Before the Corps -------- in and around Bloomington, Indiana
1953
Bloomington's skyline from 3rd and Washington, looking N. West. New Kroger store and new Haag drug store. (A joke of the times: "Did you hear about the two women who came out of Kroger's and turned into Haags?")
1954
Late night photography on a Friday night at Bloomington's Dairy Queen at Third and Washington. (Unknown girls/photo by DAW)
1955
DAW self portrait at Red Hog Quarry. Using a convenient stick to trip shutter. Notice the concentration - there alone.
1956
Nearby Clear Hole Quarry.
Here we learned to explore, for up to 3 minutes, underwater "caves" between the submerged Limestone blocks.
1957
Long Hole Quarry
THE ROCK ---- as seen from under it, at water level.
1958
DAW & initials carved into THE ROCK at
Long Hole Quarry (also called the Breaking Away quarry.)
1959
State Property Spoof.
DAW working in Joliet, Illinois as a stone-cutter no less.
1960
Old Bloomington High School at 2nd and Walnut Streets. Seven years before the fire.