Wesco Colored Slides were advertised in Popular Photography magazines during the 1940s and 1950s as an easy way to visit faraway beauty spots or “fillers” for personal holiday slideshows. The scenes were shot by professional photographers, so they’re unquestionably well done. Sadly, my current slide scanner isn’t able to do justice to the colors in these scenes, although I’ve done […]
I was standing on a small hill just above a new portion of the Johnny Cash Trail when I spotted the American River lurking behind this sign. It wasn’t until later that I realized from this perspective I can see not only the American River Canyon but also Folsom’s 1893 Dam, Folsom Prison, Folsom Lake Crossing, AND part of Folsom […]
Humboldt Bay is one of the most beautiful parts of Northern California with its huge coastal redwoods and rocky shore. In this episode of California’s Golden Parks, Huell visits Fort Humbold State Historic Park, established in 1963, and learns some of the area’s darker side in the small museum dedicated to sharing the stories of conflict between the incoming settlers and […]
This week I’ll finish out the 1958 camping trip my family took through Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State. They visited the redwoods and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest near the towns of Big Bar and Weaverville, then moved on to Tumalo State Park in central Oregon. Next they camped near the beach at Humbug Mountain State Park, and finally headed […]
It’s been far too long since I’ve gone out hiking in the morning. I shot this picture in October 2016 along one of my favorite local trails — but I had to think for a few minutes before I remembered the approximate location. The appearance of these smaller paths is constantly evolving as the underbrush grows and some of the […]
Today when I left my house to go walk the dogs, I managed to leave behind both my mobile phone and my Fitbit. Luckily, I did have my camera with me — because the only way I could tell the time was to take a picture and then check the image display. These are not the most fascinating photographs I’ve […]
This week I’m returning to Memory Monday with a small collection of slides from 1958 that my mom recently found. The images are from a camping trip my family took (before I was born) up through Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. I’ll start with the pictures from Deception Pass State Park, located on the north point of Whidbey Island in […]
I made a quick trip to Ancil Hoffman Park the other day — the first time I’d been there in about 30 years, even though it’s a mere 30 minutes away from my house (allowing for traffic on surface streets). The park sits alongside the American River and contains nearly 400 acres of protected land in the middle of suburban […]
This week I’m sharing my last few Mexico Monday images; there are actually some more slides in the collection, but my current slide scanner is leaving them too washed out to use. One of these days I’ll invest in a better quality scanner that will do justice to the photos my dad took.