Tram Tuesday - Binghamton, New York

I just discovered this glass negative in a box that belonged to my father-in-law. Some of the other glass negatives scanned better than this one did, but it's still nice to have a close up like this. The sign on the front of this car says The Depots. To see the previous Streetcar Sunday post for Binghamton, click here.

Here are a few more glass negative scans from the same box. The first one is a train wreck on the Delaware and Hudson line, but I'm not sure where or when. Was it near Binghamton?

The third negative shows a train depot somewhere, likely in upstate New York, but again I'm not sure where. There are numerous No Smoking signs and a sign that seems to indicate the door to a women's restroom. There's also a funny chalkboard sign near the clock that specifies how slow or fast the clock is, but nowhere is there a sign that tells us where we are. There is a dog ( a boxer?) sitting on one of the benches on the left, potted plants, and radiators in the middle of the room to warm the space.

Here's a closer view of the dog, the clock, and the door.

Support Walt

On February 10, 1937, the Times Herald of Olean, New York reported that Walt crashed his delivery truck into a telephone pole while trying to avoid hitting a car entering the road from a side street. He was taken to the hospital with injuries to his back and knee.

On December 14, 1940, the same newspaper reported that a State Supreme Court jury agreed to award Walter Nitsche $150 for personal injuries in a head-on collision. Both drivers claimed the other was driving on the wrong side of the road. Walt had also asked for eight weeks lost wages, at $45 a week, because he said he was unable to complete his bread and candy deliveries during that time. It appears he didn't get it.

Walter married Azuba Gilliland in 1923. He died in 1960.

Tin Types #1

I know, I've been posting a lot more photos than postcards lately. It's because there are so many that I want to post before I move on to other things.  So here are a bunch of tin types. They're all about 2.5 inches by 4 inches, and the metal is sharp! Don't know where and don't know who, but they're full of character and historical fashion.

More tin types coming soon, along with some pretty exciting glass negatives that I'm working on scanning. Oh, and I promise to post some more postcards too.