[Leica] IMG: California, 1949

[Jay Burleson]

Peter,
I am really enjoying all these images.
Thank you for taking the time to scan & show them.

Jay

On 2/27/2016 6:55 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> More from the "Motherlode," the boxes of Kodachrome slides taken by my
> Mom between 1949 and the 1980s.  In the summer of 1949, my Mom and her
> friend Sue took a train excursion from NYC to the west coast, going
> through New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mom
> did not have a 35mm camera at the time--she took her father's old
> folding camera with leather bellows. The people on the trip had various
> cameras, including folders, a TLR and 35mm camera.  They all exchanged
> photos, so I have pictures from many people. I believe the 35mm
> "Kodachrome Duplicate" slides were taken by a woman named Betty.  I
> believe that these 35mm photos were what inspired my mother to take up
> 35mm herself when she returned to New York. She bought her Bolsey B2
> shortly thereafter.
>
> There are 10 new photos of California in 1949 in this set.  Start here:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/24691520023/in/dateposted-public/>
>
>
> Be sure to see the last two, which show street scenes of San Francisco
> and Chinatown.
>
> To pick and choose, here is the first page of my flickr feed:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/>
>
> Enjoy!
> --Peter