tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182003451665484122024-03-18T22:54:16.671-07:00Urban DecayThis blog documents what remains when we abandon our buildings, homes, schools, and factories. These decaying structures represent our impact on the world: where we lived, worked, and built. The blog also shows examples of where decay was averted or reversed with hard work and imagination.Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.comBlogger741125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-55064085590020809002024-03-18T06:00:00.173-07:002024-03-18T06:00:00.133-07:00Olympia in the Morning, Part 1 (Oly 04)<p>Early morning in December, the light is soft and misty in Olympia. Well, it rains much of the time, so indeed, the light is softened and colors muted. It was time to experiment again with color negative film. One early morning, I left my car at a repair shop on Capitol Way and walked home through the city. Here are some random scenes on the way.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctFlZKsMpu885VD0rskhZMDOKWluv74RKIT95BrRU5tJ02Qjlv3nM7YHpOqbb4lTJVR-mi8hNL2HPnQ5bF_9vE-xSO9k40HBCHPoGPXyPHy8YxEm0bq3E_Xlzx5Vp8FWTduFoZ9AWuO6wS9BhKlmQDQpitEGgDuI6qvf4Z3sSknjJnygoLGpI-cl8lyIZ/s1415/20231212a_CapitolWay_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1415" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctFlZKsMpu885VD0rskhZMDOKWluv74RKIT95BrRU5tJ02Qjlv3nM7YHpOqbb4lTJVR-mi8hNL2HPnQ5bF_9vE-xSO9k40HBCHPoGPXyPHy8YxEm0bq3E_Xlzx5Vp8FWTduFoZ9AWuO6wS9BhKlmQDQpitEGgDuI6qvf4Z3sSknjJnygoLGpI-cl8lyIZ/w640-h530/20231212a_CapitolWay_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capitol Way, early morning</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXntVXGXzmGHZPaX3f8Q1i7_ODvCcSO8J5Jtx_YInvB0K8KeTVVLt-2TM5MCpZznlEJ95Fopfd90-pXG-917MPLdVXhA5Z5ZBBbEQzQS7lC4EdCyNTXROnRSS7QJL_aWJAObdGsZrE8HQ7bDSgs6F88gFMitKyWRxC1ZTLHOzhVY6hJj6dl4PxitRoudG/s1550/20231212b_ColumbiaStNW117_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="1550" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXntVXGXzmGHZPaX3f8Q1i7_ODvCcSO8J5Jtx_YInvB0K8KeTVVLt-2TM5MCpZznlEJ95Fopfd90-pXG-917MPLdVXhA5Z5ZBBbEQzQS7lC4EdCyNTXROnRSS7QJL_aWJAObdGsZrE8HQ7bDSgs6F88gFMitKyWRxC1ZTLHOzhVY6hJj6dl4PxitRoudG/w640-h558/20231212b_ColumbiaStNW117_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for some wiggling, 117 Columbia Street NW</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSfvMHdifF4GZKfVFSkXXsAjSHzBLUv1ixeGMoN8Dv_iU-4bcTdqBKjGJkeav6_Q0HhowdJ0-msGZzqi64TE3qIqX8fzQVaQ_eBDM2kpMtwmil9KFXZYu_16pRx-6rU76OikZD2xMvzuWK1tRDr87uJzkYHawlsWKXViAZe4nZgu1iCmpgcGZ2usPvtpN/s1550/20231212c_Alley-StateSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1550" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSfvMHdifF4GZKfVFSkXXsAjSHzBLUv1ixeGMoN8Dv_iU-4bcTdqBKjGJkeav6_Q0HhowdJ0-msGZzqi64TE3qIqX8fzQVaQ_eBDM2kpMtwmil9KFXZYu_16pRx-6rU76OikZD2xMvzuWK1tRDr87uJzkYHawlsWKXViAZe4nZgu1iCmpgcGZ2usPvtpN/w640-h440/20231212c_Alley-StateSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alley parallel to State Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQb71ogMsG4VlA8Milk4hNvc8ddgZxq8b5W3Ik7g0wu8t7u7hyphenhyphenIr5etiGOMHTVQAB3mrRpbnXbNSeryadAHXHkbP6jmXKa-4awoTBtk1rMmMK6xEUtTGnjKx0dHlTJ5IuGvkQbEm95G_uQFtwjgbLIAhJc0dajjZF3rKu13l4RAaDcJ09xr_fXHoH1enG/s1560/20231212e_Alley-StateSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1560" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQb71ogMsG4VlA8Milk4hNvc8ddgZxq8b5W3Ik7g0wu8t7u7hyphenhyphenIr5etiGOMHTVQAB3mrRpbnXbNSeryadAHXHkbP6jmXKa-4awoTBtk1rMmMK6xEUtTGnjKx0dHlTJ5IuGvkQbEm95G_uQFtwjgbLIAhJc0dajjZF3rKu13l4RAaDcJ09xr_fXHoH1enG/w640-h466/20231212e_Alley-StateSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alley parallel to State Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4M7dsm0-6dUX4i-33LrXdYkbrXqK-ldEqp-q4zzbMN27_g1DJ46BJBMBFxtiCdJLGwrD27BGOOvkawnRpa8k8DVVV-eLqjtwvANPgWN8uE_3RrmmwhoSsFMgpWTBPWdXIc8p-hlDuzJlFB545f8Yj7ObJuq5D-vv7LWx697E_gDJaFOLLYQJ-Wxy94SK/s1600/20231212f_RhythmsCoffee_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1600" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4M7dsm0-6dUX4i-33LrXdYkbrXqK-ldEqp-q4zzbMN27_g1DJ46BJBMBFxtiCdJLGwrD27BGOOvkawnRpa8k8DVVV-eLqjtwvANPgWN8uE_3RrmmwhoSsFMgpWTBPWdXIc8p-hlDuzJlFB545f8Yj7ObJuq5D-vv7LWx697E_gDJaFOLLYQJ-Wxy94SK/w640-h438/20231212f_RhythmsCoffee_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhythms Coffee, 210 4th Avenue W.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>According to Rhythms, "Stay tuned for some of the finest coffee on earth, never before served in Olympia." I think the best coffee I ever drank was in Colombia, but that is a story for another day.<div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyJPSwrWmeManfuwgBKSsQBlUpoYxDKUEn2SKbv1WlFe3ZzvuT8c82Uwt6Jfv7C00PvuJFBUbudTZKd5e5VLamXhTy8ns2mzf46KQk5KGIyqo_heseU8WeK-8D3a5-voLNOXHGBE4SISfih6NyXm26l9zvkzt2olygy1Evwzk_6pNGSC4eYVP55OSbAp_/s1600/20231212g_4thAve116_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1600" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyJPSwrWmeManfuwgBKSsQBlUpoYxDKUEn2SKbv1WlFe3ZzvuT8c82Uwt6Jfv7C00PvuJFBUbudTZKd5e5VLamXhTy8ns2mzf46KQk5KGIyqo_heseU8WeK-8D3a5-voLNOXHGBE4SISfih6NyXm26l9zvkzt2olygy1Evwzk_6pNGSC4eYVP55OSbAp_/w640-h486/20231212g_4thAve116_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is fishy at 116 4th Avenue</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuutEtawc42qRHugyx6L3NUQXBcaJAancIhdQlMv2UDaqrzoJQoVFReVAAfADiTESuhxePuy_yVcWy4gqutpuZizyfmujIUcNbI-raFfD2pFY9eKTMpB2PWFKxdcY2Ok7lNSXbezXMluSQiVqH67C32sYBLLhcDKIxXm8fkPUivSi3GTfhNc-qZQcSSdUj/s1600/20231212h_CapitolWay_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1600" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuutEtawc42qRHugyx6L3NUQXBcaJAancIhdQlMv2UDaqrzoJQoVFReVAAfADiTESuhxePuy_yVcWy4gqutpuZizyfmujIUcNbI-raFfD2pFY9eKTMpB2PWFKxdcY2Ok7lNSXbezXMluSQiVqH67C32sYBLLhcDKIxXm8fkPUivSi3GTfhNc-qZQcSSdUj/w640-h386/20231212h_CapitolWay_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capitol Way view south, rather uninspiring</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK-ylAlRmepwz5QseKLDGwQdr460afkhkyldYrKy9dVsCQMN6YKGAb6xEdbk9g4rvnrtipVyUv-I-6GP6R5hldw7GnqwAVnVSxFOvik3ZYnOj-OrbIwY79lqbcbd9WwjA_QZQ8jSwlP_le9YJPaulswHsfI6WXTALBEdL7OhWgAGyLH5KGwpk02ze0tGZ/s1400/20231212i_OssaSkinworks_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1400" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK-ylAlRmepwz5QseKLDGwQdr460afkhkyldYrKy9dVsCQMN6YKGAb6xEdbk9g4rvnrtipVyUv-I-6GP6R5hldw7GnqwAVnVSxFOvik3ZYnOj-OrbIwY79lqbcbd9WwjA_QZQ8jSwlP_le9YJPaulswHsfI6WXTALBEdL7OhWgAGyLH5KGwpk02ze0tGZ/w640-h490/20231212i_OssaSkinworks_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OSSA Skinworks, 109 Capitol Way N. Could they make my skin look good?</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSgf4WXJ4oRExSYkZVXbCvwhq6jX2YKc4tYvAc1NfIQweKj8eziop_9KuwKMPUPxLhWN7167MNT2z1amTC3ZtbzdW9exRHWEhlKdTjOAFgSR9VwhgrTfygbA9eHSBZHtMzVB0_sM_nuPTKq3a_7-ptrXlqrcfamHjZu35l-343jRHFqM8q55tQkzFO-CB/s1400/20231212j_WashingtonSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1400" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSgf4WXJ4oRExSYkZVXbCvwhq6jX2YKc4tYvAc1NfIQweKj8eziop_9KuwKMPUPxLhWN7167MNT2z1amTC3ZtbzdW9exRHWEhlKdTjOAFgSR9VwhgrTfygbA9eHSBZHtMzVB0_sM_nuPTKq3a_7-ptrXlqrcfamHjZu35l-343jRHFqM8q55tQkzFO-CB/w640-h438/20231212j_WashingtonSt_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington Street view south, also uninspiring</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Every city in USA seems to have a Washington Street. This one is not too interesting, but it does have some older architecture.</p><p>This ends Part 1 of our morning walk. Please type "Olympia" in the search box if you want to see older Olympia articles.</p><p>I took these photographs on long-expired Kodak Bright Sun (<i>i.e.</i>, Gold 100) film using my Pentax Spotmatic F camera and the 50mm ƒ/1.4 SMC Takumar lens. This is one of the mid-1970s versions of the 1.4 lens with multi coating and without elements containing thorium salts (some early 1970s versions yellowed because of the thorium glass). Most of my exposures this morning were at ƒ/2 or ƒ/2.8. It is convenient to have a large aperture lens. </p><p>This Gold 100 is more grainy that the Gold I shot years ago when the film was in production. The colors have that old film look; this roll survived the decades reasonably intact. Still, years have passed, and I suggest you not seek out Gold 100. I wish Kodak would reintroduce it. I tried their contemporary Gold 200 and thought it was too grainy. But in 120 size (medium format), the modern 200 might be fine.</p><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3301 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501, USA47.0466628 -122.902080523.061872986933032 -158.0583305 71.031452613066961 -87.7458305tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-2955878312178003392024-03-11T06:00:00.013-07:002024-03-11T06:00:00.246-07:00Olympia with Fuji NPH400 (Abandoned Films 12) (Oly 03)<p>Dear readers, we will continue our irregular series on Olympia, Washington. </p><p>Moving to a new home in a new state was quite an adventure. Closets and boxes in our former home revealed all sorts of treasures (much of it junk). How did we accumulate all this stuff? Is this the curse of American suburbia? </p><p>But I found some goodies. The depths of the freezer disgorged a box of 120 size Fuji NPH 400 film. The box expired in Feb. 2005. The last time I used a roll may have been in 2018, when I drove to Asheville, North Carolina, to <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2018/10/on-road-to-hot-springs-north-carolina.html" target="_blank">The Vintage</a> car show. Six years later, was it this NPH still viable? </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVxICDfykI6tZPtrir_gSbJrIaP4ocIwmg0K6jLbEpqj_V3chVQdVktlCmo92zG1JbdZWwQUuU8m_P8FrC7uAl1_HhJogxcT8OERzLdt3jZCdKiosWmq7X5ObQuJ5CW6QZf3Ls6xQQdAkSCY9zdhxl7wuhHboKU650NZ-5iadjLGwzhqq1D3x7iPJ3E4/s3264/20240203_111504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="3264" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVxICDfykI6tZPtrir_gSbJrIaP4ocIwmg0K6jLbEpqj_V3chVQdVktlCmo92zG1JbdZWwQUuU8m_P8FrC7uAl1_HhJogxcT8OERzLdt3jZCdKiosWmq7X5ObQuJ5CW6QZf3Ls6xQQdAkSCY9zdhxl7wuhHboKU650NZ-5iadjLGwzhqq1D3x7iPJ3E4/w640-h432/20240203_111504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Being a 400 film, I thought it would be useful for hand-held work with my Rolleiflex, which has a ƒ/3.5 lens. One drizzly January morning, I walked around west Olympia while waiting for car repair. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj794MxP_D7D2sImQTRyA1N0jKS2KBsgQrXi_9A_4PuoO7Q3pATqX7OxjwyVnOe-MFqYTGaaZM0PVEmYxAdWODh9vFiB5o3-zRhKsG1l3KuJA6lI5A41xycaJ47TMXummqLebC2P2452SbgfYGDncSSWu8s8_xHtnA7PLl2-xEnbwQ56xUz2r_fFD6VNcB/s1600/C20240105b2_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj794MxP_D7D2sImQTRyA1N0jKS2KBsgQrXi_9A_4PuoO7Q3pATqX7OxjwyVnOe-MFqYTGaaZM0PVEmYxAdWODh9vFiB5o3-zRhKsG1l3KuJA6lI5A41xycaJ47TMXummqLebC2P2452SbgfYGDncSSWu8s8_xHtnA7PLl2-xEnbwQ56xUz2r_fFD6VNcB/w640-h640/C20240105b2_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagan's Drive-In, 1420 Harrison Avenue - not yet open for the day</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBIZCnj18ow5wcGQEvyc98MdxUv3W764bpCxJSb1-hhicpilrcoq03yBnimbLgB8UVT9ohrhyphenhyphen7cT6I7UTtl8RcQDUNwqSaQtGvgAFqnuI9qGCOfk8ln-WvbKQxqfJaQjQ3-WufLRB6C9b_4WmVdJD7IKLBGv3Ut7OwXYcBA4qu3_BXIDaa-PJ0KuwXHHy/s1600/C20240105a2_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1600" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBIZCnj18ow5wcGQEvyc98MdxUv3W764bpCxJSb1-hhicpilrcoq03yBnimbLgB8UVT9ohrhyphenhyphen7cT6I7UTtl8RcQDUNwqSaQtGvgAFqnuI9qGCOfk8ln-WvbKQxqfJaQjQ3-WufLRB6C9b_4WmVdJD7IKLBGv3Ut7OwXYcBA4qu3_BXIDaa-PJ0KuwXHHy/w640-h636/C20240105a2_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagan's toilets, maybe not available today</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwhLDcjnhcUuaLK8UytilQ-26o3gkxRZZDfbjkBlx5pinWvTkgYMYiVTK96h1IVmd9yNB-rlpdBQN2GrNdpfnLPI7nOVTxsdjMZKu2GQxZAoRKQnrC522aT7TWi-vFqIEgojB6mKPGvGT_vCTf0nqbOd5TZuK85c8kSeyPuRAgcdQrS1c9dy05CaHlCIT/s1600/C20240105c_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1600" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwhLDcjnhcUuaLK8UytilQ-26o3gkxRZZDfbjkBlx5pinWvTkgYMYiVTK96h1IVmd9yNB-rlpdBQN2GrNdpfnLPI7nOVTxsdjMZKu2GQxZAoRKQnrC522aT7TWi-vFqIEgojB6mKPGvGT_vCTf0nqbOd5TZuK85c8kSeyPuRAgcdQrS1c9dy05CaHlCIT/w640-h636/C20240105c_Eagans-Drive-In_Harrison1420_Olympia_WA_cleaned_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dancing burger, Eagan's Drive-In</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIDEVDdGGarN2vX4rsT3xx5zh1oOa1qAiBH5NxGgg4AWXJG6DaqQLJGFk8tv5puqIpjGFK8XeHbotcL6rc3sy2K4SBNGJbcfH99rUBuzcTFdAbNEt-c_N4sPos7hDvCy7TjGsTDGAP7DlqgwgnfuvxpmbQA_zFWMpv9AvZO9Xbk9qCPa_3Jw8xalyh85i/s1600/C20240105d_DivisionSt_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIDEVDdGGarN2vX4rsT3xx5zh1oOa1qAiBH5NxGgg4AWXJG6DaqQLJGFk8tv5puqIpjGFK8XeHbotcL6rc3sy2K4SBNGJbcfH99rUBuzcTFdAbNEt-c_N4sPos7hDvCy7TjGsTDGAP7DlqgwgnfuvxpmbQA_zFWMpv9AvZO9Xbk9qCPa_3Jw8xalyh85i/w640-h640/C20240105d_DivisionSt_Olympia_WA_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Division Street view north</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTtdrEa_NscIO4YxWlHsZKF6lSnKDSC6g0OhltU_OsxoA6ESZMeHj6LPPjcsnhCLF57MvWEdbagKDjhpO2-K9qXAR-Ofu4Xu5QPrIPsKUeF9yRKl1jgmop16BZTCeHZcRP3LxiakpQcHRB8bdcCxjEayU9vmhzKl5_Bp2n2KbNW0JugAzlUDBHIzWH6cv/s1600/C20240105e_TacoTrucks_HarisonAve_Olympia_WA_cleaned_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1600" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTtdrEa_NscIO4YxWlHsZKF6lSnKDSC6g0OhltU_OsxoA6ESZMeHj6LPPjcsnhCLF57MvWEdbagKDjhpO2-K9qXAR-Ofu4Xu5QPrIPsKUeF9yRKl1jgmop16BZTCeHZcRP3LxiakpQcHRB8bdcCxjEayU9vmhzKl5_Bp2n2KbNW0JugAzlUDBHIzWH6cv/w640-h636/C20240105e_TacoTrucks_HarisonAve_Olympia_WA_cleaned_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taco trucks ready to roll, Harrison Avenue</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I took the Rolleiflex out on a cheerful sunny day. The NPH film responded much better.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_dxXaqOpR6K3pQ4IGZhyphenhyphenkrOWHtQmOAN-ZgL5YkjD1EwM1itgkqCYFQOz5He8sBx98SL55AVgES98ONShElWN4jdMkq8Ns8_-lMNQ2cSHpZsxa8mIO_wvSjLQJIoye6eh4Rg81-O_uba5CCBs81YQxopXYOzlOmHg1WKD1Ih9o42SiDgFF8ACcTyDu6pF/s1600/C20240106_Shipyard_Olympia_WA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="1600" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_dxXaqOpR6K3pQ4IGZhyphenhyphenkrOWHtQmOAN-ZgL5YkjD1EwM1itgkqCYFQOz5He8sBx98SL55AVgES98ONShElWN4jdMkq8Ns8_-lMNQ2cSHpZsxa8mIO_wvSjLQJIoye6eh4Rg81-O_uba5CCBs81YQxopXYOzlOmHg1WKD1Ih9o42SiDgFF8ACcTyDu6pF/w640-h632/C20240106_Shipyard_Olympia_WA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swantown Boatworks, Marine Drive NE </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Conclusion: Semi-success, this long-expired NPH 400 was still viable. But some of the frames were slightly underexposed, some more extreme. My Luna Pro light meter is working correctly because other rolls of film from 2024 are properly exposed, frame after frame. Could this old NPH film be more sensitive to reciprocity failure because of its age? (Reciprocity with camera film means that the film sensitivity is not linear over a standard light range. Therefore, darker scenes need more exposure than a light meter might indicate.) For this roll, I set the Exposure Index at 320, but next time, I will use EI=200 or even lower. Regardless, it is time to use it up. Even frozen, it will not last forever.</p><p>Thanks for enduring another adventure in expired camera film. </p><p><br /></p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com31420 Harrison Ave NW, Olympia, WA 98502, USA47.046071 -122.91986218.735837163821152 -158.076112 75.35630483617885 -87.763612tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-17681439528626791882024-03-04T05:00:00.089-08:002024-03-04T05:00:00.131-08:00Heading West Through Texas, October 2023<p>We were in a hurry heading west. It had been stressful to escape Houston via US290, but at least we could use the HOV lanes. As dusk approached, we passed through Somerville, a town about half way between Houston and Austin. I saw a large BNSF rail yard and had to stop and take a frame or two in the gloomy dusk light. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw6OKqDWmeY82hSPDLKQrSy9ag7B4XplFqa2Es49cTv8HQm6YpsAiNVZnF-g34IYZnJ3wsTxlRPK7R1wrMykFhQXUIu54ZVZ-D9vIuKdmrZFs-w1f7rYc3OlJoiNfoq5KmB9wnTbO-MZYfd2diw4sk0XybC4FI-y4Ua5Z_OrUJipTPJGF66Y8C1HlRkf4/s2270/20231027a_BNSF-rail_Somerville_TX_adj2_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2270" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw6OKqDWmeY82hSPDLKQrSy9ag7B4XplFqa2Es49cTv8HQm6YpsAiNVZnF-g34IYZnJ3wsTxlRPK7R1wrMykFhQXUIu54ZVZ-D9vIuKdmrZFs-w1f7rYc3OlJoiNfoq5KmB9wnTbO-MZYfd2diw4sk0XybC4FI-y4Ua5Z_OrUJipTPJGF66Y8C1HlRkf4/w640-h458/20231027a_BNSF-rail_Somerville_TX_adj2_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view west, Somerville, Texas (Fuji Acros film, 135mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens hand-held)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>A day later, we were still driving west through Texas. Wow, what a large state. Long-term readers may remember that in November of 2022, we drove to the Rio Grande Valley. That took two days, also. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWm1IontcbmvkTOMXEPgxdG1weF_a_a1Le3NeOFKwhRSb3YSRSE88Bi6JEh9c2jmaEAA0uI8bNqQsSpoE576Ri6Qys-w49LOFdZhlh3WVjpV4dLxqWCh2TzTKPPj5ucAvb8LEL-cUoHBpNCu2j2podZgghjZIx2yhgU5jRXu4zuXVE27EQZg0RF7VIYC6/s1600/20231028a_LockwoodSt_Tahoka_TX_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWm1IontcbmvkTOMXEPgxdG1weF_a_a1Le3NeOFKwhRSb3YSRSE88Bi6JEh9c2jmaEAA0uI8bNqQsSpoE576Ri6Qys-w49LOFdZhlh3WVjpV4dLxqWCh2TzTKPPj5ucAvb8LEL-cUoHBpNCu2j2podZgghjZIx2yhgU5jRXu4zuXVE27EQZg0RF7VIYC6/w640-h428/20231028a_LockwoodSt_Tahoka_TX_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lockwood Street, Tahoka, Texas (55mm ƒ/1.8 SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAViLMROD94wPMBRqBjQVehJmISOu9GMyFTYQly1UM5e2-92L1BhR4QAUUOEoG_TAttiBTN6imVPlC6tPXQei9fHfBkg-tNzA82HTJ1UZBo7IQjuF2yxPHLgZR1urrKoPGDZMm_W_HDR7qdYzsELGh0-u8UIbZBvDYW2y1Cr8B2zsM-mxqvG19RiMVoSL/s1600/20231028b_LockwoodSt_Tahoka_TX_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAViLMROD94wPMBRqBjQVehJmISOu9GMyFTYQly1UM5e2-92L1BhR4QAUUOEoG_TAttiBTN6imVPlC6tPXQei9fHfBkg-tNzA82HTJ1UZBo7IQjuF2yxPHLgZR1urrKoPGDZMm_W_HDR7qdYzsELGh0-u8UIbZBvDYW2y1Cr8B2zsM-mxqvG19RiMVoSL/w640-h428/20231028b_LockwoodSt_Tahoka_TX_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Drizzle was falling, and we need to take a stretch break. As I recall, there was no coffee shop in Tahoka. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq15LNv0JkNmc4-ZSzL55Pm74RglnMgkGONGbUT0HiL_j3HXBUN9ZhQ45CZbN8Wjh595kXg_Wuvoi1tMaCkXxG0fX_mGrayHIdCvGpTJQH1xsbqXQDfDLWs73sTGojJkensqYgPYFxs_Tv_YHdDHTHhIdfxM47sQq1GBoHEX2RgltBRuj6dM86JBHZAExe/s1600/20231028_153527_Tahoka-Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq15LNv0JkNmc4-ZSzL55Pm74RglnMgkGONGbUT0HiL_j3HXBUN9ZhQ45CZbN8Wjh595kXg_Wuvoi1tMaCkXxG0fX_mGrayHIdCvGpTJQH1xsbqXQDfDLWs73sTGojJkensqYgPYFxs_Tv_YHdDHTHhIdfxM47sQq1GBoHEX2RgltBRuj6dM86JBHZAExe/w640-h480/20231028_153527_Tahoka-Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Sorry, I could not resist, a gaudy phone pic. of a former gas station with a cover to keep off the rain. </p><p>This was a frustrating trip. I wanted to spend at least two weeks on the trip and do some creative photography, but we had to rush to Olympia to meet the moving truck. One of us should have flown to Olympia and then returned to some airport en route to continue a more leisurely drive. Texas offers a lot of interesting photo subject matter, even in small towns like the examples above. It has been fun exploring Texas. But will I ever return to the great open expanses? </p><p>Please type "Texas" in the search box to see previous articles. </p><p>I took the black and white frames on Fuji Acros film with my Pentax Spotmatic F camera and 55mm and 135mm lenses.</p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com4Somerville, TX 77879, USA30.3460432 -96.52830222.035809363821155 -131.68455219999998 58.656277036178849 -61.3720522tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-23874493574343379342024-02-26T06:00:00.006-08:002024-02-26T06:00:00.128-08:00Moving Out: Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana<h3 style="text-align: left;">Background</h3><p><br /></p><p>Isle de Jean Charles is a small fishing community at the south end of Island Road in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It feels like the end of the world. The town was the home of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians for almost 200 years. All the houses now are elevated on piles or stilts, and there is limited dry land. One low and vulnerable road, a spur off of Louisiana 665, leads to the town. </p><p>Because Island Road is often flooded, sometimes for days, and safety services can not be guaranteed for the residents, the community needs to move. According to a January 2024<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240130-this-louisiana-town-moved-to-escape-climate-disaster" target="_blank"> BBC article</a>, "This Louisiana town moved to escape climate-linked disaster," the residents of Isle Jean Charles are in the process of relocating to The New Isle Community, much further inland and safe from flooding. Building a major levee system to protect the town from hurricane surge was too expensive, and relocation was the only alternative.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Sediments of the Mississippi Delta</h3><p><br /></p><p>The title of the BBC article is somewhat deceptive. Rising sea level <u>is</u> making the road to Isle de Jean Charles more vulnerable to storm surges and even normal high tides. And the rising sea exacerbates other issues throughout south Louisiana such as infrastructure, drainage, pollutants, and sea water incursion further into the swamps. But at least four other major factors account for land loss in southern Louisiana:</p><p>1. The sediment is sinking. All this marshy deltaic sediment came down the Mississippi River. As the immense sediment mass of the Mississippi Delta dewaters over centuries, it compresses. </p><p>2. Oil and gas producers dredged channels through the marshes. These channels allowed seawater to enter the marshes and kill fresh-water marsh vegetation. Without the root structures and emergent plants, storms washed away the limited soil. And the lack of plants means minimal new sediment gets trapped.</p><p>3. The path of the Mississippi River has been channelized by levees for 200 years. During floods, sediment no longer spreads out over the adjacent delta. When the US Army Corps of Engineers dredges the navigation channel, they place some of this material onto the nearby marshes. Openings in the levees also allow flood water to spread. But these two placement and diversion mechanisms still do not replicate the pre-engineered river when it flowed unconstrained.</p><p>4. Less sediment is brought down to south Louisiana. Compared to the era before the late 1800s, levees line all of the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries. The era of mass tree deforestation is over. Farming practice considers erosion control much more than it did 100 years ago. Dams on the Missouri and Ohio River systems trap sediment in their ponds. The Corps of Engineers reduces bank sloughing and erosion with concrete mats. In effect, we are retaining sediment on the continent. </p><p>This is a complicated topic. A vast technical literature examines sediment, hydrology, climatology, and geotechnical issues in Southern Louisiana.</p><p>A March 2019 article in <i><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/01/louisianas-disappearing-coast" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a></i>, "Louisiana's Disappearing Coast," is a readable and detailed description of the factors that cause land loss. </p><p>John McFee's seminal 1987 article in <i><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/02/23/atchafalaya" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a></i>, "The Control of Nature, Atchafalaya," describes the heroic efforts to prevent the Mississippi River from changing its path to debouch into the Gulf of Mexico at the Atchafalaya delta, not the present delta. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Isle de Jean Charles in 2019</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBV_hfVZBouNHhQ7gLMUfOlhWfhOUh-dZiOwsDXyng9Pu3UVqRJFS3GXcZ_p-V_UatcZwt9eHgfEmm9mq_1dqEuc0cHU5f003m6aH47OnAqIYW3d8xewAaK4s2mxPLCfulMsfuriRb0ewGkH6RK1ux7oZ51Y_6s5GsxwWOSzdzP-cV7ygfLkuue4bB8f7/s1600/20190428a_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBV_hfVZBouNHhQ7gLMUfOlhWfhOUh-dZiOwsDXyng9Pu3UVqRJFS3GXcZ_p-V_UatcZwt9eHgfEmm9mq_1dqEuc0cHU5f003m6aH47OnAqIYW3d8xewAaK4s2mxPLCfulMsfuriRb0ewGkH6RK1ux7oZ51Y_6s5GsxwWOSzdzP-cV7ygfLkuue4bB8f7/w640-h640/20190428a_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bayou or boat canal parallel to Island Road, Isle de Jean Charles, April 28, 2019</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpuU4oys-cx7d5Uvn6deCLfGG7ZOom3WwN59_Xfj-aLIqsJZ43R8xQ97jHCocbrwScBeJAD6FbdJVmB4rY6SfOEcyoI0RLvsBxSoLVPWri2jf-lDVZi1yQvL4CQACTfgYFMeYrBwH9j3_Rk0JnLa2lSbckdv0xCUt9Ib4F9tNTTMdry4abXys9BiWt-z9/s1600/20190428c_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpuU4oys-cx7d5Uvn6deCLfGG7ZOom3WwN59_Xfj-aLIqsJZ43R8xQ97jHCocbrwScBeJAD6FbdJVmB4rY6SfOEcyoI0RLvsBxSoLVPWri2jf-lDVZi1yQvL4CQACTfgYFMeYrBwH9j3_Rk0JnLa2lSbckdv0xCUt9Ib4F9tNTTMdry4abXys9BiWt-z9/w636-h640/20190428c_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pedestrian bridge over boat canal</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>My wife and I drove out to Isle de Jean Charles in spring of 2019. We were on a trip to explore the Acadian Parishes of Louisiana and revisit some towns that we had seen before, such as Dulac and Lafayette. We had read about Isle de Jean Charles and wanted to see the town. Driving on Island Road felt like we were on a boat crossing the marshes and lakes. In many stretches, the pavement was only a foot or less above the water.</p><p>We stopped at the marina. It was a gorgeous sunny day, and the town gents were drinking beer and having a good old time out on the deck. They said they had seen the plans to move everyone to a new town and were somewhat skeptical. Some of the town residents already had homes further inland. They watched the tide predictions, and if high water or a tropical storm was predicted, they would head north to stay with relatives and wait for the weather to pass. The gents also wondered if the plan was to move the Chawtaws out and then the developers would build condominiums. </p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIi9h8L1mKHbJMngI1jXOB4elfzI7Z71AzwvFi4moMf9AA-qW17FOYUTfKRpDGOuJ2MUHPJQv92vvf9mSsYxdgSNF13zmxF0GFna0fMZHT9JojRJlCCpUxpRhY8whiyk64GfO6ylp0qAIqSHpxNbCDKb4HYBl_GG42cvBbFLg9W2PpeygsHfhsYZqvwrk8/s1600/20190428b_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1600" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIi9h8L1mKHbJMngI1jXOB4elfzI7Z71AzwvFi4moMf9AA-qW17FOYUTfKRpDGOuJ2MUHPJQv92vvf9mSsYxdgSNF13zmxF0GFna0fMZHT9JojRJlCCpUxpRhY8whiyk64GfO6ylp0qAIqSHpxNbCDKb4HYBl_GG42cvBbFLg9W2PpeygsHfhsYZqvwrk8/w640-h636/20190428b_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wood crossovers to provide access to Island Road</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3GLlglXMNZqX80kh0YmQgfvAm0xDwCvqq-NdlSkLOIz5aF_gKGZl0FKR1jhIEf30l6q-r7kQmnsaXhwacggtNMxtCrdj7nbcFnKLV4z-6rwc2DhQmWkrzVkgx2U1LJcWPT61hyphenhyphen-s4D3Bku3MOld3x62S0ejG7P3CB8ICvlKabx1SDB1Pjglo8CXDqOI1/s1600/20190428g_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1600" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3GLlglXMNZqX80kh0YmQgfvAm0xDwCvqq-NdlSkLOIz5aF_gKGZl0FKR1jhIEf30l6q-r7kQmnsaXhwacggtNMxtCrdj7nbcFnKLV4z-6rwc2DhQmWkrzVkgx2U1LJcWPT61hyphenhyphen-s4D3Bku3MOld3x62S0ejG7P3CB8ICvlKabx1SDB1Pjglo8CXDqOI1/w640-h636/20190428g_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat canal almost filled with vegetation</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK0mP77oeViKMpqCtxC1l6JjPky6LrNgJM5Lk98onHofgob6ig22BotlgglhBlJfwJp3N7It82SjOGidrCzSkxjmRdFjeKJbdvZZlSI_jvdiKPZ0n-FG3YUsoo5DSpR4XtasOJHgF1Sm7NgdLQOPqW2A0OTDP7zHqR70icsZn8r94HG-g4Miy5yb4j6L5/s1600/20190428e_House_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK0mP77oeViKMpqCtxC1l6JjPky6LrNgJM5Lk98onHofgob6ig22BotlgglhBlJfwJp3N7It82SjOGidrCzSkxjmRdFjeKJbdvZZlSI_jvdiKPZ0n-FG3YUsoo5DSpR4XtasOJHgF1Sm7NgdLQOPqW2A0OTDP7zHqR70icsZn8r94HG-g4Miy5yb4j6L5/w638-h640/20190428e_House_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="638" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elevated Isle de Jean Charles house</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVgiVYPenVuCcVN6TeEDba4VcFOGGh3h8CkLxm10PoRZw7Qfl7Xwx90eJdKp_sWrlVJ8uyfn4C0bktY4fyTUqZMr1XRLKNvecvqs7hyphenhyphenl9QmLhyphenhyphenuda3qA8mToX3lpTh1LsmRzzBEZxenDH9cOlR1NHveexmHczC3TinNNt1_wUL7iHOeSFEWzfHjtWD2Ee/s1600/20190428h_House_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVgiVYPenVuCcVN6TeEDba4VcFOGGh3h8CkLxm10PoRZw7Qfl7Xwx90eJdKp_sWrlVJ8uyfn4C0bktY4fyTUqZMr1XRLKNvecvqs7hyphenhyphenl9QmLhyphenhyphenuda3qA8mToX3lpTh1LsmRzzBEZxenDH9cOlR1NHveexmHczC3TinNNt1_wUL7iHOeSFEWzfHjtWD2Ee/w640-h640/20190428h_House_IsledeJeanCharles_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This was a nice afternoon. The few people we met were friendly. But we were not in town long enough to get a sense of how many people lived there at that time. It felt quiet. If the BBC article is correct, Isle de Jean Charles may be much quieter soon. I am glad that my wife and I had the chance to visit when it was still possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took these photographs with a Hasselblad 501CM camera on Kodak Panatomic-X film using 50mm and 80mm Zeiss lenses. Some were tripod-mounted. Praus Productions in Rochester, New York, developed the film in Xtol. I scanned the negatives with a Minolta Scan Multi film scanner. Panatomic-X is a mid-century wonder product for this type of subject matter. </div><div> </div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3Isle de Jean Charles, LA 70377, USA29.3959995 -90.4885817999999921.085765663821153 -125.64483179999999 57.70623333617884 -55.332331799999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-53795221640638841522024-02-19T01:00:00.002-08:002024-02-19T01:00:00.132-08:00Continuing Decline, Johnson Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5er44BUhcnCH2f3Qi-uECP5T4C8x8px5Hr_6qH6FsnGo1dfK70wIi4nyOeHPYpP1smy_mRNGtMQwN2inAqeJyv-HvtHi5w5aPzpFnyXe2vxMXU-uPFdH9PgP4gaxzw4dAKqUF9d0lmN3Itb7PX4LFGPw8Fys3xGFUc6dwl-KlbGBw_HjqZ8AggcyFztQK/s4000/x_____xnc8MobAxP9aimjKP4PJmvA..x_____x_ags_dd34209e-be6d-11ee-9177-0afa9f6e927d.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5er44BUhcnCH2f3Qi-uECP5T4C8x8px5Hr_6qH6FsnGo1dfK70wIi4nyOeHPYpP1smy_mRNGtMQwN2inAqeJyv-HvtHi5w5aPzpFnyXe2vxMXU-uPFdH9PgP4gaxzw4dAKqUF9d0lmN3Itb7PX4LFGPw8Fys3xGFUc6dwl-KlbGBw_HjqZ8AggcyFztQK/w640-h640/x_____xnc8MobAxP9aimjKP4PJmvA..x_____x_ags_dd34209e-be6d-11ee-9177-0afa9f6e927d.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red outline shows Johnson Street (from ArcGIS Online) </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Johnson Street is one of many semi-hidden narrow Vicksburg roads whose location was dictated by the area's complicated loess topography. Many roads followed the crest of ridges. Johnson Street follows a ridge that sweeps downhill from South Washington Street (just north of Lee Street) into the valley that is now occupied by the Vicksburg High School ball fields. Many people probably never go down Johnson unless they specifically planned to see a resident there or possibly turned in by accident.</div><p>Twenty years ago, many of the houses along Johnson were occupied. But one by one, they were abandoned or the city condemned them because of dangerous or unsanitary conditions. Then the city razed the buildings. Here are photographs of the remaining houses in April of 2023. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31QOIUdtGPiiPaW95XvlIwmb9gYaKa7Z9d6lN25pE1LqrH59JpImLCam3pXkKWkyd27n5L8w9SgDgur5SBP3wdlysJACBCDLUl4wdLGAeKdtTl4hrT547R8kG2a0kJKvc6GwmFlZXkTF2aMQeRuJpWgDirbLmSCuiXG-1-MpsBcp8aQPZPHJ7DwhA5_Xu/s1600/20230314_172625_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31QOIUdtGPiiPaW95XvlIwmb9gYaKa7Z9d6lN25pE1LqrH59JpImLCam3pXkKWkyd27n5L8w9SgDgur5SBP3wdlysJACBCDLUl4wdLGAeKdtTl4hrT547R8kG2a0kJKvc6GwmFlZXkTF2aMQeRuJpWgDirbLmSCuiXG-1-MpsBcp8aQPZPHJ7DwhA5_Xu/w640-h480/20230314_172625_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This is the site of the former 748 Johnson Street after the city demolished it. A bulldozer graded the dirt down the hill. Contractors do this work. According to a 2020 article in <i>The Vicksburg Post</i>, it cost the city about $25,000 to raze a simple wooden house and clear the land of debris. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLzj5SPVN9_L42zCqXcegoJS8Aj7WtPYqwMfiTTH2kzZZhFTcTJgSa4QB1rjAtQmKRQ22j053-DXMzl7a-I3_eewH5NnnkNFCCrmxXDNxKvaocHLQjymLpvKhoqCtw_MxgqcyT25545YMgTlENJF5-9qi9OeAFGI4InMFJ1q1wPrajq__PHnG0QcDzSoD/s1600/20230406a_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1076" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLzj5SPVN9_L42zCqXcegoJS8Aj7WtPYqwMfiTTH2kzZZhFTcTJgSa4QB1rjAtQmKRQ22j053-DXMzl7a-I3_eewH5NnnkNFCCrmxXDNxKvaocHLQjymLpvKhoqCtw_MxgqcyT25545YMgTlENJF5-9qi9OeAFGI4InMFJ1q1wPrajq__PHnG0QcDzSoD/w430-h640/20230406a_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">728 Johnson Street (Kodak Ektar 100 film, Pentax Spotmatic F camera, 28mm SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCmPRfI0LmIUo-jnDdFeahRNJlURkvimDqxvXurmUz_YlXPqf7JLWZMhKcSbf15_oWboAqPL1gohxmfU71IvKUWpv65Ddq0zN0V64arJh6aG53p1TJl_hbJ4D6NGOWouVL8ZVryC7rDnhZtQVuyrRf_ykloHU7VjH42bb4BofwTo7vHDUDEIqjGYiJwlh/s1600/20230406b_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCmPRfI0LmIUo-jnDdFeahRNJlURkvimDqxvXurmUz_YlXPqf7JLWZMhKcSbf15_oWboAqPL1gohxmfU71IvKUWpv65Ddq0zN0V64arJh6aG53p1TJl_hbJ4D6NGOWouVL8ZVryC7rDnhZtQVuyrRf_ykloHU7VjH42bb4BofwTo7vHDUDEIqjGYiJwlh/w640-h432/20230406b_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">728 Johnson Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This little mid-century house at 728 had a serious gullying problem below the front right corner of the foundation. The gully served as a convenient trash dump. I looked in the door and a homeless guy was sleeping in one of the bedrooms. He and some other guys called this place home. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW661d3zbuY_cUSkuqXQf36TeRVn_QaLkyQ1vuN6HV1HGgBVWjX_6W5azL-sLat9_0zXJWy5FL99FymmQF34rMSyzobvgBf_jQvvBQOpCYIMuRN0y4zX8sNH0URugI6AknNeEJQ2ff2ngKIjAwzT6BGgR5MV5nTh6IJk5Fdex6S6YhjjkwYnBOYULeHkVA/s1600/20230406c_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1600" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW661d3zbuY_cUSkuqXQf36TeRVn_QaLkyQ1vuN6HV1HGgBVWjX_6W5azL-sLat9_0zXJWy5FL99FymmQF34rMSyzobvgBf_jQvvBQOpCYIMuRN0y4zX8sNH0URugI6AknNeEJQ2ff2ngKIjAwzT6BGgR5MV5nTh6IJk5Fdex6S6YhjjkwYnBOYULeHkVA/w640-h438/20230406c_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">733 Johnson Street (28mm SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p1l7xt7BCpdiYUyaX874MdVj_nTrUST2Rwj63_7o1RXdoAD684o-UeUSIYJgNPlhhdF_-Y1-D7YGALa1x_gew-as-QJ3pKfazi8pjf8UWx6Cga5_NI9oWPF73t9YRbvf8LI-TXo7XWW984HduGhhl25rhGzQcRIdDcNER8GdSARZodJYrbaWt0On8t_B/s1600/20230406d_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1600" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p1l7xt7BCpdiYUyaX874MdVj_nTrUST2Rwj63_7o1RXdoAD684o-UeUSIYJgNPlhhdF_-Y1-D7YGALa1x_gew-as-QJ3pKfazi8pjf8UWx6Cga5_NI9oWPF73t9YRbvf8LI-TXo7XWW984HduGhhl25rhGzQcRIdDcNER8GdSARZodJYrbaWt0On8t_B/w640-h442/20230406d_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">733 Johnson Street (28mm SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrTBCEI4yX30twRCS-AeLr5HdxAUIy6HTQVkjB7Aj4Lq4Gego31GgfJi8wM7J5a80EFB8SVqu41kGgZ8xgmNoAlxCJQ4iHUmWEQM5xxuMRgBApiwlKrIBmNANltS8BUqEDdvjwZ6RrdHk3Sp_0RCxLxuXeXvVXLf_YNHGP7AYs6clU7YAKH0pSzfOneiH/s1600/20230406f_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrTBCEI4yX30twRCS-AeLr5HdxAUIy6HTQVkjB7Aj4Lq4Gego31GgfJi8wM7J5a80EFB8SVqu41kGgZ8xgmNoAlxCJQ4iHUmWEQM5xxuMRgBApiwlKrIBmNANltS8BUqEDdvjwZ6RrdHk3Sp_0RCxLxuXeXvVXLf_YNHGP7AYs6clU7YAKH0pSzfOneiH/w640-h436/20230406f_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parlor of 733 Johnson Street (35mm Super-Takumar lens braced on a window ledge)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />No. 733 was a typical Vicksburg house where the front door was approximately at street level while the back projected out over the gully, supported by wood pilings. Hundreds of houses like this were built early in the 20th century, and they survived for decades despite their precarious supports. Once the house is abandoned or condemned, the lot cannot be redeveloped.<div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfAjp14LzW02SJ56ncCwjw8Q79D9Ez_jxRb7cW4A1XEsXw2tZDxu5VGoimFaGq0870Sq3HfT6aiMhr5TcKCJSYu8_Wgjn8m01qu7i1jR0mE_eGxHlY2wsG6WRopDVUC61ojy3yG_0ht6WO1kCVZ7AwhCAFgEbqPx1XSTJE_-eNowvrCN4Hw0ZnfOMAvwE/s1600/20230406h_JohnsonSt735_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfAjp14LzW02SJ56ncCwjw8Q79D9Ez_jxRb7cW4A1XEsXw2tZDxu5VGoimFaGq0870Sq3HfT6aiMhr5TcKCJSYu8_Wgjn8m01qu7i1jR0mE_eGxHlY2wsG6WRopDVUC61ojy3yG_0ht6WO1kCVZ7AwhCAFgEbqPx1XSTJE_-eNowvrCN4Hw0ZnfOMAvwE/w640-h432/20230406h_JohnsonSt735_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downhill side of 733 Johnson Street</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNOawmv26h2G8dTR9AznV8i_DEwXVDWpmmrDYXqVPwAdTawVEL4f0GPkBiE8mDY4DiFERP9ea8LPxRmIQeGIxdg3nc_JheXVpJqWs3FFocjUmqpUo767pgkhJ01_-RWZl0zOAo54DG70TgpJR9uGr6YR8iquzH5n5DoWHRHle98beV67sETbxDnreMXX5/s1600/20230406e_Gully_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1091" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNOawmv26h2G8dTR9AznV8i_DEwXVDWpmmrDYXqVPwAdTawVEL4f0GPkBiE8mDY4DiFERP9ea8LPxRmIQeGIxdg3nc_JheXVpJqWs3FFocjUmqpUo767pgkhJ01_-RWZl0zOAo54DG70TgpJR9uGr6YR8iquzH5n5DoWHRHle98beV67sETbxDnreMXX5/w436-h640/20230406e_Gully_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p>This is the gully (valley) just north of Johnson Street. This looks wild and impassible, but deer, raccoons, and possums wander these wooded spaces throughout the city. Snakes do, too.