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Guests stayed in tents at Spink's Resort on Spring Creek in the early 1900s.
R.C. Spink, who came to Klamath County in the late 1800s, focused his business interests in the Chiloquin area. At one time he proposed supplying municipal drinking water to the city of Klamath Falls through a pipeline from Spring Creek. The city opted to drill wells instead. A community park on the west side of Chiloquin is named for Spink.
Early day Klamath Falls residents built a gazebo beside the hot springs that were located about a mile north of Klamath Falls. Over the years the town grew, eventually surrounding the hot springs. A development company offered free space for a new county courthouse near the springs, and even promised to provide hot water for heating the building. The building was partially completed, but was never occupied. Klamath Union High School's football field is now located about where these springs once flowed.
Two couples enjoy an outing on Lake Ewauna during a time when boats were an important mode of transportation in the Klamath Basin. The steamer Klamath can be seen docked in the background, and a smaller steam-powered launch can be seen to the right in the background. This photo was probably taken around 1908. People rarely smiled for photos at this point in history, but these couples were clearly having a lot of fun.
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The heyday of the post card was basically from 1900-1912 or so. This is a “real photo” card, showing a residence. Itinerant photographers would travel from town to town, take photos of homes of prominent citizens (or others who paid them) and sell copies to the owner, who could then send photos of his house to friends, etc. Photographers in various communities, as well, did the same for their locales. What endures from this passion for photographing and sharing images of homes is a wonderful record of the domestic architecture from that time period.
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Skipton 1936 Yorkshire Penny Bank, King's Arms and the Library
Motorists entering the Klamath Basin from the north in the 1920s and '30s saw a view like this one as they descended Sun Pass near Fort Klamath. The clearing at left-center is near Kimball State Park at the head of Wood River. A patch of timber in the center marks the town of Fort Klamath. Another patch of timber to the right – just west of Highway 62 – has been cut since this photo was taken. The Mountain Lakes area is seen on the horizon at right. Highway 97 came over Sun Pass until a new route was established over Spring Creek Hill in 1948.
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Color TV - Wall to Wall Carpeting - Tile Bath - Tub and Shower - Electric Heat - Restaurant - Major Credit Cards Accepted.
Southern Post Card Co.
Dexter Press
28131-C
CAPA-011581
From the Graybill post card collection.
Lynchburg Expressway at Odd Fellows Road
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Manufactured by collaboration with Houghtons Ltd., London, UK and G.Gennert, New-York, USA, London Made
Model: c.1910, (produced between 1909-1915 ?)
There is a small round plate on the right side of the camera: Houghtons Ltd. London, G.Gennert New-York, London Made and Ensign logo
Folder bed film camera, film:122 roll-film "Post-card", picture size: 8.25x13.9cm (3.1/4''x5.1/2'') , (I suspect that this camera is a Dual concept one and maybe it uses plate film: 9x14 cm, but plate holder as a camera back cover is lost)
Lens: : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rapid Rectilinear, (Engravings around the lens), focal length and aperture numbers are not stamped on the lens,
must be f/6.3 as to aperture scale, filter slip-on, serial no.none
Aperture: f/6.3-f/45 setting: lever and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focusing: bellows focusing via an index pointer; distance scale on the left of the bed plate, sliding towards the index F P A, just behind it, (this feature must be for adjusting focusing range of distance scale for plate and roll-film)
Focus range: 5-25 feet (1.5-7.6 m) +inf
Shutter: Engraving on the dial: General, and above the aperture scale IIFX Shutters>, this is a simple, very old type leaf shutter, speeds: 1/5-1/100, +T& B
setting : dial on top of the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and Shutter release: same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once the lever then the shutter cocks, opens and closes
Viewfinder: Brilliant waist level finder, turning on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the top left of the lens standard, there are clues on the finder and lens standard that there were spirit level and a wire sports finder, (lost !)
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Bellows: single-extension, slides vertically by a latch on the lens standard for parallax correction,
Bellows opening: open the front cover by pressing the knob on upper right side of the camera (under the leatherette), then pull-out the bellows by handles on front of it engaging on the rails of bed plate until it clicks on the inf. on the distance scale, unlock for focusing or closing by small silver lever on the left side of the lens standard
Camera leg: on the front cover, removable, when closing the camera, it can be stored in the bed plate by special clamps
Flash PC socket: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Removable, opens by a latch on top of the camera, w/ red window
Film loading: by special spool loosening mechanisms, there is a wooden take up spool,
3.1/4'' in length
There is a sticker inside of the back cover: "Post Card "Ensign", Trade Mark "Ensign", Daylight Loading, Use the British Made "Ensign" Roll Films, They are Fastest and the Best, The 3.1/4'' A.Spool Fits This Camera, and Ensign Logo"
Tripod socket: two, 1/4'', on the right side and front cover
Lugs for hand strap
Body: metal, Weight: 1174g, Dimensions:12x22x24cm
serial no. 8595 (on the backside of the lens standard)
I named this camera as to the sticker and small round plate on it.
