The Vintage Lens
For Christmas our daughter gave us a trip to the Proctor Mansion and Inn. A bed and breakfast located in Wrentham ,Mass .Built in 1861, the Proctor Mansion Inn is a striking example of Second Empire French Victorian architecture. Amazingly preserved and lovingly restored, it provides a glimpse of grandeur from days gone by. One of our favorite Christmas movies was filmed there The Spirit Of Christmas.
From a recent visit to Pensacola Florida and the Graffiti Bridge.
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From a recent trip to Pensacola Florida.
The train-turned-statue that rests in the median of West Garden Street is Engine No. 1355, also called the Pride of Pensacola. It is an 84-foot long steam locomotive and tender (fuel carrying car).
The engine was built in 1912 by the American Locomotive Company. It stayed in service for the Saint Louis – San Francisco Railway Company (nicknamed The Frisco) until it was retired in 1956.
After more than 40 years of service, the mileage on the antique odometer reads 1,148,534 — the equivalent of traveling around the world 46 times.
In 1957, Frisco Lines donated the engine to the city of Pensacola to stand as a monument to local port and railway history.
A recent visit to Milton Florida and the old brick road constructed in 1921, now a bike and walking trail.
My Wife took this photo on a trip to Paris last month.
From a recent trip to Dinosaur World Plant City, Florida.
I was able to obtain some 5 x 7 BW negatives of  advertising photos from the 1930’s for the Meier and Frank Department store in Portland, Oregon.
Here is a link to the history of the store. http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/meier___frank.html
