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| Providence, Rhode Island: Train
Station Cafe; December, 1984 |
| © Dale
Tanis |
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| “Train Station Cafe” is the short form of the
complete title for my print Providence, Rhode
Island: Train Station Cafe; December 1984. I shot
this one in December of 1984 as the ground was being broken across the
valley to construct the new train station in Providence Rhode Island.
The next time I was in town the view seen was completely obstructed by
boxes that filled the dining area. The following visit found the entire
building boarded up. There were rumors that the building was being
converted into boutiques and such. (I secretly hoped the diner would
become an ice cream shop!) I never returned and therefore cannot report
on the site’s fate. However, a collector in Albuquerque once told me of
passing through the station during WWII and seeing soldiers asleep all
over the train station, including on the counter tops seen here!! Look
for the hand prints on the glass panel on the left. A friend of mine
who was with me that day got edited out of the window reflection on the
right glass panel but vaguely reappeared in the dark reflections on the
coffee urns!! If you look VERY closely at the
right window pane where the center post of the room is you can just
make out the reflection of a hat and to the right of it, what appears
to be an arm bent up towards it. That’s me taking the original
photograph!! |
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| Edition Size |
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Prints |
No of
Proofs |
No. of
Screens |
Image
Size |
Paper
Size |
| 54 |
ø |
110 |
13 1/2"
x 20 1/4" |
17 1/2"
x 23" |
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All
prints are shipped flat with a Certificate of
Authenticity and
Framing Suggestions |
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