Seventy five year old photographs … Roll #3

man... enjoying looking at photos from this project, can't even explain how much. precious!!
hats down for you effort, keith.
 
shimokita said:
I read that the film was tagged "Amerika III", but could it be North America? The luggage tag in the second shot seems to indicate "BANFF"... national park in the Canadian Rockies...??

Casey
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A German would have written up rolls as Amerika I & II & III ~ that one shot does look like Banff National, my Father, visited there in the mid 1950's and talks about it all the time........ Beautiful Place!

Tom
 
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Great stuff, Keith. Each roll has significant interest. Keep 'em coming.

The last shot is not San Francisco City Hall, btw.
 
What a rewarding series this has been. The two railroad employees in white are historically significant. You can see on their caps that they are the Pullman porters who took care of passengers in the sleeping cars. Being a Pullman porter was one of the best jobs available to African Americans after the civil war and it was a position of pride. Pullman porters started the first African American-led union and were the seeds of the black middle class. According to Wikipedia, former Pullmans include legendary Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, photographer (and director of "Shaft"!) Gordon Parks, and Malcom X. One of those guys might be Malcom X!
 
The forensic historical/geographical aspect intrigues me greatly. The second 2 rolls show a progression westward from Niagra and up to Canada and on to San Francisco (provided they are posted in frame order...) And the more I investigate the waterfall image, I'm inclined to believe this may be Takakkaw falls in Banff and not one in Yosemite as I had previously thought.
 
Hi All. I'm new to the forum. I just want to say what an amazing set of photos this is. I'm looking forward to more photos.

The 10th photo of the lakeside lodge and footbridge looks like Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park in British Columbia.
http://www.zanzig.com/travel/canpix/m003-70.htm

The building in the last photo is actually at Robson Square in Vancouver. It currently houses the Vancouver Art Gallery, but at the time it was the provincial courthouse, built in 1906. Judging by the photo it looks like the photographer was staying at the old Hotel Georgia at the corner of West Georgia and Howe.

Thanks
 
vdonovan said:
What a rewarding series this has been. The two railroad employees in white are historically significant. You can see on their caps that they are the Pullman porters who took care of passengers in the sleeping cars. Being a Pullman porter was one of the best jobs available to African Americans after the civil war and it was a position of pride. Pullman porters started the first African American-led union and were the seeds of the black middle class. According to Wikipedia, former Pullmans include legendary Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, photographer (and director of "Shaft"!) Gordon Parks, and Malcom X. One of those guys might be Malcom X!
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One of my supervisors in my last place of employment worked as a pullman on the Trans-Canadian railway system. He always spoke of that time with a lot of pride and had many interesting stories.
 
Interesting to note in the next to last shot, parking was already a problem. Also that horse drawn vehicles were still in use. Actually, that continued into the mid-40s, at least where I grew up in large city in North-West Missouri. I can remember a farmer coming by in the summer, selling produce from a horse drawn wagon.

Keep them coming Keith. These are fantastic.
 
dkoyanagi said:
Hi All. I'm new to the forum. I just want to say what an amazing set of photos this is. I'm looking forward to more photos.

The 10th photo of the lakeside lodge and footbridge looks like Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park in British Columbia.
http://www.zanzig.com/travel/canpix/m003-70.htm

The building in the last photo is actually at Robson Square in Vancouver. It currently houses the Vancouver Art Gallery, but at the time it was the provincial courthouse, built in 1906. Judging by the photo it looks like the photographer was staying at the old Hotel Georgia at the corner of West Georgia and Howe.

Thanks
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Welcome to RFF dkoyanagi! What an informative 1st post! All the best to you here, it's a good place (and don't miss the weekly Monday 'best of' threads).
Best, ..ederek
 
Thanks for sharing those, Keith; and amazing how much valuable background information on the contents of the images is available here at RFF.
 
dkoyanagi said:
The 10th photo of the lakeside lodge and footbridge looks like Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park in British Columbia.
http://www.zanzig.com/travel/canpix/m003-70.htm
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Close inspection proves this to be so, note the mountain above the lodge in Keith's image to that of the one on the left in the linked image, many of the formations match as well as the growth patterns of the forest. Also this would lead credence to my thinking the waterfall is Takakkaw, as that is also whithin Yoho NP.
 
Great detective work, fellow RFF'ers! It's interesting to figure out the mystery of where these shots were taken.

I also would agree -- this photographer definitely had 'an eye' and a sense of narrative and composition. The photo of the porters is really excellent. Not your typical tourist shot at all. Great stuff!
 
Lovely pictures Mr Novak. This is a very enjoyable series. I'm surprised no-one has tried to identify the car yet.
 
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