Beauty in Images of Age

IN my travels, I am always looking for interesting subjects that evoke an image of an age long past. These are some of those images. When I view them I see a history of a people who lived, worked and relaxed in a world of rich color and interesting architecture.

Here is an antique door knob on a home that must have seen a lot of traffic. The lock was little used and not too much care was put into he door since that would have distracted the family from enjoying their life inside.

This antique outbuilding door latch was on an old outbuilding near the remains of an barn and silo off Michigan Avenue southeast of Ann Arbor, MI. On the silo was an advertisement for New Era Potato Chips, which was bought out by Frito-Lay and evolved into Lay's Potato Chips. Years ago the name New Era, like the silo it was on and the field it was in, disappeared.

These Shutters in Zore, Ohio have not seen a lot of direct sunlight since the color has stayed so rich and bright. Maybe, they were always open so as to let the light into the house until its residents were no longer able to occupy it. Now the house is abandon, longing for people to open them up again and let the sunlight in.