Tag Archives: History
In Ruins
I found these two pictures as I was going through some old slides yesterday. Slide film, for the uninitiated, was positive, not negative like print film, and you projected the image onto a screen. I took lot of slides when I started in photography. Black and white film i processed and printed at home, but […]
Striking It Rich
The mines are still there on the edge of town if you want to try your luck. There are probably rules, but no fences to keep you out. There’s silver in there somewhere. Mind you, there can’t be much of it or someone would still be working the mines. I haven’t gone exploring. The […]
Bellevue House II
Canadians tend not to look to the past as much as we should. I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because we are a relatively young nation on a continent filled with immigrants. Our history, for most of us, leaves Canada fairly quickly for other countries. My family, as Canadian as they come, came here […]
The Steel Mill
Vivian’s cousin wanted us to see the last steel mill in Dortmund. At least I think that’s what it was. My grasp of German being what it is I may have gotten that wrong. But there is no doubt the building was huge and unused. Tours are available, I was told, but they have to […]
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