Let me first say that, besides being an avid photographer, I am a true Rail Fan! I’ve traveled across the country shooting this series of photographs and I’ve also crossed the country riding steam trains of all shapes and sizes.I visited here before it became the Steamtown National Historic Site. Steamtown occupies the Scranton railroad …
I photographed this old Sinclair Gas Station in Oklahoma City, OK while on a trip there. The Sinclair Dinosaur was a childhood memory for me. As a child, my family visited the World’s Fair in New York in 1964. I remembered and rode the Sinclair Dinosaur ride there, so I couldn’t pass this station by.Note …
This great, lunch counter shot was taken in a now “Vanished” location Norfolk, VA. The Central Grocery was on Bayview Boulevard near Tidewater Drive and was a wonderful “you can buy anything there” kind of place. It was run by two brothers, one who looked like Walter Matthau (who is behind the soda machine). The …
The Patterson, located on VA Rt. West 6, opened in 1966 in Richmond, VA and was a state-of-the-art drive in at that time. The problem, it turned out, they built it on swampy land. Oops. In the early 70’s, the area suffered major flooding and added to the water problem. I understand the mosquitoes would …