BGuthrie Photos: PA -- Gettysburg -- Town -- Railroad Depot

PA -- Gettysburg -- Town -- Railroad Depot:

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1. GETDEP_081214_019.JPG: Ticket Window: Access to the world beyond Gettysburg for travelers began at this window. The station's rooftop bell pealed reminders to travelers fifteen minutes before the departure of each of two daily trains. Tickets were purchased through this slightly arched ticket window, where the ticket agent greeted customers from behind a counter. The station agent's office was a small, one-story structure attached to the outside east wall of the brick head house. Access to the room was through the small door to your right, and another door opening on to the covered passenger platform. The ticket window was probably open only for the fifteen minutes before each train's departure. The rest of the time, the station agent used the office to conduct train operation duties including monitoring departures and arrivals through the window at the rear of the office. The second floor was utilized as the office for the Gettysburg Railroad Company president and Board of Directors.
2. GETDEP_081214_022.JPG: People's Lincoln painting, done by a number of townspeople
3. GETDEP_081214_027.JPG: The earliest telegraph ledger from the Gettysburg Railroad, with entries from 1866-1870. Prior to 1866, the telegraph was located at the home of the operator, not at the station. This ledger, found in the attic and covered in pigeon dung, has been restored thanks in part to a generous gift from the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable.
4. GETDEP_081214_055.JPG: The Gettysburg Railroad Station, 1859 to 1886: This model depicts in exact scale (one inch equals one foot) the appearance of the station or "head house" in 1863. The south wall has been left partially open to show how the first floor was divided into two rooms, providing separate waiting areas for women and children, and for men. This was in keeping with the public custom of the times. The floor-to-ceiling cylinder structure at the east end of the room contained a spiral staircase that led to the second floor, and from there to the roof and bell cupola. The second floor was one large room and housed the office of the president of Gettysburg Railroad Company. The double doors on the east side or rear side of the station led to the passenger boarding platform and provided separate access to each of the two waiting rooms.
5. GETDEP_081214_129.JPG: Western Maryland Station This is the original station where President Lincoln's train arrived November 18th, 1863. After the dedication of the national cemetery and the delivery of the Gettysburg Address on November 19th, the train departed from this station. Erected by Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania.
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2008 photos: Trips this year: (1) Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Springfield, Missouri , (2) a week in New York, (3) a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con, (4) a driving trip to St. Louis, and (5) a visit to dad and Dixie's in Asheville, North Carolina. Ego strokes: A picture I'd taken last year during a Friends of the Homeless event was published in USA Today with a photo credit and everything! I became a volunteer photographer with the AFI/Silver theater. Equipment this year: I was using three cameras -- the Fuji S9000 and the Canon Rebel Xti from last year, and a new camera, the Fuji S100fs. The first two cameras had their pluses and minuses and I really didn't have a single camera that I thought I could use for just about everything. But I loved the S100fs and used it almost exclusively this year. Number of photos taken this year: 330,000.
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