Desolate Places

 

 I'd love to know where this picture was taken and what it took for these two ladies to get there, dressed as they are.  The woman on the left is wearing a veil, at least when it's blown up, you can see netting over her face.  And the woman on the right is holding a folding camera. 

TLR

  

Believe it or not, I own the twin lens reflex camera seen in this photo.  It's packed away in a box in my closet so I'm not going to dig it out.  If memory serves, it takes 620 film which means I could run a roll of 120 through the camera if I ever wanted to see how well it works.  

Army Photographers

 

I suspect they aren't official army photographers.  The cameras are a bit low end for official U.S. military use.  I have several of them in my collection.  And who is the woman sitting with a camera of her own.  She's not in uniform and neither is the other woman looking off into the distance.  

The Here, There, and Everywhere Collection-The Other Side of the Last Album Page

This must have been a family of photographers.  Take a look at the vertical photo of the kid.  It might be necessary to click on the image and bring it up in another window, to see the camera he's using.  It's a nice one, and probably somewhat expensive.  Click on The Here There and Everywhere Collection in labels to see almost everything else. 

The Here, There, and Everywhere Collection-The Last Loose Album Page

The sprinklers, if that's what they are, have shown up before.  It looks like the one woman is a photographer, but who took her picture?  Click on The Here There and Everywhere Collection in labels, or wait for the last two posts to see absolutely everything. 

Gal Pals Standing in Sun and Shadow

I like the western outfit of the woman on the right.  It looks like the woman on the left is holding a camera of her own.

Copyright, Helen Bruce

This one has a very weird detail.  The first and third photos in the column have what looks like a homemade copyright on the border.  Why does someone feel the need to declare a copyright on family snapshots? 

Written on the back of the top photo, "Mother, Dorthy, & David July 1956."  The second, "David July 1956."  The bottom, "Cal, Carol & David July 1956." 

Note the small Kodak camera in the third photo.

A Girl and Her Kodak

This one is an incredibly small print.  About twice the size of my thumb, so no promises on how it will reproduce when blown up.  Still, for it's small size, it's still possible to tell that she's holding a folding camera.  I don't know what that hing is in the foreground, but I'm thinking it must be some sort of purse.  Written on the back, "July 1920." 

Getting Drunk As a Group Activity

They look too old to be frat boys, so maybe the company softball team.  I noticed that some of these guys brought some really big containers.  Kind of makes the red solo cup look inadequate.  Take a look at the third photo and see that there is a Kodak Box Brownie camera in front of the keg.  There is also one guy with a Dr. Pepper tee shirt.  Fun story.  I was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1955.  It was hard to find Dr Pepper where I grew up.  It was considered a southern hillbilly drink.  If you drove forty miles south and crossed into West Virginia it was everywhere. 

The Shoe Lady's Photographer?

I found this photo in the same box as the photos from the shoe lady series, it's the same format, same era, and same type of paper.  I'm guessing that this guy was her photographer, although, of course, there's no way I can verify that.  The Pride of the Yankees, from the movie theater marquee in the background, dates this photo to 1942.  Too, the camera looks like a Busch Pressman, a great camera.  Click on Shoe Lady in labels to see what I've found so far.