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August, 2008:

Round Barns, Twin Barns, Grain & Coal Silos, Repaints & Fades – Bob Kisken Out West

Sears Round Barn - Marysville, KS © Bob Kisken

Sears Round Barn – Marysville, KS © Bob Kisken

Sears Round Barn - Marysville, KS © Bob Kisken

Sears Round Barn – Marysville, KS © Bob Kisken

Twin Barns - Sisseton, SD - © Bob Kisken

Twin Barns – Sisseton, SD – © Bob Kisken

Twin Barns - Sisseton, SD - © Bob Kisken

Twin Barns – Sisseton, SD – © Bob Kisken

Grain, Coal & Hogs - Colome, SD - © Bob Kisken

Grain, Coal & Hogs – Colome, SD – © Bob Kisken

Grain - Merriman, ND - © Bob Kisken

Grain – Merriman, ND – © Bob Kisken

Pepsi-Cola - Huron, SD - © Bob Kisken

Pepsi-Cola – Huron, SD – © Bob Kisken

Paper - Duluth, MD - © Bob Kisken

Paper – Duluth, MD – © Bob Kisken

South Dakota Wheat Growers - Tulare, SD © Bob Kisken

South Dakota Wheat Growers – Tulare, SD © Bob Kisken

Kisken recently updated me and said:

This round barn [above] was a Sears kit. For a while, Sears made barn kits both round and not round. This is the only round one that I have seen. I know of or have seen pictures of 3 non-round barns made from Sears kits. If you know of any please let me know. The barn is in Marysville Kansas and the owners are really fixing it up…. I had an exhibit in a museum in Edgerton, Wisconsin of my mail pouch barns. Edgerton used to grow tobacco and they have a Tobacco Heritage Days celebration every year. Will exhibit some of my barns at a tractor dealership in St Joseph, Wisconsin near LaCrosse. Sent about 75 more pictures to Finland. Have sent probably 500 pictures there so far. – cheers bob

Keep up the excellent work Bob! Wish I could go to Finland and see your pictures there!

Boilers Bought & Sold – Brooklyn Navy Yard


© Frank H. Jump

Vespa Brooklyn – Vespanomics 101

Andrew Hadjiminas & Crystall Hadjimina

Andrew Hadjiminas & Crystall Hadjimina

Brooklyn Vespa Showroom

Brooklyn Vespa Showroom

© Frank H. Jump

What Is Vespanomics? © Piaggio Group USA

What Is Vespanomics? © Piaggio Group USA

Produits de Pays – Local Products – Briançon, France

Local Products

Local Products

© Frank H. Jump

Isaac Hayes Dies Ten Days Before His 66th Birthday

Frank H. Jump & Isaac Hayes @ Ziegfeld Theatre during He Got Game Premiere - May 1, 1998

© Frank H. Jump

I was so elated to meet Mr. Hayes on the evening of my niece’s (Rosario Dawson) first big premiere. Coincidentally, we were assigned to the same table as Hayes at the afterparty at the Hammerstein Ballroom– which was set up to resemble the Coney Island food strip with Nathans hot dogs and fries vendors. Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (who was also in the film) was at the table as well. I proceeded to tell Mr. Hayes (who insisted I call him Isaac) how the soundtrack to Shaft still underscores my childhood memories and how I danced in the fifth grade talent show to the title track. Isaac chuckled a bit and thanked me. I said he probably had heard this before and he said he had – but usually from black women. I told him “Just call me Shanequa.”  And so he did for the rest of the evening. “Shanequa! Get me some more fries and ketchup.” Jim Brown, who did not say much, busted a gut.

Pussy – The Natural Energy Drink – Eataly – Lingotto, Torino – Italy


© Frank H. Jump

“With added Milk Thistle.”

This display of Pussy (website has a cute promo featuring my old friend Graham Norton) was taken in a fabulous food retailer called Eataly in Lingotto section of Torino. Posting on this “sprawling food market” will follow soon.

Blanchard – Drapes & Flannel Sheets – Old Briançon, France


© Frank H. Jump

Linoleum & Balatum – Old Briançon, France


© Vincenzo Aiosa


© Frank H. Jump

Linoleum & balatum are both types of floor coverings. Balatum has also been used to mean “bleating of sheep.”

Free Tibet – Briançon, France – Twin City Lhasa


© Frank H. Jump

Briançon, France and Lhasa, Tibet are twin cities.

Briançon Sundial – Provence Hautes-Alpes – France


© Frank H. Jump

Briançonnais Sundial Trail