Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Image restoration
Image restoration has been something that has interested me this summer. I took this older image that had rips in the image and scanned the image to a jpeg. Then I used photoshop to repair the image. After using photoshop to "repair" the image, I printed the image out using a photo quality printer.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Chapter 3 Sound Portrait - Depression Girls
Susan: We continue our story with Mae, Bea, and Treva, and how living through the depression has affected their lives today. Although food was scarce during the depression they always managed something to eat.
Mae: Oh my goodness, we had a lot of beans, uh, we had a lot of mush, uh; we didn’t have much meat, potatoes in different ways, she would fix them in different ways. And, she was a good cook, she made biscuits. I can remember one time, my grandma lived up the street from us, and uh, and she used to make bread rolls. And, on my way home from school I would stop in at grandma and grandpa’s and she would be baking those bread rolls. So, I would eat bread rolls with apple butter. (laughs) And, by the time I got home I didn’t want anything to eat (laughing). But, she always fixed something that would fill the whole family. And, she canned and she had a garden and she canned in the summer. And, we always had vegetables that she would can. And, uh, we had some meat she cooked, uh, she would fry bacon and she would use the bacon grease for seasoning, I kinda remember. She used to make a lot of gravy, because my dad liked gravy. Uh, green beans and peas and of course then, uh, we had summer vegetables. Green onions and radishes but, to can it would be green beans and peas, uh what else, uh variations of vegetables she would can. Oh she couldn’t freeze them because there was no such thing as freezing them. Everything was canned.
Susan: Sodium silicate was also used as an egg preservation agent in the early 20th Century with large success. When fresh eggs are immersed in it, bacteria which cause the eggs to spoil are kept out and water is kept in. Eggs can be kept fresh using this method for up to nine months.
Mae: Oh, that was something my mother used to do, she used to buy eggs when they were plentiful and inexpensive and she would put them down in a crock with a solution that they called water glass. And, it would keep now we didn’t use them to fry or cook like that, but she would use them to cook with and so we always had eggs.
Susan: Treva’s memories of what they would eat.
Treva: Oh, she cooked, like I said, we had our own garden our own pigs and chickens. And, dad raised the nicest sweet potatoes, yellow jersey, oh they was so good. But, she would have chicken pot pie, chicken noodles, roll out the noodles and make them. We had good food. We had pigs butchered oh I don’t know. She cooked mostly what my dad liked. There was nothing dad didn’t eat that she didn’t cook.
Mae: We used to have a lot of chickens
Bea: Oh we had chickens and we had chickens and we had pigs, too. We would butcher them in the fall of the year and dry the meat up and use it all winter. Mom used to make pies, uh, filled pies and uh, Harry he always liked them. He always liked them butterscotch pie he would say mom when are you going to make some of that good stuff.
Susan: An inexpensive meal that would fill the bellies.
Mae: I can remember they used to have a lot of times, they had several children in their family, there was three adults, three children, and mother and dad. And, of course they were in the depression too and used to use they would put, and bread was like 5 cents a loaf, and, it was like a twin loaf a twin loaf of bread. And, they would put the bread on a plate like two or three slices and they would put sugar and cinnamon and they would cover it with coffee.
Treva: Oh we did that.
Mae: Yea, that would be there meal.
Susan: A sweet story that Mae remembers about her dad.
Mae: One year, uh, he made a batch of root beer and he put them down in the basement, and I don’t know what he had done wrong but something happened. And, it all exploded. (laughing) We could hear POP, POP, POP, POP and it was all the bottles exploding. (laughing) He had a capper and I don’t know if it was something wrong with the capper you know the caps didn’t go on right or what. But, anyway it all exploded. (more laughing).
Susan: Tune in to more chapter of the story of Mae, Bea, and Treva living through the depression.
Mae: Oh my goodness, we had a lot of beans, uh, we had a lot of mush, uh; we didn’t have much meat, potatoes in different ways, she would fix them in different ways. And, she was a good cook, she made biscuits. I can remember one time, my grandma lived up the street from us, and uh, and she used to make bread rolls. And, on my way home from school I would stop in at grandma and grandpa’s and she would be baking those bread rolls. So, I would eat bread rolls with apple butter. (laughs) And, by the time I got home I didn’t want anything to eat (laughing). But, she always fixed something that would fill the whole family. And, she canned and she had a garden and she canned in the summer. And, we always had vegetables that she would can. And, uh, we had some meat she cooked, uh, she would fry bacon and she would use the bacon grease for seasoning, I kinda remember. She used to make a lot of gravy, because my dad liked gravy. Uh, green beans and peas and of course then, uh, we had summer vegetables. Green onions and radishes but, to can it would be green beans and peas, uh what else, uh variations of vegetables she would can. Oh she couldn’t freeze them because there was no such thing as freezing them. Everything was canned.
