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This abandoned 1950's mail truck is just off the May Creek trail, between Newcastle and Renton. According to local geocachers, the van is a 1955-57 Fageol/Dodge C-3-C6 Postal Van. It was apparently painted with marking explaining the Zip code system in the 1960's. Thanks for looking, and as always, feel free to comment!

Recently, I came across these photos from the Alternate Processes class I took at CWU. These were taken using a 4x5 view camera (owned by the university) and printed using the Cyanotype and Van Dyke processes. They were taken at Olmstead Place State Park, between Ellensburg and Kittitas Washington, which is a preserved pioneer farm. The prints are hand coated on watercolor paper. Both processes use contact printing and are only sensitive to UV light. Because these prints use contact printing, the print sizes are limited to the size of the negatives, so either a large format negative or an internegative (I have some larger photos printed using "digital" negatives) must be used. This is some of the old farm equipment on display at the farm. The farm is a living history museum, and they do demonstrations of old time farming, however, this equipment is a static display. This photo is printed using the Cyanotype process. This is a old one room school that was moved to the fa

As I mentioned in my previous post on the subject, I brought the Lomographic Fisheye down with me. The view from where the other photos were taken. This is about 20-30ft above the river level. The view of the mine cart location from the water level. A view back up the hill, the final stage of the path is narrow and steep. There are some aids to getting down, "steps" have been created. This is the view to the south, the cliff face to the right is where the fern is growing. The river to the north. Thanks for looking, and as always, feel free to comment!