So there was a local guy who had a car collection that grew - and grew - and GREW! until it was so big, it filled many warehouses. It numbered over 3000 cars and was the largest collection in the world. They would open the collection to the public once a year, in August. In 2000 Harold LeMay died but his collection continued. Hundreds of his vehicles have been displayed in a new museum built in the parking area of the Tacoma Dome. But the old warehouses are still full.
Rick and I visited a Tacoma Photo Society meeting years back and have been receiving emails regarding their meetings, etc ever since. Well, they had a photo outing planned for the old warehouses this past Saturday and we decided to join them. Fun!
We got to the museum early to stop at the Senior Center and have breakfast that was right there next to the warehouses. It was $4 for a slab of ham, a couple scrambled eggs, coffee, orange juice and all the pancakes you can eat. Yum!
The day turned rainy so it was great to be inside and dry. But the warehouses were packed. It was hard to get any good angles of thes cars. There were even shelves packed with cars! Old beaters all the way to perfect restorations. Early 1900s all the way to fairly recent cars. Foreign and domestic. Fire trucks, school buses, a tank, motorcycles, tow trucks, limosines, cars that open on the front and those whose doors swing up. You name it, they have it...
We spent an hour in each warehouse and got about 100 pictures in each. So when we got home we had a lot of editing to do. I ended up dumping all but 111 and only edited 13. 3 got emailed to the Tacoma Photo Society to share with the LeMay people to possibly be used in their brochure or on their website (everyone was encouraged to send in photos, to repay them for our special rates). After receiving the 3 they asked me to send more of my stuff, they liked my "eye".
Here are the 3 that I initially sent in:
Maybe we should join the club!
Cars That Say "Cheese"!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Labels: adventure , photography
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