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WILLY EMBRACES THE TRASH, CORNER OF FIFTH AND WOOD
It was inevitable that, once I'd procured myself a cheap, used camera, Willy Blanefield III would...
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THE BACKSIDE OF OLD INDUSTRY
A professorially gentleman strides across a new plaza, a bright cement clearing lined by the...
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NOT MOVING, MARKET SQUARE
The early eighties saw the advent of an embarrassing campaign to motivate public spirit....
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WALKING, SMITHFIELD AND SIXTH
I always saw Smithfield Street as a scythe, cutting west to east through the chaff of downtown's...
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A CURBSIDE PAUSE, MARKET SQUARE
Market Square was one of The Manchester Pals' classic rendezous points downtown. Wherever we found...
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TINY SISTERS, MARKET SQUARE
Two elderly, white-haired sisters stand waiting for the bus in Market Square, their diminutive...
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LOVE & LUST ON LIBERTY AVENUE
“To buy flowers for your sweetheart, or to buy a moment of desire?” the signs seem to be asking,...
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SAXOPHONE PLAYER, MCRORYS FIVE & DIME, FORBES AVENUE
One of the regular, noontime street musicians, outside the venerable old Mcrorys five and dime on...
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Old Southern Pacific Terminal buildings, Martinez, California, 1982
Sacramento provided both showers and a camera store, and more drinks than were good for Helmut. I...
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Cows and housing project, Sacramento, California, 1982
Just as we crossed into Sacramento County this modern housing development suddenly appeared, all the...
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Telephone pole and barn, Northern California, 1982
A final attempt at capturing motion, before we reached the Sacramento County line. I had used nine...
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Loaf-shaped barn, Northern California, 1982
Here I spotted a rusted metal barn, bordered by trees. Shaped like an airplane hangar, it reminded...
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Solitary homestead, Northern California, 1982
“They've got their TV alright, can't miss the old Hill Street Blues!” declared Helmut, as we passed...
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Time-worn barns, just north of Sacramento, California, 1982
As we hit a stretch of tilled farmlands, nearing Sacramento, our train was quickly picking up speed....
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Sparse fields, near Chico, California, 1982
The terrain soon became quite monochromatic, a tableau of browns, the fields looking more and more...
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Tree-dotted hills, Northern California, 1982
The further south we went, the fewer and fewer were the trees. Soon the hills became brown mounds,...
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Wide valley vista, Northern California, 1982
The sparse, brown grass stretches to meet hills thickly covered with short conifers, a forested...
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