B&W Challenge No. 67 - Abandoned

[cjt]

Trying all of this out in Pixelmator Pro, looked like interesting challenge!

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In this part of the Great Plains, you can make an estimate as to when a house was abandoned. Most of the area around here was homesteaded after 1900. So nothing older, usually.
This house was possibly built after the homestead was "proved up". Original shacks were often small, 8' by 10'.
Many places were abandoned in the 1930's, the Dirty Thirties! That may have been when this place was abandoned.
If there are no power lines visible, then the house was abandoned before 1948-50. That is when Rural Electricity was installed.
If there are power lines and a TV antenna then probably abandoned in the later 1950's, another period of tough times.
Since then, could have been yesterday. The consolidation of farms into larger operations continues.
cjt

[Jim]

Apr 10, 2023 15:42:39 GMT cjt said:

Trying all of this out in Pixelmator Pro, looked like interesting challenge!

Interesting information, cjt. Love the image also. I hope they don't get any real strong winds in that area.

[cjt]

Apr 10, 2023 23:30:21 GMT Jim said:

Apr 10, 2023 15:42:39 GMT cjt said:

Trying all of this out in Pixelmator Pro, looked like interesting challenge!

Interesting information, cjt. Love the image also. I hope they don't get any real strong winds in that area.

Hah!
cjt

[blackmutt]

Left to rust away

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[photomono]

Abandoned, But Not Abandoned




This is a barracks at the Heart Mountain, Wyoming Japanese Concentration — officially Relocation — Camp. This is one of just two buildings still standing at what is now a U.S. National Park Service site.

If you get to Wyoming, you should visit this site. It you will give you some good insight into the U.S. in the early 1940s.