American Road Trip 1979 on Kodachrome

[lynnb]

#USA18-33 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA18-35 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979
BW conversion in LR6. The colour was poor shot into the light.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-03 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979

 

[Freakscene]

#USA18-31 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979

I love the muted colour.

 

[lynnb]

I love the muted colour.

Thanks Marty. It's one of my favourites too. The red sweater makes it IMO.

 

[Michael Markey]

... and to think folk go over that water in all sorts of unsuitable craft.
Amazing Lynn.
You`ve captured the ferocity well .

 

[lynnb]

... and to think folk go over that water in all sorts of unsuitable craft.
Amazing Lynn.
You`ve captured the ferocity well .

Thanks Michael

 

[lynnb]

#USA09-08 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979

 

[raid]

This tour across so many parts of USA brings back many memories. When I was nearly done with my PhD, a Professor and I were chatting in the corridor of the Statistics Department, and he asked me what I would do first after getting a PhD. My response was "exploring the Southwest of the USA".

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-05 Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979
The Hotel Sheraton Brock was the first high rise in Niagara Falls, opening on 1st July 1929. Notable guests include Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe, who made the Hotel her home while filming the movie “Niagara”.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-13 American Falls, Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-21 Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979
I wished I'd owned a Nikonos at this point!

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-22 Pontiac Limo, Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979
Time to leave Niagara Falls, but not in this Cadillac Limo

 

[DownUnder]

#USA18-35 Niagara Falls, 27 May 1979
BW conversion in LR6. The colour was poor shot into the light.

A wonderful image, this.

I took the same in 1979 and again in 1983. Haven't been back there since, likely won't now, too old and flying there and back from Australia is too expensive. Also I'm now Asiacentric, so my time is spent mostly in Indonesia. Things change.

My late uncle took the very same image in 1943, with his Rolleiflex. He and my eldest aunt (both now passed away, and greatly missed) were on their honeymoon at the time. The buildings in the distance were somewhat different, but the falls are remarkably unchanged, given the amount of water having gone over it. So most of your 'shot' is much the same as the image he took then. On Kodak Panatomic 120. I have the original negative as well, in my archives at home.

So many visual treasures. Of imagery and memory as well as physical recollections.

Keep it up, please, Lynn. Surely you must know how much pleasure this thread is giving so many of us.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-24 Ohio, 27 May 1979
Sometimes I feel compelled to take a particular picture but can't work out why. I'm not sure where in Ohio this was. One thing for sure - in 1979 most American houses were way bigger than Australian ones.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-28 Indiana, 27 May 1979
Hwy 20 between Ohio and Elkhart Indiana.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-29 Indiana, 27 May 1979
Hwy 20 between Ohio and Elkhart Indiana.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-32 Indiana, 27 May 1979
Hwy 20 between Ohio and Elkhart Indiana. First time I'd seen a round barn.

 

[lynnb]

#USA19-33 Amish farm, Indiana, 27 May 1979
Hwy 20 between Ohio and Elkhart Indiana. Note the buggy.

 

[Timmyjoe]

#USA19-33 Amish farm, Indiana, 27 May 1979
Hwy 20 between Ohio and Elkhart Indiana. Note the buggy.

There are large Amish and Mennonite communities in the Elkhart Indiana area, so you will see many horse drawn buggies there, even today.

Best,
-Tim