There is almost no info abut this camera in the Internet and McKeown's.
Matt Denton says:
"Patent June 14, 1910" (1914?)
and Canemah Studio, a member of Flickr, says in the description of his camera's photo:
"It was manufactured with a collaboration between the Houghton Ltd. of London and Gennert company of New York in the early 1900's, probably between 1911-1915. It's a very uncommon camera and information on this particular model has been difficult to find. The attention to detail is fantastic and the workmanship of British cameras is quite remarkable and beautiful."
A brief history about Houghtons in pre-WW1 era:
Haughtons dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the Daguerreotype requzites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghtons' cameras were German imports, primarily Dr.Krugener.
There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krugener models. So, it could be that my camera is a kind of copy of Krugeners.
More info and most similar ones in the internet: Rubylane, houghtonproducts,
This postcard features Fengle which I have hardly ever (if ever) done. Also included is Mooka, and then some tangles in the centers of Fengle: Florz, Knightsbridge, and Diva Dance.
Tuck’s Post Card. Early 1900’s. Raphael Tuck and Sons. Printed in England. “Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen.”
The Thunderbird Motor Hotel was once a showplace with a dinner theater that drew the likes of Howard Keel and Van Johnson. Fats Domino performed there. Walter Cronkite spoke there. It was the site of business conferences, school reunions, clown conventions and football festivities.
Opened in 1959, Arlington was a growing residential and commercial suburb for downtown executives at the time. Back in the day, the Thunderbird’s Kings Inn restaurant offered fine dining. Its lounge boasted a 78-foot-long and 22-foot-wide chandelier with a twisting surface consisting of thousands of tiny mirrors. It even had poolside tiki bars.
The back of an old post card listed at one time on Amazon read in part: “300 Luxurious rooms, Gourmet Dining Room, 2 Lounges with Live Entertainment, Complete Convention Facilities, Only minutes from Downtown and the Gator Bowl. Location is close to everything and offers the ultimate in service.”
In recent years, the property, surrounded by a chain-link fence and “No Trespassing” signs, had boarded-up windows, graffiti-marked buildings and patchy weeds.
Its 11 or so buildings on 18.5 acres had been plagued by vandals and burglars who have “raided” the plumbing, electrical, heating and air-conditioning systems, a real estate broker said in a 2015 Times-Union story.
The hotel’s problems stemmed from several management changes and a downturn in the hotel business. It went through a couple of owners and several years of litigation before being sold in 1985 at a foreclosure auction, according to Times-Union archives.
In 1986, it became a Ramada Inn Conference Center. Business declined in the 1990s when growth shifted from Arlington to Southside, and the Ramada closed in 2002.
Bethelite Inc., affiliated with Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, bought the 277-room center in 2003 for $2.65 million. There were plans to provide a wholesome venue for conventions, retreats, proms, weddings and family reunions. It would not, however, operate as a hotel.
In 2006, Bethelite sold the property to the church for $5.1 million. Though it did operate as a conference center for several years, it was closed for some time before Bethel sold it to a Miami-based South American development company for $1.25 million in 2014.
Less than a month later, that company sold the facility to Arlington Expressway Corporate Buildings LLC for almost $1.3 million.
Then in May 2017, the property sold for $2.3 million to Otello LLC with a North Miami address, according to Duval County court and property appraiser records. And a month later, it sold to 770 Inn and Suites LLC in Aventura for $3 million, records show. The new owner at that time told the Jacksonville Daily Record that the group wanted to redevelop the property into a hotel, restaurant and more.
Photos by Royal Hurlbert (2016 and 2020)
The hay crew took a quick break from their labor to pose for the camera in this post card image from the early 1900s. There's no way to know whether this photo was really taken in the Klamath Basin, but alfalfa was grown in the area as early as the 1880s. By the mid-1910s, Klamath farmers were using sulfur to boost their yields. Mown and cured hay was scooped from the field and delivered to the hay stack, where a team of horses was used to hoist each load to the top of the stack. A swinging boom allowed the crew to dump the hay where it was needed to keep the stack even. Building a hay stack that would shed rain while not falling apart required skill and experience.
