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Getting a ticket from an SFPD Motorcycle officer on the corner of Fulton and Laguna Streets, San Fran, CA.

This image was scanned from an original slide made in June 1942 in Woodville, Alabama. The photographer's name is Wendell Page. The photo is believed to have been made with the Argus Model "A" color film camera which belonged to Mr. Page's college professor. View full size.

Redwood logging train in Freshwater, Humboldt County, California, before 1900. Photo by Ericson of Arcata.
Train in the mill town of Korbel, in Humboldt County, California, on the Arcata Mad river railroad. Taken about 1911.

I believe this is Burbank airport on a rainy day in the early 1940s. The DC3 first in the line is an American Airlines Flagship Skysleeper. These aircraft were equipped with individual berths and required approximately 17 hours to fly coast to coast.
Photo: Don Hall, Sr.
Don Hall
Yreka, CA