San Pablo Ave. Oakland, CA. 1906
Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 02/29/12 15:46 What a great find (your uncle's photos seem as if they have been in the rafters for over a century) to capture the result of the great San Francisco earthquake. Definite lean to the house and the garments of the people adds another point of interest. Just trying to imagine what our digital pictures would look like under similar storage conditions after a hundred years. Comments by Jacky on Wed, 02/29/12 15:47 Here's another... My uncle had a number of cameras over the years.
Comments by Jacky on Wed, 02/29/12 15:50 One more... BTW: that's my great-grandfather, dead-center in the
Comments by Jacky on Wed, 02/29/12 15:59 Jan: I'm guessing the photos weren't stowed away in the rafters until
Comments by Jacky on Wed, 02/29/12 16:44 One last. Here's a photo of the guy, my Uncle John Brask, who took the
Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 02/29/12 16:53 And thank you Jacky for sharing a part of your family history. Don't we all wish that there had been photographers in our family histories to record greater and smaller moments in that history. Comments by Jacky on Wed, 02/29/12 17:02 Thanks for your kind comments, Jan. Posting these is a little self-
Comments by Bob Buckles on Wed, 02/29/12 18:06 Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Thu, 03/01/12 05:48 Very interesting Jacky...thanks for sharing.;-) Comments by Mo Fridlich on Thu, 03/01/12 08:44 WoW! What a great find. These are great, a slice of history. Comments by Gwenn on Thu, 03/01/12 10:35 A pleasure to look at ! Thanks ! Comments by Paul Bracey on Thu, 03/01/12 16:13 Great stuff. Comments by John Long on Sat, 03/03/12 01:38 Most interesting Jacky - will these photos stay in the family, or go to a Library or Museum?
Comments by Jacky on Wed, 04/18/12 22:40 Today is the 106th anniversary of the quake. |
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