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Friday, June 1, 2012

Reflections from Roanoke

This is what I call the “nose cone” on the 1950 Studebaker Land Cruiser I posted 2 weeks ago. I guess somewhere in there is the piece you push to open the hood, or maybe it is just there for good looks. I’ll have to depend upon one of you all to tell me. The reflections were awesome.


After I visited the Transportation Museum, I went window shopping in downtown Roanoke. When I came upon this window, I knew I had to take a picture of it. The standing mirror was in the window full of reflections from outside. I thought it was really neat.

This post is linked with "Weekend Reflections.”

25 comments:

  1. that's a funky nose cone. and that window is busy, busy reflection city!

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  2. There is one word for that picture. AWESOME as my 5 year old girl would say. :)

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  3. PS ~ joining your blog! Love your photos!

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  4. Both are something else again! Quite startling when one opens your page!

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  5. That Studebaker photo is cool. What a neat piece.

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  6. That is a great pair of reflections. I like cars today because they are very reliable and useful but they don't have the styling that the older cars used to have.

    I LOVE your other reflection. So many things going on in that photo.

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  7. Love the reflection. I like the unity of color between the building and the color of the drapes behind the mirror.

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  8. Terrific reflections for the day and I would recognize that Studebaker's nose anywhere!! And the second shot has such delightfully busy reflections! I love them! Hope you have a lovely weekend, Genie!

    Sylvia

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  9. Love the 'nose cone'.

    Saw your comments on Ypres. I have been many years to the WW1 battlefields and cemeteries, something of a fad od mine. My grandfather was in 'it'. No doubt I'll put some more photos on the blog.

    Thanks again.

    John

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  10. You are right!
    The reflections on the "nose" were awesome.

    Nice shot!

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  11. Wonderful reflections. I really like the first. Best regards.

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  12. Great shot of that nose cone...and I loved the mirror! Super shot!

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  13. Oh, Genie, I love the reflections in the second photo. There is so much going on in this photo - truly a classic and of course the "nose cone" is truly neat, with a great showing of reflections as well. Awesome Photos.

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  14. That's a neat shot of the "nose cone" on that Studebaker, Genie!

    That Studebaker was designed largely by Robert Bourke who also did the fabulous '53 Studebaker Starliner. Studebaker had contracted their styling out to the design firm of Raymond Loewy and Associates. Loewy, who was from France, told Bourke "Make eet look like zee aeroplane, Bob! Eet must look like zee aeroplane!". Thus the front of the '50 and '51 Studebakers looked as if a propeller was to be attached...

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  15. That last shot is really cool!

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  16. Genie I love these very creative reflections! Isn't photography wonderful.... makes you see so much your might have otherwise missed.

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  17. I'd like to own that Studebaker, you reflection is great!

    The window shot is very cool, lots of dimensions to the photo, the longer you look at it, the more treasures you find.

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  18. I like both reflections. Very creative! :)

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  19. Both wonderful reflections but I prefer the last one with the standing mirror. Great shot

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  20. la deuxième est superbe avec toutes ces écritures

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  21. My first car out of college was a Studebaker. I really cannot remember how the hood opened but I believe it was quite conventional.

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  22. Nice photos! Love that old Studebaker grill!

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