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1fHvZkAGOYJ4m6gm-tgwzZx5e8Sp7qBlzH9gcDQvVj5IYSRXvFlclq-DraAKv-PZ-9Z9Onk62ZrSZ1F33vbbmvwTp2G-19SaKX7rdJ8iVd_CMtC2NWMdDnXSEAUh4DWUTUv913HWFywKOw6sNoYbMaaT65qtm9e7flX8-m9FwXRdLj7vXNPFcgbVme6E/s1600/20230406g_JohnsonSt735_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1600" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1fHvZkAGOYJ4m6gm-tgwzZx5e8Sp7qBlzH9gcDQvVj5IYSRXvFlclq-DraAKv-PZ-9Z9Onk62ZrSZ1F33vbbmvwTp2G-19SaKX7rdJ8iVd_CMtC2NWMdDnXSEAUh4DWUTUv913HWFywKOw6sNoYbMaaT65qtm9e7flX8-m9FwXRdLj7vXNPFcgbVme6E/w640-h438/20230406g_JohnsonSt735_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">735 Johnson Street (28mm SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is another modest mid-century house. I assume it was built on a lot once occupied by an older early-20th century cottage. The back was perched over the valley like other houses on Johnson Street.<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzZqWy8GzNf69k1HsqkB-7Yqu88JxJIBwQHNTraonWppbhiwU-bNSaFMEb3PxSbUiCYK5Rrcb5CjkZ5d-8i5QnP6zRmyx-483xlsv1VBH4r6K8hKQwZbnBONnL42y2eR31dngZVM2WM-5B0GTbNLZ88FwtDTFADnL-vrlxglZlxOkNgjCRY3nQPp8gCIk/s1400/20230503a_ChurchBus_JohnsonSt746_Vicksburg_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1400" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzZqWy8GzNf69k1HsqkB-7Yqu88JxJIBwQHNTraonWppbhiwU-bNSaFMEb3PxSbUiCYK5Rrcb5CjkZ5d-8i5QnP6zRmyx-483xlsv1VBH4r6K8hKQwZbnBONnL42y2eR31dngZVM2WM-5B0GTbNLZ88FwtDTFADnL-vrlxglZlxOkNgjCRY3nQPp8gCIk/w640-h522/20230503a_ChurchBus_JohnsonSt746_Vicksburg_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Church bus, Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 746 Johnson Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEXJGO3fzydFD0r_ikifMF-LvRo9lZztrh53JWXVZXd7vZLZAoIMAkD28qLUBLvsmj5vEu_a1IllBW9J4sFbibLtZJ6hlizMRN7xz3QWVXHoAR5uLmJMfeYW4WpJAKWxWV5Qh0GEze_FjuLx8FhFEC0ciqNv7TxlD856gxuzEM3X-p3CaAT3yBBqyJgRr/s1600/20200219i2_JohnsonSt754_Vicksburg_50mm_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEXJGO3fzydFD0r_ikifMF-LvRo9lZztrh53JWXVZXd7vZLZAoIMAkD28qLUBLvsmj5vEu_a1IllBW9J4sFbibLtZJ6hlizMRN7xz3QWVXHoAR5uLmJMfeYW4WpJAKWxWV5Qh0GEze_FjuLx8FhFEC0ciqNv7TxlD856gxuzEM3X-p3CaAT3yBBqyJgRr/w636-h640/20200219i2_JohnsonSt754_Vicksburg_50mm_resize.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">754 Johnson Street (50mm Hasselblad lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This ends out short walk on Johnson Street. All these houses have been demolished since I took these photographs. Slowly but surely, Vicksburg's older neighborhoods are becoming less densely populated as these older houses are torn down.</p><p>The 2023 photographs are from Kodak Ektar 100 film from my new/old <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/10/danger-gas-and-review-of-spotmatic-f.html" target="_blank">Pentax Spotmatic F</a> camera.</p><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com0Johnson St, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA32.3271643 -90.89054564.0169304638211543 -126.0467956 60.637398136178845 -55.734295599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-6635673049496795112024-02-10T06:00:00.236-08:002024-02-10T06:00:00.139-08:00Another Random Walk around Vicksburg, Mississippi (2021-2023)<h3 style="text-align: left;">Downtown</h3><div></div><div><br />In the last article, I looked at houses along South Washington Street. Let's take a semi-random walk in the southern part of Vicksburg plus one view downtown and see what interesting photons passed through my camera lens and into the film emulsion. Most of these frames will also be from color negative film, mostly Kodak Ektar 100. Please click any picture to see more details.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDR7J-gq5pXr1PXbqw6Q3wk7udLi9QIAMAoN2Yvbv6Nc70lNAulRc_V6-694UZjsIkQma9ZHbRy6EdMTnRuRVcSwRYDJ91YDnNPm86HfNyEbUVkkXai0bBtI7KjIsfd3tvuDqsO4qxbYoku1hvu4WKILYpYRo5hYJ-isbagyMvG7GpUroiz4quZOc7LEF/s1600/20210615a_ChinaSt_Vicksburg_50mmDR_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDR7J-gq5pXr1PXbqw6Q3wk7udLi9QIAMAoN2Yvbv6Nc70lNAulRc_V6-694UZjsIkQma9ZHbRy6EdMTnRuRVcSwRYDJ91YDnNPm86HfNyEbUVkkXai0bBtI7KjIsfd3tvuDqsO4qxbYoku1hvu4WKILYpYRo5hYJ-isbagyMvG7GpUroiz4quZOc7LEF/w640-h426/20210615a_ChinaSt_Vicksburg_50mmDR_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Vicksburg from China Street (Royal Gold 25 film, Leica M2, 50mm ƒ/2 Summicron-DR lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>As of 2023, The Vicksburg apartments are being renovated. Residents had to move to other accomodations around town. I hope this continues a downtown revival. The brick building in the left is the long-unused<a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/02/junius-ward-johnson-ymca-vicksburg.html" target="_blank"> Junius Ward Johnson YMCA</a>. It has been empty for at least 20 years. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">South Washington Street Area</h3><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOig7pP5Z4r1NaNcaLvp4AGGJIZBK1WdR6IaLRLgAVR3h8taHz9tVsa6jgARC8eD14f0W590uJOt4_5zWFoTDnXxrb13UU7SMc3SVgoauGTyThkdEebQtOPNvmJjmSKFLOG6qvPixoUY1VTAJRy21KcM2oG_GBxDnpnIFyW2EwW7MgEQInDnbfKCa_uO77/s1585/20230107l_MS-River_WashingtonSt_Vicksburg_MS_80mm_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1585" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOig7pP5Z4r1NaNcaLvp4AGGJIZBK1WdR6IaLRLgAVR3h8taHz9tVsa6jgARC8eD14f0W590uJOt4_5zWFoTDnXxrb13UU7SMc3SVgoauGTyThkdEebQtOPNvmJjmSKFLOG6qvPixoUY1VTAJRy21KcM2oG_GBxDnpnIFyW2EwW7MgEQInDnbfKCa_uO77/w640-h608/20230107l_MS-River_WashingtonSt_Vicksburg_MS_80mm_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View west towards the Mississippi River from Washington Street (Hasselblad, 80mm ƒ/2.8 lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This the view west to the Mississippi River (the shiny water at the horizon). The Yazoo canal is out of sight just beyond the water tower. The water tower is a remnant of the <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2012/01/cotton-compress-levee-street-vicksburg.html" target="_blank">cotton compress</a>, of which very little remains now. With an amazing view like this, in most cities, a neighborhood like this would have gentrified. This one is still a mess.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSItJRjpFsgKLQMCgxDz2Jp7Aam7e1-XXjMHuFK-EB0DKaPV4zRSgEn3dI-bJ8UHo_4K5uqtw5h_lF9ld7ElMzVaqf3MW3JyNwIz-Art0p9zilVYaURGh-LqWNY4S1sqRpu88rJ1n3wruQs1-FQ3EVJqdCfcNrCIYtlfdQZXMsaQUSzldL_oL3uXS2sWbO/s1600/20230407l_WashingtonSt2209_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1600" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSItJRjpFsgKLQMCgxDz2Jp7Aam7e1-XXjMHuFK-EB0DKaPV4zRSgEn3dI-bJ8UHo_4K5uqtw5h_lF9ld7ElMzVaqf3MW3JyNwIz-Art0p9zilVYaURGh-LqWNY4S1sqRpu88rJ1n3wruQs1-FQ3EVJqdCfcNrCIYtlfdQZXMsaQUSzldL_oL3uXS2sWbO/w640-h384/20230407l_WashingtonSt2209_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington Street view north near Bowman Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSl3mD-jRl7GRohFe0Vw3ci3Vv80-7RrqASCUChb3e6XysD58dXC_SrC2A36oUnm8h7X1QRjlqSnppZYgct66usiS-FyZgoN1M_CDlXVkk4cIC-FvhTAajAohopcv3xAn5ArGAj4EQ1DJS1KzjO1Rmg3HmhOs9zNsj-oMA62KWhW40gmcM3ry9zdbUwFY/s1600/20230407m_WashingtonSt2209_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSl3mD-jRl7GRohFe0Vw3ci3Vv80-7RrqASCUChb3e6XysD58dXC_SrC2A36oUnm8h7X1QRjlqSnppZYgct66usiS-FyZgoN1M_CDlXVkk4cIC-FvhTAajAohopcv3xAn5ArGAj4EQ1DJS1KzjO1Rmg3HmhOs9zNsj-oMA62KWhW40gmcM3ry9zdbUwFY/w640-h428/20230407m_WashingtonSt2209_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tri-State Tire, 2209 Washington Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This unusual building with decorated arches was once an ice company. Then, in the 1960s, it was the Seale-Lily ice cream store. Mr. Christ bought it in the 1970s and converted the building into a tire business. His daughter, Susan Christ, runs the business now and provides courteous and efficient service. I wrote about <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2018/10/vicksburgs-seale-lily-ice-cream-parlor.html" target="_blank">Tri-State in 2018</a>. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6zGh-r88bYk6pA6Sv88o5TwJZPSI8cQuLq16e8fc33_Sq8nP6z3ehYTRMI4EvrgraZ3yCMEx5W0REm5asIKiVHkZ3-KZ-jzia1sJHH17BnDUwOWivLVyWIoxEhpcO8lCRqx6jqzpRQhCMuF44agp-klX8v1FyjLjkngBbP68lhZR4u5lOLcp8e762A1f/s1600/20220408e_BowmanSt1007_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1600" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6zGh-r88bYk6pA6Sv88o5TwJZPSI8cQuLq16e8fc33_Sq8nP6z3ehYTRMI4EvrgraZ3yCMEx5W0REm5asIKiVHkZ3-KZ-jzia1sJHH17BnDUwOWivLVyWIoxEhpcO8lCRqx6jqzpRQhCMuF44agp-klX8v1FyjLjkngBbP68lhZR4u5lOLcp8e762A1f/w640-h482/20220408e_BowmanSt1007_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1009 (?) Bowman Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JCkYLONMz_UKqbLPfnXayzLgVc-uCZ9gSbkeKQp83LjQnyFBJG3ZAOP2F-c4uh9meIa8x_FvAMZcDXWGEWyRp7t2XGGP2CVo-E47LWYpHhb1oi1MTgn5sW_GKXdvlJdqHd0OTjKIfwuhsD7KTV0E1txgO5mOqejvvak95R4LjgOQg8QfYJHqlB7N-rgn/s1579/20230407p_BowmanSt1007_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1579" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JCkYLONMz_UKqbLPfnXayzLgVc-uCZ9gSbkeKQp83LjQnyFBJG3ZAOP2F-c4uh9meIa8x_FvAMZcDXWGEWyRp7t2XGGP2CVo-E47LWYpHhb1oi1MTgn5sW_GKXdvlJdqHd0OTjKIfwuhsD7KTV0E1txgO5mOqejvvak95R4LjgOQg8QfYJHqlB7N-rgn/w640-h440/20230407p_BowmanSt1007_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1007 and 1009 Bowman Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Turn right from Washington Street onto Bowman Street. Some of the housing stock is seriously degraded. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgse-KrPce2FAGptR2Dy3WqI8gqqrNwDTdzcUEleRx9EUG6-UJJVUJ3DTn9-gSal19jxE34U1bNRtefcvstRc_eBcP5sZz0hF9vEGRZaNcDXLcgt3bCL6brhLgR_Nc3yd0wkjcnZcXq1znrkUTxBA6lIV4CH2jCSnzaIvOcdcR7Z2NGEzPUe0EdUq4184Sw/s1579/20230407o_MagnoliaSchool_BowmanSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1579" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgse-KrPce2FAGptR2Dy3WqI8gqqrNwDTdzcUEleRx9EUG6-UJJVUJ3DTn9-gSal19jxE34U1bNRtefcvstRc_eBcP5sZz0hF9vEGRZaNcDXLcgt3bCL6brhLgR_Nc3yd0wkjcnZcXq1znrkUTxBA6lIV4CH2jCSnzaIvOcdcR7Z2NGEzPUe0EdUq4184Sw/w640-h428/20230407o_MagnoliaSchool_BowmanSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia School, Bowman Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The former Magnolia School has been unused since at least the mid-1980s. Former windows were bricked in decades ago. From the 1920s to the 1950s, this was one of the most progressive schools for African-American students. J.G.H. Bowman, the principle of Magnolia Avenue High School, was highly respected for his dedication and accomplishments in running the school. The street is now named after him. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0oic50N6p9vyslNhWhwq7n2cpalfuLl71wE-v6DAp3aDc8bU5X9VJMy2ajdRRMa7nfDhC0Tr58rzfXzNQVs6dI4cwKDVjo2KeFPe6GSsSdi-_KjAPuqqeDoblCSptFI8UA9_wspqlaABm8nPkXVna956gFty4KJ70orMGHnj_y-1uhqCYHCp3iIaSNsa/s1579/20230409d_SpeedSt807_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1579" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0oic50N6p9vyslNhWhwq7n2cpalfuLl71wE-v6DAp3aDc8bU5X9VJMy2ajdRRMa7nfDhC0Tr58rzfXzNQVs6dI4cwKDVjo2KeFPe6GSsSdi-_KjAPuqqeDoblCSptFI8UA9_wspqlaABm8nPkXVna956gFty4KJ70orMGHnj_y-1uhqCYHCp3iIaSNsa/w640-h422/20230409d_SpeedSt807_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">807 Speed Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>It looks like the occupants ran out of blue paint. Speed Street is pretty rough.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Drummond Street Area</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmcXLVW4kuwkcTLEhEnqA0t8nX8LY8Uehd42CWifa3zIFVG8ZuUZVhux3SXyuasDBWfFy6DBCCr7h5Mmbqj9bACA16V68XFoBBmFFPudnydq2AexePqzm4By8CWlkS8OBQiZmcs9jWVKDYfIyf6ukh2n5iyzH-V0ds6GB2WjH3z69z10ktsUS8pLc0QE/s1600/20230408_GreenSt2721_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmcXLVW4kuwkcTLEhEnqA0t8nX8LY8Uehd42CWifa3zIFVG8ZuUZVhux3SXyuasDBWfFy6DBCCr7h5Mmbqj9bACA16V68XFoBBmFFPudnydq2AexePqzm4By8CWlkS8OBQiZmcs9jWVKDYfIyf6ukh2n5iyzH-V0ds6GB2WjH3z69z10ktsUS8pLc0QE/w640-h430/20230408_GreenSt2721_Vicksburg_MS_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink house, 2721 Green Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJbxKdQqKrA4kRhPQoL0KZMfdiDClaM3Bi4UaKDWY_ClSYCxn6voKNIPcKSMbdtzBWVC-nnyQhNOC96IjClasCWErkcM1I7uoCZyanxm_xaz69u5OQysSUNJG3ajOb_X67xLL6iuTTwrPgzfNls7PJlnA4MFU0DHnHCh_oisclg7Xk2CVN52PSZhxnQfW/s1600/20230416_BowmarAve911_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJbxKdQqKrA4kRhPQoL0KZMfdiDClaM3Bi4UaKDWY_ClSYCxn6voKNIPcKSMbdtzBWVC-nnyQhNOC96IjClasCWErkcM1I7uoCZyanxm_xaz69u5OQysSUNJG3ajOb_X67xLL6iuTTwrPgzfNls7PJlnA4MFU0DHnHCh_oisclg7Xk2CVN52PSZhxnQfW/w640-h454/20230416_BowmarAve911_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ducks in a row, 911 Bowmar Avenue </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ_6tL7Ufg4-JlFwOBowyjfl8xj_JKAYToeXbzGXLvLqPg338YaqyKDBNU1spECrY0TOIveCugPstePGrj2Fzy0l-vanJ_zpdi_XqalxNzFhPwZClr_8c5Gmj7xlPHeWt0AzppmZiN9dnlAfIYt02v8lzq7UmGyGFZ2oXJhQOdiTUL2BxDvfdioaU2yUP/s1500/20230409e_DrummondSt2815_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1500" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJ_6tL7Ufg4-JlFwOBowyjfl8xj_JKAYToeXbzGXLvLqPg338YaqyKDBNU1spECrY0TOIveCugPstePGrj2Fzy0l-vanJ_zpdi_XqalxNzFhPwZClr_8c5Gmj7xlPHeWt0AzppmZiN9dnlAfIYt02v8lzq7UmGyGFZ2oXJhQOdiTUL2BxDvfdioaU2yUP/w640-h458/20230409e_DrummondSt2815_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2815 Drummond Street</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>This four-unit apartment has been empty for at least five years. The front porch is sagging. As so often with these older houses, status unknown.</div><div><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQuprA3j3Q8r_0-G_JmjHNZVjRbT9r_5d7BcHmAj8VFochnHczZCXqSZoeF9nvUHfvY5DpTbnkV1Rwo7eF4TZ223LAEBlvUpfDiKVoTW-k0MMsKkkEALbxmdCBve7rGyE5qT8Y2mOILwIVp8Ifv6x6LmTBPwnjgb5NkxZZK83oqrmnKJr6iKllzt8_q5_/s1412/20230415a_Truck_DrummondSt3040_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQuprA3j3Q8r_0-G_JmjHNZVjRbT9r_5d7BcHmAj8VFochnHczZCXqSZoeF9nvUHfvY5DpTbnkV1Rwo7eF4TZ223LAEBlvUpfDiKVoTW-k0MMsKkkEALbxmdCBve7rGyE5qT8Y2mOILwIVp8Ifv6x6LmTBPwnjgb5NkxZZK83oqrmnKJr6iKllzt8_q5_/w634-h640/20230415a_Truck_DrummondSt3040_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Johnny's truck, Candee Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This ends our short walk around Vicksburg. I took the 2023 photographs with Kodak Ektar 100 film using my new <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/10/danger-gas-and-review-of-spotmatic-f.html" target="_blank">Pentax Spotmatic F</a> camera and 50mm ƒ/1.4 or 55mm ƒ/1.8 SMC Takumar lenses. Watch for more Vicksburg photographs soon. Thanks for coming along!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com22815 Drummond St, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA32.3315544 -90.8818522999999913.4485050331934062 -126.03810229999999 61.2146037668066 -55.725602299999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-43741968806011745172024-02-01T06:00:00.312-08:002024-02-03T15:38:25.189-08:00Houses of South Washington Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi<p> I like the downtowns of older American cities, where homes were once built with care and a degree of individualism. Over the decades, the neighborhoods have mellowed, trees have become mature, and the homes changed to reflect their owners or tenants. You also see neglect, decay, and, sometimes, some revitalization. South Washington Street in Vicksburg shows all these elements, although one sees very little revitalization. I have waited for Vicksburg to gentrify for 30+ years, but there is almost no evidence of this happening. This is a real shame considering its rich architectural abundance and historical heritage. </p><p>I have driven and bicycled along Washington Street many times but did not slow down to examine the houses. Here is a walk from south to north, starting where Lee Street comes in from the east above the Vicksburg High School ball fields. The addresses will count down as we progress north. Most of the photographs are from April of 2023. Click any picture to see more details.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSgDNlhGBjJxq0gTzMIQUzGrvS3rzybGJ-YmH-BwjwkYjc6ZZFefj-xSRnCQcX2JxecPlhbqWGRUsy558YZgBGjD-qWLXwpu8QB1L3mVx8O4IHnxdXM1ihwSAFeDQ-lT4MIizJXQ49umPyKqYqJY_OxDO4UU6De_8BuFK-MSHgxEJTzL6PNIHUUMDN1pg/s1600/20230409a_GatorStadium_LeeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSgDNlhGBjJxq0gTzMIQUzGrvS3rzybGJ-YmH-BwjwkYjc6ZZFefj-xSRnCQcX2JxecPlhbqWGRUsy558YZgBGjD-qWLXwpu8QB1L3mVx8O4IHnxdXM1ihwSAFeDQ-lT4MIizJXQ49umPyKqYqJY_OxDO4UU6De_8BuFK-MSHgxEJTzL6PNIHUUMDN1pg/w640-h430/20230409a_GatorStadium_LeeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gator Stadium, Vicksburg High School, Lee Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Let's start with the newly rebuilt and expanded Gator Stadium on Lee Street. The city did a nice job upgrading the fields and stands. There is a lot of pride in the ball teams. Everyone likes gators.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtbPxqPtICIs1R5CITLgm2nFXnj9yY0EFENeEyAfI9F1-TGaSguI56zaKMRhyyhMTU5M-1qECIr3Wxh7WMpoGYkVIASQmqR76F7UpoNk-pHUL-48_z8JG4xiUUvekaQD9WjahaxBsk5sAmCFOxrLMSzCA_V7vzP545qFAGxBJMlTwLzrCPgLfH8VlOwQb/s1600/20230406i_WashingtonSt3507_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1600" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJtbPxqPtICIs1R5CITLgm2nFXnj9yY0EFENeEyAfI9F1-TGaSguI56zaKMRhyyhMTU5M-1qECIr3Wxh7WMpoGYkVIASQmqR76F7UpoNk-pHUL-48_z8JG4xiUUvekaQD9WjahaxBsk5sAmCFOxrLMSzCA_V7vzP545qFAGxBJMlTwLzrCPgLfH8VlOwQb/w640-h434/20230406i_WashingtonSt3507_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3507 Washington St. with original windows and stucco exterior</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Vicksburg has a surprising number of houses with stucco exterior. Stucco was air tight, fire resistant, and accepted paint well. But the stucco was expensive to construct and challenging to repaint. I have seen stucco buildings being demolished and noted that the base of the walls was much thicker that the top near the rafters.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYccdRLHYa7D70OKhrRIwq_f9CIz7DbKTYoEN-JTzOT7s1RFz8XOqIc_abR_yqKhbpb5-fZHMyqf8JcxO4J6N9r2z_nzLvdUoS9gG01xsl8O8K4u5ChzYFZE9VnE4ldCayEbYo4Vnfh9uVSuMuLJDihEQwWZ3zDm7x95PdLQv56pjKOukNtnTrWuhulzvw/s1600/20230406j_WashingtonSt3501_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1600" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYccdRLHYa7D70OKhrRIwq_f9CIz7DbKTYoEN-JTzOT7s1RFz8XOqIc_abR_yqKhbpb5-fZHMyqf8JcxO4J6N9r2z_nzLvdUoS9gG01xsl8O8K4u5ChzYFZE9VnE4ldCayEbYo4Vnfh9uVSuMuLJDihEQwWZ3zDm7x95PdLQv56pjKOukNtnTrWuhulzvw/w640-h438/20230406j_WashingtonSt3501_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3501 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The wide awnings were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. This cottage is also stucco-walled. It has a much simpler architecture than the green house to the south.</div><div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EzbwQW2q6b_BmrGGv3OcGgQCvxj1oe0ANb2xzujnBOB1cRvK90v6nxjENVl7MlgkKGc0vNXl-S3sUIQ_cUmFHaqGCB8i3W4IVkUraGbuY36wabJ99ZBtXq1nKT7z7OMHQu9xPhimg0VG1Uqxku8g_1U-syMUw_AG8xkPnKLIzjhemUdng7jZLzJgQ25x/s1600/20230406k_WashingtonSt3407_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1600" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EzbwQW2q6b_BmrGGv3OcGgQCvxj1oe0ANb2xzujnBOB1cRvK90v6nxjENVl7MlgkKGc0vNXl-S3sUIQ_cUmFHaqGCB8i3W4IVkUraGbuY36wabJ99ZBtXq1nKT7z7OMHQu9xPhimg0VG1Uqxku8g_1U-syMUw_AG8xkPnKLIzjhemUdng7jZLzJgQ25x/w640-h440/20230406k_WashingtonSt3407_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for a smoothie at 3407 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMf4tSCwQ8CTPmKZfcBzB0mNKVhJJFoVgmoYQ7aITaCwE5-_gfLckG1dqYZN63W91U6ny0bejBAgrECzchqysBndtZBMb9AO6VC0pBUVlxGCUumYZo_-95Oo23XI8VNB4QDvfL3ZLn2Z6002vjeLr_aEfpPQ2vhguneK63eXIz8_O_PQH99gRG5Tk1JzYB/s1575/20230407a2_WashingtonSt3113_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1575" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMf4tSCwQ8CTPmKZfcBzB0mNKVhJJFoVgmoYQ7aITaCwE5-_gfLckG1dqYZN63W91U6ny0bejBAgrECzchqysBndtZBMb9AO6VC0pBUVlxGCUumYZo_-95Oo23XI8VNB4QDvfL3ZLn2Z6002vjeLr_aEfpPQ2vhguneK63eXIz8_O_PQH99gRG5Tk1JzYB/w640-h434/20230407a2_WashingtonSt3113_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home with aluminum siding, 3113 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8EdZ0VyOgvGtAF7vOuL_0KzokC-80eoO0X4odLjjO-f6KBPWrppyvlNH8ghhTwdQXVcfjRrDjCRu1l_YHQon5Ycu3CsDiA7dHwTkD5Q69jJauZ7zEuGdSnpt9Nnn6uBrMakkN1kmcrgJjg99tCAkiQerkUoBZ3ZZrQqs-w4P6lzi_ZPMKfWSWGSfG5l/s1560/20230407b2_WashingtonSt3111_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1560" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8EdZ0VyOgvGtAF7vOuL_0KzokC-80eoO0X4odLjjO-f6KBPWrppyvlNH8ghhTwdQXVcfjRrDjCRu1l_YHQon5Ycu3CsDiA7dHwTkD5Q69jJauZ7zEuGdSnpt9Nnn6uBrMakkN1kmcrgJjg99tCAkiQerkUoBZ3ZZrQqs-w4P6lzi_ZPMKfWSWGSfG5l/w640-h434/20230407b2_WashingtonSt3111_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home with asbestos shingles (pre-1940s?), 3111 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>This little house has two original windows with multiple mullions. And it is clad with asbestos shingles. These were a durable and fireproof building material, popular in the mid-20th century. But mining and production was deadly for the workers.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftG4h4723HNp5S1FTHXowo1OWf85vIC-1-Gsv2ssumyfLxV1gJaEzLqrJ9leq-JumngIWeKhZu5XFP3G1LRz-5y46duX9biOKNMj-VqPaKAidKkQStvO7YNYiEpQH9AU4ULOoT5yeti3gmmeNp-4cEzMUZ3y6usWwOLA6SK0Wq-kO09ncBD8vzJJVzXbN/s1520/20230409b_WashingtonSt3023_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1520" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftG4h4723HNp5S1FTHXowo1OWf85vIC-1-Gsv2ssumyfLxV1gJaEzLqrJ9leq-JumngIWeKhZu5XFP3G1LRz-5y46duX9biOKNMj-VqPaKAidKkQStvO7YNYiEpQH9AU4ULOoT5yeti3gmmeNp-4cEzMUZ3y6usWwOLA6SK0Wq-kO09ncBD8vzJJVzXbN/w640-h466/20230409b_WashingtonSt3023_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3023 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>This cheerful little Craftsman cottage is freshly repaired and restored. It has its original wood siding and double-hung sash windows. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX8RFgtm2pCfKNjYNOaN_Vc8X4__JUB2w6sUiPazxKXFY3yeYPieEAP673WeLRyHo5-M5QtPspUZeanhyphenhyphenTQbybbNfBOECLj3fW1hB96j6X1Rg5WFBCooivh59racbixdSO9mykggD_wIs9wwTBweORPsLhIY0FFlslZ-2c22UhJ-5qQhefilC9f7KEESM/s1600/20230407c_WashingtonSt3019_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipX8RFgtm2pCfKNjYNOaN_Vc8X4__JUB2w6sUiPazxKXFY3yeYPieEAP673WeLRyHo5-M5QtPspUZeanhyphenhyphenTQbybbNfBOECLj3fW1hB96j6X1Rg5WFBCooivh59racbixdSO9mykggD_wIs9wwTBweORPsLhIY0FFlslZ-2c22UhJ-5qQhefilC9f7KEESM/w640-h430/20230407c_WashingtonSt3019_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asbestos shingles, 3019 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This house has diamond-shaped asbestos shingles above the porch. The vent just under the eaves may had been for an attic fan. The fence is nasty, a typical retrofit.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-lahpFkk-saw20XLdO5qj1gYHKJJpiI1n19g3B_B4xXkAS1VhM4CaOlrupjd_ycRpenCwK4ie6rGAyjiRpTlxNdd_6M0I_MKouoHmois-tQtI1272PZ2F_P7R7uMPI2jllCKFETPLCOK-lscZPRQyQwhdWcsMfJE1LfBe2p2EuWaZPtcBLQamXC8Ncfj/s1600/20230407d_WashingtonSt3011_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-lahpFkk-saw20XLdO5qj1gYHKJJpiI1n19g3B_B4xXkAS1VhM4CaOlrupjd_ycRpenCwK4ie6rGAyjiRpTlxNdd_6M0I_MKouoHmois-tQtI1272PZ2F_P7R7uMPI2jllCKFETPLCOK-lscZPRQyQwhdWcsMfJE1LfBe2p2EuWaZPtcBLQamXC8Ncfj/w640-h432/20230407d_WashingtonSt3011_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3011 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e1S1_77GzFTp-giv_o6UhxaOBEkys4ERXmcAG7fwCrMDNtuxqeASQ5ytr-UXqZJ_I1FaoznZ_iaFWPG74UmOP6xFmWiKML1SsPYPMVcL3PgpaDDWOfqv3CBkKMXGFMh42uIXvKjYjH04RGjfE_lu_f9SQwsImQqJWcj21i_mTXfng8W_hd26lLGs4zRi/s1445/20230407e_WashingtonSt3005_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1445" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0e1S1_77GzFTp-giv_o6UhxaOBEkys4ERXmcAG7fwCrMDNtuxqeASQ5ytr-UXqZJ_I1FaoznZ_iaFWPG74UmOP6xFmWiKML1SsPYPMVcL3PgpaDDWOfqv3CBkKMXGFMh42uIXvKjYjH04RGjfE_lu_f9SQwsImQqJWcj21i_mTXfng8W_hd26lLGs4zRi/w640-h470/20230407e_WashingtonSt3005_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3005 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This little house was a dentist's office for some time, but it was neglected and unused when I took this photograph. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNObYCi-czVu8i1zFaO3Y3aslnAZP-gtvMSat2rEZitfdWmReDmWC2h_oHQVdeONq7qr6TLPsCXq5Upon3SxY2bBdGjnOqZnAHt-qhoL5oA5ropqwBtzjnNw3AoclsaHKGCu9UFZtqcv1y0VM7l8kwa1RyAlaSgSKt53BXOvHwkLWixN_cKceWo5HicU6s/s1454/20230407f_WashingtonSt2903_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1454" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNObYCi-czVu8i1zFaO3Y3aslnAZP-gtvMSat2rEZitfdWmReDmWC2h_oHQVdeONq7qr6TLPsCXq5Upon3SxY2bBdGjnOqZnAHt-qhoL5oA5ropqwBtzjnNw3AoclsaHKGCu9UFZtqcv1y0VM7l8kwa1RyAlaSgSKt53BXOvHwkLWixN_cKceWo5HicU6s/w640-h498/20230407f_WashingtonSt2903_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Key Real Estate, 2903 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ACvm6bG3M6qjTHI27ooBz8UuCcP-vX2dzMRxONXlbMQ31F51EQQb7yjRMqRuuDCL0vOfo97h2durdkrUdTdyxl5uxR1FYn29xxxmKdnNfQhi7C72TFfT5I67G45CFkujHVIH3zgUlG7aZ0-v9x7YFde3K_oANS9dDFUqGn5p-oq53MedIBuExGp7f7wO/s1480/20230407g_WashingtonSt2745_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1480" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ACvm6bG3M6qjTHI27ooBz8UuCcP-vX2dzMRxONXlbMQ31F51EQQb7yjRMqRuuDCL0vOfo97h2durdkrUdTdyxl5uxR1FYn29xxxmKdnNfQhi7C72TFfT5I67G45CFkujHVIH3zgUlG7aZ0-v9x7YFde3K_oANS9dDFUqGn5p-oq53MedIBuExGp7f7wO/w640-h512/20230407g_WashingtonSt2745_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2745 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This cheerful cottage at 2745 has its asbestos shingle cladding and original windows. Because of Vicksburg's complicated terrain, many houses like this were perched above the street and had a flight of steps up to the front door. In other cases, the backs of the houses projected over gullies and were supported on wooden posts. I showed examples of this on <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/01/deconstruction-johnson-street-vicksburg.html" target="_blank">Johnson Street</a>. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIF1ggNgM-lnilrK9KnOP1y9uUZjUQcefCDaRJ4q8GRJnAVWTyppyx2C7FQusCACBYtRie4n332Gf8eeCQ1C6Hv2jcgQmY6Ey1q_yr2htHcQsbCE9wiishpiIWSiN3U5rbZPei1QG2AWy33kCMt6RoPfTEK1nbHyAnRx5jXzNpaeMBNTbw7P5A-91_3q8/s1490/20230407h_WashingtonSt2519_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1490" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIF1ggNgM-lnilrK9KnOP1y9uUZjUQcefCDaRJ4q8GRJnAVWTyppyx2C7FQusCACBYtRie4n332Gf8eeCQ1C6Hv2jcgQmY6Ey1q_yr2htHcQsbCE9wiishpiIWSiN3U5rbZPei1QG2AWy33kCMt6RoPfTEK1nbHyAnRx5jXzNpaeMBNTbw7P5A-91_3q8/w640-h460/20230407h_WashingtonSt2519_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victorian house, 2519 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>This is a handsome Victorian-era house. It has a modern roof, but the ornate vent/tower has been saved. The shingles above the bay window are original. These are hard to paint because of the many small surfaces that need scraping.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg2Am5kvSe8wF_kdRVWp7__kSlS6D3DxSptIVfegqmfl4mWkJaya_AZO-v-OlGnOhIei2uJ0TLYqdpJFGnRbWpRksjon8Mf7G7eDmkJYBrZApBFAh-S9Vyj2gRFbmSXXehBoxfcUCqMlJ7nysBt_VHr5s125irHUpFX_p3Cm8kkz1eVqLVx3GsbO1o-_a/s1490/20230407i_WashingtonSt2433_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1490" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg2Am5kvSe8wF_kdRVWp7__kSlS6D3DxSptIVfegqmfl4mWkJaya_AZO-v-OlGnOhIei2uJ0TLYqdpJFGnRbWpRksjon8Mf7G7eDmkJYBrZApBFAh-S9Vyj2gRFbmSXXehBoxfcUCqMlJ7nysBt_VHr5s125irHUpFX_p3Cm8kkz1eVqLVx3GsbO1o-_a/w640-h512/20230407i_WashingtonSt2433_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shotgun house, 2433 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL26GOJgKFubZxsJe-tNqbaAbY4MRKJvN_Qj1qH4nqk_QybvQKmePdk6vru6ZYk4rW2OdffT1f2yn6fJLCpNXv_2HFJEdrTjqwuChcwydpMjpDTEmOPBP9SyIgJwJ8kyrtHSvvYZxO6dBb1mpKdA-4T_dBnjLCxmoCowotOJkF8yCXZGnUPoRESnFZPI1O/s1586/20230107k_House_WashingtonSt2427_Vicksburg_MS_80mm_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1586" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL26GOJgKFubZxsJe-tNqbaAbY4MRKJvN_Qj1qH4nqk_QybvQKmePdk6vru6ZYk4rW2OdffT1f2yn6fJLCpNXv_2HFJEdrTjqwuChcwydpMjpDTEmOPBP9SyIgJwJ8kyrtHSvvYZxO6dBb1mpKdA-4T_dBnjLCxmoCowotOJkF8yCXZGnUPoRESnFZPI1O/w640-h634/20230107k_House_WashingtonSt2427_Vicksburg_MS_80mm_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Partly restored, 2427 Washington St. (Hasselblad 80mm lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyNbJVv0YONbgh4hUPZtLJgYYy2Q4nGnhu0244KgppxCRxx-FkhIPC9qRaPM3TtfNu_An3aRoVg7BrTRU5RgJ9ICcYYgUeMynUJBWA1iB5dKzXrUXxmBHz1z0ev6yYQ7bY13PCzIkPScF1dMjQuGfaS-g7bfJOW17kEsu7pGsbr3yC8hef1pysgYNj0Ei/s1600/20230407j_WashingtonSt2405_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1600" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyNbJVv0YONbgh4hUPZtLJgYYy2Q4nGnhu0244KgppxCRxx-FkhIPC9qRaPM3TtfNu_An3aRoVg7BrTRU5RgJ9ICcYYgUeMynUJBWA1iB5dKzXrUXxmBHz1z0ev6yYQ7bY13PCzIkPScF1dMjQuGfaS-g7bfJOW17kEsu7pGsbr3yC8hef1pysgYNj0Ei/w640-h440/20230407j_WashingtonSt2405_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brick house, 2405 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>This was a nice late-1800s brick house with a steep roof. Some of the wall on the front appears to have been replaced. The roof is early 20th century asbestos with a recent coating of white roof mastic (plastic). The original roof was likely wood shingle. </div><div><br /></div><div>Coal sparks from chimneys and coal locomotives often caused fires when embers fell onto wood roofs. When asbestos shingles were developed in the 1920s, they immediately became popular for retrofitting old houses and for new construction. The shingles were fireproof, lighter than stucco or brick, and quick and easy to install. On a roof, they did not weight more than the wood shakes, in contrast to slate or clay tile, which required a more robust frame. Therefore, many older houses were retrofitted with asbestos roofing. My 1925 garage had asbestos shingles on the sides and the roof, even though the main house was brick.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewirn-Iv-ElmWioSSNAqp1S5agSVLf5o80Tl5tSuNtZmyiLOyWIgTg4yG_yV3Zyg07hw6D299zPqlKPVtV2WQo5fft3tPvsi6MaX9C50TPtyGU2DjqWw7QLF1k74OYwBK_oJLMw4dXqDdL_IDhXnilusQRNggBWeJoNFVGKXcXUH6R1V62F6a_QR36WOB/s1579/20230409c_WashingtonSt2401_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1579" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewirn-Iv-ElmWioSSNAqp1S5agSVLf5o80Tl5tSuNtZmyiLOyWIgTg4yG_yV3Zyg07hw6D299zPqlKPVtV2WQo5fft3tPvsi6MaX9C50TPtyGU2DjqWw7QLF1k74OYwBK_oJLMw4dXqDdL_IDhXnilusQRNggBWeJoNFVGKXcXUH6R1V62F6a_QR36WOB/w640-h422/20230409c_WashingtonSt2401_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commercial building, 2401 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This former commercial building is at the corner of Washington and Speed Streets. It has been restored, possibly with an apartment in the second floor. At one time, a family probably operated a business on the ground floor and lived above. In many US cities, misguided zoning regulations made it illegal for residences to coincide with commercial businesses. As a result, business owners moved away and the structure of close-knit communities degraded.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EtZg8RDCi1fl-_YbD2zVL-iqiFc6o3pZ8J6LC2W2hNITK9oiloaZcqMRy8CPIkFrTHL45ZRavhCNx2ljy4xXFa2fb2MbHjBaLlu2FOPfYdDElURt-6uI-uOI__MJ7ursgIfqT7DsyzH1-Eu8NcylEQuv_jMHZ1gb3G_sxyW0IvV8LfmVpHyTZyn7kKOW/s1600/20230407k_WashingtonSt2299_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1600" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EtZg8RDCi1fl-_YbD2zVL-iqiFc6o3pZ8J6LC2W2hNITK9oiloaZcqMRy8CPIkFrTHL45ZRavhCNx2ljy4xXFa2fb2MbHjBaLlu2FOPfYdDElURt-6uI-uOI__MJ7ursgIfqT7DsyzH1-Eu8NcylEQuv_jMHZ1gb3G_sxyW0IvV8LfmVpHyTZyn7kKOW/w640-h446/20230407k_WashingtonSt2299_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2299 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Cheerful blue paint, but it needs a bit of a touch-up. The low iron fence is possibly late 1800s.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL6KjsGCpyg8dSLp6cayK0eW7C_70HI3sjduUwCmF7FMXYgwVUPyAetVa0luhIkPN27Seroi_RslzSVNcsLR-UPPZM-1Rewj9taXNZb2AqFoFA1GnIcaD18QUKlgEBv2qfU0MtbpX909aAmpwXrqUMUEgRf0fG8nGatE2Qthl_lwcESOjv-EbunB2Q7Ik/s1579/20230407n_WashingtonSt2213_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1579" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL6KjsGCpyg8dSLp6cayK0eW7C_70HI3sjduUwCmF7FMXYgwVUPyAetVa0luhIkPN27Seroi_RslzSVNcsLR-UPPZM-1Rewj9taXNZb2AqFoFA1GnIcaD18QUKlgEBv2qfU0MtbpX909aAmpwXrqUMUEgRf0fG8nGatE2Qthl_lwcESOjv-EbunB2Q7Ik/w640-h432/20230407n_WashingtonSt2213_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2213 Washington St.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;">This ends our short walk along south Washington Street to look at some of the historical homes. I took most of these pictures with my Pentax Spotmatic F camera and 50mm ƒ/1.4 or 55mm ƒ/1.8 SMC Takumar lenses, hand-held, using Kodak Ektar 100 film. I scanned the negatives with a 35mm Plustek 7600i film scanner. The color profile in the Silverfast software is not quite right. However, the dilemma with color photography is how can you remember what was the "correct" color weeks or months later? Does it matter? </p><div><p>I have photographed along Washington Street before. You can type "Washington" or "Vicksburg" in the search box to see older articles. Thank you all for walking with me. Next: more Vicksburg in other areas.</p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com33005 Washington St, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA32.3313511 -90.8887164.0211172638211536 -126.044966 60.641584936178845 -55.732466tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-25901304777200927532024-01-23T06:00:00.169-08:002024-01-29T00:05:53.884-08:00Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, MississippiDear Readers,<div><br /></div><div>Let us return to the South with a series of Jackson and Vicksburg articles. Then we will jump back west to the Pacific Northwest and take a few stops further afield. Afterwards, I want to go through some of the family archives from various locations.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jackson, Mississippi</h3><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-xNC_-iVd5eLEQ5NA7ysCfONWpy6HyHlibPnL85gM-BAXlliHb9V_JVme8D5wbwQHp11jO27kjArx1KuSF7wp4T-NBci6t2qX0v6CKCVRf5YX_qOYru8znehTgfklmkXnYRekbGxjYrfTqpEtcPDTjrg2Dng1Gg-ZTOgmTSPtY3vAzai99HXEytpVKYc/s1411/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-10%20at%202.43.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1411" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-xNC_-iVd5eLEQ5NA7ysCfONWpy6HyHlibPnL85gM-BAXlliHb9V_JVme8D5wbwQHp11jO27kjArx1KuSF7wp4T-NBci6t2qX0v6CKCVRf5YX_qOYru8znehTgfklmkXnYRekbGxjYrfTqpEtcPDTjrg2Dng1Gg-ZTOgmTSPtY3vAzai99HXEytpVKYc/w640-h562/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-10%20at%202.43.42%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Central Jackson, Mississippi, from Google Maps. Greenwood Cemetery is at the red marker.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Greenwood Cemetery is a peaceful and restful green space in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. According to the <a href="http://www.greenwoodcemeteryjackson.org/index.html" target="_blank">Greenwood Cemetery Association,</a></p><p></p><blockquote><p>The members of the Greenwood Cemetery Association welcome you to historic Greenwood Cemetery. This cemetery was established by an act of the Mississippi State Legislature which was approved January 1, 1823. It has grown from the original six acres to its present twenty-two acres.</p><p>Greenwood Cemetery is downtown Jackson's largest green space. Towering oaks, magnolias, crepe myrtles, and cedars shade portions of the grounds and the sunny areas boast large collections of antique bulbs and ever blooming, own-root roses. Camellia bushes are scattered throughout the cemetery, and the wisteria is breathtaking in early May. There is something blooming every month of the year. The natural landscape and the beautiful monuments make it a calm and serene spot adjacent to the bustle of downtown.</p><p>Until the end of the 19th century, all residents of Jackson could be buried in Greenwood Cemetery and many were. The early records are incomplete and work continues on identifying those buried. </p></blockquote><p></p><p>I had driven by the cemetery many times but never stopped to walk inside. In early 2023, I finally looked around. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPsbnj3QKKXu_3fyhCDvMqlWgNqlfNYVNv92v19BbB9ZvIIDls_pJB-0ks6fRCHYLak9ZtxWDtJeSwel6qqzt1v6puD41G5Y8_DAyXa0A2I401C9SDzkCrPuoV99oo2n-jTCAgRBbU5ct00gKLfD9AHZkrbLOminD0P16Ymfn0uTzUl408VHcs3Iikohn/s1600/20230425a_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1600" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPsbnj3QKKXu_3fyhCDvMqlWgNqlfNYVNv92v19BbB9ZvIIDls_pJB-0ks6fRCHYLak9ZtxWDtJeSwel6qqzt1v6puD41G5Y8_DAyXa0A2I401C9SDzkCrPuoV99oo2n-jTCAgRBbU5ct00gKLfD9AHZkrbLOminD0P16Ymfn0uTzUl408VHcs3Iikohn/w640-h440/20230425a_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_8Nb6hyrMY7Kp8WI8DsAMNNKmyCUzmS-qeqWpZgYKjPAEWWwHVCNDHuCLv_MdAoUcKnV72wv6XJJv4EVeJsxnN_XK8b5_c_6btzFbcJj2wl-KrG2zz2FoNwIqILiyhy1kGk5tT9vI5PgU-XPHn1T6V5o8dCIxi2dl6jukVg8i_6rGKnS41acPgvwvY7I/s1500/20230425b2_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1500" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_8Nb6hyrMY7Kp8WI8DsAMNNKmyCUzmS-qeqWpZgYKjPAEWWwHVCNDHuCLv_MdAoUcKnV72wv6XJJv4EVeJsxnN_XK8b5_c_6btzFbcJj2wl-KrG2zz2FoNwIqILiyhy1kGk5tT9vI5PgU-XPHn1T6V5o8dCIxi2dl6jukVg8i_6rGKnS41acPgvwvY7I/w640-h470/20230425b2_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northeast part of Greenwood (Kodak Plus-X film, Leica IIIC camera, 50mm ƒ/1.8 Canon lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE2I-ccRmeiAbXQnkedm3TtmRH-hzDWue-Uwnm2j_8kKh9G-aKSWDbFStICa3HNThvPbO8BjbZCa6Ts06fkyvXQhzdpUJ8MgAet7afdK4AN1RVQO56ITxh9AXK5UfRy4BA_KvalntD5BTzS7LpC8zLb7aJZFC0QLYvwK4hrESxQIsw7-b94c7iVJ_T2ci/s1464/20230425c_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1464" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE2I-ccRmeiAbXQnkedm3TtmRH-hzDWue-Uwnm2j_8kKh9G-aKSWDbFStICa3HNThvPbO8BjbZCa6Ts06fkyvXQhzdpUJ8MgAet7afdK4AN1RVQO56ITxh9AXK5UfRy4BA_KvalntD5BTzS7LpC8zLb7aJZFC0QLYvwK4hrESxQIsw7-b94c7iVJ_T2ci/w640-h458/20230425c_GreenwoodCemetery_Jackson_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The cemetery was a bit overgrown. I recall a call for volunteers to clean brush and grass. All in all, it was not as interesting as cemeteries in south Louisiana, where many of the monuments are ornate and almost Baroque.