Robert Pence

It's an annual event held about the same time each year, sponsored by Vintage Truck Magazine and hosted by Young's Jersey Dairy. One or the other probably announces it in an event calendar. Have you ever visited the National Auto and Truck Museum of the United States (NATMUS)? It's in Auburn, Indiana, located directly behind the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum (also well worth your time), and has at least a couple of fine early twentieth-century fire engines along with a lot of other commercial vehicles.

Rochester, Indiana County seat of Fulton County All Photographs Copyright © 2011 by Robert E Pence As of the census of 2000, 20,511 people lived in Fulton County including 6,414 who lived in Rochester, the county seat. Fulton County was formed in 1836 and named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. Fulton County Courthouse The 1895 limestone Romansque Fulton County Courthouse in Rochester, Indiana, was designed by A.W. Rush & Son, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and erected by contractor Jordan E. Gibson, of Logansport, Indiana. The cost was about $100,000. Around the town square and downtown

Some UV/Haze filters can have a warming effect on photos. There's variation among manufacturers, and among different UV and haze filters from a given manufacturer. If you're buying in a camera store where you can actually look at the products, try placing various filters side-by-side on a piece of white paper, and the differences likely will be apparent. I think filters marked as "Haze" may typically have more warming effect than those marked "UV" and/or "Lens Protection." Keep in mind that most photo-processing software is capable of correcting color balance and can remove any color cast imparted by a protective filter.

Did the person at Dodd give any reason why you shouldn't leave a UV filter on your lens full-time? I've never before heard of a camera shop employee advising someone not to keep a UV filter on the lens to protect it, and everything I've read/heard from experienced professionals says do keep a filter on the lens full-time. A good-quality UV/haze filter will not adversely affect image quality, and unless you're working entirely in the protected environment of a private studio, the potential lens-damaging hazards you can encounter are myriad. Sacrificing a $20 filter may well prevent ruining an $800 lens. The only time I remove the UV filter, other than to clean it, is if I'm using another filter like a polarizer. Stacking filters, especially on wide lenses, can cause vignetting.

This beautiful thread needs to be bumped along with part 2

Beautiful shots!

I suggest you keep a safe distance from all those people, lest you end up as collateral damage! :-o

According to information on the daytontrolleys.net site, service has been temporarily suspended since June because of major street reconstruction on major trolleybus routes. New catenary support poles are being installed as part of those street reconstruction projects, along with a couple of miles of new wire to partially consolidate the 3 and 4 routes, indicating that some consipracy nuts' fears of the demise of the system are unfounded. Even when service has been in normal operation I haven't seen much ETB action on weekend visits; to see them out in force, go on a weekday, especially during peak business hours. You can see a few at work downtown in this weekday photo thread. The fleet consists of Czech-built Skoda vehicles.

Recently I received a request for permission to post my 1991 Dayton trolley bus photos on a web site that features that topic. I think some of the forumers here might enjoy it; my rather brief foray into that site turned up some good photos of the trolleybus vehicles and infrastructure that included some interesting backgrounds of Dayton back when. The site is here.

The show placard didn't say anything about Canadian, but that doesn't mean it might not have been. Probably if it were Canadian, though, it would have been badged "Fargo." It was identified as a Swept Side model, and probably was targeted at the market niche occupied by the Chevy Cameo Carrier (not to be confused with El Camino - Cameo Carrier was a half-ton pickup with modified styling features, special paint colors and schemes, and some trim enhancements). http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4117572557_1d44da2d1b_z.jpg I can't remember if Ford had a comparable entry into that market. If they did, it wasn't the Ranchero; the Ranchero was the same type vehicle as the El Camino, an open-bed utility coupe built on a station wagon platform. I'm somewhat familiar with the Canadian re-branding of trucks that appeared with Chevy, Ford, and Dodge nameplates in the U.S. Vintage trucks have been a big deal in Canada longer than in the U.S., and several years ago in Irricana, Alberta, near Calgary, I saw an impressive display of goodies that included things like chain-drive Mack Bulldogs. There I saw the Fargo nameplate on what would have been a Dodge here, several Maple Leaf trucks that looked like our GMC, and a 1949 Mercury pickup that would have been a Ford in the U.S.

