Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks! Usually what happens when I try to photograph something like this is that I come up with something which says, "Let's Go Camping!" And that is not the point at all. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Jan 20, 2014, at 1:23 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > Does not look very comfy, indeed. You captured it well. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > >> On Jan 20, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Barney Quinn wrote: >> >> >> Civil War Enlisted Men's Quarters, Fort Marcy, Point Lookout, Maryland. >> Point Lookout is where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay. During >> the Civil War it was home to a Union Hospital, A prison for captured >> confederate soldiers, and a camp for freed slaves. The collective >> suffering there must have been horrendous. Somedays I can almost feel it >> in the air. >> >> This is where the enlisted men who guarded the confederate prison were >> housed. Over a hundred men lived in this room. Don't be fooled by what >> look like what we would think of as bunk beds along the walls. They are >> sleeping shelves. People slept three to a shelf. That makes nine to the >> unit. It must be that people were far less fastidious about their >> sleeping arrangements than we are today. I snore like a Newfoundland >> Hound. I would have beed real popular. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Enlisted_Barracks_001.jpg.html >> >> Comments and criticisms welcome! >> >> Barney >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information