Fred Lauzensky: The Kärntnerstraße in Vienna by night. From the book Wien 1950, published 1958.
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Ford Motor Company, 1957
Employee Parking Lot
From Georges Blond: J’ai vu vivre l’Amerique, Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1957
Telephone Booth, 3 AM
George Tice, Telephone Booth, 3 A.M., Rahway, New Jersey, 1974
New York Subway, 1950’s
Those rattan-woven seats… I saw a picture of this subway car and had a flashback – as a child, I always thought they looked like corn on the cob. The fans on the ceiling… in the days before air conditioning, those subways could be stifling. And when the trains went over a dead spot in the 3rd rail and the lights went out, the little emergency lights in the ceiling would come on.
These were everywhere – Chiclets and Dentyne and gum, oh my – a piece for a penny. You’d put in your coin, slide the lever, and press it down to vend your prize, or just put your penny in the appropriate slot and turn the dial.
Two lines only: BMT and IRT. IND came later. When you’d get to 42nd Street, red and green light bulbs in the ceiling of the stations would guide you to the correct line, with blue ones for the cross town shuttle. Hole-in-the wall vendors: The Wizard’s Shop that sold magic; fresh-squeezed orange or papaya juice, all sorts of wonderful things.
Such elegant mosaic work in so many of the stations.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Vienna: Old Jewish Cemetery – 1976
I found this section of the Vienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) beautiful, but haunting and melancholy. Given the destruction of the Jewish community during World War II, few were left to care for it, and it is returning to nature.
A Most Touching Monument
Found in the Salt Lake City cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah.
I shed a tear every time I walk past this. It’s so beautiful. Just saying.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Fall Color in Utah
My trip up Payson Canyon caught some beautiful colors, but a fellow resident of my state did even better, as he was able to get up into the mountains before the brightest colors had begun to fade.
Copyright ©2012 Eric Erlenbusch, posted by permission
For some additional and truly stunning photos of the mountains around Park City, Utah, visit his blog at Eric E Photo.
The Old Wolf is jealous.
Lighthouse (Tjøme, Norway)
Found at Frog Blog
Payson Canyon in Autumn
… or almost autumn. But at 7,000 feet, leaves turn a lot faster than they do down in the lowlands.
The place was absolutely crawling with deer. We lost track of how many we saw.
As pretty as these colors are, they are already fading – I should have done this three weeks ago for maximum effect.
The hazy sky behind the trees was the result of a cold front coming down from Idaho where a number of fires are still burning. It was 57 degrees up here last evening.
A patch of deciduous color amidst the scrub and pines.
We stopped at Box Lake (more of a puddle, really – the Goodwoman of the House is from Maine, and she knows what real lakes look like). Had dinner on some rocks while enjoying the view. You can see how low the water level is, the drought is affecting all of our reservoirs.
Someone had built a home worthy of Scuppers the Sailor Dog.
(One of my favorite books as a child, I was tickled to find a copy again later.)
On the way down, a final burst of color in a parking area.
Many small groups of deer, in twos (mothers with children), threes, and fives – but no greater clusters than that. It was getting dark and we had to drive slowly because they were crossing the road frequently.
A lovely drive.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Artichoke in full bloom
This is what they look like if you don’t pick’em.
Who knew artichokes were just big thistles? Not I.
The Old Wolf has shown his ignorance.
Playing in the World Game 