Seventy five year old photographs ... amazing!

dexdog -- you're right. I shouldn't jump to conclusions regarding the trees. They're grown in lots of different subtropical locations. I was just making a wild guess based upon the labels on the original film canisters.

Based upon the arid conditions visible in the photos and the abundance of eucalyptus, I'd lean more towards Australia than California, but I could be wrong. The topography in the photos doesn't reveal any clues -- the hills / mountains are indistinct.

I also have been in S. America and seen eucalyptus planted in reforestation / monocultures, but because none of the canister labels are written with any of these locations, I did not include them in my guess. :)

The only other subtropical location listed on the canisters is New Zealand, but judging by the photos, I wouldn't say that's NZ. But again, it's just a fun guessing game.
 
BTW -- a quick google search revealed a clue about one of the canisters. One of the labels says "Lepperton Farm", as well as "NZ". Lepperton Farm is near New Plymouth, NZ.
 
That is just amazing Keith! Great job. I think the photo with the shadows of the horses is my favorite, but number 1 is very interesting. Looking forward to seeing more.
 
bobby_novatron said:
dexdog -- you're right. I shouldn't jump to conclusions regarding the trees. They're grown in lots of different subtropical locations. I was just making a wild guess based upon the labels on the original film canisters.

Based upon the arid conditions visible in the photos and the abundance of eucalyptus, I'd lean more towards Australia than California, but I could be wrong. The topography in the photos doesn't reveal any clues -- the hills / mountains are indistinct.

I also have been in S. America and seen eucalyptus planted in reforestation / monocultures, but because none of the canister labels are written with any of these locations, I did not include them in my guess. :)

The only other subtropical location listed on the canisters is New Zealand, but judging by the photos, I wouldn't say that's NZ. But again, it's just a fun guessing game.
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I think that some areas of NZ look a lot like areas in California. I was hoping to get a better look at the license plates (i.e., tags) on the cars, but not enough detail.

On the other hand, good observation re the Lepperton Farm note on the film can.
 
Like taking a trip back in time. Very exciting to have a look at simpler times. Though I'm not convinced that it's the USA. The horse has an English saddle and the name over the door Tremayne is english also. Beautiful photos though. Can't wait to see more.
 
Great stuff, I didn't think you'd get anything, not England (not raining), altho one of the cars looks like a Ford Popular ...
 
bobby_novatron said:
Based upon the arid conditions visible in the photos and the abundance of eucalyptus, I'd lean more towards Australia than California, but I could be wrong. The topography in the photos doesn't reveal any clues -- the hills / mountains are indistinct.
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One of the photos has a Limestone outcrop which is very much like Santa Barbara, but as someone said 'Tremayne' is not used here (CA) but there are 272 in CA and I also tried to see the license with no luck. The vehicle in the first photo background has a 4 digit phone number at least in 1942 we use a 6 digit; number ex. NEptune 5353. So I'm not sure about CA.
 
Could be wrong, as others have said, but the male faces and grooming do not strike me as a cross-section of US faces in 30s and 40's.
 
On the first shot there's more people, I noticed just now.

The luggage lorry is an open lorry and the drive is lying on the bench behind the wheel. Also, ther's somebody standing behind the lorry, in the middle you can see his neck, dark hair and ears sticking up from behind it.

Not a clue on the lorry's printings, sorry.
 
Thanks for this wonderful trip back to the past. It really is amazing how well the images have kept up.
 
Great. Immediately assumed they are mostly from Australia. The people in the flash shot look it, as do the buildings and of course the bush. Love the late afternoon one with the fading sunlight in the trees and the horse being led up the hill. But I can be guilty of flora and fauna hubris too. Well remember being shocked to find eucalyptus ficiflora and native bees just like ours in California.
 
That horse on the beach shows hills across the water like in New Zealand. The people in the first one may have been partying after their annual tennis club tournament. The foreground woman's head scarf and that guy's woollen socks are making me think of somewhere else. ?S America. Maybe it's Darwin......
 
charjohncarter said:
One of the photos has a Limestone outcrop which is very much like Santa Barbara, but as someone said 'Tremayne' is not used here (CA) but there are 272 in CA and I also tried to see the license with no luck. The vehicle in the first photo background has a 4 digit phone number at least in 1942 we use a 6 digit; number ex. NEptune 5353. So I'm not sure about CA.
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Can't say if it is or isn't Santa Barbara, but you're right - it has all the elements to be.

It's quite overcast right now, but can't help it - I'm going to the beach to see if I can match the islands outline in the picture to what I can see....
 
I read your original post with the picture of the film canisters in the Leica box and I'm pretty sure those negatives were taken with a Leica. The quality is like that of the photos my father took in the 1930s with his first Leica, a model III with Summar. Those pictures, taken in Holland before the Second World War, are a real treasure.
 
I find this thread more romantic, intriguing and of historical importance than the whole M9 Titanium business.

Keep up the good work Keith, Respect.


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IK13 said:
Can't say if it is or isn't Santa Barbara, but you're right - it has all the elements to be.

It's quite overcast right now, but can't help it - I'm going to the beach to see if I can match the islands outline in the picture to what I can see....
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I was there last weekend to visit my son. The fog never lifted enough for the islands to show. Good luck though.
 
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