The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese. :wink:

2011 Vintage Truck Show Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, Ohio All Photographs Copyright © 2011 by Robert E. Pence The Vintage Truck Show was sponsored by Vintage Truck Magazine, headquartered in Yellow Springs. The heat out in that open field was ferocious, and I decided to forego my usual penchant for documenting every hubcap and wheel spoke. I had intended to do a little sightseeing in Yellow Springs, but it was wall-to-wall tourists. I'll wait for that part, and a more leisurely visit to Young's, until a weekday after Labor Day, when the kids are back in school and the families are at home. Enjoy the trucks. 1977 Kenworth Doodlebugs were tractors made from parts of old cars and/or trucks by farmers who couldn't afford factory-made tractors. A few companies made conversion kits, most notably for the ubiquitous Model T Ford cars, but doodlebugs mostly were home-built. This one was built from a 1928 Chevy, with a rear axle from a heavy truck. Sometimes two transmissions were arranged one behind the other in order to attain low gear ratios and pulling power. Several fire trucks of various makes, ages, and levels of sophistication were present. Fearsome-looking 1976 Oshkosh dump truck 1917 Ford Model T fire truck This Mack left while I was there. When he took off down the road, the exhaust was obnoxiously loud and harsh. 1928 Chevrolet Pickup - 1928 was the last year for four-cylinder Chevrolets; the 196 cubic inch three-main-bearing six was introduced in 1929. This one still is a work in progress, but it's evident that they're doing a beautifully painstaking job. 1940 Chevrolet 1931 Ford Model A Dodge, about 1937, I believe Exceptionally sweet Chevy. This one caught my fancy. Dodge must not have sold a lot of these. I don't remember ever seeing one on the street, back in the day. Carefully restored 1949 Studebaker 1/2 ton pickup. This one has the cast iron flathead six-cylinder Champion engine. When one of those is properly tuned, you can sit at a stoplight and not be able to tell if it's still running. 'Nother 1940 Chevy Sporty-looking 1927 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup 1930 Ford Model A Pickup 1955 Studebaker 2-ton truck with a dump bed 1960 Studebaker 4 Wheel Drive half-ton pickup, formerly US Navy 1959 Studebaker V8 stake truck 1963 Studebaker with 212 cubic inch 2-cycle Detroit 4-53 Diesel Engine 1929 Ford Model AA stake truck. The Model AA was a heavy-duty version of the Model A. 1937 Terraplane pickup. There aren't many of these around. Terraplane was a brand of Hudson Motors. It sold at a lower price point than Hudson and was noted for being light and powerful and a good performer. I believe Terraplane's production ended with the 1939 model. Ford, about 1940 International Harvester Travelall I remember seeing these around, but I never saw one in Fairlane trim. Generally they were basic models used in delivery service. Robust-looking 1941 Ford 3/4 ton pickup 1924 REO Speedwagon fire truck. REO built a respected line of automobiles into the 1930s, too. Spiffy '54 Chevy half-ton needs a chrome windshield visor to match the period chrome headlight visors. Great engine! Good performer, reliable, easy to work on, standard across the Chevrolet car and truck line in the 1950s. Diamond T trucks used Hercules 6-cylinder engines and were known for power and ruggedness. By 1967 White Motor Company had acquired both Diamond T and REO and merged them into Diamond REO. The brand went out of existence altogether in the 1970s. 1965 International Harvester Carryall. 1929 Ford Model AA Going camping, sixties-style. 1965 Ford F250 Camper Special with a slick and shiny aluminum-skinned 1957 Airstream trailer. It didn't get any better. 1951 GMC half-ton pickup 1964 Chevelle El Camino 1941 Plymouth pickup - very similar to Dodge except for the badging 1948 Willys 4 Wheel Drive 1951 Ford half-ton pickup. Note that all the pickups smaller than 3/4-ton had short beds. Ford broke that barrier in 1954 by introducing a full 8-foot bed on a half-ton pickup. 1947 Dodge half-ton pickup 1941 International Harvester (semi tractor, I think) 1961 Willys 4 Wheel Drive pickup 1961 Willys and 1945 Dodge half-ton Express 1952 Dodge M-37 1973 GMC (left) and 1971 Chevy 1919 Ford Model TT, the heavy-duty truck version of the Model T. Apparently this one is driveable; it has a current Ohio historic vehicle plate. That must allow exemptions for minor safety features like doors on the cab. Spiffy 1951 Ford F-1 half-ton 100 horsepower flathead V8. Cast-iron flathead engines in good condition were very quiet. The mass of iron deadened sound, and they didn't have the noisy valve train of overhead-valve engines. Stylish 1937 Studebaker pickup Beast. 1955 Chevy 1-ton Suburban with NAPCO 4 wheel drive. The NAPCO option included a dual-range, shift-on-the-fly transfer case and could be factory ordered for about $995, or could be field-installed by a capable shop. Installation by an experienced mechanic required about 3 hours.

