Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Out Take: Vietnam Memorial

West Alexander, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Power and Water

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Monday, August 29, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: War Memorial

Ottawa, Ohio. Storefront memorial for those that have served. (click on image to enlarge)


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Counting

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Friday, August 26, 2011

Lost in the midwest: Architectural Detail 3

Ottawa, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Thursday, August 25, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Architectural Detail 2

Ottawa, Ohio. The W. W. Sutton 1888 building. Wonderful brick and stone work with attention to craft and detail. (click on image to enlarge)

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: IOOF Temple

Ottawa, Ohio. Ottawa is a village in and the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio. The population is a bit less than 4400. Located in the village are some of the finest architectural details to be found in the midwest. (click on image to enlarge)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Closing 4

Bentonville, Indiana. Another Indiana post office on the January closing list. (click on image to enlarge)


Saturday, August 20, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Paper "Windows"

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Friday, August 19, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Building Details

Greenville, Ohio. A once proud building now unused. (click on image to enlarge)


Thursday, August 18, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Midwest Words

Greenville, Ohio. Lease, rent, sale; as in for lease, for rent and for sale. These are the words that can be found everywhere in the Midwest. These are hard/bad times across the region. (click on image to enlarge)


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: OUPS

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: At Work on Sunday Morning

Greenville , Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)


Monday, August 15, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: A Rare Sighting

Greenvile, Ohio: With the many handheld devices-cell phone, I pads, Blackberries, etc.- land phones on the street are becoming rare. (click on image to enlarge)

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Indeed

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)



Friday, August 12, 2011

Lost in the Midwest: Storefronts

Greenville, Ohio. (click on image to enlarge)



Thursday, August 11, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Mail Boxes

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Rent To Own

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Stairs/Fence

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)


Monday, August 08, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Along Main Street

Cambridge City, Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)


Saturday, August 06, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: I.U.

Somewhere in rural Indiana. (click on image to enlarge)

Friday, August 05, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: No Service-Closed

Pershing/East Germantown, Indiana. Service stations were once just that. They provided service. Repaired/maintained vehicles and also sold fuel. Times gone by. Today service stations sell food-also a bit of fuel. Real service stations survived on repairs not fuel. Gone and forgotten times. (click on image to enlarge)

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 3

Pershing/East Germantown, Indiana. Third local post office to be closed in January. (click on image to enlarge)

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Along Main Street

Boston Indiana. In the foreground the "Old Time Holiness Church". (click on image to enlarge)

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 2

Boston, Indiana. The Boston Post Office will be closing in January, leaving only one open retail store in town. (click on image to enlarge)

Monday, August 01, 2011

Back Home in Indiana: Closing 1

Economy, Indiana. One of three local post offices selected to be closed next January. (click on image to enlarge)