benjhawkins
benjhawkins
Fortune's Favour
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Oh, but Providence kind so eases the windAnd on sailors so constantly thinks
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benjhawkins · 11 hours ago
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Anyone know why there’s a (presumed) cannonball embedded on the street in Munjoy Hill??
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benjhawkins · 13 hours ago
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benjhawkins · 2 days ago
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In an old ship in Maine that was covered in vines
Lived twelve little sailors in two one straight line
(The Capture of the British Ship Emily St. Pierre by the Federal Sloop James Adger, W.G. Yorke, 1862)
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benjhawkins · 2 days ago
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Detail, II: Matlock Tor by Moonlight, 1777-80, by Joseph Wright of Derby.
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benjhawkins · 3 days ago
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On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War is over and slavery in the United States is abolished. #Juneteenth
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benjhawkins · 3 days ago
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Juneteenth Celebrations in Milwaukee, MN from 1988 to 2006.
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benjhawkins · 4 days ago
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brother you have to elaborate on the pee pee man
Peepee Man is a piece of bawdy folkart @pentecostwaite got me as an anniversary present and we love him
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benjhawkins · 4 days ago
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i REALLY want to bring Peepee Man to the roadshow but i also want to be on tv….
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benjhawkins · 4 days ago
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I don’t think I’ve ever shared this before but one Valentine’s Day my sweet spouse got me this really great piece of trench art
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benjhawkins · 4 days ago
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HEY LADS
i’m going to the antiques roadshow filming tomorrow do I bring BONES (musical instrument) or TRENCH ART (WWI)
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benjhawkins · 5 days ago
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Another photo I obtained from the historical society!
This one is undated and has no location but my thought is it’s probably Portland Maine.
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Check out that style!
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benjhawkins · 6 days ago
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First sail of the season wheeeee
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benjhawkins · 10 days ago
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HUGE NEWS LADS
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benjhawkins · 12 days ago
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Schooner Alert and Harpswell’s famed cribstone bridge in the background
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benjhawkins · 12 days ago
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Scrimshaw Authentication Hour
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benjhawkins · 14 days ago
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that medieval peasant you’re trying to kill with hyper-pop is gonna make you clean and butcher a chicken and you’re gonna throw up.
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benjhawkins · 14 days ago
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AI slop, in MY revolutionary war?
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