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You are all invited to look at http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/BigPict...positions.html for the latest word on when the earliest large display of bonsai took place outside of Asia. snip And I further refer you to Robert's full exposition on the History of Bonsai. It represents an amazing amount of work and dedication on his part. Go he http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/BonsaiHistory.html I truly hope that this work exists somewhere that is more permanent than a web page. It would be a shame if some electronic disturbance (or some other disaster) caused this work to vanish. I know better than to assume it would make a salable book -- or at least a money-making book -- but it would be nice if it had a permanent home like that. Well done, Robert! And thanks to the Phoenix Bonsai Society for hosting it. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect - Aldo Leopold - A Sand County Almanac ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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wrote: For whatever reason 1909 was chosen and from whatever source it came, that date was then repeated down through the years in probably scores of books and articles. And hundreds of websites currently. True of more than a few "facts" repeated in bonsai "texts" over the years. If an author doesn't "know" something himself (or herself) he (or she) simply re-states what someone _else_ wrote. (Probably true in other fields, as well.) I'm a food writer and have found it to be the same sort of thing here. John Thorne, a considerable writer, says that food writers are "thieving magpies all" and it's true. Why do original research when it says right here that...? All those errors of earlier writers become the orthodoxy and it's very difficult to get people to consider that what they "know" isn't so. I've done an annual radio program for the past 17 years on "What you know that just ain't so" and every year, I get heated calls telling me that what I just said is wrong because the caller's mother/aunt/grannie only did it that way for 30/40/50 years and it always worked. And it was the best way to do it, even if they never tasted any other versions of it. Actual research be damned... Pastorio ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Robert,
I want to thank you for this. The info was very interesting, but also interested me in a non-bonsai way. I saw the highlight for the 1939 san Francisco Expo so clicked on it and brought up the hundreds of thumbnails for pics of Treasure Island expo. In 1970-71 I had spent about a year at Treasure Island while in the Navy. their advanced electronics schools were there, plus the electronics schools specifically for the south Viet Namese students . I knew the island was from the World Fair but that was all. The only artifact that I remember remaining in any form ( that I saw in walks around the island) was one of the tiled fountains, half filled by blowing sands. The base is no longer open there, and I have no idea what will become of the man-made island in the bay. Perhaps it will just sit empty ala Alcatraz. But, You gave me a look at "My Home" for a year that I'd never seen. Thanks, Regards, Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com Specializing in power wood carving tools. Yakimono no Kokoro bonsai pottery of hand-built stoneware ----- Original Message ----- From: " To: Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:33 PM Subject: [IBC] Earliest Western Exposition with Bonsai and a Famous Erroneous Date You are all invited to look at http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/BigPict...positions.html for the latest word on when the earliest large display of bonsai took place outside of Asia. Cordially, Robert J. Baran Bonsai Historian outside of Colorado Springs, CO Sunset Zone 2A-2B/USDA 5A-5B ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
You are very welcome. As I've been finding out more and more while doing
research for 19 years on our hobby/art, bonsai and the related arts are/have been all around us -- not just in our backyards or in the usual exhibition halls. http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/BigPict...positions.html Cordially, Robert J. Baran Bonsai Historian dalecochoy wrote: Robert, I want to thank you for this. The info was very interesting, but also interested me in a non-bonsai way. I saw the highlight for the 1939 san Francisco Expo so clicked on it and brought up the hundreds of thumbnails for pics of Treasure Island expo. In 1970-71 I had spent about a year at Treasure Island while in the Navy. their advanced electronics schools were there, ** snip ** But, You gave me a look at "My Home" for a year that I'd never seen. Thanks, Regards, Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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