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The train station in Szombathely, in an early 20c. PC. |
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Szombathely: Joyceans converging onto the Berzsenyi Daniel Foiskola, where the panels were taking place. We recognize Sherry Burgus Little, her son Spencer (who entertained us on the bus with wire sculptures), Claire Culleton, Barbara Laman, Partick & Yolanda McCarthy. |
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Szombathely: the auditorium of the college had a poster exibit tracing the Jewish history of the city. Here a fragment of a poster relating to the Autonomous Orthodox congregation, to which Virag may possibly have belonged. |
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Szombathely: Tekla Mecsnober received a beautiful bouquet, which she graciously shared with the participants. |
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Szombathely: closing ceremony. |
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Szombathely: graffiti art on the Bloom bridge, part of the Bloomsday celebrations. I read later in the pamphlet that the artists were hoping for tips, but I did not know it at the time. Sorry, artists! |
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Szombathely: graffiti art on the Bloom bridge, part of the Bloomsday celebrations. This one specifically celebrated Bloom Lipot. Lipot = Leopold in Hungarian. In Hungarian, family names are customarily put before first names. |
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Szombathely: A Portrait of the Artist as a Commie, by a graffiti artist on Bloom bridge. I saw small versions of this stencil portrait on stickers stuck throughout Szombathely. |
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Szombathely: graffiti art on the Leopold Bloom bridge, part of the Bloomsday celebrations. A closer view of the portrait of the artist as a commie. |
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Szombathely: the Bartok Concert Hall and the synagogue. |
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Szombathely: the synagogue as it appears on a Postcard from the 1920s. |
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Szombathely: mural in the entrance of the Bartok Concert Hall. |
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Szombathely: concert at the Bartok Hall June 16, 2006. It featured the Savaria Orchestra of Szombathely, conducted by Robert Houlihan, and the Budapest Tomkins Choir, conducted by Janos Dobra. The programme was "The Eblana Overture" by Gerard Victory, "Concertino for Clarinet and Strings" by Matyas Seiber, and "Three Fragments from a Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man", also by Matyas Seiber, with narration by Peter McMahon. |
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Szombathely: His Excellency the Ambassador of Ireland Brendan McMahon and his wife sitting in the audience during the concert at Bartok Hall. Mr. McMahon received birthday greetings and gifts. We recognize in the audience Chris Ackerly, Paul Devine, |
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Szombathely, Bloomsday Concert at Bartok Hall. To the left of the stage were the 2 flags of the ECC and Hungary. Note in the Hungarian flag the patriarchal (Lorraine) cross and the crown with a bent cross, two of the symbols of Hungary. |