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This GMC chassis bus appears to have been built from the late 1920’s to early 1930’s. I believe the body for this bus was constructed by Yellow Coach.

Lettering on the bus is as follows: Pacific Greyhound Lines (above the windows) and Portland San Francisco Salt Lake City Los Angeles San Diego El Paso St Louis Chicago New York (below the windows) and 225 (beneath Portland). In the route display above the windshield it reads Vallejo.

Looks like this bus covered the west coast and made runs through California, Utah, Oregon, Texas Missouri, Illinois and New York.

Commissioned in 1502 by Louis XII to honour his grandparents Louis (1372-1407) and Valentine Visconti (1366-1408), uncle Philippe of Orleans (1396-1420), and father Charles, duc d'Orléans (1391-1465); the monument was created by a Genoese artist, with the base reworked by Viollet-le-Duc. Originally sited in l’église des Célestins, this was brought to Saint-Denis after 1817.


Taken in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis arrondissement, Paris

Basilique de Saint-Denis (Basilica of Saint-Denis)
Built on the tomb of Saint Denis, a missionary bishop who died around 250, a first church was probably built in the 5th century.
From the death of King Dagobert, in 639, until the 19th century, the abbey of Saint-Denis welcomed the burial of 43 kings, 32 queens and a dozen servants of the monarchy. It gradually became the most important collection in Europe of funerary sculptures made from the 12th to the 16th century. This role as a royal necropolis earned it the nickname "the cemetery of kings " by a 13th century chronicler. Today, the monument houses no less than 70 recumbents and tombs.
In the 12th century, the Saint-Denis basilica was established as a new architectural masterpiece under the impetus of Abbot Suger, advisor to Louis VI and Louis VII. It was gradually rebuilt in a new style, with innovative principles for the time, such as the ribbed vaults.
Following the Revolution, in 1792, the monks had to leave their buildings, whose reconstruction had just been completed. In October 1793, the royal bodies of the Bourbons were exhumed from the lead tombs, as France was at war and needed metal to make bullets. In 1794, the Commission of Arms and Powder ordered the removal of the roof made of lead sheets.
Disused, the ruined building was more or less exposed to the elements for many years. It was then transformed into a theater and a warehouse for flour and wheat!
However, under the impulse of Châteaubriant, at the beginning of the Empire, Napoleon I decided to restore the monument to dedicate it to the burial of the emperors and to remind the memory of the former kings...In 1817, Louis XVIII, the new Bourbon king, decided to have the mixed remains of the sovereigns searched for and reburied in an ossuary in the crypt, the former vault of Turenne.
In 1809, Napoleon signed the decree for the installation of the educational center of the Legion of Honor, which is still in place today, in the old monastic buildings...in 1813, Napoleon I commissioned the architect François Debret to restore the building. A colossal project was undertaken throughout the monument: stained glass windows, facades, floors, vaults and sculptures were restored. However, the work was contested from the 1830s onwards and gave rise to controversy, culminating in the question of the north spire. On June 9, 1837, lightning struck the 90 m high spire, Debret had it repaired, but the tornado of 1845 weakened it again, which precipitated the departure of the architect and his replacement by Viollet-le-Duc.
[www.saint-denis-basilique.fr]

Charles I, Charles d'Anjou, King of Sicily 1266-85
Louis and Philippe, sons of Peter I, Comte d'Alençon
Blanche de France, daughter of King Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence
[front to rear]


Taken in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis arrondissement, Paris

