Here’s a throwback to the past that I found on a Bank in Cumberland. There’s something about this alarm that makes it seem like it was colorized and stripped from the set of an early gangster movie. Of course, those gangsters were never smart enough to realize that the best step to take first might have been to disable the alarm. The bank certainly isn’t hiding its location.
You may remember that last year after Memorial day MDP visited Dan’s rock, from which today’s picture was also taken.
This year MDP took a Memorial day trip to the Southern Eastern Shore, taking plenty of pictures of towns and a festival along the way. So stay tuned this week for some exciting new territory.
Becasue I know you wanted more of the first EVER courthouse and post office on the register.
Thanks to everyone who commented yesterday for MDP’s first year celebration. I really enjoyed reading all of those comments. It’s funny becasue I was really stressed out about what to post yesterday. After putting three or four new photos up and then taking them down, I finally decided on another take of the original MDP. It seems silly now, but at the time it really bothered me.
However, it made me think of all the other times I’ve chosen one photo over another.
On the rarest of rare occasions, there are actually two good shots of the same thing. With that thought in mind, today’s photo is from the opposite side of another recent post. This one was taken in B&W film on the opposite side of the county courthouse in Cumberland. It was a tough call to choose which one to originally use.
Maybe I’ll devote the rest of this week to the forgotten bretheren of posted pictures. Like a directors cut of sorts…but not really at all like that.
Here’s a picture of a lamp post and the top of the Hotel Gunter in downtown Frostburg. The hotel has a rich history, much of whcih centers on its basement which has been used for game cock fighting, a prison, and a speakeasy.
Here’s a picture of Baltimore St. in Cumberland. This street has been closed off from traffic and serves as sort of a pedestrian mall.
Here’s another picture from Cumberland. I don’t know how to describe the arcitecture in the picture any better than the picture itself can do. However, I can say that this was taken on Baltimore St. in Cumberland, one of the prettiest historic districts in the state.
Just a bench from inside the WM train station in Cumberland. I really like these old benches. I was taking a train from Baltimore last week and as I sat in the station, in a nice, but not too comfortable bench, I was reminded of this picture.
