This is a continuation of my iPhone photography in Indiana Antique Stores in October, 2020.
Pile of Cameras, iPhone Photos
I think the camera in the middle is an Argus brand. I had an Argus C3 that I acquired, when I was in high school. I do not know what happened to that camera.
There are always lots of old jars, bottles, dishes and glassware in the antique malls. Sometimes the displays make interesting photograph subjects, sometimes not.
Old Glasses, Monochrome, iPhone PhotoAn antique lard bucket, iPhone Photo
Lard was a common cooking item up until not so many years ago and I suppose some people may still use it. It was a common item in my childhood home.
Mild and Satisfying?, iPhone PhotoOld Scythes and Hand Saw, iPhone Photo
One of those tools looks out of place. I even have a rusting Sears Craftsman handsaw in my garage, that I’ve not used for many years. It does not have the carvings on the wood handle that this older one has.
Antique Bottles, iPhone Photo
More bottles and jars.
Antique Jars, iPhone PhotoAn old Automobile Service Station Jar, iPhone Photo
Was this bottle used to contain gasoline or motor oil?
Old Blue Jars, iPhone PhotoAntique Wood Spoke Ford Automobile Wheel, iPhone Photo
This wheel was still attached to an old automobile or truck in the backyard of an antique store in a Indiana small town. The blue bottles in the photo above the wheel photo were in the same outdoor space near the automobile.
During our September, 2019 visit to Liberty, Kentucky, we stayed in a VRBO rental near Russel Springs, Kentucky and the Cumberland Lake. The rental was in the country about a 45 minute drive via country roads to Liberty. Nearly each day, we drove by an interesting looking country antique place. What initially caught my eye was an old, rusty Ford pickup truck out front with the sign “Sue’s” on it.
Sue’s Ford Truck iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Truck and Driver iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s loaded truck iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Late one day on our way past, I decided to stop to get an iPhone shot of the old truck. It was just after hours for the antique place, but the owner, Sue, saw us and came out to chat with us. She actually opened a couple of the small store units and let us look around.
Sue’s Place iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Barbara bought a small item that she liked and I browsed around, mostly outside, shooting interesting objects around her stores.
Sue’s Place Signs. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Place iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Place Signs iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Place Signs iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Place A&P Sign iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Sue even told me to check her yard decor at her house next door to the antique stores and invited Barbara into her house to look at her antiques.
iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Sue had interesting yard decor with a definite country flair.
Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Sue had numerous old grinding wheels and grist mill wheels. These must have been a real chore to move around.
Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
There is something very appealing, nostalgic and comforting about country yard decor such as Sue’s.
Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.Sue’s Yard Decor. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
As I was browsing around Sue’s yard, her husband, a retired school bus driver, arrived after doing some tractor work for someone. We chatted about the old truck, which he had wanted to paint, but Sue did not want the truck painted, which I think is fortunate, as it looks quite appealing in its current rusty state. Sue’s husband showed me a photograph of an old automobile in a pasture, which he was acquiring from someone he knew. He said he would paint that old car, since he was forbidden to paint the old truck.
Before we got away, I was fortunate to get a sunset shot, although it is only via my iPhone, which does not handle the high light contrast very well.
iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
Sue’s husband also had put small lights in the old truck’s headlight holes, so I got a shot of the truck with the light on at sunset.
Sue’s Truck at Night. iPhone photograph with edits in Adobe Lightroom and DxO Nik modules.
It is always amazing to me how friendly our country people are and it is always a pleasant surprise to meet people like Sue and her husband.
