Standing Up in a Rowboat

 

Not the safest and sanest way to propel a rowboat.  It looks like they are about to capsize. 

All Dressed Up to Stand Next to the Pond

 

Was it Sunday and off to church, or was this the way she usually dressed? 

Krystal Gloss Prints 1

 

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. 

Cooling Off at the Ducklake

 

Written on the back of the top photo, "Virginia Fraser, Carolyn, Bonnie, Helen Cameron, at the Ducklake, July, 37."  The bottom photo, "Bonnie Thompson, Virginia Fraser, July 1937."  I wonder how hot it was in July 1937 at the Ducklake? 

The Woman Canoeist

  

That's some canoe and some bathing suit. 

I Still Like Boats

We've got a partial name of the boat, the Carter H. Ma....and then nothing else.  It's clearly so sort of passenger boat.  We can't see the whole name because crew members are lowering a gang plank.  The boat must have a shallow draft since it can pickup and let off passengers at the shore.  It doesn't look like there's any waves so I'm guessing it a lake.

What Happened to the Guy in Glasses?

From four to three people in a single photograph.  Well, it looks like the two ladies spent at least some of that day sitting in apple boxes that had been converted to push cars. 

The Pied Piper

I bought this one here, in Los Angeles.  Maybe Echo Park, or Lincoln Park.

The Post War European Trip Collection-Missouri

It's time to start another collection.  As a rule if I buy an envelope full of material related by theme, and if it's a mixture of photographs, postcards, and non photo ephemera, I'll post anything that started life in a camera here, and the non photos on my Fair Use blog.  This collection is related not just by theme, but it all originates from the same source, so it will all end up on The New Found Photography.  I've got postcards, some photographic, some pure illustration; I've got guide books, a passport pamphlet, a letter, and even a sketch.  So, why is the record of a European trip starting off in Missouri?  Well, our traveler had to start form somewhere.

Lake Tanycomo, short for Lake Tanny County, Missouri, is actually a reservoir on the White River in the Ozark Mountains.  It's near Branson, the country music and kitsch capitol of south central Missouri.  St. Louis, of course, needs no explanation.

Because there is a lot of material in this collection, it will get posted with more than a few interruptions, so, when things progress, The Post War European Trip Collection in labels will be helpful.

Sitting Near Water

Alright, I'm assuming that the "1.VII.21"  in the lower right corner means either January 7, 1921 or the first day of July, 1921.  I'm leaning towards Europe and July because of the laefy green tree in the background.

The Here, There, and Everywhere Collection-By The Water

Is it a lake, a river, a bay?  Some of the early posts from this collection were from The Adirondacks,  so maybe it's upstate New York.  Then again, maybe it's not.

Again, click on The Here There and Everywhere Collection in labels to see more photos and get more info.

Tiny Boat Pictures 2

I grew up next to one of the most polluted rivers in the United States.  That didn't stop me from going in the water.  I can remember wanting a boat so I could go down river.  Never got the boat, but I've been told the Kiski River isn't dirty anymore.

Tiny Boat Pictures 1

Tiny pictures, a bit under 2 inches on the long side, but not a tiny boat.  A small boat, but not tiny.

Camp Blanding 2

There's actually a bit on the history of Camp Blanding in the last post.  You might have to click on the section of written text to bring it up in a bigger window, but it's there.  Some things did get left out though, or to be more precise, had yet to happen when this postcard folder was published.

For instance, during the war, the War department leased 140,00 additional acres from local land owners.  At it's peak, Camp Blanding had 1,000 buildings, 125 miles of paved roads and was the fourth largest community in Florida.  The Camp was both an induction center, and an infantry replacement center.  I've always wondered how future replacements felt while they were being trained.  They must have known that they were being prepared to take the place of the wounded and the dead.  Camp Blanding was also a POW camp for German soldiers as well as an internment camp for 343 German, Japanese and Italian civilians who had been living in the United States at the beginning of the war.  While under the jurisdiction of the War Department, more than 800,000 trainees spent some time at Camp Blanding.  And finally, after the war, it was returned to Florida for use by that state's National Guard.  The original 30,000 acres from before the war.

Dim

I look at this man and see a dim witted serial killer.  I know that's unlikely, but it's what I imagine.