Sonatas XII-20 (Main Street)

Was “The Mart” the main market in our old times -
Where outside you’d buy sodas from the machine for a dime?
Was it then later an early convenience store?
It still sells ice, custard and cones, eat on the bench, then ask for more.

The Mart in Theresa, Wisconsin – a convenience store before the invention of Kwik Trip and 7-Eleven. Such a modest little store front – get your ice and drinks! 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.