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Window to the Past


Window to the Past
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Copyright: Evelynn Smith (evelynn) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 17 N: 84] (401)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Panasonic FZ20
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-22 16:44
Viewed: 427
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is another image from the Montana Ghost town of Garnet. There isn't much left of the town but still interesting to see.
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GARNET
Montana's Best-Preserved Ghost Town

Montana's most intact ghost town was never built to last. Garnet endures along with the spirits of the rugged gold miners and their families who carved a community in the heart of the Garnet Mountain Range at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1898, some 1,000 people knew Garnet as home. The town was a union town, with a strong miners' union, the Garnet Western Labor Union, negotiating with mine owners for fair pay, working hours and safety rules. The union hall doubled as the town's dance hall and resonated with dances, theater, harvest festivals and union meetings.

But, by 1905, the gold was playing out and only 150 people remained. A raging fire in 1912 and hardships on the home front during World War I sent most of the remaining miners, wives and children packing . Garnet slowly slipped into obscurity, despite a brief renewal of mining in the Great Depression of the 1930s.


http://garnetghosttown.org/


An image of what's left of Garnet can be found at:

http://photo.net/photo/pcd1765/garnet-22
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very nice picture, very effective color scheme, simpple, yet many shades and hues.

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  • taba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 163 N: 314] (2041)
  • [2006-07-22 18:38]

Hi Evelynn
I do like this photo.
Great sharpness, DOF, POV and colours of the wood.
Eveb the glass with some dust in the window is great.
Well done
Taba

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  • ninna Silver Star Critiquer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 8] (118)
  • [2006-07-23 0:44]

very good window shot evelyn, rare old native window now adays. wonder what the inside and the surroundings look like

regards,

nina

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  • zou Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 52 W: 36 N: 0] (259)
  • [2006-07-23 11:18]

Hi Evelynn
I like your POV and the color, well seen
and welocme to Treklens :)

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Zou

I missed this one...how could I. The colors are really great in this photo. I love the weathered look of the glass, paint and wood. Just as I remember the town.
TFS,
Niek

Hi Evelynn.
Great POV with lovely sharp color and detail.
TFS.
Best wishes,
Robert

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