Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you from 70 years ago at the Sacred Heart Church of Warrensburg.

That's all the Christmas negatives I have from the Simmons Studio collection, so for your additional viewing enjoyment, here's a blurry picture of the inside of a church.

From the choir's point of view.

Those are not bullet holes in the walls - the negative is deteriorating.  Why some and not others is a mystery to me.

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Please watch and share this video of our dog, Old Drum's famous trial by NY Times
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Happy Halloween

I found this series of pictures in the "Unknown Schools" section of the Simmon's Studio collection of negatives.  I thought about waiting until next Halloween to publish this but who knows what a year will bring. Eat desserts first and publish cool pictures when you find them.

If you think you might recognize any of these kids, here's another look at them without their masks.

Do you recognize any of these kids, or their teacher, or the school?  If so let me know in the comments.

I may as well throw this Halloween decoration picture in. No extra charge.

When Trick Photography Goes Horribly Wrong

I think the photographer double exposed this negative to make it look like this was an open-air structure with only a cloudy sky for a roof.  It's a mystery to me how, and why, he did this.  Another mystery to me is how Lisa Irle was able to recognize this building.

She got her first clue when I showed her the picture of this kitchen.

"It looks like the kitchen in one of the buildings at Knob Noster State Park," she said.  

Then I showed her the double exposed picture. She went immediately to her copy of the First Annual Photo News Edition of The Star-Journal, June, 1939 and opened it to this page.

There it is! The right hand page right in the middle. Do you see it.  It's the same fireplace, the same support beams along the ceiling.

That woman really knows her reference collection.