On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
This series was created by Alain Chamot (1971-2020).
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
Thirty years ago my wife became a US citizen, I promised that afterwards we would see her new nation’s capitol city. A few months later we flew to Washington and spent 5 days there. We saw the Capitol, the White House (including the tour), the Archives, and many other sites. It was my 4th trip to DC and we even hit a few places that I’d not seen (the Zoo).
With today’s Inaugural, I thought I’d revisit some of the photos. These were all shot with Canon Sure Shot Ace on 35mm film and scanned with a 35mm film/slide scanner. All photo were reprocessed from the RAW scanned image with either Topaz Labs DeNoise AI or Sharpen AI to reduce noise and sharpen the photos.
Madame, with the east front of the Capitol behind her.
View of the Capitol dome from the Rotunda.
The Old Supreme Court Chamber in the original portion of the Capitol. The first telegraph message was sent from this room.
Madame and I on the terrace on the West Front of the Capitol, one of the nice things about the Sure Shot Ace was that it had an IR remote control so you could take selfies.
The mall and the Capitol from the Washington Monument, this is the only photo where I’ve replaced the sky.
The White House from the Washington Monument.
The White House from the Ellipse.
Hanging out on the White House driveway.
cain
Awesome pics – thanks for sharing them.
Baud
Perfect pics for the day.
Amir Khalid
That photo of the White House driveway — will the general public ever be allowed so close to the building again?
Martin
Madame is a cutie – looks a lot like Ms Martin did at that time.
JWR
At least your group chose the right building to storm.
;)
Mary G
Such innocent times, not a single National Guard member in sight. Madame is an adorable new citizen with a young Bill, beautiful photos perfect for today.
Raven
Where was she sworn?
Aleta
Thanks Bill. Beautiful. Compliments to both of you .
Raven
This is Bella Abzug addressing from us the the capitol at Operation Dewey Canyon lll. It was April, 1971 and there were over 1000 vets at this action and it was a very unhappy group. The next day there were a million people there for a demonstration. There was no guard and no violence.
Aleta
That first photo is superfine.
Aleta
@Raven:
“When Hilary lost the election”
BELLA BELLA: (by Harvey Fierstein) “I was born to fight the establishment!”
Raven
@Aleta: Thanks, I didn’t know about that. I think some of that footage is from that week.
Aleta
@Aleta: oops, 2nd link s.b.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SexGknYtY
BELLA BELLA: (by Harvey Fierstein) “I was born to fight the establishment!”
Aleta
@Raven: Fierstein has called out the NYT and the media for Abzug’s loss too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtuxff6e6_U&t=1m13s
(He doesn’t mention the NYT specifically here, but he has elsewhere.)
raven
@Aleta: I thought Margo Martindale did a great job as Bella in “Mrs America”.
Wag
Perfect photos for today. I love the shot of the Rotunda.
Dronesclubreject
Honestly, as someone who also became an American as an adult, the first photo made my day. May I simply add, tote bag FTW.
cope
What sweet, innocent pictures. Thanks. I’ve been hanging out in the past myself lately scanning slides, negatives and prints from back in the day. Great memories.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@cain: Thanks.
@Baud: I thought since my regular slot coincided with Inauguration Day, I should do something special.
@Amir Khalid: Yes, they still have White House tours. White House Tour website.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@Martin: Ah thanks, she’s even held up pretty well.
@JWR: Heh, that was when George H. W. Bush was a resident.
@Mary G: Thanks, I thought it was a good time to pull some shots from the archives.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@Raven: LA Convention Center, East Hall, so a group of folk from my office(a few blocks north) joined us for the occasion.
@Aleta: Thanks. Even with the limitations from the camera I was able make them work.
@Wag: That shot turned out really well, I had to reduce the light coming in the windows. I’d bracket the shot now.
@cope: I got a 35mm film/slide scanner about 7 years ago and archived all my shots to JPG, I’ve rescanned some of them(including these) to DNG wrapped TIF. I also have an Epson flatbed for 120 film size.
SkyBluePink
Wonderful pics for a momentous day!
cope
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA: I just got the Epson Perfection V600. It comes with Silverfast 8 software that tweaks everything before the scan. It does a great job on dust and scratches. I am a rank beginner at figuring it all out, though. I’ve even got glass plate negatives my grandfather took as an occupying soldier in Germany after WW I. The Epson will handle those as well when I feel more confident. Baby steps…
glc
fix title?
WaterGirl
@glc: Fixed!
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@SkyBluePink: I thought of using these photos for today two weeks ago during the insurrection at the Capitol.
@cope: I got Silverfast with my film/slide scanner, the Epson came with their own software. I wasn’t all that happy with it(it’s the lite version) and I use VueScan and I’m pretty happy with it, though the interface won’t win any awards.