Sonatas XII-69 (Industry)

Here’s Hollenstein’s wagon and carriage factory - you see his old house at the rear;
Now as a museum the furniture’s there along with many things Mayville holds dear.
You’ll find old theater seats and an airplane inside, weathered farm tools from days gone by
And even the thick windows from Mayville’s first bank, where a gangster once gave theft a try.

The Hollenstein Wagon and Carriage factory in Mayville, Wisconsin, dates from the 1870s. Now a museum, it really anchors the corner at Bridge and German Streets. The photo was taken in September of 2016 with Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 45 mm f/4 SMC Pentax 67 lens on Ilford HP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 100 mm f/5.6 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.

This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted or unmounted. Please contact me if interested. Thank You.