A bunch of guys and a teddy bear
One of four similar RPPC's in a photo album I bought at an estate sale. It was taken by Cal Calvert the Post Card Man in Portland, Oregon.
Charles E. (Cal) Calvert operated his Mazeograph Studio at Sixth & Ankeny from 1906 to 1930. When Council Crest Amusement Park opened, Calvert had a studio and post card stand at Council Crest in 1907. He also operated a studio at the Washington Street entrance to City Park in 1910. Cal Calvert post card backs from the Mazeograph Studios at Sixth & Ankeny and City Park at the Washington Street entrance.
Cal Calvert’s specialty was fast post cards. The portraits were printed on ready-to-mail Cyko post card paper. Studio backdrops and setups were arranged next to each other in the studio. Presumably the customer would select one and move into position, the photographer would aim the camera, and ten minutes later the patron would have their custom post cards. This studio is well known for it's humorous setup and backdrop of an airplane over Portland which was first used during a Rose Festival celebration.
Here's a link to the article with this information and it shows another shot of this same backdrop. You'll need to scroll down a bit to get the the part about him.
www.pdxhistory.com/html/post_card_history.html
A bunch of guys and a teddy bear
One of four similar RPPC's in a photo album I bought at an estate sale. It was taken by Cal Calvert the Post Card Man in Portland, Oregon.
Charles E. (Cal) Calvert operated his Mazeograph Studio at Sixth & Ankeny from 1906 to 1930. When Council Crest Amusement Park opened, Calvert had a studio and post card stand at Council Crest in 1907. He also operated a studio at the Washington Street entrance to City Park in 1910. Cal Calvert post card backs from the Mazeograph Studios at Sixth & Ankeny and City Park at the Washington Street entrance.
Cal Calvert’s specialty was fast post cards. The portraits were printed on ready-to-mail Cyko post card paper. Studio backdrops and setups were arranged next to each other in the studio. Presumably the customer would select one and move into position, the photographer would aim the camera, and ten minutes later the patron would have their custom post cards. This studio is well known for it's humorous setup and backdrop of an airplane over Portland which was first used during a Rose Festival celebration.
Here's a link to the article with this information and it shows another shot of this same backdrop. You'll need to scroll down a bit to get the the part about him.
www.pdxhistory.com/html/post_card_history.html