"Where in North America is this?" Section XII

[Mark Sedenquist]

What is this?

I think it is a painting of Henry Ford holding a Antonio Stradivari violin built in 1703

Where is it?

At the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Why is this guy doing that?

I think he's testing the harmonics of the violin with the tuning fork.

Mark

[Mass Tim]

What is this?
Where is it?
Who's that in the picture?
What's he doing?
Why is this guy doing that?

For the first part - is that perchance a Stanley Steamer?
If so - it appears that the family also made violins.
That must be CF Stanley, tuning a violin, because he just made the thing. As to where it is... the Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine. The image is visible on this page linked here.

[CalOldBlue]

Yes, Stanley Steamer.
Yes, F.O. Stanley, F.E. Stanley's twin brother.
Yes, they made violins for a while. F.O. made them as a hobby, then they actually opened a violin factory for awhile.

NO. Not the museum. The painting was made based on a photo that hangs in the museum, of him working on a violin in his workshop.

Go West young man.

[AZBuck]

That would put it in the foyer of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO.

AZBuck

[CalOldBlue]

At the far end. You can't see the car from this angle, but it's under the portrait on the left.


Photo: Don Casey

[CalOldBlue]

Photo: Don Casey

[Eris]

Just reminiscing a bit. The Stanley Hotel brings back memories.

Years ago visited the hotel and left with the impression that the film The Shining, staring Jack Nicholson, was filmed there.

Later found out there was a connection with the film but it was not filmed there – the author Stephen King wrote part of the story there and I understand the mini-series of The Shining was filmed there.

[Foy]

My son and I observed a 2 tractor-trailer rollover/yard sale on the northbound side just a couple or three miles north of the Pass itself as we drove south on 31 October 2007. Coming down the Baker side, we "discovered" his truck has some form of governor. I plead the 5th where identification of the speed at which the governor kicks in at is concerned. Long, straight downhill highways can be very dangerous when combined with road-wear travelers whose destination is approaching. I remain chagrined about that even now, 3 years hence.

Foy

[Mark Sedenquist]

Great, great light of the Stanley hotel!

mark

[CalOldBlue]

Great, great light of the Stanley hotel!

mark

Thanks! Time exposure using a mini-tripod sitting on a table next to the couch I was sitting on. The people were still enough not to blur too much.