Last Thursday we were standing by the side of the road as the 2018 Amgen Tour of California departed the city of Folsom and climbed through the foothills of Placerville up into the Sierra Nevada mountains to South Lake Tahoe. Here are a few images from our front row seat along the Mormon Emigrant Trail.
I’m focusing on mountain views this week, as I draw closer to the end of my box of professionally photographed slides.
Although I can’t identify all the locations this week, some of the images are becoming more familiar. Crater Lake is easy for me since I visited it (however briefly) back in 1979; but now I’ve learned to recognize some of Yosemite’s prime beauty spots purely from going through all these old slides!
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. I tried to choose images of two places that are very different and yet contain some visual similarities.
I can positively identify only one of the locations in this week’s images (see above), but I’d be happy if anyone else has any ideas. Still, I have to say I’m really enjoying the more realistic colors I’m now getting!
Two weeks ago I began sharing some professionally shot vintage slides that form part of my mom’s collection. That initial set were all labeled as Wesco slides; but the remainder of images included in this box are labeled only with numbers — so I can only guess at their locations. I believe that the next two images may have something to do with a county fair in Southern California; they seem to be exhibits of Sunkist brand Oranges. The second photo includes the names Crafton Mutual Orchards in Mentone (Riverside County) and Allen Break & Son in Bryn Mawr (San Bernardino County). I’m guessing that the black horse depicted above may be Silkwood, a record-setting trotter which helped swell attendance at the early 1890s Orange County fairs. The good news is that I’ve finally ordered a new slide scanner, and I hope to be back next week with a new and improved appearance to my slides!