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This post card photo shows a rowboat on Crater Lake as seen from "The Grotto" cave on the lake's eastern shoreline. The photo was taken in 1912 by Charles R. Miller, a well-known local photographer who ventured around the shoreline of the lake to capture a series of images.
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The Grotto is the largest of about 40 caves located along the shore of Crater Lake. All of the caves are relatively small, and can be seen only from the water level.
From the Graybill post card collection.
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The lobby of the Baldwin Hotel Museum in seen in this post card image. A calendar on one of the pillars in the lobby appears to be for the year 1912. The man sitting in the rocking chair at right may be George T. Baldwin, who had the structure built in 1905 to house his hardware store on the ground floor and office spaces on the upper three floors. The building was converted to a hotel in 1911. George Baldwin died in 1920. Neither the man at the desk nor the woman on the stairs has been identified. While the woman somewhat resembles George Baldwin's daughter, Maud, museum staff does not believe it to be her. Many of the furnishings in this photo can still be found in the lobby of the Baldwin Hotel Museum today.
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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 the 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.
In an obviously rural location, this 2 1/2-story frame home has a basement and an attic; it has a steep gable roof. There are two visible interior chimneys. A tower with a sharp pointed sort-of pyramidal roof dominates the plane of the front façade. The small front porch shows turned posts supporting the porch roof, turned balusters and ornamental brackets. Below the porch is a lattice-enclosed space. Just above the entrance is a small jerkinhead dormer. The side façade provides a food view of fenestration with window width not as prominent as on the tower. A tiny side porch remains faithful to the ornamentation of the front porch.
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From the Graybill post card collection.
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With Caitlin at her graduation from Simon Fraser University on top of Burnaby Mountain. Sharp eyes should be able to see that the kid marked me on the cheeks with her lipstick -- she used to mark me with crayons!
Had a GREAT time, drank way too much but happy and healthy. Even it was hot (27-30 deg. Celsius) everyday, the occasion asked for the formal Nehru-collared black jacket ... and despite the fact that it had become a tad too tight, yours truly concurred.
Back to home and to flower shots ... way too soon for my liking...
The dry streambed of Link River is seen exposed in this photo taken during a relatively uncommon phenomenon that occurred under certain conditions before installation of a dam on the river in 1920-21. A prolonged episode of strong southerly winds would create a seiche on Upper Klamath Lake. During such events, the water level at the south end of the lake could drop by several inches, cutting off the flow to Link River. The last time such an event was recorded was in July 1918. The Evening Herald newspaper reported local residents rushed to the river to gather fish stranded in pools of water.
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 photo post card shows the 476 pulling the San Juan in Gato. It is post WWII because of the Army surplus truck on the loading ramp. Chickens, passengers, a car being loaded/unloaded, people on the porch of Gomez' store--a typical day in what is barely a wide spot in the road. This card was purchased in Chama from a rack full of similar cards about 1966.
© This month we have had over 30" of snow this last one was a beautiful one, with the mositure contents it stuck to all of the tree branches.. priceless
From the Graybill post card collection.
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1950s "old school" post card of B-61 Matador being launched from what was, at that time, the Air Force Missile Test Annex, Cape Canaveral, FL. Artwork based on a USAF Air Force Photo. The lighthouse is still there, today.
Klamath County constructed a fairgrounds facility just east of town in the early 1900s. The grandstands are seen slightly above and left of center in this post card photo taken around 1907. The following year the fairgrounds were moved to a new location at the south end of Lake Ewauna. The Southern Pacific Railroad came through the old fairgrounds site in 1909. A cluster of trees at the Stukel Ranch is seen at upper left. The ranch was located just south of the A Canal, near where the YMCA is today. South Sixth Street is seen at upper left, extending toward another cluster of trees at the community of Altamont.
Found this display at a Coney Island arcade in 1968. It was the same one my mom took me to when I was 8 or 9 years old, so I made a post card out of it and sent it to her c/o Millys Bungalows, Ferndale, NY.
This 1984 post card shows Anne Francis and James Milholin in the episode THE AFTER HOURS which originally broadcast June 1960.
From the Graybill post card collection.
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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.
From the Graybill post card collection.
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