Susan: Sodium silicate was also used as an egg preservation agent in the early 20th Century with large success. When fresh eggs are immersed in it, bacteria which cause the eggs to spoil are kept out and water is kept in. Eggs can be kept fresh using this method for up to nine months.
Mae: Oh, that was something my mother used to do, she used to buy eggs when they were plentiful and inexpensive and she would put them down in a crock with a solution that they called water glass. And, it would keep now we didn’t use them to fry or cook like that, but she would use them to cook with and so we always had eggs.
Susan: Treva’s memories of what they would eat.
Treva: Oh, she cooked, like I said, we had our own garden our own pigs and chickens. And, dad raised the nicest sweet potatoes, yellow jersey, oh they was so good. But, she would have chicken pot pie, chicken noodles, roll out the noodles and make them. We had good food. We had pigs butchered oh I don’t know. She cooked mostly what my dad liked. There was nothing dad didn’t eat that she didn’t cook.
Mae: We used to have a lot of chickens
Bea: Oh we had chickens and we had chickens and we had pigs, too. We would butcher them in the fall of the year and dry the meat up and use it all winter. Mom used to make pies, uh, filled pies and uh, Harry he always liked them. He always liked them butterscotch pie he would say mom when are you going to make some of that good stuff.
Susan: An inexpensive meal that would fill the bellies.
Mae: I can remember they used to have a lot of times, they had several children in their family, there was three adults, three children, and mother and dad. And, of course they were in the depression too and used to use they would put, and bread was like 5 cents a loaf, and, it was like a twin loaf a twin loaf of bread. And, they would put the bread on a plate like two or three slices and they would put sugar and cinnamon and they would cover it with coffee.
Treva: Oh we did that.
Mae: Yea, that would be there meal.
Susan: A sweet story that Mae remembers about her dad.
Mae: One year, uh, he made a batch of root beer and he put them down in the basement, and I don’t know what he had done wrong but something happened. And, it all exploded. (laughing) We could hear POP, POP, POP, POP and it was all the bottles exploding. (laughing) He had a capper and I don’t know if it was something wrong with the capper you know the caps didn’t go on right or what. But, anyway it all exploded. (more laughing).
Susan: Tune in to more chapter of the story of Mae, Bea, and Treva living through the depression.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Chapter 2 Depression Girls Sound Portrait
Susan: Welcome back to the story about Treva, Mae, and Bea, and how growing up in the depression has effected their lives.
Mae continues with stories about her father’s ice business.
Mae: Card in the window, if they wanted 25 pounds they would put the 25 sign out, 50, 75, 100 – whatever they wanted. Depended how big their ice box was. And uh, most people bought either 25 or 50 pounds. But, the groceries they would buy like the 100 pounds, 300 pounds. And then they would chip it up and for the meat.
Susan: Mae’s family works the ice business alone.
Mae: Oh workers, no just my dad and my mom sometimes my sister if she happened to be there, but mostly my mom or my dad.
Susan: Mae’s dad would cut the ice for the children of the neighborhood on very hot days.
Mae: on ice runs, you know, and I would go with him. And like I said he used to cut up 25 lbs of ice, and the children would come running. And, dad would cut up pieces and give them chunks of ice.
Susan: With winter in the air and Christmas around the corner, we will hear Mae, Treva, and Bea talk about Christmases past.
Mae: I have a lot of good memories, uh, I wanted a sled and my mom and dad couldn’t afford to buy one, so my dad made me one out of wood that he had. And, he put used two by fours for the runners and it made it so heavy I couldn’t use it. So, he would tie it on the back of the car and pull me, because there was no traffic then, and he would pull me out in the country on my sled.
And, one time I wanted a bicycle, and we couldn’t afford that either. So, they traveled to different used bicycle stores and uh shops, and finally they found a $.26 small tired bike. And that time they were the balloon tires, but I didn’t care as long as I could ride the bicycle and I did and I loved that bicycle. So, I think they only gave like $2 or $3 for it.
So it was something that I really enjoyed.
