Post by dave on May 14, 2014 22:00:24 GMT -5
I've copied a few photos from glass negatives on Shorpy's and they have a terrific degree of resolution. I've used them in "Around Town - Utica Before We Got Here" on Facebook and the MoreStories Forum.
Probably the best way to show it is to first mount the original overall photo and then show the enlargements of pieces of the scene.
Here's the original shot of the tall City National Bank at the outlet of Catherine Street on to Genesee.
It's amazing how the fine crystals of emulsion on glass negatives allow enlargements with such detail.
Here's a long shot ... you can see the foreshortening ... with businessmen on the sidewalk, a wagon and various signs. Can you find this scene in the photo above?
You can almost read the inscriptions on the windows in this shot of a building on Catherine and Genesee Streets across from the Long Block. You should find this easily in the top photo.
The sign in the foreground says furs, but the wording on the awning says Undertakers.
Below, a really nice shot of the Hump Bridge over the Erie Canal, built specifically for the trolleys because of their weight. Pedestrians, bicyclists and motor cars used the side lanes. This is one of the few photos showing the height of the hump, which allowed engineers to add bracing in the form of an arch. The original canal bridge on Genesee Street was flat, but the trolleys began to do damage to it and the state closed the bridge for safety reasons. For a few years before the Hump Bridge was built to satisfy the state, travelers arriving at Utica's Union Station who were headed up Genesee Street or to the Busy Corner and over to the hotels took a trolley to the north side of the bridge. They got off and walked across and caught a second trolley to their destination. With trolleys and hacks waiting on the south side a tremendous traffic problem resulted, spurring Utica government toward the Hump Bridge solution.
If you look carefully in the above scene you'll see part of Grace Church's steeple, the recognizable building on the Busy Corner's southwest corner, the Devereux Bullding and Franklin Square and, of course, City Hall.
Outside the Utica Home Furnishing Company.
The full presentation of "Around Town - Utica Before We Got Here" is unfolding now at the following two locations:
On Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/DaveBrotherJesse
and on the MoreStories and Utica History Forum at:
morestories.proboards.com
Click on this icon: and then select "Around Town."
Probably the best way to show it is to first mount the original overall photo and then show the enlargements of pieces of the scene.
Here's the original shot of the tall City National Bank at the outlet of Catherine Street on to Genesee.
It's amazing how the fine crystals of emulsion on glass negatives allow enlargements with such detail.
Here's a long shot ... you can see the foreshortening ... with businessmen on the sidewalk, a wagon and various signs. Can you find this scene in the photo above?
You can almost read the inscriptions on the windows in this shot of a building on Catherine and Genesee Streets across from the Long Block. You should find this easily in the top photo.
The sign in the foreground says furs, but the wording on the awning says Undertakers.
Below, a really nice shot of the Hump Bridge over the Erie Canal, built specifically for the trolleys because of their weight. Pedestrians, bicyclists and motor cars used the side lanes. This is one of the few photos showing the height of the hump, which allowed engineers to add bracing in the form of an arch. The original canal bridge on Genesee Street was flat, but the trolleys began to do damage to it and the state closed the bridge for safety reasons. For a few years before the Hump Bridge was built to satisfy the state, travelers arriving at Utica's Union Station who were headed up Genesee Street or to the Busy Corner and over to the hotels took a trolley to the north side of the bridge. They got off and walked across and caught a second trolley to their destination. With trolleys and hacks waiting on the south side a tremendous traffic problem resulted, spurring Utica government toward the Hump Bridge solution.
If you look carefully in the above scene you'll see part of Grace Church's steeple, the recognizable building on the Busy Corner's southwest corner, the Devereux Bullding and Franklin Square and, of course, City Hall.
Outside the Utica Home Furnishing Company.
The full presentation of "Around Town - Utica Before We Got Here" is unfolding now at the following two locations:
On Facebook at:
www.facebook.com/DaveBrotherJesse
and on the MoreStories and Utica History Forum at:
morestories.proboards.com
Click on this icon: and then select "Around Town."