</p><p>Just west of the cemetery is the historic <a href="https://olemiss.edu/projects/sfa/farish-street-project/" target="_blank">Farish Street neighborhood</a>. During the post-World War II economic boom, this was a thriving cultural and business hub for the African American community. After the 1970s, the neighborhood decayed severely. I remember 1990s attempts to encourage a comeback, but those efforts did not generate much (or any) reinvestment. This <i><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2019/12/11/what-happened-to-farish-street-accounting-for-millions-of-dollars-opportunities-lost-in-a-historic-jackson-community/">Mississippi Today</a></i> article outlines the decades of disappointment, political infighting, and missteps in the attempts to revive the district. <i><a href="https://misspreservation.com/2016/10/11/when-did-the-focus-change-from-the-farish-street-historic-district/" target="_blank">Preservation in Mississippi</a></i> also posted some articles on Farish Street. </p><p>I have posted pictures from the Farish Street area before. Here are more photographs from my archives from Lamar, Cohea, and Monument Streets, all immediately west of Greenwood Cemetery.</p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKa-_hR9ZaDfAsSBd7Qk4hahE6S3KGcAyPfXeWDCTVDbUyqRYFhIr78XWx0JLGLe6y-6X9GeSG7SUAGQ6XBXz7LT1JC-HW03Zi9pH6ZZusMbj-z1-coSMk6oi6CFwCs3t8OBU3iq0LWsg8YP84CCBl7fgPLUN1bXktkQs_58v1WbP8ucmvlgmpMazt7CG/s1463/NLamar998_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1463" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKa-_hR9ZaDfAsSBd7Qk4hahE6S3KGcAyPfXeWDCTVDbUyqRYFhIr78XWx0JLGLe6y-6X9GeSG7SUAGQ6XBXz7LT1JC-HW03Zi9pH6ZZusMbj-z1-coSMk6oi6CFwCs3t8OBU3iq0LWsg8YP84CCBl7fgPLUN1bXktkQs_58v1WbP8ucmvlgmpMazt7CG/w640-h450/NLamar998_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">998 North Lamar Street (TMax 100 film, Olympus Trip 35 camera)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtazHBkZb7QweLB7rGdsLrU-A3_jKSEQcAm4ykBuxSf0NG1RWEE1c9xO7ARotCSnAPjw3EKNz8boyqtvu1oDNQv8XsbnfFnK0xUiBEydOY9zYH9FOchwzpNUPJPHX5fRYm_1AMpvJmd_nMBXiCnHNA1PdCpwuI29ByOCYgWd5_eDE6fyY7ezyEe9f8SvV/s1464/NLamarSt1107-b_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1464" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtazHBkZb7QweLB7rGdsLrU-A3_jKSEQcAm4ykBuxSf0NG1RWEE1c9xO7ARotCSnAPjw3EKNz8boyqtvu1oDNQv8XsbnfFnK0xUiBEydOY9zYH9FOchwzpNUPJPHX5fRYm_1AMpvJmd_nMBXiCnHNA1PdCpwuI29ByOCYgWd5_eDE6fyY7ezyEe9f8SvV/w640-h456/NLamarSt1107-b_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1107 North Lamar Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Lamar Street runs north-south just west of the cemetery. Some (much) of the housing stock is seriously deteriorated. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHclAl3I0ZULvOaC8lkSYkjFvIG5OTj1DPP_GaeqwqiFLmTVqnL6baALw2GRCNvMOm2fpJz4AGjWCfypB4BHEKJ64vaLtXpdQNhdnpPlCsaaojl0drxY_6uyNoPwh3AeQ3ig4IAKjruRzReRyRklZzxrjzPjhyphenhyphenM9oXhJR1J2pJJMZ4JlKLZk0F7tCsXe-W/s1464/CoheaStreet_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1464" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHclAl3I0ZULvOaC8lkSYkjFvIG5OTj1DPP_GaeqwqiFLmTVqnL6baALw2GRCNvMOm2fpJz4AGjWCfypB4BHEKJ64vaLtXpdQNhdnpPlCsaaojl0drxY_6uyNoPwh3AeQ3ig4IAKjruRzReRyRklZzxrjzPjhyphenhyphenM9oXhJR1J2pJJMZ4JlKLZk0F7tCsXe-W/w640-h458/CoheaStreet_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">East Cohea Street view west</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Empty lots in this area mean that deteriorated or abandoned houses have been razed. This is a significant cost for the city. It also means that the property no longer generates tax revenue. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF-hbVGkPBjNuFx0WTUnalCdf5TwzKTJOtzE2F-nzSxP8zZVtC7h-T0-m2d6lrQljCjBeq71TPgrkBBSfYM2PFtjwC0REVcVJesY_1hBh0bDsPg7YF8NQP7nP4Hm-jt6YW4RCgHDdqkHdp5lEarSGT_lTrusnYvGFnwWb6a1InAM6k5VLO2Mr4DEMXfUP/s1500/COHEA-ST-JACKSON_20120229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1500" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisF-hbVGkPBjNuFx0WTUnalCdf5TwzKTJOtzE2F-nzSxP8zZVtC7h-T0-m2d6lrQljCjBeq71TPgrkBBSfYM2PFtjwC0REVcVJesY_1hBh0bDsPg7YF8NQP7nP4Hm-jt6YW4RCgHDdqkHdp5lEarSGT_lTrusnYvGFnwWb6a1InAM6k5VLO2Mr4DEMXfUP/w640-h460/COHEA-ST-JACKSON_20120229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cohea view east from near North Mill Street (Panatomic-X film, Fuji GW690II camera) </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-ITXakMCc7KuQroYq-i2JRa1Jj4o5FFMTa5hHMSWroPOQGtffNnZxap5iKxYQvKpq00pYNyxr3Cu3mFusqlQMzdMBIBUGkWKxZKsvtRZSXe1zlQcY1KjxeEylG1YG8lyfQ8gZARepkN_gj8_cGx4MaeC_8LyODl-Dqoz2TY2z-l86Ojbmnov7C09DGPG/s1500/COHEAST146-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_v1_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1500" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-ITXakMCc7KuQroYq-i2JRa1Jj4o5FFMTa5hHMSWroPOQGtffNnZxap5iKxYQvKpq00pYNyxr3Cu3mFusqlQMzdMBIBUGkWKxZKsvtRZSXe1zlQcY1KjxeEylG1YG8lyfQ8gZARepkN_gj8_cGx4MaeC_8LyODl-Dqoz2TY2z-l86Ojbmnov7C09DGPG/w640-h452/COHEAST146-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_v1_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duplex at 146 Cohea Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDev6m6CUpU5iKLT1DyIN3KtGMYwbtxRW7exYyRMx-mgruVRdlmK_yPXqdpadAzLVLy1PgZZeEx2AtE8tPO4Xh9aGgO3gvKAAbUX715uKw9vJg998B2ZNX1b75FiMoIllIX8EBGIxR1AYgYbiKZauPmGO7MlzMST6pF2EsEvjVB2cgdYteLea-js01YNJ/s1580/COHEAST147_20149-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1580" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDev6m6CUpU5iKLT1DyIN3KtGMYwbtxRW7exYyRMx-mgruVRdlmK_yPXqdpadAzLVLy1PgZZeEx2AtE8tPO4Xh9aGgO3gvKAAbUX715uKw9vJg998B2ZNX1b75FiMoIllIX8EBGIxR1AYgYbiKZauPmGO7MlzMST6pF2EsEvjVB2cgdYteLea-js01YNJ/w640-h436/COHEAST147_20149-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duplex 147-149 Cohea Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyVjwaJ08eIyOu3asrB6TJyvo0buyQOL43h2VyTRZA12UHdKalEtlt6W4btHaaES4G0m1SIf-xSLGnx4SlPbDZtVRRfXWfqNk3f0YQFVvjlsCaSerSijOi6Ud9wS1cQGkYAogTIXMMkAuRMLDyx9CCzSDzRFyjRaE14vR8gu-HUrRt_Q90ao7eKeToAWi/s1580/COHEAST153-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1580" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyVjwaJ08eIyOu3asrB6TJyvo0buyQOL43h2VyTRZA12UHdKalEtlt6W4btHaaES4G0m1SIf-xSLGnx4SlPbDZtVRRfXWfqNk3f0YQFVvjlsCaSerSijOi6Ud9wS1cQGkYAogTIXMMkAuRMLDyx9CCzSDzRFyjRaE14vR8gu-HUrRt_Q90ao7eKeToAWi/w640-h436/COHEAST153-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duplex 153 Cohea Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>These modest duplexes likely once were homes for families who shopped and worked at the stores, restaurants, and jazz clubs on Farish Street. Now they are silent; the happy children are gone. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXhYsg6at4r23sPiaG3_JxjUh4U-fVfCtjdTdY2q8NHfSX0wqYUeztEv2ZKWLvKrOTX3AVCSjkaXZp2zSTlPOhO2PQoUMGYcux9TvDSixh-FR4Ooh3MmU-2a-RI2F-GtWEXnuaYq3IgqXI28GyVl3I2fVnik2Sd9Kwo6uLkL6_5l_babWgB3ntX6cQMy-/s1580/COHEAST155-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1580" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXhYsg6at4r23sPiaG3_JxjUh4U-fVfCtjdTdY2q8NHfSX0wqYUeztEv2ZKWLvKrOTX3AVCSjkaXZp2zSTlPOhO2PQoUMGYcux9TvDSixh-FR4Ooh3MmU-2a-RI2F-GtWEXnuaYq3IgqXI28GyVl3I2fVnik2Sd9Kwo6uLkL6_5l_babWgB3ntX6cQMy-/w640-h428/COHEAST155-JACKSON_20120229_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottage, 155 Cohea Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMYwzDf00SuK3G0czUeQOCnxXaYNF82F53p3XWskUjLfnmb8iUXkGjdYhxtOIKQ-hYok2yRBxv05md7vGy_Q5rKS-tewuCn4fqtlmu951EJlxpHwFvo-GCDGAl1jfUrI34vyUD6blxbhpXvEpZC6yVV3KpfviXZuT8tpgmD0Z8Nii_EGzV_JMejRwaMOf/s1464/EMonumentSt328_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1464" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMYwzDf00SuK3G0czUeQOCnxXaYNF82F53p3XWskUjLfnmb8iUXkGjdYhxtOIKQ-hYok2yRBxv05md7vGy_Q5rKS-tewuCn4fqtlmu951EJlxpHwFvo-GCDGAl1jfUrI34vyUD6blxbhpXvEpZC6yVV3KpfviXZuT8tpgmD0Z8Nii_EGzV_JMejRwaMOf/w640-h458/EMonumentSt328_Jackson_20180126_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottage, 328 East Monument Street (no longer extant)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I took these photographs on Kodak Plus-X (2023 frames), TMax 100 (2018), and Panatomic-X (2012) films. </div><div><br /></div><div>This has been a quick look at central Jackson near Greenwood Cemetery. For other articles on Jackson, please see:</div><div><br /></div><br />Jan 2010: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/01/mississippi-river-basin-model-jackson.html">Mississippi Basin Model</a><br />Jan 2010: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/01/hawkins-field-jackson-mississippi.html">Hawkins Field</a><br />Jan 2010: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/01/naval-reserve-center-181-jefferson.html">Naval reserve Center</a><br />Feb 2010: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/02/historical-hinds-county-armory-jackson.html">Hinds County Armory</a><br />Nov 2010: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2010/11/jackson-minicipal-library.html">Jackson Municipal Library</a><br />Apr 2013: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2013/04/possible-repair-of-hinds-county-armory.html">Hinds County Armory update</a><br />May 2013: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2013/05/fortification-street-oil-mill-jackson.html">Oil Mill</a><br />May 2013: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2013/05/abandoned-corner-store-north-mill.html">Mill Street corner store</a><br />Apr 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/04/abandoned-lock-business-pascagoula.html">Lock business, Pascagoula St.</a><br />May 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/05/dilapidated-stores-mill-street-jackson.html">Mill Street</a><br />Jun 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/06/west-capitol-street-jackson-continuing.html">West Capital Street</a><br />Jun 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/06/abandoned-masonic-temple-west-capitol.html">Masonic Temple</a><br />Nov 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/11/mississippi-river-basin-model.html">Mississippi Basin Model continuing decline</a><br />Dec 2015: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-urban-decay-west-porter-street.html">West Porter Street</a><br />Jan 2016: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/01/decay-within-sight-of-state-capitol.html">Near the State Capital</a><br />Sep 2016: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/09/continuing-decay-north-mill-street.html">North Mill Street</a><br />Jul 2017: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/07/from-archives-shotgun-houses-and.html">Grayson Court</a><br />Dec 2017: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/12/that-sinking-feeling-in-jackson.html">Old House Depot</a><br />Feb 2018: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-mississippi-basin-model-update-2017.html">Basin Model update</a><br />May 2018: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2018/05/fading-quickly-fortification-street.html">Fortification Street</a><br />April 2019: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2019/04/heading-west-woodrow-wilson-ave-and.html">Woodrow Wilson Ave</a>.<br />Aug 2019: <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2019/08/corner-restaurant-bailey-avenue-jackson.html">Bailey Avenue restaurant</a><br /></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com1Jackson, MS 39202, USA32.3088478 -90.18315763.9986139638211569 -125.3394076 60.619081636178848 -55.0269076tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-81477448176231433472024-01-15T07:00:00.214-08:002024-02-11T21:51:49.096-08:00Into the Woods: Squaxin Park, Olympia, Washington (Oly 02) <p><a href="https://www.experienceolympia.com/directory/squaxin-park-nature-wildlife/" target="_blank">Squaxin Park</a>, formerly known as Priest Point Park, is a 314 acre oasis of big trees, mosses, and ferns just north of downtown Olympia on the east shore of Budd Inlet. The Steh-Chass (People of the Water) settled this land for centuries, living in villages along the shores of Budd Inlet. In 1848, Catholic missionaries, the Oblate Fathers, came to the area with sponsorship or funding by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Oblate Fathers displaced the Steh-Chass, cleared the land, and established the St. Joseph d’Olympia Mission and school. The Mission only lasted until 1860, after which the land lay idle for 45 years. In 1905, a group of land investors deeded some of the land to the City of Olympia to form a park. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1F96Xbd2EcIUgAd18QfmHpvUVyWmbgyu6Hp0tApi3VUtHaA8hjvx7w8tqFZRA0ubIiQ7o_v9s8JR9l3VwAgOSVHQZprpG2qXOjXTAQMxFnHV4JQPETyOWSGYKIzMzgGt0vjoMf6sSjtZlcH-EezURNkGoxpQ1uDoxopKS2KmIf1bmBRScXHsI3eZUu6Vw/s1096/157a385d5f2ef1-park-article-bluff.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1096" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1F96Xbd2EcIUgAd18QfmHpvUVyWmbgyu6Hp0tApi3VUtHaA8hjvx7w8tqFZRA0ubIiQ7o_v9s8JR9l3VwAgOSVHQZprpG2qXOjXTAQMxFnHV4JQPETyOWSGYKIzMzgGt0vjoMf6sSjtZlcH-EezURNkGoxpQ1uDoxopKS2KmIf1bmBRScXHsI3eZUu6Vw/w640-h414/157a385d5f2ef1-park-article-bluff.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Priest Point Park, early 1910s (from City of Olympia)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The original park name was Priest Point, but the priests were only there for 12 years. Converting heathens must have proven a bit too difficult or not sufficiently lucrative.</p><p>The importance of this timeline is that the forest in the park has been largely undisturbed for about 150 years. This is not old growth forest but is as close as you will encounter near an urban area. The dense mosses, ferns, and towering tree trunks hint at what old growth forest must have looked like. Pockets of old growth or at least <a href="https://www.lucascometto.com/cascadia-olympic-peninsula" target="_blank">very old trees exist in the Olympic Peninsula</a>, but Squaxin Park is closer and easier to reach (and it is only a 10 minute walk north of where I now live). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM-APuYwWEoSCwznrg14jKPx5eJI49UjRQQGUFxEpWXBdZePrT9SO2Pwl-_eTZHrHKfXtQGK0gMaEqyBkm6E61dOgIUkVcnPyN0G_3X-tU3p1uCOG6bJ7gWFT-OSabP1O3D0x4NKFrxbpgzu0vGLrn4QIyP0fdGx_kn1TosTAAsZuUGgscoPPqukRf2VJ/s1600/DSCF6317_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM-APuYwWEoSCwznrg14jKPx5eJI49UjRQQGUFxEpWXBdZePrT9SO2Pwl-_eTZHrHKfXtQGK0gMaEqyBkm6E61dOgIUkVcnPyN0G_3X-tU3p1uCOG6bJ7gWFT-OSabP1O3D0x4NKFrxbpgzu0vGLrn4QIyP0fdGx_kn1TosTAAsZuUGgscoPPqukRf2VJ/w640-h640/DSCF6317_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellis Cove at low tide</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFfQJHzRrzKHRPHluJfIcUyaroqAQpdAm1dsDqEsZfNxUO-i0qAESzCAStkphwx5xTCeeH1S4TzfzSlWTs_pIXGtzvICKtJ0hAq3h8LCjPyU6LCwyrNugx6wLOoKOFPAjKQCZMi6KkYhiyJknKWaFn4NFIHLucQk8ojw_3IdyOAT2fwqAaeW0KXb5ozw3/s1600/DSCF6309_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFfQJHzRrzKHRPHluJfIcUyaroqAQpdAm1dsDqEsZfNxUO-i0qAESzCAStkphwx5xTCeeH1S4TzfzSlWTs_pIXGtzvICKtJ0hAq3h8LCjPyU6LCwyrNugx6wLOoKOFPAjKQCZMi6KkYhiyJknKWaFn4NFIHLucQk8ojw_3IdyOAT2fwqAaeW0KXb5ozw3/w640-h640/DSCF6309_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woods above Mission Creek</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBENo9XMt0OouueFiShX9ljvz8kRkMw3aZoQi2E332JAPfNVApb5XP1rA_xnCyNz8mZFkM0v1GrFomAwP3GGRtsV3NGwM4JE9gUBexxOg-o34RqPBSUIyXufBDyU2BKCNHxSJSRnlxJqWJnriY23ioHXNOCE345gsx7hJYVGZ81E3gp3LPwvVbea72znu/s1600/DSCF6318_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBENo9XMt0OouueFiShX9ljvz8kRkMw3aZoQi2E332JAPfNVApb5XP1rA_xnCyNz8mZFkM0v1GrFomAwP3GGRtsV3NGwM4JE9gUBexxOg-o34RqPBSUIyXufBDyU2BKCNHxSJSRnlxJqWJnriY23ioHXNOCE345gsx7hJYVGZ81E3gp3LPwvVbea72znu/w640-h640/DSCF6318_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail to Ellis Cove</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG81slMbWPsQx2t8vMVqf49UWZM-QsePzQ36EeXzdPxpSO9diZ61LjhqeLKngdWkqMVner_vx69xC899hLnmstMcWrWqScoZrlpf8JlqaGLK0V_KeYieN97WGdXvViMiYCJGvI0WzTdkwIYBYzEWTKfUkD_XPRIOnKc9DMqITrTWeSHRRWgVmUPEC5UTF1/s1600/DSCF6320_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG81slMbWPsQx2t8vMVqf49UWZM-QsePzQ36EeXzdPxpSO9diZ61LjhqeLKngdWkqMVner_vx69xC899hLnmstMcWrWqScoZrlpf8JlqaGLK0V_KeYieN97WGdXvViMiYCJGvI0WzTdkwIYBYzEWTKfUkD_XPRIOnKc9DMqITrTWeSHRRWgVmUPEC5UTF1/w640-h640/DSCF6320_SquaxinPark_Olympia_WA_20240104_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rest area at Ellis Cove</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I took these pictures with my Fuji X-E1 digital camera and the compact 27mm ƒ/2.8 Fuji lens. I have not exercised this kit much in the last few years but need to refamiliarize myself with its functions. It is convenient and easy to use. For most of the pictures above, I used the Astia simulation and set the frame to 1:1 to resemble the square frame of a Rolleiflex. This crops off the edges, so you end up with fewer pixels in your files. One of the µ4/3 Panasonic cameras, the GH2, had a multi-aspect ratio sensor, so setting various frame sizes used different parts of the oversized sensor. But I think all current digital cameras simply chop off part of the frame. </p><p>Digital is certainly convenient. The pictures are usually "sharp" (whatever that means), the exposure is usually decent, and the camera adjusts the white balance for many light conditions. You take pictures, go home, download the files, and you are ready to use them. I formerly would open the raw files and adjust them with software, but honestly, the jpeg files that the camera computes look fine for 8-bit web display. I never got into the use of Lightroom or developing a secret formula to manipulate the raw files.</p><p>Despite having used 4/3, µ4/3, APS, and compact digital cameras, I think the best digital files in my archives are from a 10 mpixel Sony DSC R1 camera of 2005 vintage. Despite being "early" technology, the output was superb.</p><p><br /></p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com2Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park), 2600 East Bay Drive Northeast, Olympia, WA 98506, USA47.070834 -122.895002918.760600163821152 -158.0512529 75.381067836178843 -87.7387529tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-52467594415966039252024-01-07T06:00:00.061-08:002024-01-31T16:29:36.885-08:00Athens in 1964 with an Instamatic 500 Camera<h3 style="text-align: left;">2024 New Year Note</h3><p>Dear Readers, welcome to 2024. Thank you all for your support. In the upcoming year, look for a mixture of new material and more treasures (garbage?) from my archives. I also want to scan more of my father's negatives. My New Year's resolution is to sort through much of this old material and purge. </p><p>Resolution 2: Don't buy more cameras. But a friend said he would send me his Mamiya RB67..... </p><p>Resolution 3: Use some of the film in my freezer before buying any more new film. The 120 Panatomic-X is 35 years old. It responds perfectly so far, but its life is finite. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Kodak Instamatic 500</h3><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrH2vjbyRBPCz0g83X7PLyJ3mI1NV6cHcFz5gJH8mglbEglkoYurYOnW1CRoR0Ee3QEm33AeuQpbWC7HZ9849JEK3OTn793CiF-Hi57TPxUvmP0rEga8n2mMJuMamo9IdxG7CmR7k_rBmpdZF0tXeF80VkBNRrhrQH4PyoSpqQzPpvLrNWOGu4z5sdj5K/s892/Instamatic500.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="892" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrH2vjbyRBPCz0g83X7PLyJ3mI1NV6cHcFz5gJH8mglbEglkoYurYOnW1CRoR0Ee3QEm33AeuQpbWC7HZ9849JEK3OTn793CiF-Hi57TPxUvmP0rEga8n2mMJuMamo9IdxG7CmR7k_rBmpdZF0tXeF80VkBNRrhrQH4PyoSpqQzPpvLrNWOGu4z5sdj5K/w640-h420/Instamatic500.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kodak Instamatic 500 camera (photo source unknown)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>My dad always took pictures. So when I was in elementary school, I wanted a camera, too. My childhood friend had an Instamatic 100 and, later, the 104 (the 4 meant it could accept flashcubes). </p><p>In the early 1960s, Instamatics and the associated type 126 film cartridge were Eastman Kodak's marketing marvel, an astonishing sales success worldwide. Kodak introduced the one-piece film cartridge in 1963. The cameras were easy to use. Many casual photographers had endless trouble loading 35mm film into a camera, but the one-piece 126 cassette solved that complexity. All a user needed to do was place the plastic film cassette into the camera and close the back. Most Instamatics were simple cameras with a fixed aperture, but some had early-vintage auto exposure. Some even has a hand-wind spring motor to advance the film. </p><p>Kodak sold 126 film until the early 2000s. Their last Instamatic camera was the X-15F in 1988. <a href="https://mikeeckman.com/2020/03/reloading-instamatic-film-the-better-way/" target="_blank">Mike Eckman</a> has written a detailed summary of the film and its history. He also summarized ways to load 35mm film into recycled or brand new 126 cartridges. </p><p>I did not know anything about cameras, so an Instamatic seemed like the logical path. I saved my allowance and, with help from the parents, requested a Kodak Instamatic 500 camera. A relative bought one in Germany and brought it home to Greece.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SuomTDQSEe0ktTrQNfHIg24CIZNqDrUcZGl75sn4d01vqgVOsqybnJriDmHQy3MasPato5nf3SBBZw74CCKCesAsjFaZdq7W1geaFH1u1gO9vv8xjqC0WFiRMa9wopGJFBdSPZYzrV83ll4qc0XUfZVK75NeR0lrjmmZ4Kt5Tam9xe3oOLNrABnDp5dC/s1177/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-02%20at%206.36.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SuomTDQSEe0ktTrQNfHIg24CIZNqDrUcZGl75sn4d01vqgVOsqybnJriDmHQy3MasPato5nf3SBBZw74CCKCesAsjFaZdq7W1geaFH1u1gO9vv8xjqC0WFiRMa9wopGJFBdSPZYzrV83ll4qc0XUfZVK75NeR0lrjmmZ4Kt5Tam9xe3oOLNrABnDp5dC/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-02%20at%206.36.39%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <i>The Bulletin</i>, August 14, 1965</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Unlike most of the simple box versions, the 500 let you focus manually and had a built-in Gossen selenium light meter. The 45mm ƒ/2.8 Xenar lens was a modern and coated 4-element Tessar type. Mike Eckman wrote a <a href="https://mikeeckman.com/2021/04/kodak-instamatic-500-1963/" target="_blank">detailed review of the Instamatic 500</a> and its history, so I will not try to repeat details here. On Instamatic standards, the 500 was capable of decent negatives or slides.</p><p>I did not know what I was doing, but the instruction manual said look at the distance scale and turn the aperture scale until the light meter needle pointer was in the middle of the bar in the viewfinder. Simple even for a youngster. Here are some 1964 examples from Greece. The film was probably Verichrome Pan (which <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2021/03/another-expired-film-treasure-kodak.html" target="_blank">I used and liked in 2021</a> in 120 format). </p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3JE50lpFXIaSbwQAOtiaA9F25Qmwgtkdj6vDh_FjRZjxsY3d7s2l8q-jKFrSwKS509LHIq0VFJ3CaAeFb2ZRmhRkT7v89zngkSCG6lZIjg-9VMHtXeeroEhhRZke-9mwhrzmpzLGUeYHfH8-f4vIBMAphmFEduH3uHlJBlyxddRsC3s_Fviiewz3BEdT/s1600/img111_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1600" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3JE50lpFXIaSbwQAOtiaA9F25Qmwgtkdj6vDh_FjRZjxsY3d7s2l8q-jKFrSwKS509LHIq0VFJ3CaAeFb2ZRmhRkT7v89zngkSCG6lZIjg-9VMHtXeeroEhhRZke-9mwhrzmpzLGUeYHfH8-f4vIBMAphmFEduH3uHlJBlyxddRsC3s_Fviiewz3BEdT/w640-h616/img111_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Athens view west from Lycabettus Hill</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>In the 1960s, Athens was growing furiously. Elegant turn of the century townhouses were being torn down and replaced with rectangle concrete apartment buildings of no architectural merit. Now, some 60 years later, they look like tired nondescript apartment buildings with inadequate elevators, bathrooms, and electrical supply. My 1964 photograph shows the ugly constriction.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUwlGtan63X7DHIexiBIIUMkUTxCrN3TKNuK24OQnGJm519d7z5dec7a6FdA5ytcmOm8ZemW0cpOhh2sZ23JlSFM3VkmKEsMZSs-CL1_yNjdmKrlUBHYtJ7Yi8PWik74CR_Pb6CFwKvFYIlN8xzuBf-ZZjC1Xqy6AG5oITLCSf7gLdt6YHcK6f-Z_3FPz/s1600/img112_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1600" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUwlGtan63X7DHIexiBIIUMkUTxCrN3TKNuK24OQnGJm519d7z5dec7a6FdA5ytcmOm8ZemW0cpOhh2sZ23JlSFM3VkmKEsMZSs-CL1_yNjdmKrlUBHYtJ7Yi8PWik74CR_Pb6CFwKvFYIlN8xzuBf-ZZjC1Xqy6AG5oITLCSf7gLdt6YHcK6f-Z_3FPz/w640-h616/img112_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Athens view south from Lycabettus Hill</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>To the south, the scene is about the same. The stadium in the middle is the site of the 1896 Olympic Games revival. The suburb beyond is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nea_Smyrni" target="_blank">Nea Smyrni,</a> an area settled by Greek refugees from Anatolia after the disasterous 1923 war and the subsequent exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey (<i>i.e.</i>, forced ethnic cleansing). </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSWJKiC9toVYo7Ao_8guQG_TJ0g8U56oimRUoFLFtvV5XvEQozC_lrTzD-X_69yGHhY1fbLwxJqVfS6BLc4i1Un4J_baLkm5tGau2xV-MfIkspAym-JlqUhPwUWXVWHjo3_dXbXMWc7Wo2uHqVo9p9M4s7rYUwBqVdV8Yq9ka601aRHXyxZD2QCwLbzmG/s1600/img113_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1600" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSWJKiC9toVYo7Ao_8guQG_TJ0g8U56oimRUoFLFtvV5XvEQozC_lrTzD-X_69yGHhY1fbLwxJqVfS6BLc4i1Un4J_baLkm5tGau2xV-MfIkspAym-JlqUhPwUWXVWHjo3_dXbXMWc7Wo2uHqVo9p9M4s7rYUwBqVdV8Yq9ka601aRHXyxZD2QCwLbzmG/w640-h576/img113_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Athens view east</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is the view towards Mount Hymmetus. Today, the urban sprawl extends a lot further up the slopes. The American Embassy is the modern white building with columns in the center just beyond the green slope. Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius designed the chancery building, which was completed in 1961. I recall when you could drive right up to the building and enter the basement garage. Now, it is surrounded by tall walls and the sidewalks have truck bomb concrete barriers. The concrete ramp in the foreground is part of the ramp for a funicular. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpvdy4UCBcXlIm4t3smnHpe21Q4qrMpsgVeMSFwTxyFaO0KEnMUjy2hHyUoVqDGkJuzsgwGQfogFkik10tP3rCW7G7BuNENBLMWlkdt1rQ55j5Bswvh33ykVDnrAOgq4_ZklGQLnnnmK70VkoaRV7G5e1zuznuQnU5xfZfY7vYAo30sVmYCjF4W7KHEB5/s1571/img104_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1571" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpvdy4UCBcXlIm4t3smnHpe21Q4qrMpsgVeMSFwTxyFaO0KEnMUjy2hHyUoVqDGkJuzsgwGQfogFkik10tP3rCW7G7BuNENBLMWlkdt1rQ55j5Bswvh33ykVDnrAOgq4_ZklGQLnnnmK70VkoaRV7G5e1zuznuQnU5xfZfY7vYAo30sVmYCjF4W7KHEB5/w640-h620/img104_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S.S. Hanseatic in Piraeus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>A trip to see ships in Piraeus was always a treat. This was the S.S. Hanseatic of the Hamburg-Atlantic Line. Built in 1930, this was formerly the Empress of Scotland steamship. The Hamburg-Atlantic Line bought it and extensively rebuilt it, replacing her three funnels with two modern style funnels. Note the open lifeboats, a deadly way to save passengers in case of an evacuation on the open Atlantic ocean. In 1964, passengers still crossed The Atlantic via ocean liner, but the Boeing 707 airliner was in the process of crushing the traditional cross-ocean passenger ship business. <br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz22I7k5pykOGR0WGclqh81MFRLymIi4cWaayeJCb3K-UKGg2c03YoyQxM656yS5mb46v6MB5y9qasqq5fwHi37RXG3_52HRYqKSCZ6-yRdjybAWsKneGtZEj4AfUIHHWuND2YwRLEv3UHEPq81im5K74-kHTYdlpjK3pXUkmRigw7B5tUbckqy_J1yXCx/s1481/img103_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1481" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz22I7k5pykOGR0WGclqh81MFRLymIi4cWaayeJCb3K-UKGg2c03YoyQxM656yS5mb46v6MB5y9qasqq5fwHi37RXG3_52HRYqKSCZ6-yRdjybAWsKneGtZEj4AfUIHHWuND2YwRLEv3UHEPq81im5K74-kHTYdlpjK3pXUkmRigw7B5tUbckqy_J1yXCx/w640-h540/img103_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown sports car near Mount Pendeli</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><b>Update:</b> a reader from Germany wrote that this sports car is an Auto Union 1000 Sp roadster (3 cylinders, two-stroke, front wheel drive).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVwcjUQ6fvqz8XaCu0i3IKJOeo4kzCsXWul2kDZ1dZZiKlNdQwbdEO3znoSILvW-_B8ScPGCtZ_HGeiDiX8Qq8tt4d1kn9NN4-jiSmiXioAHMNIxGVb8vJK3ln50mg3vq_DE6QrtZr8lticAeGfivYAvl9PlKUTRTL6tsJaQNvDLwcSwGIycMtpswzzgc/s1600/img102_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1600" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVwcjUQ6fvqz8XaCu0i3IKJOeo4kzCsXWul2kDZ1dZZiKlNdQwbdEO3znoSILvW-_B8ScPGCtZ_HGeiDiX8Qq8tt4d1kn9NN4-jiSmiXioAHMNIxGVb8vJK3ln50mg3vq_DE6QrtZr8lticAeGfivYAvl9PlKUTRTL6tsJaQNvDLwcSwGIycMtpswzzgc/w640-h620/img102_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picnic somewhere near Mount Pendeli</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Family friends invited me to a picnic. The stove with all the smoke was a clever Israeli folding camp stove that burned crushed newspaper. I do not know if it could handle the heat of wood or charcoal. Sitting on the rocky soil on newspaper does not look too comfortable. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUAP6cCmCoyM1gomZTiyM_kaxHL4-7T3ffhgfngEEY5cIHTQQORuN7-XN-Z6oeBBRlRhyphenhyphenQkxj0OUAH5FRVj-cdvJw9N5GQ5Gf-zQYoZhy6zF05rTJI4RUVEUYgHE-o5bUqehGrA_5iRGR1Q32Ef2oAEH4gO1LZPth0GVtdXJM8U_ggH0JvMWYzTMpGF3M/s1600/img106_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUAP6cCmCoyM1gomZTiyM_kaxHL4-7T3ffhgfngEEY5cIHTQQORuN7-XN-Z6oeBBRlRhyphenhyphenQkxj0OUAH5FRVj-cdvJw9N5GQ5Gf-zQYoZhy6zF05rTJI4RUVEUYgHE-o5bUqehGrA_5iRGR1Q32Ef2oAEH4gO1LZPth0GVtdXJM8U_ggH0JvMWYzTMpGF3M/w640-h640/img106_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom and two cousins somewhere near the sea</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A typical Sunday outing was to go to a taverna by the sea and eat. The adults hung about and talked, while the children were bored and ran around. Note the poofy hair in classic 1964 style.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rHqoKoxxkK4lmMfxdG3JBtgj7MqatJKlxMtwdeedTxqQZ_geqhzeDMnu1yyfHcpRJVPNmuqDlerQ0aOBdfYrRc0THH3RGUgnF4Y96pnv5GNH2brjqJ2jGkXqa_Sjxg9QxgIt7e5jfCeV22ruHfXKztrSFxaSAHDf0aWaxEHSGQf5au4DIORITFPly2f2/s1559/img107_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="1559" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rHqoKoxxkK4lmMfxdG3JBtgj7MqatJKlxMtwdeedTxqQZ_geqhzeDMnu1yyfHcpRJVPNmuqDlerQ0aOBdfYrRc0THH3RGUgnF4Y96pnv5GNH2brjqJ2jGkXqa_Sjxg9QxgIt7e5jfCeV22ruHfXKztrSFxaSAHDf0aWaxEHSGQf5au4DIORITFPly2f2/w640-h640/img107_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting around at a taverna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Yes indeed, here are the adults sitting around at the taverna. The kid looks bored. Don't forget the high-heeled shoes for the Sunday casual outing.</p><p>This ends out short look back at 1964 through a Kodak Instamatic 500 camera. As you can see, for internet display, the quality is quite acceptable. I could not find any companies that sell new 126 film, but some adapter kits exist to reload perforated 135 film into 126 cartridges. The <a href="https://filmphotographyproject.com/love-126/" target="_blank">Film Photography Project</a> may be trying to reintroduce 126, but I have not kept up with their progress. </p><p>I used my 500 for about 5 years and then progressed to a Nikkormat FTn camera in December of 1968. This was a much more sophisticated camera and used the dreaded "complicated" 135 cartridges. The Instamatic stayed in a drawer until a friend borrowed it to use while rock climbing. It disappeared at some stage, but I did not plan to use it again. If you have an Instamatic at home, buy a reloaded 126 cassette and test it - have some 1960s fun.</p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com7Athens, Greece37.9838096 23.72753889.6735757638211552 -11.428711199999999 66.294043436178839 58.883788800000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-50592610675864160552023-12-28T06:00:00.003-08:002024-02-15T23:07:21.332-08:00From the Space Needle in 1995 (Seattle, Washington)<p>Business took me to western Washington in 1995. A coworker and I looked at the beach at Ocean Shores, facing the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of Grays Harbor. Southward sediment transport had built a wide beach against the north jetty. Developers were building condominiums on the beach. Was this a vulnerable location? Were there feasible escape routes if sirens warned of a tsunami? What would happen to the beach if the sediment transport shifted to moving north? </p><p>After the field trip, we had a few days to spend in Seattle. My coworker had never been to the city and was intrigued by the Space Needle. A fellow we met under the Needle generously offered us two free tickets for the elevator. It was a gorgeous sunny day, so, of course we took the lift to the viewing balcony.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaAOPBdkhUelHrp1vp8ufLII3cJ71icmtL0rcxr20Es3bRVe2YduBId9gBVAPJdIbnoRnwRlLHkWBagUUt_STJ8jKe5x3W7enJeIeP3N89XsdMjy8EY0K22b80uCsOIHJDoHa19eleDQ9d6wOaG49odpFqPtIw1TN9NFVj0_SUIceEPPhd3tNUFHeHwaS/s1567/_DSF6060_Seattle_SpaceNeedle_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1567" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaAOPBdkhUelHrp1vp8ufLII3cJ71icmtL0rcxr20Es3bRVe2YduBId9gBVAPJdIbnoRnwRlLHkWBagUUt_STJ8jKe5x3W7enJeIeP3N89XsdMjy8EY0K22b80uCsOIHJDoHa19eleDQ9d6wOaG49odpFqPtIw1TN9NFVj0_SUIceEPPhd3tNUFHeHwaS/w640-h426/_DSF6060_Seattle_SpaceNeedle_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Room with a view: Space Needle from the Mediterranean Inn (Fuji digital photograph taken with a Jupiter-8 lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikWqjAScJEeN1QnORrVvzm3FaC0OB-qEsmW9YI1nUMh3t4lBvJW6EUgzVoRcC19g6icMGSyefEcRJC_4DWAQsjerT0em4VPnLS_7MrilG4cCLX645co2mvZLgzmQrEruxUcf3vMOv4-If62U2kYJrwEMWCqn25lwb3MycflvrsR3f55UYCPToQU9dzdOg/s3600/20040426h_SouthLakeUnion_Seattle_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="3600" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikWqjAScJEeN1QnORrVvzm3FaC0OB-qEsmW9YI1nUMh3t4lBvJW6EUgzVoRcC19g6icMGSyefEcRJC_4DWAQsjerT0em4VPnLS_7MrilG4cCLX645co2mvZLgzmQrEruxUcf3vMOv4-If62U2kYJrwEMWCqn25lwb3MycflvrsR3f55UYCPToQU9dzdOg/w640-h234/20040426h_SouthLakeUnion_Seattle_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2004 panorama of South Lake Union district from Eastlake Avenue E</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>First, the general setting. This is a 2004 panoramic photograph of Queen Anne (the hill to the right), South Lake Union, Uptown, and Belltown districts (taken with a Hasselblad X-Pan camera). The Needle is the iconic tower built for the 1962 World's Fair. In the 1970s, when I was a student here, this area south of Lake Union was a commercial district of warehouses and manufacturing. By the early 2000s, it was transforming into condos, clubs, museums, and modern businesses. In the photograph above, the red building in the foreground is part of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, one of the foremost cancer research institutes in the world. Click the picture to enlarge the scene and see the snowy Olympic Mountains in the distance.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiMSFMZOWSG4ji5bKPVfI-4LIJpDm89xJKI2yBiThojitJsbIpGTDzSPCfTaEhbE8Oj1IZr_y9WueNOTypfLTHMIT1sFuJUJF-jZ66qSMRH-J23YKycxyeYv_h1wN0nUNcYm0BQi1gF6iGKmkh2ThH5CeV5eP_HyAxIzHFSRwoP0r6zLPaJYkK4-hwzbJ/s2400/19950711_Seattle_Washington_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2400" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiMSFMZOWSG4ji5bKPVfI-4LIJpDm89xJKI2yBiThojitJsbIpGTDzSPCfTaEhbE8Oj1IZr_y9WueNOTypfLTHMIT1sFuJUJF-jZ66qSMRH-J23YKycxyeYv_h1wN0nUNcYm0BQi1gF6iGKmkh2ThH5CeV5eP_HyAxIzHFSRwoP0r6zLPaJYkK4-hwzbJ/w640-h428/19950711_Seattle_Washington_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Port of Seattle, view south from Space Needle</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Now, let's ascend to the viewing balcony on the Space Needle and look south. Seattle is a high value seaport. It is a spectacular natural harbor because it is ice-free, deep, and sheltered from Pacific Ocean storms. In the photograph above, you can see the container terminal in the distance with a freighter in the roadstead. A ferry boat is on its way to Bremerton. Many Seattleites commute daily via the ferries. Seattle is also a major cruise terminal, but I do not see any cruise ships in this scene. </div><div><br /></div><div>To the left, you can see two features that are now, thankfully, gone. </div><div><br /></div><div>The big white dome is the infamous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdome" target="_blank">Kingdome</a>. I recall some of the controversy during construction in the 1972-1973 period. It was sited in the Industrial District south of Pioneer Square. African-American businesses were displaced (<i>i.e.