Kentucky Roadside Polaroids

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25 snapshots, people-free, in the order they were taken. Dates and places come from the original Flickr posts; where a post named no place, the print says so. Tap any print to see it larger.

• Frankfort, KY · Nov 1, 2010An angel monument in the Frankfort cemetery, a spot of sun flaring right through it as the film developed.
• Paris, KY · Nov 2, 2010The Bourbon Drive-In marquee: Flea Market Sat · Fri Sat Sun Secretariat & You Again.
• Paris, KY · Nov 3, 2010Close on the Bourbon Drive-In’s red neon and marquee letters.
• Paris, KY · Nov 3, 2010An old brick smokestack beside a water tower in downtown Paris.
• Place not recorded · Nov 4, 2010A brick courthouse clock tower framed by trees.
• Place not recorded · Nov 4, 2010A vintage orange car with its hood propped up.
• Place not recorded · Nov 4, 2010A red GMC pickup, hood up, in a parking lot.
• Paris, KY · Nov 4, 2010A round-roofed church on Lexington Road, shaped like a tin can, a red cross over the door.
• Frankfort, KY · Nov 4, 2010A bronze statue on a tall granite pedestal, tagged the Governor’s Monument, in the Frankfort cemetery.
• Frankfort, KY · Nov 4, 2010The Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, seen over autumn treetops.
• Place not recorded · Nov 4, 2010A pair of army planes parked out across an open airfield.
• Paris, KY · Nov 5, 2010The Jerry’s Restaurant sign with its arrow and letter board.
• Lexington, KY · Nov 5, 2010The Joyland Bowl sign: Fall Leagues Now Forming.
• Lexington, KY · Nov 5, 2010The Catalina Motel sign with its starburst and arrow: Vacancy · Free Cable.
• Lexington, KY · Nov 5, 2010The Catalina Motel’s two-story front and starburst rooftop letters.
• Frankfort, KY · Dec 1, 2010A Frisch’s Big Boy statue out front of the restaurant, in faded Spectra color.
• Lexington, KY · Dec 15, 2010 · phone shotA cold winter sunrise over a plank fence.
• Place not recorded · Dec 19, 2010The yellow Waffle House sign against a pale sky.
• Place not recorded · Dec 19, 2010Red or Gold Potatoes 2 for 500, on the Save-A-Lot sign.
• Place not recorded · Dec 19, 20102 Bacon Egg Cheese 2 for $300, on the Hardee’s sign.
• Frankfort, KY · Dec 19, 2010Sunset over Frankfort, power lines strung across a lavender sky.
• Place not recorded · Dec 19, 2010A big faded DIESEL sign over bare winter trees.
• Bourbon County, KY · Feb 8, 2011 · phone shotA cold sunset over snow in Bourbon County: bare trees and a plank fence.
• Buffalo Trace Distillery · Apr 7, 2011 · phone shotA beautiful day at Buffalo Trace: the water tower over the brick warehouses.
• Place not recorded · Jun 25, 2011 · phone shotCan you spot a duck and a pig? A painted Reed Valley Orchard sign full of cartoon fruit and critters.

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