2012: ENLARGING IMAGES

A number of visitors as well as a number of attendees at my history programs have made me aware of an incredible site for beautiful specimens of postcards; especially Mercer County and the Trenton area. My numerous on screen slide programs require large images that lend themselves to enlarging in my Photoshop software program. On screen graphic display is a somewhat tricky and perhaps confusing process. Recently, I posted the lithograph of Mercer Hospital from my classmate Alice Schmidt Mullen. It was scanned at 300 dots per inch which allows for exponential enlarging without losing too much detail. Many visitors are aware of www.usgwarchives.org who have an incredible archive of postcards from all over the U.S. These are all displayed at 72 dots per inch, which, as you can see by the graphic in the upper right loses its clarity when attempts are made to enlarge it from its original print size. (If you right click on the entire graphic and choose "open link in new window" enlarge the images, you will see that 300 dpi maintains acceptable focus and clarity, while the 72 dpi image blurs.

A TIP FROM TOM

Basic "How to" information is located
at the top of the home page.
(How to save graphics to your computer,
the guest book, etc.)

TO NOTEBOOK COMPUTER USERS:
AS I AGE, I AM BECOMING MORE AND MORE "OPTICALLY CHALLENGED." I HAVE FOUND A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE PAGE WHEN IT IS VIEWED AT A DISPLAY RESOLUTION OF 800 X 600 (LARGER IMAGE) INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD 1024 X 768. (SMALLER IMAGE).
Click on START on the bottom left of your computer screen, click on CONTROL PANEL, find and click on DISPLAY, click on SETTINGS,
slide the resolution setting to the left
from 1024 x 768 to 800 x 600.
Your screen will blink and the new resolution will appear. Click Click APPLY, or click on OK.
Simply reverse the process to return to the
original screen resolution.

2008: FINALLY, SIMPLIFIED GUEST BOOK FORM

The guest book has been an on-going problem on this site, due to the fact that there was no space on the old form for visitors to post their email address. The above form has a more user-friendly format.

PLEASE SIGN THE GUEST BOOK.

HERE'S A TIME SAVING SUGGESTION FROM TOM

A POSSIBLE TIME SAVING TIP FROM TOM
With nearly 3,000 posts on www.glover320.blogspot.com, I have found that a quick and easy way to find a specific subject is to Google as follows:

tom glover deutzville
or
tom glover yardville
or
tom glover alan wildblood
or
tom glover jack rafferty
or
tom glover kuser farm

WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA. IT WOULD BE FASTER THAN OPENING MY SITE AND USING THE
"SEARCH BLOG" FEATURE.

A TIP FROM TOM

IT RECENTLY CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT A VISITOR DIDN'T KNOW THAT CLICKING ON AN IMAGE WILL ENLARGE IT. I MUST ADMIT THAT I AM GUILTY OF ASSUMING MORE THAN I SHOULD WHEN IT COMES TO KNOWING THE SUBTLE INTRICACIES OF THIS WEBSITE.
FURTHER, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT PERHAPS THERE MAY BE VISITORS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE GRAPHICS CAN BE SAVED FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE IN A SCRAPBOOK OR PRINTED AND SENT VIA "SNAIL MAIL" TO A NON-COMPUTER FRIEND OR RELATIVE.

JUST PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE GRAPHIC,
RIGHT CLICK
AND CHOOSE
"SAVE IMAGE AS,"
THEN CHOOSE A FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER HARD DRIVE.

AND FOR THE FINAL "FURTHER," WITH NEARLY 3,000 POSTINGS GOING BACK 3 YEARS TO NOVEMBER,2005, THE "SEARCH BLOG" FEATURE AT THE UPPER LEFT OF THE MAIN PAGE CAN SAVE MUCH TIME IF YOU ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN A SPECIFIC SUBJECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE ALPHABETICAL LISTING TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN SERVES AS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE.
THE "INDEX" FEATURE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU MAY SEE DUPLICATE LABELS WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE CONSOLIDATED INTO A SINGLE LABEL.

THANKS FOR VISITING ----- RETURN OFTEN!

2008: A REDUNDANT REMINDER

Just a reminder (and suggestion) that you will find a

very definite improvement in viewing this website

if you use the "FULL SCREEN" feature.

(VIEW-FULL SCREEN).

A REDUNDANT REMINDER FROM TOM:

LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT,
RIGHT CLICK ON IT TO SAVE IT TO YOUR COMPUTER'S HARD DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE MEDIA . MOST NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CAN BE COMFORTABLY READ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VERY LARGE GRAPHICS WHICH REQUIRE A HIGHER RESOLUTION LCD MONITOR. DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE GUEST BOOK.
COMMENTS PRO AND CON INVITED.

