Time to finish up with a couple of dogs trying to climb a ladder. I suspect it leads to a rickety wooden bridge crossing the river. It looks like the bottom dog needs some help. Click on The Crystal Gloss Collection in labels to see the now completed collection.
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.
As a rule, I don't post lab stamps, but I rather like the Bear Photo Service logo. So, is it a river, or is it a lake? I'm about 99% certain it's a river. Look close and you can see what looks like rapids. As usual click on The Crystal Gloss Collection to see more.
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.
If you're old enough, and I am, you'll have memories of taking a roll of black and white film to the local drug store and coming back a week later for a little booklet of pictures. The cover usually had the name of the service, the lab's name, and sometimes the name of the local store that took in your film. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to put up the twelve prints in this booklet, and I'm more interested in the booklet itself than in the prints, which seem to be from a camping trip of some kind. Click on The Krystal Gloss Collection to bring up the rest of the prints.
