Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/03

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Subject: [Leica] The Round Barn
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:40:25 -0500
References: <CAJ4y7gzyM439dADiXRE=jD7SEuWzZBUF8mFxQbM3xJygL=8OUQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ4y7gwXOMjyF=6rXsKo6H5Zt5DXn1WNV5e5YjvT6z1=zvF+xQ@mail.gmail.com> <4A07E28C35004A3391137FDD3F19A391@jimnichols> <BLU139-DS15FCB3D8F52C227DA334B5B8E90@phx.gbl> <95FFE150F4B144EFA1130C06B5D81215@jimnichols>

Jim, at least here they soaked the wood in water to make it bendable.

--Bob

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Nice shots, Aram.  No, the ones in Franklin County, TN, in the 1950s had
> walls of planking, similar to the one that Bob posted, but sat flat on the
> ground like any other barn.  I could never figure out how they managed to
> bend all of those boards to fit a round frame.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at 
> hotmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Round Barn
>
>
>  You mean like this one by St. Johns in the Palouse country of SE
>> Washington?
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_**
>> barn-3137.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_barn-3137.jpg.html>
>>
>> It is being repaired and is a working barn.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_**
>> barn-3133.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_barn-3133.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_**
>> barn-3140.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_barn-3140.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_**
>> barn-3141.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_barn-3141.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_**
>> barn-3145.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/Jun09/PL/st_john_barn-3145.jpg.html>
>>
>> Aram
>>
>> ------------------------------**--------------------
>> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:49 PM
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Round Barn
>>
>>  Hey, yours is a fancy barn!  Ours were just "odd" barns, for farm use.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <
>>> robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 6:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Round Barn
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> About a quarter mile from Pops is the famous Round Barn on Route 66,
>>>> dating
>>>>
>>>>> back to the late 1800s:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Bob+Baron/W_**
>>>>> L3001949RoundBarn.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_L3001949RoundBarn.jpg.html>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> But wait, there's more:
>>>>
>>>> The downstairs is a gift shop and museum.  Upstairs you can have a get
>>>> together, event or reunion.....just no alcohol and no 'square' dancing:
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Bob+Baron/W_**
>>>> L3001962UpstairsRoundBarn.jpg.**html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_L3001962UpstairsRoundBarn.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> You can see the ceiling:
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/Bob+Baron/W_**
>>>> L3001961DomeRoundBarn.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_L3001961DomeRoundBarn.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> As you can see, we photograph it where we find it.
>>>>
>>>> --Bob
>>>>
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>>>
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