B&W Challenge No. 61- Old Objects

[hmca]

Definitely old, jim0004.....because we are deep into this challenge the original idea to look for objects rather than entire structures can be easily overlooked.
Keeping that in mind, what might have worked better was a section of the building or perhaps an item chosen from the interior.

[hmca]

I had taken these for the challenge when we were away but never posted them.......I do remember them from when I was a kid.

[whippet]

Dated 1910.
Originally belonged to my grandmother. 

[hmca]

Really stands out in B/W, Margaret......nice that it belonged to your grandmother.

[photomono]

Not as old as it looks. Originally built in 1868, Jupiter was sold for scrap in the early 1900's. This is an incredible reproduction made in the late 1970s for the Golden Spike National Historic Park. My original photo is a lovely color shot. This rendition was created for a talk I gave on monochrome photography. See the text below the photo that explains how accurate the reproduction is.



From the website of the Golden Spike National Historic Park:
"In 1975, O’Connor Engineering Laboratories of Costa Mesa, California, accepted the challenge of reproducing Jupiter and No. 119 as they were during the Golden Spike Ceremony. With no plans or blueprints, engineers and technicians set out to build the historic American 4-4-0 locomotives. Using a locomotive design engineer’s handbook from 1870 and micrometer scalings of enlarged 1869 photographs of the two locomotives, work began on building the replicas.

A four year labor of love ensued, including two years just to create over 700 drawings. When the locomotives were ready, every dimension was within 1/4 inch of the original. It took four trucks to bring the gleaming replicas 800 miles here to Promontory Summit, Utah. Here, they were christened with water from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and commissioned into service May 10, 1979, the 110th Anniversary of the Golden Spike Ceremony."

[hmca]

You did a great job giving your train a vintage look, Don.