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Topanga Canyon

melissa — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:37:17 +0000

shots from a day in topanga canyon for meandblue’s fall 2011 line

melissa — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:39:18 +0000

Experimenting with colorizing black and white photos

Surfer Blood at Echoplex September 16

melissa — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:35:33 +0000

Brian found these old postcards of the Pasadena area.
For anyone that knows the area, it has changed a great deal since these photographs were taken:

Aeroplane view of Sierra Madre looking northeast with Kersting Court in center of view, circa 1914

Sierra Madre’s “Pioneer Days” parade passing through Kersting Court, 1948

Red Car and P.E. Station in Kersting Court with Hotel Shirley in background, 1909

Members of Sierra Madre’s first tennis club. View is north near Lima Avenue with Pinney House in background, 1889

View north on Baldwin from Central Avenue at the turn of the century

View southwest on Kersting Court, circa 1930

Outing party near top of Mountain Trail Avenue prior to heading up Wilson’s Trail, circa 1886

View north on Baldwin Avenue with original Ascension Church at right and “Carter Hia” in center, 1887

View west on Central Avenue (present Sierra Madre Boulevard) with public library on left, circa 1890

Sierra Madre Cigar Factory and Town Hall. View northeast from Baldwin and Central, circa 1895

Vista from Carter property showing western Sierra Madre and Pasadena, 1911

” Carterhia ” Residence of N.C. Carter Sierra Madre, Cal.

All images courtesy of the Sierra Madre Historical Society, 1988

melissa — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:05:32 +0000

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melissa — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:28:32 +0000

i will lie down and sleep in peace
for you alone O LORD
make me dwell in safety

Gennarino Tarvano
Rest in Peace

I know there’s a big bowl of spaghetti waiting for you in heaven