Sonatas XII-19 (Main Street)

The Rock River House was a stagecoach stop, boarding house and saloon
The old truck out front could have held passengers in the back; there was room.
Remember how folks would ride “open air”, as they would say
Today those in the tavern are shocked people traveled that way.

The Rock River House tavern in Theresa Wisconsin, built in 1860. This stone Greek revival building was an early boarding house, saloon, and stagecoach stop. The truck out front seems almost as old! The photo was taken in August 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.