Fremont, CA USA
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Meeting Location: Begin at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (37417 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536), end at Bronco Billy's Pizza Palace (37651 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA) Meeting Time: 1pm - 4pm
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We’ll meet in front of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, tour the small Niles District, stop at the annual dog show, and see Rancho Arroyo Park.
Niles District:
Historic Niles is a district of Fremont that is famous for railroads and movie-making. The town has a railroad museum and a silent film museum. Movies starring Charlie Chaplin were filmed here at Essanay Studios in the early 1900s. The town is also known for annual Antique Fair in August and the Niles Canyon Railway, which offer rides most Sundays of the year. This is not a very busy, modern city with new buildings; they have kept the historic look of the main street.
Photo Walk Info:
We will be meeting in front of the Essanay Silent Film Museum, a tribute to the Essanay Film Studios. If you would like to explore the museum, pleaese arrive earlier and visit the museum before the photo walk begins.
From here, we will walk along Niles Blvd, and then turn to head south to Community Park, located at 3rd Street and H Street, where Niles is holding its annual Niles Dog Show from 9-3pm. I think Best in Show will be awarded at 2pm, so I hope that we can get there before then.
We will walk around the Community Park and continue to walk around the nearby Rancho Arroyo Park. There is a lake here and probably a good chance of shooting waterfowl and people.
Our path will loop back to where we met, ending at a pizza shop, where people can grab a bite to eat.
Winning photo from the walk:
I chose this photo by Godfrey DiGiorgi to submit as the best in the group. Thanks everyone for submitting photos!
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Meeting time: 1pm - 4pm
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Photos from this location
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- Empty bottle left on a roadside embankment, Fremont, CA
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- Cows graze on a hillside above Niles Canyon, Fremont, CA
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- A Man Who Knows
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- Art Deco
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- Niles Antique Auto Parts Shop
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- Sunflowers on a sunny day
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- 1929 pedestrian tunnel. Click for full image.
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- Fly on a garden frond. Click for full image.
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- train shocks
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- cracks and creases
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- Mail bags at the railroad museum
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- Innocent bystander at the Dog Show
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- An Ad Space is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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- A classic Ford Mustang
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- Locked Gate. Click for full size.
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- All we need is... Click to view full size
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- A glimpse of the past..
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- Wanna be my friend..
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- Motiograph Projector - Niles 2009
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- Locals - Niles 2009
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- Front room of sleeping coach, Niles District Train Museum
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- Front room of sleeping coach, Niles District Train Museum
Does anyone know which photo was selected for the worldwide contest? The deadline passed yesterday for our leader to submit a winning photo but haven’t heard or seen any kind of announcement, unlike many of the other cities.
Just a reminder to those uploading photos for the contest: Enter your username into the “Title” field for organizational purposes, then enter the “Caption” and “Description” you want. You can go back into your dashboard and click on “Library” to edit the title field of your photo entry (place your cursor over your photo’s thumbnail to see the “edit” link.)