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<blockquote data-quote="agentlossing" data-source="post: 397835" data-attributes="member: 8665"><p>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.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2k5ARyp">[ATTACH=full]240134[/ATTACH]R0000389</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/">Andrew Lossing</a>, on Flickr</p><p>Old typewriters that have seen better days, raised from the ubiquitous mud by a few boards...</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2k5Fh4c">[ATTACH=full]240135[/ATTACH]R0000387</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/">Andrew Lossing</a>, on Flickr</p><p>What was once a living quarters, I guess, and a car which - hard to believe - once ran.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2k5FguS">[ATTACH=full]240136[/ATTACH]R0000386</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/">Andrew Lossing</a>, on Flickr</p><p>I parked near this makeshift shelter. Is that... a pinball table?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2k5AR2H">[ATTACH=full]240137[/ATTACH]R0000385</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/">Andrew Lossing</a>, on Flickr</p><p>Part of the most centrally located series of shelters.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240055[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240056[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240058[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240064[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240083[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240084[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240098[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240099[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240104[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240113[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2k5Fg1L">[ATTACH=full]240138[/ATTACH]R0000423</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/">Andrew Lossing</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Once again, the GR proves its ability to go anywhere and not attract a lot of attention...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agentlossing, post: 397835, member: 8665"] 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. [url=https://flic.kr/p/2k5ARyp][attach=full]240134[/attach]R0000389[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/]Andrew Lossing[/url], on Flickr Old typewriters that have seen better days, raised from the ubiquitous mud by a few boards... [url=https://flic.kr/p/2k5Fh4c][attach=full]240135[/attach]R0000387[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/]Andrew Lossing[/url], on Flickr What was once a living quarters, I guess, and a car which - hard to believe - once ran. [url=https://flic.kr/p/2k5FguS][attach=full]240136[/attach]R0000386[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/]Andrew Lossing[/url], on Flickr I parked near this makeshift shelter. Is that... a pinball table? [url=https://flic.kr/p/2k5AR2H][attach=full]240137[/attach]R0000385[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/]Andrew Lossing[/url], on Flickr Part of the most centrally located series of shelters. [ATTACH type="full"]240055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240064[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240084[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240098[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240099[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240104[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]240113[/ATTACH] [url=https://flic.kr/p/2k5Fg1L][attach=full]240138[/attach]R0000423[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/125723715@N03/]Andrew Lossing[/url], on Flickr Once again, the GR proves its ability to go anywhere and not attract a lot of attention... [/QUOTE]
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