Uploads from Jim Frazier, tagged history, with geodata

Westbound CSX 8723 and 8537 Cross the Diamonds in Deshler, Ohio

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:42:17 -0700

May 10, 2013

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Crusader's Helmet and Head-Bashing Thing

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:55:03 -0700

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Yeah, I know it's a mace.

Military History Fest
www.militaryhistoryfest.com/Reenactor_Fest/Home.html

Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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Frank Lloyd Wright...ish

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:06:23 -0700

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First National Bank of Dwight
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_of_Dwight

Pretty sure these things (don't know the architectural term) weren't designed by Frankie, since it wasn't called the First National Bank when he designed the building. But they do look FLWish and fit into the angles and lines of the building from this angle.

Dwight, Illinois

March 17, 2013

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Jack in the Box

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:23:19 -0700

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Riverview Cemetery
Streator, Illinois

March 17, 2013

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She looks like my first grade teacher.

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:11:33 -0700

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In honor of the goings-on at the Vatican...

www.militaryhistoryfest.com/Reenactor_Fest/Home.html

Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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"Hey, where are all those cardinals going?"

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:11:34 -0700

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Military History Fest

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:22 -0800

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www.militaryhistoryfest.com/Reenactor_Fest/Home.html

Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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Commander of the Hectzer Jagdpanzer 38

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:21:22 -0800

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetzer

www.militaryhistoryfest.com/Reenactor_Fest/Home.html

Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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Convair B-58A Hustler Bomber

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:02:53 -0800

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler

Pima Air and Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
January 3, 2013

www.pimaair.org/

Here are all the pictures that I've posted from this trip

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"Oh, let's see what fascinating tweets the High Command has sent out today. Hmmm, something about an invasion in Nor... Dang this 140 character limit."

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:13:52 -0800

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Military History Fest
www.militaryhistoryfest.com/Reenactor_Fest/Home.html

Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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As I've said before, they're Nazis, but VERY snappy dressers.

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:59:16 -0800

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Here's another example
www.flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/4689257032/

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Military History Fest
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Pheasant Run
St. Charles, Illinois
February 2, 2013

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Mill Race Inn (at least, it was)

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:11:47 -0800

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Geneva, Illinois
November 21, 2012

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Red Hood, TORCWORI, Barn and Boat

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:45:37 -0800

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There are always things to see at TORCWORI!
The Old Rusty Cadillac West of Rochelle, Illinois (TORCWORI)

December 28, 2012

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Church Flower

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:28:53 -0800

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San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a church built between 1772 and 1816. It is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos, itself a historic district named Ranchos de Taos Plaza, about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Asis_Mission_Church

August 10, 2012

National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places

See this image for more of the story of our visit

Here are all the pictures from the August 2012 Western Road Trip

Here are all the pictures from this church

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Scilla and Frank Lloyd Wright

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:37:19 -0700

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabyan_Villa

Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois
April 20, 2013

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Vail, AZ Post Office

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:05:18 -0800

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I'm hoping it's been replaced by a newer one.

www.azcentennial.gov/projects/applications/AHAC02-10.pdf

January 3, 2013

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King Fisher Charters

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:21:43 -0800

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Gills Rock, Door County, Wisconsin
November 26, 2011

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Stucco

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:28:53 -0800

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San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a church built between 1772 and 1816. It is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos, itself a historic district named Ranchos de Taos Plaza, about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Asis_Mission_Church

August 10, 2012

National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places

See this image for more of the story of our visit

Here are all the pictures from the August 2012 Western Road Trip

Here are all the pictures from this church

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Crabby in St. Charles

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:48:23 -0800

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Hannah Maria Stowe / wife of Cyrus E. Stowe / Died October 11, 1860 / Aged 33 yrs. 7 Ms.

nobody@flickr.com (Jim Frazier) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:48:15 -0800

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Near Oakfield, Wisconsin
May 2, 2012

Kate's interest in genealogy has taken us to a few cemeteries where I've developed a lighting method to better photograph tombstones. I won't claim to have come up with the idea; in fact I may have gotten it from somewhere I can't remember. Anyway, it works pretty well at bringing out text in old, weathered markers that are all but unreadable. And it seems to be more effective then doing rubbings. So I'll pass on the method.

Hold a flash unit (in my case, Nikon Speedlights - either SB800 or SB600) at a hard, raking angle to the monument. You can see the placement in the pictures. You'll also need to shade the gravestone from any other light, which will only interfere with the light coming from the flash. You'll notice in one of these photos that I'm casting a shadow on the stone. This was intentional.

In "flash-speak", suppressing the ambient would work too, but this was a spectacularly sunny day. Artificial shade was satisfactory.

The raking light from the flash brings out the text in the headstones pretty nicely. However, it isn't perfect. In one of the pictures you'll notice that the name is "Stowe." Frankly, I would never have gotten that out of the image, but my wife knows it's "Stowe" and, if I use my imagination, yeah ... OK.

In all cases in these shots, the flash was on a wire from my D90 hotshoe and was held camera left by my lovely VAL.

If you time your visit right, and don't have an off-camera flash, the sun can do the job for you, particularly late in the day. At one cemetery, we were there in late afternoon and some of the monuments aligned nicely with the sun and the same effect was achieved.

I posted high resolution shots

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