</i>, forced out at low real estate values). Construction was plagued with errors, poor design, and a contractor who was unable to complete the work. The building suffered water problems. Parts of the roof collapsed in 1994. Finally, controlled implosion brought down the nasty structure in March of 2000. A century-old African-American community had been replaced by a boondoggle that lasted 27 years. King County taxpayers had to pay for the bonds for another 15 years. Hmmm, is it possible some corruption might have been involved?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr8XzJ-g6XCDN-WYZ9i6fjkiamge8qZcUKgmoJXbXAygv_ojqujwpcdzEw1RpJytqDWFsyTskvDKA2k5VmHbDEtRo2H7V_RIYzH7LbTE4y9-B7olCuXjaOnAmwCHbUlsvUG2w3jLFg8hwUuFlL2rZfAtsfWztMstVSSVsPa3LBuXSSqEVteNVfuOOhKwX/s554/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-18%20at%2011.23.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="429" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyr8XzJ-g6XCDN-WYZ9i6fjkiamge8qZcUKgmoJXbXAygv_ojqujwpcdzEw1RpJytqDWFsyTskvDKA2k5VmHbDEtRo2H7V_RIYzH7LbTE4y9-B7olCuXjaOnAmwCHbUlsvUG2w3jLFg8hwUuFlL2rZfAtsfWztMstVSSVsPa3LBuXSSqEVteNVfuOOhKwX/w496-h640/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-18%20at%2011.23.27%20PM.png" width="496" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alaskan Way Viaduct before demolition (from Wikimedia, based on Open Street Maps)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>To the right of The Kingdome is the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a double-decked freeway that carried State Route 99 along the waterfront. The city built the viaduct in three phases between 1949 and 1953. It cut off the city from the waterfront, similar to the way the Southeast Expressway in Boston became a barrier between Boston, the North End, and the waterfront. The web site, <i>The Historic Pacific Highway in Washington</i>, has <a href="https://www.pacific-hwy.net/viaduct.htm" target="_blank">more information about the viaduct</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Engineers knew that the viaduct was vulerable to earthquakes. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in Oakland, California, destroyed the similar Cypress Street Viaduct, causing 42 deaths. The 2001 Nisqually earthquake in Seattle damaged the viaduct and its supporting Alaskan Way Seawall. The steel flanges, girders, and bolts that I saw in 2004 were attempts to shore up the structure of the viaduct. </div><div><br /></div><div>My coworkers at the Corps of Engineers were well aware of the viaduct's earthquake vulnerability. They told me which lanes to use in case the upper structure collapsed. By carefully driving between the concrete support rows, my car would be only partly squashed by the descending concrete roadway. I was so reassured....</div><div><br /></div><div>After long and heated debate, King County, the city, and the Port of Seattle decided to bore a tunnel under the route of the viaduct and totally remove the concrete eyesore. You know the story: the tunnel cost vastly more than originally predicted and numerous technical issues slowed construction, but it finally opened to traffic in February of 2019. Demolishing and crunching up the viaduct took only a year. The city now has access to the waterfront without the concrete eyesore. </div><div><br /></div><div>On recent trips to Seattle, I have driven Route 99 instead of fight the traffic on I-5. The tunnel appears to flow well while I-5 is bumper-to-bumper. Cameras automatically tag your car to identify where to send a bill for the toll. </div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCTCwf-FDUPF6Fp1EyRoYCIQcixe3LKfideYR2fVXYOR_dtg4CCAKE2hhE5sLw8QcZRR-j0EgcFwdGRukasCZibQZw817bq8iIohIBqCFSzlx9ApReO7iQXUZsHJ4ZeWSZXV1KSn9KOXs9tXsn5zP9BqeSrKM2TaDW5uaThu55QwPM0fiRqzQTAUpg1By/s2400/19950711_UnionBay_Seattle_Washington_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCTCwf-FDUPF6Fp1EyRoYCIQcixe3LKfideYR2fVXYOR_dtg4CCAKE2hhE5sLw8QcZRR-j0EgcFwdGRukasCZibQZw817bq8iIohIBqCFSzlx9ApReO7iQXUZsHJ4ZeWSZXV1KSn9KOXs9tXsn5zP9BqeSrKM2TaDW5uaThu55QwPM0fiRqzQTAUpg1By/w640-h424/19950711_UnionBay_Seattle_Washington_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Bay with University of Washington Campus in the distance</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Turn to the northeast and look at the body of water. Union Bay is a freshwater bay in the center of Seattle. The Fremont Cut (to the left) lets boats reach Puget Sound via the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. The Montlake Cut, beyond the I-5 bridge in the distance, gives access to Lake Washington. Museums, shipyards, houseboats, and seaplane companies line the shore of Lake Union. "Sleepless in Seattle" takes place in these houseboats. The Vashon Glacier excavated the lake about 12,000 years ago and sculpted most of the contemporary geomorphology in the Puget lowlands.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOKrzm_g_s8dZ3GEj5S6yp1fxDWCH0pwDqurKLYiv2vB_FmoabdB0wqUTXmRSjtSZ2JDOv3jmt_TCEWIJVK-Ujl9e4mGAnwVSUVNL9BYP-0_0k6Gr7TjWJM1lKLW6_SjNxkFEtuVV9Omsk7L3u_sW7k10Ri7A9HirFpgSOaQXSXSUt3g1H5iKnOFIVo_W/s1571/IMG031_UnionBay_Seattle_from_GasWorksPark_20040411_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1571" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOKrzm_g_s8dZ3GEj5S6yp1fxDWCH0pwDqurKLYiv2vB_FmoabdB0wqUTXmRSjtSZ2JDOv3jmt_TCEWIJVK-Ujl9e4mGAnwVSUVNL9BYP-0_0k6Gr7TjWJM1lKLW6_SjNxkFEtuVV9Omsk7L3u_sW7k10Ri7A9HirFpgSOaQXSXSUt3g1H5iKnOFIVo_W/w640-h434/IMG031_UnionBay_Seattle_from_GasWorksPark_20040411_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Union view south</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This is Lake Union from the Gasworks Park, the site of a former coal gasification plant from the early 20th century. </p><p>This ends our much too quick overview of Seattle. I want to look at my 1970s archives and see if there are more photographs from downtown.</p><p>By the way, if you want to see a really bad Elvis movie that features the Space Needle, watch "It Happened at the World's Fair." As TCM described it, "The Monorail and Space Needle are prominent as Mike (Elvis Presley) and friend Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu) take in the sights". It is an utterly absurd plot, but Elvis sings. What more could you want in a movie?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com0400 Broad St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA47.6205063 -122.349277419.310272463821157 -157.5055274 75.930740136178855 -87.1930274tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-50770353886450172902023-12-19T06:00:00.003-08:002023-12-19T11:27:45.898-08:00Cruising Rural South Central Washington <p>Years ago, when I was young and strong, I sometimes hiked on Mount Rainier in south central Washington state. Back then, I did not do urban decay photography and did not pay attention to the rural towns south of Seattle. Finally, in summer of 2023, I had a chance to revisit the area and take a few snapshots. These towns were probably a lot more interesting in the 1970s, when the lumber industry was beginning to wind down and western Washington state had not gone through its conversion from a resource extraction economy to a high technology, finance, and arts economy. </p><p>I sometimes regret not photographing good grunge when it was available. However, many people argue with plenty of backup evidence that infrastructure and small town society in USA has deteriorated in recent decades. The rural South certainly shows this pattern. But even here in the Pacific Northwest, I expect to find interesting material to photograph in the future as I explore. </p><div>Let us take a short drive from Olympia towards Paradise, on the south side of Mount Rainier. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibkIls9mQkaSr8svOnxRLnLS17bYclAJrgCiEA7nt-gwJOYzBqxjGpnf1z22M2R5jC99kRfnJOqwVe70oqao3khz9r2_pMHHnDGgLCe142Ek67Ml0u6Mad2yXrtxkN8stgr5ZwoZvkLhdXNUcDwVLXkvKUR_OIoiNdfKjc6EWv0Cs02-UiI6glM8nR666/s1600/C20230707f_RainierPizza_Rainier_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibkIls9mQkaSr8svOnxRLnLS17bYclAJrgCiEA7nt-gwJOYzBqxjGpnf1z22M2R5jC99kRfnJOqwVe70oqao3khz9r2_pMHHnDGgLCe142Ek67Ml0u6Mad2yXrtxkN8stgr5ZwoZvkLhdXNUcDwVLXkvKUR_OIoiNdfKjc6EWv0Cs02-UiI6glM8nR666/w640-h424/C20230707f_RainierPizza_Rainier_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking for coffee in Rainier</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Rainier is a former lumber town and appears to be a bit rough. I want to explore soon.</p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVedz08QnRMmUPPmN1IgECr2AaLTPTN8r7lhxxhM0EC0bQKcc9rI2l7EiT7jO6kltW8ycw1zBKcuuDgU9YQfwHqYR9RfVblclp-jHRKv1ZGW6OV_uvFPiC_oSgKZWwmMipouWPM5RK52Mo5g6umX_N1L85jLV1sgbUCdg6TEq9neF21aaPTn13mXbKzUEX/s1600/C20230707e_LaGrange_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1600" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVedz08QnRMmUPPmN1IgECr2AaLTPTN8r7lhxxhM0EC0bQKcc9rI2l7EiT7jO6kltW8ycw1zBKcuuDgU9YQfwHqYR9RfVblclp-jHRKv1ZGW6OV_uvFPiC_oSgKZWwmMipouWPM5RK52Mo5g6umX_N1L85jLV1sgbUCdg6TEq9neF21aaPTn13mXbKzUEX/w640-h466/C20230707e_LaGrange_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Highway E, La Grande, Washington</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJCjbQBcwO3DfiC8XN-hv9d4H0MFPmKWEzy97aQqxGKGIEQ5fFlQZKAGM7c7SbFwxwBcXxkskNs-t88emYTQPaEkiYF56KkEFAUnxadN8riuaDQeCsIw6EA0psdHO8TxB2Q6LgXfYlZU_YLycYbPWkPIdKqMj30KDr_nSGyknZUXl_GPKqgNeruzQRI9i/s1600/C20230707d_LaGrange_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1600" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJCjbQBcwO3DfiC8XN-hv9d4H0MFPmKWEzy97aQqxGKGIEQ5fFlQZKAGM7c7SbFwxwBcXxkskNs-t88emYTQPaEkiYF56KkEFAUnxadN8riuaDQeCsIw6EA0psdHO8TxB2Q6LgXfYlZU_YLycYbPWkPIdKqMj30KDr_nSGyknZUXl_GPKqgNeruzQRI9i/w640-h468/C20230707d_LaGrange_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old La Grande Post Office</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>La Grande is an unincorporated community in Pierce County. Most people heading to Mount Rainier buzz on through in a hurry.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacDVzVa1JgVQ74xIgwIMTEsbs-O839rrOQiG-ooOBjMD2KNlyU8hnrtDK3_ve3XdJejmmqJZL3-QKXXKMgYtv3TnPRHh-9OTWtAy2FZJF0c9mylNK9HLM1ZBkwWdUxCjWHU0wlJAkZA7dgl6K8qAd8OxPc7T2yhtSy6LXe32TSUQjcKleNeGAjxhpzfM3/s1600/C20230707a_RainierTrain_Elbe_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacDVzVa1JgVQ74xIgwIMTEsbs-O839rrOQiG-ooOBjMD2KNlyU8hnrtDK3_ve3XdJejmmqJZL3-QKXXKMgYtv3TnPRHh-9OTWtAy2FZJF0c9mylNK9HLM1ZBkwWdUxCjWHU0wlJAkZA7dgl6K8qAd8OxPc7T2yhtSy6LXe32TSUQjcKleNeGAjxhpzfM3/w640-h430/C20230707a_RainierTrain_Elbe_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elbe, Washington</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The Mount Rainier Scenic Railway runs between the towns of Elbe and Mineral. I am not sure if the cars on the siding above are currently used or if the railroad has other rolling stock. <div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWgcawvdjpGzoODnaNQ0AX5KdCxnSGjfV_8YBg61FTRRdzeedIvekGR2IUdB0KhnXzlA-WWvmZvSxRzKoBZQqncjeoBp7RtuWYdBM-d31OgTmZSUhrURjhRjnNVpqV46f0ewfTVWYdIwDZy7RWsQK1YorSpk4Obz4t2WV8Dx3y8J6gbwjT8tAwSF87xq2/s1600/C20230707b_Rise&Grind_Ashford_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1600" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWgcawvdjpGzoODnaNQ0AX5KdCxnSGjfV_8YBg61FTRRdzeedIvekGR2IUdB0KhnXzlA-WWvmZvSxRzKoBZQqncjeoBp7RtuWYdBM-d31OgTmZSUhrURjhRjnNVpqV46f0ewfTVWYdIwDZy7RWsQK1YorSpk4Obz4t2WV8Dx3y8J6gbwjT8tAwSF87xq2/w640-h504/C20230707b_Rise&Grind_Ashford_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for coffee in Ashford</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Keep driving east and going up in elevation, and you pass Ashford. There is not much there, but you could pick up a coffee.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh838R7ivNqnoimRdS3kfWiD0mRUj42ejIv9Ih8j8EDOnhPw0yAN1sJlLiDBVta2-h3H8Uvl9XTZBej2CzIVrYyzKjjMfvHNfrJecRtS6pn9RjbZe4tyLi70_68rXNt0hULU88iCEnnptjTI84PKpZ3xPv4tQUALq_n3xAqsHUo8Ui597Fp-dA8bSNEa7fo/s1600/20230707_174319_CopperCreekInn_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh838R7ivNqnoimRdS3kfWiD0mRUj42ejIv9Ih8j8EDOnhPw0yAN1sJlLiDBVta2-h3H8Uvl9XTZBej2CzIVrYyzKjjMfvHNfrJecRtS6pn9RjbZe4tyLi70_68rXNt0hULU88iCEnnptjTI84PKpZ3xPv4tQUALq_n3xAqsHUo8Ui597Fp-dA8bSNEa7fo/w480-h640/20230707_174319_CopperCreekInn_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copper Creek Inn</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Near the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park is the <a href="https://coppercreekinn.com" target="_blank">Copper Creek Inn, Cabins, and Lodge</a>. They claim that this is the oldest continuously-operating restaurant in the state, in business since 1946. We has a superb salmon meal, and their blackberry pie is a piece of berry and culinary heaven (dare I compare it with the chocolate baklava at Niko Niko's in Houston??). Regardless, I am heading back to Copper Creek. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVawTgg8GAym-ZsmJdPhbBtS-KXvlbq-OV_i_d9wkTGVKAzFgEzaDpBf651yxOb4gHRjG3ZfU_Dc8JFUIfIES3rmASkirGKtoT9T-7xzDnyrzxbS8iPtyNCD8cCQRQmzJv0Bu8NV99GoRYy4g_MO1_aPR2hqivZbf0fDCQ_COQ01I673_2yh-cEvNeN5Ou/s1600/20230707_152532_MtRainier_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVawTgg8GAym-ZsmJdPhbBtS-KXvlbq-OV_i_d9wkTGVKAzFgEzaDpBf651yxOb4gHRjG3ZfU_Dc8JFUIfIES3rmASkirGKtoT9T-7xzDnyrzxbS8iPtyNCD8cCQRQmzJv0Bu8NV99GoRYy4g_MO1_aPR2hqivZbf0fDCQ_COQ01I673_2yh-cEvNeN5Ou/w480-h640/20230707_152532_MtRainier_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://nps.gov/mora/index.htm" target="_blank">Mount Rainier</a> is an impressive stratovolcano, rising to 14,410 ft above sea level. I have not climbed to the summit but have walked a section of the Wilderness Trail, which circles the mountain. The Paradise visitor center on the south side of the mountain is mobbed in summer with tourists. Plan ahead, go early.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo4t3OLFJBwvAQiR2RSGbV7gxuA9Nwr39Im3_k9lB8GrjT0IUQhHlr1QqE7RJtPL5NgCOVW1bltZC3OKG90VRlnaRsR_etELKsXlNeSm0ifFKEnLtiEPsD8m9d5LCHVWx2jZpr8zXruzQWbl5B7BBsPSxQqMbtOyVvkqpNF9UsTuHX965CfYUVS1W5yez/s1600/20230707_151536_SnowLake_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo4t3OLFJBwvAQiR2RSGbV7gxuA9Nwr39Im3_k9lB8GrjT0IUQhHlr1QqE7RJtPL5NgCOVW1bltZC3OKG90VRlnaRsR_etELKsXlNeSm0ifFKEnLtiEPsD8m9d5LCHVWx2jZpr8zXruzQWbl5B7BBsPSxQqMbtOyVvkqpNF9UsTuHX965CfYUVS1W5yez/w640-h480/20230707_151536_SnowLake_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow lake - you can't see the mosquitoes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/bench-and-snow-lakes" target="_blank">Snow Lake</a> is an easy walk from the Stevens Pass Road, a short distance from the Paradise Visitor's Center. The highest elevation is 4,700 ft (1440 m), so easy breathing. In June, the mosquitoes were not easy!! <p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw_jTREuHSRu-P5hBdZhNMZr1qF-2j58uXnAepuU-UhjOUzIYpYEh-CW4i-FsLKVpOQa3H2ZWbZN2dZK6o0xJaZZkCZ1bJjts6RhGdV589q8JguKyZemLLXUiq4DcJ2DuP7uM84UCFoOgEP-54EU8AJlRhdUCcL9hXqliauyjq5m5N9QvhGxN2J37sB3G/s2400/C20230704b_Shed_TugboatAnnies_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="2400" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw_jTREuHSRu-P5hBdZhNMZr1qF-2j58uXnAepuU-UhjOUzIYpYEh-CW4i-FsLKVpOQa3H2ZWbZN2dZK6o0xJaZZkCZ1bJjts6RhGdV589q8JguKyZemLLXUiq4DcJ2DuP7uM84UCFoOgEP-54EU8AJlRhdUCcL9hXqliauyjq5m5N9QvhGxN2J37sB3G/w640-h448/C20230704b_Shed_TugboatAnnies_Olympia_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Tugboat Annie's, Olympia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Back to Olympia and dinner at Tugboat Annie's. Someone is still in the 1970s with his VW dune buggy.</p><p>I took most of the photographs with expired Kodak Bright Sun (= Gold 100) film using my <a href="https://www.35mmc.com/05/04/2019/voigtlander-vito-bl-by-andrew-morang/" target="_blank">Voigtländer Vito BL</a> camera. The 50mm ƒ/3.5 Color-Skopar lens (a 4-element Tessar design) always performs well. I exposed the film at EI=100, but for the next roll, I will give more exposure (EI=64). The film is more grainy than fresh rolls, and some of the colors are a bit off. It was a worthwhile experiment, and I have three more rolls to use. </p><p><br /></p></div></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3Rainier, WA 98576, USA46.888155 -122.688459518.577921163821152 -157.8447095 75.19838883617885 -87.5322095tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-25047131155518299852023-12-09T06:00:00.002-08:002023-12-18T14:44:14.127-08:00Ladies of Athens<p>Everyone knows that Greece produces beautiful ladies. Is it true? Well, let's see some proof. Here are my examples (I know, I know, it's a cliche, but I could not resist).</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Athens Flea Market</h3><p><br /></p><p>This is the modern flea market, not the interesting and organic one that <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-athens-flea-market-1951.html" target="_blank">my dad explored in the 1950s</a>. I think much of the merchandise in the modern market is from China, made for the tourist trade. But a few vendors sell military uniforms, and at least two vendors sell LP records and CDs. I bought some Maria Callas CDs in 2023 to take on my cross-country drive.</p><p>Let's look at the lovelies of the market.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWivSK9pQv6FSvhWW97oV1Vtf0mmxTEcX2a6EJ9uzlSynHEtCRZIHrGfA0j4bWJaYEY0zu3A6mV_A78cOtxAG9A6-DhyBTNZEJ7HjnMUVI6m8O3D37Sn_7hNYl0W3yiv0VvFeW_4uKolIuxxDNer_582uuXC1SIjIbj_NPZ8Iin5ADJg_DPCITDMQ_QwTy/s1600/IMG_20130828_Athens_FleaMarket_01_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWivSK9pQv6FSvhWW97oV1Vtf0mmxTEcX2a6EJ9uzlSynHEtCRZIHrGfA0j4bWJaYEY0zu3A6mV_A78cOtxAG9A6-DhyBTNZEJ7HjnMUVI6m8O3D37Sn_7hNYl0W3yiv0VvFeW_4uKolIuxxDNer_582uuXC1SIjIbj_NPZ8Iin5ADJg_DPCITDMQ_QwTy/w480-h640/IMG_20130828_Athens_FleaMarket_01_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The nautical look, ready for a shipowner to come along with his yacht (or oil tanker)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZt1_SXIPy2PlC7yyeMjWU7i-37EJ_btXxEEi8dJ55AdjZnFLvt8HacH4NN6Hfxjc87SEMzswFVHntVvNMKbJuBbyVMy-AMSCIACm47BrXlmSNYGGl7WGtuqSA73lxboIfTRj3QSk-2BqhpUFLJoAYkJIIqXRgyIX_9KPIjE9NGu7BwQh_9MLcR-SHT67/s1600/IMG_20130828_Athens_FleaMarket_02_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZt1_SXIPy2PlC7yyeMjWU7i-37EJ_btXxEEi8dJ55AdjZnFLvt8HacH4NN6Hfxjc87SEMzswFVHntVvNMKbJuBbyVMy-AMSCIACm47BrXlmSNYGGl7WGtuqSA73lxboIfTRj3QSk-2BqhpUFLJoAYkJIIqXRgyIX_9KPIjE9NGu7BwQh_9MLcR-SHT67/w480-h640/IMG_20130828_Athens_FleaMarket_02_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scooter look, when a shipowner is not available.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxxyKN6HpdL0n2AznjpSCdj192t5ymKHlUpqh64c_q2yXt_X7mBE6fEhPHsa_SSm_PcDoNLsQA2y8k6KCxxQi4KTfQovLCBBPyRQp0peaG2XGlCiBDoGLbdp5z0rLvXAdB9cN6zo7hGXhJagg5ZF_O44SXgkW56ybTdxNyWJG3ILfu_NdAvSnHXQkPJoc/s1520/P1020373_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1520" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxxyKN6HpdL0n2AznjpSCdj192t5ymKHlUpqh64c_q2yXt_X7mBE6fEhPHsa_SSm_PcDoNLsQA2y8k6KCxxQi4KTfQovLCBBPyRQp0peaG2XGlCiBDoGLbdp5z0rLvXAdB9cN6zo7hGXhJagg5ZF_O44SXgkW56ybTdxNyWJG3ILfu_NdAvSnHXQkPJoc/w640-h506/P1020373_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Little Red Riding Hood look?</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ5bmL8d9tBwTQNlWkOqIXzopc9ive5grlnbb0mJ4_AWQNg3-q2Y0u7n0sKuUu7NXuUhnUA9UPhhY2wB2TJmLnF1pfZtpAW7nagN6gzh8k8jbk84qLNag-VtaJVoCRQxEPUuXO-REyTqIS0xprHUgL9GlL0CyuKiwrmbAo2KVbAFWxTutg1zjLXSeOfeO/s1600/P1020376_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQ5bmL8d9tBwTQNlWkOqIXzopc9ive5grlnbb0mJ4_AWQNg3-q2Y0u7n0sKuUu7NXuUhnUA9UPhhY2wB2TJmLnF1pfZtpAW7nagN6gzh8k8jbk84qLNag-VtaJVoCRQxEPUuXO-REyTqIS0xprHUgL9GlL0CyuKiwrmbAo2KVbAFWxTutg1zjLXSeOfeO/w640-h480/P1020376_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mysterious look</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMucFQnEryHscgp5BODvP73ckMvAoEtvLtMJyrZtHgzQBfCVmDaS1_X9uEl_kRLgMj-ksoItHYvEndJFjGd-TU0cQdMb7Is_H-Eq7MKvLScs8XtIoeJh66sLZfD-8LV91aSVhpix6-H7adpEJn1yjM1MJLcDNXK7VXmZUedg3IMouv6oEluSaaCuj72o7a/s1600/P1020370_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMucFQnEryHscgp5BODvP73ckMvAoEtvLtMJyrZtHgzQBfCVmDaS1_X9uEl_kRLgMj-ksoItHYvEndJFjGd-TU0cQdMb7Is_H-Eq7MKvLScs8XtIoeJh66sLZfD-8LV91aSVhpix6-H7adpEJn1yjM1MJLcDNXK7VXmZUedg3IMouv6oEluSaaCuj72o7a/w640-h480/P1020370_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Soviet nostalgia look. I saw this odd phenomena in Cartagena, Columbia, as well.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k4cBrdeLAF4-LJDTqRmwB70gc4Yt1jHzm8Otbsz6po74devqnHRsjeASs7yLbzsYBLhfnc4r-po2chDJ26T6woBuCUboi2-CXO6q38xM3JIZPEsfI66k711bSk7DYeXI67fcJutzJDXak6g_nzKdBWtYI5wLuje4gP5Ejwg1uNV1o32JmhVxJchVNscM/s1600/P1020374_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k4cBrdeLAF4-LJDTqRmwB70gc4Yt1jHzm8Otbsz6po74devqnHRsjeASs7yLbzsYBLhfnc4r-po2chDJ26T6woBuCUboi2-CXO6q38xM3JIZPEsfI66k711bSk7DYeXI67fcJutzJDXak6g_nzKdBWtYI5wLuje4gP5Ejwg1uNV1o32JmhVxJchVNscM/w640-h480/P1020374_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A wolverine ruff for those brutal Arctic winter days in Athens</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0e1aAaN380-gn2yr0wrHbMBTb3ZKWqDFV5erqEPQJadxtsyzTyltDG29U3nV9sGTQHWc4pzcvgeZVGO1Zayr6Iqy9zkmWIfMqGbr3n1mCjd_WomVp8yGkZoKiT7_53MqrzX9txYudocPVGqL-Ck8AHv6G3G560Dy37ulZ8b8jxQfDuNk24Q01HbB8wic/s1600/P1020375_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0e1aAaN380-gn2yr0wrHbMBTb3ZKWqDFV5erqEPQJadxtsyzTyltDG29U3nV9sGTQHWc4pzcvgeZVGO1Zayr6Iqy9zkmWIfMqGbr3n1mCjd_WomVp8yGkZoKiT7_53MqrzX9txYudocPVGqL-Ck8AHv6G3G560Dy37ulZ8b8jxQfDuNk24Q01HbB8wic/w480-h640/P1020375_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops, wrong outfit. Just a fur ruff atop a sheer blouse and tights. </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8TufCCF2Mf8ku8IwtZv4FY9WX2rGfiFlNAuPeU4iYTF4Pl9nabMGuCzQM_3qiwdgsKNTOJteTOII5ipxYfrDrUneyMz2aVzC1CAwM9UUK8IFv_j5vtYaC2ds13TQaLhOJYZ2LvK0SwXGvfu5bZOBnbt4KdKwHU8iXim1ERVvFge4X2Ib8FK_g-Dqtdlz/s1500/P1020378_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1500" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8TufCCF2Mf8ku8IwtZv4FY9WX2rGfiFlNAuPeU4iYTF4Pl9nabMGuCzQM_3qiwdgsKNTOJteTOII5ipxYfrDrUneyMz2aVzC1CAwM9UUK8IFv_j5vtYaC2ds13TQaLhOJYZ2LvK0SwXGvfu5bZOBnbt4KdKwHU8iXim1ERVvFge4X2Ib8FK_g-Dqtdlz/w640-h512/P1020378_FleaMarket-Athens_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's looking at you, kid. I may try yellow frames the next time I renew my glasses.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Nea Ionia</h3><p><br /></p><p>Nea Ionia is a suburb about 7 km north of the Athens city center. It is a vibrant commercial area originally settled by refugees from the defeat in Anatolia in 1923. Today, it features great restaurants and a large Pakistani community. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaMUJi-ANwlaLsdYXZssr_KP_qizCdwpRl3Gol1zqd6mEQQEUQ1hrzpy5om1L4jKM-jV2PvvkYGsLfXntNm9SKmZKXS74rxpuIcXVMtSNLByquR9nIHBRj-utxmvWHx9QCMAVGxfn5Tqp7jFlznI4XgyPClAunVdXsV66pX00C-vCtBDzaFleTvFLrmvY/s1440/P1020379_Nea%20Ionia-Greece_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1440" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaMUJi-ANwlaLsdYXZssr_KP_qizCdwpRl3Gol1zqd6mEQQEUQ1hrzpy5om1L4jKM-jV2PvvkYGsLfXntNm9SKmZKXS74rxpuIcXVMtSNLByquR9nIHBRj-utxmvWHx9QCMAVGxfn5Tqp7jFlznI4XgyPClAunVdXsV66pX00C-vCtBDzaFleTvFLrmvY/w640-h534/P1020379_Nea%20Ionia-Greece_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is a tough and sassy lady. But her guy does not look too tough to me.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyfCVA-3IumAPl9rSA58usNz5u3aSbSSq1OXAJZAhrPQqk7O2N-K9kk1Fe0GE54afn3DgLJn39DydMe8e6aNMghx8WbsrvDx7dJCp9f1z021nYf7s6PZAJP06nFmSPM8-J5SDCvVijZ4P5-DsFMgIPUc-kcLbFTTP1xIlOWFwa12iubVzLhT25_XJiuRU/s1440/P1020380_Nea%20Ionia-Greece_121221_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1440" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyfCVA-3IumAPl9rSA58usNz5u3aSbSSq1OXAJZAhrPQqk7O2N-K9kk1Fe0GE54afn3DgLJn39DydMe8e6aNMghx8WbsrvDx7dJCp9f1z021nYf7s6PZAJP06nFmSPM8-J5SDCvVijZ4P5-DsFMgIPUc-kcLbFTTP1xIlOWFwa12iubVzLhT25_XJiuRU/w640-h534/P1020380_Nea%20Ionia-Greece_121221_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, this guy does not look much tougher, either. She is putting him in his place.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Halandri</h3><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.greece-is.com/athens-hippest-neighborhoods-abcs-halandri/" target="_blank">Halandri</a> (sometimes written as Chalandri) is a hip and trendy suburb about 12 km north of the downtown. Some of the streets in the central area have been converted into pedestrian walkways. I have eaten in some excellent restaurants in Halandri. My <a href="https://www.acs.gr" target="_blank">elementary school</a> is still has its Halandri campus, but the former surrounding farm fields are now an urban sprawl. But Halandri has its beauties, too.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQEu2frN4nIUhWh1Lw0bHL-k3rLScFKH6Nknw-vCtjnllRAmVDd7PD2vdpyoLJq3OMuaxipYW6P6DW9ettk6T6GiMYk6jtle-My5TiTvMFQ_8inkjECco7ktcTMcI49GNqK9CUEVKzI_zrHYETc1_90p6Di1N8OX00COEJhiRCWBtxpDlUkTx67YDkqHH/s1480/P1020396_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1480" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQEu2frN4nIUhWh1Lw0bHL-k3rLScFKH6Nknw-vCtjnllRAmVDd7PD2vdpyoLJq3OMuaxipYW6P6DW9ettk6T6GiMYk6jtle-My5TiTvMFQ_8inkjECco7ktcTMcI49GNqK9CUEVKzI_zrHYETc1_90p6Di1N8OX00COEJhiRCWBtxpDlUkTx67YDkqHH/w640-h518/P1020396_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blond in the wind</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq6yQBEMFtaM7_Owa8BwB0T3oZ4yBzGyx9z05KHAhQA4Ur-pdZiTzOoBnC-gobtctYcb7j0jOu5zd7j_CRvmlrch3_jL-erPKem4HnskhV9YmfujlUym5RdtZs6dv_tX2QOKM_dbQKDJq_WVtry0lBepaqgeK2s9VoEJ_2nljMeNlhLZayPlfsnKvnqEw/s1480/P1020398_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1480" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq6yQBEMFtaM7_Owa8BwB0T3oZ4yBzGyx9z05KHAhQA4Ur-pdZiTzOoBnC-gobtctYcb7j0jOu5zd7j_CRvmlrch3_jL-erPKem4HnskhV9YmfujlUym5RdtZs6dv_tX2QOKM_dbQKDJq_WVtry0lBepaqgeK2s9VoEJ_2nljMeNlhLZayPlfsnKvnqEw/w640-h518/P1020398_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brunette in the wind. </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldrmeNZ0PAUoyOwVm1T11tSR1fiSFfZMm_KCwSW0pd5-ixyKwBrxIEmJN5I7RrUdgEJPIMQg4L7HeNVZ3ore8kob2-P3Ns_iBuW-DZVhjmE-t11lg0AAT7V3Xzr6mcBuSIX-N-sKySdNnsFdMz9-VyNR7bqsaxuNTqxnsfqz5b7dAs7SzbBAbE0hx_CKw/s1480/P1020399_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1480" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldrmeNZ0PAUoyOwVm1T11tSR1fiSFfZMm_KCwSW0pd5-ixyKwBrxIEmJN5I7RrUdgEJPIMQg4L7HeNVZ3ore8kob2-P3Ns_iBuW-DZVhjmE-t11lg0AAT7V3Xzr6mcBuSIX-N-sKySdNnsFdMz9-VyNR7bqsaxuNTqxnsfqz5b7dAs7SzbBAbE0hx_CKw/w640-h518/P1020399_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat as large as a sail or parachute</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuki5Kyu6WpiOv9K-wsd-Dh9taocu80WxU49WGQQptlgueg7PKUDVln1bZCHxkMNTEXvM7JynjzqoEOnM4b5D6ev6TsqYzZ51xUrLvT5wLiOgbpgjP5pAWUv3u1SC5D2q787iGGHr3hWkadLHYxIwJAViPfv9z84zsv8WBNa1xkMIh1_VUGrfdXVKb6B5/s1480/P1020400_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1480" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuki5Kyu6WpiOv9K-wsd-Dh9taocu80WxU49WGQQptlgueg7PKUDVln1bZCHxkMNTEXvM7JynjzqoEOnM4b5D6ev6TsqYzZ51xUrLvT5wLiOgbpgjP5pAWUv3u1SC5D2q787iGGHr3hWkadLHYxIwJAViPfv9z84zsv8WBNa1xkMIh1_VUGrfdXVKb6B5/w640-h518/P1020400_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this Julie Christie in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(film)" target="_blank">Dr. Zhivago</a></i>?</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrT2TeVjWyXOEKCGafzzSXd2zv2qjBIYSK0YB7WkNMItsYftorzt5NH7l-6KExGC6T6q5UfeLpXwEX33-X4rYm0N6G5-2jsKM4iYWsMIszR0zqVneBevn1FW_Nu2_Wn49d-2_zUT_IzbSCy3RZhNtNVo0QaHvwVv6VVDH2LWDWV9N2HKbFCEZ1eFryLEd/s1380/P1020401_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1380" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrT2TeVjWyXOEKCGafzzSXd2zv2qjBIYSK0YB7WkNMItsYftorzt5NH7l-6KExGC6T6q5UfeLpXwEX33-X4rYm0N6G5-2jsKM4iYWsMIszR0zqVneBevn1FW_Nu2_Wn49d-2_zUT_IzbSCy3RZhNtNVo0QaHvwVv6VVDH2LWDWV9N2HKbFCEZ1eFryLEd/w640-h556/P1020401_Mannequin-Halandri_121229_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forgot to trim my bangs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Pireaus</h3><p><br /></p><p>Piraeus is the port of Athens. It is a bustling marine and commercial/industrial city. Although still a separate city, today the urban sprawl covers all the land between Athens and Piraeus. It is always interesting to explore. The original 1970s Metro line will take you there, as will the newer tram. I have <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/11/on-waterfront-piraeus.html" target="_blank">written about Piraeus</a> before. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC3WMPnMbi6h-11xs0KNnM-i0UMK5DOu9rADpNuUMM7ry4iyvzbeJeFJqXCFwgOiuZrOZQFDrubDZby9k8YsYJl46t0N5BFGJnxj4HzEhQYIp1eIu77w355J5JQznApAT9kQ-0vkCE-dK-Pd_0CijzeiZd6nrXsAEZd9uaQ_zqP5S-3yGCJT70gfLmKlO/s1400/P1020405_Mannequin-Piraeus_121231_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXC3WMPnMbi6h-11xs0KNnM-i0UMK5DOu9rADpNuUMM7ry4iyvzbeJeFJqXCFwgOiuZrOZQFDrubDZby9k8YsYJl46t0N5BFGJnxj4HzEhQYIp1eIu77w355J5JQznApAT9kQ-0vkCE-dK-Pd_0CijzeiZd6nrXsAEZd9uaQ_zqP5S-3yGCJT70gfLmKlO/w548-h640/P1020405_Mannequin-Piraeus_121231_resize.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It must be warm in the showcase</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkwAHEhveZxNw5dlM_uWp8UGlTEqUv5Dy6dqroBb4hkwZt669QfW49lcYeDFWTcNsVLV6KmCMDF9ITmVvhFgZrhKiAnzWgjyssVgX2XxUbej9oH4aM8iM3i5WgcqsK-GdOygFLhiJ0nlzsUVpfsMhIAWShgzSboyBTNOGBTN3njV4cb7b1MshTRUxylhyphenhyphen/s1600/P1020406_Mannequin-Piraeus_121231_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkwAHEhveZxNw5dlM_uWp8UGlTEqUv5Dy6dqroBb4hkwZt669QfW49lcYeDFWTcNsVLV6KmCMDF9ITmVvhFgZrhKiAnzWgjyssVgX2XxUbej9oH4aM8iM3i5WgcqsK-GdOygFLhiJ0nlzsUVpfsMhIAWShgzSboyBTNOGBTN3njV4cb7b1MshTRUxylhyphenhyphen/w480-h640/P1020406_Mannequin-Piraeus_121231_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to party</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I captured many of these lovelies with my Olympus E-330 digital camera. It was "only" 7.5 megapixels, but for web display or printing 11×14 inch paper prints, that is more than adequate data. These digital files were easy to manipulate. The E-330 is gone, but I should revise my Fuji X-E1 camera soon.</p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com1Plaka, Athens, Greece37.9725529 23.730336436.2631855418431 21.533070775 39.681920258156893 25.927602025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-16447157976295097672023-11-28T06:00:00.001-08:002023-11-28T06:00:00.134-08:00From the Archives: Rolling Fork, Mississippi<p>Rolling Fork, the county seat of Sharkey County, is a city in the southern Mississippi Delta north of Vicksburg. On March 24, 2023, a deadly EF4 tornado struck the city and flattened a strip through the community. The tornado killed 17 people in Rolling Fork and in nearby <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-mississippi-delta-33-crusin-old-49.html" target="_blank">Midnight</a> and <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mississippi-delta-38-spring-in.html" target="_blank">Silver City</a>. In March, my wife and I donated bottled water to the relief effort (photographs in <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/05/tragedy-in-rolling-fork-mississippi.html?m=0" target="_blank">my May 13 post</a>). </p><p>While sorting through folders of negatives and slides, I found some early 2000s digital and film photographs from Rolling Fork. Here is a quick look when the was semi-intact. The town had been poor and struggling economically for decades, so much of the downtown was in poor condition even 20+ years ago.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVbxVEOk3WV-N7BUo5K_phKDfVTNGRSjZUziLc0v9RUqig-u_K4ef-t8fIpEyot1-TOFf-wA_paezxP8kYmTHrW8PxmvZcG7zhaJbogV2c3HE3wjn29hWNJ5_EgqeLojyT5_vSw4r5HN7_YHCPiC-SeRjWtw3Nct20VgtD6NkE2oooe3ufUrx5EPPifqN/s1600/PA250917-RollingFork-corrected_resize.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1600" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVbxVEOk3WV-N7BUo5K_phKDfVTNGRSjZUziLc0v9RUqig-u_K4ef-t8fIpEyot1-TOFf-wA_paezxP8kYmTHrW8PxmvZcG7zhaJbogV2c3HE3wjn29hWNJ5_EgqeLojyT5_vSw4r5HN7_YHCPiC-SeRjWtw3Nct20VgtD6NkE2oooe3ufUrx5EPPifqN/w640-h506/PA250917-RollingFork-corrected_resize.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bear Affair, 2008</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Rolling Fork celebrates the <a href="https://arts.ms.gov/davids-travel-log-rolling-fork/" target="_blank">Great Delta Bear Affair</a> most years. The photograph above was from a cheerful 2008 Affair. The fest celebrates the time that president Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a baby bear that had been tied to a tree for him. A toy company saw the marketing potential, and the Teddy Bear has become a beloved children's toy. Despite the tornado damage, Bear Affair returned to Rolling Fork on October 27 and 28. I was out of state, but I read that Elvis showed up. Darn, missed the good stuff again.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NT4aso6IT4zLlAXyRewbhFD6UccDMepxtv4wyrl4pNPIV-LAS5CaZyGqtIRfF2p4WblcGCuTuVZ2py9ousRRUBt4iGlG2jWkzH4LGJmSwEAEGNqyKqTLqV46a1TTYGAEbc7tDc1vXNojSV11y7iH3olBUx2lj2iEgPf61KpLB7-99NBHL76fG7B8mGUv/s2400/WalnutSt283-060121_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NT4aso6IT4zLlAXyRewbhFD6UccDMepxtv4wyrl4pNPIV-LAS5CaZyGqtIRfF2p4WblcGCuTuVZ2py9ousRRUBt4iGlG2jWkzH4LGJmSwEAEGNqyKqTLqV46a1TTYGAEbc7tDc1vXNojSV11y7iH3olBUx2lj2iEgPf61KpLB7-99NBHL76fG7B8mGUv/w640-h480/WalnutSt283-060121_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former Courtney's Store (hardware and garden supplies). </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Courtney's Store was a long-time hardware and garden supply vendor on Walnut Street. A friend and I explored many years ago and saw vacuum tubes and other goodies in the back. Mrs. Courtney's son, Willard, was our hairdresser in Vicksburg for some years. He was murdered during a drug deal in Rolling Fork sometime after 2010. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrVJy5twL1XLoqVG-iLfpSeIjYKimRvaRVIxpDQBdEMJ33HCVyzYo7ADNYBdaOfyFju0XCO1oKa7vSL3AWqjvuubsVQBDKCB6wdkMuU6WL68I6uKvIQY4L5v5RTRm1zocRVGHW30tPAXrapiZSscTK9vSRNkFOpynWW3tiqe0U9HqoNuLdzQ2LniN8sKu/s2400/WalnutSt261-060121_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrVJy5twL1XLoqVG-iLfpSeIjYKimRvaRVIxpDQBdEMJ33HCVyzYo7ADNYBdaOfyFju0XCO1oKa7vSL3AWqjvuubsVQBDKCB6wdkMuU6WL68I6uKvIQY4L5v5RTRm1zocRVGHW30tPAXrapiZSscTK9vSRNkFOpynWW3tiqe0U9HqoNuLdzQ2LniN8sKu/w640-h480/WalnutSt261-060121_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McKenzie's store, also on Walnut, was mostly demolished by the tornado.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhot5DmV_Nd6u5AyyhOGIMXmmyMP4-R0_QmNbaN2CFWX6Z9Zs7w7FtJaMsukscGpmRoaZ4OtSYa63_2erzMz9T1BZJXLSRO3f49hm5nNMNlZxGcIoLr4idYVowZsQYH1GR1MlxTEItC_KT1m_BpuEiTeRJmdUfvv8kskeV9-39cLi_iB9YNcRJsHg2BK1Q1/s2400/ShareCropHouse-RollingFork-070127_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhot5DmV_Nd6u5AyyhOGIMXmmyMP4-R0_QmNbaN2CFWX6Z9Zs7w7FtJaMsukscGpmRoaZ4OtSYa63_2erzMz9T1BZJXLSRO3f49hm5nNMNlZxGcIoLr4idYVowZsQYH1GR1MlxTEItC_KT1m_BpuEiTeRJmdUfvv8kskeV9-39cLi_iB9YNcRJsHg2BK1Q1/w640-h426/ShareCropHouse-RollingFork-070127_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharecropper cottage south of town near the former Red Barn</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cHcjtWvH7X4N7rHSvrXs5TSpS2bJDQV526Mn2VeAzp9RdGDq9kOQgrmSSNk0zkvxNJ0pDcOD5OtAxA90LDiv8ONk9u3oarqwYIFcoMlztw0q1SfAx9DSywn1eoqqQQw-YQgbF8kulKDvfPOmYK1v8zi4wq7IF14ctII5PmEvmk0vk6dQRWYTglrZxob4/s2400/RollingFork-Barn-070303_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cHcjtWvH7X4N7rHSvrXs5TSpS2bJDQV526Mn2VeAzp9RdGDq9kOQgrmSSNk0zkvxNJ0pDcOD5OtAxA90LDiv8ONk9u3oarqwYIFcoMlztw0q1SfAx9DSywn1eoqqQQw-YQgbF8kulKDvfPOmYK1v8zi4wq7IF14ctII5PmEvmk0vk6dQRWYTglrZxob4/w640-h480/RollingFork-Barn-070303_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The former Red Barn, built in 1918, collapsed on April 30, 2011. All wood has been removed, but the two silos still stand.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4oW3VmDsSUNb2pDVv9oFXp2szImxR42U4n2jzZJfCFUrqb9ePPahIRJ5xL-jlnsUzsl0929DgbrWmV_x4Z2qb3cIAQ27PKa-iZCZd7le9JC1_o7NNXYLIunGxQaQygI8OICm9WfhDQoEt1K0ok_0tZJRqz0dQjt3bM2rm7wK-7Hbaoi7SOr9qBclmKj8/s2400/MtHelena-RollingFork-070127_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4oW3VmDsSUNb2pDVv9oFXp2szImxR42U4n2jzZJfCFUrqb9ePPahIRJ5xL-jlnsUzsl0929DgbrWmV_x4Z2qb3cIAQ27PKa-iZCZd7le9JC1_o7NNXYLIunGxQaQygI8OICm9WfhDQoEt1K0ok_0tZJRqz0dQjt3bM2rm7wK-7Hbaoi7SOr9qBclmKj8/w640-h426/MtHelena-RollingFork-070127_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mont Helena mansion north of town.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Mont Helena is a remarkable colonial revival mansion built by Helen Johnstone and George Harris in 1896. Fire destroyed the first mansion, and I do not know if the one you see today is from 1896 or slightly later. In the late-1980s, the house was vandalized and a wreck, but various owners lovingly restored it. Somewhere, I have some slides of the house in its ruined condition.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM63kaQMDeAiFQwyS5Y2ovLKOmVyup44jEzl_HVjl2S8Dsu7-aba3PoTdjPyQyq83euOlAyxpO-M1zhcYFP3XcfxHQtCzc31lpJBMbEDXW1kBk-mgfGWTtGCmaGJUAcBXO21_VQNmKd-JCA8o6KzyfWef_oe6Fm6BpPXjkFqppMTmonEwJzLhnrt01bNJ/s2400/20030309f_Store_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2400" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM63kaQMDeAiFQwyS5Y2ovLKOmVyup44jEzl_HVjl2S8Dsu7-aba3PoTdjPyQyq83euOlAyxpO-M1zhcYFP3XcfxHQtCzc31lpJBMbEDXW1kBk-mgfGWTtGCmaGJUAcBXO21_VQNmKd-JCA8o6KzyfWef_oe6Fm6BpPXjkFqppMTmonEwJzLhnrt01bNJ/w640-h454/20030309f_Store_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">53 East China Street, March 2003 (Olympus OM2s camera, 35mm ƒ/2.8 Zuiko Shift lens, Fuji Superior 200 film)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>China Street, once a busy commercial hub, was lined with abandoned stores. I do not know their condition now.