W.O. Hickok Manufacturing Water Tower

This old water tower is in Harrisburg, Pa. near the intersection of Ninth Street and Cumberland Street behind the W.O. Hickok Manufacturing building. The building itself deserves a post. Some day I'll wander back for some more pictures.

The Air Marker Barn

Barn Charm 14. Starting in the mid 1930's the government started painting rooftops to help pilots know where they were and where they were going. By 1941 some 13,000 of these air markers were out there. Some were airport or town names with directional arrows and some where, like this one in Path Valley, longitude and latitude coordinates. After Pearl Harbor they reconsidered this plan and started to remove those near the coasts. This one  can be seen on the south side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near mile marker 189 (or so). As you can see from Google Earth the back side of the barn was repaired and the longitudinal coordinate is no longer visible. Also, according to Google Earth, the more precise reading on the  barn would be  40-06-50 North, 77-47-01 West. Just in case you happen to be flying by and your GPS is broken.

That's right it is Barn Charm time again. Hop on over to Tricia's Barn Charm site and check out all the barns that are there this week. Just click the barn below.

Rising out of the Dust

This is the Shippensburg Emergency Services Building. These pictures take you from Labor Day weekend until now. Progress seems to be moving quickly now, I think they want to get it under roof before any more snow falls. They have begun to frame up the first floor rooms and I hear that some of the roof trusses were set on the second floor since I last took any pictures. TYo folow along more slowly check out the site... http://ship-esb.blogspot.com/

Sunset over the New Drawbridge

Here is a picture I took on our first night in Chincoteague last August. As the sun sank lower and lower I took a walk down Taylor Street to Main Street. Here I sat on the rocks at the edge of the bay and waited. Take a few pictures. Change some settings. Move over a little. Snap a few more pictures. It ain't like the old days of film where you had to make the first picture count. Flash drive space is cheap. Pictures like this are worth it.

Hosak Pontiac GMC

These signs sit on Route 309 on the outskirts of Tamaqua, Pa. Hosak's isn't here anymore. They moved down Route 309 to the other side of town by the Little Schuylkill River. But they aren't there anymore either. I think, like this old sign, they just faded away.

The Farm at the Edge of the Forest

Barn Charm 13. This weeks barn is another I found down in Virginia. Sitting on the outskirts of Star Tannery this one is nestled up against the George Washington National Forest. Yes, a telephoto lens was needed to get up close and personal but with a backdrop such as this who wants to zoom?

Like this? There's plenty more where this one is headed. Check out Tricia's Barn Charm site for more of what America's barn-bloggers have to offer. (just click the barn below)

The Criterion, Bar Harbor, Maine

The Criterion Theatre can be found on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. I couldn't resist taking a picture of this colorful theatre while we wandered about downtown. This classic art-deco structure has been serving the island since 1932. And, yes, I did see Tim and Susan while we were downtown for the July 4th fireworks. He was dropping her and her dog off at a restaurant while he went to find a parking space for the minivan.

If I keep posting old movie theaters I'll have to start another label category. See (The Angela in Coaldale), (The Capitol Theater in Chambersburg and The County Theater in Doylestown), (The Cumberland Drive-In in Newville) and I have another I need to post sometime.