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Post by Dave on Dec 4, 2010 20:46:16 GMT -5
Nice Job, Fiona!
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Post by fiona on Dec 5, 2010 15:29:28 GMT -5
Thank you so much. But, couldn't have done it without teamwork, as you know. Isn't that card simply fabulous?? It reads like a watercolour painting. I just knew it was the one when I saw it. I also chose it over the previous card, because when I enlarged it, (the previous card) I could see that it was an automobile, not a horse buggy. I think that is a good ending, don't you? Now, I am going to be working on it today, am going to delete the fuzzy shot of old city hall. Then I want to get started on the intro. I created the Mary signature from www.mylivesignature.com. a great website and very easy. So, this is the work that's left: intro with pics and design graphics, music and credits. This could almost be a "movie" no? |
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Post by fiona on Dec 5, 2010 19:51:17 GMT -5
Dave: here is one of the photos of Blandina Dudley Miller that I may want to use for part of the intro.  |
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Post by fiona on Dec 5, 2010 20:16:47 GMT -5
NTRODUCTION.
" In these mansions used to be
Free heai'ted hospitality.
Here great fires up tlie cliimney roared
And guests oft gatliered at the board."
The old houses of Utica are so rapidly disappeariiij;- from our
streets before the march of modern improvement, that it has
been deemed of sufficient interest to jot down these fragmen-
tary details of the life of some of the early settlers and descrip-
tions of their dwellings, for the pleasure of those now living", and
perhaps for the amusement of those who are to come after us ;
who may scarcely refrain from a smile at the quaintness and sim-
plicity of the life in Utica in its early days.
The little village has grown into a beautiful city, far surpassing
the dreams or hopes of its original founders in the luxur}' and
beauty of its houses ; yet there was an air of substantial com-
fort and stately dignity about these old homes that will not be
effaced from the memories of those who as children had the
happiness to sit around the ancient fireplaces, or to gather fruits
and flowers in fields and orchards now built over by solid blocks
of stores and houses.
Utica, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1895.
Blandina Dudley Miller.
UTICA'S OLD HOMES.
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Post by fiona on Dec 5, 2010 20:17:57 GMT -5
I may use some part or all of the above. And, how about this in the beginning?  |
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Post by fiona on Dec 5, 2010 20:30:54 GMT -5
And possibly this at the very end after the credits, very last post. let me know what you think.  |
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Post by Dave on Dec 5, 2010 22:24:03 GMT -5
Thank you so much. But, couldn't have done it without teamwork, as you know. Isn't that card simply fabulous?? It reads like a watercolour painting. I just knew it was the one when I saw it. I also chose it over the previous card, because when I enlarged it, (the previous card) I could see that it was an automobile, not a horse buggy. I think that is a good ending, don't you? Now, I am going to be working on it today, am going to delete the fuzzy shot of old city hall. Then I want to get started on the intro. I created the Mary signature from www.mylivesignature.com. a great website and very easy. So, this is the work that's left: intro with pics and design graphics, music and credits. This could almost be a "movie" no? I think that card is a great ending! Regarding the fuzzy shots, I think I've figured out that the problem is a small original size enlarged to much. Is that correct? If you have the originals, I'd like to try enlarging them using a different program than whatever it was you used. Might be worth a try, if that's the case. Also, depending on what you would like to see, I can crop some of the pix and, for example, do you want the "A note from Utica" on that card? Maybe so, but if you don't, how about this? Just "from Utica." Just a little moving of images and airbrushing with Gimp.  |
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Post by fiona on Dec 6, 2010 18:50:42 GMT -5
I am not yet sure about the introduction - I am thinking about it - that means I am "working" on it. I like the card you created too, but don't want to go to overboard. I don't know yet. About the fuzzy shots- I have some of the cards in my private collection. But, Since I don't have a scanner, I took pics of them digitally and then sent them to my desktop, then to photo bucket, then to the forum. Some of them I had to enlarge on P.B. because they were too small. Others I got from the net, from PB, Card Cow, Delcampe, ect. I was very careful to read the copyright laws on each site and some were stamped " do not copy" so I did not. I will give credits to each site at the end of the thread. I have no idea how you would sharpen them up... you are welcome to do what you can... play around with the site, go into my photobucket accnt., what ever. You have more technology available. I appreciate all the help. I will wait to hear from you.
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Post by Dave on Dec 11, 2010 16:57:31 GMT -5
Fiona,
I put 6 photos in your photobucket account that can replace the fuzzy ones. I got them from various places on the Internet. Many from eBay, and the folks selling the cards do not own the copyright, so we can copy them. Let me know if you find them, because I know they uploaded, but then I couldn't locate them in your account. They are Faxton & Jewett, Avery and Genesee (I think), a couple of the Good Shepherd.
If you want me to put them into your Sketch thread, let me know.
If you'd like me to search for more, tell me which you'd like replaced.
Dave
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Post by Dave on Dec 11, 2010 17:43:40 GMT -5
Fiona, I uploaded another dozen into your photobucket account, come that don't pertain to your Sketch thread, but may prove useful later. I've posted three of them on the Workbench thread on this board, wondering about one of them.
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Post by fiona on Dec 12, 2010 20:56:36 GMT -5
Balloil card looks excellent. thank you.
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Post by Dave on Jan 2, 2011 9:47:20 GMT -5
I love that shot! You can see the hills of Route 20 in the background, left. Fiona, I meant to ask, you: Do you know the date of this photo? The early automobile makes me want to guess around 1910. But I remember reading an first hand account of an early "state road" built from the village of Catskill just north of me. The author said it was not of modern black macadam (named after Mr. MacAdam, by the way), but a substance that was earth colored, as in the photograph. Of course, the road in the photo could be dirt, but it's suspiciously without any ruts, for the most part. |
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Post by Dave on Jan 2, 2011 9:52:44 GMT -5
Jon, can you from memory (without doing a lot of research) remember all the bars on Genesee Street north of Oriskany Blvd that I would have passed by in the late '50's when I was a teenager? I'm not planning an imaginary pub crawl, but I've got some story ideas and I wanted to use real names. Thanks, Dave |
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Post by fiona on Jan 2, 2011 16:46:09 GMT -5
well, one was "Bird Land" for instance, on the ground floor of the Yates Hotel.
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Post by Dave on Jan 2, 2011 20:05:45 GMT -5
Yes, and the White Elephant. They might have been the only two. And although they're the only two I can remember clearly, I thought at one time there was one right on the point, where John and Genesee came together before merging and going north over the RR bridge.
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