From Banak, Montana. An abandoned gold mining town, now a state park. These images should be approached as a "body of work" in design and arrangement of space, rather than as individual stand-alone images.
A homage to Mondrian ( a early 20th century French painter).

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b3. The Grand Hotel staircase. Popular image, but I thought I'd try it without the Knewl post.
b4. Upstairs Hallway. I did this same shot in Black and White several years ago. Here the color adds warmth; the B&W seems much more "abandoned".
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b12. Some of the buildings are being "restored" with furnishings typical of the time (1890-1920). Unfortunately; they are then locked, so photography must be done through a window.
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b14. Many houses are only one room, for eating and sleeping. The majority of a miner's day was spent out at the diggings, so more not needed.
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b16. Many houses of the time/area didn't have hallways; inefficient. Rather all the doorways were alligned for traffic, with doors for privacy.
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b18. Remnants of fancy wallpaper. Thick paper mache' on cloth backing, over raw logs.
b19. Train station at Virginia City, Montana.
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