2008: FOR ENHANCED VIEWING OF THESE POSTS

Do you want a better, fuller, more logical view of the posts on this site?

You do? OK, go to 1) below. It's a simple process, easily reversed.

1) Go to "VIEW" on the upper left of your monitor.

2) Click on "FULL SCREEN" and you will get rid of all the headers and footers that block your view.

TO REVERSE THE PROCESS AND GET BACK TO "NORMAL" VIEW:

3) Go to the upper right of your monitor and click on the square between - and X. You're back to normal viewing.

CHECK OUT THE SUBJECT INDEX; A WORK IN PROGRESS

One lady wrote to me and said she spent the better part of a night surfing through this website, interested in many of the posts. Another gentleman wrote saying he had been reading magazines during his lunch breaks, but with his discovery of this website, he takes his office break with a cup of coffee and spends his break time surfing the many entries.

As the site approaches 2,500 posts, I have decided to go back to square one and index each entry. As you might imagine, editing each and every post and adding it into the appropriate index is extremely time consuming. I ask your indulgence for the few mis-spelled words. I touch type, and in order to expedite the index editing, you may find an error in spelling or other errors. They will be corrected eventually.

The index can be found on the right side of this page, under the "Archives" listing. Clicking on a subject in the indexing table will bring up all the references on the site to the given subject. When it is completed, it will be a real time saver for those who are looking for a specific subject, as opposed to those who just like a leisurely casual read of the various posts.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE "COMPUTER CHALLENGED"

A NUMBER OF FRIENDS WITH WHOM I AM IN CONTACT SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS ACCESSING MY SITE, PROBABLY DUE TO THE LENGTHY URL, WWW.GLOVER320.BLOGSPOT.COM.
AN EASY WAY TO GAIN ACCESS IS TO GO ON LINE, ACCESS GOOGLE, AND TYPE IN THE FOLLOWING STRING IN THE GOOGLE SEARCH BLOCK:

TOM GLOVER HAMILTON TRENTON.

THE FIRST FEW ENTRIES WILL BE LINKS TO MY SITE. JUST CLICK ON IT. THOSE WHO ARE OUT OF THE AREA AND READERS OF MY "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" COLUMN IN THE TIMES WILL ALSO FIND THE LATEST COLUMN BURIED IN THERE SOMEWHERE. LOOK FOR A LINK WITH NJO.

A REMINDER FOR NEWCOMERS TO THIS SITE

LEFT CLICKING ON A GRAPHIC

WILL ENLARGE IT

TO MAXIMUM SIZE.

USE THE BACK ARROW KEY TO

RETURN TO THE MAIN PAGES

ANOTHER TIP FROM TOM

USE THE "FULL SCREEN" FEATURE TO ENHANCE VIEWING.
CLICKING the "F11" KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD WILL CHANGE TO FULL SCREEN VIEWING. THE SCREEN WILL GIVE A REFRESHING FULL PAGE VIEW. TO GO BACK TO REGULAR VIEWING, JUST CLICK ON THE "F11" KEY AGAIN AND YOU ARE BACK TO NORMAL.

AS OF THIS MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 THERE ARE 2,308 POSTS ON THIS WEBSITE, AND WE ARE APPROACHING 75,000 "HITS". FOR THOSE VISITORS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, USE THE "SEARCH BLOG" FEATURE AT THE UPPER LEFT OF THIS SCREEN.

TYPE THE SUBJECT OF YOUR SEARCH INTO THE WHITE SPACE NEXT TO "SEARCH BLOG" FOR THE SUBJECT OF YOUR SEARCH, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE ANY AND ALL REFERENCES TO THE SUBJECT YOU TYPE.
EXAMPLE: TYPE LALOR AND ALL REFERENCES TO LALOR WILL APPEAR ON A NEW SCREEN. TYPE KUSER AND ALL POSTS FROM KUSER SCHOOL TO KUSER FAMILY MEMBERS WILL APPEAR.

A FRIENDLY REMINDER

THIS SITE WILL SERVE YOU QUITE WELL WITH THE STANDARD SCREEN RESOLUTION, BUT IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE READING SOME OF THE FINE PRINT ON MY LARGER GRAPHICS, I SUGGEST YOU CHANGE YOUR SCREEN RESOLUTION FROM 1024 X 768 TO 800 X 600.

