Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
My friend had loaned me a few bags and I walked over to his house to return them. He invited me for a drink and we sat and chatted for a while on his deck. When it came to leave I spotted this gorgeous light as the sun went down behind the trees in the background.
Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
I was browsing around the internet when I came across a document proclaiming Briarcliff Manor’s 50th Anniversary in 1952. It’s a real treasure trove of information and one thing that struck me was the description of the the Police Department:
The Police Department…As with other Briarcliff Manor organizations, Progress is the word. The Police Department started with one person, on foot, and the police room was in an old barn back of the Briarcliff Realty Company office. Then followed three members who patrolled on bicycles. Today, there are eight patrolmen with a Chief, two radio cars and a motorcycle, and 33 auxiliary policemen. The department has been adequately housed in the Municipal Building since 1914.
The first patrolman was L. Harold Bayly, appointed April 16, 1906. The roster today is: Chief,Arthur W. Johnson; Patrolmen, Harry Addis, Fred Borho, Edward Brosnan, C. Everett Garvey, Arthur W. Johnson, Jr., Gilbert Johnson, Raymond Wolf, George Wolf, Previous Chiefs were Edward Cashman and Allan O. Keator.
Members who have answered the invisible command are Edward Cashman, Chief; Allan O. Keator, Chief; Floyd Bernard, Lieutenant; Charles A. Johnson, Jr., Gerow Birdsall, Joseph Henning, Daniel O’Connor.
Two incidents lend amusement to so serious a business. From the Clerk’s book, as of September 3, 1907; “Chief of Police Cashman made a report to the Trustees as to the advisability of purchasing a bloodhound.” Two young women were recently followed by some young men on the street. There is no record, however, of such a purchase.
Again, note this ordinance as of May 12, 1905. “That all vehicles must slow down to 8 miles per hour.” The next year a concession was permitted autos, up to 10 miles per hour, but down to four miles per hour at corners and over the bridge. The ordinance had real teeth in it, a fine of $250.00 and possible imprisonment also. There is no record that the teeth did any biting.
Note the first paragraph mentions that: “The Police Department started with one person, on foot, and the police room was in an old barn back of the Briarcliff Realty Company office”. A few days later I was in the village and decided to take a look behind the realty office. The picture above shows what I saw. Could this be the same barn that once housed the Police Department?
Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
We’d had a fair amount of rain and I was taking the dog for a walk when I noticed these water droplets on the dark brownish red leaves of this tree – possibly a maple of some kind (I’m not really good at tree recognition).
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
I was initially going to call it ‘Dead tree Silhouette’ but I passed it the other day and found it full of leaves.
Taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10 and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 f3.5-4.6 II
These large, often triangular blocks of granite are are often encountered around the trails.
They’re Coping Stones and they line parts of the trails and serve as guardrails. Although they’re quite numerous you don’t find them on all of the trails. I’ve never been able to figure out any logic to their placement.
Cut roughly and spaced irregularly, the coping stones create a rustic appearance. These coping stones have been affectionately called “Rockefeller’s teeth.”
They’re not unique to this preserve and apparently are found at other Rockefeller properties e.g. Acadia National Park in Maine.
Taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10 and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 f3.5-4.6 II