The Burg Tomb
Posted in Statuary of the Week on December 9, 2009 by owl76
Oh fair lady Burg,
Why perch there so glum?
“For my thumb is a pinkie,
and my pinkie’s a thumb.”
Burg family tomb, Lancaster Cemetery
Subterranean Recovery Crew
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2009 by lancasterbuildingconservancy
Backyard garden excavations, 2008-2009. Those are spring onions growing out of G.I. Joe, and the hotwheels car fittingly (but inexplicably) reads “Subterranean Recovery Crew.” Ink on mylar.
Formstone Follies
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2009 by lancasterbuildingconservancy
A little hazy on the concept of a keystone....
P.J. Bar: The B-Sides
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2009 by owl76We Are Lancaster just posted a photo essay I took in downtown Lancaster’s P.J. Bar, and a few shots were left over. So here are some bonus tracks. Please check out the main gallery here.
Lick with Dick
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2009 by owl76
Via the wonderful Life photo archive hosted by Google.
Children of the Shrubbery II
Posted in Shoebox of History with tags Nathan Reist on August 5, 2009 by owl76
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Children of the Shrubbery, aka Where’s Creepy Waldo?
Posted in Shoebox of History with tags Nathan Reist on July 29, 2009 by owl76Nathan Reist was an amateur photographer and school teacher in Lititz, PA around the turn of the twentieth century. His archives now reside in a shoebox on the bottom shelf of the bookcase in the shop area of the Lancaster County Historical Society. They are on sale for a dollar a print. A closer look reveals that he was a creepy amateur photographer and school teacher.
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