Sonatas XII-9 (Main Street)

The cool friendly porch on the old Maple Inn
A fine place to sit or daydream before going in.
Historic old supper club, Wisconsin style
To the Friday night “Fish Fry” folks travel miles.

Beautiful old tavern and restaurant in Old Ashippun. This traditional Wisconsin supper club is listed on the National Register for Historic Places. This building began as the Meissner Store, and was constructed and modified from 1873 to the 1940s. The photo was taken in July of 2019 with a Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 105 mm f/2.4 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.