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Took the son and granddaughter for a little tour of the town this afternoon. Since he had his camera with him we decided to make a stop in front of historic Founders Hall on the Athens State University campus, the following images captured the moments.

 

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19 hours ago, soth122003 said:

Nice! The color photos are nice, but that last black and white really makes it seem authentic.

 

Joe Lee

 

Another version of the B/W. Corrected the rectilinear distortion and added some sepia.

 

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27 minutes ago, CURT LEE said:

Looks like you were dropping Elwood P Dowd off at the sanitarium..... Bag of wooden nickels if'n you know the reference

 

I had to Google that one.................

 

Founders Hall has a rich history beginning before the Civil War. A beloved story about the building (might have some element of truth) is that the Madame of the girl's college in the building at the time stood on the balcony when the Union troops were ransacking our town and read a letter supposedly from Abraham Lincoln stating that the building was to be spared. Anyway, it worked and the building still looks much as it did 150 years ago.

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1 hour ago, CURT LEE said:

Looks like you were dropping Elwood P Dowd off at the sanitarium..... Bag of wooden nickels if'n you know the reference

Knew the answer but checked to be sure. It's one of my favorite movies.

 

Joe Lee

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12 hours ago, CURT LEE said:

Bag of wooden nickels if'n you know the reference

Yep, "Don't take any wooden nickles".

 

I often heard this expression as a boy in the 50-60s

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