Showing posts with label Epworth League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Epworth League. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Epworth League Album 37, The End

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Another low level, staring off into space, precursor of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, photo. Not the image I would have chosen to end this...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Epworth League Album 36. The Mysterious Arrowhead

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Won't someone tell me where this arrowhead was located.
Sunday, December 11, 2011

The Epworth League Album 35, What A Tree

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Two more pages, two more single photos, two more to go and then it's bye bye to the Epworth League. I'll bet both of these images go...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

The Epworth League Album 34, To The Parapets

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I don't know if the same person took all the photos in this album, but I do know that this last batch of photos all have a similar style...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Epworth League Album 33, The Final Push

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It's time to finish up the Epworth League photo album. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to break down the last few pages, but it...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Epworth League Album 32, It Does Rain in Southern California

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This is another of my favorite photographs from this album. The first big real estate developers in southern California advertised all over ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Epworth League Album 31, An Epworthian Cross

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In my small research into the Epworth League, I discovered a number of cultural references to the organization. From Sherwood Anderson to Er...
Monday, November 28, 2011

The Epworth League Album 30, Wild Creativity

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It's my own personal prejudice (with nothing to back it up) that women are far more likely to compile photo al...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Epworth League Album 29, A Very Different L.A.

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Hard to believe, but that beautiful rural land behind these four people is now covered in houses, schools and shopping centers. I recognize ...
Friday, November 25, 2011

The Epworth League Album 28, Another Parade Picture

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This is what I don't get. Sons of veterans? Why not actual veterans? Let's say this album was compiled in 1910, give or take a year ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

The Epworth League Album 27, Our New Home

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This is one of my favorite photographs in this album and the reason I'm convinced that it isn't a collection about a trip to Califor...
Friday, November 18, 2011

The Epworth League Album 26, Finally The Epworth League

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I was intrigued by this album because it seems to show the migration of one family from the mid-west to southern California at a time in his...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Epworth League Album 25, The Classic See My Dress Pose

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Obviously, it's the second photo on the first album page which is the classic "see my dress" pose. I've seen it soooo many...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

The Epworth League Album 24, The Exotic East

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Now, when we think of China we think of an economic competitor. When these pictures were taken, China was thought of as the exotic east; jad...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Epworth League Album 23, Horses In Los Angeles

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I've always know that, there was a time, when people got around the Los Angeles area by horse. Still, it's nice to see some photogra...
Monday, November 7, 2011

The Epworth League Album 22, Kids

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This one falls under my no editing of albums rule. The first photograph is faded to the point of being almost unrecognizable and the second ...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Epworth League Album 21, A Mystery?

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If I find an old photo album and an image has been torn out, I think someone along the line wanted a photo from the album, but not the who c...
Friday, November 4, 2011

The Epworth League Album 20

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The frustrating thing about this album is that there isn't a single label, a single line of text. The nice thing about this album is tha...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The Epworth League Album 19, By the Sea

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In my imagination this lady and her family got on a train in Iowa or Missouri, and travelled west over higher mountains than they could ever...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Epworth League Album 18, Hats

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What can I say. Gotta love those hats!