In that same vein:- please log in to view this image Hugh Magnum - The photographer who rejected racism in the American south http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28838957 please log in to view this image
So does the CBC here - yesterday CBC radio profiled this story - the history of Red Bay Labrador, where Spanish terra cotta roofing tile still litter the beaches of the community from a former Basque whaling settlement dating from the 1500's, that now has World Heritage Site status after the intensive research of Selma Barkham. Previously the red roofing tile had likely just been taken for granted by local inhabitants, but hence the name Red Bay. Labrador town of Red Bay gets World Heritage Site status please log in to view this image This boat was used by the Basque more than 400 years ago to hunt down whales. It was discovered in the harbour off Red Bay, and is the oldest known surviving example of a chalupa â a traditional Basque whaling boat http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...bay-gets-world-heritage-site-status-1.1398201 http://www.cbc.ca/nl/features/redbay/ Meet Dr. Selma Huxley Barkham. Before reaching Red Bay yesterday, I had never heard her name. Today, she is a hero of mine, as she is to the villagers. Selma is a historian â but no ordinary historian. Sheâs a history sleuth: as tenacious as a Columbo, as relentless in her pursuit as a Hercule Poirot. Hereâs the story. Sometime in the 1960s, Selma picked up the barest whiff of a historical clue. Someone had told her there was a vague reference to places along the coast of Labrador written in ancient archived documents in, of all places, a museum library in Basque, Spain. Historians had known that the Basque fishermen came to North America in the 1500s, but there were scant details and the information was sketchy. Curious, and armed with a powerful intellect, she began a quest to find out more. But before she could even begin her research, she first had to learn Spanish, then Old Spanish. She then spent months in the Basque region of Spain poring through yellowing, handwritten documents that hadnât seen the light of day for centuries. She eventually discovered several which indeed made tantalizing references to this Labrador coast so far, far away: here a ship manifest, there an invoice, a bill of lading, a will, a lawsuit of the time, and others. Gradually, she began to piece together a narrative, accumulating evidence that there had been a major â a huge â whaling operation involving dozens of ships, as many as 2,000, perhaps 2,500 men making the voyage from Basque to what we now call Red Bay year after year. This tiny coastal town had been the centre of a mammoth and ongoing whaling operation. The largest in the world. And not a single person on earth knew anything about it. A phenomenal discovery by any measure. http://perfectdayfactory.com/travels-to-newfoundland-8/ Spanish tile, used for the roofs of buildings and structures at Red Bay. These I found just scattered on the ground on Saddle Island please log in to view this image Imported Spanish terra cotta roof tiles from a Basque Whaling building from the 1500s
If you like old pics it's a great site. http://www.retronaut.com/2010/06/victorians-smiling-1800s/ Smiling Victorians. There used to be a Flickr group for this but I can't seem to access it any more.
