Hi Chuck,
>From time to time, I get into genealogy. The son-in-law of my cousin, the
tall young lady in the front row, called me a few months ago and asked for
some help with family connections. This was one of the images that I
received in that exchange. Since our family never owned a camera, it had to
have been taken by my aunt, probably with a simple box camera. I did a
little clean-up work to add it to my collection.
Thanks for the kind words.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] A piece of history from Southern Illinois
> I'm impressed not only with the photo but that you could dig up a
> digital rendition in short order. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/13/2013 3:41 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> All of these guys are too young to recall the other benefit of the
>> covered
>> bridges. Even as late as the 1930s, when I was a lad, in the southern
>> USA,
>> many farm families made their way to town on Saturdays using a wagon
>> pulled
>> by horses or mules. They picked up supplies, visited with friends, and
>> made
>> the trek home in the late afternoon. When sudden rain showers came up,
>> the
>> covered bridge was a welcome place to wait for better weather.
>>
>> Here is a family photo from the 1930s, showing the bridge across James
>> Creek, on Darracott Road, in Monroe County Mississippi. I'm the young
>> guy
>> in front.
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4357
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] A piece of history from Southern Illinois
>>
>>
>>> Thanks, Mike and Chuck.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 13 Apr 2013, at 17:41, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Why were bridges built like that?
>>>> To protect the wooden structure of the bride from the elements. (as
>>>> someone has probably already pointed out :) )
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