- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Last Saturday, I had a FB message from a friend who knows I am into cameras, letting me know there was a large assortment of them at a yard sale. Being as it was my day off, and the siren call of old cameras is hard to resist, I hopped into the Jeep and went to see what was on offer. It was a gravel road ten minutes outside of town along the highway, which wound and split off frequently, but had sufficient signs to guide me to the location, and boy, what a location it was. Set a couple miles off from the highway in some woods, where a 120-foot trailer had existed but was no longer there. What was there was a veritable hoard of stuff, stuff of every kind, including a lot of cameras from a full cross-section of box cameras, medium format folders, small fixed-lens rangefinders and - oddly - only a few SLRs. Sadly, I live very near the coast and the moisture out here is a force to be reckoned with. All or nearly all of the stuff was covered in mold and the optics heavily affected by fungus. I did end up buying a small boxful, but I'm not sure at this point whether I'll be able to salvage anything working. I plan on cleaning up and posting some of the finds later. But I wanted to share the setting, because this place was truly bizarre. Photos follow.
R0000389 by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr
Old typewriters that have seen better days, raised from the ubiquitous mud by a few boards...
R0000387 by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr
What was once a living quarters, I guess, and a car which - hard to believe - once ran.
R0000386 by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr
I parked near this makeshift shelter. Is that... a pinball table?
R0000385 by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr
Part of the most centrally located series of shelters.
R0000423 by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr
Once again, the GR proves its ability to go anywhere and not attract a lot of attention...
Old typewriters that have seen better days, raised from the ubiquitous mud by a few boards...
What was once a living quarters, I guess, and a car which - hard to believe - once ran.
I parked near this makeshift shelter. Is that... a pinball table?
Part of the most centrally located series of shelters.
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Once again, the GR proves its ability to go anywhere and not attract a lot of attention...