Category: Photography

  • Wallula Gap, Washington

    Wallula Gap, Washington

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    I recently had the experience of hiking through the mountains alongside the Columbia River in Wallula Gap, Washington. I saw the river from the vantage point at the top of a cliffed mountain, which I estimate is around 400 feet high. It’s a difficult hike – the gravel-strewn trail is steep and it’s fairly easy…

  • Wilmington, March 2025

    Wilmington, March 2025

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    There is a building near Greenfield Lake that used to have a handful of old cars and trucks parked in the yard. I took photos of them about 15 years ago. Today I talked to the man who owns that building and found that he used to rent old cars to the movie studio here…

  • King’s Mountain, NC

    King’s Mountain, NC

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    A small town library and other historic buildings.

  • Gastonia, NC

    Gastonia, NC

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    Here are a few shots of some well worn buildings in Gastonia. The Martinizing shop is what initially caught my eye. “Martinizing” shops used to be everywhere. I haven’t seen one in decades until I stumbled across this one.

  • Auto Shop in Central Illinois

    Auto Shop in Central Illinois

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    Somewhere in a small town southwest of Chicago, there is an auto parts and service shop. The building looks like it must have been erected in the 1950s or 1960s. I noticed this building quite a few years back, as I drive past it on the way to work when I’m in this area. I…

  • Midwest Plant Nursery

    Midwest Plant Nursery

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    Located just south of Morris, IL.

  • Vintage Cameras

    Vintage Cameras

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    Here are a few of the vintage cameras from my collection. There are two Polaroid Land Cameras – an Automatic 210, and a J66, then there is a Kodak Instamatic 304 and a Kodak Pony 135 Model B. These cameras all date from around the late 60s to early 70s.

  • Mia’s Boots

    Mia’s Boots

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  • Tiger Cruise, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Tiger Cruise, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    Here are a few scanned images that I took during the 1996 Tiger Cruise on board the USS D. D. Eisenhower. The squadrons attached to the ship put on an airshow for the civilians on board that day.

  • More Scans

    More Scans

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    I took out another bundle of photos tonight, these are from the same time period – early 1995. These were all shot during the Med Cruise on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. There is a photo of yours, truly in there.

  • Photo Scans, ca. 1994-1995

    Photo Scans, ca. 1994-1995

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    When I was much younger, I served in the US Navy from 1994 to 1998. Recently I was looking at a bunch of old photos that I found that had survived the flood. I had no idea that my photos had survived, and I was a little overjoyed to find them. Here are some scans…

  • Hike at Black Mesa, OK

    Hike at Black Mesa, OK

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    Note: This article was originally published on October 15, 2014. When I arrived at the trail head, I could tell right away that this would be quite an experience. It was the most remote area I’ve ever been to. The nearest human was at least thirty minutes away; the nearest civilization was over an hour…