Friday, June 8, 2012

Here are some late 19th century cabinet cards:



Interesting beard.  Photo by C.A. Myers.  Porterville, CA.  Circa 1890.
 This photograph is marked:  "C. A. Myers, Portersville (CA)",  circa 1896.   On the back of the photo someone has written:  "George Arata".



young couple.  Visalia.  Circa 1895.  E.M. Davidson.
 The back of this cabinet card is printed with:  "Davidson,   The* Leading* Photographer.    Work done in the Latest and Best Styles.   Pictures Enlarged in Oil, Water or India Ink.    E. M. Davidson, Proprietor.   Main Street, Visalia, Cal." (circa 1890)



E.M. Davidson.  Visalia, circa 1890.  Dapper guy.
 Another E. M. Davidson studio photo.  (circa 1890).   It looks like they utilized  the same stool and backdrop as the photograph above.



Tulare, circa 1887.  A.P. Bailey, photographer.   Father and daughter.
 Photo by  A. P. Bailey  (Excelsior Photograph Gallery),   Tulare, CA.   (circa 1887).
 This  "A. P. Bailey" could be the same photographer who was married to the artist Mary Emma Bailey.



Visalia couple circa 1890,  E.M. Davidson.
Printed on the back of this cabinet card:  "Davidson's Art Parlors,  Work done in the Latest and Best Styles.       E. M. Davidson, Proprietor,   Main Street,  Visalia, Cal.",  (circa 1888).




Sunday, June 3, 2012

Below are three photo postcards showing exhibits from the Dinuba Citrus Fair, and one from the San Bernardino National Orange Show:




Visalia elephant.  Circa 1909.  Dinuba citrus fair.
 This Visalia exhibit at Dinuba's Citrus Fair apparently had a model of a circus elephant (with an electric sign) as its centerpiece.  
The Dinuba Citrus Fair started in 1903.  All three of these citrus fair photos have the "Bewas Reedley" photographer's mark,   this would mean that these pictures were taken between 1904 & 1911.  
Bewas studio marks were not used after 1911 because photographer George Besaw worked under the Mitchell Postcard Company after that date (He became the manager and chief photographer for that company).


Dinuba citrus fair.  Circa 1909
 Dinuba's exhibit at the Dinuba Citrus Fair.



Orosi exhibit.  Dinuba citrus fair.  Circa 1909
 Orosi's exhibit in Dinuba


(Added 11/17/14)  Porterville's exhibit at the Dinuba Citrus Fair.


Lindsay, CA.  San Bernardino National Orange Show in 1916.
This is a photo postcard of the Lindsay CA entry at the Sixth Annual San Bernardino National Orange Show (1916).   The people in the photograph look rather bored, or perhaps tired.     
(Update 11/7/16)  According to Sarah Troop,  the man in this photograph is "T. E. Anderson"  (Thomas Espy Anderson); who opened a packinghouse in Lindsay and established the TEA Fancy citrus label.   The little girl is his daughter,  Pearl Elizabeth Anderson.  You can see Pearl in the image below, holding the trophy cup.


Weird display.  Lindsay, CA.   San Bernardino 1916 Orange show.
(Added: 11/11/12): Here's another view of Lindsay's exhibit at San Bernardino's 1916 orange show.  The fruit display in the previous photo appears to be behind the lower two horses  (You can just barely see the "L" of "Lindsay" between the horses' heads).   The group of people pictured here have a small "Lindsay" banner and a "Tulare Co" sign above them.  And if you look closely at this group, I believe  you can pick out the four individuals who are in the previous photograph. 


(Added 5/25/14)  Circa 1913.  A  Lindsay-Strathmore District display from an earlier San Bernardino National Orange Show.    It looks like these could be the same horses used later in the 1916 show.



Saturday, June 2, 2012

Sequoia National Park in 1916.  Hotel
 Photo postcard of the old Giant Forest Hotel (Sequoia National Park).  Post-marked 1916.
I've also seen this place referred to as Hotel Sequoia.


Close-up:
Giant Forest, CA.  Circa 1916.  old cars
I noticed that both of these cars appear to have their engine cowlings off.  Possibly to prevent overheating  (?).
Back then driving to Giant Forest could be quite the difficult.    The road to the park was unpaved, and at times very rough.  e.g. It basically just followed the old lumber road created by the ill-fated Kaweah Colony in the late 1880's.