A TIP FROM TOM -HOW TO MAGNIFY YOUR SCREEN IMAGES

CHANCES ARE YOUR CURRENT COMPUTER MONITOR IS SET TO A SCREEN RESOLUTION OF 1024 X 768. I FIND THAT TEMPORARILY CHANGING THE RESOLUTION ON YOUR MONITOR TO 800 X 600 PROVIDES A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE VIEWING EXPERIENCE.(ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE "OPTICALLY CHALLENGED!") IT IS EASY TO DO AND CAN BE CHANGED BACK TO THE DEFAULT SETTING BY SIMPLE REVERSING THE PROCESS. THIS PROCESS ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE USING A PC AND NOT A MAC COMPUTER, HERE'S HOW TO DO IT:
1) CLICK ON "START"
2) CLICK ON "CONTROL PANEL"
3) LOOK FOR THE "DISPLAY" ICON ON THE CONTROL PANEL SCREEN
4) WHEN YOU SEE THE "DISPLAY" ICON, CLICK ON IT AND CHOOSE "SETTINGS"
5) AT THE "SCREEN RESOLUTION AREA, SLIDE THE DOWN ARROW TO THE LEFT (FROM "MORE" TO "LESS." )
6) CLICK "APPLY" (YOUR SCREEN WILL BLINK AND BRING THE NEW (AND MUCH LARGER) SETTING TO THE SCREEN.)
7) IF YOU LIKE THIS SETTING, CLICK "APPLY."
8) IT'S EASY TO REVERT BACK TO THE DEFAULT 1024 X 768 SETTING BE MERELY REVERSING THE ABOVE 7 STEPS.

I USE THE 800 X 600 AS MY PREFERRED SETTING FOR ALMOST ALL MY COMPUTING, (EXCEPT FOR GOOGLE EARTH AND A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE THE HIGHER RESOLUTION. 800 X 600 GIVES JUST THE RIGHT SCREEN RESOLUTION FOR MY 75 YEAR OLD EYES.

ABOUT THE GRAPHICS ON MY WEBSITES

BY NOW, THOSE OF MY VIEWERS WHO HAVE BEEN VISITING THIS, AND MY OTHER 3 WEBSITES WILL TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT THE IMAGES REPRODUCED ARE EQUAL AND IN MANY CASES SUPERIOR TO THE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.

BACK IN THE 1970'S WHEN I ACQUIRED THIS NEWSPAPER COLLECTION, I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WOULD ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO ARCHIVE THESE ARTICLES DIGITALLY AND PRESERVE THEM FOR POSTERITY. "DIGITAL IMAGING" AS WE KNOW IT TODAY WAS UNKNOWN BACK THEN. NOT UNTIL THE MACINTOSH "APPLE", THE IBM "AT" AND "PC" (286, 386, 486, PENTIUM, ETC.) PERSONAL COMPUTERS CAME ON THE SCENE DID I REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A TREASURE TROVE OF LOCAL HISTORY WHICH COULD EASILY BE RESTORED INTO PRISTINE CLARITY.

IN THOSE PRE-COMPUTER YEARS, I HAD TO PAGE THROUGH COUNTLESS PAGES, EXTRACTING ARTICLES OF LOCAL INTEREST, AND TRANSCRIBING THEM WITH MY IBM "WORD PROCESSOR" WITH AN 8 INCH FLOPPY DISK, AND A BIT LATER AN UPGRADE TO AN "BROTHER" ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER WITH THE UNHEARD OF MEMORY OF 8 MEGABYTES. THEN A STATE OF THE ART EPSON "CPM" (MS DOS COMPETITOR) LAPTOP WITH 16 MEGABYTES OF MEMORY AND A TAPE DRIVE, THEN TO ONE OF THE VERY EARLIEST LAPTOPS. IT HAD NO NO HARD DRIVE. JUST A 720 MEGABYTE FLOPPY DISK FOR STORAGE. FINALLY THE
286," "386," "486," AND PENTIUMS BECAME AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND I WAS ON MY WAY. TRANSFERRING ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED OUTPUT TO MY LATES COMPUTER HARD DRIVE WAS A HUGE TASK, TAKING NEARLY 2 MONTHS.

THOSE OLD PAPERS WERE STORED IN MY GARAGE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. BACK THEN, THE PERSONAL COMPUTER AND DIGITAL IMAGING WAS ONLY A DREAM. MOST LIBRARIES SCRAPPED THEIR ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER FILES AND DECIDED THAT MICROFILM REPRODUCTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PAGES WAS THE WAY TO GO. THEIR PRIME REASON FOR THAT DECISION WAS DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE REQUIRED FOR STORING THESE HUGE VOLUMES. ACCORDINGLY, MOST OF THOSE TREASURES WENT TO THE RECYCLING PLANT. UNFORTUNATELY MANY VOLUMES OF THE HIGHLY DESIRABLE "TRENTON SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISER" WERE UNDOUBTEDLY DESTROYED. I SUSPECT THAT THE LIBRARIES WOULD NOT HAVE DISCARDED THESE HISTORIC TREASURES HAD THEY KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A TECHNOLOGY LOOMING ON THE HORIZON WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE ARCHIVIST TO CONVERT TO PAPERLESS GRAPHIC DATABASE.

