Glass Negatives from Early 1890's to Late 1900's

Dillan_K wrote in post #19343581
This is an extremely interesting thread! Thank you for posting these photographs, Inspeqtor!

Dillan,

So glad you found this thread and also happy you are enjoying looking at these glass negatives. I bet Albert never thought anyone would be enjoying his photos 100+ years after he took these!!!

You are very welcome Dillan!!

OhLook wrote in post #19343588
Charles, have you tried to find locations for any shots after the historic Florida fort? The aerial photo has small islands, and the long buildings in lower left could be related to industry, agriculture, or fishing. Then the racially mixed crowd in the balloon photo shows that even as early as about 1900, in that location, blacks and whites seemed comfortable standing close together. Possibly the Louisiana coast?

No I have not. I would not for sure know how to go about finding an island It was not until this week I knew what Fort the one picture was taken in. When I first saw that photo I was not thinking a fort but not sure where it might have been.

OhLook wrote in post #19343588
Charles, have you tried to find locations for any shots after the historic Florida fort? The aerial photo has small islands, and the long buildings in lower left could be related to industry, agriculture, or fishing. Then the racially mixed crowd in the balloon photo shows that even as early as about 1900, in that location, blacks and whites seemed comfortable standing close together. Possibly the Louisiana coast?

That bottom corner had me thinking too. The far left looks like what could be row houses or maybe apartments. It looks like there is sidewalk going around them. Above that looks like a possible a farm house and the long buildings housing may be for livestock or poultry. It looks to be completely fenced around the perimeter with dirt and grass areas. This is what I find so fascinating about all these images. This could be anywhere and we have no idea what if anything remains.

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Dave3222 wrote in post #19343724
Above that looks like a possible a farm house and the long buildings housing may be for livestock or poultry. It looks to be completely fenced around the perimeter with dirt and grass areas.

Interesting idea. If that's a farmhouse, it's pretty big for one family. Allow me to give another version. The whole property could be a vocational school. Offices and classrooms in the main building, maybe housing for staff or students there too. Practical training in the long buildings, say a fish hatchery (we're near the water) or barns or food processing. The large dark area might be an athletic field; possibly it's an out-of-season garden plot to make the institution more self-sufficient, but it's a strange shape for that. The buildings at the very bottom may or may not be part of the same complex. These speculations are worth exactly what you paid for them.

Dave3222 wrote in post #19343724
That bottom corner had me thinking too. The far left looks like what could be row houses or maybe apartments. It looks like there is sidewalk going around them. Above that looks like a possible a farm house and the long buildings housing may be for livestock or poultry. It looks to be completely fenced around the perimeter with dirt and grass areas. This is what I find so fascinating about all these images. This could be anywhere and we have no idea what if anything remains.

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That is from Scan 14-b!! Good work on your part Dave!!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19343795
That is from Scan 14-b!! Good work on your part Dave!!

The photos you have been posting are just incredible. Each photo is more interesting than the one before. I can honestly say that I have gone back so many time looking at these photos trying to find something that gives away where it was taken or some thing hidden in the shadows. Such an awesome collection of images.

OhLook wrote in post #19343777
Interesting idea. If that's a farmhouse, it's pretty big for one family. Allow me to give another version. The whole property could be a vocational school. Offices and classrooms in the main building, maybe housing for staff or students there too. Practical training in the long buildings, say a fish hatchery (we're near the water) or barns or food processing. The large dark area might be an athletic field; possibly it's an out-of-season garden plot to make the institution more self-sufficient, but it's a strange shape for that. The buildings at the very bottom may or may not be part of the same complex. These speculations are worth exactly what you paid for them.

You could be right. I was thinking it might be a military academy like West Point because of the layout and being adjacent to water but the long buildings resemble the livestock buildings here in the Midwest. I just guessing of course but it seems like it was a prominent enough of a location for this photo to have been taken,

Dave3222 wrote in post #19343824
The photos you have been posting are just incredible. Each photo is more interesting than the one before. I can honestly say that I have gone back so many time looking at these photos trying to find something that gives away where it was taken or some thing hidden in the shadows. Such an awesome collection of images.

I am THRILLED to hear that you have really enjoyed my collection of pictures!! WOW! Just WOW!!

Dave3222 wrote in post #19343825
I was thinking it might be a military academy like West Point because of the layout and being adjacent to water but the long buildings resemble the livestock buildings here in the Midwest.

If hoofstock, wouldn't a pasture be nearby?

Packing sheds on large California farms look something like that, too, except for the solid walls.

OhLook wrote in post #19343845
If hoofstock, wouldn't a pasture be nearby?

I could imagine they would truck in feed etc for that
Not necessary to have it 'at hand'

OhLook wrote in post #19343845
If hoofstock, wouldn't a pasture be nearby?

Packing sheds on large California farms look something like that, too, except for the solid walls.

hoofstock and packing sheds? These are both new terms to this city boy....

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19343937
hoofstock and packing sheds? These are both new terms to this city boy....

Hoofstock: a collective word for animals that walk on hoofs, like horses, cows, goats. In reading about zoos, you might see the term used for giraffes, antelopes, everything that has hoofs.

A packing shed is a structure in a farm or orchard, often just a roof provided for shade and supported by timbers, with long wooden tables built into the sides. During harvest, workers stand at the tables and pack fresh produce (or flowers or whatever) into boxes to be trucked away. That's the simple kind I've seen from roads that go past fields. There are also more-elaborate buildings for the same purpose: Packing house.

OhLook wrote in post #19343845
If hoofstock, wouldn't a pasture be nearby?

Packing sheds on large California farms look something like that, too, except for the solid walls.

Maybe it's out of frame of the photo. I really don't know what I'm looking at honestly. There's nothing here that points to anything definitive. Too bad there isn't some signage or a prominent geographical feature that would help disclose the location.

Dave3222 wrote in post #19344040
Maybe it's out of frame of the photo. I really don't know what I'm looking at honestly. There's nothing here that points to anything definitive. Too bad there isn't some signage or a prominent geographical feature that would help disclose the location.

A map including those islands would nail it. However, the coastline has probably been changed by storms, rising sea level, fill or other development, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19343329
Thank you Richard!

I was not sure a hot air balloon would be stable enough depending on how windy it was on THAT day!

What would make a balloon unstable?
How fast does an untethered balloon fly?