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Category Archives: Bob Lawrence Photography

Bluff City Mill Fire

This appears to be the real thing; although, I may be wrong. This Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) depicts a night shot of the fire that devastated Bluff City Mills in July of 1946. The mill was partially rebuilt and finally gave up the ghost somewhere in the early 1990s.

I can’t find any references on the internet to Bluff City Photo Shop, but Frasher’s is well known in and around Pomona CA. The company went out of business circa 1955.

This card was purchased locally by a buddy of mine who has an eagle-sharp eye when it comes to local collectibles.

Sshhh! He May Have a Gun…

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Mass o’ Vandas

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These are on the side porch at a friend’s house.  Fine color for this orchid, an epiphyte whose name comes from the Sanskrit word for this flower, vanda.  Literal translation, I’m told, means “mistletoe” or, more generally, any parasitic plant.

Silks

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Graves of the Rebar

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Cold Day in Abingdon

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Jaunty Summer Accessory for a Manikin

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BLT

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That’s bacon, lattice and tomato on a multi-grain chiabatta roll.

School’s Out!

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Playing with Blocks

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Old Silo

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You don’t see a lot of these around.  It’s a wooden feed silo.  I have no guess of its age, but these tended to rot out over a period of time.  It’s located on the right on Highway 58 in Lee County VA, just a bit east of the junction of 58 and 421.

Makes Me Go “Huh?”

Long Time, No Fire

Southeast Kentucky.  This hydrant is on a water line supplying a large mining operation that folded its tents and slowly moved away in the mid-50s.

1950s Delta Kiddie Wings

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I don’t know why I always get the odd ones.  The standard for this late 1950’s Junior Stewardess pin, given out to young girls when they boarded a Delta plane, is at Fly the Branded Skies.  Look under “D” for Delta.  Mine, however, lacks the cardboard backing that came with every kiddie wings, the Delta logo is crooked and the back’s really crudely done.  No hallmark, either.  Bummer.

Yeller Cab

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I’m going to put this in a new card folder, but this is mostly how it looked when I bought it (for under $4).  My pencil notation is what I dug up on the web.

Grts, Pennington Gap

“Grts”, in post card lingo, often refers to a card with “Greetings from…” on the front.  The picture on the front of this card is some generic view of a river with a train steaming along it.  When I looked, the railroad in Pennington doesn’t get too close to the Powell River, anyway.  The overprint just ties it to Pennington, for tourism’s sake, you know.  I would date this card to the late 40s, early 50s.

Welcome Home

Town Creek

Downtown Abingdon VA.  The house behind the trees was for sale the day I was there.  Great location.  Price would probably make my eyes water.  Abingdon’s trendy these days.

Flea Market Find!

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I call it an “8-bit Dragon”.  Bamboo beads.  6.5 x 7″.
It’s a hot pad.  It’s called a trivet. In my vocabulary, a trivet is generally metal and has three legs.
A rose by any other name is a trivet.
I have two of them. Sigh.

Old Pals Out for a Walk

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