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTg7S_pDo94rIbic4PFE3VoU4PhXyWoKunA7yqpces75pfOJfkpEOpfAkx9m8pU7XG7HMPMoaKJHc-Fn9dmBtoyxeMSoW38okiKbGgv484c5yjpQvCwbDbGOGVS1doC4eXa6XiAOihfhjpsQqVnxYRHDvchED5lx2-7FY5996lX7IJ80GP3sSG0AT78ss/s2400/20030309e2_DanzigFurniture_RollingFork_Mississippi_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="2400" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTg7S_pDo94rIbic4PFE3VoU4PhXyWoKunA7yqpces75pfOJfkpEOpfAkx9m8pU7XG7HMPMoaKJHc-Fn9dmBtoyxeMSoW38okiKbGgv484c5yjpQvCwbDbGOGVS1doC4eXa6XiAOihfhjpsQqVnxYRHDvchED5lx2-7FY5996lX7IJ80GP3sSG0AT78ss/w640-h434/20030309e2_DanzigFurniture_RollingFork_Mississippi_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24 East China Street, the former Danzig's Furniture store</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkkbfG6LYk8zdRs6KFemq6BC7MliVDUeIIJrk7tRrBFazFXYUvQTGYbPbR4HgEVrV9FBeLpfOfOGynd3hmg2vPXyLezZaFjIoQBybrXqsabSw94-IMkj7Wxb1ArqcdIpdzMOahWXDX6bJ_52RxNRno01QODryr_1ydmk789Pai_FPa6vZGCQd3pFdIBPu/s2400/20030309c_Gro_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2400" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkkbfG6LYk8zdRs6KFemq6BC7MliVDUeIIJrk7tRrBFazFXYUvQTGYbPbR4HgEVrV9FBeLpfOfOGynd3hmg2vPXyLezZaFjIoQBybrXqsabSw94-IMkj7Wxb1ArqcdIpdzMOahWXDX6bJ_52RxNRno01QODryr_1ydmk789Pai_FPa6vZGCQd3pFdIBPu/w640-h440/20030309c_Gro_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barnes' Grocery 614 Chestnut Street) and an asphalt-sided shotgun house (612 Chestnut).</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ICTboiGkGPVGaY4DlUYh6MwSGyRSpmQJnCq4gtkGto7Wn9vLsPzL_JgIJ-Wb5iIwx78IElqXCfbCxxQINVDOVHmIhBOFeqKXoYzC72zwXi6lpCVzacYMagEuA-53HGl9V4VqBA5VXcNeG1snKPpsdCBam5DgY-Lwr13NPzMt7jSpRIJa86lpSq59sKu7/s2400/20030309b_Cafe_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="2400" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ICTboiGkGPVGaY4DlUYh6MwSGyRSpmQJnCq4gtkGto7Wn9vLsPzL_JgIJ-Wb5iIwx78IElqXCfbCxxQINVDOVHmIhBOFeqKXoYzC72zwXi6lpCVzacYMagEuA-53HGl9V4VqBA5VXcNeG1snKPpsdCBam5DgY-Lwr13NPzMt7jSpRIJa86lpSq59sKu7/w640-h418/20030309b_Cafe_RollingFork_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Front Cafe, Chestnut Street (50mm ƒ/3.5 Zuiko Auto-Macro lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0NnZI7amKKlPtpwhyphenhyphenwBOA1GPMM462OY5L5QMCtvO28lt4C5YJvy444QmaTaZ7PKTDmEln-PjNQ2iuF4dlS_5cLpdZGu4Qb4Z0lO_xEn-J8-6W0CeC858oAIzRjnk0h1xCDUiOK0SMkMCp_glGYW4g5ZKRhf59bQa_cOClQD5EIScCsUNdabsbtKKndOE/s2400/20030309a_Grace_Mississippi_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="2400" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0NnZI7amKKlPtpwhyphenhyphenwBOA1GPMM462OY5L5QMCtvO28lt4C5YJvy444QmaTaZ7PKTDmEln-PjNQ2iuF4dlS_5cLpdZGu4Qb4Z0lO_xEn-J8-6W0CeC858oAIzRjnk0h1xCDUiOK0SMkMCp_glGYW4g5ZKRhf59bQa_cOClQD5EIScCsUNdabsbtKKndOE/w640-h468/20030309a_Grace_Mississippi_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grace United Methodist Church, 6260 Grace Road, Grace, Mississippi (35mm Shift Zuiko lens)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>The residents of Rolling Fork are a tough bunch and are in the process of rebuilding. Good for them. </div><div><br /></div><div>I took the 2003 photographs with an Olympus OM2s camera on Fuji Superia 200 film. I still have two Olympus lenses and need to buy a body on which to use them.</div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com0Rolling Fork, MS 39159, USA32.9065168 -90.8781566999999914.5962829638211531 -126.03440669999999 61.216750636178844 -55.721906699999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-69690390971667746542023-11-15T06:00:00.002-08:002023-12-20T22:25:17.921-08:00Mouldering Unused: Vicksburg's former Post Office and Federal Court House<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IH8rj30hUD-zgPexeKA8Afq7szq-J5SVIl1TeevpMPPXuuZqgNTO4e_xjjRL_71xdIvNgHW1S7iYNJqStgXiYN5AMkMKhqlLlRcGhHzsEyrrtpkRcDeC2LkqdC3NSuNAjcxY4vJOlsJ5nSKLePKKwBOwW5bhH-DMp-gq3WHKhBdIk-ZfmIX3n3PV1OC_/s800/s-l1600_PO_Vicksburg_eBay.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="800" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IH8rj30hUD-zgPexeKA8Afq7szq-J5SVIl1TeevpMPPXuuZqgNTO4e_xjjRL_71xdIvNgHW1S7iYNJqStgXiYN5AMkMKhqlLlRcGhHzsEyrrtpkRcDeC2LkqdC3NSuNAjcxY4vJOlsJ5nSKLePKKwBOwW5bhH-DMp-gq3WHKhBdIk-ZfmIX3n3PV1OC_/w640-h408/s-l1600_PO_Vicksburg_eBay.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former Post Office and Federal Court House, undated post card</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpb-yanVWORWMeVAU-dAmypkBWtRC4siTXhgORMjugZiaX38SxJTwelQJRYW1SSGh38XVTGKkKmY2p9CQsPvANu8Kz-GVfascRYWpjC_CB_d1TmctYmowHZsqGeCi9Hd9ft3LmR-d8OV8Vpo5agkNFcHajPPDKnzIxcHiktG0AFzGjdrs_MdYVh36O3EH/s1540/20230227e_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1540" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpb-yanVWORWMeVAU-dAmypkBWtRC4siTXhgORMjugZiaX38SxJTwelQJRYW1SSGh38XVTGKkKmY2p9CQsPvANu8Kz-GVfascRYWpjC_CB_d1TmctYmowHZsqGeCi9Hd9ft3LmR-d8OV8Vpo5agkNFcHajPPDKnzIxcHiktG0AFzGjdrs_MdYVh36O3EH/w640-h450/20230227e_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former court house from Monroe Street (135mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is an imposing limestone edifice at 820 Crawford Street in Vicksburg. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History's <a href="https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=26782&view=facts&y=1176" target="_blank">Historic Resources Inventory </a>describes it as a Classical Revival building begun in 1935 and completed in 1937. It was designed by architect Claude Lindsley under the administration of of Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1933 to 1939. </p><p></p><blockquote>A five-story, stuccoed, Classical Revival office building, facing north, with a flat roof. The first floor facade is scored to look like stone and has three sets of double bronze doors with fanlights and elaborate bronze entablatures and eight casement windows with transoms. The three entrances are recessed behind large arches. The second, third and fourth floors are separated from the fifth floor by a heavy cornice and from the first floor by a heavy belt course on which is inscribed "United States Post Office and Court House". The facade of these floors is broken by two recesses dominated by three-story Ionic columns and pilasters. The original lobby is intact.</blockquote><p></p><div>In 2003, the federal government <a href="https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2001/11/14/downtown-post-office-to-be-given-to-city/" target="_blank">planned to transfer the Post Office to the City of Vicksburg</a>, but the plan fell through and the City never took possession. The <a href="https://cimc.epa.gov/ords/cimc/f?p=121:31::::Y,31:P31_ID:228162" target="_blank">Environmental Protection Agency</a> reported that the building contained asbestos throughout that had not been removed. Possibly this or other potential maintenance issues convinced the city to not accept the property. The federal government sold the building to private owners around 2007.</div><div><br /></div><div>Vicksburg's new post office is a functional but totally uninteresting (OK, ugly) building on Pemberton Boulevard. Because of reduced need for space, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi relocated to the city of Natchez. </div><p>In the 1980s and 1990s, my friends in the Cam-Arts camera club and I met in a conference room on an upper floor in the building. At that time, the US Army Corps of Engineers Lower Mississippi Valley Division occupied offices on the upper floors. It was a comfortable room with reclining, sleep-inducing plush chairs and a 1970s color scheme.</p><p>At one time, there was a well-equipped photographic darkroom somewhere in the building. Via a convoluted path, I ended up with a giant stainless steel sink that had once been in this darkroom. In 2003, I donated it to Vicksburg High School when the art teacher taught a photography class. The City plumbers plumbed the sink, which I hope it is still in place. </p><p>Several times, I asked Shirley Waring, who represents a company that owns the building, if I could take some photographs inside. She agreed but subsequently never responded when I sent emails or called. Nancy Bell, director of the <a href="http://www.preservevicksburg.org/index.html" target="_blank">Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation</a>, told me that one photographer offered serious money to photograph inside, but to no avail. </p><p>This handsome old building sits, leaks, and moulders, year after year. Fate: unknown. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg4Xb-xbITbNQ4JzDU_8UqtsRvGw3WSrC74o7P2gCJlK1AIwQry2tXHduls6E2kwxh-eQfR3XEc09rikxkKZ_DNHATTahbqEXXeX-BDbSfN-syBOYdEpKK8mf9qQTeZIRHta1U9s-bmtiQBNvPY8LdYlExlemq4HMJIDo4SFlaMRFtNyDn6Gs2hv0tiJs/s1540/20230227f_CourtHouse_CrawfordSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1540" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg4Xb-xbITbNQ4JzDU_8UqtsRvGw3WSrC74o7P2gCJlK1AIwQry2tXHduls6E2kwxh-eQfR3XEc09rikxkKZ_DNHATTahbqEXXeX-BDbSfN-syBOYdEpKK8mf9qQTeZIRHta1U9s-bmtiQBNvPY8LdYlExlemq4HMJIDo4SFlaMRFtNyDn6Gs2hv0tiJs/w640-h446/20230227f_CourtHouse_CrawfordSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handsome entrance with arched doorways (28mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyw1CqJRT68i_7SzgET8NkayLOS4FGYVWXn7F-ZQMUOf2xGfJZht1BbXz9JJUgjbvacN20Q8UG9DbYvqvPAk2wmnkJjX2Q9WLXLhgsiNQJmzctwPl3rs-hagz_CXTeQGwYCTOheinsYkL2qgBeR1hAUzFkWwXzQFHxs0RddwhAGdF-IQq76B3d0Ozrj8gV/s1600/20230301c_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyw1CqJRT68i_7SzgET8NkayLOS4FGYVWXn7F-ZQMUOf2xGfJZht1BbXz9JJUgjbvacN20Q8UG9DbYvqvPAk2wmnkJjX2Q9WLXLhgsiNQJmzctwPl3rs-hagz_CXTeQGwYCTOheinsYkL2qgBeR1hAUzFkWwXzQFHxs0RddwhAGdF-IQq76B3d0Ozrj8gV/w408-h640/20230301c_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ramp added long after original construction (24mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikePg7Dcc90EifjH6vu7SAwYHn2MF9A0CqkXg4WqvjU7Rylvjka9IKPivd5nZpfm1IpwHPwPbb_eUfuLXELJJhcpXXCSwGXu3gA2yd2BTcNHllAjQs980DdypZmDqsH7tfiHI1oBz8-BEy1YNoAoDw4v-8YrvKf0HDvC5tBV23d9ikgkU-VDskpbW0OicA/s1600/20230301d_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1037" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikePg7Dcc90EifjH6vu7SAwYHn2MF9A0CqkXg4WqvjU7Rylvjka9IKPivd5nZpfm1IpwHPwPbb_eUfuLXELJJhcpXXCSwGXu3gA2yd2BTcNHllAjQs980DdypZmDqsH7tfiHI1oBz8-BEy1YNoAoDw4v-8YrvKf0HDvC5tBV23d9ikgkU-VDskpbW0OicA/w414-h640/20230301d_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arched doorway with heavy bronze doors (24mm lens).</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQO8xBS5Ij0GGL6hl_yui1oLtNOiLVZCubF7C_pzaAN-GR1ALsSr11m6JoULXRD8WzVWkx6JDyE4KBvgKImbHK1uxkPS-kdOONOcjm0Vue78vlEIZD1uKVAodCJKm8t8MrfEvr5dpPm_0USiiSAToTa-9dxM2avjKk6bFQiXbQh9kqzXMxTRsXgCQdUCr/s1600/20230301e_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1029" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQO8xBS5Ij0GGL6hl_yui1oLtNOiLVZCubF7C_pzaAN-GR1ALsSr11m6JoULXRD8WzVWkx6JDyE4KBvgKImbHK1uxkPS-kdOONOcjm0Vue78vlEIZD1uKVAodCJKm8t8MrfEvr5dpPm_0USiiSAToTa-9dxM2avjKk6bFQiXbQh9kqzXMxTRsXgCQdUCr/w412-h640/20230301e_CourtHouse_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of facade above arch (24mm lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAfthXMJZGJkypSd1Mv268qgIM9vpFF5eyfsXZ0FAeSHWsHv-yIVIQubQQ6gNvY66q8AfImyFys4OxehpHGGG3-69nsLHyh0aXVIJDViLbxb2FvBFfBg7IjoVQMIzpL1OA4SZ5SHl90-X-TaMKhUBxItAunE7pqd1s99_jbyvWsglgfg3YxoY7RY_ZZ9S/s1600/20230227g_CourtHouse_CrawfordSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAfthXMJZGJkypSd1Mv268qgIM9vpFF5eyfsXZ0FAeSHWsHv-yIVIQubQQ6gNvY66q8AfImyFys4OxehpHGGG3-69nsLHyh0aXVIJDViLbxb2FvBFfBg7IjoVQMIzpL1OA4SZ5SHl90-X-TaMKhUBxItAunE7pqd1s99_jbyvWsglgfg3YxoY7RY_ZZ9S/w408-h640/20230227g_CourtHouse_CrawfordSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A now-rare fallout shelter sign has survived</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The rear of the building was distinctly more utilitarian, with a loading dock and fire escape stairs.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5iP3DuK4Dj7EgolAuEq-69tZSpxaEU6bk4P2hzyH6T4_jGApebO1DCHCfl1vEoikTWqzdmnF5auIlsVcUbd-sL01Jh4rqmPPk4defHauEJC1Dgnb3Sv01wLBezH2JpUReW38PPnLpoQYR3loXAnDbrhjT1-pNysE3a61DRZ8Eq9rdNgPb8qUJH1BxHn8/s1540/20220127a_CrawfordSt-rear_Vicksburg_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1540" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5iP3DuK4Dj7EgolAuEq-69tZSpxaEU6bk4P2hzyH6T4_jGApebO1DCHCfl1vEoikTWqzdmnF5auIlsVcUbd-sL01Jh4rqmPPk4defHauEJC1Dgnb3Sv01wLBezH2JpUReW38PPnLpoQYR3loXAnDbrhjT1-pNysE3a61DRZ8Eq9rdNgPb8qUJH1BxHn8/w640-h464/20220127a_CrawfordSt-rear_Vicksburg_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original steel frame windows (30mm ƒ/10 Kodak lens adapted to Leica thread mount).</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShJ4BXQSPiFFsy6qh2wKapjth9493hvnCd5OtWKepiZj6uYFbajywePicv9H2xXqU6baPinwCGvjkvE4phVF13Y7u1kMiOOfrUofj8FSfxuNeMCgOb6S7II5kFdHf8cchKERmeyvFEB-_cxMIacD87NnEA-tqt2naXVAEcz2kXpnZG2nbVAArvwoqYkPm/s1540/20220127b_CrawfordSt-rear_Vicksburg_cleaned_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1540" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShJ4BXQSPiFFsy6qh2wKapjth9493hvnCd5OtWKepiZj6uYFbajywePicv9H2xXqU6baPinwCGvjkvE4phVF13Y7u1kMiOOfrUofj8FSfxuNeMCgOb6S7II5kFdHf8cchKERmeyvFEB-_cxMIacD87NnEA-tqt2naXVAEcz2kXpnZG2nbVAArvwoqYkPm/w640-h552/20220127b_CrawfordSt-rear_Vicksburg_cleaned_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loading dock stair (30mm ƒ/10 lens).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As I wrote above, this fine old building sits unoccupied and unmaintained. Eventually, decay, leaks, and plumbing issues will render it uneconomical for anyone to reuse it (this may be already happening). Too much time has passed. Who will pay to demolish it? </p><p>I took the 2023 photographs on Kodak Plus-X film with a Pentax Spotmatic F camera. The last two photographs are on Fuji Acros film. </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>(Personal Note: My wife and I recently moved to another state. Blog articles will be a bit irregular until we get settled and organized. My film scanners are still in boxes. Thank you all for being patient.)</p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3820 Crawford St, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA32.3486537 -90.88051134.0384198638211544 -126.0367613 60.658887536178845 -55.724261299999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-51159905533845391882023-11-02T05:00:00.158-07:002024-01-13T23:43:55.285-08:00Kodak Plus-X, Another Expired Film Treasure (Abandoned Films 10) <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0yfEgLAAyhzxWgIaDPkOFwzUM5Zf7W_djXJ5Q9fuswFFc1G-RNN7kCue5TWtLyHQPyhiBDK0I0PUClRkgeeelVOvXCUCMQWIY9WqeW8IgPYfRCvNjl18z6m1MGHyCFVsei1dTol00DA-z0gC9RssWyzOtV5yxgqWRaDqysbUZl5sBoVnKcQS1ESv2oGS/s1919/Plus-X-box-front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="1605" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0yfEgLAAyhzxWgIaDPkOFwzUM5Zf7W_djXJ5Q9fuswFFc1G-RNN7kCue5TWtLyHQPyhiBDK0I0PUClRkgeeelVOvXCUCMQWIY9WqeW8IgPYfRCvNjl18z6m1MGHyCFVsei1dTol00DA-z0gC9RssWyzOtV5yxgqWRaDqysbUZl5sBoVnKcQS1ESv2oGS/w536-h640/Plus-X-box-front.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQaOET42-uvYSEpA7PrFjWQZHT8ozRVCffPZeoU64dVDyn5nZwRnj-G6kCpjyr25gxktoGUiOIb3gFNcABH8Bigkqq7OYgZzgA_bT3DPc9PSon1dQwikryT1OdHm7z4ZaYHrSNVExekT_oI2WXeP3aT7Ki6XtTUWYCLMoxYinReC49y3xgrEFiikDpZow/s1919/Plus-X-box_inside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="1593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQaOET42-uvYSEpA7PrFjWQZHT8ozRVCffPZeoU64dVDyn5nZwRnj-G6kCpjyr25gxktoGUiOIb3gFNcABH8Bigkqq7OYgZzgA_bT3DPc9PSon1dQwikryT1OdHm7z4ZaYHrSNVExekT_oI2WXeP3aT7Ki6XtTUWYCLMoxYinReC49y3xgrEFiikDpZow/w532-h640/Plus-X-box_inside.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Oh oh, trouble. I experimented with another famous discontinued film. I had not used Kodak Plus-X since the 1980s or maybe the 1990s. My photography friend, <a href="https://blog.jimgrey.net" target="_blank">Jim Grey</a>, sent me two rolls and said go forth and photograph. How could I resist! I loaded the first roll in my Pentax Spotmatic F and rated it at exposure index (EI) = 100. </p><p>Kodak's Plus-X was a staple of black and white photography in the USA for decades during the mid-20th century (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films" target="_blank">1954-2011</a>). Kodak finally replaced it with TMax 100. Kodak claimed TMax 100 would do everything that Plus-X could and could also replace their famous <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/05/panatomic-x-best-black-and-white-film.html" target="_blank">Panatomic-X</a> film. Well, maybe. But many old-time photographers mourned the loss of the traditional cubic grain films and turned to Ilford for its FP4 Plus and <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2021/03/another-film-treasure-ilford-pan-f-plus.html" target="_blank">Pan F</a> films. But let us drop that controversy for now. </p><p>Here are some Plus-X examples from around Vicksburg, Mississippi. I used my new/old Pentax Spotmatic F camera (see my <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/10/danger-gas-and-review-of-spotmatic-f.html" target="_blank">previous article</a>).</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC1qIr8lD-L4nESkQvqRSD5HggwfNZ0ONr709uPbN2P8bvgeb9w8iz6dvsfuK6jfs0VXItIfAem9dIzRViF4ClGxVU6UCUaHbzTNGDh4bTxN6MDtZcnM5Wp5lkCGxUpv9h_4C1tnsYjw6Ue261hUi_9ej8g2075hY2t5fFka47IfqVTuTxMQJ9rnQDQ9i/s1600/20230227a_Store_WarrentonRd_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1600" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC1qIr8lD-L4nESkQvqRSD5HggwfNZ0ONr709uPbN2P8bvgeb9w8iz6dvsfuK6jfs0VXItIfAem9dIzRViF4ClGxVU6UCUaHbzTNGDh4bTxN6MDtZcnM5Wp5lkCGxUpv9h_4C1tnsYjw6Ue261hUi_9ej8g2075hY2t5fFka47IfqVTuTxMQJ9rnQDQ9i/w640-h422/20230227a_Store_WarrentonRd_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former gas station/store on Warrenton Road (28mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u6ZfukEl9obDYsVbQSpxD9UXoBpLCv2IFOS80dvec2wGN8iXU_a4s6SKcc5enom9LGGyi_O7Ny0irPr_5PJF3uDyOQBMMSFkQc8vWGNFx17N-5jbrcpUNaV2NhOld1-900iycPr6g4lwrgRul8XnBrCgPBIGHq5oidqrDXPHgKSTkKJB3QyiBFWHhncs/s1600/20230227e_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1600" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9u6ZfukEl9obDYsVbQSpxD9UXoBpLCv2IFOS80dvec2wGN8iXU_a4s6SKcc5enom9LGGyi_O7Ny0irPr_5PJF3uDyOQBMMSFkQc8vWGNFx17N-5jbrcpUNaV2NhOld1-900iycPr6g4lwrgRul8XnBrCgPBIGHq5oidqrDXPHgKSTkKJB3QyiBFWHhncs/w640-h434/20230227e_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monroe Street view south (135mm ƒ/3.5 lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnUYXrYncX3PIa4K2L3-oK6OzbDgCsbSJWx8bgNHZc23YDr8ONorJufK_OxJxl6VftUi1z9-2X1d61U03PUlHTAOvAr2-HYxYeV2ktviwDK7hTZz3lWw4QIDm-wE3Vl5I85GgHklu5cymzS8g0F6ZfHoFbAS86UljGQeMJ0-z7zxgiEQP-ksNAkTltSeZ/s1562/20230303a_GreenSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1562" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnUYXrYncX3PIa4K2L3-oK6OzbDgCsbSJWx8bgNHZc23YDr8ONorJufK_OxJxl6VftUi1z9-2X1d61U03PUlHTAOvAr2-HYxYeV2ktviwDK7hTZz3lWw4QIDm-wE3Vl5I85GgHklu5cymzS8g0F6ZfHoFbAS86UljGQeMJ0-z7zxgiEQP-ksNAkTltSeZ/w640-h466/20230303a_GreenSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Street (55mm ƒ/1.8 SMC Takumar, yellow filter)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2tc3BQgeKL0C3FeIT43175N593QV9si7kb9RZipMMpuooqyqK1qYLTnEdXwcKli1_Iy1IbAzYHAEfNLBwQj05mgkd-FHHuLv5fQ9wW8cg5MnEmP3lnXkOkR6Vlgfs-VaSOkt4rJ4wKlhwDvz1D9bgcbti6H1CkCy_RN081PJL2UfOqWf8Mic3kTHZZJO/s1559/20230303b_BowmarAve_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1559" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2tc3BQgeKL0C3FeIT43175N593QV9si7kb9RZipMMpuooqyqK1qYLTnEdXwcKli1_Iy1IbAzYHAEfNLBwQj05mgkd-FHHuLv5fQ9wW8cg5MnEmP3lnXkOkR6Vlgfs-VaSOkt4rJ4wKlhwDvz1D9bgcbti6H1CkCy_RN081PJL2UfOqWf8Mic3kTHZZJO/w640-h432/20230303b_BowmarAve_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rough apartment on Bowmar Avenue (55mm ƒ/1.8 SMC Takumar, yellow filter)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uBtM5Jc0p1rWDcm8qjpq-r_OkTtaHJZmu4PjA39B9qoyxSGmr9k60LfV-_NK4B-QzI2BEOtspWwf56iBl4PQtYt0yC4b1HBIvGOoWtKXhVeCyVyzHwoKCflmzj6_fkRCWitGjFIAPiqD7vXUvWFzPQWHidzuETrlgu0QWy5saENLm2OGAQq1BDGCqWPe/s1600/20230303d_WashingtonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uBtM5Jc0p1rWDcm8qjpq-r_OkTtaHJZmu4PjA39B9qoyxSGmr9k60LfV-_NK4B-QzI2BEOtspWwf56iBl4PQtYt0yC4b1HBIvGOoWtKXhVeCyVyzHwoKCflmzj6_fkRCWitGjFIAPiqD7vXUvWFzPQWHidzuETrlgu0QWy5saENLm2OGAQq1BDGCqWPe/w640-h432/20230303d_WashingtonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington Street view south (55mm ƒ/1.8 lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSjQbjEK3Z7mVcG0F8oI3I3ugUof22MF1oRvaG0boz2hPKSMkqixoywyjQhmH1DVQUTELSL2Ps3t1oGB1djNxFLSJM6D04eIyFbJUaLylwYFe3gZkgK5hcYBPI80Y-KhrQ0NNIEyZN8atC_q6ThDuC-kKensvkTaS96hIfRfs3YcEI-WsvdYC3PjztB-v/s1540/20230312c_Furniture_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="1540" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSjQbjEK3Z7mVcG0F8oI3I3ugUof22MF1oRvaG0boz2hPKSMkqixoywyjQhmH1DVQUTELSL2Ps3t1oGB1djNxFLSJM6D04eIyFbJUaLylwYFe3gZkgK5hcYBPI80Y-KhrQ0NNIEyZN8atC_q6ThDuC-kKensvkTaS96hIfRfs3YcEI-WsvdYC3PjztB-v/w640-h530/20230312c_Furniture_JohnsonSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Furniture in the woods, Johnson Street</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, this is a common disposal method for old furniture here. It's a shame because River City Rescue will pick up old items and sell them at their store.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCnb7rnU-Ih7GNEYXHV-3HhoFdIsg7NbgEt5w9JZamwZE7pnbaVrMxi9001A7IJHxxX83nOzE1BsZ3phhIPLWgA4k9N9cH2mm7QkmUckenvmvd3dtJ0Ok25xhmYXCTykZ2pvnVCZKLSWH9qwrkUmmKLihqc32825RKcRjX4Id22BE3ME6_IpjbmjZpUJu/s1540/20230312d_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1540" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCnb7rnU-Ih7GNEYXHV-3HhoFdIsg7NbgEt5w9JZamwZE7pnbaVrMxi9001A7IJHxxX83nOzE1BsZ3phhIPLWgA4k9N9cH2mm7QkmUckenvmvd3dtJ0Ok25xhmYXCTykZ2pvnVCZKLSWH9qwrkUmmKLihqc32825RKcRjX4Id22BE3ME6_IpjbmjZpUJu/w640-h448/20230312d_JohnsonSt728_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">728 Johnson Street (no longer extant)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>This was a basic 1950s or 1960s house clad with asbestos siding. I opened the door, and a homeless fellow was sleeping inside.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRTKCKQBP70gZ7DnLAj1PMkHlVjPcg7qBk876UIvM_cRVSULE8OZXwC5kG1hWRI3EKIl4Pe0p3snbP0moeqQgVhp6aUFJ2qu78xL9hcVuObE9yJx34hn-5r4lLBp2SWKjk6XzhKX9W_u-3aBX0a6C7KrVcYxj7M4U4fdp-HU4H78F1ytLXSH1g_Uz7eMD/s1540/20230312f_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1540" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRTKCKQBP70gZ7DnLAj1PMkHlVjPcg7qBk876UIvM_cRVSULE8OZXwC5kG1hWRI3EKIl4Pe0p3snbP0moeqQgVhp6aUFJ2qu78xL9hcVuObE9yJx34hn-5r4lLBp2SWKjk6XzhKX9W_u-3aBX0a6C7KrVcYxj7M4U4fdp-HU4H78F1ytLXSH1g_Uz7eMD/w640-h454/20230312f_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">733 Johnson Street (no longer extant)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Many early 20th century houses in Vicksburg were built on steep hillsides. The roads ran along the top of the ridges, and cottages had their front doors at street level. The backs were perched over the slope, supported by wood posts. These lots can not be redeveloped once the house is condemned and torn down. This results in Vicksburg becoming less densely developed over time. But yet the city still needs to maintain roads and utilities. Therefore, maintenance remain high but is supported by fewer properties that generate property tax revenue. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CORPFdOODt1UrCCR-PgkMfmzbueloVNKg1UhMq1A-bCRZnfEKW5y1xoMvuB2IuZWw0nXV8ldaWFGvsl17vg-8JVgvRgvvlp8MT4qG2qeTgdbLle01Jk7VgVxwrt83bpyMkX8o53RQMTK1w3Fh3UtlPseLJc4f-w2dIKg36sZ6yi8tPb3eBiGQSe1caO5/s1521/20230305b_Delta_LA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1521" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CORPFdOODt1UrCCR-PgkMfmzbueloVNKg1UhMq1A-bCRZnfEKW5y1xoMvuB2IuZWw0nXV8ldaWFGvsl17vg-8JVgvRgvvlp8MT4qG2qeTgdbLle01Jk7VgVxwrt83bpyMkX8o53RQMTK1w3Fh3UtlPseLJc4f-w2dIKg36sZ6yi8tPb3eBiGQSe1caO5/w640-h456/20230305b_Delta_LA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delta, Louisiana, from the road on the main stem Mississippi River levee. 35mm ƒ/3.5 Super-Takumar lens, yellow filter</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Summary. Plus-X was a nice film. Fuji Acros, my normal 100 film, looks different and is finer grain. But I would not hesitate to use Plus-X when I wanted to use a mid-speed emulsion. I wish it were still available.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Appendix</h3><p><br /></p><p>This is a 1948 (I think) Kodak data chart for three of their popular 35mm black and white films. At that time, Kodak rated Plus-X with and exposure index of 50. Later (in the 1960s?), when the ASA ratings standard the normal method of rating film speeds, most films abruptly doubled their exposure index. This looked convenient, but many old-time photographers continued to give their film extra exposure to ensure that there would be image information in deep shadows. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHky0l_UeX_V7UdQ_PoL3PnC53olqcL6G8D-ICo4PtiU713NqONSmiv9SL4IN1i6Mo1-E4UZwRI_5tWwMknuxubuzKgtotCyQDBujqoVpB-MVFK5RQcrh298Eme9GF25_waL4NrSHtmDG5PFdR76_vMdB7znqWbtjoAndlAhq-uUnriIEqql-i6uDqHxm8/s2573/Kodak_Super-XX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2356" data-original-width="2573" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHky0l_UeX_V7UdQ_PoL3PnC53olqcL6G8D-ICo4PtiU713NqONSmiv9SL4IN1i6Mo1-E4UZwRI_5tWwMknuxubuzKgtotCyQDBujqoVpB-MVFK5RQcrh298Eme9GF25_waL4NrSHtmDG5PFdR76_vMdB7znqWbtjoAndlAhq-uUnriIEqql-i6uDqHxm8/w640-h586/Kodak_Super-XX.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com7Monroe St, Vicksburg, MS, USA32.3495246 -90.87974314.0392907638211568 -126.0359931 60.659758436178848 -55.7234931tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-30229725066543338752023-10-20T05:00:00.167-07:002024-01-31T16:35:06.385-08:00In the Olympics with a Film Treasure: Kodak Gold 100 (Abandoned Films 07b)<p>Years ago, you could buy Kodak's Gold 100 color negative film almost everywhere. When I needed a color film that always produced excellent prints, Gold 100 was my usual choice. For the ultimate resolution in 35mm, I used the famous Kodak Ektar 25 (also long discontinued), but the 100 was more versatile and easier to use. Late in its life, Kodak relabeled it as Bright Sun 100, but I think it was the same Gold 100. </p><p>As long-term readers know, I have a weakness in experimenting with older films. With some checking on eBay, I found a 4-pack of Bright Sun/Gold 100 (both names on the same package - not confusing at all) that expired in 2004, near the end of production for this film. The seller claimed it had been in room temperature all its life. It was certainly worth an experiment.</p><p>Here are some examples from the Olympic Peninsula in the grand Pacific Northwest. During my July trip there, I loaded a roll in my little <a href="https://www.35mmc.com/05/04/2019/voigtlander-vito-bl-by-andrew-morang/" target="_blank">Voigtländer Vito BL</a> camera with its remarkably capable 50mm ƒ/3.5 Color Skopar lens and took snapshots. Please click any picture to expand.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRINrBESHysVFnB4cacBaUgDvXI5iJH3pcjJs3eQB3cFFdX0Ystcu0-sCX6uLvz609_ZlfcLTWq3X1dLFSobErSfiBSEjsUFwrx6ZNPpI2Xo0Qm7J_pJdIi68P20_-xp8SaMRJDWH6OmQX-cBo3fr63UJw1H9rGVApiZfkJ6I34R2c4DaViv-EPgBoAv30/s1600/C20230712a_WishkahStore_Hoquiam_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1600" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRINrBESHysVFnB4cacBaUgDvXI5iJH3pcjJs3eQB3cFFdX0Ystcu0-sCX6uLvz609_ZlfcLTWq3X1dLFSobErSfiBSEjsUFwrx6ZNPpI2Xo0Qm7J_pJdIi68P20_-xp8SaMRJDWH6OmQX-cBo3fr63UJw1H9rGVApiZfkJ6I34R2c4DaViv-EPgBoAv30/w640-h506/C20230712a_WishkahStore_Hoquiam_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wishkah Blue Artists Studio, Hoquiam, Washington </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I photographed the little studio in 2022. This year, it looked a bit more forlorn. I am not sure how active it is.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh424EUxRWAxcCZCNdpL40olZv2YxBepQ1dLDwl3J64cKbhpm3hrTEhtbvYXWjp2nQqTZU2CyVPJC-HbqBWR5P0OlCUnBt_qJJOfrGJWWyPqZz4Rz6qtYYlWx1e-EUIXfBTciu9-WJWHCIU8I8vYJZphRRGNU5BEmtW-1em_oE28W_9XTOdVqi_sW9I2kPK/s1600/C20230712b_OldCars_Humptulips_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1600" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh424EUxRWAxcCZCNdpL40olZv2YxBepQ1dLDwl3J64cKbhpm3hrTEhtbvYXWjp2nQqTZU2CyVPJC-HbqBWR5P0OlCUnBt_qJJOfrGJWWyPqZz4Rz6qtYYlWx1e-EUIXfBTciu9-WJWHCIU8I8vYJZphRRGNU5BEmtW-1em_oE28W_9XTOdVqi_sW9I2kPK/w640-h486/C20230712b_OldCars_Humptulips_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to get moving, Hwy 101, Humptuips</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdAO3dpNiPOeUSFPLtFCZJ6fYvJ8sreHvXV_GqaSjcnGpayDRn0FLCn_tuOIhvJSz6LRtA4iVDP7rHJJiVE1g5O0LOLx7sNEyHxSLkEEt0BN8CS0uT-V-GUpQAVs-uQJ-kNGNOeGU2P8_PwwzlNzUdRUYomNrW4xfqivrP9nfKUzc8hb5KW_awSAzklpQ/s1600/C20230712cc_PizzaGrill_LakeQuinault_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1600" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdAO3dpNiPOeUSFPLtFCZJ6fYvJ8sreHvXV_GqaSjcnGpayDRn0FLCn_tuOIhvJSz6LRtA4iVDP7rHJJiVE1g5O0LOLx7sNEyHxSLkEEt0BN8CS0uT-V-GUpQAVs-uQJ-kNGNOeGU2P8_PwwzlNzUdRUYomNrW4xfqivrP9nfKUzc8hb5KW_awSAzklpQ/w640-h502/C20230712cc_PizzaGrill_LakeQuinault_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pizza Grill, Route 101, Lake Quinault</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Lake Quinault is a gorgeous elongated lake in the west edge of the Olympic Mountains. I photographed the old <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2022/06/in-olympic-peninsula-washington.html" target="_blank">Kestner-Quigley homestead</a> farm near the lake in 2022. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06y0UXHRoLfbfnqhRWDyL-P7uH-qqK3BFJRsGSIWH9hP6g5Ab8lKo_4fK90m-mmJvoA3MG7qWrD0v3LkOxgBKibdM6L-_BWBYngV1E-P9ugeiRDJiLmuFHk8bya_5AoFkUkfXOhLewSL5_QrWwauV_P13Gk91EVtHy5PmbsW-j--9NnwtU9ZR37fqQ2DT/s1600/C20230712d_Sunset-Co-Op_ClallamBay_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06y0UXHRoLfbfnqhRWDyL-P7uH-qqK3BFJRsGSIWH9hP6g5Ab8lKo_4fK90m-mmJvoA3MG7qWrD0v3LkOxgBKibdM6L-_BWBYngV1E-P9ugeiRDJiLmuFHk8bya_5AoFkUkfXOhLewSL5_QrWwauV_P13Gk91EVtHy5PmbsW-j--9NnwtU9ZR37fqQ2DT/w640-h424/C20230712d_Sunset-Co-Op_ClallamBay_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunsets West Co-op, Clallam Bay (with polarizing filter)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>We stopped here en route to Neah Bay and bought some nuts and dried fruits. The food options in the far northwest of the Olympic Peninsula are rather limited.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JdMjMRYANvoewgI3ChEKslVFb7dbsLVF69-Rq0FrR3GX4sdTmJljej2rzGnYPczHVlQb_QpnHSSk1udyekv96gtlr8_Sj5YHxG7hJMPUlXPpTRRRrFASg7IXv_fkhVMjLWTk2XDBt3vTqfb_BCskZ-Xhg6Md1DmRkF5iwZGhUA5B_cK7wOCUPnLZENye/s1600/C20230712e_WoodlandAve_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JdMjMRYANvoewgI3ChEKslVFb7dbsLVF69-Rq0FrR3GX4sdTmJljej2rzGnYPczHVlQb_QpnHSSk1udyekv96gtlr8_Sj5YHxG7hJMPUlXPpTRRRrFASg7IXv_fkhVMjLWTk2XDBt3vTqfb_BCskZ-Xhg6Md1DmRkF5iwZGhUA5B_cK7wOCUPnLZENye/w640-h436/C20230712e_WoodlandAve_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fixer-upper house, Woodland Avenue, Neah Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCBZD_XfzrjhbBRsBN93af9uoZuKEMSNiDx1eZbkWeIIpfgJcG-kCE4c52ov1gtRUqA5xVe_sZ4OFbBqPiRNqVJoZ2aWp0XnTe8r3vdFm-pKZ0txRvppJ-5CYrEu6L40IEP_oUL5JlRHO-lIqX-pniwI7d1hyNn0Quc0QbMuq38xjfgATcGSHHCQsqJd8/s1600/C20230713a_BayViewDr_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1600" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCBZD_XfzrjhbBRsBN93af9uoZuKEMSNiDx1eZbkWeIIpfgJcG-kCE4c52ov1gtRUqA5xVe_sZ4OFbBqPiRNqVJoZ2aWp0XnTe8r3vdFm-pKZ0txRvppJ-5CYrEu6L40IEP_oUL5JlRHO-lIqX-pniwI7d1hyNn0Quc0QbMuq38xjfgATcGSHHCQsqJd8/w640-h454/C20230713a_BayViewDr_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall house, Bay View Drive, Neah Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIf27321TWk_moqUtt3tV5PofRTt04tJRp3MV14Hfvl9IQH8jI-Srpygnq4t5jlh8UThaksjJlFrYZsN0W-PDiWodgH4g1Dh3HcsgUvuZMWEZGVCaKuqei51h9TtCtUqi2Mi9TjySMVaMzREXzFpuBdwd0D4pT0P0AxLS5Ku3wXR9Htz9DnfGVbDgiJPQz/s1600/C20230713b_House_BayViewDr_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIf27321TWk_moqUtt3tV5PofRTt04tJRp3MV14Hfvl9IQH8jI-Srpygnq4t5jlh8UThaksjJlFrYZsN0W-PDiWodgH4g1Dh3HcsgUvuZMWEZGVCaKuqei51h9TtCtUqi2Mi9TjySMVaMzREXzFpuBdwd0D4pT0P0AxLS5Ku3wXR9Htz9DnfGVbDgiJPQz/w640-h426/C20230713b_House_BayViewDr_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red house, Bay View Drive, Neah Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaqB2I2M2qw5eiDJIUoBAs64XQe8kloM2UgYRghPZliOjt-POk0UvmusE6v0bIHyJHvnHPRjqluF5gQFk9_EoHPVDpEPWlavKkKqcwscMmS0bqKpatoC_9rMkyMzVGchlrX-f5AaPCTOjgVXvLOXPje5J12ZbpPilgetEUjff2xPeO6CsjYuqEnphFgnV/s1600/C20230713c_NativeGrounds_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1600" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaqB2I2M2qw5eiDJIUoBAs64XQe8kloM2UgYRghPZliOjt-POk0UvmusE6v0bIHyJHvnHPRjqluF5gQFk9_EoHPVDpEPWlavKkKqcwscMmS0bqKpatoC_9rMkyMzVGchlrX-f5AaPCTOjgVXvLOXPje5J12ZbpPilgetEUjff2xPeO6CsjYuqEnphFgnV/w640-h454/C20230713c_NativeGrounds_NeahBay_WA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Native Grounds and breakfast stop, Neah Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We stayed two nights in Neah Bay. It is a quiet little town on the Makah Reservation in Clallam County. From town, it is a short drive to Cape Flattery, the furthest point west on continental USA (excluding, of course, the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska, where Sarah Palin* could see Russia). At Cape Flattery, we saw some new birds for us, the Pigeon guillemot and Pelagic cormorant. And in town, we saw the Glaucous-winged gull. </p><p>The Gold 100 experiment was a success. It is probably lower contrast than when new. I definitely like this version better than the new Gold 200, which is too grainy for my tastes. The 100 looks similar in resolution to the contemporary Portra 160, which I will probably use in the future once my 3 remaining rolls of Gold 100 run out. Maybe Kodak can reintroduce it (we can hope). My little Vito BL camera, with its 50mm ƒ/3.5 Color-Skopar lens, performed well, as usual. </p><p>In the future, I will post a series of Gold 100 frames from the 1990s in New York City. Stand by.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Sarah Palin was a former Alaska governor. She was a genuine ding-a-ling and doomed John McCain's presidential hopes. How does the R party generate these brash goofballs and then champion them? Is it a political death wish?</p><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com5Neah Bay, WA, USA48.3681223 -124.624960220.057888463821158 -159.7812102 76.678356136178849 -89.4687102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-4070476846841203072023-10-10T04:30:00.107-07:002024-02-20T15:22:53.202-08:00Danger: GAS and a Review of the Pentax Spotmatic F<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XfmLgI3Vcvg7YHCk3UToASbhYgI_Ks9N1RiQ53wJM5T6bt9U3TSOhNeNCUe8d2w6l-iNFz3rlK3pDW96enksndcu03INcbqTFoCEvJa7RdpcMcVwNbJp72lKGIFLEQgjhz_-cMJmz65vJfjdGITnBJjDMA0qpd2O5HH9bzMO2-idmP953F31x_H-Bg/s1000/20230209_144211_Spotmatic-F-unboxing_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XfmLgI3Vcvg7YHCk3UToASbhYgI_Ks9N1RiQ53wJM5T6bt9U3TSOhNeNCUe8d2w6l-iNFz3rlK3pDW96enksndcu03INcbqTFoCEvJa7RdpcMcVwNbJp72lKGIFLEQgjhz_-cMJmz65vJfjdGITnBJjDMA0qpd2O5HH9bzMO2-idmP953F31x_H-Bg/w640-h480/20230209_144211_Spotmatic-F-unboxing_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good things come in a box</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Danger of GAS</h3><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I know, I have no discipline. I have enough cameras to last the rest of my days and swore that I would not buy any more hardware except for specific accessory items, like filters. But Jim Grey, my friend from Indiana, extolled the virtues of the Pentax Spotmatic F body. This was the last version of the famous 35mm camera line that accepted 42mm thread-mount lenses. The F featured open-aperture metering, meaning the viewfinder did not darken as you stopped down the lens. My older regular Spotmatic uses stop-down metering. This seldom posed any inconvenience, but the option of open aperture metering sounded tempting. Well, you know the story, GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome, not flatulence) overcame me. Soon, a handsome Spotmatic F along with the magnificent 50mm ƒ/1.4 SMC Takumar lens appeared in a box. Total cost was $49 including shipping. You can buy this level of craftsmanship and excellence for $49 in 2023?</p><p>After an initial test, I sent the camera to Eric Hendrickson, one of the best-known Pentax repair people in the USA. It and the 50mm lens came back clean and ready to go. He emphasized that the light meter will work correctly with 625A (alkaline) batteries. Internet "experts" go back and forth about which batteries will and will not work, but I trust Mr. Hendrickson. The original specification was for 625 mercury cells, but these have not been available for at least 25 years. The 625S (silver) cells are also now gone. The 625A batteries do not last long in this camera, so possibly there is a minor current drain. But the cells are inexpensive, and I remove them when I am not using the camera. (General camera rule: <u>ALWAYS</u> remove batteries when you will not use a camera for weeks or longer.)</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Spotmatic Cameras</h3><p><br /></p><p>Mike Johnston wrote about the Spotmatic in <a href="https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2017/07/two-more-things-about-the-spotmatic.html" target="_blank">The Online Photographer</a> in 2017 and explained why the Pentax 50mm ƒ/1.4 lens was one of the finest 50s in the film era. The table below lists the various Spotmatic models.