User:Mactographer

• Manasse-Block Tanning Company: First listing and photos
• Castello di Amorosa: First listing and photos
• Dunsmuir House: First listing and photos
• Cabinet card: First listing and photos
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: First listing
• Centerville Pioneer Cemetery: First listing and photos
• Wedding photography: Photos and professional links to web
• White wedding: Photos (both historical and contemporary) + some rewrites.
• Andre Disdéri: First listing
• Post-mortem photography: First listing and photo
• Ardenwood Historic Farm: Photo & expanded listing
• Niles: Fremont, CA: Photo
• Point Loma Nazarene University: Photo
• Jousting Image: Photo
• Cover:Family History Pages:Open Spread: 1859 Bible Photo
• Worship: Photo of monument to the Right to Worship

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States&oldid=106150379#Practices_of_the_Jefferson_and_Madison_administrations This contribution] I've cobbled together from a Library of Congress web site seems to raise the hackles of the church/state separationists since it keeps getting deleted or edited out of its Wiki listing. But you can’t change the truth by deleting it. The facts remain as they are, and have been documented by the LOC web site.

File:Sermon-cover-text.jpgDespite the contemporary claims that Jefferson and Madison were strict proponents of the concept of separation of church and state as it is currently presented in modern debate, it is a common misconception to assume that religion was not associated with the practice of politics in early American life. In fact, the [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html Religion and the Founding of the American Republic] website exhibit at the Library of Congress states,

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It is no exaggeration to say that on Sundays in Washington during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) and of James Madison (1809-1817) the state became the church. Within a year of his inauguration, Jefferson began attending church services in the House of Representatives. Madison followed Jefferson's example, although unlike Jefferson, who rode on horseback to church in the Capitol, Madison came in a coach and four. Worship services in the House--a practice that continued until after the Civil War--were acceptable to Jefferson because they were nondiscriminatory and voluntary. Preachers of every Protestant denomination appeared. (Catholic priests began officiating in 1826.) As early as January 1806 a female evangelist, Dorothy Ripley, delivered a camp meeting-style exhortation in the House to Jefferson, Vice President Aaron Burr, and a "crowded audience." Throughout his administration Jefferson permitted church services in executive branch buildings. The Gospel was also preached in the Supreme Court chambers.http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06-2.html}}

In fact, the Library of Congress exhibit clearly states that Jefferson apparently had no objection to non-discriminatory religion being practiced in state, but rather he objected ONLY to the formation of a state supported church – such as is practiced by Britain with her official recognition of the Church of England as the state church.http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06-2.html

These images are from a few of the weddings and portraits I've shot and are used in various articles.

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File:Bride-boquet-toss.jpg

File:Boutonniere-whitesuit.jpg

File:Bride-groom-kiss.jpg

File:Backlight-wedding.jpg

File:Mixed-couple.jpg

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File:Stonehenge-Green.jpg |Stonehenge

File:Edinburgh-pano2s.jpg | Edinburgh Castle

File:Anchor-close.jpg | Anchor Close

File:St-Cuthbert's-Church-UK-09-3002a.jpg | St. Cuthbert's Church

File:RRS Discovery-Dundee.jpg | RRS Discovery

File:Modern-Knight.jpg

File:Highlander-actor.jpg

File:Halberdier-corps.jpg

File:Highlander-kilt.jpg

File:Swordplay.jpg

File:Combat-reenactment.jpg

File:Modern-armor-suit.jpg

File:Mary Queen of Scots reenactor.jpg

File:Troubadour-2003.jpg

File:Huckabee-SF-CC-024.jpg|2008 Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.

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File:Chuck-devore-4-21-2010.jpg|US Senatorial candidate, Chuck DeVore

File:Lunar-eclipse-2004.jpg|Lunar Eclipse

File:Niles-Artwalk-2005.jpg

File:Family-bible.jpg

File:Bellagio-front.jpg|Bellagio (hotel and casino)

File:Calif-sealion-detail.jpg

File:Mission-SJ.jpg|Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA

File:GG-ftpoint-bridge-2.jpg|The Golden Gate Bridge with Fort Point in the foreground.

File:GG-bridge-12-2006.jpg|A shot of the GG Bridge from Marin County.
A VR panorama image is available [http://davidball.net/sfpano here].

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File:POFA-columns.jpg|Inside the Palace of Fine Arts

File:A 400 year old wine press 12-27-18.jpg|A 400 year old wine press imported from Italy at the Castello di Amarosa.

Mostly historical wedding photographs I've collected.

File:HAB ww1 1918.jpg|My grandfather posing for a photo as a WWI doughboy ~ circa: 1918

File:Wed-dress-001.jpg|Note the black wedding dress

File:Wed-dress-002.jpg|And another black wedding dress

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File:Wed-dress-004.jpg|I love the wedding tent this lady is wearing. She also seems to hold her bouquet with something less than full enthusiasm.

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File:Spencer-sisters.jpg|My great grandmother posing with her sisters. Note the heavy Gibson Girl influence. c. 1902

File:CDV-genteel-lady.jpg|A very regal looking lady from the civil war era.

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Images I've gathered from government or copyright free sources

File:USA_declaration_independence.jpg|Obviously I've not scanned or recorded this document. But I downloaded it from the loc.gov web site a few years ago when they were providing a VERY high rez copy of the Declaration (7530x9155 – 14.1 megs). You can’t download this large file anymore from the governement, but you CAN here at Wiki since I didn't throw out my old file.

File:Ford-capitol-rotunda.JPEG|I wish I could have taken this shot. Great location, but the photographer needed to be in a slightly better spot to make a better photo. Nonetheless, it's still very nice.

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