Bob -
I was in Harvard Yard Monday night, and found the thing you
photographed. It is nowhere near the water pump. I stand
corrected, and you did indeed find the Harvard Monument to
Manhood.
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>Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:02:32 -0500 (EST)
>From: Lawrence Woods <lmwoods@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) A little street shooting in Cambridge
(MA)
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> ... And then there was the completely unpublicized
>> yet-to-be-unveiled Harvard Monument to Manhood.
>
>If you had the lens pulled in to 24mm, and were very close to
>an object actually about six feet high, what you were facing
>was a replica of a water pump from the 1600's that was the
>college's water supply. The green fabric is its winter
>protective coat.
>
>In a far corner of Harvard Yard, in front of the Lamont
>Library, there is a Henry Moore bronze sculpture in a similar
>custom-tailored green covering. I have often thought of
>trying to take identical vantage point pictures of the
>sculpture with and without its winter garb, but haven't done
>so.
>
>Harvard Square in general is an easy place for street
>phototgraphy. People (mostly not Harvard Students) come to
>see and be seen. In her suburban high-school days, my
>daughter was part of that scene. Holding my breath must have
>worked, because she got through the phase without tattoos,
>piercings, or something worse.
>
>----- Larry Woods
> lmwoods@xxxxxxx
----- Larry Woods
lmwoods@xxxxxxx
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