We're getting near the end of this collection. Only two more images and then it's done. I tried blowing the top print up, and while I can't be 100% sure, I think that dark spot in the middle of the river is a raft. And, of course, there had to be one picture of a woman washing clothes. It's not that men are lazy, it's just that we don't mind being dirty. Click on The Krystal Gloss Collection in labels to see everything.
Of the pictures in this small booklet, it's the second one in this column that interested me the most. It looks like a river ferry. The top photo looks like a man tending a field, which points to private land. As usual, click on The Krystal Gloss Collection in labels to see other images from this small photo album.
There are only a few photos in this collection that I would have wanted if they hadn't been in this little photo booklet, and the second one in the column is one of them. Since Bear Photo Service was headquartered in California, I'm guessing these photos must have been taken somewhere in the state. But where? The footbridge should give a clue. Is it on the upper Kern River? The Truckee? So far, my research hasn't come up with an answer. Click on The Krystal Gloss Collection in labels to see the rest.
I've been calling this the L.A. Family Photo collection because I've got photos from Topanga Canyon and Los Angles itself. White Oak Lodge, very likely from Tehachapi, a not very long drive from L.A., and now, the top photo in the column labeled "Camp 7 Yosemite." Again, California, though a lot farther north. But we also have the bottom photo in the column labeled "Toledo, Ohio." Interesting two dates, May 1929, and June 1930. Somewhat between those two dates is September 4, 1929, and the beginning of the great depression. Were Ralph and Joy visitors to California who lived full time in Toledo, or were they making a visit to see family back home in Ohio? I bought these photos in an L.A. area antique store, so I'd say that somehow or another, Ralph and Joy ended up as Californians.
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It looks like they've got a mountain cabin somewhere. All conifers, a sure sign of a more western local. I didn't notice it until I scanned and enlarged the top photo, but she's smoking. Apart from the health issues, not a good idea in our modern dry, drought stricken world. Too, when I saw the bottom photo, I thought the man's arms were crossed. After scanning and seeing it in a bigger window, it looks like he's holding her legs.
The standing guy has a huge bottle on his shoulder. I suspect that alcohol has something to do with what's going on.
