Caverns, caves, phone booths and breasts

<p><a href="http://westfordcomp.com/foundfilm/bullseye620may2013/cavernsandcaves.html">A found film.</a></p>

<p>Some fun stuff, Gene. Thanks for sharing. My first car was a '69 and I was born in the 60's, but my family was never cool enough to wear sunglasses.</p>

<p>Gene -<br>

You are slowly, but surely, becoming a national treasure. Your captions are priceless.</p>

<p>Agree with Mr. Edwards! Women don't seem to have pointy breasts anymore, it's a wonder that they didn't take our eyes out.<br>

Perms and pant suits, those were the days, and those sunny's....well I bet they would be tres cool these days.<br>

I love the way that one roll of film took care of all the holiday snaps back in the day. Back in the sixties my sister captured Israel and numerous European countries on one roll 20exp. 126 Kodachrome...one had to consider each shot very carefully.</p>

Hey! Caverns still get a lot of tourists!

 

We've been to Luray Caverns, Shenandoah Caverns, Skyline Caverns, and Endless Caverns- all in the last year. Bumper Stickers are not as popular as the used to be..

<p>I am sure the battlefield is Gettysburg. I was just there last year. You don't get bumper stickers for free anymore--have to pay for them in the gift shop. Kudos Gene for your continued good work.</p>

<p>Hilarious captions. I turned to the right while writing this post.</p>

<p>Bumper Stickers - I remember as a kid making a family trip down the I-75 corridor in Dad's new 1968 Country Squire. We got stickered in the parking lots of Ruby Falls, Underground Lake, etc., etc. and Dad was really not happy about it. Those stickers on hard-chrome bumpers were almost impossible to remove - I know, because removing them was my job. Todays cars with painted plastic bumpers would be seriously damaged by the stickers, so they don't do it anymore. Bumper Stickers, like pointy breasts, had their day. </p>

<p>I believe that statue is either Vicksburg or Gettysburg, I went to both last year but am having a brain falling out at the moment.</p>

<p>I'm not really into this sort of thing(s), but the sun glasses, purse and shoes are to die for. Right out of an Ed Woods movie. I wonder who took the shot of them together?</p>

<p>The 6th photo (seated woman with background mountains) reminds me of the Stony Man overlook on Skyline Drive, eg, http://i1.wp.com/www.singleparentadventurist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DSCN3228.jpg?resize=300%2C225</p>

<p>...but it's not quite right. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Tom</p>

<p>Gene's comments really made this a fun road trip.</p>

<p>Very nostalgic post.</p>

<p>I am glad I missed the caves and caverns era. My car could do without any bumper stickrers. Thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane.</p>

 

<p>Hilarious...The only bumper sticker I've ever had said "Eat more Wool"... But we are a farming community with an odd sense of humour. Personally, I've no objection to pointy breasts, in the least; it was just the pointy bras I hated...Thanks <strong>Gene</strong>, as ever.</p>

<p>Good question as to where.. considering the bumper staickers; all of these are along the Shenandoah range in Virginia as is Skyline drive. Vicksburg is on the Mississippi so at a stretch this could be Gettyburg but I doubt it. I suspect it's something Virginia based so Jackson's valley campaign with different battles at a few keypoionts ( no pun intended ) , or Spotsylvania/ Wilderness. . I will look at the photos again though!!</p>

<p>My very first job was wiring the bumper tags on every car that came into the parking lot of the Desert of Maine. I got to be an expert on the year and model of cars. Some cars were a nightmare to get the wire around the entire bumper. I had a special dislike for the 56 Oldsmobile.</p>

<p>Nice work again Gene. I'm still amazed that anything can be salvaged from film that has sat around in a camera for so long</p>

<p>BTW, it's not Vicksburg, I don't think. I was just there last year. This is the statue of Grant at Vicksburg. It's the only one similar to the one on Gene's film that I can remember.</p><div></div>

<p>Roger, we visited the desert 3 years ago ... sniff ... sniff ... no bumper sticker! Traffic jam tho for people turning off for LL Bean in Freeport.</p>

<p>That 1960 Chev looks like it should be cruising at 20,000 feet.<br>

The monument is at Gettysburg:<br>

http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Individuals/Hancock.php</p>

<p>I was just there this afternoon, but now people just take pictures with their arms out in front of them. The missus is behind.</p>

<p>The captions are great and the pictures "redolent of times past" or is it passed?</p>

<p>Will people in the future find old CF cards and recover the degraded or enhanced images, I wonder?</p><div></div>

Skyline Caverns, with the M9 and 35/1.2, ISO 1250.<div></div>

In case you go, the most striking monument at Gettysburg is the North Carolina memorial. It isn't classical like the others, and staggers you.

<p>Borglum (of Mt. Rushmore fame) did the NC monument. It's later than some of the others (1929).<br>

I confess that when I saw it I was reminded of the Socialist Realist style still current in North Korea--it's certainly "heroic materialist", at least.</p><div></div>

<p>I was confused about some of the comments here because the first 4 pictures are part of a single JPEG file that would not display on my iPad. As far as I could tell, the first image was of the pointy breasts....</p>