All this week I’m sharing single-subject photo series I’ve made.
While I was married the first time, I broke a side-view mirror of my wife’s beloved Corolla coupe. Her aging sporty car’s bright red finish had gone chalky, so it didn’t make sense to buy a shiny new mirror. I called around to junkyards looking for a donor car, and only Wrecks, Inc., had one. When I got there, a gruff man behind a counter looked up the part in a book and grunted a price at me. When I accepted, a small, scruffy fellow appeared and led me to a beat-up little truck with no doors. “Get in,” he said, and we sped off. As the truck bounced its way through the yard, I clutched the dashboard just trying to stay inside the truck. Finally he found the car. He couldn’t figure out how to remove the mirror, but since I had just removed what was left of the one on my wife’s car I took his tools and did it myself. Then it was back to holding on for dear life as we drove back to the counter, where I paid for my prize.
Wrecks, Inc., went out of business several years ago, but its great sign still stands. It’s kind of a local landmark on old US 52 just northwest of Indianapolis. It used to light up at night in red and green neon, but today the tubes inside are broken and hanging loose.
The town of Whitestown has since annexed this land and plans to build a community campus here. I’m sure it’s a matter of time before the sign is removed. With any luck it will find its way into a private sign collection or perhaps to the American Sign Museum.
Palm Pre
Kodak Brownie No. 2 Model D, Kodak T-Max 400
Kodak EasyShare C613 Zoom
Pentax Spotmatic F, 35mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar, Kodak Ektar 100
Canon A2e, 50mm f/1.8 Canon EF, Fujicolor 200
Canon A2e, 50mm f/1.8 Canon EF, Fujicolor 200
Pentax H3, 55mm f/2 Super Takumar, Kodak Gold 200
Yashica-12, Kodak Tri-X 400
Kodak Baby Brownie, Efke 100
Miranda Sensorex II, 50mm f/1.8 Auto Miranda, Kodak Ektar 100
Canon PowerShot S95
Canon Canonet QL17 G-III, Agfa Vista 200
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor, Kodak 400 High Definition (x-2007)
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor, Kodak 400 High Definition (x-2007)
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor, Kodak 400 High Definition (x-2007)
Kodak No. 2 Brownie, Model F, Kodak Ektar 100
Kodak No. 2 Brownie, Model F, Kodak Ektar 100
Olympus XA2, Agfa Vista 200
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