So, My sister worked at the underwear factory were Dolly Toy is now, and uh, of course when they made the underwear there was a lot of scraps pieces. And, Mr. Leeheart was the cutter he cut big stacks of material. And, I used to go over and watch him do it. And, my sister would gather up pieces. And, one year for Christmas they went together and I got a wicker baby cab for Christmas, and the next year I got a doll baby doll. And, she had made a whole little trunk full of clothes for my doll out of those scrapes from the underwear factory, and uh, my sisters where always doing for me as, well as my parents, and actually I had three mothers and two dads.
Susan: Bea tells her story
Bea: Oh yea, roller skates I wanted and I didn’t have any. And, uh a friend of ours went down and got the man go down and open the store. So, I went and my roller skates.
Susan: Treva’s favorite Christmas
Treva: I remember one Christmas, my grandma and grandpa lived up the road from us about a block and I went over. And, she had borders and I could help her once in a while. And, she had a border with red hair his name was Ray Wispy. And, he bought me a doll baby with red hair and I had that for a long time and I don’t know what happened to it. I liked that doll baby. That was the best Christmas I had.
Susan: In 1932, Treva has a son Don who is 2 years old and she talks about a good Christmas for him.
Treva: Oh well when Don was about 2 years old, I think he was. The family got together, Jackie and the rest of them bought him a car to ride in, and that was something that was a good Christmas for him.
Susan: The stories will continue of Treva, Mae and Bea living during the depression.
Mae continues with stories about her father’s ice business.
Mae: Card in the window, if they wanted 25 pounds they would put the 25 sign out, 50, 75, 100 – whatever they wanted. Depended how big their ice box was. And uh, most people bought either 25 or 50 pounds. But, the groceries they would buy like the 100 pounds, 300 pounds. And then they would chip it up and for the meat.
Susan: Mae’s family works the ice business alone.
Mae: Oh workers, no just my dad and my mom sometimes my sister if she happened to be there, but mostly my mom or my dad.
Susan: Mae’s dad would cut the ice for the children of the neighborhood on very hot days.
Mae: on ice runs, you know, and I would go with him. And like I said he used to cut up 25 lbs of ice, and the children would come running. And, dad would cut up pieces and give them chunks of ice.
Susan: With winter in the air and Christmas around the corner, we will hear Mae, Treva, and Bea talk about Christmases past.
Mae: I have a lot of good memories, uh, I wanted a sled and my mom and dad couldn’t afford to buy one, so my dad made me one out of wood that he had. And, he put used two by fours for the runners and it made it so heavy I couldn’t use it. So, he would tie it on the back of the car and pull me, because there was no traffic then, and he would pull me out in the country on my sled.
And, one time I wanted a bicycle, and we couldn’t afford that either. So, they traveled to different used bicycle stores and uh shops, and finally they found a $.26 small tired bike. And that time they were the balloon tires, but I didn’t care as long as I could ride the bicycle and I did and I loved that bicycle. So, I think they only gave like $2 or $3 for it.
So it was something that I really enjoyed.
So, My sister worked at the underwear factory were Dolly Toy is now, and uh, of course when they made the underwear there was a lot of scraps pieces. And, Mr. Leeheart was the cutter he cut big stacks of material. And, I used to go over and watch him do it. And, my sister would gather up pieces. And, one year for Christmas they went together and I got a wicker baby cab for Christmas, and the next year I got a doll baby doll. And, she had made a whole little trunk full of clothes for my doll out of those scrapes from the underwear factory, and uh, my sisters where always doing for me as, well as my parents, and actually I had three mothers and two dads.
Susan: Bea tells her story
Bea: Oh yea, roller skates I wanted and I didn’t have any. And, uh a friend of ours went down and got the man go down and open the store. So, I went and my roller skates.
Susan: Treva’s favorite Christmas
Treva: I remember one Christmas, my grandma and grandpa lived up the road from us about a block and I went over. And, she had borders and I could help her once in a while. And, she had a border with red hair his name was Ray Wispy. And, he bought me a doll baby with red hair and I had that for a long time and I don’t know what happened to it. I liked that doll baby. That was the best Christmas I had.
Susan: In 1932, Treva has a son Don who is 2 years old and she talks about a good Christmas for him.
Treva: Oh well when Don was about 2 years old, I think he was. The family got together, Jackie and the rest of them bought him a car to ride in, and that was something that was a good Christmas for him.
Susan: The stories will continue of Treva, Mae and Bea living during the depression.
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