History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

15 May, 2012

I Love You, California Photochroms

Photochrom series day! California, c. 1900.

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Alcatraz and the Golden Gate (long before the Bridge), San Francisco. Source



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Glacier Point and South Dome, Yosemite. Source



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Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena. Source




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Hotel Green, Pasadena. Source



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Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles. Source



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Mission San Diego. Source



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Golden Gate from Berkeley Heights, San Francisco. Source



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A rose-covered cottage in Pasadena. Source



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Raisin drying, Southern California. Source



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The Seal Rocks, Cliff House, San Francisco. Source



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Cooper's Canyon. Source



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Brother Odoricus, Mission Santa Barbara. Source



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Fording the Santa Inez [Ynez] River, Central California. Source



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Mirror Lake, Yosemite. Source



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Magnolia Avenue, Riverside. Source



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Farnsworth's Loop, Santa Catalina Island. Source



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Point Loma, San Diego. Source



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Mission San Antonio. Source



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A view of Los Angeles. Source



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Marengo Ave, Pasadena. Source



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The beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island. Source



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West Side Park, Los Angeles. Source



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The lake, Lucky Baldwin's Ranch, Pasadena. Source



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Houses on Figueroa St., Los Angeles. Source



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A house on Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena. Source



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Spring House, Shasta Springs. Source



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New railroads in the Siskiyou Mountains. Source



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The Lodge, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Source



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Old Custom House, Monterey. Source



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South Dome, Yosemite. Source



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California orange trees. Source


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