Thank You!
- to my spouse, Barbara Purdom,
for tolerating and even encouraging this hobby run amok
- to my kids, for keeping me company on many of my expeditions
- to Nate Gasser,
for giving the collection its first web home
- to my father, Tom Purdom
for encouragement and moral support
- to my father-in-law, Elmer Lamond, who kept pushing me to take the
photographic end seriously
- to Joey Blue
for linking his much better (and larger) pictures to my collection
- to L'aura for her always excellent suggestions and occasional
transportation assistance
- to Megan Gibson for providing transportation for the Kensington, Frankford, Port Richmond, Juniata Park and Bridesburg pictures
- to Todd Koser for providing transportation for the second Northeast expedition
- to Chris Paige for providing a wonderful new home for the site when it needed one fast.
- to all the helpful folks
who answered questions on the phone or by email
- to everyone who has sent a kind word, written an article, given
an award, put in a link, or offered a suggestion
- and, of course, to all the artists, without whom there would be no point