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November 10, 2014 Oysters a la Rockefeller #1,031,762 The Restaurant Antoine, New Orleans Excellent high-resolution (8.7MB) scan of Gustave Falconnier's award certificate from the 1893 Colombia World's Exposition, courtesy Elisabeth Bourban-Mayor of the Nyon Archives. Smith & Lovett invoice from 1900 October 30, 2014 New Falconnier stuff: Finally, a photograph of Gustave Falconnier (scan courtesy Nyon Archives) Improved scan of the Falconnier exhibit at the 1893 Columbia World's Exposition Photo of a Falconnier barrel-vault roof at the Zurich Stadthaus (Town Hall) Identified new US vault light manufacturer: John McGuigan & Co. (trademark SIMPLEX) Hayward Brothers 16" Roadway Light October 11, 2014 Pellatt and Green's Shew-Room, 1809. More about Pellatt and Green's patent Illuminator, 1813. New postcard from Bergeret's "Sur les fils telégraphiques" series: C'est à vous que ces fleurs s'adressent... Six more Hayward Brothers albumen prints (one is to the right) Reorganized Falconnier gallery as it was getting too large for one page, and added four new galleries, all with pictures courtesy Christoph Eder of Anno Stein & Eisen, dealer in original historic building materials (architectural salvage). Two residences in Greiz A residence in Chemnitz Anno Stein & Eisen's Falconnier inventory Marke Faust glass bricks, contemporary to Falconnier August 23, 2014 NEW Falconnier #9 bricks are now being produced in the Czech Republic! Luxfer-Prismen-Gesellschaft ad from 1929 Scanned entire Falconnier catalog at 300 DPI (~26MB): falconnier_glasbausteine_catalog_1900.tar|zip New Smith & Lovett invoice from 1880 New albumen print of a 16" Hayward Brothers floor/pavement light, ca 1900 Transcribed Pennycuick patent: CH14762: Verbesserte Beleuchtungsvorrichtung für dunkle Gebäuderäume (Improved illumination device for dark rooms) February 9, 2014 INDIAN HOME, BRITISH GUIANA Updated Falconnier glass brick page New Penn Station page with more vault light photos Vault light and illuminated cover listings and ads from Laxton's Price Book, 1886, including two new UK makers: Wm Halford Marshall & Hatch