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 478px;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 11.2px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b>Asahi</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b>Pentax</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"><b> S</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b>crew-Mount Cameras </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal; vertical-align: 4px;"><b>1 </b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b>Model </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal; vertical-align: 4px;"><b>2</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Date</b></span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"><b>Features</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Original</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1957</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Modern</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">appearance,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">right</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">side wind</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">lever,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">instant return mirror. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">≈ </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">$199</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 2.3px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">55</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">mm</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> f</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">/2.2.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">S</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1957</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Contemporary</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">geometric</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">sequence</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">shutter</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">speeds. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">9</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">lenses </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">available.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">K</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1958</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Semi-automatic</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">diaphragm</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Asahi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">S3</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">(identical</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 1.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Honeywell</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">H3)</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1960</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Fully</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">automatic</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">diaphragm. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">$199</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> 55 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">f/1.8</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">lens.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Honeywell</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">H1</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1961</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">≈</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">$150; </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">1/500 top</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">speed. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">World's first</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">clip-on</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">CdS meter available ($32).</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Asahi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">S3v (Honeywell</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 1.3px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">H3v)</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1963</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1969</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Added self-timer and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">automatic frame counter.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Asahi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">S1a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">(H1a)</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1963</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1969</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Added</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">auto</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">frame</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">counter. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">14</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">lenses</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">available.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1964</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1971</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Through-the-lens</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">CdS</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">meter.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">$299</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> 50 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">f/1.4. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Very</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">popular! Most</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">chrome,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 1.3px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">some </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">black</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">paint. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Motorized</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> model made </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">in 1970 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">(uncommon). Rare 250-exposure model.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">SL</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1969</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Same </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">as</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> Spotmatic </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">but without</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">CdS </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">meter.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">500</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1971</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Lower cost,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">1/500</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">top speed, supplied</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with 55</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">f/2.0 lens.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">II</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1971</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Added</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">accessory</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">shoe; </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">sold</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">multi-coated</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">lenses</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">extra </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">indexing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">levers.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic IIa</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1972</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Sensor for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">automatic Honeywell</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">flash.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">ES</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1972</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">First Pentax</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">auto</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">exposure camera with electronically-controlled </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">shutter.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic F</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">1974</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">Finest</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> manual</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Spotmatic;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">open-aperture</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> metering,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">$375</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"> 55</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">mm</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">f/1.8.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">SP</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1000</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1974</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">No</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">self-timer</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 151px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">ESII</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 63px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;">1974?</span></p></td><td style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 19px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 242px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6.2px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Improved reliability over ES. E</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">nd</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;"> the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">era for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> Pentax </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">screw-mount</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">bodies.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 2px 2px; height: 40px; padding: 0px 5px; width: 477px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.2px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; line-height: normal;"><b>Notes:</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.2px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">1. Sources: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">“A</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">History</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.3px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">of Pentax” articles by</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">W.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">L.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">Fadner in <i>Shutterbug </i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">(1988)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 4.3px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">2. U.S. cameras had</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">the Honeywell</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">name and logo</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">on</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">the prism. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">International</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">models were labeled with the Asahi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">name </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: normal;">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 4.8px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; letter-spacing: -0.1px; line-height: normal;">logo. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">M42 thread mount</h3><p><br /></p><p>M42 refers to the thread mount of 42×1 mm used to attach the lens to the camera body. This was a common size in the 1950s through the 1970s. European, Russian, and Japanese companies made hundreds of M42 lenses in various focal lengths. Many people consider the Asahi Optical Company's examples to be among the best optically and mechanically in the 1960s and 1970s. It is common to buy an old Takumar lens that will still operate perfectly, while a drastically more expensive Leica lens of similar age will often have haze or film on the inner elements and need professional cleaning and re-lubrication. Takumar lenses have a following among serious photographers today because they can be mounted on most mirrorless digital cameras. The M42 mount lost popularity in the 1970s because it was slow to exchange lenses, while companies like Nikon, Minolta, and Canon used faster bayonet mounts on their cameras. </p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SALbHyBe29lJtCRDcabGfujFJmb7NRg4LXcG9YUNHyfb7_iB3CoCjStP8aXgv7r0QJv7rsTJjfhDTp1ELofR33c0-kxD9yIGSTT8XCYeRcFNE0QNhBMGrxMJTo1o1Mjd-DkRBF8CKxAP63l-Oi-pidYXxgyEEAYIPyNa_goFHvLqCFY9VOsv8XtTNw/s1200/_DSF6261_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SALbHyBe29lJtCRDcabGfujFJmb7NRg4LXcG9YUNHyfb7_iB3CoCjStP8aXgv7r0QJv7rsTJjfhDTp1ELofR33c0-kxD9yIGSTT8XCYeRcFNE0QNhBMGrxMJTo1o1Mjd-DkRBF8CKxAP63l-Oi-pidYXxgyEEAYIPyNa_goFHvLqCFY9VOsv8XtTNw/w640-h426/_DSF6261_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simplicity and meticulous craftsmanship</td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzu24KJbJlUnWh7bYLMtFYovrIrv0UGxLPlAM9X25AZ4U2CXWxi26OkjKqN8l8gsAv8c8BtVR4KgTEx1JW56Vz31xWYtTMgEqryGcQIfIt1uEarOW73jLMY_anMT7pOhLBReXboJRWy8Qte6NleMYNWMjQDaug5hv5jYCLKTHe3dMJqTIvFSni3-BtA/s1200/_DSF6262_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzu24KJbJlUnWh7bYLMtFYovrIrv0UGxLPlAM9X25AZ4U2CXWxi26OkjKqN8l8gsAv8c8BtVR4KgTEx1JW56Vz31xWYtTMgEqryGcQIfIt1uEarOW73jLMY_anMT7pOhLBReXboJRWy8Qte6NleMYNWMjQDaug5hv5jYCLKTHe3dMJqTIvFSni3-BtA/w640-h426/_DSF6262_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Utter simplicity: rewind knob, flash shoe, shutter speed dial, shutter release, and wind lever. No baffling 400-page instruction manual needed.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1vPB9TeFP5LA2VxPPwVjc1cya3SflIoQSX5aGrA56USthIKcFb5H41w96U8Rw-UahOHpdJNCUyQZET46aiSKlWDsmE-VsYX8UkiOGPG1uUC51qsERWMcaHe24Jc66E-WRZKuNvaqE4TFrD6D-YGfIRBssWxcXVJrRood4MhHEG9LjwP6NqYb1aFL7A/s1200/_DSF6263_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1vPB9TeFP5LA2VxPPwVjc1cya3SflIoQSX5aGrA56USthIKcFb5H41w96U8Rw-UahOHpdJNCUyQZET46aiSKlWDsmE-VsYX8UkiOGPG1uUC51qsERWMcaHe24Jc66E-WRZKuNvaqE4TFrD6D-YGfIRBssWxcXVJrRood4MhHEG9LjwP6NqYb1aFL7A/w640-h426/_DSF6263_Spotmatic-F-6045378_20230217_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set the film speed in the window within the shutter speed dial. Note it is still shown as ASA.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4-jAq0cdtLrsnCMmIVTSCr4F4PIhmDyPNz05iPAx8mPGn47pfg072qzeyGALAzqGDHvTZe2uR7Z1CgbIJTTPHiod8LSBj9aP0qm1E31AAXfC-ET-vIPERHJ7to-BrzEvDChy-f3pNho3fInCD7xDB5m37dauKEVgfgT2VLLhdQtN-o-z1TnHf11d6Q/s1200/_DSF6268_SMC-Takumar-50-14_7653976_20230217_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4-jAq0cdtLrsnCMmIVTSCr4F4PIhmDyPNz05iPAx8mPGn47pfg072qzeyGALAzqGDHvTZe2uR7Z1CgbIJTTPHiod8LSBj9aP0qm1E31AAXfC-ET-vIPERHJ7to-BrzEvDChy-f3pNho3fInCD7xDB5m37dauKEVgfgT2VLLhdQtN-o-z1TnHf11d6Q/w640-h640/_DSF6268_SMC-Takumar-50-14_7653976_20230217_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SMC (Super Multi Coated) 50mm ƒ/1.4 lens, mid-1970s.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Examples with Kodak Plus-X Film</h3><div><br /></div><div>Jim Grey sent me two rolls of Kodak Plus-X film. He bought a brick and said the first two rolls performed correctly. I used Plus-X in the 1970s but rarely since then. Plus-X was a traditional cubic-grain film, not one of the more modern T-grain emulsions like T-Max 100. I will write more about Plus-X in a later article. Here are some examples from Vicksburg, Mississippi, during March of 2023. On some of my walks, I even wore the camera in its handy leather camera case (also known as a never-ready case). </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoeKkYSxt9_SQW4ybPSKIuY7DVdMOYwU-soE8W5DhSI6o4BrUTHS-qZNpjoc6fwtzG6QCy3AZRcvWHCCPiv02lDmhLxT9qP51l03-FAVdCEoLZXdY40Ro3HIl-GxrR1ld1zTxrWRIWw-r7P9_OqBFHE329EfO-JXyQtDE4qLjeC31vkW6dLxzwF8_RjMV/s1600/20230227c_Vans_WashingtonSt2620_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoeKkYSxt9_SQW4ybPSKIuY7DVdMOYwU-soE8W5DhSI6o4BrUTHS-qZNpjoc6fwtzG6QCy3AZRcvWHCCPiv02lDmhLxT9qP51l03-FAVdCEoLZXdY40Ro3HIl-GxrR1ld1zTxrWRIWw-r7P9_OqBFHE329EfO-JXyQtDE4qLjeC31vkW6dLxzwF8_RjMV/w640-h426/20230227c_Vans_WashingtonSt2620_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for a ride, 2620 Washington Street (50mm ƒ/1.4 SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqTXoljSnwjfVW4CE6frNRkDaJD3RuWUpYC3wV9tYjlyhVl4qYau8N0-Ox6kIGlWlij14moPBBoaqUypicw_rTvdcNFZQGZThhMtFptkUoqM3dOhV298TXK63SHC3cpvQv5EghWNruzM7jlR2_7gjkhnqBHwhgHngimf59bL3SCKqOKzXFPVxos7_Hk_Q/s1600/20230227d_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1058" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqTXoljSnwjfVW4CE6frNRkDaJD3RuWUpYC3wV9tYjlyhVl4qYau8N0-Ox6kIGlWlij14moPBBoaqUypicw_rTvdcNFZQGZThhMtFptkUoqM3dOhV298TXK63SHC3cpvQv5EghWNruzM7jlR2_7gjkhnqBHwhgHngimf59bL3SCKqOKzXFPVxos7_Hk_Q/w424-h640/20230227d_MonroeSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monroe Street view south (135mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar, ƒ/5.6)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsHns1uKqOxMUWPAO8ajo8BYLn3yrOdI2WJHIrLDzj0gxVpywRYQTWmbETRlDGj5DltAyrLX0MPhfc7O8JX75paigUs9vhFbenVvprFIskyRGC71UXC6wEsf-zTfdsO2GnBudVLBTiO1ozP75G0UKFXIiH1i2gmDjcVlLAjCoKExu7f3hjusfHTceVDZu/s1600/20230301a2_MarshalSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsHns1uKqOxMUWPAO8ajo8BYLn3yrOdI2WJHIrLDzj0gxVpywRYQTWmbETRlDGj5DltAyrLX0MPhfc7O8JX75paigUs9vhFbenVvprFIskyRGC71UXC6wEsf-zTfdsO2GnBudVLBTiO1ozP75G0UKFXIiH1i2gmDjcVlLAjCoKExu7f3hjusfHTceVDZu/w640-h428/20230301a2_MarshalSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minor trouble at the corner of Marshal and Harris Streets (35mm ƒ/3.5 Super-Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I really like this <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/03/testing-35mm-super-takumar-lens-in.html" target="_blank">35mm ƒ/3.5 Super-Takumar</a> lens. This is one of the older versions that must be stopped down for the light meter measurement. The Spotmatic F is supposed to be capable of both open-aperture as well as stop-down metering. But mine gives the wrong exposure for the latter mode. I sent the body back to Mr. Hendrickson to check, but it still does not meter quite right. That is a minor inconvenience because I usually carry a hand-held meter. The newer Super-Multi-Coated and SMC Takumars all have the tab for open aperture metering on the F and ESII bodies. <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqQzYGKnbdQJzf-rZjyhpg19ZPreBG7q5xoKGv3wI-cp7XjTHFrsXuaG9yKZ6p1UFjGPbjhD7YipqDBV5F289VFgr_qv5TOc64hAqsqwHEzCRi4mnbxKk2gKKEogsGe0Fo9-a2WpGPzH0MzhCO3LCK3E_pzYr5nt5hbPz53p_sDLyFHqmjMQJjP3Wzu9e/s1600/20230312a_PolkSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1600" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqQzYGKnbdQJzf-rZjyhpg19ZPreBG7q5xoKGv3wI-cp7XjTHFrsXuaG9yKZ6p1UFjGPbjhD7YipqDBV5F289VFgr_qv5TOc64hAqsqwHEzCRi4mnbxKk2gKKEogsGe0Fo9-a2WpGPzH0MzhCO3LCK3E_pzYr5nt5hbPz53p_sDLyFHqmjMQJjP3Wzu9e/w640-h486/20230312a_PolkSt_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garage on Polk Street in unoccupied but not abandoned house (50mm ƒ/1.4)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ5iW7yV-mg18aOkTCj7tgL5bxssWV0kF6ZzDqgXgzw8vVAELZQbrvBdZ5Fy-7WV8xic-hLpWevBUSJrDu06KFadO1DVKRpuPTGT8QKhASqTelBigFdvXYqley3O158JqrlpEySUKQmgAcAzA9ekecmT6iRumd1ywzlbt7KrMuxO_DdmzMBrms76EIqnx/s1600/20230312e_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ5iW7yV-mg18aOkTCj7tgL5bxssWV0kF6ZzDqgXgzw8vVAELZQbrvBdZ5Fy-7WV8xic-hLpWevBUSJrDu06KFadO1DVKRpuPTGT8QKhASqTelBigFdvXYqley3O158JqrlpEySUKQmgAcAzA9ekecmT6iRumd1ywzlbt7KrMuxO_DdmzMBrms76EIqnx/w640-h430/20230312e_JohnsonSt733_Vicksburg_MS_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottage at 733 Johnson St. It has been demolished since I took this picture (50mm ƒ/1.4).</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvNTydyFVLc9fsjUOhr-rKQ-3vJILzyboe6-TgjyWjay9CBLtjs-GrPDHEgHXEidektjbvMMqwwfbpa1HMa7B1l11i4mowqk9ORQ_gS5UJZaThxDi99Oc3VEnkN0YwyYKXp9kkEUEO6UaSEO_FWb3Ri6MpYBQlfSfycrM2Rnk6Z-YuaBqJDJUTHNgGBD2/s1600/20230305a_Silos_Delta_LA_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1600" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvNTydyFVLc9fsjUOhr-rKQ-3vJILzyboe6-TgjyWjay9CBLtjs-GrPDHEgHXEidektjbvMMqwwfbpa1HMa7B1l11i4mowqk9ORQ_gS5UJZaThxDi99Oc3VEnkN0YwyYKXp9kkEUEO6UaSEO_FWb3Ri6MpYBQlfSfycrM2Rnk6Z-YuaBqJDJUTHNgGBD2/w640-h466/20230305a_Silos_Delta_LA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silos, Hwy. 80, Delta, Louisiana (135mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar, polarizing filter)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The meter in the Spotmatic F measures correctly with a polarizing filter mounted on the lens. This camera works perfectly well with a linear polarizer. Many novice photographers insist that they need a CPL or circular polarizer (after all, they saw it on YouTube). No, usually they do not. A CPL is required for cameras that use a beam-splitter for auto-focus function.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Examples with Fuji Acros Film</h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMQjy31WC2Xm-u6y8-9OzZhwgoRLVhkFgYyE25czY-daDDzYS2jGmIyW6LoDfOgfvUKoHACIoH6Bpet7gyEuhfmdmV2-PI9cr9ZT8GUcF7YyYluYBbBdHm1SU9uk2eB6neilWTRuwKgn-1TQsceH-7v6Id6Ffcu4WIWIwd69hyazif1lQEiZMxweJ7YYe/s1600/20231026g_BethanySt_Shreveport_LA_adj_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1600" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMQjy31WC2Xm-u6y8-9OzZhwgoRLVhkFgYyE25czY-daDDzYS2jGmIyW6LoDfOgfvUKoHACIoH6Bpet7gyEuhfmdmV2-PI9cr9ZT8GUcF7YyYluYBbBdHm1SU9uk2eB6neilWTRuwKgn-1TQsceH-7v6Id6Ffcu4WIWIwd69hyazif1lQEiZMxweJ7YYe/w640-h454/20231026g_BethanySt_Shreveport_LA_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House on Bethany Street, Shreveport, Louisiana (24mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens, Fuji Acros film).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The Spotmatic F meter seems to work correctly with a wide lens, in this case, 24mm. But this was not a severe test because the light was soft and overcast that day. Spotmatic meters are have a broad coverage area, so you need to point the camera slightly downward to avoid having the bright sky fool the meter. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFR-GaBMPYc1TfygGntSPlhtJmlWYZxCGVuf_jKqhA_9FwdVJ4QvS2ChzgLKW1mByZDT8-caTqUWOlUTJ0y1aoAeHLqcKx8s8H5OXErq-zKipyGrS5IIk8YucY1e6bnS8y6Xk_TrmbQS098MeHnT6KqNg19DhxPuVqtDeahInEoPt1K8_E9H4ZXSHw76T/s1600/20231026i_LineAve7102_Shreveport_LA_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFR-GaBMPYc1TfygGntSPlhtJmlWYZxCGVuf_jKqhA_9FwdVJ4QvS2ChzgLKW1mByZDT8-caTqUWOlUTJ0y1aoAeHLqcKx8s8H5OXErq-zKipyGrS5IIk8YucY1e6bnS8y6Xk_TrmbQS098MeHnT6KqNg19DhxPuVqtDeahInEoPt1K8_E9H4ZXSHw76T/w640-h424/20231026i_LineAve7102_Shreveport_LA_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Little Shanty art store, Line Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana (28mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Summary</h3><div><br /></div><div>I am pleased with my Spotmatic F. The open aperture metering is certainly convenient, and the measurements closely match reflected light readings from my Gossen Luna Pro digital hand-held light meter. The camera feels good and fits my hands perfectly. It is compact and only slightly more bulky than a Leica M camera. It demonstrates meticulous 1970s craftsmanship and precision, the finest of Japanese production. What is not to like?</div><div><br /></div><div>And I like the gritty feel of Plus-X film. It is grainy, but that is suitable for this type of subject matter. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Appendix</h3><div><br /></div><div>Here is my wife's 1971 Spotmatic camera with the superb 55mm ƒ/1.8 Super-Takumar lens. As you can see, it looks very similar to the 1974 or 1975 Spotmatic F. This camera has been to USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Nile River and has always performed flawlessly. This 55mm lens is single-coated and has at least one element with thorium salts. The lens had yellowed over the years, but treating it with a small table lamp from Ikea cleared the yellow tone. Many manufactures added thorium salts to their glass mixtures in the 1940s through the 1970s. No studies have ever demonstrated any health effects from the minor amount of radiation. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw0ZoO3LYCi-i_mJCVtrTdm6yMXkHwecDnFowd59XZsRB-39VIXxyzi8EFA6O-1eMt6MoHjZ_qA1xNnrWGqjc0niaLxeO8G-eP6odwAYabT4Zx1dx5N8OGG0ss7sJQOhAJECg8q1ddEtrrN7bgey05Q7BHax1u2Y8MtOTbbgJak1GnU0N9opnqB73pf0I/s4032/IMG_20211125_101557456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw0ZoO3LYCi-i_mJCVtrTdm6yMXkHwecDnFowd59XZsRB-39VIXxyzi8EFA6O-1eMt6MoHjZ_qA1xNnrWGqjc0niaLxeO8G-eP6odwAYabT4Zx1dx5N8OGG0ss7sJQOhAJECg8q1ddEtrrN7bgey05Q7BHax1u2Y8MtOTbbgJak1GnU0N9opnqB73pf0I/w640-h480/IMG_20211125_101557456.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-9701617807875931172023-09-30T05:30:00.056-07:002023-12-10T11:47:59.198-08:00On the Pier at Old Orchard Beach, Maine<p>The ocean pier is a time-honored cultural and recreation tradition in American beach communities. The pier typically housed restaurants, a dance hall, snack shops, penny arcades, and places for people to fish. It was the fun place to foregather after sunning in the sand to meet your friends, eat hotdogs, and play arcade games.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Atlantic City, New Jersey</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_trVA48MIIsGuHVak2ATggC4SfxCSzGs7yGk691qxipVyp4fzVx0aJbscrw8MgrTEFcQ_iIJZChkUjbAq-2VvshN4UHM1LEP8PLercO2OhwbL1ldHOe5Goo4kfXqho6CBHvp9gfZQ87yczVxkLajGhDBEaYIiCcLwMFbEnLpTwPVjsb3zLPUjTJlgiY3/s1600/AtlanticCity-Sep1944-09_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1600" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_trVA48MIIsGuHVak2ATggC4SfxCSzGs7yGk691qxipVyp4fzVx0aJbscrw8MgrTEFcQ_iIJZChkUjbAq-2VvshN4UHM1LEP8PLercO2OhwbL1ldHOe5Goo4kfXqho6CBHvp9gfZQ87yczVxkLajGhDBEaYIiCcLwMFbEnLpTwPVjsb3zLPUjTJlgiY3/w640-h372/AtlanticCity-Sep1944-09_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heinz Ocean Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, after the September 1944 hurricane (photographer unknown, Beach Erosion Board Archives)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This is the remains of the <a href="https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/collection-spotlight-heinz-pier-and-the-worlds-fairs/" target="_blank">Heinz Ocean Pier</a>, also known as “The Sea Shore Home of the 57 Varieties,” in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The September 1944 hurricane tore off much of the famous boardwalk and part of the pier. It was demolished after the storm.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Old Orchard Beach, Maine</h3><p><br /></p><p>Old Orchard Beach is a popular tourist destination in southern Maine. Its <a href="https://www.gotravelmaine.com/history-of-old-orchard-beach-pier/" target="_blank">famous pier</a> first opened to the public on July 2, 1898. This original pier suffered from storms over the century, and the Great New England Blizzard of '78 washed away the remnants. From <a href="https://www.gotravelmaine.com/history-of-old-orchard-beach-pier/">gothavelmaine.com</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote>The middle of the century saw the heyday of the Pier Casino Ballroom, which held as many as 5,000 people. The Ballroom was noted for its moving picture shows and live entertainment, featuring acts such as Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Guy Lombardo, and Benny Goodman. Over the years, a series of storms ebbed away at the pier causing the casino to be razed in 1970. Then the great blizzard of 1978 destroyed what was left of the pier. The Pier, as we know it today, was re-opened in 1980, and houses many fine shops and restaurants. The current Pier stretches 500 feet into the Atlantic Ocean. The wooden walk way is lined with souvenir shops, food vendors, restaurants and a night club at the end of the pier.</blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P_HlQl9LNlQF-6ryfbekJgt3mBpFcXLelOuUSU2U63kXwJ5NqMoPheTv1TczpJkgVJNnpOy6r-rSoFU9BzUWfumxT0jyUTBSngNQlczvLqy6-OH3DcuCCnB8sw52kQwCJJmVeuZ5Uwc3aBQJYScpbwSfQZROF0bTjrlNNlZSVWatDk5xFzIuLx-0Y2d7/s1600/20030707a_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P_HlQl9LNlQF-6ryfbekJgt3mBpFcXLelOuUSU2U63kXwJ5NqMoPheTv1TczpJkgVJNnpOy6r-rSoFU9BzUWfumxT0jyUTBSngNQlczvLqy6-OH3DcuCCnB8sw52kQwCJJmVeuZ5Uwc3aBQJYScpbwSfQZROF0bTjrlNNlZSVWatDk5xFzIuLx-0Y2d7/w640-h426/20030707a_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQyWxGeg931mAmbEhX7Hk0D0ipzCwK-3w5iECwKT4xQ8qRx2UQZi6nHul4YA7NB4MIPE2IbAe69F-HNPKyIKGUFilGTYKD3Y5ZtCdoHBO1W4DhYGLp31WWymopXhKZiG25lNIi2p1V67Q20XOMLC4SRx-OD3uhq1h5_SxAX-zQUF5tcGmI0M_Hqm-iZAg/s1600/20030707e_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1600" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQyWxGeg931mAmbEhX7Hk0D0ipzCwK-3w5iECwKT4xQ8qRx2UQZi6nHul4YA7NB4MIPE2IbAe69F-HNPKyIKGUFilGTYKD3Y5ZtCdoHBO1W4DhYGLp31WWymopXhKZiG25lNIi2p1V67Q20XOMLC4SRx-OD3uhq1h5_SxAX-zQUF5tcGmI0M_Hqm-iZAg/w640-h420/20030707e_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGgHir-Pl2OwpL9d4zj7lGEJ0HOUjxytaaOrkWanLEBiKEaMfVfIaHE8VlKGaiyyMCBKtnQFIDSMnySeP5DiL_r6cxzbmLw6-unH3YeBfuyDP9uU1tbGQppp4tQvR78DQF8tocGIYo9Yc35JANOFlE-rcKAW3-fjiLdfXwxg1vYsSg2RRzSh0b-8ou8G3/s1600/20030707b_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1069" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGgHir-Pl2OwpL9d4zj7lGEJ0HOUjxytaaOrkWanLEBiKEaMfVfIaHE8VlKGaiyyMCBKtnQFIDSMnySeP5DiL_r6cxzbmLw6-unH3YeBfuyDP9uU1tbGQppp4tQvR78DQF8tocGIYo9Yc35JANOFlE-rcKAW3-fjiLdfXwxg1vYsSg2RRzSh0b-8ou8G3/w428-h640/20030707b_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><p>The view under a pier is a photographic cliché, but it is fun nevertheless. This is the new (1980) pier. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsZBFKzNjN3pObidtBnt095QaS2AoITbDqPXDg_LXdoHbDY0f19HtkDTDuEw691c4VfnGsm6usrKvI06sbGbulHz2K0KnOcN53RgLkml2UCQaulRq6K6dTd8a6Vb2x3lBlLT5Q9E2xzdZA92ehRjSATMmPCI-ZEOwEWmeBh2FCZgVt6LVQZW6NQjnJEcs/s1600/20030707c_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1600" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsZBFKzNjN3pObidtBnt095QaS2AoITbDqPXDg_LXdoHbDY0f19HtkDTDuEw691c4VfnGsm6usrKvI06sbGbulHz2K0KnOcN53RgLkml2UCQaulRq6K6dTd8a6Vb2x3lBlLT5Q9E2xzdZA92ehRjSATMmPCI-ZEOwEWmeBh2FCZgVt6LVQZW6NQjnJEcs/w640-h420/20030707c_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9jqqukLI1Ey7bLbAAc86XbnT7HOZnYnZk6CSAOXih8XO9mFydlfC0BGphnwy4idLaDdNY3VLSGI1DLpV8KN6BYos8IHpxxlaUQw53T4ZjN7InEl8XYLw0pew4hlIWATQTaAquObaUNMKfHxJvERqpbOZCZMWw7dL8oB5KBxf41MuezUs7SvNOWbByUZM/s1600/20030707d_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9jqqukLI1Ey7bLbAAc86XbnT7HOZnYnZk6CSAOXih8XO9mFydlfC0BGphnwy4idLaDdNY3VLSGI1DLpV8KN6BYos8IHpxxlaUQw53T4ZjN7InEl8XYLw0pew4hlIWATQTaAquObaUNMKfHxJvERqpbOZCZMWw7dL8oB5KBxf41MuezUs7SvNOWbByUZM/w640-h436/20030707d_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>It is a short beach season in Maine, so locals and tourists soak in the rays.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe-D5eq9B_X4LJbciIP6q2LLdbQeUMZezIOr_uU22gNCk1xCQrDzT53qBffQVRRFEPisjt3JqxA_9eFyTHQp05bP98cI3jpvnWIhFPY-NqEpxxBwEHu3H8klxBVe5oXf8fyxqATrkLRFc8ua0bg0xxnR8ibAvj4nKDrqAs5QMw8_3t9Xcrna5mfkQe-X6/s1600/20030707f_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe-D5eq9B_X4LJbciIP6q2LLdbQeUMZezIOr_uU22gNCk1xCQrDzT53qBffQVRRFEPisjt3JqxA_9eFyTHQp05bP98cI3jpvnWIhFPY-NqEpxxBwEHu3H8klxBVe5oXf8fyxqATrkLRFc8ua0bg0xxnR8ibAvj4nKDrqAs5QMw8_3t9Xcrna5mfkQe-X6/w640-h400/20030707f_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1600" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hNe4M0PIZE6a1yD3rji7qEDvbck1PO3JxJvt15Kao04s8m_uWNEKdqWJt-5yNhtW0fUGlcpu5wdKMj3uuLs0F28307NhfBvrFG1MG66YaK0YJW8WcTv3ku0bK-LCOYCD4jzhD59GQrCfdv_e10_6RCtpnyWd5BSFCOWLykLw7XvIq5l4sdXg0yO3jjFn/w640-h456/20030707h_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGSdf0RkM4uBi_VKPf29bSMhNDeWLp73gCNTUIziI1NelEdO64ylPGt2vBeX9cPjMK-1bJSAhGC3hw2MDTTIlTWINAmEy6dRPIdIiaDST5mDJtdxYI8WMbEKnvAIFDciuFwfeWXhonY3virq152Ejy9NN8Hf_lybSsy7RR5HOHxdPUjH2ZtsnQHGdllyb/s1600/20030707i_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1600" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGSdf0RkM4uBi_VKPf29bSMhNDeWLp73gCNTUIziI1NelEdO64ylPGt2vBeX9cPjMK-1bJSAhGC3hw2MDTTIlTWINAmEy6dRPIdIiaDST5mDJtdxYI8WMbEKnvAIFDciuFwfeWXhonY3virq152Ejy9NN8Hf_lybSsy7RR5HOHxdPUjH2ZtsnQHGdllyb/w640-h476/20030707i_OldOrchardBeach_Maine_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The gift shops and snack bars on the pier are the fun places to explore. 99¢ for a hot dog (of dubious ingredients) and a Coke? An Internet cafe with AOL? I love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took these photographs on Kodachrome slide film (probably K25) using a Pentax Spotmatic camera with 55mm ƒ/1.8 Super-Takumar and 28mm ƒ/3.5 SMC Takumar lenses. Great optics, and still totally usable today.</div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com2Old Orchard Beach, ME, USA43.5177659 -70.377291115.207532063821155 -105.5335411 71.827999736178839 -35.221041099999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-53466508407342693412023-09-20T05:00:00.000-07:002023-09-20T05:00:00.147-07:00Salvaging Faded Ektachrome Slides<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd4CIo7GBpB_4NK7L7PjX9bVL4HNkQRunjDVrdNiBNjXe0gwJ1gFIG1-Jg3H37PaPt0Yrh_Ip3y5R35_Hb8ln811zL_RECKgbVGOBmHkC7SYHPqPT2UDiIk6EVhqQ5RWENE_LVAv60AnKaP5YwoM8ZOKiTN_BdOrY3Ry_WAe6Vwi_tjp9gFsjOB21vGKt/s1021/Ektachrome_Film_Book_1955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd4CIo7GBpB_4NK7L7PjX9bVL4HNkQRunjDVrdNiBNjXe0gwJ1gFIG1-Jg3H37PaPt0Yrh_Ip3y5R35_Hb8ln811zL_RECKgbVGOBmHkC7SYHPqPT2UDiIk6EVhqQ5RWENE_LVAv60AnKaP5YwoM8ZOKiTN_BdOrY3Ry_WAe6Vwi_tjp9gFsjOB21vGKt/w432-h640/Ektachrome_Film_Book_1955.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1957 Ektachrome booklet (courtesy of Mr. Maurice Fisher at <a href="http://photomemorabilia.co.uk/Colour_Darkroom/Early_Kodak_Ektachrome.html" target="_blank">Photographic Memorabilia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Eastman Kodak introduced Ektachrome transparency film in <a href="https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Colour_Darkroom/Early_Kodak_Ektachrome.html#:~:text=Ektachrome%20film%20was%20first%20introduced,an%20Artificial%20light%20balanced%20film." target="_blank">sheet film format in 1946</a>. The big advantage of Ektachrome over the famous Kodachrome was the former could be developed at local laboratories or even at home. In Ektachrome, the color couplers were included in the emulsion and processing required only one color developer. Kodachrome required a major laboratory operation for developing, and this meant a turnaround time of several days for most users. </div><p>The film that my dad used in 1959 would have been the version that required the E-2 Process or the Improved E-2 Process. The film speed was probably 32 ASA. His slide mounts have the same blue pattern as the example on the cover of the Kodak booklet. The text on the slide mount is in English, but I do not know where he had them processed. Were there color photo labs in Rangoon at the time?</p><p>The big failing of early Ektachrome was that colors faded. Most 1950s and 1960s Ektachrome slides are now a red mess. Image data is there, but much of the color information has been lost. In the days before Photoshop or other sophisticated software packages, there was not much you could do with one of these faded slides. I threw out hundreds of family slides decades ago when my wife and I sorted my dad's archives. </p><p>Let us look at one example from Rangoon, Burma, from 1958 or 1959. I scanned the slide on a Plustek 7600i film scanner using Silverfast software via a Mac mini computer with the BigSur 11.7.4 operating system. The original slide shows the characteristic red color shift. You see the same with Anscochrome slides from the 1960s. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kzLvlP9jP8tdNrigU7vul5isXPzCK3ANoSovyBKxZab7LScimZtINl7dp4jLdY7TyoZ27J-dXkUwM2AGzjjJqo3r6K_0buYcN0cMmpFd5DPuC813Wl4RauLR1ckGIDWV7NPMqfccoxlnq6X_sKYpdeZ56zcyUDxoOMncfXgpqAAASg4kq27yiDTMP1ak/s1600/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_original_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1082" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kzLvlP9jP8tdNrigU7vul5isXPzCK3ANoSovyBKxZab7LScimZtINl7dp4jLdY7TyoZ27J-dXkUwM2AGzjjJqo3r6K_0buYcN0cMmpFd5DPuC813Wl4RauLR1ckGIDWV7NPMqfccoxlnq6X_sKYpdeZ56zcyUDxoOMncfXgpqAAASg4kq27yiDTMP1ak/w432-h640/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_original_resize.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing on a furniture box that came from Hong King</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This is the scan on "Auto" mode as a 48-bit TIFF file (16 bits for each color). There does not appear to be much useful color data left. (I have resized for this article but not changed color).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMy-Vug3M2ERrLISKDXZ1KbLKR6i8bDVEjWDeSyibsQ9OTog3lcbnYTogkrKeGlAzseN7KV2t4hl7rtBcNJZXaCOGC65l0Ez757XuTYDvfVGVxv2CQuHFYfOxDcGrG5priitx0sCmcbWWK8It2f_XmRsfJ-t5tv-Vktv4mZmqmDzlCtS9wk7lGdFUK4y-/s1600/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMy-Vug3M2ERrLISKDXZ1KbLKR6i8bDVEjWDeSyibsQ9OTog3lcbnYTogkrKeGlAzseN7KV2t4hl7rtBcNJZXaCOGC65l0Ez757XuTYDvfVGVxv2CQuHFYfOxDcGrG5priitx0sCmcbWWK8It2f_XmRsfJ-t5tv-Vktv4mZmqmDzlCtS9wk7lGdFUK4y-/w412-h640/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_resize.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /><p>This is the "Portrait" mode in Silverfast. I am amazed how well it did with no more intervention on my part. The software is doing some clever work in the background.