The first church building erected in Klamath Falls was the Presbyterian Church at the corner of Third and Pine streets. Built in 1885, the church was the most dominant feature on the town's landscape for several years, and was the only church building in town for some time. It served the congregation until 1919, when a new building was erected at the corner of Sixth and Pine.
This two-story log cabin was built near Rocky Point around 1899 by C. Grant Crary. The cabin was originally known as the Pelican Bay Resort. It was purchased in 1906 by E.H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. The structure was originally constructed near the lakeshore, but at some point was moved upslope. It was destroyed by fire some years later.
When Steve says "stop the conversation" he means that he kicks the people out of his bar, the Royale.
The steamer Klamath is seen docked at Klamath Falls, where it regularly delivered freight and passengers for a few years until the arrival of the railroad in 1909. This dock was located about where George Nurse Way leads from Main Street into Veterans Park today. A notation on the photo indicates the boat had a displacement of 69 tons, and a top speed of 12 mph. A close look at this photo shows a barge behind the Klamath, and at the far right edge a portion of the smaller steamboat Canby can be seen.
Manufactured by collaboration with Houghtons Ltd., London, UK and G.Gennert, New-York, USA, London Made
Model: c.1910, (produced between 1909-1915 ?)
There is a small round plate on the right side of the camera: Houghtons Ltd. London, G.Gennert New-York, London Made and Ensign logo
Folder bed film camera, film:122 roll-film "Post-card", picture size: 8.25x13.9cm (3.1/4''x5.1/2'') , (I suspect that this camera is a Dual concept one and maybe it uses plate film: 9x14 cm, but plate holder as a camera back cover is lost)
Lens: : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rapid Rectilinear, (Engravings around the lens), focal length and aperture numbers are not stamped on the lens,
must be f/6.3 as to aperture scale, filter slip-on, serial no.none
Aperture: f/6.3-f/45 setting: lever and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focusing: bellows focusing via an index pointer; distance scale on the left of the bed plate, sliding towards the index F P A, just behind it, (this feature must be for adjusting focusing range of distance scale for plate and roll-film)
Focus range: 5-25 feet (1.5-7.6 m) +inf
Shutter: Engraving on the dial: General, and above the aperture scale IIFX Shutters>, this is a simple, very old type leaf shutter, speeds: 1/5-1/100, +T& B
setting : dial on top of the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and Shutter release: same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once the lever then the shutter cocks, opens and closes
Viewfinder: Brilliant waist level finder, turning on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the top left of the lens standard, there are clues on the finder and lens standard that there were spirit level and a wire sports finder, (lost !)
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Bellows: single-extension, slides vertically by a latch on the lens standard for parallax correction,
Bellows opening: open the front cover by pressing the knob on upper right side of the camera (under the leatherette), then pull-out the bellows by handles on front of it engaging on the rails of bed plate until it clicks on the inf. on the distance scale, unlock for focusing or closing by small silver lever on the left side of the lens standard
Camera leg: on the front cover, removable, when closing the camera, it can be stored in the bed plate by special clamps
Flash PC socket: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Removable, opens by a latch on top of the camera, w/ red window
Film loading: by special spool loosening mechanisms, there is a wooden take up spool,
3.1/4'' in length
There is a sticker inside of the back cover: "Post Card "Ensign", Trade Mark "Ensign", Daylight Loading, Use the British Made "Ensign" Roll Films, They are Fastest and the Best, The 3.1/4'' A.Spool Fits This Camera, and Ensign Logo"
Tripod socket: two, 1/4'', on the right side and front cover
Lugs for hand strap
Body: metal, Weight: 1174g, Dimensions:12x22x24cm
serial no. 8595 (on the backside of the lens standard)
I named this camera as to the sticker and small round plate on it.
There is almost no info abut this camera in the Internet and McKeown's.
Matt Denton says:
"Patent June 14, 1910" (1914?)
and Canemah Studio, a member of Flickr, says in the description of his camera's photo:
"It was manufactured with a collaboration between the Houghton Ltd. of London and Gennert company of New York in the early 1900's, probably between 1911-1915. It's a very uncommon camera and information on this particular model has been difficult to find. The attention to detail is fantastic and the workmanship of British cameras is quite remarkable and beautiful."
A brief history about Houghtons in pre-WW1 era:
Haughtons dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the Daguerreotype requzites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghtons' cameras were German imports, primarily Dr.Krugener.
There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krugener models. So, it could be that my camera is a kind of copy of Krugeners.
More info and most similar ones in the internet: Rubylane, houghtonproducts,
There was no rain today but it was cloudy most of the day and there were fierce winds off of the Gulf of Mexico. With the blowing sand and salt water mist, it was not a good day to take the camera on the beach. Hoping for clearer skies and less wind tomorrow.
