Check out this classic in building design. Note in particular the details found in its construction, something modern buildings seldom have. Now figure out where this building is located, and what its use is. Send your ideas to elliottt@brack.net, and include your hometown.
First to recognize the last Mystery Photo was Lou Camerio of Lilburn wrote:
Look carefully. Does this skyline help you identify this edition’s Mystery Photo? When you figure out an answer, send it to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
George Graf of Palmyra, Va. nailed the identity of this mystery. “It is the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Fla.
Look at the clues in today’s Mystery Photo: water, type or architecture, and a type of cloud. Identify this photograph if you can, and tell us about it. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
What we thought might be a difficult mystery photo found several people who easily recognized it. Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C., wrote: “This is the Fishermen’s Memorial honoring the Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada sailors and fishermen who died at sea from 1890 to the present.
Here’s a setting that reminds this corner of the Veterans Memorial at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration center. It’s for a far different subject, and your job is to tell us about it, and where this photograph was made.
Lots of people recognized an exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Mich.
When today’s Mystery Photo was taken, it must have been turning toward springtime, the new leaves on the trees indicate. Figure out where this photo is located, and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Several people recognized a distinctive angle photograph of the reflecting pool at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in downtown Atlanta.
Water is the defining foreground in this photo, and there’s a whole lot more to this photograph. Figure it all out, and send your thoughts of where this is to ellliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
Some Gwinnettians may be ashamed of themselves for not recognizing the recent Mystery Photo. It was the first brick school in Gwinnett County, located in Buford, and built in 1906.
Today’s Mystery Photo shows plenty of color, and is obviously by the water. Figure out where this photograph was taken, then send your answers to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex., wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is of the historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot located in the center of downtown Cairo, Ga.
Here’s a Mystery Photo similar to other such buildings that once were important all over our country. Your job is to identify exactly where this building is located. Send your entry to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. gives us an interesting comment on the last Mystery Photo: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, N.H.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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