Recovered Silver: Bringing Negatives Back From the Dead

Howard Johnson's Restaurant, U.S. Route 30,

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1989

With some Photoshopping, these negatives can be largely restored.  I lost seventy-five per-cent of my negatives in a flood, and these are what the "survivors" look like.  These two frames were exposed at a Howard Johnson's restaurant in south-central Pennsylvania.  Like most of its orange-roofed brethren, it is now closed.

Things Found While Driving

Corrugated Wood Separating Drums

Highway 11 (Trans-Canada Highway Extension)

Emo, Ontario, May 2010

I didn't find any "emo punks" in Emo, but I did find these amazing specimens of rugged technology.

Gartch

The Proprietor of Gartch's International Pub

Fort Frances, Ontario, May 2010

If you happen to be passing through the border city of Fort Frances, Ontario, in Canada, a great place to go for libations and a pretty good place for food is Gartch's International Pub, which is on Highway 11, running through the center of town.

There, I found some interesting inebriates and even more interesting conversation.  A patron kept good-naturedly referring to me as "Russian," (I am Welsh/Irish/English/Scots) and another warned me against the food, which I actually found quite palatable.

Pictured above is the pub's proprietor and host, Gartch himself, a lad of obviously Scottish descent and a true gentleman.

P.S.:  Myung told me she thought this photo was a still from a Hitchcock movie.  Made my month!   R.