Basilique de Saint-Denis (Basilica of Saint-Denis)
Built on the tomb of Saint Denis, a missionary bishop who died around 250, a first church was probably built in the 5th century.
From the death of King Dagobert, in 639, until the 19th century, the abbey of Saint-Denis welcomed the burial of 43 kings, 32 queens and a dozen servants of the monarchy. It gradually became the most important collection in Europe of funerary sculptures made from the 12th to the 16th century. This role as a royal necropolis earned it the nickname "the cemetery of kings " by a 13th century chronicler. Today, the monument houses no less than 70 recumbents and tombs.
In the 12th century, the Saint-Denis basilica was established as a new architectural masterpiece under the impetus of Abbot Suger, advisor to Louis VI and Louis VII. It was gradually rebuilt in a new style, with innovative principles for the time, such as the ribbed vaults.
Following the Revolution, in 1792, the monks had to leave their buildings, whose reconstruction had just been completed. In October 1793, the royal bodies of the Bourbons were exhumed from the lead tombs, as France was at war and needed metal to make bullets. In 1794, the Commission of Arms and Powder ordered the removal of the roof made of lead sheets.
Disused, the ruined building was more or less exposed to the elements for many years. It was then transformed into a theater and a warehouse for flour and wheat!
However, under the impulse of Châteaubriant, at the beginning of the Empire, Napoleon I decided to restore the monument to dedicate it to the burial of the emperors and to remind the memory of the former kings...In 1817, Louis XVIII, the new Bourbon king, decided to have the mixed remains of the sovereigns searched for and reburied in an ossuary in the crypt, the former vault of Turenne.
In 1809, Napoleon signed the decree for the installation of the educational center of the Legion of Honor, which is still in place today, in the old monastic buildings...in 1813, Napoleon I commissioned the architect François Debret to restore the building. A colossal project was undertaken throughout the monument: stained glass windows, facades, floors, vaults and sculptures were restored. However, the work was contested from the 1830s onwards and gave rise to controversy, culminating in the question of the north spire. On June 9, 1837, lightning struck the 90 m high spire, Debret had it repaired, but the tornado of 1845 weakened it again, which precipitated the departure of the architect and his replacement by Viollet-le-Duc.
[www.saint-denis-basilique.fr]

The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in London EC using a ½d. stamp on Thursday the 28th. April 1910. It was sent to:

Miss Fox,
120, Charles Street,
Stepney,
London.

The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Dear Eliza,
Just a line to say I
shall be down on
Thursday.
Hoping all are well.
With love,
John
xxxx"

Brockwell Park

In the 1880's, the huge John Blades estate at Herne Hill was put up for sale for housing. However local MP Thomas Lynn Bristowe led a campaign to buy it as a public park. He even guaranteed the money to secure its purchase. In 1891 his campaign was successful, and Brockwell Park was created.

However on the 6th. June 1892, during the park's official opening ceremony, Thomas collapsed on the steps of Brockwell Hall and died of a heart attack.

The following year a memorial was erected to his memory. However in 1958 the memorial was demolished to make way for a road widening scheme. The bust on top escaped demolition, and it was recently restored and cleaned.

It was unveiled in Brockwell Hall on the 6th. June 2012 by the Mayor of Lambeth, Councillor Clive Bennett and Thomas Bristowe - a descendant of the founder of the park.

Thomas Lynn Bristowe is now back where he belongs, in a place of honour in Brockwell Hall in the middle of the park he created.

A £10,000 Prize

So what else happened on the day that John posted the card to Eliza Fox?

Well, on the 28th. April 1910, Louis Paulhan won a £10,000 prize from the Daily Mail by becoming the first person to fly an airplane from London to Manchester.

The purchasing power of £10,000 in 1910 would be equivalent to about £1.5m today, factoring in the pound's historic average inflation rate of 4.46% from then until now.

Graham White, who was making his second attempt at the prize, took off at the same time as Paulhan.

The 1915 World's Fair

Also on that day, the city of San Francisco began a fund-raising campaign for the 1915 World's Fair.

Richland, Washington

Also on the 28th. April 1910, the town of Richland, Washington, was incorporated.

For its first 30 years, Richland had only a few hundred residents until the United States government built residences for employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

A great gathering place in downtown St. Louis, Kiener Plaza provides one of the best views in town of the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch. In the center of the plaza is a pool and fountain, which contains a statue known as “The Runner” by sculptor William Zorach. In the 1800s, Kiener Plaza was home to a jail that used to hold prisoners awaiting trial at the Old Courthouse, including slaves who sued for their freedom

St. Louis Union Station, a National Historic Landmark, was a passenger train terminal in St. Louis, Missouri. Once the world's largest and busiest train station, it was converted in the early 1980s into a hotel, shopping center, and entertainment complex. Today, it serves only local rail (MetroLink) transit passengers.
Lodging Hospitality Management bought Union Station in 2012. It rebranded the hotel as a Double Tree.

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