Thursday, November 26, 2015

Below are a few photo postcard images by Lindley Eddy.   
For 30 years, Mr. Eddy was the photography concessionaire at Giant Forest (Sequoia National Park).    During some of these years, he apparently spent the winter months in the Three Rivers/Lemon Cove area.  
In 1934,  Lindley Eddy married the widowed  Helen Gladys (Emery) Aoki.


 The photographer's stamp on the back of this postcard states:  "Photograph by Lindley Eddy,  Kaweah, Tulare Co., Cal.".    
It's postmarked 7/20/1911.   Camp Sierra was along the northern margin of Round Meadow.
 Close up:


 Image circa 1912.


Image of the Giant Forest Hotel/Lodge dining hall, circa 1916.  This lodge was at the same location as Camp Sierra.

 The Giant Forest Lodge in snow, circa 1916.


Road to the General Sherman Tree, circa 1920.


Tuesday, November 17, 2015



Photograph from the studio of E. M. Davidson, Visalia, 1892.
Someone has written on the back of this photo: "Aunt Carrie, Uncle Mark McKee".   Most likely this is an image of Marcus Lafayette McKee and his wife Caroline Virginia Ragle, who were married on 10/5/1892 near Woodlake.   Their grave-stone (in Exeter) list their names as: "Mark L. McKee" and "Carrie V. McKee".        The 'Blair-Moffett Families, History and Genealogy', by Eva Pogue Kirkman (1935); indicates that Caroline was a "vineyardist".

Photo postcard of Exeter, circa 1920.    Judging from the location of the water-tower, this would be a view looking east from Pine Street



An old photo postcard of the Johnson Hotel, circa 1922.   This hotel was on the NE corner of Church and Main Streets (Visalia).    It was built in 1917, and torn down in 1968; after suffering damage from a fire.


From the Visalia studio of  A. R. Moore. Circa 1891.


From the Tulare studio of James Turner Doran.  Circa 1893.


A photo postcard of Lemon Cove;  postmarked September 24, 1909.
The photographer's stamp on the back states: "Photo by Weissenfluh, Visalia, Cal".
The two-story brick building, in the foreground, was destroyed by fire some time during the 1950's.
Close-up:
Note the sign for telephone service (bell shaped).  The sign that says "Call" refers to the San Francisco Call  newspaper.


Panoramic view of Lindsay from 1910.   This is actually a double-sized photo postcard.
A couple close-ups: