Madame Tussauds – Mr. Holga https://mrholga.com walkabout street and portrait photographer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:31:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 49179826 Photos from Washington, D.C. Trip https://mrholga.com/2012/03/photos-from-washington-d-c-trip/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:25:27 +0000 http://www.mrholga.com/?p=625 Here are a few of my Nikon photos from my Washington, D.C. trip. I started with the Lincoln Memorial and worked my way down to the U.S. Capital building. I spend almost a whole day at Arlington National Cemetery, which opens at 8 a.m.

My Holga film is currently being developed. I should have those back and scanned next week. I hope you enjoy these shots. Cheers.

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]]> 625 Washington, D.C. Trip Planning https://mrholga.com/2012/01/washington-d-c-trip-planning/ https://mrholga.com/2012/01/washington-d-c-trip-planning/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:53:51 +0000 http://www.mrholga.com/?p=510 I will be visiting Washington, D.C. over spring break this year. My wife and I are currently researching the area for sights, hotels and places to eat. We want to stay close to the metro system and some good restaurants. A room with a view is probably out of the question.

I have a long list of items to photograph while I am in D.C. Below is a list of my photographic agenda:

  • Arlington National Cemetery
    • President John F. Kennedy
    • First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis
    • Robert Kennedy, U. S. Attorney General
    • Senator Edward Kennedy
    • Col. James Swindal, Air Force One pilot
    • Cecil W. Stoughton, White House photographer
    • Evelyn Norton Lincoln, president’s personal secretary
    • Dr. George Burkley, president’s physician
    • Malcolm MacGregor Kilduff, White House Spokesman
    • Arthur Goldberg, Secretary of Labor
    • Marriman Smith, United Press International
    • Justice Early Warren, Warren Commission
    • Senator John Sherman Cooper, Warren Commission
    • Stephen John Roman, my grandfather
  • Congressional Cemetery
    • J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
    • Congressman Hale Boggs Jr., Warren Commission
  • White House
    • East Room where President Kennedy lay in repose
  • U.S. Capitol Building
    • Capitol Rotunda where President Kennedy lay in state
  • U.S. National Archives
  • National Museum of American History
    • Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle
  • Georgetown
    • The residence where Mrs. Kennedy stayed after leaving the White House
  • Martin Luther King Memorial
  • Ford’s Theater
  • Madame Tussauds
    • President Kennedy and Johnson wax figures
    • They have Jacqueline Kennedy in the pink wool suit! Score!

I’ll be spending a day at Arlington National Cemetery all by myself. My wife has promised to go shopping while I am busy photographing history. I hope she does not spend too much.

I previously visited Washington, D.C. and Arlington National Cemetery in the 1990s.

My first visit was for my grandfather’s funeral. My grandfather made a career out of the Air Force serving in World War II and a couple of other skirmishes. It was a beautiful service with a horse-drawn carriage and a twenty-one gun salute. Too bad I was not into Holgas then.

My second trip was with my grandmother. She used to live in D.C. with my grandfather. I though she would be a good tour guide, but she was just as lost as I was. Oh well, we had a good time anyway.

Let me know if I need to send you a post card. Cheers.

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