by Dave | Jul 26, 2007 | Black and White, Kansas, Small Towns, Soft Lights
Cedar Point, Kansas The first structure at this site was a dam and sawmill built in 1867 by O.H. Drinkwater, who also gave the town its name. Eight years later, in partnership with Peter Paul Shriver, the sawmill and dam were replaced with the stone structures of the...
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Black and White, Fauna
I peeked inside of a spider’s lair today and this is what I found. A common garden spider nestled among his strands, beads of rain clinging at the junctions.
by Dave | May 24, 2007 | Black and White, Industry, Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
by Dave | May 17, 2007 | Black and White, Kansas, Small Towns
by Dave | Apr 7, 2007 | Black and White
This is one of the main panels of the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury space capsule. The space ship is on display at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas. The capsule, which sunk off the coast of Florida in 1961, was recovered in 1999 and fully restored. The Kansas...
by Dave | Oct 28, 2006 | Black and White, Small Towns
Carlton, Kansas
by Dave | Sep 21, 2006 | Black and White, Cityscapes, Kansas
by Dave | Aug 16, 2006 | Black and White, Mills & Elevators
Updated 10 Sept 2007: The Allen Grain Elevator will soon be torn down. Although it’s a handsome structure when the sun hits it right, old retired elevators have a load of liabilities.
by Dave | Jul 20, 2006 | Black and White, Cityscapes, Industry, Kansas
the Bunge plant This week I had the pleasure of viewing a presentation of medium format black and white photography by Robert Marin. Gorgeous work. That inspiration prompted the bw image above. Also, his set of ”nocturnals” inspired the photograph of the...
by Dave | Jul 18, 2006 | Black and White, Cityscapes, Industry, Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
Above: a view of the elevators from the south During our recent trip to Lucas we visited Wilson, the “Czech capitol of Kansas”. We spotted the old style water tower and drove in that direction to explore. Along the tracks, near the middle of town is a...
