The Banana Wagon: 1943

Even Kodachrome shows the Houston summer sky as being white, not blue or gray. I've tried to explain this to people who've never lived there, and they find it hard to believe that it could be sunny and white-skied. My rejoinder is "Head there in August."

Does anyone have any other angles of this wonderful structure, since it no longer stands? I would love to try and model this structure. Thanks Pat

Can anyone comment on the odd 3rd floor window? It's as if some picture has been pasted in over the original.

[Covered with tin signs. - Dave]

I remember this place...and thought it was Houston for sure when I saw the mosaic street name and block number on the curb (far right). There are still several of these mosaic street markers left that haven't been destroyed by road construction.

1 word answer: Kodachrome

It seems to be all adornment and very little living space. That's the oddest Victorian I've ever seen.

These are scanned from 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparencies and then color-corrected. It's hard to do better than large-format Kodachromes taken by a professional photographer. Digital has yet to equal that combination.

Does anybody know why the color in these old photos looks so good?

I love the "painted" quality of the colors. Wish I could reproduce this effect in photoshop with my digital camera.

Now you're starting to post some of my personal favorites! I posted an article on FSA photography last summer, the subject never strays far from my heart! Thanks for a great site.

Here's what I had to say on the subject.

What a house- hasn't seen a coat of paint in years! Look at the attic window covered with an old sign.