City - Tampa FL - Franklin Street 1905 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - Tampa FL - Franklin Street 1905 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1905
Original Title: Franklin St
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 451 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL
It's funny, usually I can tell how long an image will take at a glance. These old city shots usually take me a few days to process... But I thought this would be easy because a few buildings were missing on the right.
But like all images from this company, it was just as complex if not more so than other's I made in the past. And it mostly had to do with that reflection on the building on the left. It reflected the big sign on the far right, and matching it up was a pain. Color in a piece, scroll to the side, do the next piece, match up the part and back and forth coloring it at the same time. So it did take longer than I thought. Detroit Publishing is known for really detailed scenes and this has a lot of detail.
This is Tampa's main street, Franklin St. It was the first street to get electric lights, a steam trolley, an electric trolley, paved roads, it had it all. And today it has none of it. All the buildings are missing, I wasn't even sure I was on the right street at first. Even the cross street changed names (it's Kennedy now, but in this picture its called Lafayette).
There were some postcard though, most of them showed the building on the left as tan. And in fact it showed all of them as tan. And it might have been right when that photo was shot, but some of the buildings were darker. And this one on the corner was both pink and tan in 2 sets of cards. So I chose a middle ground, where it could be either one depending on the light.
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February 21st, 2020
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