Thanksgiving Storm Recorded in Barnesville Photographs
Karl F. Eichhorn, Jr., a professional photographer just happened to be in Barnesville visiting his family at their Mt. Olivett Road farmhouse over Thanksgiving 1950.
Once the snowfall ended, Eichhorn, a 1943 BHS grad and WWII veteran, walked into town up Mulberry Street past the B & O Depot and into the downtown business district at East Main and Arch streets. From there he went to the intersection of Main and Chestnut turning east on Church Street and back to Mulberry and home.
Eichhorn a snapped a total of 22 photographs during his walk and on the family farm.
About the Photographs and the Photographer
In 2019, a professional photographer in Florida started posting photos taken by Eichhorn on eBay. He wasn’t certain where the photos were taken. The first image posted was of Harp’s Corner.
In an online correspondence that evolved with this writer, the photographer shared he attended an estate sale for a professional photographer who was a WWII veteran that included many negatives including WWII images.
“He (the photographer) retired to Florida in the sixties,” the new owner of the negatives wrote at that time.
Through the new owner’s efforts, management of Riesbeck’s Markets now have an image of the company’s original downtown Barnesville store!
As online sales slowed, the entire collection of 22 negatives were purchased and are now part of the Bruce Yarnall collection at the Watt Center for History and the Arts.
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Eichhorn was a resident of Cocoa Beach, FL at the time of his death at the age of 93 on November 26, 2017. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty Ann and survived by a sister, Barbara, three nieces and four nephews.
At the time of his death, recommended donations were directed to The Nature Conservancy. Interment was made at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery in his adopted state.
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