[PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

[Herb Brannon]

Bob,
Interesting in this imaginary car are the three sets of doors. Wonder where
the operators seat was supposed to be located at each end? That third door
would have people using it climbing over the operators seat if the seat
were in the usual position.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> Having been following this real-vs - retouched discussion of the 2nd Ave.
> photo, I think we're ready for an obviously heavy handed retouched photo of
> PRC's purpor ted 1800-series double-end PCC running on 10-West View.
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> See attached photo which I posted on the list about 10 years ago.  This
> photo was constructed in 1964 by a friend using photo prints, scissors,
> rubber cement and a marking pen.  Well before the days of photoshopping.
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> I believ e it's a fake, but I await other opinions....
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> Bob
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Phillip Clark Campbell" <pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:22:05 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
>
> Mr.Brannon!� You definitely have "something" with the extra hanger;
> it is in a different-higher plane than the running wires with 'span wire'
> that disappears at the left running wire.� Also note how the two outside
> wires 'appear' further apart at the next span; they should appear
> closer shouldn't they.
> The truck appears fine to me but it can be the monitor, my eyes, a
> combination of these can't it.
>
> I am not convinced of a burn-in or feathering for hilites.� That over
> "Mon City" looks chopped and ragged.� It still gives a 'hint' of a
> picture through the back window of an auto.
>
> To consider other possibilities, double exposures were a problem
> if the film wasn't wound or the photographer forgets not winding.
>
> The asphalt paving at this time and the surrounding construction
> suggests something recent where a temporary shoofly might be
> built on top of the roadway on our left for bi-directional travel.
> Another trolley wire(s) could be strung for temporary use.
>
> Probably not photoshopped but could be dark room magic of
> the day to accomplish something similar just for fun.� It is a
> charter so why not go further and create something unusual.
>
> Shall we ever know for certain?
>
>
> Phil
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> >________________________________
> > From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:52 PM
> >Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> >
> >As long as I keep seeing rear-truck wheels which do not match up to the
> running-rails in the street and as long as I keep seeing a "third" trolley
> wire hangar in between the two outside trolley wires it is pretty obvious
> that this is a made-up job.
> >
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park