Over the course of the last couple years, I have been restoring hundreds, yes hundreds, of antique photos from the ranch (and pre-ranch, meaning pre-1910). Some have been prints, and some have been in negative formats no longer used. Those, I have had to photograph on a light table, then invert and manipulate.
There have been some amazing photos among them. Photos which even if they had no family meaning - or history that we knew of - would be enchanting just to look at. That we have the history, or can look at the same landscape now and see the effects of time and "progress", is absolutely amazing.
There have been some amazing photos among them. Photos which even if they had no family meaning - or history that we knew of - would be enchanting just to look at. That we have the history, or can look at the same landscape now and see the effects of time and "progress", is absolutely amazing.
In preparing for his 70th, I have added another dozen or so restorations. This is one that I found especially fascinating. It could not be better composed.
(J. B. Walton Sr. is on the left.)
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