400th waymark listed.

I just had my 400th Waymark accepted. It ended up being the Rolls Royce Neon Sign that I listed. I posted several others this evening, including a History Museum, 2 Bells, a Caboose, a Professional Sports Venue, a topiary, a Unique Steeple, a Static Aircraft Display and an Exact Replica which was a cross post of one of the bells.

This past weekend while gathering those, I also managed to visit a few Waymarks as well.

Along the way I took some pictures of a couple of other sites, that I thought I could fit into a category, but now I'm not so sure. Specifically there is the Field of 6' tall Concrete Corn in Dublin, Ohio (can be seen here, here, here, here, and here). This was a public arts project to memorialize Central Ohio's agricultural beginnings, and to symbolize the corn fields, and homesteads that stood here before they decided it was a good place for highways and office buildings.

The other is locally famous "Art" sculpture/sign/whatever (can be seen here, here, and here). It's located at the Columbus College of Art and Design in downtown Columbus, OH. It stands probably about 50' tall, and bridges the street there. The local folks like to have fun with it. There is one perspective where photo can be taken with a couple of light poles that can be made to look like the letter "F" in front of the "art" sign.

A history lesson from Ebay?

Who knew that you could learn about local history on Ebay? This evening I sat down with the intention of posting a few waymarks. I got one listed in the National Register; The Palace Theater, in Marion, Ohio, which is currently pending approval. I started thinking about the Picture Perfect Postcards category and thought I would run a quick search on Ebay to see what vintage postcards there are for Delaware, and the surrounding areas. That way I can avoid any copyright issues by not "borrowing" pictures off the net. So I punch "Delaware, Ohio" into the Ebay search and see something about a camera, called a Ciro 35, in the results. Upon clicking on it the description reads that this camera was made during the 40's and 50's here in Delaware. I had never known that cameras were ever made in this little town. Upon further research I find the company started in Detroit, moved here to Delaware for a few years, and then was bought-out and moved to Rochester, NY.

The first camera I came across on Ebay was not working, but I refined my search and found another one that is supposed to be in perfect working order. Having an interest in photography, vintage/antique cameras, and local history....I just had to have it. The working camera had a BIN on it, so I took care of that right away, and also placed a bid on the non-working one. I don't have any vintage cameras yet, so these are perfect to start my collection. I'm looking forward to getting it (or them if I win the 2nd one) to use them, and get to know a little more about the cameras.

I did manage to snag a few old postcards to use for the Waymarking category, and they will also make nice collectibles. Sticking with my joy of history, I always like to look at old photographs and postcards that show how things used to be.

Completely off topic, I wonder why the "exhausted" smiley face guy is crying? I clicked on it by accident when picking my "mood." When I'm exhausted, I'm just tired....not sad and crying...odd.