When he was not engrossed in a project at home or processing pictures he definitely liked to be any where in nature.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Peaceful Day On A Lake
I have no idea where this was taken but it looks like the time period was in the late 40s based on his looks. I like how he seems content just sailing the boat and hanging out on the lake.
When he was not engrossed in a project at home or processing pictures he definitely liked to be any where in nature.
When he was not engrossed in a project at home or processing pictures he definitely liked to be any where in nature.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Mt. Katahdin, Maine
Sometime in his early years (late 1940s?) Adolph went with a friend to Mt. Katahdin, Maine for a hiking trip. Mt. Katahdin marks the end of the Appalachian Trail and is a pretty rugged and remote mountain by Eastern standards.
I Googled the trip and by modern day standards it would have been an 11 hour trip so I assume it was at least a 15 hour or more trip back then
It appears they stayed at the Togue Pond Camps. I can't find this on any modern maps but there are old post cards and fliers of this camp from the 30s and 40s.
I don't recall a lot of details about this trip in my father's stories but he did share more than once about how they hiked to a lean-to just below the mountain and then experience a huge lighting storm in the night that was striking the ground near by and shook them out of bed. 
This mountain has a narrow ridge to climb...very impressive and something you would find more out west.
Adolph on top.
Some good fishing some place near by. Looks like he and his buddy got at least 18 trout. I assume from fly fishing since that was his favorite kind of fishing. I can just imagine the enthusiasm he must have had for a days catch like that and an amazing hike under their belts.
Hiking Katahdin some day is on my list of things I must do.
I Googled the trip and by modern day standards it would have been an 11 hour trip so I assume it was at least a 15 hour or more trip back then
It appears they stayed at the Togue Pond Camps. I can't find this on any modern maps but there are old post cards and fliers of this camp from the 30s and 40s.
I don't recall a lot of details about this trip in my father's stories but he did share more than once about how they hiked to a lean-to just below the mountain and then experience a huge lighting storm in the night that was striking the ground near by and shook them out of bed. 
This mountain has a narrow ridge to climb...very impressive and something you would find more out west.
Adolph on top.
Some good fishing some place near by. Looks like he and his buddy got at least 18 trout. I assume from fly fishing since that was his favorite kind of fishing. I can just imagine the enthusiasm he must have had for a days catch like that and an amazing hike under their belts. 
Hiking Katahdin some day is on my list of things I must do.
Monday, June 1, 2009
1939 World's Fair In NYC
This is Adolph in front of the Kodak Exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. He would have just turned 19 years old. He loved photography and chemistry and had tried to work at the Kodak plant in Rochester, NY. He even traveled up to get an interview but it did not work out. He ended up working for Ansco, later GAF, film company in Binghamton, NY for 46 years.
He more than likely hitched hiked there and stayed with relatives. Does anyone know who he went with and where he stayed? At this age he often traveled with his childhood friend, John "Pete" Podany.
He more than likely hitched hiked there and stayed with relatives. Does anyone know who he went with and where he stayed? At this age he often traveled with his childhood friend, John "Pete" Podany.
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