On my recent trip north on Route 49E, I revisited the tiny town of Tchula. I photographed here in 2020 with black and white film. This time, I was using my friend's Hasselblad XPan panoramic camera and wanted to capture some scenes in the wide view.
Eden
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| Attack of the Spacemen, Eden, Mississippi (45mm lens, ƒ/8.0½, yellow-green filter) |
Eden is a little town of about 130 inhabitants in Yazoo County just west of 49E. There is not much to see except for the Cyclopian spacemen in front of the closed convenience store. I have admired them before. We continue north on 49E.
Tchula
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| Bridge to Cooper Road, Tchula (45mm, yellow-green filter) |
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| Guinea hen house, Front Street, Tchula. Note the wandering rooster. |
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| Time for lunch, Front Street, Tchula (45mm lens, yellow-green filter, ƒ/8.0½) |
The Tchula Hardware Company on 201 East Main Street is like a throwback to another era - a hardware store with all the useful things you can use to fix your house, bicycle, car, flooring, or appliances. The gent siting outside graciously said I could to take pictures inside. A young lady in a couch did not pay any attention to me. I placed the XPan with the super-wide 30mm lens on a counter and set the self-timer. The exposures at ƒ/11 were in the 2-4 seconds range. To see some of the detail, please click any picture.
Sidon
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| West Railroad Avenue, Sidon (45m lens, yellow-green filter, ƒ/11) |
There is not much to Sidon now. East and West Railroad Avenues have no commercial buildings any more other than the post office. The wide bare stretch where my car is parked may have once been a rail yard or the location of a depot.
This ends our short trip on US 49E in the central Delta. Stand-by for more exploring in the future. Thank you for riding along.
