found negatives - southern California c.1912

[lynnb]

A friend sent me this link to a series of 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 negatives, reported to have been taken in early 1900s southern California.

There's some interesting informal portraits of people and a few goldfields photos. The poster suggests they are from the Santa Barbara and San Ynez mountains and surrounding country, possibly taken with a Conley Jr.

An enjoyable browse.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/ANTIQUE/index.html
(I don't know about the remainder of the site - it's just these photos that took my interest!)

 

[Gid]

Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting.

 

[LeicaFan]

Interesting photos, thanks for sharing. I actually live in Santa Barbara.

The pictures are all from around the Santa Barbara area, that's for sure. Some pictures show a rather large lake, which suggests one of two lakes, Lake Cachuma (just north of Santa Barbara) or Lake Casitas (just south of Santa Barbara).

 

[charjohncarter]

Very nice, my son lives in Santa Barbara I'm going to forward these to him. Thanks for the post.

 

[nikon_sam]

I love the old photos...
I was born in Santa Barbara (never really lived there) but not that long ago...there were only 46 stars on that flag..a bit before my time...