BEFORE I ACQUIRED THE COLLECTION, I HAD A LOT OF MICROFILM-GENERATED ARTICLES WHICH I PURCHASED AT TEN CENTS A COPY FROM VARIOUS LIBRARIES IN THE AREA. MOST OF THE PRINTOUTS WERE FADED, DUE TO THE POOR PRINT QUALITY ON MOST MICROFILM READERS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONSTANT WINDING AND REWINDING OF THE MICROFILM REELS USUALLY RESULTED IN VERY SCRATCHY MICROFILM PRODUCING A FINAL PRINTOUT WITH VERTICAL SCRATCHES OBSCURING MUCH OF THE PAGE.

REPEATING A TIP FROM TOM

A NUMBER OF GRAPHICS ON MY SITE ARE QUITE LARGE AND THIS RESULTS IN AN ARTICLE WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. ONE WAY YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF IS TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN. IT IS A SIMPLE AND PAINLESS PROCESS AND CAN BE REVERSED AT ANY TIME. HERE'S HOW: 1) GO TO START ON THE LOWER LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN (TASKBAR). 2) CHOOSE CONTROL PANEL AND CLICK ON IT. 3) CLICK ON DISPLAY FROM THE MANY CHOICES OFFERED. 4) CLICK ON SETTINGS AS SHOWN IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE SETTINGS SCREEN. 5) SLIDE THE SETTINGS BAR TO THE FAR LEFT, RESETTING YOUR RESOLUTION TO 800 X 600. YOUR SCREEN WILL BLINK FOR A MOMENT, THE CHANGE WILL BE MADE, AND YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE SETTING. CLICK YES. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. IT CAN BE REVERSED AT ANY TIME BY SIMPLY REVERSING THE PROCESS. I FIND THIS CHANGE TO BE MUCH EASIER ON MY 73 YEAR OLD EYES. TRY IT....YOU MIGHT LIKE IT!

HOW TO ENLARGE AND SAVE

Attn: John Van Wagoner and others who are asking about reading the "small print:"

Since my Trenton Times "Sentimental Journey" column of yesterday, many visitors to "Tom Glover's Hamilton" missed my messages on how to enlarge a graphic that can be enlarged. (Not all graphics can be, but most can.) I am scanning in higher dots per inch so that the captions can be read.

LOOK FOR THAT ELUSIVE ORANGE AND BLUE ICON ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE GRAPHIC. PUT YOU CURSOR ARROW THERE AND SEE IF IT COME ON. IF IT DOES, CLICK ON IT FOR MAXIMUM ENLARGEMENT. SOME COMPUTERS ARE SLOWER IN REVEALING THE ORANGE & BLUE ICON, SO WAIT A FEW SECONDS FOR IT TO APPEAR.

HEREWITH A REPEAT OF A MESSAGE WHICH IS STILL ON THIS SITE:

Just a reminder to let you know that most of the graphics on this site can be enlarged by LEFT clicking on them. Depending on the size of the graphic, there may be only one enlargement. If there is still a larger view, an orange and blue square with arrows will appear at the lower right. Click on it and it will enlarge to the max. Files can be saved by RIGHT clicking on your mouse, click on "Save Target As" and choose the folder destination on your computer.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE ARCHIVES. AT THE PRESENT TIME, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE LOGGED. YOU WILL FIND THEM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SITE.

Should you want to contact me, my e-mail address is thomglo@verizon.net

Save, Enlarge, and Sign My Guestbook!

PLEASE SIGN MY GUEST BOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE (ANONYMOUSLY OR OTHERWISE)

Saving and enlarging the graphics on this site:
To save: RIGHT CLICK on the graphic. Click

SAVE TARGET AS and choose a spot on your hard drive.
To enlarge a graphic that allows for enlarging:
Click on the graphic. It will enlarge. After first enlargement, if still another enlargement is possible, look for an orange and blue icon on the LOWER RIGHT corner of the graphic. If one appears, click on it for maximum enlargement.

NOTE: Depending on the size of the file, there are occasions when the orange and blue icon does not appear immediately. Wait a second or two with your cursor arrow on the lower right of the photo; sometimes it takes a bit of time until the icon appears.

A Reminder From Tom

Just a reminder to let you know that most of the graphics on this site can be enlarged by clicking on them. Depending on the size of the graphic, there may be only one enlargement. If there is still a larger view, an orange and blue square with arrows will appear at the lower right. Click on it and it will enlarge to the max.

Files can be saved by RIGHT clicking on your mouse, click on "Save Target As" and choose the folder destination on your computer.

Enjoy!