Sonatas XII-16 (Main Street)

Herman Bilgrien built this bowling alley and tavern right here
Today they are still rolling the balls and selling the beers.

The H. Bilgrien building in Iron Ridge, Wisconsin. Herman Bilgrien (1864-1946) was a Wisconsin state senator. Built in 1904 as a tavern and bowling alley, now housing Strikes-Spares & Spirits. Rolling the balls and still selling the beers! 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.