Link to the Frisco section of this huge photo archive: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157640360511664
Could these be another source for "Where is it Contest" photos? Rules would have t0 change, of course because the whole scene is needed to judge the location. (Our scanners have clearly done a much better job with the Frisco Archive slides! Congratulations to them!)
I agree with you George, the Archives are a real treasure that can't be beat. I look through the photos quite often trying to find the Where is it Contest. Sometimes I stop and gaze at one of the photos looking at all of the details. It's a great place to find details to put on a layout. Thank you to the members who manage the Archives and this website!!! Joe
I want to know where all the steam images went. I saw them years ago and there were many photos from the late 30s of depots, trains and locations. Where are all of those negatives?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums takes you to the main page for the photo library. There are two pages of albums presented for many railroads. A quick look at a couple (Erie, CNJ, Big Four) showed some steam, old depots and old-time automobiles. Alas, the Frisco album on those pages is the one linked to above: no steam.
I’ll say this: the entire library is excellent for anyone wanting to get the texture, look and feel of railroading, depot areas, trackside industries, and communities in the 30s and 40s.. Accordingly, I have a pretty good portfolio of pics as inspiration for when I finally finish tearing down my old layout and get the gumption to start new construction.
Hi Steve Thanks for posting the https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157640360511664 A few years back I did not have much luck trying to get online digital information from Barringer Library. That has now changed in at least two ways: 1. Your Barringer flickr did give pictures. 2. The main Barringer Library webpage now is doing some projects to provide some online digital file information. I will experiment with that later and post any positive-ness for use on frisco.org. Getting back to 1. I just tried your flicr Barringer website and found a picture of Mountain Grove Depot. I tried to "save as" the picture into my computer's files. It did as long as the picture was not zoom in. Then I tied to attach it into forums depots. At first it did not work; the file had extension problems. Looking for a workable way, I brought the attachment picture up on a yahoo email new composition as an attachment to that. That did attach. Next I opened the attachment and I could see link box at the bottom of the computer screen. I opened that link box and the picture showed. From there I copied the picture and then brought it over to frisco.org depot forums. I could paste that picture into a new posting at depot forums without extension problems. It looked like this: ----------- MountainGroveDepotFrisco picture from https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157640360511664 ----------- This proved that https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/72157640360511664 is a source of information to put pictures into frisco.org forums. Next 2. 2. As I said, the main Barringer Library webpage now is doing some projects to provide some online digital file information. I will experiment with that and post any positive-ness for use on frisco.org forums. Let's hope that Barriger Library will become a productive source for our needs. I will also see if there are searching methods to provide at least some good info without being to clunky negotiating from data to other data. ==
I can't figure out where all the Barriger images from the 30s-early 40s have gone. Years ago I saw lots of photos he took from the back of the train all along the Frisco in about 1935-37. None of them show up on the web site. I've gotten no answer to questions about his earlier prints/negs.
Charles. First, the name is Barriger, not Barringer If you go back to the flickr account and click on an image so it opens large on your screen, notice the down arrow in the lower right corner. If you click on that icon, it will allow you to pick the resolution of the image you would like to download to your computer. As far as downloading them and putting them on Frisco.org, DO NOT DO IT. The images are copyrighted. BTW, here is a link to the greater Barriger Library of images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/with/72157640360511664
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Questions to Barriger III about one-line digital is located at http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/barriger/contact-us.html