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4IuZihWocUo3iF6pMPW_UnBvR0n6eLDeU0D46eIRaCnB86i-WKT_GT-ZoimW63CKOtgbXglDlFxRyZiG3jY3MGR4fip5Sk4Wu2yxiSNP_3JB7c91euS4n60Pt8sjYAsbQHVDDofQqMbCEPJmTwJnVRWcWTBHb6_p6KyRuHN0pe8UM6hzfQwjA-LR8klS/s1600/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_BW_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4IuZihWocUo3iF6pMPW_UnBvR0n6eLDeU0D46eIRaCnB86i-WKT_GT-ZoimW63CKOtgbXglDlFxRyZiG3jY3MGR4fip5Sk4Wu2yxiSNP_3JB7c91euS4n60Pt8sjYAsbQHVDDofQqMbCEPJmTwJnVRWcWTBHb6_p6KyRuHN0pe8UM6hzfQwjA-LR8klS/w412-h640/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_BW_resize.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a 16 bit monochrome scan. This does not look too bad and demonstrates that there is still image data on this media. In another 64 years, will there be retrievable image data on our digital storage media or on our accounts in the "cloud"? Sorry I keep asking this, but you readers know the answer.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0L35cQhBQPW3TwBTVgouHC5FMvy3HhlXmj6-HQuXTzGvwKC_lyQezpENGaGEbomBhgNMvEkh3ZYj-qXaINg7IK4IDh1mfPEeV_nTAhHe4T-JZcgWaGNgVOf3IVmlubO09pUCvbskFnO2ckT9xM285g3WEMmXPM__b8q3OTwWPfzlF50VqKSZO0204BR-/s1600/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_original_PScurves_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1082" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0L35cQhBQPW3TwBTVgouHC5FMvy3HhlXmj6-HQuXTzGvwKC_lyQezpENGaGEbomBhgNMvEkh3ZYj-qXaINg7IK4IDh1mfPEeV_nTAhHe4T-JZcgWaGNgVOf3IVmlubO09pUCvbskFnO2ckT9xM285g3WEMmXPM__b8q3OTwWPfzlF50VqKSZO0204BR-/w432-h640/1959xxxx_MorangAndrew_Rangoon_Burma_original_PScurves_resize.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xtzGLw_m26UGywQe0ZLOP5e6vZ3IbMmY4Tce8Kl3kUWi3x6k-Kh1irjW2hDi9Yjwu1NTrAb7GwW0bweUITLfexxW4PvraYcSaHfKihqrhc3kaqvPs8EyO5w29pSAEfIdi4YExiXYsMHrVgDudcAx1vmmC8oH-10ciH6pMrptYI6tIEyZjnd2fuMFvoEp/s487/Curves-example.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xtzGLw_m26UGywQe0ZLOP5e6vZ3IbMmY4Tce8Kl3kUWi3x6k-Kh1irjW2hDi9Yjwu1NTrAb7GwW0bweUITLfexxW4PvraYcSaHfKihqrhc3kaqvPs8EyO5w29pSAEfIdi4YExiXYsMHrVgDudcAx1vmmC8oH-10ciH6pMrptYI6tIEyZjnd2fuMFvoEp/w394-h400/Curves-example.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><br /><p>Photoshop's automatic color correction tool did not work well on a slide this badly shifted. The grey dropper also did not work. On the <i>Photri</i>o forum, experienced Photoshop users said the best way to correct a faded slide was to use the curves tool manually. I moved the curve to the extents of the color data and adjusted the amplitude. The example above is or the blue channel. I am far from a sophisticated Photoshop user but did the best I could in CS5. The result is slightly different than the Silverfast "Portrait" scan, neither better or worse. </p><p><b>Summary:</b> There is some recoverable color data in old faded Ektachrome slides. And a conversion to monochrome can look surprisingly good. Maybe future software will be more sophisticated, but I have not seen many (or any?) new scanners in the last decade. But we can always hope for software development.</p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com2Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)16.840939 96.173526-11.469294836178847 61.017275999999995 45.151172836178844 131.32977599999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-61464266693210955962023-09-11T05:00:00.001-07:002024-02-15T12:34:06.617-08:00From the Archives: A Couple of Days in Paris<p>Once awhile (well, rather often now), your airline schedule gets confused or abruptly changes. "You will be flying to <a href="https://www.airport-charles-de-gaulle.com" target="_blank">Charles DeGaulle</a> and your next flight out will be three days later. You said what? Well, OK, I can handle a few days in Paris. Who couldn't? But, um, who will pay for my hotel and food?</p><p>Regardless of the logistics, I had a pleasant if short sojourn in Paris in summer of 2009. Being an American in Paris is great fun, but I did not run into Gigi, Ernest Hemingway, or <i><a href="https://www.filmsite.org/nino.html" target="_blank">Ninotchka</a></i>. </p><p>The tourist office in the airport found an inexpensive hotel for me on the commuter rail line part way between the airport and the city center. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGPiH84k08ZcdDw3Zo2ONdxAw6iLarBeBQO7QyJ6ZTSHNgds2ohCNOF0QzXNyAHtLAdW1m8aJF1BjhjfTdmXZCQ-ApAPQxW_KfgQlsTMkjTwVxt2Ay2iHDu1fyBFAuUMXEq0XVLulp07IR7xv1GzsAai5pJPVVBucneQYNHbNLyvCKSxacX7Uo9eZcaab/s1600/DSCF1308-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGPiH84k08ZcdDw3Zo2ONdxAw6iLarBeBQO7QyJ6ZTSHNgds2ohCNOF0QzXNyAHtLAdW1m8aJF1BjhjfTdmXZCQ-ApAPQxW_KfgQlsTMkjTwVxt2Ay2iHDu1fyBFAuUMXEq0XVLulp07IR7xv1GzsAai5pJPVVBucneQYNHbNLyvCKSxacX7Uo9eZcaab/w480-h640/DSCF1308-Paris_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Room with a view</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsJcrJvbn8WSHCSLuAZEY4Y6XZxnIMY7PbFu0UL5ojTdBlBGe5tPM-o6OZ3xxrmbkd_pLvpfUO9Mj7t_Yuvzt4NAGL_Bd8y0wTqALDUNz3W9VNyL8QxfBzqmrXlmSW_F-rvDDWgjWAxE-dfpK7wdmbLlYJKATnph4p2hAcoqLzTM_iYF1akjl1Ph1FRdp/s1600/DSCF1309-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsJcrJvbn8WSHCSLuAZEY4Y6XZxnIMY7PbFu0UL5ojTdBlBGe5tPM-o6OZ3xxrmbkd_pLvpfUO9Mj7t_Yuvzt4NAGL_Bd8y0wTqALDUNz3W9VNyL8QxfBzqmrXlmSW_F-rvDDWgjWAxE-dfpK7wdmbLlYJKATnph4p2hAcoqLzTM_iYF1akjl1Ph1FRdp/w480-h640/DSCF1309-Paris_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loo with a curtain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Not a bad room for a reasonable price (on Paris standards). The rooms looked like prefab modular units inserted into a building built for the purpose. The breakfast was basic, but the coffee and croissants et confiture put the vile offal at any American chain hotel to shame. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOyG2UFz0fGP27BQkcsjG8xjeShQqqa0WTIDvPMffn9PJ53si2DWY3W2pda_j7tYSrGMjpYvrGI8mQBjYxI14ogjvZ9plS_875EmZAz7kMBntIqswcj2Vd2-7zJBSpexBVBS2csiCH5XcUtQykv-ioQznIypCVyTdupmaoZ338Vb6_kVmQsXZs2QErBnI/s1600/DSCF1313-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOyG2UFz0fGP27BQkcsjG8xjeShQqqa0WTIDvPMffn9PJ53si2DWY3W2pda_j7tYSrGMjpYvrGI8mQBjYxI14ogjvZ9plS_875EmZAz7kMBntIqswcj2Vd2-7zJBSpexBVBS2csiCH5XcUtQykv-ioQznIypCVyTdupmaoZ338Vb6_kVmQsXZs2QErBnI/w640-h480/DSCF1313-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The Seine River of history and literature. In preparation for the Olympics, it is clean enough to swim in again!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg5hxPpScR6E0hXvcaUDu6_DdjtEKFUmSKtSjggvrM3fK-fBX80F1WvPZP2eF39dgfzvANiAzh-EjT8Ly6BfoUV6Uqk1tx2kqY7eVsT0Ze1TmfIZTo3BTQt19pGahoRT9NzV-Z6PuNxFwCkakfC9J9ES0IQ3_nm8IzvoQCpp9exmfAC3pMk4nPtCfe1Ns/s1600/20010809_SeineRiver-Paris001_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg5hxPpScR6E0hXvcaUDu6_DdjtEKFUmSKtSjggvrM3fK-fBX80F1WvPZP2eF39dgfzvANiAzh-EjT8Ly6BfoUV6Uqk1tx2kqY7eVsT0Ze1TmfIZTo3BTQt19pGahoRT9NzV-Z6PuNxFwCkakfC9J9ES0IQ3_nm8IzvoQCpp9exmfAC3pMk4nPtCfe1Ns/w636-h640/20010809_SeineRiver-Paris001_adj_resize.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Seine in 2001 (Kodachrome 64 film)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This photograph is from a previous trip to France. It is a medium format Kodachrome 64 transparency that I took with a Rolleiflex. Kodak made the 120 size film from 1986-1996. These slides were spectacular when projected. As I recall, Kodak announced that they would do one last processing of the 120 Kodachrome at their UK laboratory in Luton, so I used all my remaining stock that summer. Photographers from around the world sent their 120 Kodachrome to Luton, similar to the way that 35mm Kodachrome users sent their film to Dwayne's in Parsons, Kansas, in 2010 for the final processing.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmDPIChwp5WxVbFLJ3wnNS9Kn7ey5opS_3c843-glgxQgWYOprOJemvmyejUaT4JACUeGHAePFC7Ks2KT2zimaEJGfQkAfJoiSmC2EnpLFUVAcbPqCVdWk9WM2IlW-Erxe_VbW4FGWObHVTCiUJuqmXEp38932HA6vmDf8t45vIqeZAZFT_BBhpphTm6D/s1600/20010809_Andy-Susan-Paris001_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmDPIChwp5WxVbFLJ3wnNS9Kn7ey5opS_3c843-glgxQgWYOprOJemvmyejUaT4JACUeGHAePFC7Ks2KT2zimaEJGfQkAfJoiSmC2EnpLFUVAcbPqCVdWk9WM2IlW-Erxe_VbW4FGWObHVTCiUJuqmXEp38932HA6vmDf8t45vIqeZAZFT_BBhpphTm6D/w640-h640/20010809_Andy-Susan-Paris001_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left bank</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Oh oh, another digression into the past. Once upon a time, we were young, energetic, healthy, and dressed reasonably well. And Notre Dame was still intact.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWJ1K4ucc90jHobXfW6rbApZ8Xw-N4Vl-2tnuveL5rHe-JC0EAAa9Kua7bKhV6bfXBMSRRepL-A79jcUg8SBcNdPQSLPnHvwdQfAVIp4sgxaQbNab1RKSVYUWgpIFX8MifqELhOICRLOOjPv6rmluJ-tVgekRlfPpNrn6wfrR8_yw87poJlHXcp1Pc4MH/s1600/DSCF1312-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWJ1K4ucc90jHobXfW6rbApZ8Xw-N4Vl-2tnuveL5rHe-JC0EAAa9Kua7bKhV6bfXBMSRRepL-A79jcUg8SBcNdPQSLPnHvwdQfAVIp4sgxaQbNab1RKSVYUWgpIFX8MifqELhOICRLOOjPv6rmluJ-tVgekRlfPpNrn6wfrR8_yw87poJlHXcp1Pc4MH/w640-h480/DSCF1312-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the roof of the Musée d'Orsay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7LMcTd1MAZoF5V0OXB9h0R-YD77bfjyZKmB52Mn3atZjZfYgd660f6eBuA-ShxJufl1BoIw9lSm-wEEUeMRw4KuRrxor1PVQvv9uVKR_FeeUvBUWPCqRsscZN9eiC7F9LhEWl5V8PmlSqWD4Z2qLYUoMwGAgJzne26ki2RvoZiV4wnynRwtD5kF91YcC/s1600/DSCF1315-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7LMcTd1MAZoF5V0OXB9h0R-YD77bfjyZKmB52Mn3atZjZfYgd660f6eBuA-ShxJufl1BoIw9lSm-wEEUeMRw4KuRrxor1PVQvv9uVKR_FeeUvBUWPCqRsscZN9eiC7F9LhEWl5V8PmlSqWD4Z2qLYUoMwGAgJzne26ki2RvoZiV4wnynRwtD5kF91YcC/w640-h480/DSCF1315-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch behind the clock at the Musée d'Orsay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-ypFGw2d2SXV1ETVEEaTmtfaaBtzJGneNLV3h8WqcK1n1C-XynT1IScPF4Umj2kQATozBkr7cP7ZtFnnRDJC5onS-5acPQA6M0xQ1XdBSBRS70DeWE6EJ0zq1MPKR-3xwGcPnIHhnRra56ToakyLmtHbVYT-nCFAOJ4NcsPU_-5AFUTLZ0xydiaFc6ko/s1600/DSCF1318-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-ypFGw2d2SXV1ETVEEaTmtfaaBtzJGneNLV3h8WqcK1n1C-XynT1IScPF4Umj2kQATozBkr7cP7ZtFnnRDJC5onS-5acPQA6M0xQ1XdBSBRS70DeWE6EJ0zq1MPKR-3xwGcPnIHhnRra56ToakyLmtHbVYT-nCFAOJ4NcsPU_-5AFUTLZ0xydiaFc6ko/w640-h480/DSCF1318-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former rail platforms</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://www.france.fr/en/paris/article/orsay-train-station-museum" target="_blank">Orsay Museum</a>, once a railroad station, contains the world's largest collections of Impressionist paintings and Art Noveau rooms, decorations, and furnishings. It is spectacular. Spend a day there. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdvqEKEuOEhHINrX2IGNu3G5BbTTmL16l6V3L_4mOgupLmLAai1TjT9wrWkp74r3SzbbN1fCgSqH9vQpeCYvvfHePHLD8PlkJqccAUVKK8cwPkOOH5hNVn6mRRm5E-g07t4KFStyQYPSbf_d1F1kG9g3y4SHiRZBFHv0orw8geR_CzJrv0sNmeXNVWhmX/s1600/DSCF1323-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdvqEKEuOEhHINrX2IGNu3G5BbTTmL16l6V3L_4mOgupLmLAai1TjT9wrWkp74r3SzbbN1fCgSqH9vQpeCYvvfHePHLD8PlkJqccAUVKK8cwPkOOH5hNVn6mRRm5E-g07t4KFStyQYPSbf_d1F1kG9g3y4SHiRZBFHv0orw8geR_CzJrv0sNmeXNVWhmX/w640-h480/DSCF1323-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The famous independent book store, <a href="https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com" target="_blank">Shakespeare and Company</a>, opened in 1951 in this spot in the Left Bank. (The side of a river is denoted when you are looking downriver, meaning towards the sea.)<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkOTA8BQyBkxgXPdZaGVILzGirwxf8hj4pC5xS91MElDvvRYynkeyZTOUPZ4-hp29mO9ZxaJHg7HK664i2vD6ZkzDuKquacZl1SNSF4sBMfZlYkCpVWNorplW_WKhwP1goN90FDts0pM7BV27mJnzstB5vJClN1o3CscLoOwfv3ODeJWmt_7MP3DxqGoh/s1600/DSCF1324-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkOTA8BQyBkxgXPdZaGVILzGirwxf8hj4pC5xS91MElDvvRYynkeyZTOUPZ4-hp29mO9ZxaJHg7HK664i2vD6ZkzDuKquacZl1SNSF4sBMfZlYkCpVWNorplW_WKhwP1goN90FDts0pM7BV27mJnzstB5vJClN1o3CscLoOwfv3ODeJWmt_7MP3DxqGoh/w640-h480/DSCF1324-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quiet afternoon in the left bank</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This covers our short sojourn to Paris. All too soon, I had to return to the airport and board my flight to Atlanta. What a culture shock to return to the USA after a month in Europe.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrabOG-Qgn9qpO6TH-rgRu5XJ0JwXduoiOujAIH0iW1FcxkTbrbi3KydvyDUjfLyB-oyBe1j5eM3iVzXQFHCVAtoJ2Vd4r2ZuPJ2rFOWwGAcw_AsvaTyI44Np-Znar43GCrVxEL12ldqeL_jguToTihy8_WFGpMbPevx8rr8LV_nl-P3-WWpJ04MwoM9fQ/s1600/DSCF1325-Paris_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrabOG-Qgn9qpO6TH-rgRu5XJ0JwXduoiOujAIH0iW1FcxkTbrbi3KydvyDUjfLyB-oyBe1j5eM3iVzXQFHCVAtoJ2Vd4r2ZuPJ2rFOWwGAcw_AsvaTyI44Np-Znar43GCrVxEL12ldqeL_jguToTihy8_WFGpMbPevx8rr8LV_nl-P3-WWpJ04MwoM9fQ/w640-h480/DSCF1325-Paris_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles de Gaulle airport</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Even CDG has some interesting architecture. I have always found it to be a confusing airport, partly because it is always crowded and the signage is difficult to interpret. </p><p>Regardless, Paris is a gem. Book a small hotel on the Left Bank and spend a week exploring. Better yet, rent a flat for the autumn or spring. Get immersed in art, culture, and music. Eat a family-owned bistros, toss back a glass of wine. Live life.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com31 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France48.8599614 2.326561420.549727563821158 -32.8296886 77.170195236178841 37.4828114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-60648728525610644752023-09-02T04:30:00.342-07:002023-09-02T04:30:00.138-07:00From the Archives: Summer on the Beach in Calabria (Italy)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-txO8hieKUzaAdyhvMud4p323_T3Y5iXs96oETMzgxKR-a449XVCeI5t6IsjdSupYyWR9j5s763s7O4dsGSQQlJSwac4p8eYbpkOR_1Vce934_M_9YY-HDL1Ysr8plg7ctdnH2fjOflv_mRhp13EAl1HkP0hanvhXgzjUjsmutU5k-XqPoy74SUuSHV6/s1057/italymap.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1057" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-txO8hieKUzaAdyhvMud4p323_T3Y5iXs96oETMzgxKR-a449XVCeI5t6IsjdSupYyWR9j5s763s7O4dsGSQQlJSwac4p8eYbpkOR_1Vce934_M_9YY-HDL1Ysr8plg7ctdnH2fjOflv_mRhp13EAl1HkP0hanvhXgzjUjsmutU5k-XqPoy74SUuSHV6/w640-h494/italymap.bmp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cosenza study area</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In mid-2000, two of my coworkers and I conducted a study of beach processes and structures along the west coast of the Province of Cosenza. The Provincial Government of Cosenza asked us to examine coastal structures and beach erosion. The beaches has suffered serious retreat over the years, and various types of seawalls, beach armoring, and detached breakwaters had not done much to stabilize the coast. </p><div>This is the rugged and mountainous part of Calabria in southern mainland Italy facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. The first major landforms to the west are Corsica and Sardinia. The Aeolian Islands, including the active volcano of <a href="https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211040" target="_blank">Stromboli</a>, are also west near the north coast of Sicily. I had never been to Calabria, so this was a geological and cultural treat. </div><p>Our hosts were fantastically generous. They provided some superb meals (Calabria has a distinctive cuisine), a helicopter, boats, and a van with a driver. He was a burly, friendly fellow. When he wore his sport jacket on certain days, he had a mysterious bulge under his left armpit. Hmmm... But seriously, there were no security issues of any sort. Everyone we met was friendly and curious. </p><p>Here are a few Kodachrome slides from our project, organized from north to south. There were many more slides, but I sent them to the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association along with <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/07/when-photographs-go-to-new-home.html" target="_blank">thousands of other beach and marine photographs</a>. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Beaches and coasts</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D9EGOj6PSSkINMNodSMQIHe_sSbCRKCKnVw_Uuw7IIcTdyPFFWwyxQRD0Khgni7qQdmL7CiJwk5sGyHpnaqm0xtJgtpQ8HUnDryxmY0qoIPP4BcnLDu13DEoUCnwGenVAmIdAOqeXFVTjOB8xcGm_LeqdwiR_OuXj5fO3l5fKUVgg7MWucReHnMTl2I7/s1600/Slide09-Alluvial-Belvedere-air_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1600" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D9EGOj6PSSkINMNodSMQIHe_sSbCRKCKnVw_Uuw7IIcTdyPFFWwyxQRD0Khgni7qQdmL7CiJwk5sGyHpnaqm0xtJgtpQ8HUnDryxmY0qoIPP4BcnLDu13DEoUCnwGenVAmIdAOqeXFVTjOB8xcGm_LeqdwiR_OuXj5fO3l5fKUVgg7MWucReHnMTl2I7/w640-h326/Slide09-Alluvial-Belvedere-air_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina di Belvedere view south</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This aerial view of Belvedere Marittimo shows the complicated topography and modified coast in this part of Cosenza. In the foreground, the beach was massively armored with detached breakwaters but this did not result in an attractive recreation beach. One major failing: the engineers did not artificially add sand on the landward side of the breakwaters after initial construction. All of these types of structures need sand to be mechanically added.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY7tqeJdl06AJWoH4LBYZQEhd7sxv5jHteTnlS3kH9XW_P2JvtSUhfMHrWaHV8pXg_e6NlFXMvk7xVfbC6k8MFf0dqv7Kx6XM2h9AjJWrfClrFdXLBUruR-Er8CQrE3hjojIM5O3ZEV9Wgs7CMqJ40veUxCKdcAss6vd-_pxNHuOu7deZZErexhT0cJ2d/s1600/20000622b_S-of-Diamante_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY7tqeJdl06AJWoH4LBYZQEhd7sxv5jHteTnlS3kH9XW_P2JvtSUhfMHrWaHV8pXg_e6NlFXMvk7xVfbC6k8MFf0dqv7Kx6XM2h9AjJWrfClrFdXLBUruR-Er8CQrE3hjojIM5O3ZEV9Wgs7CMqJ40veUxCKdcAss6vd-_pxNHuOu7deZZErexhT0cJ2d/w640-h426/20000622b_S-of-Diamante_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eroded sandstone and poorly consolidated riverine sediments south of Diamante</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Near Diamante the geology is a challenge. The rail line is perched between an eroding upland and a retreating coast. To prevent mud- and rockslides from disrupting the railroad, the engineers built concrete protective walls. But then sediment no longer enters the marine littoral system, contributing to sediment starvation on the beaches. But storm waves cause the shore to retreat. So, to protect the railroad, construction companies added huge rocks along the shore. The result: no beach and a vulnerable railroad.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6VAJ41fXdBN1iPYp_hAA1fs-FkFEgecHa-DT78OHjW6EUJx09VlTkL364NSPDurFtTyNSnJvH_eSPf3wRjhlzjzZOg6RiDbLG9iQKUGgk_p2WQPnjub2GsHu-RrDZYRZckHOJ3QZaxXL1cTyzu2XzVvvjgw5vo-xIgn0HAhG3uZwEuplt-_98BBAUFWl/s1600/20000620a_GuardiaPiedmontese_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6VAJ41fXdBN1iPYp_hAA1fs-FkFEgecHa-DT78OHjW6EUJx09VlTkL364NSPDurFtTyNSnJvH_eSPf3wRjhlzjzZOg6RiDbLG9iQKUGgk_p2WQPnjub2GsHu-RrDZYRZckHOJ3QZaxXL1cTyzu2XzVvvjgw5vo-xIgn0HAhG3uZwEuplt-_98BBAUFWl/w640-h426/20000620a_GuardiaPiedmontese_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recreation beach at Guardia Piedmontese Marina</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Here you can see a sand and gravel beach, with the railroad embankment immediately behind. During especially rough winter storms, salt spray reaches the rail line and causes arcing across the electric lines. This is the main north-south rail line along western Italy, and service disruption has major economic consequences. <div><br /></div><div> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMxzNl2HS9aJZT2lf5q2rZvCYfQLA7vqiM14WTg6f1XDLgm7WOLHlQANZIknGZKRtcjM4CMA5m30ZRYTyg9D6AA0hhxnlFvDit0s2Ixzgo8Y76Li1WIvB8TiY--lAqJg1E54Pp_9DhOc3O1LD7gi4SnSrQUpnoBKSAQfnuGPZtUhJVsma-94RLWsJh63x/s1600/20000622c_GuardiaMarina_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1600" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMxzNl2HS9aJZT2lf5q2rZvCYfQLA7vqiM14WTg6f1XDLgm7WOLHlQANZIknGZKRtcjM4CMA5m30ZRYTyg9D6AA0hhxnlFvDit0s2Ixzgo8Y76Li1WIvB8TiY--lAqJg1E54Pp_9DhOc3O1LD7gi4SnSrQUpnoBKSAQfnuGPZtUhJVsma-94RLWsJh63x/w640-h448/20000622c_GuardiaMarina_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way it to the beach, Guardia Piedmontese Marina</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Here the rail line is reasonably protected by being well above the level of the parking lot.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRL3uOJMCs-PK7elX7LYkspw13erJE4Lz2smVva6WAp8jRxrueqjc5Bb0b_5QXX--wkOozapPTABo9JoBK2rtttqyfiztHg26hbIOpq0O7-RjTNSaF5aSeR9Uchl5BgmSc-RVZGEgbASXQl1CuUdHxbtJcmU6lg5-F1NEJJ2UNeslkuv3kf25WvIGGuoQ/s1600/20000621a_House_Fuscaldo_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1600" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRL3uOJMCs-PK7elX7LYkspw13erJE4Lz2smVva6WAp8jRxrueqjc5Bb0b_5QXX--wkOozapPTABo9JoBK2rtttqyfiztHg26hbIOpq0O7-RjTNSaF5aSeR9Uchl5BgmSc-RVZGEgbASXQl1CuUdHxbtJcmU6lg5-F1NEJJ2UNeslkuv3kf25WvIGGuoQ/w640-h450/20000621a_House_Fuscaldo_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic houses, Marina di Fuscaldo</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Marina di Fuscaldo is a resort village with a number of pre-1900 houses clustered next to the beach. Fishermen pull their boats up across the gravel beach. The road runs above a concrete seawall. </div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQniPm5r2Z_mQaII3m6kTxbiq3C0S6tOws2f2gmUUQb5nsZPJ02pyuOxgPPB2DvtMOxPOTwd0fGPtWfD8dgoMcGJ17C2E_h2mNcyCdTSfU3nHM2EZnxy_LREOlJmcjwC-Cu-CkXDa0D4zkXzozE9pyWEFxBoS7h-LV9SQamx1XQQAxHOIEh7jIuFeAdEuK/s1600/20000620b_RR-bridge_Paola_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQniPm5r2Z_mQaII3m6kTxbiq3C0S6tOws2f2gmUUQb5nsZPJ02pyuOxgPPB2DvtMOxPOTwd0fGPtWfD8dgoMcGJ17C2E_h2mNcyCdTSfU3nHM2EZnxy_LREOlJmcjwC-Cu-CkXDa0D4zkXzozE9pyWEFxBoS7h-LV9SQamx1XQQAxHOIEh7jIuFeAdEuK/w640-h432/20000620b_RR-bridge_Paola_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former railroad bridge near Marina di Paola</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This railroad bridge is an example of the beautiful stonework by master craftsmen during the original construction of the railroad in the late-1800s. The original rail was run along the landward edge of a formerly broad coastal plain. In this area, the coast retreated almost a kilometer in a century. The new railroad bridge is a short distance behind the historic bridge. There is no more room for the railroad to relocate further landward. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQn3hycJ3m2UhXPzT66EmlmR27pF8okTPDOQ5CLEuDb4lQGDHCwqO4TIm7EII6n6edUlaj7bDyyJMfXqikycDwr5_Cy9_Am_ZgU53qJ-EybHrOUej0zpX_g4vXYz3ndUzTb1EOP4_zPXX4BVkptPPOWTTiSFx9o1Zp5c9sE6H2S9i8MvMj5oy9GA5NVyOS/s1309/SanLucida-1000.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1309" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQn3hycJ3m2UhXPzT66EmlmR27pF8okTPDOQ5CLEuDb4lQGDHCwqO4TIm7EII6n6edUlaj7bDyyJMfXqikycDwr5_Cy9_Am_ZgU53qJ-EybHrOUej0zpX_g4vXYz3ndUzTb1EOP4_zPXX4BVkptPPOWTTiSFx9o1Zp5c9sE6H2S9i8MvMj5oy9GA5NVyOS/w640-h432/SanLucida-1000.tif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Lucida, south of Paola</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>These monumental T-shaped groins near San Lucida are in too deep water, the gap is too wide, and the builders did not add sand. This section of coast is sediment-starved. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pbWIQzIWFjge0OFbrK8MTEiFO6YgdQQTo6VUlCCzK5SenBBVF0zKJSQzuTAFRP7iSOXSiTvamY0bEHJCwRFg7thGcjStnvzj0pD8fPsW5LtqvoZ6ov8ELyYUJsdvK7BuPhTK-b6wbqW8J6mxRQhrM-RGhQTskD2sbaUEgeRYu8-UYTu0ZX2YG5Qmmc6I/s1600/20000620c_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pbWIQzIWFjge0OFbrK8MTEiFO6YgdQQTo6VUlCCzK5SenBBVF0zKJSQzuTAFRP7iSOXSiTvamY0bEHJCwRFg7thGcjStnvzj0pD8fPsW5LtqvoZ6ov8ELyYUJsdvK7BuPhTK-b6wbqW8J6mxRQhrM-RGhQTskD2sbaUEgeRYu8-UYTu0ZX2YG5Qmmc6I/w640-h432/20000620c_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Lucida</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYPuVaIWDMErM8t3w0fwSlzR6e-9TOtz8MyHR-7JIC2d7MSDJp49OZzUh-j167wrcwJjcDQk8kIIP5AumAFSXRe1rasgUZpDZSNeSVydtvm2EO7c7fHwTDB1NaYrWn61nY39bqShFLm4Kt6uPUFXbLHRqICucnPgyp-Kt8sj8M9i40UYIXKd0sGEbTP91/s1600/20000620d_Fish_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1600" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYPuVaIWDMErM8t3w0fwSlzR6e-9TOtz8MyHR-7JIC2d7MSDJp49OZzUh-j167wrcwJjcDQk8kIIP5AumAFSXRe1rasgUZpDZSNeSVydtvm2EO7c7fHwTDB1NaYrWn61nY39bqShFLm4Kt6uPUFXbLHRqICucnPgyp-Kt8sj8M9i40UYIXKd0sGEbTP91/w640-h454/20000620d_Fish_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking the catch at San Lucida</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxJUcRlKah0Wm6JTYIYEOcB-LCbX9_f2QSW4U9uDr6UkGP_CgHtMbnl7YGwjmxmzUZgg2hF0nOVFNnj_YTreV6fZoTp4l2fy4NGCMEhewzoSODEXnUDrkehC2-JmNxWxpELiBdlyfIiWYUECF8rSmU57HGd37w9eDIluRPvqyq2jpHRTmxV41hUntuBil/s1320/FuscaldoBeach-1000.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1320" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxJUcRlKah0Wm6JTYIYEOcB-LCbX9_f2QSW4U9uDr6UkGP_CgHtMbnl7YGwjmxmzUZgg2hF0nOVFNnj_YTreV6fZoTp4l2fy4NGCMEhewzoSODEXnUDrkehC2-JmNxWxpELiBdlyfIiWYUECF8rSmU57HGd37w9eDIluRPvqyq2jpHRTmxV41hUntuBil/w640-h386/FuscaldoBeach-1000.tif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reviewing beach measurements in San Lucida</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The old town of San Lucida is up on the bluff. The plaza was secured with a monumental concrete buttress and wall. </div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JRQiFpif0pgo5TmXrEA_uRo1kjSIp4iGkXxg3gxuTkqv9J7eyfZi7esqG6vbESwGZ2oWeY3eu8dasAcGo02OSjc7APhTGvqj7dZbH0r7sNIWcBRcGlKoQ8AfTogGT-tWsyw_56_LRiVr3rGVtJsXauUPIebMhmlzX5Zp6rp2pDu4mPr80nvycpX6HLRr/s1402/Slide43a-CalabriaFish1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1402" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JRQiFpif0pgo5TmXrEA_uRo1kjSIp4iGkXxg3gxuTkqv9J7eyfZi7esqG6vbESwGZ2oWeY3eu8dasAcGo02OSjc7APhTGvqj7dZbH0r7sNIWcBRcGlKoQ8AfTogGT-tWsyw_56_LRiVr3rGVtJsXauUPIebMhmlzX5Zp6rp2pDu4mPr80nvycpX6HLRr/w640-h434/Slide43a-CalabriaFish1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Calabrian lunch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>What do you do after a morning of surveying the beaches, riding boats, or flying in a helicopter? Well, of course, you eat a giant Calabrian lunch. Add a bottle or two of wine.....</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Cars</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKKwa_a4CEkF_xdg0cKIkSKeGl1mWqT6qy6EcRvBUy0CR8GX5ci0_c7LopycZ6XXCEa5Hms4hY0Rki6UW2HZbnAfMnOaOlhR3q66_ggA2ZJJ-RwogAJZly9TiCkNwwjh1g1dz8Npg3PE0kHfiECG8qanoMlRKCvDhzTCM9akAw-BZ3cXiS30GnddLhOOc/s1600/20000620f_Fiat500_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1600" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKKwa_a4CEkF_xdg0cKIkSKeGl1mWqT6qy6EcRvBUy0CR8GX5ci0_c7LopycZ6XXCEa5Hms4hY0Rki6UW2HZbnAfMnOaOlhR3q66_ggA2ZJJ-RwogAJZly9TiCkNwwjh1g1dz8Npg3PE0kHfiECG8qanoMlRKCvDhzTCM9akAw-BZ3cXiS30GnddLhOOc/w640-h436/20000620f_Fiat500_SanLucido_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for a ride, San Lucido</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWGmCVGd9zGGGKCXluV2d1Vz3tNVBHggS2k0eM_FYMbfdcfvdk_pic_4R0hVBjzg3U4Ra6DUtr-eu4LgA1Tw9cghYqC0tBNwnz2K5lkkCB5DgI-iVdspXkG69bmkaWj_a2JKkoWoz1nNQ-GHOSYKGJ4t_jIiV7ebPSHpG2Ctd3czP2D5N2t6i1kYppaua/s1600/20000622a_Fiat500_GuardiaPiedmontese_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="1600" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWGmCVGd9zGGGKCXluV2d1Vz3tNVBHggS2k0eM_FYMbfdcfvdk_pic_4R0hVBjzg3U4Ra6DUtr-eu4LgA1Tw9cghYqC0tBNwnz2K5lkkCB5DgI-iVdspXkG69bmkaWj_a2JKkoWoz1nNQ-GHOSYKGJ4t_jIiV7ebPSHpG2Ctd3czP2D5N2t6i1kYppaua/w640-h416/20000622a_Fiat500_GuardiaPiedmontese_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the beach, Guardia Piedmontese</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>We were surprised that the tiny Fiat 500 cars (the <i lang="it" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cinquecento</i>) are popular again and are being restored. Fiat produced them in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500" target="_blank">various models from 1957-1976</a>. These were a brilliant way to help Italians motorize in the post-war era, and they continued in production into the 1970s. Nice! </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzG_D5Nc_HmKphXjXVAteMCfbeazEcMCvIkgVGQrtAVM5LIHu_x_ViODWV5T8e00vv_QPVA0fQYKpcUlUGb-OeyC_dmbRodkUyFdWEQiwHQ9pXT1XcpYwVM44iUYSfSFee2P6LEUULrF8ZqNfOaflhyvxAkBDF7QCHXZIri4DNQ5x6CBgr22uvOzcemQD/s1600/20000626a_Car_Cetraro_Calabria_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1600" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzG_D5Nc_HmKphXjXVAteMCfbeazEcMCvIkgVGQrtAVM5LIHu_x_ViODWV5T8e00vv_QPVA0fQYKpcUlUGb-OeyC_dmbRodkUyFdWEQiwHQ9pXT1XcpYwVM44iUYSfSFee2P6LEUULrF8ZqNfOaflhyvxAkBDF7QCHXZIri4DNQ5x6CBgr22uvOzcemQD/w640-h450/20000626a_Car_Cetraro_Calabria_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Motoring in Cetraro</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Addendum</h3><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in more technical details, here is the <i>Coastal Sediments '03</i> <a href="<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10aUsVWWXkQiBKYugLR0vHhqzyt4ODpaP/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>" target="_blank">conference proceeding</a>. It is a .pdf file that the link will open. </p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com087020 Guardia Piemontese Marina CS, Italy39.4565362 15.985247811.146302363821157 -19.1710022 67.766770036178855 51.141497799999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-32519436448710777992023-08-20T04:30:00.113-07:002023-08-20T04:30:00.131-07:00Footloose in Costa Rica 2000-2001<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB6Ha21QOwdwqGuYfejLo5ps7EhE15xj6fbM_0j4omiB2DnUFQZ33M0v6hJuBtFv4oFt5RkISIswi3HTVqYRhfwL5wJhAiOuhJq2tO3W3Gt8DcS1qP7k5xDevR0LDTfqlNXixCUBNyE4iaGbVzKnRoVTDj1pHtAf4p4E-tHctHfmoK9VfFqyt6DZi8A/s1056/crmap.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1056" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnB6Ha21QOwdwqGuYfejLo5ps7EhE15xj6fbM_0j4omiB2DnUFQZ33M0v6hJuBtFv4oFt5RkISIswi3HTVqYRhfwL5wJhAiOuhJq2tO3W3Gt8DcS1qP7k5xDevR0LDTfqlNXixCUBNyE4iaGbVzKnRoVTDj1pHtAf4p4E-tHctHfmoK9VfFqyt6DZi8A/w640-h496/crmap.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Some 24 years ago, the family and I took a 3-week Christmas season trip to Costa Rica to look at birds and nature. Wilderness Travel of California operated the trip via local guides and drivers. We had a great time. We visited both coasts, stayed in the rain forest, tromped through the jungle, ate black beans and rice, drank coffee at 05:00, and flew on small propellor planes. Our fellow travelers were friendly and the guides knowledgeable. I had not been to Latin America since my oil industry years in the early 1980s, and it was nice to get back to the foods, smells, sounds, and vivid colors of the middle latitudes. Here is a small sampling.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">San José</h3><p><br /></p><p>We flew into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_José,_Costa_Rica" target="_blank">San José</a> and were immediately whisked off to a luxury hotel. Wait, I prefer to be downtown where one can wander around and look at the shops and stalls. San José is a bit rough - possibly the trip organizers were concerned about security issues. Or maybe the typical American tourist does not like to mix with the locals. Before we returned to USA three weeks later, we opted to stay in a hotel downtown and we spent some time walking around.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgridUqTiSz8lvnuXEcn8aAYSECSp6dQX3bPUUQUXc-cberX6vvxKoKcGZCg0sgYk5g4EOj0W2_eJ_qKmTA6kgWx1q7oKdmhhoCjNSWGNfWCRQlRf6FKmBRIDZCNlOoXIw7kDgQuLIBVjYFL3PpaNAH7hl3b532G7kk6cAh1H2llKSALVzTZVbG_GiWYg/s1580/20010107f_Cafe_Avenida1_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1580" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgridUqTiSz8lvnuXEcn8aAYSECSp6dQX3bPUUQUXc-cberX6vvxKoKcGZCg0sgYk5g4EOj0W2_eJ_qKmTA6kgWx1q7oKdmhhoCjNSWGNfWCRQlRf6FKmBRIDZCNlOoXIw7kDgQuLIBVjYFL3PpaNAH7hl3b532G7kk6cAh1H2llKSALVzTZVbG_GiWYg/w640-h440/20010107f_Cafe_Avenida1_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplies and soda</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmHNaYtgwnzqXCIiP2YoSyDaluTP_haU6xshviiNZFeB8E0qcslhQGEtlGqEpS0zjPDiQuv2xUrKx0HVTVmT5ikdxqD_pMpcjzxLfs43BW1DgNp4lpagYy_kqalc5KT5_wtmJNaTENJwfO2r94XpTBCEwKAk4vVp8BEwZW_ggzBUJdnNSRD-FfsCPVg/s1580/20010107g_RestauranteKings_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1580" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmHNaYtgwnzqXCIiP2YoSyDaluTP_haU6xshviiNZFeB8E0qcslhQGEtlGqEpS0zjPDiQuv2xUrKx0HVTVmT5ikdxqD_pMpcjzxLfs43BW1DgNp4lpagYy_kqalc5KT5_wtmJNaTENJwfO2r94XpTBCEwKAk4vVp8BEwZW_ggzBUJdnNSRD-FfsCPVg/w640-h462/20010107g_RestauranteKings_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think they like Coca Cola here</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglQb0ohHqoftqjuNz4EbNVaqg78mrN1UQ19cVtk7w0BalvV7dg-ozAAx9x0zP3tNRc7uLkED-hQZjvZJZFvr6xDLdCHAQd3Mfs8nSxFXKTNmWP5ph6wxeCc5iJOTSagd1YXoeW9uAUSP7DCnHYWYqyuO4SEJTwor28-E80rG7EnuSaPMO51QlQL0A8w/s1580/20010107h_SunglassesMan_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1580" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglQb0ohHqoftqjuNz4EbNVaqg78mrN1UQ19cVtk7w0BalvV7dg-ozAAx9x0zP3tNRc7uLkED-hQZjvZJZFvr6xDLdCHAQd3Mfs8nSxFXKTNmWP5ph6wxeCc5iJOTSagd1YXoeW9uAUSP7DCnHYWYqyuO4SEJTwor28-E80rG7EnuSaPMO51QlQL0A8w/w640-h454/20010107h_SunglassesMan_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunglass Hut San José style</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj135s2uSBejFYGNchpYijz0fAMWpYg_l6ammxA-FxhBchWDgqqoYL5L4XPrrkv_3h928COaxErp3_sKDkcCCtexRqe2cgSivVO19duGxZ8KwfZd1QnbiX7x_I2cVmjyrK_qafy3bQmlsIDEDlHoepyfUj8KmoysRTcZG6bj-ORYMmvj7xcUpPzDUN_w/s1600/20010107i2_Shop_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1155" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj135s2uSBejFYGNchpYijz0fAMWpYg_l6ammxA-FxhBchWDgqqoYL5L4XPrrkv_3h928COaxErp3_sKDkcCCtexRqe2cgSivVO19duGxZ8KwfZd1QnbiX7x_I2cVmjyrK_qafy3bQmlsIDEDlHoepyfUj8KmoysRTcZG6bj-ORYMmvj7xcUpPzDUN_w/w462-h640/20010107i2_Shop_SanJose_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't forget your Coca Cola</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Well, San José is a bit beat-up. We had to constantly scan the sidewalks where we walked because often paving stones were missing or there were construction holes. I can't recall where we walked or where we ate, but it was fun. The city does not have ominous overtones like San Pedro Sula or Guatemala City. The local citizens were cheerful.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">La Fortuna</h3><div><br /></div>La Fortuna is a nice little provincial town in the central highlands. It serves as the gateway to rafting on the Arenal River and to visiting Volcan Arenal. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NKOpZsIfIZQwi-NVY2FkBovZvCa64uKbpl6yYuZLxy_vKZpUZZBQgzSPZnbVG4PtbvAuuLHk6j51lScgOI8vssTP6YHFlxrr0GDyCmINS8v0tbOD2C31Iw1CWAdv1nIxmv676mTmojWtEoOzJDvYoJCB6ToAFTt4nkEKeO8F07uW6xRXjW0FrLBu34Gx/s1550/20001230d_KapokTree_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1087" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NKOpZsIfIZQwi-NVY2FkBovZvCa64uKbpl6yYuZLxy_vKZpUZZBQgzSPZnbVG4PtbvAuuLHk6j51lScgOI8vssTP6YHFlxrr0GDyCmINS8v0tbOD2C31Iw1CWAdv1nIxmv676mTmojWtEoOzJDvYoJCB6ToAFTt4nkEKeO8F07uW6xRXjW0FrLBu34Gx/w448-h640/20001230d_KapokTree_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kapok tree near La Fortuna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>You occasionally come across one of these astonishing kapok (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_pentandra" target="_blank">Ceiba pentandra</a>) trees. They can grow over 200ft high. The tree produces pods that contain seeds. These are surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fibre that was formerly used in pillows and life jackets (therefore the term kapok jacket that you hear in World War II movies).</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRa-fbX1v7oGGOg0rDBbbjjhOUkuv1rvh_KQVoqZoar8aax0DRsRtOBVq-PG9owZrzwpnb5DkiTjo2sBlOTlwXF_Rp6Y2Hn4wd-R_4RCq3dCkJw9eSW3w_RcI1KtWXnfRazteY05tbY6Xw74LxzH9giE9p-aDh69KXkYwiSWlcqQ9EYqTwUCwOrwa1P-J/s1520/20001230b_Sign_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1141" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRa-fbX1v7oGGOg0rDBbbjjhOUkuv1rvh_KQVoqZoar8aax0DRsRtOBVq-PG9owZrzwpnb5DkiTjo2sBlOTlwXF_Rp6Y2Hn4wd-R_4RCq3dCkJw9eSW3w_RcI1KtWXnfRazteY05tbY6Xw74LxzH9giE9p-aDh69KXkYwiSWlcqQ9EYqTwUCwOrwa1P-J/w480-h640/20001230b_Sign_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More chance for a Coca Cola</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEoCENDmJYmRijetpQ5p3D0XxqUp07L7H_1ziIVAdyEFNuvONedezAnj7tfoqZaUtwPkd_1ImXhlTVLHILe5OB0KKBH22tn84jb8dizwmln9OVGapfR4tGVh1ompRuAOESEIGdLPk2wttenuqJYl3_IQUHaqEQMDoLBDxZCVi-h5wmTwt_PKkPL2EtL5f/s1540/20001230c2_Phone_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1540" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEoCENDmJYmRijetpQ5p3D0XxqUp07L7H_1ziIVAdyEFNuvONedezAnj7tfoqZaUtwPkd_1ImXhlTVLHILe5OB0KKBH22tn84jb8dizwmln9OVGapfR4tGVh1ompRuAOESEIGdLPk2wttenuqJYl3_IQUHaqEQMDoLBDxZCVi-h5wmTwt_PKkPL2EtL5f/w640-h514/20001230c2_Phone_LaFortuna_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for a call</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Monteverde Cloud Forest</h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4iBB2StbUcj_VwlY9eZWoZqMzSG_C4DrezTLCb64NxrvMqchVadQb-Cb6wCgX1byeGAISNmhWYlMGfbJHjcshcAU3wuHnEB9hQKdm5jMGnQKoB_A2Yb0YgAs7Ecp__Yv5-iEuxNMYdM2XO_4rRU7Mh4tOmZBr4ucppw4ceTEtfCbnIciPg0nHF-bU_Fs/s1600/20010101a_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1600" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4iBB2StbUcj_VwlY9eZWoZqMzSG_C4DrezTLCb64NxrvMqchVadQb-Cb6wCgX1byeGAISNmhWYlMGfbJHjcshcAU3wuHnEB9hQKdm5jMGnQKoB_A2Yb0YgAs7Ecp__Yv5-iEuxNMYdM2XO_4rRU7Mh4tOmZBr4ucppw4ceTEtfCbnIciPg0nHF-bU_Fs/w640-h472/20010101a_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resplendent_quetzal" target="_blank">Resplendent quetzal</a> (Pharomachrus mocinno) - way up there</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjIQpweXi_jXghSl4efYylgdnSBErUorc1WoJ0iJWE8e8c4cQDMU2un3TJcDblSgED-tyHoMpwFIr-Hx4On5iSzju4re5FjxKrhQ0TqTWa4tiVK5NmfnIWce82rcWBEiMVmMULEF237YBBvrZLY0-wZsPGyH0HIjrrI8PgSL6Ooe4HG-lAKqMFSj04Hu7/s1600/20010101b_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjIQpweXi_jXghSl4efYylgdnSBErUorc1WoJ0iJWE8e8c4cQDMU2un3TJcDblSgED-tyHoMpwFIr-Hx4On5iSzju4re5FjxKrhQ0TqTWa4tiVK5NmfnIWce82rcWBEiMVmMULEF237YBBvrZLY0-wZsPGyH0HIjrrI8PgSL6Ooe4HG-lAKqMFSj04Hu7/w640-h452/20010101b_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking milk to market</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBWPuFXrXfaMZJ587G9a7Lu5j_zcXXTRKci8kUNqhWOamaFy4SSU27O0NH5-PDg5G0cL0RwC3RvWHJHEV6gPjARXTMC1krwzY2hisXHlqM9q3OvRKGNhHAfczPZA9LjB8GguK0us_w2NgTOqSiVwjzna5sIPLcMmlME5dNb1ywfnCy0NIOAxABct8LjzW/s1540/20010101c_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1540" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBWPuFXrXfaMZJ587G9a7Lu5j_zcXXTRKci8kUNqhWOamaFy4SSU27O0NH5-PDg5G0cL0RwC3RvWHJHEV6gPjARXTMC1krwzY2hisXHlqM9q3OvRKGNhHAfczPZA9LjB8GguK0us_w2NgTOqSiVwjzna5sIPLcMmlME5dNb1ywfnCy0NIOAxABct8LjzW/w640-h472/20010101c_Monteverde_CostaRica_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is the <a href="https://birdwatchinghq.com/hummingbirds-of-costa-rica/" target="_blank">Violet Sabrewing hummingbird</a> - way up there</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The <a href="https://www.monteverdeinfo.com/cloud-forests" target="_blank">Monteverde Cloud Forest</a> is an astonishing biological preserve of hundreds of species of birds, mammals, and insects. It rains often, like every day. Pack your rain gear and camera protection. What do you do there? Arise at 05:30, drink a strong and delicious Costa Rican Coffee, don your boots, and head off with your group to looks for birds. It does not get much better than this.