Ann, The only old structure I know on the west coast of Florida is in Sarasota. It is the Ringling house. He brought the circus to winter in Sarasota. It was his winter mansion, and on the water with similar architecture. The house and grounds are a public park you can tour now. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:28 PM, ann sanfedele<ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: "ann sanfedele" >> > anyone know where this is? Guessing Florida ... thinking west >> > coast... >> >>> before or during WWII >>> >>> >>> http://annsan.smugmug.com/Friends-and-Family/Blackstone-family-vintage/8871062_7gR8M/1/627235712_vgPnz/Large >> >> >> I think you're going to need something more specific to locate it; at >> least the name of the town. > > John - I have no idea... what I'm trying to find out is the town... No one > is alive that knows anything about it. > I think it's on a bay or inlet ... it might NOT be Florida... it is just > what makes the most sense for the time and people. > >> 'A' shows a pier in some kind of sheltered water. > > Yup > >> That's not an Atlantic Ocean pier. There's no surf, and blown up to its >> largest size, you can make out a far shore on the horizon. >> >> That could be one of the Atlantic coast barrier islands. Or it might be >> the view of the mainland from the shore side of that barrier island. But it >> could be somewhere in the Keys on the lee shore, on one of the big west >> coast bays or somewhere along the panhandle. > > Because of family history... we are leanding toward the west coast ... > >> It also might be on one of the interior lakes. >> >> If you stand about halfway down the sidewalk leading out to the pond in >> 'A' and shoot back towards where 'A' is taken, you get image 'C'. If you >> walk to the other end of the pond and shoot back towards where 'A' was >> taken, you get 'D'. > > RIght -- that is why I showed these... :-) > >> All three photos show that same planter with the aloe plant. >> >> But I think the real problem is that building is long gone; been torn down >> and re-developed for condos. > > Hope not... my feeling it was a church... maybe wrong.. or a museum on a > state park... >> >> Hope somebody will recognize it. >> > hmmm guess that means you dont :-) > There are several of us in the family on my fathers side, digging through > stuff... the trouble is the surviving > half-sister of mine is quite elderly and pretty much out of it from what I > hear... and no one knows where her > daughters are... > thanks for your thoughts, tho > > best, > ann > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
