Tire shop: This is an old auto shop in my home town of Nickerson, Kansas. This building was old when I was just a kid. It was dark and greasy but I loved to go inside. I've been on top...

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

This is an old auto shop in my home town of Nickerson, Kansas. This building was old when I was just a kid. It was dark and greasy but I loved to go inside. I've been on top of the grain elevator too, about scared me to death.

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Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Truly a vintage building. Is that grain storage behind the tire shop? There is something pleasing about the contrasts in this shot. The tire shop is much brighter than the background building. The tire shop looks to be much older than the other buildings as well. Interesting shot.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

jackm1943 wrote:

This is an old auto shop in my home town of Nickerson, Kansas. This building was old when I was just a kid. It was dark and greasy but I loved to go inside. I've been on top of the grain elevator too, about scared me to death.

Lovely old building. We lived a long time north of Wichita in Newton. I worked for some years at KWCH doing news videography. I identify with Kansas. I hope your spring hasn't been too violent.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Cwilson341 wrote:

Truly a vintage building. Is that grain storage behind the tire shop? There is something pleasing about the contrasts in this shot. The tire shop is much brighter than the background building. The tire shop looks to be much older than the other buildings as well. Interesting shot.

Thanks Carol. Yes, those are concrete grain elevators in the background. The front one predates me, the rear one was built after I moved away during the early 60s. I've been to the top of the one in the foreground and, yes, it was scary.
The shop has obviously been painted many times over the years, I don't remember it being white when I was a kid. I walked past it every day going to and from school. Back then there was a blacksmith shop immediately to the left, but it has been gone for many years.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

jimmya wrote:

Lovely old building. We lived a long time north of Wichita in Newton. I worked for some years at KWCH doing news videography. I identify with Kansas. I hope your spring hasn't been too violent.

Thanks for looking in Jimmy. I always liked visiting Newton, but the last time I was there I got kicked off the railroad property while trying to photograph the turntable. Wasn't very photogenic anyway.
Spring hasn't been too violent but I am getting a new roof for my house due to a recent hailstorm.
JackM

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

jackm1943 wrote:

Thanks for looking in Jimmy. I always liked visiting Newton, but the last time I was there I got kicked off the railroad property while trying to photograph the turntable. Wasn't very photogenic anyway.
Spring hasn't been too violent but I am getting a new roof for my house due to a recent hailstorm.
JackM

My wife's son has the same problem in Newton. They got golf ball size a few days ago and now they're talking about a roof. Oh my, it never quits there in spring does it. It's interesting to me but I lived in Newton about 21 years and in all that time, even shooting news footage for KWCH I never saw a tornado except on TV - absolutely true, never saw one. Even when the big one went through Hesston many years ago, I was out looking as all of us were, but I was down south. Interesting isn't it.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

jimmya wrote:

My wife's son has the same problem in Newton. The... (show quote)

I think that's the experience of 95% of us midwesterners. I have relatives in Hutch and well remember the Hesston storm.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

jackm1943 wrote:

I think that's the experience of 95% of us midwesterners. I have relatives in Hutch and well remember the Hesston storm.

I'm sure they do remember Hesston. Here's a funny story that came out of Hesston. There used to be, I don't know about now, a Pizza Hut near the interstate. At the time they saw the tornado coming so the manager put everyone in the cooler, the strongest part of the building. The tornado took a corner off the building. After it was over and the employees emerged, they found just a few feet from the now blown off corner, table service and napkins still in place... just a few feet away. These storms are so crazy you never know what they're going to do.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Thanks for that story, I hadn't heard it before.
JackM

jimmya wrote:

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DickC Loc: NE Washington state

A nice view of the past....and still going!!!

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

DickC wrote:

A nice view of the past....and still going!!!

Thanks Dick. I'm fairly sure that building is about 100 years old.
JackM

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

I like this photo. Very nice.

roger allen Loc: another planet

the truck on the left side speaks to the story of the building as well- nice shot- hang it !

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

topcat wrote:

I like this photo. Very nice.

Thanks topcat, glad you liked it.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

roger allen wrote:

the truck on the left side speaks to the story of the building as well- nice shot- hang it !

Thanks roger. I wasn't sure whether to crop out the truck or not. Glad I didn't.
JackM