</div><div><br /></div><div>Costa Rica is a fantastic destination. Book a trip with a company that provides a naturalist, buy some top grade binoculars, and have fun. And be sure to drink the coffee and eat the fresh fruits.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took these photographs on Kodak Gold 100 film via an old Nikkormat FTn that I borrowed from a friend. The Nikkormat was a beater and I was not sure if the back was still light tight. But some electrical tape ensured a safe seal. For color slides, I used my Nikon F3. But after all the dampness and rain on this trip, I opted to send it to Nikon USA for a thorough cleaning and checkup. I scanned these negatives on a Plustek 7600i film scanner operated by SilverFast software.</div><div><p><br /></p></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3San José Province, San José, Costa Rica9.9280694 -84.0907246-18.382164436178847 -119.2469746 38.238303236178844 -48.9344746tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-57949623783984039432023-08-11T05:30:00.006-07:002024-03-11T16:33:44.564-07:00The Outer Banks of North Carolina and Life-Saving Stations<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Background</h3><p><br /></p><p>The Outer Banks of North Carolina are a summer playground for millions of visitors. But before the era of paved roads and gasoline automobiles, the Outer Banks were a wild, remote, and storm-tossed wilderness. Fishermen inhabited a few settlements and occasional visitors came by boat. </p><p>Around the turn of the 20th century, Americans became interested in the beach. As urbanization and congestion increased in cities, affluent people escaped to the seashore for healthy air and recreation. Resorts arose to accommodate them. But until the age of the automobile, these resorts remained small isolated coastal enclaves tied to the hinterland by railroads (for example, Atlantic City, New Jersey) or by ferry boat. The technical revolution of the 20th century brought electric trains, automobiles, gasoline-powered pleasure boats, labor-saving devices for the home, and a new era of leisure to a prospering nation (Morison and Commager 1962). Electricity provided convenient power to energy-poor barrier islands for lighting and water pumps for drinking water. Changing morals allowed people to sunbathe and enjoy the hedonism of the beach experience (Lenček and Bosker 1998). By the 1920s, automobiles let beach-goers follow new paved roads to the coast.</p><p>But the Outer Banks remained remote and wild until the early 1920s. Victims of shipwrecks were often stranded with no water and food, and often with no way to signal for help.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucnV0YIyBv-bqfQJNK5I2qJvytH8QURTi08XdcN1bd9AjekmNWxyVmG9bwa8dyCJ-5wbA-PsCRv3Ce9tkxwxzLCLYguaj2XkCFzyvhgu9FdcFHjP1Z2lXDtpowd7WphV5un-JJM8GWGvM2QPH8gl1ivEEBaa9PIHtzObIfDBLICSdwVmxGBT7a_sqrw/s2400/19900228_Cape-Hatteras_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="2400" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucnV0YIyBv-bqfQJNK5I2qJvytH8QURTi08XdcN1bd9AjekmNWxyVmG9bwa8dyCJ-5wbA-PsCRv3Ce9tkxwxzLCLYguaj2XkCFzyvhgu9FdcFHjP1Z2lXDtpowd7WphV5un-JJM8GWGvM2QPH8gl1ivEEBaa9PIHtzObIfDBLICSdwVmxGBT7a_sqrw/w640-h418/19900228_Cape-Hatteras_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diamond Shoals and Cape Hatteras, view north</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurFOzFch5iTJlGkh_heijvAp4A4KNo8toIuFTcKj2wG2KS7pusfjvnCGj86WkmnJFJ9eObEYbhq6zcVZ4xzBsNzQnjjlTqYPv6eTuNU5ocCjlOrldZEbkxao4dnm56zDjfUSkLtjtMt2ws_8fNZgiKFW3xLwEf8rHwGKCgm-KD_F1CRK3xjPtVNx0Gerr/s1600/199540427_Buxton_HatterasLightHouse_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurFOzFch5iTJlGkh_heijvAp4A4KNo8toIuFTcKj2wG2KS7pusfjvnCGj86WkmnJFJ9eObEYbhq6zcVZ4xzBsNzQnjjlTqYPv6eTuNU5ocCjlOrldZEbkxao4dnm56zDjfUSkLtjtMt2ws_8fNZgiKFW3xLwEf8rHwGKCgm-KD_F1CRK3xjPtVNx0Gerr/w640-h358/199540427_Buxton_HatterasLightHouse_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View north to Buxton and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at its original location.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The US Life-Saving Service and its Stations</h3><p><br /></p><p>During the sailing vessel era, the Outer Banks of North Carolina were a dangerous and remote expanse of coast with no safe harbors of refuge. Because of the many shipwrecks that occurred in these treacherous waters, the US Government allocated funds for a life-saving organization in 1848. The fledging organization lacked budget and training, but the brave men did what they could with limited resources. Finally, in June 1878, the US Life-Saving Service became an independent unit of the US Treasury Department with a mission statement and more adequate funding. The US National Park Service has a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/lifesaving-service.htm" target="_blank">succinct summary</a> of the service and the amazing and heroic work that these men performed to save victims of shipwrecks. </p><p><br /></p><p>From the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/lifesaving-service.htm" target="_blank">National Park Service</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote>The first Outer Banks Life-Saving Service (LSS) stations were built and manned in 1874. They were, from north to south, Jones Hill (later with the more familiar name “Currituck Beach”), Caffeys Inlet, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Bodie island (renamed “Oregon Inlet”), Chicamacomico (now village of Rodanthe) and Little Kinnakeet (just north of today’s village of Avon). In 1878, eleven more stations were added. These included the now famous Kill Devil Hills station, which assisted the Wright brothers, and the Hatteras Inlet station. Still more were added, eventually totaling 29, averaging about six miles apart on the North Carolina outer coast from the Virginia line (Wash Woods LSS – 1878), to the South Carolina line (Oak Island LSS- 1886). In 1915, all these became Coast Guard stations.</blockquote><p></p><p></p><blockquote>United States Life-Saving Service stations on Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands – includes the area in 1953 which became the Cape Hatteras National Seashore – were Bodie Island, Oregon Inlet, Pea Island, New Inlet, Chicamacomico, Gull Shoal, Little Kinnakeet, Big Kinnakeet, Creeds Hill, Cape Hatteras, Durants, Hatteras Inlet and Ocracoke.</blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELrnrOVSF_bGDHuWVw7ODn8UIi0mS8lznki2pGS8NINLrZ8k5RzVLVyniW1fJyNe0Rbu-lyKzzAwFdbQuYWZgacVGKnfUgHORozspqm7ddKXl8-XCteNjOWW5gfhx_wf1VGIvT5uOTJ8xfuZtccOEspd2lFJyk0d5KRwqtTHvAPPaWrkQvWeXH7DpTNqO/s1000/map16_lg_LifeSavingStations_NCencyclopedia.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1000" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELrnrOVSF_bGDHuWVw7ODn8UIi0mS8lznki2pGS8NINLrZ8k5RzVLVyniW1fJyNe0Rbu-lyKzzAwFdbQuYWZgacVGKnfUgHORozspqm7ddKXl8-XCteNjOWW5gfhx_wf1VGIvT5uOTJ8xfuZtccOEspd2lFJyk0d5KRwqtTHvAPPaWrkQvWeXH7DpTNqO/w640-h494/map16_lg_LifeSavingStations_NCencyclopedia.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life saving stations, from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, via the <i><a href="https://www.ncpedia.org/lifesaving-service-us" target="_blank">Encyclopedia of North Carolina</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Here are a few 1990s photographs of some of the life-saving stations, going from south to north. Some have been restored since then and are now museums or visitor centers. Not all of the 1800s stations exist now. Some, like Big Kinnakeet, were demolished after damage caused by hurricanes. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Little Kinnakeet</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholONUOgaYhnCFLr0ev54FYUipw3qF993DxN_HvFXJQvO4if4LUCYd-ovAwl-WOMv68chySDrKgWMJeKAovk92rVCgGGaA3fS9Wu-kweGURme9zDUCfmWErML7BuUvntdAqWplt44XzPKMlp2iBxe85onW7KwmdM9aSqiWseVkurAQeHWK23Xez5SZyTfQ/s1581/19950506a_LittleKinnakeet_LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1581" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholONUOgaYhnCFLr0ev54FYUipw3qF993DxN_HvFXJQvO4if4LUCYd-ovAwl-WOMv68chySDrKgWMJeKAovk92rVCgGGaA3fS9Wu-kweGURme9zDUCfmWErML7BuUvntdAqWplt44XzPKMlp2iBxe85onW7KwmdM9aSqiWseVkurAQeHWK23Xez5SZyTfQ/w640-h470/19950506a_LittleKinnakeet_LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1904 Coast Guard Station</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkHeR523yNB0OI6BJf0FbsUDHqkukC8Dk1Y97hYjBfI_OX7evJtE_0WbjBuPU99mDTSQULqyW_4PuZ6iG_50EpwZHSH50SObjTCftYiIZbXGJB75zNQ-st39VELNSuyHdRJT9thshbTTSb3ha_gtFxJWoJdNlJdyQOaQk7JfDGEbGDDsXBVC6KCWMk12D/s1579/19950506b_LittleKinnakeet_LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="1053" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkHeR523yNB0OI6BJf0FbsUDHqkukC8Dk1Y97hYjBfI_OX7evJtE_0WbjBuPU99mDTSQULqyW_4PuZ6iG_50EpwZHSH50SObjTCftYiIZbXGJB75zNQ-st39VELNSuyHdRJT9thshbTTSb3ha_gtFxJWoJdNlJdyQOaQk7JfDGEbGDDsXBVC6KCWMk12D/w426-h640/19950506b_LittleKinnakeet_LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tower of the 1904 Coast Guard station</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2ywfPBdLg3KuW66Ktr45JDHj6NJQ53xQ-Um4Z2mX8B0U2kZIc_x8M1iT3NumXI5R75PR_VbTeRfoJ0HUwc5p7MN_OKtb-SAYUpBo8aBjy8QG6f99-kr5rR3yV2MgSWSynaeHgHNVtE0hFXa4_nKs5Ao1lc7GLjzq0XPRxh6CpLHSI43MAl7wUkr7riqd/s1562/19950506c_LittleKinnakeet-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1562" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2ywfPBdLg3KuW66Ktr45JDHj6NJQ53xQ-Um4Z2mX8B0U2kZIc_x8M1iT3NumXI5R75PR_VbTeRfoJ0HUwc5p7MN_OKtb-SAYUpBo8aBjy8QG6f99-kr5rR3yV2MgSWSynaeHgHNVtE0hFXa4_nKs5Ao1lc7GLjzq0XPRxh6CpLHSI43MAl7wUkr7riqd/w640-h462/19950506c_LittleKinnakeet-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1874 original life saving building before restoration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/little-kinnakeet-life-saving-station.htm" target="_blank">Little Kinnakeet</a> is just north of the town of Avon and is in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This 1874 station was one of the first seven life-saving stations erected on the Outer Banks. It operated from 1875 to 1915 and then continued as a Coast Guard station until 1954. The 1874 building has been restored since I took these Kodachromes, but the 1904 building is in poor condition and now fenced off.</div><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Chicamacomico</h3><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxvMDcdfg7ZHfyITYYo43YEaKaa8TrcQrcsMByDovdF7W2MjN3emGNKohrgglMbMoGIZjDHaHj_W0f0hcxPgz4UdTYapNg9eLm5o0CPmT2DQKBW6Nivu0LHytFrCV0JlcBzePMb6OTIdWE_Pgibnh8hedY0XNivgSCaVpCrPft8ZEdhSj4nI-nE1gEP-/s1600/19950506d_Chicamacomico-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1600" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxvMDcdfg7ZHfyITYYo43YEaKaa8TrcQrcsMByDovdF7W2MjN3emGNKohrgglMbMoGIZjDHaHj_W0f0hcxPgz4UdTYapNg9eLm5o0CPmT2DQKBW6Nivu0LHytFrCV0JlcBzePMb6OTIdWE_Pgibnh8hedY0XNivgSCaVpCrPft8ZEdhSj4nI-nE1gEP-/w640-h422/19950506d_Chicamacomico-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLw6ravtntihM0oWrl71soQ5sOuZF328YdNc3oqVBHiuisg4_oefpC5QovHuDVrzOr-GCD-TJwTfF2BlOS-xx81hbrzWVX91htkwmDc7HiuwJUcGMXjtG55hlWUWTB7ikgEsBUaxdsSPXyOidNv4DUKyb6ZD71Pqb1dpES1SgwCMScZeWfH_RfGNt2zvur/s1581/19950506e_Chicamacamico-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="1161" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLw6ravtntihM0oWrl71soQ5sOuZF328YdNc3oqVBHiuisg4_oefpC5QovHuDVrzOr-GCD-TJwTfF2BlOS-xx81hbrzWVX91htkwmDc7HiuwJUcGMXjtG55hlWUWTB7ikgEsBUaxdsSPXyOidNv4DUKyb6ZD71Pqb1dpES1SgwCMScZeWfH_RfGNt2zvur/w470-h640/19950506e_Chicamacamico-LifeSaveSta_Avon_NC_resize.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p>The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe is the most complete life-saving station left in North Carolina, according to the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/chicamacomico-life-saving-station.htm?" target="_blank">National Park Service</a>. It was first commissioned in 1874 and operated until 1954. In the first photograph above, note the water cistern to the left of the door. Drinking water was difficult to secure on the Outer Banks.</p><p>Chicamacomico Station has been beautifully restored and includes an interesting museum.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Oregon Inlet</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8UfQT4x-ddDn2VTfMn4WADRK5chFn65f5E2e1iYmeEXHUKwY9_bhBRtB1S1n-oOkoy5C38ROpx3AVnyeUXWBOejgpjctH5md_TheTN_EIIQdSejxTGw3EDcBFjg8PIbywr9B3edp5teeDsZFxuR9yWjGAnq4eeSuRjSbmeICqIuycW6Rol3YFeQDCYfA/s1600/199540427_LifesavingStation_OregonInlet_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8UfQT4x-ddDn2VTfMn4WADRK5chFn65f5E2e1iYmeEXHUKwY9_bhBRtB1S1n-oOkoy5C38ROpx3AVnyeUXWBOejgpjctH5md_TheTN_EIIQdSejxTGw3EDcBFjg8PIbywr9B3edp5teeDsZFxuR9yWjGAnq4eeSuRjSbmeICqIuycW6Rol3YFeQDCYfA/w640-h414/199540427_LifesavingStation_OregonInlet_NC_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1898 lifesaving main building with 1979 dormitory</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivm71J5xb_0EosC1sScgOBRduisHqrr0MCowMbBM2pLACFYetOdhuD7BJ4slZUtABtGpCVNtBkO71k_Wik1-4XnXumbI_RZpiTfhrhAE4_CPY4cZNS_NPgtkuykc_rdfLPhLhY7OPjxb7SmPmCwRK6bMo5PjBggwXloDlpMVw6Kwc3zBr85OPlJ7KCesYP/s1581/P1020021_OregonInlet_120613_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1581" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivm71J5xb_0EosC1sScgOBRduisHqrr0MCowMbBM2pLACFYetOdhuD7BJ4slZUtABtGpCVNtBkO71k_Wik1-4XnXumbI_RZpiTfhrhAE4_CPY4cZNS_NPgtkuykc_rdfLPhLhY7OPjxb7SmPmCwRK6bMo5PjBggwXloDlpMVw6Kwc3zBr85OPlJ7KCesYP/w640-h480/P1020021_OregonInlet_120613_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This Quonochontaug-type building was the third station at Oregon Inlet. The US Coast Guard used the station from 1898 to 1988. In 1990, the Coast Guard moved to a new dock and facility north of Oregon inlet in Pamlico Sound. The old building sat empty for a number of years, during which it suffered vandalism. In 2008, the State of North Carolina funded a repair and rehabilitation, which included raising the historic building onto piles and demolishing the 1970s dormitory. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Kitty Hawk</h3><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkkoex44Pk_XPSxfON5JFU2FSh913CA1NOubUr9h3ehsCn-CfGuljbWSgmqWoDPnsh9HI5-fiaH10x_3Wb-eqG5j4AFi1YLXuBzN8qIioAgSr00hGEc1J4RLvCo8XTQSq6axdqoY9FkHQCtOZtDclZFoCo7N1NGX46MDyOmF3IQ44NLjVONSrWk9EZdqU/s1600/IMG_20150504_183334_Hwy12-KittyHawk_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkkoex44Pk_XPSxfON5JFU2FSh913CA1NOubUr9h3ehsCn-CfGuljbWSgmqWoDPnsh9HI5-fiaH10x_3Wb-eqG5j4AFi1YLXuBzN8qIioAgSr00hGEc1J4RLvCo8XTQSq6axdqoY9FkHQCtOZtDclZFoCo7N1NGX46MDyOmF3IQ44NLjVONSrWk9EZdqU/w640-h480/IMG_20150504_183334_Hwy12-KittyHawk_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oops. Years before, house lots existed on the seaward side of Hwy 12 (to the right in the photograph)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Kitty Hawk is famous as the area where the Wright Brothers did their pioneering experiments with powered flight early in the 20th century. But this part of the barrier island is also highly vulnerable to beach retreat caused by storm waves and a lack of sediment supply. In some stretches, Hwy 12 now runs along the beach because former house lots on the seaward side have been washed away. I do not know what happens to property rights when the land is washed away. It is a complicated problem that is sure to plague communities in the future in the face of sea level rise.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiEJIv8SveUmYGGzfUUIPcj4BDAJoiHqy50a7jzsdr56mzDDWGEZXzmZigTRRgdnm1olabVrXl8ThFW9ct4yQsiqj4Ksl6Ax2EGTk6XQSARXM_wyMXaJJGuWtcthuNDOlzLL_oxiWxtRBlv0PuHPi9sCndu2bkq6Ac_lnv7Nw5Jn2f-jF6zjqYkEcx_gL/s1400/_DSF1505_KittyHawk_140612_adj_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1400" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiEJIv8SveUmYGGzfUUIPcj4BDAJoiHqy50a7jzsdr56mzDDWGEZXzmZigTRRgdnm1olabVrXl8ThFW9ct4yQsiqj4Ksl6Ax2EGTk6XQSARXM_wyMXaJJGuWtcthuNDOlzLL_oxiWxtRBlv0PuHPi9sCndu2bkq6Ac_lnv7Nw5Jn2f-jF6zjqYkEcx_gL/w640-h464/_DSF1505_KittyHawk_140612_adj_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitty Hawk sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On this part of Kitty Hawk, land owners (or the county?) have placed sand fencing to trap wind-blown sand. And bulldozers have pushed sand up in front of the properties to protect them. But the lack of vegetated dunes shows that this beach is not stable. This part of the barrier is sediment-poor. Shoving a limited amount of sand around with tractors will not cure that problem.</p><p>Part of the former Kitty Hawk lifesaving station is now the Black Pelican Restaurant.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Duck</h3><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PrazPFIXlAw_MprXpcHnL0nS4xVliqXvF-cDn53k3TUfCkOVd9AsA-UjGDB6vlop-hTX1s0pUlO1ZpbzU_8Cfl6OgVWQol3Mj3A3lP18yblafcqeKoAGO06y5rzbnhXwAmp-TZqJloFWh439tSiYCUYdvULiar4GRkIkvD9c-AWnRYb_-tLQ7h-eFK_H/s1600/P1000285_CoastalPlanning_130613_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PrazPFIXlAw_MprXpcHnL0nS4xVliqXvF-cDn53k3TUfCkOVd9AsA-UjGDB6vlop-hTX1s0pUlO1ZpbzU_8Cfl6OgVWQol3Mj3A3lP18yblafcqeKoAGO06y5rzbnhXwAmp-TZqJloFWh439tSiYCUYdvULiar4GRkIkvD9c-AWnRYb_-tLQ7h-eFK_H/w640-h480/P1000285_CoastalPlanning_130613_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Duck is a fashionable town north of the frantic intersection where US 158 crosses the intersection and diverges south to Kitty Hawk. The only road to Duck is on NC Highway 12, and in summer it gets backed up with tourist traffic. Duck has some stable sand dunes with huge old oak trees. The presence of mature oak trees means this part of a barrier island has been stable for years or centuries. But further north, developers have raped the landscape and built miles of vacation homes. </p><p>The US Army Corps of Engineers Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory operates the <a href="https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/FRF/" target="_blank">Field Research Facility</a> (FRF) just north of Duck. The tower houses cameras and laser measuring equipment. The laboratory conducts experiments on beach processes, wave action, and sediment transport. During WWII, the site was a US Army bombing range. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Corolla</h3><p><br /></p><p>The town of Corolla is the northern end of NC 12 on the Outer Banks. The only way to reach the mainland is to turn around and head south back to the US 158 causeway (a long drive). Some homes have been built north of the end of the paved road. Their owners or summer tourists use 4-wheel drive vehicles to get around the sand roads or the open beach. </p><p>My friend, Bill Birkemeier, former director of the Field Research. Facility, described the recent history:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>While there were always people living here, modern history probably began in 1967 with the development of Carova Beach with 2,300 plotted lots. At the time, there was an expectation of a paved road from Virginia. When the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge closed off access in 1974, interest shifted to a permanent road from the south. A private, partially paved road connecting Corolla to the south was opened in 1975. The It included a guardhouse to limit access only to property owners (at the time there were just 12 permanent residents).</p><p>The State of North Carolina removed the guardhouse in 1984, opening the area to the visiting public.</p><p>Then in 1988, medical waste washed ashore in New Jersey, closing the beaches there. Many New Jersey shore vacationers discovered the Outer Banks. They found beautiful, undeveloped, empty beaches that were free to visit (many New Jersey beaches have access fees). They also found real estate prices that were significantly lower than in New Jersey. The real estate market and the number of new homes took off. More recently, the area experienced another development bump, this time Covid-related.</p><p>Although the number of permanent residents has increased—most of the homes are vacation rentals.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R07ggrCAl--DyZyONRbRelO_WWYv6HwJhaif5Q5XfxJ0KgfrjRSYCk5nLy_iLdmXDbozkedLra9gcO-0gipVgGJQwZpqSmughq7FJCinS6GuvauY8F0zS21vkSFatwS8VpjDFy-VxTGNZMVwrV4M_1KZMRKLo9Q9n7E1JiNb5V7y88T-7mTAIvTV3wVL/s1600/19940820_WaleheadLodge_Corolla_NC_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1339" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R07ggrCAl--DyZyONRbRelO_WWYv6HwJhaif5Q5XfxJ0KgfrjRSYCk5nLy_iLdmXDbozkedLra9gcO-0gipVgGJQwZpqSmughq7FJCinS6GuvauY8F0zS21vkSFatwS8VpjDFy-VxTGNZMVwrV4M_1KZMRKLo9Q9n7E1JiNb5V7y88T-7mTAIvTV3wVL/w536-h640/19940820_WaleheadLodge_Corolla_NC_resize.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalehead_Club" target="_blank">Walehead Club</a> was an exclusive and luxurious Art Nouveau mansion built between 1922 and 1925 for two very wealthy duck hunters. One was female and not allowed to join any of the other hunt clubs, so they built their own. In those days, visitors crossed Currituck Sound from the mainland by steamer or motor launch. The building has been restored and is open to tours. Don't mind the "wild" horse chowing out on the grass. </p><p>The horses are of Spanish and English origin and were left behind by early explorers. The <a href="https://www.corollawildhorses.com/spanish-mustang-history/" target="_blank">Corolla Wild Horse Fund</a> has a history.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Kyaee6s7SKqS_J7zF5bLMlq6KMI3Ee7haEImHXxGKflVW8liJEx4FcoXAyWHI7MPUwjoU4E5LKrM9NFvhzZ-3bB2nGLp3QJMnAgj2CL-49owmD2MbGg4tIR7gqjpYI8AfG6F2zuIRbV2QgNOUYR5XyS43AIgUJEbISQoH-XiWeyhTBdOrJr3PHibFUK/s1600/DSCF1881_OuterBanks_2011_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Kyaee6s7SKqS_J7zF5bLMlq6KMI3Ee7haEImHXxGKflVW8liJEx4FcoXAyWHI7MPUwjoU4E5LKrM9NFvhzZ-3bB2nGLp3QJMnAgj2CL-49owmD2MbGg4tIR7gqjpYI8AfG6F2zuIRbV2QgNOUYR5XyS43AIgUJEbISQoH-XiWeyhTBdOrJr3PHibFUK/w640-h480/DSCF1881_OuterBanks_2011_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaCdtPyMFeeO0gjB4OgObyrABSOkzEIfDPfkCg_3AzQjHFfyoVUvu7g6Vd1icgc6JnMX78kYalC8tiSs17aXUs1Vs_UKYfzBdQF-xU1V5W5Z8-UFarOVL-lhE5JB4sr3cQZo0tF3qaJbfUPfNZcSJRM6wbJHVCK4-8fFXjOLav5LDf3YKRFiiQ0xBBBNa/s1585/P1020069_Horses_Corolla_120615_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1585" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaCdtPyMFeeO0gjB4OgObyrABSOkzEIfDPfkCg_3AzQjHFfyoVUvu7g6Vd1icgc6JnMX78kYalC8tiSs17aXUs1Vs_UKYfzBdQF-xU1V5W5Z8-UFarOVL-lhE5JB4sr3cQZo0tF3qaJbfUPfNZcSJRM6wbJHVCK4-8fFXjOLav5LDf3YKRFiiQ0xBBBNa/w640-h360/P1020069_Horses_Corolla_120615_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferocious wild horses chilling out in the surf and avoiding mosquitoes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Tourists like to watch the wild horses. They are reasonably mellow but are not domesticated critters - definitely not to be petted. They have adapted well to their sandy environment. When the flies are bothersome, the horses walk on the windy ocean beach. When the weather is hot, I have seen horses wallow in some of the canals on the sound side, like little hippopotamuses. Smart critters.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQg_QhfunvRjEgizxUrXkO7qc1acUaRYfQnB8quuFowLbMzyMSNumcohUrjK3t75xSoU0T4s1omq6cIMFWmFaH_8UaLK47_N5YoLsyftmhJLDYaeTE3J1U6FzSgOiWZ0VgxDKh9ROI88dvQ--vtIjZ_hvNFZcqlkIaVDJ8W45_kXwl--VNvAfnl6M7Lwh/s1400/P1000297_Corolla_FieldTrip_130614_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1400" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQg_QhfunvRjEgizxUrXkO7qc1acUaRYfQnB8quuFowLbMzyMSNumcohUrjK3t75xSoU0T4s1omq6cIMFWmFaH_8UaLK47_N5YoLsyftmhJLDYaeTE3J1U6FzSgOiWZ0VgxDKh9ROI88dvQ--vtIjZ_hvNFZcqlkIaVDJ8W45_kXwl--VNvAfnl6M7Lwh/w640-h526/P1000297_Corolla_FieldTrip_130614_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heidi instructing coastal scientists and engineers on beach processes in Corolla.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Further north, a gate blocks the border between Virginia and North Carolina. A few old-timers who lived in Corolla in the 1970s had keys to open the gate. They could drive north to Virginia Beach to buy groceries. </p><p>This has been our quick tour of the Outer Banks. Go visit this fascinating geological phenomena. (But visit in the off-season to avoid the traffic).</p><p>I think my friend, Bill Birkemeier, for helping me with background information on some of the lifesaving stations. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">References</h3><p><br /></p><p>Lenček, L., and Bosker, G. 1998. <i>The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth</i>. Viking, New York, 310 p.</p><p>Morison, S. E., and Commager, H. S. 1962. <i>The Growth of the American Republic</i>. Fifth Ed., Oxford University Press, New York.</p><p><br /></p>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-9466349304842567982023-08-01T05:30:00.021-07:002023-08-01T05:30:00.135-07:00Another Look at the Fifth Ward, Houston (TX 12)<p> </p><h3>Fifth Ward</h3><div><br /></div><div>The Fifth Ward is one of Houston's former former political wards. They are no longer political entities, but people still think of them as geographic places. They include historic neighborhoods, and some blocks in other wards have been renovated. The Fifth Ward is rather rough; I posted black and white pictures in an <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/03/wandering-fifth-and-third-wards-of.html" target="_blank">earlier Houston post</a> (please click the link).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy0A1uI6TiC8cufbPuEJnDpT2FpRX3OqBQ2HLMq_nLijteduT7nK0jxB9Ki1LrVLVJp8ejErfWA_o4w7SDQ63TMVwbP0UTaVWLCrYAO9aFq8qBKOBgaF7Q-HZB9I_Gxan73nsI9h-VrRAeG-fqa7WcQUeMl12uBXVW11UQc4pELM7Zc4q4fUKySUbQQ/s1500/20230326h_MaryAlley_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1500" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy0A1uI6TiC8cufbPuEJnDpT2FpRX3OqBQ2HLMq_nLijteduT7nK0jxB9Ki1LrVLVJp8ejErfWA_o4w7SDQ63TMVwbP0UTaVWLCrYAO9aFq8qBKOBgaF7Q-HZB9I_Gxan73nsI9h-VrRAeG-fqa7WcQUeMl12uBXVW11UQc4pELM7Zc4q4fUKySUbQQ/w640-h456/20230326h_MaryAlley_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Street (alley) view north (35mm ƒ/3.5 Supar-Takumar lens)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv2eaMKQ-9naQAvPyMX7lbR5TbbBkWquIfDwVc3siSEjUwE2BexEqMAOE7yoIRoDT_I-pPoAT_HWy1XdkVuT5vIBCZFVf5xbHsW-jgjuao9jfwv3OERFFdt33KpoZ-saWJN5TvkbUjNT5BEXzyqyJTM_tP9K_KS0LJMmHayddAWzUIL_FhR_eSO3Rhg/s1500/20230326i_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1500" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv2eaMKQ-9naQAvPyMX7lbR5TbbBkWquIfDwVc3siSEjUwE2BexEqMAOE7yoIRoDT_I-pPoAT_HWy1XdkVuT5vIBCZFVf5xbHsW-jgjuao9jfwv3OERFFdt33KpoZ-saWJN5TvkbUjNT5BEXzyqyJTM_tP9K_KS0LJMmHayddAWzUIL_FhR_eSO3Rhg/w640-h450/20230326i_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former school and recycling company (out of business?), Semmes Street</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />This molded concrete building, which I am sure was originally a school, resembled the aesthetic of the unused <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2015/07/deserted-culkin-academy-vicksburg.html" target="_blank">Culkin Elementary School</a> in Vicksburg. I do not know details, but this type of construction appears to have been common during the New Deal era for schools and possibly other public buildings.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJL9IegeQFgJrfhDc8o1tGtDZVGxVfNXcBRGTQQwXTixK_3FQUNDX5o7NzDGFbeH8MZooP6jFK6axiXSPX8sH61J8eGmqGdXXHYVr4EHuFANcMmDLRFbiWXhA6vq1Vof56GSQ8Zm6S53h8W5FBvZqv2K3ZdEKuNNY85tPLDXhya_jTIDdfe08KXq8KQ/s1600/20230326j_NobleStreet_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJL9IegeQFgJrfhDc8o1tGtDZVGxVfNXcBRGTQQwXTixK_3FQUNDX5o7NzDGFbeH8MZooP6jFK6axiXSPX8sH61J8eGmqGdXXHYVr4EHuFANcMmDLRFbiWXhA6vq1Vof56GSQ8Zm6S53h8W5FBvZqv2K3ZdEKuNNY85tPLDXhya_jTIDdfe08KXq8KQ/w640-h356/20230326j_NobleStreet_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noble Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgccsMgA7vPVKS6cPDwGaTq0QofFcgIdsBp5vIawZA8N_cf9isfWwrshRKkagzGHca_4xWGF-LkZTSlfF1c9Kpj6KdTxyWnWx1nyGX0loB-zDhf0sTwrRSEQEXLb9d-uqlcgNEDhpHOGQcE6eD5n6x2HmPoJHfDsne2QU9A8wsSKayjCdgqWFrObJ6Q/s1580/20230326k_ShotgunHouse_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1580" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgccsMgA7vPVKS6cPDwGaTq0QofFcgIdsBp5vIawZA8N_cf9isfWwrshRKkagzGHca_4xWGF-LkZTSlfF1c9Kpj6KdTxyWnWx1nyGX0loB-zDhf0sTwrRSEQEXLb9d-uqlcgNEDhpHOGQcE6eD5n6x2HmPoJHfDsne2QU9A8wsSKayjCdgqWFrObJ6Q/w640-h428/20230326k_ShotgunHouse_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Restored shotgun house, Semmes street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsutscRqLbLCd0plnTosMNpmGexdKbKzg9YWWHBv0KBL0wQRfOVon6oLDQr6UUeg82RhRh_-Tpwms2Yk_3qX5FviAh4tgikjD_K0tElzAJh6tvQQG1p-fRQW6CRlrdWt9gVRdzHaHUMo5Sq4fG3Sc8hwdjgic0ctd-MVopPO0WNkDUWFrUrSYy7kQLQ/s1600/20230326l_HaileySt2318_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsutscRqLbLCd0plnTosMNpmGexdKbKzg9YWWHBv0KBL0wQRfOVon6oLDQr6UUeg82RhRh_-Tpwms2Yk_3qX5FviAh4tgikjD_K0tElzAJh6tvQQG1p-fRQW6CRlrdWt9gVRdzHaHUMo5Sq4fG3Sc8hwdjgic0ctd-MVopPO0WNkDUWFrUrSYy7kQLQ/w640-h428/20230326l_HaileySt2318_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2318 Hailey Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_RWXunAucyGiOnVl16jVwOrQWlkmlqpN0n7fPUBzYwpoN8CiQvHoA4ZyhY04pQRVm8ttGA1HVIexFHIvw_Cce6v4bhb2XAim54w_JHJHVMgMhbLTqDBgnt6mqtfrWSJ_CtHuKrMxFxxy6fSQ0uPzbTrmecpSs2YOKf1s5PgBbssEgWniO2HzTd8gSg/s1580/20230326m_Lot_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1580" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_RWXunAucyGiOnVl16jVwOrQWlkmlqpN0n7fPUBzYwpoN8CiQvHoA4ZyhY04pQRVm8ttGA1HVIexFHIvw_Cce6v4bhb2XAim54w_JHJHVMgMhbLTqDBgnt6mqtfrWSJ_CtHuKrMxFxxy6fSQ0uPzbTrmecpSs2YOKf1s5PgBbssEgWniO2HzTd8gSg/w640-h434/20230326m_Lot_SemmesSt_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poison ivy farm, Semmes Street</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3yWFfybc1Ww8CIotoFpm8CqYGwfzKjnjZsHbgOHpipHtWF4cPG8SYEPFZSuG9wObEPxxYc1IliWg0l4Vtu3aXP4qSMGTYESTh3vgN7-7w85ARmuB4C8KAx8FD5H6agMZbl3HxG2LH2Cq6JNOF0j7lBQHOYRXuo-zHKdQYRuXHm_D-Kt_xNT0Kru0Mw/s1499/20230326a_Church_2623EstexFwy_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1499" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3yWFfybc1Ww8CIotoFpm8CqYGwfzKjnjZsHbgOHpipHtWF4cPG8SYEPFZSuG9wObEPxxYc1IliWg0l4Vtu3aXP4qSMGTYESTh3vgN7-7w85ARmuB4C8KAx8FD5H6agMZbl3HxG2LH2Cq6JNOF0j7lBQHOYRXuo-zHKdQYRuXHm_D-Kt_xNT0Kru0Mw/w640-h442/20230326a_Church_2623EstexFwy_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No services today, 2623 Estex Freeway</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>A rainy/drizzly day made the Fifth Ward a bit gloomy and ominous. It was perfect for my type of photography. But I did not take my wife to some of the <a href="https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2023/05/revisiting-wards-houston-tx-10.html" target="_blank">the rougher blocks</a>. </div><div><br /></div><h3>Follow-Up</h3><div><br /></div><div>After a few hours photographing in the Fifth Ward, what next? </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8ycIcNoecQ9mLA8wPHQy4n7zPkcny9IBxhXwcTYEWjAvvjO_m_ax2Ufahce0EcSrWp2DX6k6Rzbqlr15w2ubXiAcuNyaMgH4I1zqvVhpGVReg_yy-ebBJE6FZpQYkQFFMbY_0BShRrwMQKQgSXeF8jeK_I1023zLuJy_K36mGHzYcCfCKNuYXY3bVQ/s1548/20230325a_HoustonCenterPhotography_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1548" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8ycIcNoecQ9mLA8wPHQy4n7zPkcny9IBxhXwcTYEWjAvvjO_m_ax2Ufahce0EcSrWp2DX6k6Rzbqlr15w2ubXiAcuNyaMgH4I1zqvVhpGVReg_yy-ebBJE6FZpQYkQFFMbY_0BShRrwMQKQgSXeF8jeK_I1023zLuJy_K36mGHzYcCfCKNuYXY3bVQ/w640-h438/20230325a_HoustonCenterPhotography_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://hcponline.org/education/flash-drive/" target="_blank">Flash Drive</a></i> mobile photography education unit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://hcponline.org" target="_blank">Houston Center for Photography</a> at 1441 West Alabama has interesting exhibits and an active education program. Their <i>Flash Drive</i>, housed in a repurposed ambulance, is a working camera obscura.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihYwJsYPzCZAP9rPe7o-pDv4EoGorm_6dYaCNINLhxi8H7o36erTdI6x8CXgSGaQrlRCSUcGoZtkuWjG9vkospyk1UzrWZy7ZobghPiHO-Y7MQ9lU3_IJLskmFXmV3Lc_-XOh0jFQKfSHzSUEI2M-pv71e723ugL304TbFs52UazDrWzNcUhJs8-5AQ/s1509/20230325_155052_Jazz_Menil_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1509" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihYwJsYPzCZAP9rPe7o-pDv4EoGorm_6dYaCNINLhxi8H7o36erTdI6x8CXgSGaQrlRCSUcGoZtkuWjG9vkospyk1UzrWZy7ZobghPiHO-Y7MQ9lU3_IJLskmFXmV3Lc_-XOh0jFQKfSHzSUEI2M-pv71e723ugL304TbFs52UazDrWzNcUhJs8-5AQ/w640-h434/20230325_155052_Jazz_Menil_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>How about some jazz at the <a href="https://www.menil.org" target="_blank">Menil Collection</a> Museum? This was a concert in commemoration of the famous museum curator, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hopps" target="_blank">Walter Hopps</a>. The estate of Walter Hopps at the Menil included original silver gelatin prints (<i>i.e.</i>, real photographs) from William Eggleston, Eugene Atget, Robert Frank, Allan Ginsberg (the beat generation denizen), Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Dennis Hopper, and W. Eugene Smith. Amazing, what a treat.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Menil does not have the vibe of a Mississippi juke joint - it is more oriented to the wine and canapés set.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpj-GTEa8aKzv8o6OmjP9Eii1DK19JDh1uE7o-x8uxrODbDrbik1I6v-dGLti2Xo-xlQuCMya5sB-xhUztvfcv8h2Vm73Vk9T6D0aq0oPcwnnu7O-GG2-04jdqWRrNTQaVXZsou6zgSqLJehKau8Cc1C_ml85eVWHuF81jvlg-0lg3RtJDp_Tbk4wVw/s1560/20230326n_NikoNikos_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1560" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpj-GTEa8aKzv8o6OmjP9Eii1DK19JDh1uE7o-x8uxrODbDrbik1I6v-dGLti2Xo-xlQuCMya5sB-xhUztvfcv8h2Vm73Vk9T6D0aq0oPcwnnu7O-GG2-04jdqWRrNTQaVXZsou6zgSqLJehKau8Cc1C_ml85eVWHuF81jvlg-0lg3RtJDp_Tbk4wVw/w640-h462/20230326n_NikoNikos_Houston_Texas_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niko Niko's on Montrose</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGd8PevF5FMj80y8w4FogqfPfNxv3UwR6yV0eHYxkBkkv33y1uWoYCXx_nMqcUskDzpMkooCCMQCtHGyPrjA8JZp4dBpZm9WP6NwzmJP8dHy_4bx2lzOE3q48PYpBR2Cy5dEPOGbUNBezHHnN_DKvc8jur_jUMwI15ViQnKxBRRduwUuP03XFet96-RA/s1455/NikoNikos_Houston_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="1179" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGd8PevF5FMj80y8w4FogqfPfNxv3UwR6yV0eHYxkBkkv33y1uWoYCXx_nMqcUskDzpMkooCCMQCtHGyPrjA8JZp4dBpZm9WP6NwzmJP8dHy_4bx2lzOE3q48PYpBR2Cy5dEPOGbUNBezHHnN_DKvc8jur_jUMwI15ViQnKxBRRduwUuP03XFet96-RA/w518-h640/NikoNikos_Houston_resize.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><div>After a long day, one is tired and hungry. Where to eat? Why that is obvious. Find Greek. There <u>are</u> Greeks in Houston! And they make delicious food and baklava big enough for two. And they have Retsina. Ahh, contentment.... </div><div><br /></div><div>(I could handle living in Houston again - but we did that in the 1980s, so not again.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I took the Firth Ward photographs with Kodak Portra 160 film using a venerable Pentax Spotmatic camera and Takumar lenses. Pentax's Takumar lenses were top grade in the 1970s and are still totally usable on film or adapted to digital bodies. The Spotmatic's light meter works in stop-down mode, meaning the viewfinder darkens as you stop down. For best results, be careful to avoid large areas of bright sky in the measuring area. I still have the correct mercury (mercuric oxide) V400PX batteries for the meter. The camera and lenses are reliable and compact, well-suited for travel. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Copyright note:</h3><div><br /></div><div>I recently saw some photographs from this blog reposted on Flickr and Pinterest. Some anus lifted them them without my permission. I'm sorry I need to note something as basic as this: these are copyrighted. Ask permission if you want to use some of this material.</div><div><br /></div>Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.com11616 Mary St, Houston, TX 77026, USA29.7762853 -95.346396829.774422823215353 -95.348542567211908 29.77814777678465 -95.34425103278808