The Trips Collection 11

 

I noted in the previous post that this album is difficult to take apart to scan.  Anyway, the postcard, the bottom image on the page, fell off, and there was writing on the back: "Dear Karen, Jeff & Peter.  How are you doing?  We're having a good time looking at Mayan ruins, then we will go to an island off the coast of Yucatan called Cozumel.  It's a start.  I got a good sunburn in Acapulco.  Take care of yourselves.  I love you, Mom."  The caption: "EL CARACOL-astronomico donde los Mayas le ion los c le los con marvilloso exactitude.  EL CARACOL-Or astronimical observatroy.  CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATAN, MEXICO."  There is a postmark, but it's smeared so I can't read it.  It's addressed to Karen, Jeff & Peter, 3449 Waverly Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA."  Click on The Trips Collection in labels to see other posts in the collection, and don't expect any updates in the near future. 

The Trips Collection 10

 

It's been a while sense I've put up anything from this album. It's a royal pain in the butt to take apart the album, so I hope that explains the gaps in posts.  To recap, unlike most of the photos on The New Found Photography, I didn't buy this album, I literally found it.  So, really found photos.  Click on The Trips Collection in labels for more details.  A cenote is a naturally forming sinkhole caused by the collapsing of underground limestone formations.  There are over 10,000 cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.  

School Days

 

Well, it looks like a school hallway between classes to me.  Very likely from the fifties, when teenagers dressed up to go to school.  I went to high school in the 1970s, and I wore old blue jeans and a ratty T-shirt.  

A Boy and his Bike

 

Written on the back, "On Beuter Rd.  You rode him to school 1937."  I looked up Beuter Road and the only one I could find was in Fort Wayne, Indiana, so I'm going with that.  I'm not very good at guessing ages, but if the guy on the bike was in his teens, it's very likely he served during World War 2.  When I look at these old photos I wonder if they survived. 

Howard's Photos, Altoona

 

The only reason I bought this Cabinet Card is because I grew up an hour's drive or so from Altoona, Pennsylvania.  I'm also fascinated by how photos travel.  I bought it in Los Angeles County, a long, long way from Altoona.  I couldn't find much about Howard's Photos except that it was a successful photo studio in the late 19th and early 20th century.  

Bunches of People

 

I'm trying to figure out what the two photos were mounted on.  I'm thinking something to do with a silent movie star.  It's too bad it was cut down to fit the photos.  Honestly, it looks like it might have been more interesting than the photos themselves.  For those who can't make out the writing, the top image is labeled, "Whity, Marie, Aunt May, Loulla, Allen."  I'm assuming that Whity should be Whitey, and Loulla should be Louella.  The bottom, "Babe, Aunt Mamie, Mom, Aunt Gertie."  On the back, "Allen, Aunt Gurtie, Mom, Aunt Mamie, Babe."  So, is it Gertie or Gurtie?  Written quickly, or poor spelling?  You can also see just how little I spend on my collection. 

Another Life Aboard Ship

 

 I swung by a favorite antique store of mine and found some more life aboard ship photos.  This is the first one that has a passenger.  Anyway, I have no idea what kind of passenger service this was.  I've been buying these photos in the Los Angeles area, so my mind goes right to ferry service to Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, and Long Beach.  There were also coastal steamers when this picture was taken, running all along the Pacific coast.  San Diego to Vancouver, Canada.  There were also gambling ships just beyond the three-mile limit.  And then there were cruise ships that went to places like Hawaii and the far east.  Click on the Life Aboard Ship Collection in labels to see what else I've already posted.  I've got at least two more photos to go.