Barriger Library Photos................

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Bruce and I have added location notes to a quite a few of these photographs. 
Look in the comment section of each photo.

Jeff Hawkins



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Subject: Re: Barriger Library Photos................



> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Jim wrote:

>

>> The Barringer photos are great, but I don't see any information as to 

>> location/date.  Am I missing something or if not would any of our 

>> historians be willing to apply their knowledge to provide some of this 

>> information?  I see markings indicating there may be as many as 140 of 

>> these shots and I for one would really appreciate the where/when and any 

>> other pertinent stuff.

>

> Anyone with a Yahoo account has access to the Flickr photostream and

> can add comments. Log into Yahoo or click the "Log in" link at the top

> of the page. Once logged in, you can add comments to any photo. There

> are already several of us who have been adding information to photos,

> mainly in the Virginian set. Most all of the photos are reversed, but

> the Barriger folks have been keeping tabs and are flipping images.

> Some locations are easy to pick out even in the reversed image, others

> take downloading the file, flipping it horizontally, then examining it

> to find clues.

>

> For those who do comment, please add the location (including state)

> and the direction of the view (east, west, timetable north, etc.) and

> as much detail as possible (I've reviewed some of my posts to add

> more). If there is already information for a picture, if you can add

> to it (or make a correction), please do so.

>

> According to the St. Louis Mercantile Library, Barriger had 15,000

> negatives in his collection, most taken on various inspection trips he

> took in his various railroad roles. Those that were on nitrate film

> have been copied so the image is preserved. It seems to be a

> collection one has to keep checking as the folks in that special

> collections department keep adding more and more.

>

> Bruce in snowbound Blacksburg

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