Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Fungus Among Us
Sometimes when I walk around I play this little game I made up called "How many satellite dishes can you fit into one picture?"
What do you think my best score is?
Three?
Four?
Six?
No.
I broke my record last week. It's nine.
Had I had a wide angle lens it would have been ten!
What do you think my best score is?
Three?
Four?
Six?
No.
I broke my record last week. It's nine.
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| From The Tainted Lady Lounge |
Had I had a wide angle lens it would have been ten!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Ice King
I could be wrong about this one,
but I could be right, too.
Another one found in the Watnot Shop, which looks to me to be the Hudson waterfront:
"The Ice King" is the name of the boat in the antique (middle) photo. Probably taken in the late 1800's when ice harvesting was still a major industry around here.
Clicking on it will take you to my flickr page, where you can view in high resolution (choose "all sizes"). The gentlemen on the boat are very nicely dressed with bowler hats...
but I could be right, too.
Another one found in the Watnot Shop, which looks to me to be the Hudson waterfront:
"The Ice King" is the name of the boat in the antique (middle) photo. Probably taken in the late 1800's when ice harvesting was still a major industry around here.
Clicking on it will take you to my flickr page, where you can view in high resolution (choose "all sizes"). The gentlemen on the boat are very nicely dressed with bowler hats...
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Propst Horseshoeing
Kind of a sad story about this old photograph:
I found it in the Watnot Shop about 8+ years ago, when I was making my living selling collectibles on ebay, (and saving my pennies to buy a house here in Hudson.) Subject-specific antique photos, such as this one of an old horse-shoeing shop--had the potential to bring hefty profits. This one, however, only brought about ten bucks.
So, I sold a piece of Hudson history on ebay for ten bucks--- big ouch.
I found it in the Watnot Shop about 8+ years ago, when I was making my living selling collectibles on ebay, (and saving my pennies to buy a house here in Hudson.) Subject-specific antique photos, such as this one of an old horse-shoeing shop--had the potential to bring hefty profits. This one, however, only brought about ten bucks.
That's not the sad part though.
The sad part is that about a month or two after I sold it, I bought my house here on 5th Street, and, after studying the leftover jpeg some more, realized that Propst Horseshoeing had been located directly across the street from my new home (a fact I confirmed by researching old directories in the history room at the library.)
So, I sold a piece of Hudson history on ebay for ten bucks--- big ouch.The good news is that the buyer was someone named Propst, so it's hopefully stored safely away in a genealogical archive somewhere, not my messy cigar box filing system...
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
they paved paradise
View from Long Alley, 2004:
View from Long Alley, 2005:
View from Prison Alley 2004:
View from Prison Alley 2005:
(former location of Gold's Scrapyard, mid- 300 block of Columbia Street)
View from Long Alley, 2005:
View from Prison Alley 2004:
View from Prison Alley 2005:
(former location of Gold's Scrapyard, mid- 300 block of Columbia Street)
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