A memory of a landmark

[kiev4a]

The top photo was sent to me today by a graduate of the high school I attended (he's eight years older). It was taken by his father in our hometown in 1952. Don't no what type of camera.

The building, one of the original structures in the business area, was built about 1900 and housed the weekly newspaper, the Kuna Herald. Four years after this photo was taken the newspaper was purchased by my parents. In about 1960 they moved the paper to a more modern building and this structure was torn down. Wish they had allowed it to remain. The building had no indoor "facility." There was an outhouse behind it.

The bottom photo was taken shortly after the building was built.

[Randy]

That's neat Wayne, this is the kind of thing that makes me glad we started this board last May.

[PeterW]

Hi Wayne.

Nice to have pictures of old hometown buildings that have now gone, especially when they've got family connections. See my posting in reply to Bill's Spring Afternoon.

Peter

[kiev4a]

When my parents purchased the newspaper, the upstairs was full of stuff from the early 1900s from when the family lived there and the previous owner was a small boy. One thing I found was a letter written to him by his father, a U.S. Marine who was a member of the international expeditionary force that lifted the seige on the foreign legations in Peking, China. He wrote the letter after their arrival in Peking, describing the march. Unfortunately, the letter disappeared about 20 years ago.

[mickeyobe]

Tomorrow and yesterday. The CN Tower (1815') and an old factory with its soon to be toppled chimney (100'+/-).
Canon T90, Vivitar Series I 24 - 70 mm lens. Fujichrome 100 ASA.

Mickey

[Randy]

Wow...you make it look like you were lying on your back.

[mickeyobe]

The successful settlers' 3rd house. About 1890.
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto
Canon T90. Vivitar 70 - 210 mm Series I Zoom. Fujuchrome 100 ASA, Cropped in Photo Shop

Mickey

[mickeyobe]

And their barn, About 1860.

Mickey

[mickeyobe]

And the Millpond.

Mickey

[John Parry]

Hey Mickey

I really like that mill pond. Looks Impressionistic. Did you process it or do anything different with that shot, or did it just come out like that??

Regards - John

[John Parry]

A local barn (Shevington, Lancashire)



You can see where it's been added to over the years...



Regards - John

[Randy]

That barn is really close to the road John. If it were here in Conneaut people would have turned it into a drive-in barn.

[John Parry]

You're right Randy - if you look at the right hand corner, you can see where it keeps getting clipped by traffic taking the corner too tightly!

Regards - John

[mickeyobe]

John,

Re: Millpond. Nope. I didn't fiddle with this one. The lens was wide open to keep nearby shrubbery out of focus. Sometimes I get lucky.

Wont you please tell me the story of the barn in the road? What came first?

Mickey

[John Parry]

Mickey,

Maybe the barn was there before the road, but if you look at the pitch angle of the roof, you can see that it changes at the top of the lean-to section, so the lean-to is a later addition. Also, about two thirds of the way along the lean-to part, the bricks change to stones, so the furthest part is probably older than the rest. So maybe the barn gradually crept up on the road instead of the other way round.

Not sure what the inscription means, or if the date is genuine, but that end wall used to be all whitewashed, and the inscription was painted on it. They put the board up when they cleaned the stonework.

I drive past it every day, and never give it a thought. Funny....

Regards - John