Most People outside of RAP don’t know the connection. The GAP Band members were born, raised and started their Music career in Tulsa.
The band is an acronym based on the streets of Greenwood, Archer, and Pine in the historic Greenwood neighborhood of the Wilson brothers’ hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Celebrate the Music. Remember the loss and play some GAP Today.
Pueblo, Colorado was the location of Colorado’s Steel Industry. Oh, you mean that you didn’t know there was, and to a lesser extent still is a stell industry here. Now mostly oriented towards recycling.
They has=ve a wonderful, but very small museum. dont have any photos because I was using my digital camera which decided to malfunction. OK, I deserve that because I am supposed to be a film photographer, so focussing on film for this trip was a major error.
But I did take along a film camera and did make a few good shots.
This was one of the buildings that survives from the old mining history. It now belongs to the Historical Society and is being remodel as a new headquarters and Museum home.
If you want to lesrn more sbout Pueblo’s History, CLICK HERE.
This is the story of my second roll of film through the 1913 Kodak No.1. I roll I shot on Pinhole Day (although it was not a pinhole). I was still testing the camera so I carried it along…..You can see some results from my first roll of film here.
I mailed my second roll, Ilford Ortho Plus (ISO 80) on April 28th and waited…..and waited……and waited. By the end of May I was beginning to worry so I contacted them. Well, you can read the correspondence at the end, I want to move on to the photos. But it suffices to say that it took them 3+ months to find my film and they returned it with no acknowledgment of the problems and no apologies. So They’ve lost my business, permanently. Oh, I’ll use their film, but I won’t send it to them for processing.
Anyway, let’s move on……….Ans start with my Favorite Crucifix:
This was the original Cemetery for Denver. And it was segregated by religion and race. This was the Orthodox Section:
Another favorite Monument above……
I forget what the tree trunk symbolizes, but it is a XXXXXX
A view of the larger Cemetery Area………….above. There is another shot taken at another location. So I will show that separately in a couple of days…….
Now for the horror of my former Film Lab. Click on the image to enlarge and read:
Use Ilford Labs US at your own risk. What I really resent is the lack of an Apology or any acknowledgment of a problem when they finally did find my film.
I’ll stick with OldSchoolLabs. They do 90% of my work (we develop the other 10% ourselves) ……..I can certainly endorse them.
Finally Getting to Post this. And Yes, I am counting it as a #WednesdayWindows Also!
Pat and Gar’s Hi-Way Bar
Now for some Lafayette, Colorado History: The Old Coke Sign from ‘Pat & Gar’s Hi-Way Bar’ was originally painted in late 1949 or early 1950. Underneath are several layers of signs and banners going back to the late 1930’s. Renovations in 1956 covered the mural with asbestos siding, which ended up preserving it.
In 2015 the Mural was uncovered by special asbestos remediation before the building was to be demolished. The rediscovered Mural, and the entire wall were removed and stored at the Lafayette Firehouse. Professional restoration experts were brought in to stabilize the mural in 2016. It was placed in the current location, at Simpson and Public Road in Downtown Lafayette, Colorado.
Yesterday you were introduced to the Camera. Today you meet the best 5-Frames from the very first roll of Reva 127 B&W film (ISO 100). I was amazed at the results considering that I knew very little about the Camera, and this is my first roll.
First a re-intro to the Camera above. Details about the camera can be found on the Art Deco Camera Site. Now let’s look at my camera test location: Lake Waneka. We’ll start with a new view, looking west from the Boat House:
Below, my usual view looking east towards the Boat House:
Below, the beginnings of our COVID-19 Rock Monument. There are more rocks now…….
My Classic Boat Dock View. Today featuring a fisherman……
And my Classic Tree Reflection that you’ve seen in other Camera Tests:
And certainly consistent with My Inner Monet Theme.
First the Grand Unboxing of my Kodak Jiffy 127 Art Deco Model, produced between 1935-1942. I do not know the exact date of my Camera. But let’s not waste time with that.
It came with the original Box. Note the Eastman Kodak Camera Logo from the Art Deco Era:
Made from Bakelite, the First Plastic, synthesized in 1907.
And in A couple of days, the results from my first Roll using Reva ISO 100 B&W Film.
Note that the Link at the top (and here) has a fairly comprehensive description of the camera. The condition of this camera suggests that it was a display model and never actually used.
There are many ‘Forts” in Colorado. But none of them were military outposts. Instead, these were fortified trading posts for Indigenous Peoples and early Trappers.
Fort Lupton has been completely reconstructed on a site adjacent to the original location. It was established in 1836 by Lancaster Lupton, a former soldier and West Point Graduate. Click on the link above for the details of the Founding of the Fort. He had passed through the area with the Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition in 1834.
Trading Gate, interior, the Natives were kept in this smaller area and never allowed into the main Fort.
The Watch Tower Interior & Exterior:
Private Dwelling Door:
Check out the History of Ft Collins, Ft Morgan, Bent’s Fort and there are more Forts, some even were military…………
My husband was picking up packages at our PostNet shop. A women had these signes printed to pass out to friends, family, and whoever she might meet. He asked her for one and it it now in our front yard:
And a Flower to Honor all who have died recently at the hand’s of the Police……..RIP:
Learn More About Juneteenth Here.…….
And of course a Door because it is Thursday……The side entry photographed better than the Main Entrance. You may have noticed that this is Infrared.
Mission Santa Ines is located next to Solvang, California. It was founded in 1804. I was visiting a friend in Santa Barbara back in 2017 when I made this visit. I decided to use my Nikon-1, which was converted to full spectrum by KolariVision. I then used an IR filter to limit the exposure to Infrared.
Church was in session, so I wandered around outside and focussed my photography there. Obviously a full house with people standing in the doorway.
Views around the Courtyard, Above Left to Right: St Francis, Shrine to Santa Ines, Jesus.
Finally, below, the Cemetery:
I had the Nikon-1 converted after much frustration with IR-films. I do use IR-Sensitive Films and you’ll see some film tests coming soon.
Retrospectives are repostings of significant works from my old Photo Diary……….
And, some thought from yesterday’s Photo Diary on Windows and Walls……
I recently purchased a Kodak No. 1 Autographic Junior 13340 from Etsy (Patent dates 1910-1913). What could have gone wrong with that! But low and behold , I am learning to make it work. And Conveniently this is a version that can accommodate 120 film. I was inspired by old family cameras to buy this one, but that’s another story:
And the Photos:
Still learning to focus….but I’m getting there…….next photos should be better.
And remember to check out the ‘Grand Unboxing‘.
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