Smile

  A couple of gal pals in the backyard. 

Sailing on the Lake

 

Well, it looks like a lake to me. Dated 1935, and a reminder that even during the great depression, life went on. 

Los Angeles Indiana 1

 

Every so often I'll write about how unhappy I am that antique sellers cut up photo albums and sell individual pages or prints which, of course, doesn't stop me from buying them.  There are two sides to this album page, both with photos. I'll be breaking things up, though I'm not quite sure how, and it's also possible I may go online and buy a few more pages that are being sold by an eBay seller located in Indiana. And that's why I'm calling this The Los Angeles Indiana Collection and clicking on that in labels will be the best way to see other parts.  So why the title?  Take a look at the border on the print in the upper left.  Apart from L.A., there's also a drawing of the Los Angeles Coliseum.  Perhaps it's from 1932 and the Olympics. 

Lu and Margaret McLeod

 

At least those are the names written on the back of the print.  Does this photo seem so familiar because I've already posted it or because I've meant to so many times that the image has lodged in my mind?  And who made Junior Foods? 

Smoking

 

My apologies to any followers I have who smoke, but it really is a terrible habit.

2500

 

This is my 2500th post. As I've written before, I didn't start The New Found Photography because I was desperate to share my old photo collection with the world but because I couldn't figure out any other way to be able to see it myself without having to root around in dozens of unorganized boxes. So, this is from my very first post from 2009. I picked up some glass negatives at a small antique store in Washington state and hand-printed them myself. It's the dream of every photo collector to find a complete set of photos from an undiscovered talent. Think Vivian Mier. The antique dealer who sold me these negatives had purchased a collection of negs from an estate in Montana and judging by the quality of the few I purchased, perhaps he had run across an important photographer, but sadly decided to break-up the collection and sell them for $5.00 each. 

Nicky Blair's Carnival

 

It's been a while since I've posted one of these souvenir photo folders.  

So, I was able to find out a few things about Nicky Blair's Carnival. It was located in the Hotel Capitol in New York City, a hotel that doesn't seem to still be in business.  I wasn't able to find out when the hotel opened and when it shut down.  The same with the nightclub. Did Carnival die with the hotel, or did it close before the Hotel Capitol closed its doors for good? I have no idea. 

I found an advertisement for the hotel with a rather long caption, "Nicky Blair's Carnival, 51st and 8th Avenue, New York. NEW YORK'S MOST BEAUTIFUL NIGHT CLUB.  Presenting Olsen & Johnson, Beatrice Kay, and America's Loveliest Girls in a spectacular revue staged by John Murray Anderson, two shows nightly at 8:30 and 12 (Sats 8, 10, and 12:30). New York's biggest evening of Dinner, Show, and Dancing...All for the price of your dinner alone! NEVER A COVER CHARGE!" Well, I hope I transcribed that correctly. 

On the back of the folder, "Souvenir Photo $1.50. For extra copies write to: PLANETARY PHOTO, 311 West 34th Street, New York 1, N.Y. Use Number on back of Print Stating date taken and name of Club along with description of the photo." The number, handwritten, "146" and the date stamped, "JUN 6 1947."  I wasn't able to find anything about Planetary Photo, but I've found the name on some of the other souvenir photo folders I own.  

There's an inscription on the inside of the folder. "To Sam my samba partner Jackie Goldete. At least that's what I think it says. Her handwriting isn't the best in the world. And before I forget, the folder was too big for my scanner so all I've got is a somewhat marginal cell phone photo. 

A Century of Progress 2

  

I have four of these postcards from the 1933 Chicago World's fair, The Century of Progress. I wasn't going to publish them back-to-back, but I have to confess I also wasn't going to have such a large gap between the first and second from this series. So, the caption on the back of the card, "Official Post Card of A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 225. General Motors Building at Night." The publishers and copyright are the same as the first card which can be found by clicking on The Century of Progress Collection in labels at the bottom of the post. The GM building was designed by architect Albert Kahn and housed an assembly line, not as large as one found in an actual GM plant, but one that made actual Chevrolet cars that would be sold at the fair. Once again, I don't know why, but blogger cuts a minuscule amount of the image on horizontal images, so click on the card to bring it up in a larger window to see it edge to edge. 

Drive West on Sunset to the Sea

 

I purchased this photo online and have no idea where it was taken, but as a resident of L.A. I like to think it was taken on Sunset Blvd.  But why is there a baby crawling down the street?  I guess everybody wants to go to the beach.