HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border to the Rio Grande and from the Big Sur coast to the High Plains. We believe…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… I don’t have many words this month. I have burned them all…
Readers of the Zephyr have always shown a particular fondness for Herb’s 1950 Ford ‘Woody’, which appears in a number of his photos. Below are a number of photos of that beloved car, taken from 1950-1953…JS HERB RINGER came West…
Herb: One morning I took off from Reno to explore an old ghost town called Ludwig, near Yerington. While hunting through an old station, I heard a car motor wheezing over the rough steep hill, and hitching my gun forward,…
“The first time I stopped at Cameron was when I had my 1946 Ford. It was going to be a long drive, from the South Rim all the way to Kanab. And so my father suggested we stop. We noticed…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… 1. I have always loved neon. This is from Ocala, Florida this…
“When I was about four my father had an engagement to play the summer season out in Colorado Springs with a local band, the Colorado Midland Band, owned by the Colorado Midland Railroad. So we journeyed by train across the…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… Please let me explain myself. Even though Saint Francis said “it’s better…
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… I do not always have a theme for these columns. It’s often…
When Herb gave his father a journal for Christmas in 1944, JOSEPH RINGER put it to good use. In addition to his remarkable commentary that spanned the years 1944 to 1963, he liked to make lists. This is one of…