The Flickr Pinevillelouisiana Image Generatr

The Gillis William Long Memorial Bridge (alternatively known as the U.S. 165 Business Bridge, the Red River Bridge, or the Jackson Street Bridge) connects Downtown Pineville, Louisiana with the business district in Alexandria, Louisiana. It is a two-lane vertical-lift bridge with a sidewalk/bikepath on either side. The bridge is named after U.S. Representative Gillis Long, who represented Louisiana's Eighth Congressional District. It was built in 1985 to replace the Murray Street Bridge.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6 along with the final conversion to Black & White.

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Built in the early 1900's
pencil drawing by Keith LaCour
Drawn Sept 2024

( First Masonic Lodge of Pineville, built in 1923 )
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour
drawn July 2024

Built in 1857
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour
Drawn from April 5th - May 20th 2024

Built in 1925
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour / April 2024

Drawn from the Pineville Louisiana side of the river looking towards Alexandria in the background.
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour -
drawn from April 1st - May 10th 2024

Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour
Drawn from January - February 2024

Located on Main street in Pineville, Built in 1931
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour
drawn February 2024

Located at 901 Main Street - built in 1959
Drawn from Oct 1st - Nov 2, 2023
Pencil drawing by Keith LaCour

After more than seven (?) weeks with no measurable rain it finally rained today, at my house at least! Only 0.75" (19mm) but we'll take it. Within an hour after the rain, the sun was shining again. After dinner, the clouds were starting to look good but I was running late. I only had time to drive across town to a "default" location rather than looking for something better (which in all honesty doesn't exist anyway).

I just barely made it... Within literally five minutes of the first image, the light was gone and I was packing up to leave.

This is an "oxbow" dead-end arm of the Red River at Pineville, Louisiana. The composition isn't anything to write home about, but it's about all that's available from that location.

I bracketed but ended up using the underexposed image without anything else. There's a little noise in the shadows, but that looks better than the inevitable artifacts (given my minimal processing "skills") that would've shown up if I had tried to composite several images, particularly considering all the silhouetted leaves in the shot. It was a bit of a challenge to balance the deep shadows and brighter sky in a realistic manner.

I've shot this before but liked the sky this time. This is the century-old Central State Hospital dairy barn in Pineville, Louisiana. It's many decades disused but is now the focus of a renewal effort as a historic local structure.

I'm digitizing my personal negatives. I've only got 69+ years to scan. I should be finished in the next couple years.

Pencil drawing by KEITH LACOUR

This building is now the Central Louisiana American Red Cross

Production Date: 1942
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Bridges Drug Store, Curt Teich (#2B-H277)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook

Tenney and Hilbert Published Market Price in 2009: $9-$18

Source: Tenney, Fred, and Kevin Hilbert. 2009. Large Letter Postcards: The Definitive Guide 1930s to 1950s. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 176 p.

Copyright 2011. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.