Anna Maria Island | Florida | Gulf of Mexico
Thanks for looking. I appreciate feedback.
This whimsical photo of a stagecoach holdup purports to have been taken near Dorris, Calif. The juniper and sagebrush vegetation seen in the picture would be appropriate for that setting, and there was a stagecoach line from Dorris to Teeter's Landing south of Klamath Falls that was an important transportation link in the early 1900s. There are no known reports of holdups, however. Stagecoach robberies were more of a problem on Topsy Grade, where Robber's Rock was the scene of occasional holdups.
Odessa Lodge, located about 20 miles northwest of Klamath Falls near Rocky Point, was a popular gathering spot in the early 1900s for tourists and local excursionists traveling by steamboat from town. Wood planks gave visitors a way to walk from the boat landing to the lodge without sinking in the mud. Mount Harriman is seen in the background. The site later became headquarters for the Wampler Ranch.
This is for Jennifer and Marty who have extensive post card collections. This is my favorite, don't even remember where I got it. Check out those shoes. Just the thing to wear with a pig on the porch!
Manufactured by collaboration with Houghtons Ltd., London, UK and G.Gennert, New-York, USA, London Made
Model: c.1910, (produced between 1909-1915 ?)
There is a small round plate on the right side of the camera: Houghtons Ltd. London, G.Gennert New-York, London Made and Ensign logo
Folder bed film camera, film:122 roll-film "Post-card", picture size: 8.25x13.9cm (3.1/4''x5.1/2'') , (I suspect that this camera is a Dual concept one and maybe it uses plate film: 9x14 cm, but plate holder as a camera back cover is lost)
Lens: : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rapid Rectilinear, (Engravings around the lens), focal length and aperture numbers are not stamped on the lens,
must be f/6.3 as to aperture scale, filter slip-on, serial no.none
Aperture: f/6.3-f/45 setting: lever and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focusing: bellows focusing via an index pointer; distance scale on the left of the bed plate, sliding towards the index F P A, just behind it, (this feature must be for adjusting focusing range of distance scale for plate and roll-film)
Focus range: 5-25 feet (1.5-7.6 m) +inf
Shutter: Engraving on the dial: General, and above the aperture scale IIFX Shutters>, this is a simple, very old type leaf shutter, speeds: 1/5-1/100, +T& B
setting : dial on top of the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and Shutter release: same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once the lever then the shutter cocks, opens and closes
Viewfinder: Brilliant waist level finder, turning on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the top left of the lens standard, there are clues on the finder and lens standard that there were spirit level and a wire sports finder, (lost !)
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Bellows: single-extension, slides vertically by a latch on the lens standard for parallax correction,
Bellows opening: open the front cover by pressing the knob on upper right side of the camera (under the leatherette), then pull-out the bellows by handles on front of it engaging on the rails of bed plate until it clicks on the inf. on the distance scale, unlock for focusing or closing by small silver lever on the left side of the lens standard
Camera leg: on the front cover, removable, when closing the camera, it can be stored in the bed plate by special clamps
Flash PC socket: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Removable, opens by a latch on top of the camera, w/ red window
Film loading: by special spool loosening mechanisms, there is a wooden take up spool,
3.1/4'' in length
There is a sticker inside of the back cover: "Post Card "Ensign", Trade Mark "Ensign", Daylight Loading, Use the British Made "Ensign" Roll Films, They are Fastest and the Best, The 3.1/4'' A.Spool Fits This Camera, and Ensign Logo"
Tripod socket: two, 1/4'', on the right side and front cover
Lugs for hand strap
Body: metal, Weight: 1174g, Dimensions:12x22x24cm
serial no. 8595 (on the backside of the lens standard)
I named this camera as to the sticker and small round plate on it.
There is almost no info abut this camera in the Internet and McKeown's.
Matt Denton says:
"Patent June 14, 1910" (1914?)
and Canemah Studio, a member of Flickr, says in the description of his camera's photo:
"It was manufactured with a collaboration between the Houghton Ltd. of London and Gennert company of New York in the early 1900's, probably between 1911-1915. It's a very uncommon camera and information on this particular model has been difficult to find. The attention to detail is fantastic and the workmanship of British cameras is quite remarkable and beautiful."
A brief history about Houghtons in pre-WW1 era:
Haughtons dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the Daguerreotype requzites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghtons' cameras were German imports, primarily Dr.Krugener.
There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krugener models. So, it could be that my camera is a kind of copy of Krugeners.
More info and most similar ones in the internet: Rubylane, houghtonproducts,