best == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:30, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Let's hope! - More pics when click on songs ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:29, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
... and still more pics, and more to come --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:09, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
February songs
frozen
my joy - more on my talk - + more pics--Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:41, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt:Very nice. Thank you.
February is Black History Month in the United States, and my church is programming hymns and anthems by Black composers for the four Sundays. Some of it is pretty jazzy, but Lent doesn't begin until March this year.
Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:03, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music, including new hymns --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:55, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jeanne Tripplehorn edit

I have reverted your addition of a date of birth to Jeanne Tripplehorn . In addition to Wikipedia's basic principle of citing sources (Wikipedia:Citing sources), a special need for citations applies with regard to elements of a biography of a living person (WP:BLPPRIVACY). Feel free to add a date of birth when it is accompanied by a citation to a reliable, published source. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:55, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Teblick: It wasn't until after I restored the DOB that I read your explanation for why you had removed it. I found perhaps a dozen sources that list the same DOB, including IMDb.[1] But I don't know that any of them are acceptable sources for Wikipedia. Did you try to verify or correct the DOB before you deleted it? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 14:40, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A good place to start to see whether a source is reliable is Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. Some user-generated unreliable sources are listed at WP:USERGENERATED. You might also want to read Wikipedia:Reliable sources, which provides guidelines to help editors evaluate sources for reliability. I did not try to verify or correct the date of birth. Providing a reliable source is the responsibility of the editor who adds content to, or changes content in, an article. Eddie Blick (talk) 15:18, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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