A recent visit to the Yarra Valley (and the Tarrawarra Museum of Art to see an amazing exhibition by William Delafield Cook) on a hot and steamy day with some amazing cloud formations...
December 11, 2011
October 28, 2011
Factory
As a complete opposite of the garden pics, here are some images of a Fairfield paper mill that is due to cease operation soon. Thought I had better start making an attempt to photograph it before it goes completely. Who knows what will replace it... most likely an oversupply of compressed housing and a loss of open spaces... whatever happens, it is a hot topic of conversation in the area.
October 10, 2011
Stereo Cards
Thought I'd finish off the nostalgia phase by scanning some of my stereo cards. They are quite pale and faded now, but still look fine in the stereo viewer...
And some typical examples of stereo viewers ...
Old Film Packet
A lovely old roll of Gevaert Superchrom (Ortho) film in its packet... the use by date reads January 1951...
Plus an advertisment ...
October 09, 2011
Old Postcard Packet
Continuing with old things found in second hand stores... This lovely old packet of postcards with some landscape images...
BanTam Duplicator
By the way of nothing in particular... the nostalgia thing has found me scanning a section of an antique box called the 'BanTam Duplicator'... it was designed to produce hand made screen prints of advertisements by a travelling salesman using the inbuilt screen, roller and inks....
Polaroid Discard
Continuing with using the scanner as a recording tool, I found this left over piece of Polaroid material (the bit you throw away after you make the Polaroid picture) and thought it worth recording...
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