Who was I talking with recently about deer roaming around in Hudson?
I took this picture a couple of summers ago, near the intersection of 2nd Street and Prison Alley (1/2 block from Warren Street).
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Who was I
I took this picture a couple of summers ago, near the intersection of 2nd Street and Prison Alley (1/2 block from Warren Street).
Monday, March 22, 2010
Spring is Here
Earliest Known surviving artwork by Yours Truly.
"Spring is Here
FLOWER'S
Mr. Rabbit, Tulip, Made up, Sun Flower, Rose, Made Up"
*found in my barn during spring cleaning last week.
"Spring is Here
FLOWER'S
Mr. Rabbit, Tulip, Made up, Sun Flower, Rose, Made Up"
*found in my barn during spring cleaning last week.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Sepiatown
This week a friend turned me on to Sepiatown, pretty much my dream website of antique photos. It's basically a digital archive for folks like me that like to dig up relics from the past and track them down to their origins.
Lutheran Church at Columbia and 6th Streets
Historical building/landscape images of all kinds are uploaded to the Sepiatown website and placed on google maps as accurately as possible, creating something of a time travel effect, once you get immersed in it.
The main page is in Manhattan, but you can enter any location on the map field to see images elsewhere.
I've uploaded several images of the Hudson area, and hope to continue gather and post as many more as I can get access to.
In cases where Google Streetview is available, you can click on a "now/then" link next to a picture to see the same view as it appears (roughly) today.
For instance, here is a screenshot of the website with the antique South Bay postcard I uploaded, shown alongside the Google Streetview of today.
Cool, right?
Sepiatown can be a bit of a roller coaster ride, as you have to witness all the beautiful things that have been destroyed, but get to see all the beautiful things that have been preserved, too.
Unfortunately, in Hudson, Warren Street has not been photographed for Google Streetview, only Route 9G has---so, the now-then comparisions are limited to South 3rd and, yay, Columbia Streets.
Sure do wish I had a 100-year old sepia photograph of this place!
Five and Diamond, in mid-restoration as seen on google streetview...
Historical building/landscape images of all kinds are uploaded to the Sepiatown website and placed on google maps as accurately as possible, creating something of a time travel effect, once you get immersed in it.
The main page is in Manhattan, but you can enter any location on the map field to see images elsewhere.
I've uploaded several images of the Hudson area, and hope to continue gather and post as many more as I can get access to.
In cases where Google Streetview is available, you can click on a "now/then" link next to a picture to see the same view as it appears (roughly) today.
Cool, right?
Sepiatown can be a bit of a roller coaster ride, as you have to witness all the beautiful things that have been destroyed, but get to see all the beautiful things that have been preserved, too.
Unfortunately, in Hudson, Warren Street has not been photographed for Google Streetview, only Route 9G has---so, the now-then comparisions are limited to South 3rd and, yay, Columbia Streets.
Sure do wish I had a 100-year old sepia photograph of this place!
Sepia Knights
These gents are standing in front of St Johns Lutheran Church at Sixth and Columbia (see photo in post above) under a Henry Hudson Co. Knights of Pythias banner. At first I thought they were policemen, but it is more than likely the Knights of Pythias since they have their lodge swords in place.
Dated 1911
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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