It looks like some sort of gathering. Anyway, I have no idea what kind of cars these are, and the picture is too out of focus to do a good match. I did the first thing I could think of and went online and looked up the Ford Model T. After all, it was the best-selling car from the era. I found an ad for Ford cars from 1923, and it could be a match.
I just picked this photo up today, and I figured I'd better get it posted as soon as possible. It's small, really small. 1.25 x 2 inches, and I need to get it into the storage box before I lose it. Anyway, I don't know what to make of it. Clearly, it's from before the age of the photo booth. It could be a contact or reduction print. I'm not aware of any film this small manufactured in the 19th or very early 20th century.
Just because it's so damn hot. There's a Granite Dells sign in the background. The Dells is an area near Prescott, Arizona, and yes, it does snow there. There was a Granite Dells Resort, so it's possible that's what the sign is for. I could go for a bit of snow, right about now.
An attractive young lady standing next to a statue of, I assume, Casimir Pulaski. Pulaski was a Polish patriot who came to the colonies, joined the revolution and is regarded as the father of the American Calvary. He was born in 1745 and died, in battle, in 1779. I looked for photos of memorials to Pulaski, but couldn't find a match.
Platoon 35. On July 6, 1948, Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, integrating the United States Armed Forces. This photo is dated July 1, 1950, so it's one of the first integrated Marine Corps training classes from Parris Island, in South Carolina. Unless I missed someone, I counted five black troops in the class. Anyway, a fair amount of info on the front of the photo. M.C.R.D. stands for Marine Corps Recruiting Depot. Just for the hell of it, I did a search for the three sergeants named, H.A. Eravi, H.E. Moore, and P.H. Myers. Nothing came up. There is an Ashley Moog, professional photographer located in Beaufort, South Carolina. A daughter or a granddaughter of the Moog credited as the photographer on the front of the print. Possible, perhaps even probable, but not guaranteed.
I've been making occasional trips to an antique mall in L.A., and every time I go there, I find another picture or two of shipboard life. Anyway, it's become clear that they are all from the same source, and since I have no idea how many more, I'll find, I've gone back to the other two posts I've put up and added "life aboard ship collection" in labels so those who are interested can see everything already posted. Anyway, I'm still thinking ocean liner. The Matson Line sailed from the California coast to Hawaii, and, of course, there were ships sailing to the far east as well as the far shorter trip to Catalina Island, just off the coast of Southern California.
The other side of the previous post. The top photo is a postcard. As usual, when posting an album page, I show the whole page to show position, then the other photos individually. Click on The Trips Collection in labels to see the rest of the album. and fair warning, it will be a while before everything gets put up.
