by Dave | Jan 10, 2008 | Kansas, Small Towns
Texture, character and history… Carlton is one of my favorite stops along highway 4 on visits to Salina. I’ve posted photos of this retired tin-clad post office before, but it’s worth another portrait. It hasn’t changed much in the last...
by Dave | Jan 9, 2008 | Kansas, Small Towns
Downtown – Carlton, KansasThe smaller signs read: On 9-29-96 36 Model A’S Stopped Here On June 17th, 2000 26 Model “A” Fords Stopped Here On 8-31-’03 14 Model A’s Stopped Here!
by Dave | Jan 8, 2008 | Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
I’ve never come across an elevator quite like this one. Perhaps it’s part of the “head house” at the top of the elevator. Or maybe it’s just a safe getaway for a weekend poker game. I worked the scales in a head house at one time....
by Dave | Jan 7, 2008 | Kansas, Landscape
Coronado Heights, built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936, sits high on top of a hill northwest of Lindsborg, Kansas.
by Dave | Jan 6, 2008 | Kansas
A boy atop Coronado Heights, near Lindsborg, looks down the sights of a pretend rifle as he imagines holding off attackers to the fort. I visited the castle several times as a child, and thought it was really built by Coronado. The structure, though, was never really...
by Dave | Jan 1, 2008 | Black and White, Kansas, Landscape, Winter
This is another picturesque scene on the edge of highway 4 between Topeka and Eskridge. The shadows and light along the fenceline make a good tonal study.Photo notes: This is a black and white image with a platinum toner effect.
by Dave | Jan 1, 2008 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Landscape, Winter
Happy New Year!Here’s a winter portrait of my favorite out-building in the state. It’s on the south side of Highway 4, just a few miles west of Topeka.
by Dave | Dec 31, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape, Winter
found along highway 4, Shawnee County
by Dave | Dec 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
I photographed this abandoned stone home about a year ago. It’s along highway 58 west of Leroy. It fits really well as a an introduction to a National Geographic article available online: The Emptied Prairie. The essay’s scope includes Kansas and the...
by Dave | Dec 30, 2007 | Black and White, Dissolving, Kansas
I photographed the interior of this abandoned stone home about a year ago. It’s along highway 58 west of Leroy. It fits really well as a an introduction to a National Geographic article available online: The Emptied Prairie. The essay’s scope includes...
