Coming Attraction….
Since it as hot today as it has been all summer, and to top it off our air conditioner broke down in the building, I thought this might cool things down a bit. Hard to believe in a few short months this will be par for the course out here…
-T.
Elevated Crossing Tower
Computer rendering of the Laser Cut Elevated Crossing Tower project I have been dabbling with lately. 3D modeling, while extremely time consuming to work with, has some real benefits!
-T.
Delhi, Ontario. 1959
click on the arrow to play. click on the rectangle next to the options tab to watch in full screen…..
This high quality video produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1959 is all about Delhi, Ontario and the tobacco farming industry that flourished at the time.
I have seen parts of this film over the years, but finally found the full version after minutes of exhaustive searching on Google. I had no idea that the video was shot in my hometown of Delhi, Ontario, I thought it was just about tobacco farming in general since I have never seen the beginning of the film. The first 5-10 minutes has lots of great shots around Delhi in the late 50’s.
When this film was produced, tobacco was a very popular cash crop, Delhi was the center of Tobacco Country and most farmers did very well with it, as is discussed in the film. Today, its all but gone. Most farms have switched to other crops with varying success as the soil type in the area is mostly sand, and not too suitable for many crops. The town of Delhi struggles, and is only a shadow of its former self with most businesses that relied on tobacco long gone. Its a classic example of a town who’s entire way of life ended quickly.
While our family were not tobacco farmers, we did have a strong connection to the industry as my grandfather was very well known among tobacco farmers and was integral in the development of much of the machinery that modernized tobacco farming. This film was shot before most of his contributions were adopted. Needless to say, a lot of the manual work was eliminated.
More on my grandfather, W.C. Kelsey and his relationship with tobacco can be found on the W.C. Kelsey Blog here.
-T.
