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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Oct 21, 2014 - 08:12am PT
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May 1920. Yosemite National Park. "Prize Cup, Fourth Annual AAA Economy Run, Los Angeles to Camp Curry." An early test of fuel efficiency sponsored by Standard Oil of California. 8x6 inch glass negative originally from the Wyland Stanley collection of San Francisciana, acquired and scanned by Shorpy.com
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 21, 2014 - 08:45am PT
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That picture is of a 1921 Chevrolet, it seems, Peter (as if you haven't already checked for yourself).
Here's a link to the look-alike which I found on Google.
http://oldcarbrochures.org/NA/Chevrolet/1921_Chevrolet/1921-Chevrolet
Hubs, fenders, windshield, lights and grill all seem to match.
Pretty good place for a rag-top to tool around in.
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kate.ogden@stockton.edu
climber
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Dear Mouse from Merced: I really like the photo "Yosemite Indian Field Days - June Lake, in Mono County." Do you have the original photo? And would you consider scanning a large copy of it for publication in a book? I'm looking for illustrations for my book Yosemite: Nature and Culture (Reaktion Books, London, 2015) - yes, yet another book on Yosemite! You can email me directly at: kate.ogden@stockton.edu I would much appreciate it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 18, 2015 - 12:32am PT
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I'll check, Kate. Sorry for the wait.
I haven't checked this thread in...well, you can see for yourself! :0)
I've got one from "Boomer." I know my dad was Boomer, and there's a Boomer who runs Sierra Summit over in Fresno County, and this may be his film.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Whichever, but Boomer shot a B-52 bomber and snuck it into the last frames. The last we saw of B-52s here was in the mid-nineties when Castle AFB, the local SAC base, closed on the orders of the C-in-C, Bill C.
This has some high-water shots, a treat for us in these dry years.[Click to View YouTube Video]Narrator's misinformed as to the actual name of Sentinel Dome, which he calls Sentinel Rock.
There is a soft-pedal appeal to the consumer to fly American.
Yosemite National Park, 1950s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0nFoqeT4s
Straght travelog.
Let's See Yosemite, 1938
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqr0qN4IVgI
Glacier Pt. Hotel, Half Dome ascent via cables, no insipid narrator, no muzak, just let the eyes take over.
EXCELLENT AND WELL WORTH THE LOOK!
Howdy, Roy!
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Feb 18, 2015 - 06:48am PT
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We recently discovered, in old photos, that my wife's grandfather, as a young boy, traveled to Yosemite with his parents sometime near 1900. We've got ample photographs—which were all mounted on cardboard—about the trip done with three horse-drawn carriages originating from Claremont, here in Southern California.
Here are a few:
Several additional tourist photos in the set were taken by Fiske.
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Gypsy
Social climber
NC
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Feb 18, 2015 - 07:15am PT
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My mom and dad, a cousin of my mom's, and my eldest sister, Kathie about 1948 at the Wawona tree in the Mariposa Grove
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
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OMG.
This thread truly is the gift that keeps on giving!
I had no idea.
(Okay maybe I had an idea ...)
Robs Muir wrote about his pictures:
three horse-drawn carriages originating from Claremont That is GOLD Robs.
Super, super stuff everyone.
Hi Mouse!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Feb 18, 2015 - 06:47pm PT
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Thanks Rob!!
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Feb 18, 2015 - 09:29pm PT
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A treasure. Thank you Mr. Muir and everyone.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 21, 2015 - 10:11am PT
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Shaws Flat, kind of on the road to Yosemite. Near enough, anyway.In 1850 this community was alive with gold miners, James D. Fair,
after whom the Fairmont Hotel in SF is named was one of the most notable.
The Mississippi House built in 1850 contains many relics including the original bar and
post office with its grill and mail boxes.
On a nearby hill stands the old bell given by miners which summoned men to work and announced
the convening of various courts.
According to tradition, a local bartender added to his income by panning gold dust dropped
on his muddy boots while serving customers.
The old Mississippi House. Two pumps, no waiting.B/W photos derived from the mother of a friend of a relative's Clamper buddy's neighbor.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 21, 2015 - 10:57am PT
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George Fisk & James McCauley stand at the back of this pack of kids. L to R, Harlow and Lillian Parks, Alice Degnan, Mildred Sovulewski, Eugene Tucker, Lawrence Sovulewski, Evelyn Tucker, Ellen Boysen, and Grace Sovulewski.
The story goes that the children of Gabriel and Rose Sovulewski shared their father's love and esteem for Galen Clark, having lived with Gabriel and under his guidance--Galen was a hero to Gabriel; yet they had a hard time accepting the elderly John Muir, as his clothes were messy and dirty and he smelled of wine.
The Ewings moved to a ranch near Mariposa later in life.
Gabriel's ideal unit for trails was an eight-man crew with a ninth man to supervise and lend a hand. There are eight men in this shot, so one man may have been elected to make the photograph.
Frank Ewing's main job came to be caring for the roads leading into and through YNP. Gabriel's attention was often more necessary watching over 625 miles of trails in the Park. He was always in the saddle, up to fourteen hours a day, many times.
Gabriel and his spouse Rose are at rest in the Yosemite Cemetery.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 21, 2015 - 11:03am PT
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Mouse-
thanks for the photo of the plaque.
BH is my great great grandfather.
love this thread.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Mar 23, 2015 - 10:34pm PT
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hey there say, all... just a bump...
mouse recently mentioned this...
i had not remembered if i had seen it or posted, but, after peeking back, yes, i HAD SEEN IT... but not after my last post...
wow, glad i got back, thanks mouse, as:
say, just saw THIS:
drljefe... what a nice thing to learn, about your GREAT GREAT grandfather...
i DID wonder, when i saw the bret harte...
also, thanks BBA and booDawg and SO many many others for these
wonderful shares of priceless memories, of many folks, SET DOWN here
in lovely treasured pics!
thanks so much for all the share...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Photos from the book Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness by Alfred Runte.
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BBA
Social climber
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Apr 19, 2015 - 08:22am PT
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I would guess the Yosemite Junction Inn photo posted on 4/7 was most likely late 30's or early 40's based on the automobiles in the picture.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 19, 2015 - 09:38am PT
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BBA, it's totally obvious, now you mention it. MY SISTER IS WRONG!
How embarrassing--FOR HER!
Wait'll I mention it to her...
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