"The Boating Lifestyle"
My dad took this 1961 photo from our boat, where I spent a large chunk of my childhood. Might be in British Columbian waters.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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"The Boating Lifestyle"
My dad took this 1961 photo from our boat, where I spent a large chunk of my childhood. Might be in British Columbian waters.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
#art #Film #Photography
"Mount Rainier Sunset"
My dad took this photo from our boat in August, 1960. This was a Sunday night, after a weekend of drinking and partying. My childhood.🙄
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide transparency.
#roadtripdiary #PugetSound #WashingtonState #VintagePhotography #photography #Art
"Pots and Pans Smith"
Bob Smith and his wife, Lucille boating in British Columbian waters. We always summer vacationed on our boat. My dad took this photo, August 1960.
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"Memory Confirmation"🤪
I have a memory from age two or three when we took our small boat WAY up into northern British Columbian waters, and passed by a waterfall. Finding this slide shows me the memory was true. August 1957 or 1958.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned. 1/x
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"Let My Thicc Boi Era Begin"
My dad took this Kodachrome slide (digitally scanned) of me (on the left) around 1961? The double exposure was surely accidental, when he forgot to advance the film.
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"1950's Summer"
My dad took this around 1958 , somewhere in southern Puget Sound. Every weekend was spent boating, while the adults drank beer.🍺 Kodachrome slide scanned to digital.
😇Fun fact: I have never had a beer in my life.
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"Bob-a-Lu"
My dad took this photo of one of our fellow boaters in an unknown location in 1958. Might be Canada. This was a large part of my childhood, almost every single weekend.
Kodak Kodacolor scanned to digital.
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"Nanaimo, BC Salmon"
My dad took this photo in August 1960 during our three week boating trip through Canadian waters. There was a fisherman strike, so they were selling salmon on the dock to boaters. We ate salmon every way imaginable.
Kodachrome slide, digitally scanned.
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"Longbranch, Wa. 1958"
My dad took this photo of boating friend Elwood Braget (waving), and two unidentified others. His boat was the "Kristy Kay", referencing his daughter and wife. True five star one of a kind people!
Kodachrome transparency, scanned to digital format.
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"The Greatest Generation (Two)"
A husband and wife sit together upon a log on a beach, having their meal together on paper plates. Undoubtedly members of the Tacoma Outboard Association. My childhood!
Photo taken by my dad as a Kodachrome slide. It was digitally scanned.
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"1957 or 1958"
My dad took this photo of my sister Judy Rae and brother Bobby in our living room. I only remember this broken down couch from old photos. Judy was in her Kim Novak era.
I was likely in bed, or in the kitchen with Maxine.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"This Bus Could Take You to Bermuda Benidorm or Bournemouth"😎
I took this photo in Aylesbury (UK) Market Square, in May, 1989.
Scanned from Kodachrome transparency.
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"Introducing the 1958 Ford Fairlane"🤪👍
This would have been fall 1957, when the new year models were introduced. My dad worked as a salesman for Titus Ford of Tacoma. This is a beauty.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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This is a #Kodachrome slide photo of my dad on the bow of one of his father’s sailboats. Photo taken in 1938.
"End of the 1950s"
My dad took this of (L to R) myself, Maxine (my mom) and my older brother Bobby. This was our 24" boat with twin 100 HP Evinrude. It flew like a bat out of hell.
I sure miss my mom.😢
This Kodachrome slide was taken at a marina on the Hylebos waterway,
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"Victoria"
The Empress Hotel and inner harbor in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The #MysteryPhotographer shot this in October, 1968.
Kodachrome slide, scanned to digital.
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"August Summer"
My dad took this beautiful photo in August 1960, as we are headed to Princess Louisa Inlet. He had a good eye, when he wasn't drunk. Both my older brother and I inherited this trait.
🧐Map www.google.com/maps/place/J...
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"Ford Salesmen"
A 1958 photo of two unknown fellow Titus Ford of Tacoma people. My dad was their salesman of the year 1958. I have a newspaper clipping for it downstairs packed with his crap.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"Statue of John Hampden"
🧐John Hampden was an English landowner and politician during the English Civil War.
I took this Kodachrome slide (digitally scanned)_ at Aylesbury Market Square, in May, 1989.
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"Robert Rainey"
A Christmas 1957 photo of my dad, who was a Titus Ford of Tacoma salesman. My head is sticking up in the bottom center, and my brother is on the right.
This foto triggers anger in me. A failure as a father and husband.
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
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"Above the American Falls"
The Mystery Photographer visited Niagara Falls in October, 1957. This photo reminds me of a 1957 calendar page for October.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
🧐More info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
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"Rainbow Over Niagara Falls"
October, 1957.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
🧐More info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara...
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"Unknown Location"
Photographer W. H. Joyner shot this in October 1964. Perhaps as I go through his many slides that came into my possession, I will know more about where he was in fall 1964.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
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"Stadium"
This French château inspired building is Stadium High School, in Tacoma Washington (my alma mater). This was only three blocks from my Casablanca apartment. June 1982.
Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency.
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