I say you need to show him a map and point out to him which state is Ohio.

Indianapolis has a great core, much better than it had become by the sixties-seventies. There's plenty of sprawl, though, especially going north into Hamilton County. Noblesville is on the verge of being engulfed by it. This is the World War Memorial, built in 1928 to honor those who served and died in the "War to end all wars." (WWI): If you go there, I urge you to go inside the Memorial. It's an Art Deco temple, virtually unaltered since its construction. Take the narrow stairway up to the memorial hall in the center of the building; it's a vast, imposing space and a stunning step back into history. Also, there's a tiny elevator that takes you to the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the Circle, for an interesting view. It may still be closed for renovation now.

Excellent photos.

As a retiree, I'm not idle but I can choose the day's projects, hours, etc. I'm always busy working on something, whether it's remodeling, yard work, window-washing, etc. In my working-for-pay life after I left the family farm (typically 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week), I worked a variety of shifts from regular daytime office hours to second- and third-shift factory and machine-shop hours. Genetically I think I'm hard-wired to be a night owl, late night to early morning. Daytime jobs were difficult because I always felt, and still feel, a strong need to sleep mid-afternoon. I never could get an employer to respect my nap time from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Second shift was difficult because I had to go to work just as my energy level was hitting bottom, and when I got off work at midnight on one small-town job, there wasn't any place open to find anything to eat or anything to do other than a couple of nasty redneck bars, one of them sometimes really dangerous. Third shift was just about perfect; I went to bed mid-afternoon just when the drowsies hit, got up and went to work just as I was getting up to speed, worked the whole shift at a high energy level, and had a few hours in the morning to take care of personal business and shopping when stores and government offices were open. My last job started out suit-and-tie, but by the time I retired, things had become a little more relaxed. I don't thing the official rules had changed, but they weren't being observed or enforced rigorously. Nobody wore jeans, sneakers or t-shirts, but business casual wasn't challenged. I usually wore nice slacks, leather lace-up shoes, and a buttoned, collared shirt. I got a lot of my office clothes from LL Bean, and always paid attention to having everything neat and pressed. I kept a couple of ties in my desk drawer just in case I had to work on something in one of the executive offices. Now, I make it a point to wear at least a dress shirt and tie when attending any sort of public meeting where I expect to try to interact with city officials. I think it gets people to pay more attention and take me seriously, whereas if I show up in jeans and a polo my dissenting opinion is more likely to get dismissed as that of an old crank. Considering the cost of legal services, I expect a high level of professionalism. T-shirt and jeans would cast that into doubt. If I showed up for an appointment with an attorney and found him in a t-shirt and jeans, I'd probably thank him for his time, apologize for bothering him, and leave.

The first photo of Pyongyang looks like a huge, austere, maximum-security prison.

Nice-looking community. I see they've kept quite a few functioning gaslights along the streets. In the 1970s across much of the US for whatever reason, electricity demand exceeded availability and there were rolling brownouts or blackouts in some places. I read an article then about South Orange and some other area towns that still had gas street lights and had rejected conversion to electric because of the better overall energy efficiency and the greater vulnerability of electric service.

Interesting tour; it looks more like a pretty livable place, with lots of variety and convenient rail access to the city.

Wonderful photo set! It really gives a comprehensive view of the city that I don't think would be possible to get on the ground without living there. Sharp, crisp photos in perfect light.

I second that.

The campus architecture and environment look decent but not particularly inspiring, but the downtown doesn't look all that bad, especially when compared with a lot of other towns that size that don't have college campuses. Did you happen to stop at Boalsburg, on the eastern edge of State College? A visit to the military museum there, especially the historic memorials to individual soldiers in the park, was a moving experience for me.

Looks clean and well-kept, with an attractive waterway and some good landmark buildings. That street reconstruction has to be very hard on those businesses.

It took me that long to clean off the top of my desk!

Nice, crisp, interesting photos and some excellent compositions.