The first picture of the day is always the hardest. This little convenience store caught my attention as I drove into Shenandoah; there was a parking lot conveniently located across the street and I stopped. A light rain was falling. I sat in the car for a moment, reluctant to get out in the rain but I knew that if I did not start photographing, I would end up turning around a driving home empty handed.
The building looks like it may have been built in the 1950s but I know nothing of the history of this store except that it reminds me of the small stores I remember growing up with.
Later that afternoon, the rain stopped. Sunlight broke through the clouds and swept the valley floor, the rain-washed air was cool and clear and the mountain tops were shrouded in mist. I took pictures until it was too dark to see.
It's sad coming home empty handed, I'm glad you persevered, the result was worth it. That style of building could be from earlier, I worked in a similar building and it was built in 1928.
ReplyDeleteRobert, I think you could be right about the date of the building. When I first saw it I was thinking 1930s, but then changed my mind.
ReplyDeleteI should have gone in and asked, although it was probably unlikey that anyone would know anything about the building, but you never know.