07.21.07

A Beetle with a View

Posted in PhotoBlog: Forgotten Slides at 1:00 am by thomas

A somewhat mysterious slide from September 1959. I found it in a box with architectural slides of San Francisco’s Mission District, but if this is San Francisco, then it is a part of the city I have never been to. It’s not shot on Twin Peaks, since you wouldn’t see these tall hills in the East if we assume that this is around sunset time.

That’s a sharp looking late-50s Volkswagen Beetle this couple was taking up into the hills. Sunroof, white wall tires and a radio which was probably playing some Henry Mancini tunes at the time.

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07.19.07

The Conservatory

Posted in Photography at 12:53 am by thomas

The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is a wonderfully old fashioned place and we come here about once a year to take pictures, usually on a workday when the place is empty enough to allow for good photos.

It’s a very tight place with narrow walkways between the towering plants, high humidity and low light, so it’s a bit of a challenge to find a good subject and shooting in there can be quite strenuous. But we always come back for more…

Here’s a shot of the eastern wing of the conservatory with its huge water lily pond and tropical vegetation.

Taken with my Kodak Vigilant f8.8 on Ilford Delta 100.

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07.16.07

The Office

Posted in PhotoBlog: Forgotten Slides at 10:30 pm by thomas

I’ve recently received a new batch of forgotten slides from the late fifties and early sixties. Most of them – actually a lot more than I was expecting – were from a single epic trip of a New York couple to South America. I’m still picking through those, but most are very common vacation pictures.

But there were a few gems in the boxes, too. Here’s a visit to an office in the Chrysler Building in New York in 1963:

Here’s the president of the company…