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Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
The special crosses Highway 90 in Dayton, coming off the UP Baytown Sub to head west on the Sunset Route. 8/8/2019
BNSF Y-NTW150 arrives Daytons Bluff behind the usual SD75M-3s as fall colors reach their peak in Saint Paul.
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to master negative scanning with a camera at home. My attempts will be posted here to share progress and as a reference for myself. The purpose is, in part, to share my journey with others who might have the same interest. All serious questions are welcome and will be answered. All pointers and advice are both encouraged and welcome.
Technical information:
Camera: Zenza Bronica ETRSI
Lens: Zenzanon PE 50mm f/2.8
Film: Kodak Portra 400
Processing: Richard Photo Lab
Scanning: Digitized with a Fujifilm X-T5, a Sigma 105mm macro lens (Canon mount), Fringer EF-XF autofocus lens adapter, the Valoi 360 film holder system, and Negmaster software
Dayton's Bluff is a signature location in the Twin Cities unlikely to be confused with anyplace else. NS 7338 has traveled past here in the past as INRD 9006 going to and from the coke refinery at Roseport but those days are over.
Seen in the distance is the head end of a gigantic 12,800' long 299 train as he waits for his conductor to make his way back up to the headend.
This photo was shot on Fujifilm Pro 400H in 120 format and was developed and digitized at home by yours truly as part of my continuing quest to achieve the best results possible from film at the lowest possible investment of production time and money. I'm not there yet, but I am quite happy with the improvements so far.
Technical data:
Camera: Bronica ETRSi
Lens: Bronica Zenzanon PE 50mm f/2.8
Film: Fujifilm Pro 400H
Developer: Cinestill CS41
Digitized with a Canon EOS R5, a Sigma 105mm macro lens, the Valoi 360 film holder, the CS-Lite light source, and a copy stand made out of an old Durst enlarger.
Software conversion: Negative Lab Pro 3.0
Very friendly staff and volunteers at the Dayton Art Institute. built at a time Dayton, Ohio had lots of great companies with factories and plants spread over the valley.
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
With hundreds and hundreds of photos being taken of the Capitol everyday, I'm looking for the new angle and perspective.
Taken at East Dayton and Wisconsin. Cropped a little, but no other post processing. Head over to the square after a rain shower and try it out for yourself!
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
A cold Sunday in Dayton.
Technical information:
Camera: Bronica ETRSi
Lens: Zenzanon PE 50mm f/3.5
Film: Kodax Tri-X 400
Developer: Adox FX-39 II
Scanner: Canon EOS R camera with Sigma 105mm macro
Other tools: Kasier Slimline Plano Lightbox and Essential Film Holder
Johnny Morehouse was the son of a Dayton, Ohio, cobbler in the 1860s. One day, when he was 5 years old, he was playing with his dog near a canal when he fell into the water. His dog tried to rescue him, but Johnny drowned. He was buried at the famous Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. The story says that the dog waited for Johnny by the grave for weeks.
Johnny’s story is memorialized by his gravestone, which depicts the boy resting against his dog. Next to him you see a harmonica, a cap, a ball, and a top. Visitors will sometimes leave behind additional gifts and flowers.
Canon EOS R, EF 50mm f/1.4
Our friend Lana tells us that this is probably an old road grader and that the Galion Iron Works is still in business...thank you, Lana! We have no idea why this old machine is in the cemetery. Their web site does not mention it. It was made by The Galion Iron Works and Manufacturing Co. in Galion, Ohio (no date). Taken by Ron.
Built circa 1900, this Queen Anne-style house features a cross-gable roof, replacement windows, painted brick exterior, stone lintels and sills, a porch along 5th Avenue with an aluminum awning roof and metal columns, a second-story oriel window on facade facing 5th Avenue with a concavely curved shingle-clad base, a curved canopy with decorative brackets over a doorway on the 5th Avenue facade, and a rusticated stone base.
The last time the mrs and I were up at the late hour of 1am was in Dayton in May and we'd been to the Oregon District to eat earlier that night.
I said to her just yesterday after the El Paso shootings that I wondered how close these slayings had to get before anyone actually did something about gun control?
For us, Dayton is close enough, but this will of course mean nothing to Mitch McConnel and the other "thoughts and prayers" Republicans. How close will it have to get to THEM before they finally un-wedge their noses from the NRA's posteriors and do something for the greater good, and not just the good of their wallets?
One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to master negative scanning with a camera at home. My attempts will be posted here to share progress and as a reference for myself. The purpose is, in part, to share my journey with others who might have the same interest. All serious questions are welcome and will be answered. All pointers and advice are both encouraged and welcome.
Technical information:
Camera: Zenza Bronica ETRSI
Lens: Zenzanon PE 50mm f/2.8
Film: Kodak Portra 400
Processing: Richard Photo Lab
Scanning: Digitized with a Fujifilm X-T5, a Sigma 105mm macro lens (Canon mount), Fringer EF-XF autofocus lens adapter, the Valoi 360 film holder system, and Negmaster software
NS 7245 lead two other EMD variants on the elevated tracks over downtown Dayton, OH with the daily NS 304 manifest bound for Middletown, OH.
Dayton, OH. May 2021.
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Our friend Lana tells us that this is probably an old road grader and that the Galion Iron Works is still in business...thank you, Lana! We have no idea why this old machine is in the cemetery. Their web site does not mention it. It was made by The Galion Iron Works and Manufacturing Co. in Galion, Ohio (no date). Taken by Ron.
It's another cold, gloomy day in Dayton, OH as J782 rumbles over downtown with cars bound for Needmore Yard.
In the foreground is a portion of the now abandoned B&O Wellston Subdivision, better known on NS as the Xenia I.T. Up until about 2012, an NS local still ran this line, serving the Tenneco plant near Kettering. Tenneco was it's only customer. Just last year, NS filed this section of track for abandonment, as rail traffic hasn't moved over the ROW since.
Built in 1908, this Prairie-style house features a hipped roof with hipped dormers, a front gable, stucco cladding, half-timbering, casement windows, and a front porch with a rectilinear column. The house is a contributing structure in the Steele’s Hill-Grafton Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and increased to its present size in 2023.
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
Oregon District, Dayton
Trying out a new (to me) Nikon L35AF bought from eBay. This particular camera (not, as far as I know, all Nikon L35AFs) does well at infinity, but struggles with closer items. Alas, it seems it must return to the seller.
Technical info:
Camera: Nikon L35AF
Film: Kodak Tmax 400 at box speed
Developer: Ilford Ilfosol 3 1+9
Scanner: Nikon Super Coolscan 4000
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
Built in 1930, this Art Deco-style building was designed by Schenck and Williams for the Ohio Bell Telephone Company to serve as their offices and main switchboard in Downtown Dayton. The building features a granite base, a limestone exterior, a massing that tapers with setbacks towards the top, stone and metal spandrel panels, one-over-one windows, a main entrance with a decorative peacock-like screen, recessed behind an archway, and flanked by decorative sconces, decorative sculptural reliefs, an interior lobby with decorative light fixtures, a decorative ceiling, aluminum doors, marble walls, and decorative elevator doors, and decorative terra cotta panels and Art Deco screens surrounding the main entrance door. The building is a contributing structure in the Downtown Dayton Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. The building today is owned by AT&T.