TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: Kodak

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7/15/16

Spend a little time at the MAJESTIC THEATRE

This is actually a reposting of a post from July in 2013. It was as close as I could come to this week's Sepia Saturday prompt.

No idea where or when this shot was taken. I can take a guess that it was after 1913 because of the movie that is listed on the signboard.

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Step back in time and imagine what these ladies might be going to see.

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You can see Pathe Review on the signboard with "The Chameleon" listed as a film that was showing. This film came out in January of 1913. If you click on the title link above you'll find the following at IMDB: Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary The Making of Hats.

And perhaps after the show they dropped into the druggist next door to look at the fine Kodak products after having something wonderful to eat at the soda fountain. One can only imagine their conversation after viewing such titillating features.

Mike found the following comedy short which might be one that the ladies saw. Thank you Mike!

UPDATE: Reader AnyJazz has found an article about the theater which provides its location as Benicia, California.
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12/20/15

CHRISTMAS 1949

The anonymous little girl at age 6 with the same wonderful tree in her bedroom.

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Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls.

12/19/15

The Secondary CHRISTMAS TREE

The little girl from the 1940s I've recently featured seems to have had two Christmas trees each year. One tree was most likely in the living room; there are shots of her with adults at this tree. Then there's the little tree below. I think she might have had her own little tree in her bedroom. How cool would that be? This one even has bubble lights!

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Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls

This one is for those who love dolls!
Snapshots from the last 100+ years of children and adults with dolls.

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12/16/15

JINGLE BELLS?

I can imagine the sound of this whistle. I'm guessing she was not playing a soft rendition of Silent Night. No matter what she was playing I believe she was loved.

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12/15/15

CHRISTMAS at Age 6-1/2

A blurred shot, but still rather fun. The unknown little girl at age 6-1/2.

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12/14/15

FIRST CHRISTMAS in 1943

I have a large box of slides that feature this little girl. They begin in 1943 when she was born and end in the late 40s. Though there is some writing on some of the slides, I have yet to find her name. So her brief life in slides will have to suffice without any identity.

This must have been her first Christmas.

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The image below of her with her doll collection is in my new book Tattered and Lost: Forgotten Dolls. There are three photos of her in the book.

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8/27/14

Brother and Sister SCHNABEL

This shot is of Betty and her brother, Donald Jr., taken in March 1956. I don't know if Donald was younger or older than Betty.

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8/26/14

A SHOT of Betty

There are a series of photos of Betty outside with her father, brother, and some other guys who all have guns. I have no idea what they were doing. Possibly target practice, but there are no shots of them actually shooting the guns as I've shown in the past. Betty is not shown with any guns in this series. In fact, there are no images of her dad carrying a gun. So I'm guessing he was just carrying his camera with which he shot Betty.

Isn't it odd that we "shoot" photos? Where did that come from? Someone wise have an answer?

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All of the photos of Betty from the past few posts were taken in March 1956. Betty was around 31.

8/25/14

MORE NEEDLEPOINT with Betty

No, that is not an alien ship landing in Betty's yard. That is her dad's flash attachment. She is not alone.

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Betty READING

Betty quietly reading. Is there any other way to read than quietly? If you're reading out loud, it's usually quietly.

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Reading, to me, is one of the great joys in life. To be transported to another place simply by opening a book. To learn something new by reading words on a page. These days so much reading is being done by using technology. Not in itself a bad thing, but too much reading with the aid of technology, for me, is unfulfilling. The technology allows too many distractions. Yes, you can be distracted when reading a book, newspaper, and magazine, but technology almost encourages distraction. If the author loses your attention for a moment in an e-book it's far too easy to simply click and check email or today's headlines.

Betty looks to have settled in for a long read. She has her tissues, her cigarettes, and several items on her lap to peruse. Let's hope the only distraction was her father taking her photo and perhaps someone offering her a cup of tea.

8/24/14

Betty doing NEEDLEPOINT

I have very little information about Betty Schnabel other than what was in her obituary. She passed away almost a year and a half ago. She might cringe at having her life exposed for all to see, but if it was a life worth living, and hers surely seems to have been one of those, then it's a life worth sharing.

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This photo, and the next several posts, are all from Ektachrome slides, not Kodachrome. Their color is very bad and I had to struggle to get even this to look somewhat decent. All of them are very pinkish. I have no idea why. I used Ektachrome a lot and have never found any of my slides turning weird colors. Perhaps it was in the processing. I really don't know.

10/30/13

The HALLOWEEN PARTY

All good things must come to an end. And what an end it is.

Happy Halloween fellow travelers!

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More HALLOWEEN PARTY in the garage

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10/29/13

More from the HALLOWEEN PARTY

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10/28/13

The HALLOWEEN PARTY

Welcome to a Schnabel Halloween Party!

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10/8/13

MARGE BECK and BETTY SCHNABEL shopping in Vegas in 1955

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10/6/13

A STRAND OF PEARLS, a pair of shorts, a cigarette, and a Miller High Life

This is Betty and Joe. I'm betting this was a sweater from a sweater set Betty owned.

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10/5/13

A simple strand of PEARLS

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9/18/13

DISNEYLAND in November 1955: Adventureland

It's almost hard for me to believe Tom Sawyer's Island was ever this barren. I loved running around that island and through the tunnels surrounded by trees. Now, I'm not talking about when I was a little kid. I was running through the tunnels in my 20s. I just never really grew up.

Being on the island watching the Mark Twain paddle boat go by is a little surreal considering you're in the middle of Orange County. Disneyland can transport you to so many places.

These folks are waiting their turn on the Mark Twain.