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The Patio: c. 1957

Submitted by Mvsman on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:01am.
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This is our backyard and patio in beautiful West Covina, CA about 1957. Mom and I are getting the BBQ set up for Dad. Those are agave and palm plants in the center of the patio, I think. The screen door leads to the living room. The window to the left of the screen door opens onto the dining room, where my family was having their Christmas dinner. View full size.

This is our backyard and patio in beautiful West Covina, CA about 1957. Mom and I are getting the BBQ set up for Dad. Those are agave and palm plants in the center of the patio, I think. The screen door leads to the living room. The window to the left of the screen door opens onto the dining room, where my family was having their Christmas dinner. View full size.

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Submitted by Mvsman on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 6:18pm.

This home and neighborhood was where my fondest childhood memories took place.

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Lovely Blue

Submitted by Gman77 on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 8:36pm.

What a wonderful picture. It's now my new desktop background.

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Tilt lens effect

Submitted by Bill T. on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 8:51pm.

The very archetype of a Southern California 50's backyard!

Interesting how the lens distortions at the top of the frame give this image the now wildly popular "tilt lens" or "shallow depth of field" effect that makes a full sized scene look miniature. The camera manufacturer didn't quite get that lens glued in straight.

[Another possibility: warped transparency. - Dave]

All those LA palm trees that have not fallen over or been removed have gotten ridiculously high in recent times.

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Mvsman

Submitted by Mvsman on Sun, 01/23/2011 - 6:47pm.

This was the house where I spent the best part of my childhood. Thanks for your comments!

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Palms & Patio

Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 7:21pm.

Great window into 50s California suburbia. I'm going to say those are iris rather than agave with the little palm in the center; agaves form a circular rosette, and those leaves appear to be in a fan formation. I see a little racing car at the edge of the patio. If you were like me, you'd forgo the patio and build a system of roads in the dirt for it. I became quite adept at conditioning dirt, either by shaving or pulverizing it, to a consistency that emulated asphalt that I'd then use to "pave" my roads. Of course, much of it wound up caked on the knees of my jeans, resulting in my leaving a trail of little hardened mud cookies if I didn't clean up thoroughly before going inside.

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That's a new patio, too!

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 1:07pm.

Looks wonderful.

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