tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post1764946879137200858..comments2024-03-24T15:23:47.503-05:00Comments on Joe Herring Jr.: Contest Answer: here's where the photo was taken.Joe Herringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05415079505193654859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-91751302131352593992014-03-17T09:27:30.171-05:002014-03-17T09:27:30.171-05:00Wow, I see the Feed Store & train tracks. I r...Wow, I see the Feed Store & train tracks. I remember when I was young, & we would park behind Schreiner's; we just took those old un-used train tracks for granted. I would often hang out at that Feed Store w/ Jasper Henderson, who worked there, while waiting for Mom to get off work at the Hospital, which I guess replaced the Hotel you are referring to. This Feed Store really brings back some memories about Kerrville, while I was growing up!!<br /><br />V Karen Kilgore-HowardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-25777293215556106422012-05-04T17:47:32.496-05:002012-05-04T17:47:32.496-05:00Joe, do you have a date on the aerial photograph? ...Joe, do you have a date on the aerial photograph? I figure it can't be any earlier than mid-1926 since the Arcadia is visible and complete.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343225646536272868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-60341788667876278962012-05-04T13:13:35.731-05:002012-05-04T13:13:35.731-05:00Well, it's hard to say. I think you might be ...Well, it's hard to say. I think you might be right, with the sun in the boy's face. This shot was probably taken in the morning. But there's a chance it was taken mid-morning. I thought the hills behind the boy looked like the hills around Trinity Baptist Church and Hilltop Village, but I could be wrong. I agree about the chimney behind the boy.<br />I've found a reference in an old Kerrville Mountain Sun about Mrs. Morris "opening up the roof garden" at the St. Charles. But I don't have a definite spot where this "roof garden" might have been on the building (other than at the top!).Joe Herringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415079505193654859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-60827805263362585932012-05-04T12:03:39.965-05:002012-05-04T12:03:39.965-05:00Joe, I disagree about the orientation of the pic w...Joe, I disagree about the orientation of the pic with the young man. I believe his back is toward Water, though not quite at the front of the front of the hotel. I base that on the shadows, the wires and light fixture over his head, and the floor patterns compared with the other two pics, as well as what looks like the meadows across the river behind him. I believe him to be standing to the left of where the photographer was in the original pic of the stern woman. We know that she and the young woman have their backs to Sidney Baker and if I'm right, the shadows are consistent with a morning photo-shoot, probably in the spring. It's still hard to precisely place the observation deck in relation to the rest of the hotel roof but you can see one of the chimneys at the young mans left elbow. I can only guess the young woman climbed over the wall behind him to pose there, rather than a more remote part of the roof. If so, this is probably all taking place at the eastern or central part of the roof where trees obscure the exact location of this deck in the aerial shot and because the orientation of the Pampell's roof also argues against the south-west corner.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101851207004704252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-80303829620409276062012-05-04T10:06:31.994-05:002012-05-04T10:06:31.994-05:00The second photo is an excellent view of the hotel...The second photo is an excellent view of the hotel.<br /><br />How strange it looks to see Sidney Baker come to an end and not continue over the river.<br /><br />I love old photos like these.<br /><br />Thanks Joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9185899036941198756.post-30899232953100351932012-05-04T10:01:47.188-05:002012-05-04T10:01:47.188-05:00Hi Joe,
Did anyone guess correctly?Hi Joe,<br /><br />Did anyone guess correctly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com