Frank Frink's Colt .45 by Hortvald Inki
May 8th, 2010 2:13 AM
Farnsworth, known as "Peak" by his students was an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley. Dabbling briefly in architecture and mechanics, he left behind a treasure trove of things to rummage through. He was affectionate with animals, but still kept to contemporary decorum in the fifties. Not wanting to disappoint, he dabbled in all sorts of work, and in a sense, was the renaissance man of Berkeley in fifties before he fell back into obscurity.
Today, his legacy lives on in his recently rediscovered case in the attic of a national historic home.
Little is known about him, but for some reason, he kept a case of weird shit together.
The Man
Professor, Architect, Mechanic, Hoarder
The closet, where he his case was found
Hiding amongst boxes of things, His case was found.
What it revealed
There were several things that yielded from the case. A photograph, camera and lens, several tins, door locks, a manual, a hydraulic thing and a painting
Parker's Manual proved to be full of building facts
The door locks were of no use. They needed a skeleton key.
Batallion Photo
Not sure which one he was, but he served in the Michigan Infantry
Two tins revealed themselves
Nothing more than a hand salve for cow udders and a tin of furniture polish.
His Camera
An Extaka 11B
Must Have been...
Used with some lost vacation journey
A painting
Burned, and discarded in the bin as an afterthought
Ohhh
A self realized painting, Dated August 5th, 1957
What's this?
A mysterious box at the bottom!
A box of cigarettes
ancient cigarettes perhaps?
Nope
Just his watch.
Hmm..
Quite a dandy one too.
Another box of his found behind the case
What must be in a 60 year old box of chocolates?
Drawing equipment. Various thingamajagies
Nib collection
Gregory must have collected nibs since he was little.
And Other things
Eraser heads, leads, old pen shafts, points, refillable markers...
But what are...
two mysterious "Graphos" boxes...
Aha
Refillable, interchangable nib pen sets.
Well
I suppose, he was... an architect too.
Awesome