Twelve Days of Xmas Trivia

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(12-29-2017 11:28 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Garfield and train station is extremely smart (and right the correct incident), Laurie, but it isn't Garfield.

Was Robert Lincoln gray by that time?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Is that a guess?

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(12-29-2017 12:02 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Is that a guess?

I'll go with Robert Lincoln because my only other guess would be Sec. of State James G. Blaine.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Another brilliant "coup", Laurie. (BTW, where's Joe's past years' fighting spirit and determination to win?)

This is the "source":
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...ight=Brick

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[Eva Elisabeth]

   
Six Geese-a-Laying - Six days of creation before God's rest on the seventh day.

Sorry for delay, yesterday wasn't a good day. I will try to catch up.

This is a hard one though - where is/was it, and what is/was it?
   

[RJNorton]

Finally I think I know one. I have Joe DiCola's book titled Chicago's 1893 World's Fair. And I recognized the image as it is in Joe's book on p. 95. Joe's caption reads: "Old Vienna. Old Vienna was a reconstruction of an actual street in Austria, as it would have looked at the end of the 18th century. Shops offered Viennese goods, and an outdoor restaurant served bountiful food and beer."

Joe writes that Old Vienna was in a section of the fair called Midway Plaisance.

If I am correct, Joe can receive some credit in absentia.

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In case you don't own Joe's book, here's a link to the internet with great photos also of the 1893 World's Fair: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140104238379739341

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Roger - I was sure I had to "throw out" the Thomas Lincoln cabin that was also on display and vanished after the exhibition:
   
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I saw this in an article in the Xmas edition of a monthly Vienna English magazine (on the way to you, Laurie, the entire edition is about "Nostalgica").

Online I didn't find any but this site which doesn't describe Vienna but - who of you knows which city?
http://washingtonmo.com/1893/oldvienna.htm

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(12-31-2017 11:51 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Kudos, Roger - I was sure I had to "throw out" the Thomas Lincoln cabin that was also on display and vanished after the exhibition:

Laurie: 5
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I saw this in an article in the Xmas edition of a monthly Vienna English magazine (on the way to you, Laurie, the entire edition is about "Nostalgica").

Online I didn't find any but this site which doesn't describe Vienna but - who of you knows which city?
http://washingtonmo.com/1893/oldvienna.htm

I'm confused except for the mention of the Bride of the Adriatic. Vienna is not on the Adriatic Sea, is it? This also mentions gondoliers, and I don't remember any of those on the Danube.

My first guess was Venice, but that led me to the ancient city of Kotor in Montenegro. It is in such an unstable section of the world now (Serbia, Bosnia), however, that I would hesitate to travel there -- but it does look glorious.

Does this previous description of "Old Vienna" in the 1893 World's Fair have it wrong?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Venice is spot on, Laurie, exactly what the link describes. No, Vienna isn't at the Adriatic Sea (but Venice), no gondolas either (Venice is famous for) and the St. of Vienna is St. Stephen's:
   
...while St. Mark is the place and cathedral in Venice:
   
(I tried to notify the webmaster to no avail...)
The image I posted in the question and Roger saw in Joe's book however definitely IS Old Vienna.

[Eva Elisabeth]

PS: Travel Montenegro is no problem.

[Eva Elisabeth]

   
Seven Swans-a-Swimming - Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit

I manipulated the original a bit to hopefully make it Google-proof.
What is this, and how related to previous forum topics?
   

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Forgot - a happy, healthy and blessed 2018 everyone!

[RJNorton]

I am not sure what this is - is it a fancy hotel?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Good idea (also trying to figure what type of building), but it is not a hotel, Roger.
Hint #1: As always, I will answer yes/no questions.

[Dennis Urban]

Looks like a train station or government building of some sort; perhaps with an infamous past. Telegraph pole with all the crossbars makes the image Victorian and in some large city. The clock might be significant.
Happy New Year to all the forum watchers.