[Leica] Grain Silo, Kingfisher

[Don Dory]

Grain silos are alive and well in the upper midwest.   If you follow the
tracks that shadow the Platte river in Nebraska you will find massive silos
about every ten miles to lure the grain farmer to sell locally.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:22 PM Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Here is another re-scan and image while trying to stay away from other
> people.  This is part of a large grain silo complex in Kingfisher,
> Oklahoma, or more accurately was a grain silo complex.  The story as
> told to me was that the owner had moved all the machinery to Cuba in the
> late 1940's and early 1950's, thinking there was a better future grain
> market there than in Oklahoma.  I imagine we've all done something like
> that at one time or another though maybe not on the same scale.  This
> was Kodak 8x10  TMax 100 developed in PMK Pyro, and a Kodak MasterView
> field camera with a 305mm Wollensak lens.  I finally sold all of my film
> gear last year, and the MasterView outfit brought 3X more than I paid
> for it.  It was just sitting on a shelf but I still hated to let it go.
>
> Ken
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/2020-12-24-0001.jpg.html
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