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Sixth floor museum Dealy Plaza Dallas

by dorothy mladenka

dallas

This was taken with the Don Lopp tuned up sputnik. Shot on 1-3-09. The colors look off to me, too much magenta. The depository is  the left hand building. The 6th floor window is one floor below the top of the structure. The window that Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot from is the square shape window to the right of the row of arched windows.

http://www.jfk.org/

Constructed in 1901, the red brick building on the corner of Houston and Elm streets was known as the Texas School Book Depository at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The private firm stocked and distributed textbooks for public schools in north Texas and parts of Oklahoma.

Following the Kennedy assassination, the building became the focus of shock, grief and outrage. Evidence was found showing that shots were fired from the sixth floor, and Depository employee Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the president’s murder.

aftermath

by dorothy mladenka

aftermathHurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. This photo was taken on Bolivar Peninsula in December 2008. It is actually one of the few structures that wasn’t totally washed away. The camera used was the TL120.

Here is a link with more photos in 2d: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_short_but_eventful_life_of.html

Remains of Balinese Ballroom Galveston

by dorothy mladenka

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Hurricane Ike roared through Texas on September 13, 2008. Its path of destruction included Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula and Houston. Bolivar was nearly flattened, few structures remain. The Ballinese Ballroom was a Galveston landmark. Frank Sinatra even performed here! Here is a link to this famous ballroom built in the 1920’s: http://balineseroom.net/historyofBalinese.htm

The TL120 was used for this shot.